sermon on prayer will change things

The text is Acts 2:42. It makes prayer a self-help therapy instead of a kingdom advancing force. Not in forty days, and not in forty years. And when they heard it they began glorifying God. By prayer we are to influence the wills of our friends and our enemies. For Christians, two of the most common New Year's resolutions are to spend more time reading the Bible and to spend more time in prayer. As we pray we begin to become aware of how God might us to answer the prayer, how He might involve us in ways we had not theretofore foreseen. So your prayers are useless. It is why we have Sunday School and BITC. So we learn that God is immutable and will never, ever change His character. It implies that God is not sovereign enough to decide that prayer can be used as a vehicle to influence his decisions. Be glad that that God has both a powerful Son and a loving Spirit. The assumption behind the answer to both of these questions is that the divine purpose of prayer is to magnify the greatness of God. Let’s work to change people’s minds with truth and people’s wills with prayer. You’re running into a brick wall a thousand miles thick, and you’ll never move it. Take the first request — that Paul be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea. When the postal authorities received...read more Prayer changes all of the variables at work in any given situation, making possible either a miraculous and instantaneous deliverance or the slow, progressive change and growth necessary for overcoming adversity. At times our situation even remains the same; but we are different. Referring to the sovereignty of God, he will say, God will do whatever He wants to do, so it doesn’t matter if you pray. God had said it would happen, but it didn’t happen. So to awaken their will to this kind of vigorous inclination, and pull it out into dynamic action, he puts two God-centered truths in their minds: (1) Jesus Christ is Lord (“by our Lord Jesus Christ”); (2) the Holy Spirit is a Spirit of love (“by the love of the Spirit”). The second question from verse 30 is this: why do the prayers of the Roman Christians promise more help than if Paul simply prayed alone for his two requests? Or to say it another way, I want us to understand that we ought not to give up when we pray. There would seem to be no point in praying for these two things if God could not do them. If God is God, and it is his power that makes a difference in answering prayer, why does it matter how many people ask him? Prayer internalizes the burden. He is the bestselling author of eleven books including The Blessed Life, From Dream to Destiny, The God I Never Knew and The Blessed Church. When the Bible says that God is unchangeable, however, it isn’t saying that God doesn’t change His mind. And after he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.” Therefore the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.” And he called to him two of the centurions, and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”. No, it wasn’t. In both cases, the wills of people are involved and the answer to the prayer is going to involve God changing those wills — in the one case so that the ill-will of unbelievers is restrained, and in the other case so that the goodwill of believers is assured. Text: James 5:13-20. Prayer Changes Things – 3 Miracles Of Prayer. Like a child before the Father (Luke 18:17), upon coming to faith in Christ, we realize not only that we have needs, but that the Lord is the best and only provider for our needs.For this reason, we quickly and willingly go to the Lord in prayer, laying all our cares before Him, knowing that He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). The therapist told him that prayer was the most therapeutic behavior for a human being. Five things that happen when we pray: 1. So stand in awe of your Lord Jesus. Have you ever heard that demonic whisper that your prayers don’t matter? So I will say more then about the results of the sovereignty of God and human accountability. Jesus said in John 14:13, “And whatever you ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” The aim of prayer is that the Father be glorified through Jesus. So we don’t read anything about the church rejecting Paul or his ministry. I suggested last week that these two incentives correspond to the two prayer requests in verse 31. Finally, don’t neglect the amazing influence you have in the world for good through prayer. — Malachi 3:6. Stand in awe of the Lordship of God and his Son Jesus. How did God answer that? You’re running into a brick wall a thousand miles thick, and you’ll never move it. We do not think the same or act the same because we serve a different Master. Twitter Prayer Changes Things: Prayer Changes Us! By prayer we are to influence the wills of presidents and kings and senators and governors and mayors (1 Timothy 2:1–2). Handling life without prayer is like playing basketball with a flat ball. God influenced the wills of someone to inform the commander, the will of the commander, and the will of the mob. First, someone willed to run and tell the commander there was a riot. Prayer does not change things which have no connection with the salvation of souls. Second, the commander willed to take it seriously and came to see. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. when they had prayed and after they prayed in verse 31 it say's the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. Undaunted by the lack of response, he wrote a letter to God presenting his request once again. Prepare your messages about prayer and devotion to God with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series. Sermon: Prayer Changes Things. It just doesn’t work. The amount of transforming good you can do by prayer is incalculable. Another translation puts it even more starkly: So the Lord changed His mind about the terrible disaster He had threatened to bring on His people. And at once he took along some soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them.” So here we see an answer to prayer. It is a sign of gratitude and recognition towards God and His creations. Prayer Changes Things – Prayer is the main way a human being can establish and maintain a connection with God. Prayer propels us into action. He watched as an old, haggard woman… James McLeod James 5:16 The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working (James 5:16). But God's will is sovereign. God heard and answered with the love of the Spirit. Some of you have wondered, Why do we have prayer meetings? I knew very well that You are a compassionate God, and that if these people repented that You would change Your mind too! We see this in 2 Corinthians 1:10b–11: And [God] will yet deliver us, you also joining in helping us through your prayers, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed upon us through the prayers of many. 2. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Third, the rest of the verse says, “and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.” So their evil will was restrained and they stopped short of killing Paul and the prayers of the Roman Christians 1,300 miles away were answered. He will always be faithful. Since Jesus is Lord, you may pray with confidence that he has the right and authority and power to restrain the disobedient in Judea. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. What have you quit praying about? Beautiful God, I pray that You help me change the things in my life that keep me attached to the world. When these two things unite, infinite power and overflowing love, nothing can befall you but what God wills for your good. What have you not even considered praying over? What a joke. The Lord, the God of the universe, relented from a course of action that He had planned? Verse 30: “And all the city was aroused, and the people rushed together; and taking hold of Paul, they dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut.” Mob violence is not easy to restrain. So self-doubt should not make us wonder whether prayer can change things. By prayer God calls us to join him in shaping history. One example of this is the cliché, “Prayer changes things.” When we hear such a slogan we are quick to point out that only God can change things and then we may find ourselves sitting back smugly ensconced in our theological ivory tower rather than joining with other believers in beseeching God to indeed change things. I hope to convince you of the importance of persistence in prayer. It is often said that “Prayer Changes Things!” We should also add, “Prayer Changes Us!” It is true that your prayers will change things around you but sometimes your prayers change you. What a joke. Did it happen? If I pick up Noël from the library because our son asks me to, she is just as picked up as if four sons asked me to. Let’s see how it works by going to the book of Acts and watching God answer this prayer. One day they were having a conversation about prayer. So his will is that we be aware of these things: that we know them, that we think on them, and that they become conscious incentives in the way we make choices and the way we get stirred up to pray. Recall, there are two incentives: (1) I urge you “by our Lord Jesus Christ”; (2) I urge you “by the love of the Spirit.” Why does Paul use these incentives? Matthew Henry put it like this 300 years ago: As God must be sought unto for the restraining of the ill will of our enemies, so also for the preserving and increasing of the goodwill of our friends; for God has the hearts both of the one and the other in his hands. Now in verse 31 assumes this same view of the world. Come join the conversation on our blog. A more profound reason to wonder whether our prayers make a difference is the biblical emphasis on God's greatness and the power of his will. And if you do, then consider three implications. Yes, that’s what Scripture says. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we desire to be conformed to Christ." Series: Meet The Savior Who Was A Servant Sermon: Time For A Change Mark 10:46-52 Pastor Ricky Powell March 14, 2010 Introduction: An old man from the mountains took a trip to the big city. — Exodus 32:14. To make it more personal, “Prayer Changes Me!” At times our situation even remains the same; but we are different. Prayer is for the glory of God and incentives to prayer are God-centered so that when our hearts are moved by those incentives, it will be clear that we are acting because of the way God is. Today, let’s reboot our prayers and ask God for some life-changing, family-changing, city-changing, world-changing answers! GET IT NOW Provided by Ministry Pass. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. THE POWER OF PRAYER When a new year begins, many people make resolutions. 3. And count on him to help you in your longings to see people change. Then switching to God’s changelessness, he will say, You think you can change things through prayer? You can’t change God’s mind, because God can’t change. In response to prayer God changes people’s wills. The point is that prayer changes people’s wills. | Leah Klett/The Christian Post McLean Bible Church Pastor David Platt recently answered some common questions about prayer and highlighted how God uses the prayers of his children for the good of His people and ultimately, for His glory in the world. We should actively pray and trust in its power to change our circumstances for good. By prayer God calls us to join him in shaping history. In Exodus 32:9-10, we read that God was on the knife edge of destroying the whole nation and starting over again with Moses. The "life" referred to is eternal life. Or, more accurately, God changes people’s wills in answer to prayer. SUBJECT: Worship TITLE:To Pray Effectively PROPOSITION: To understand how to pray we must understand the Character, Circumstance, Content, and Consequences of prayer. It is often said that “Prayer changes things!” We should also add, “Prayer changes us!” It is true that your prayers will change things around you but sometimes your prayers change you. My goal in this sermon is very simple. In Genesis 18:16-33 we see the patriarch standing before the Lord, actually praying for Sodom and Gomorrah and pleading that the Lord would reconsider His plan to destroy the evil cities. Notice the wording: “I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.” Paul says he is praying for the same thing. St. Peter, quoting Psalm 34:15, reminds us that “the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer” (1 Peter 3:12). Do Not Neglect Prayer. Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints. A sermon preached on Sunday morning May 16, 2010 At the Bakers Creek Baptist church by James Carl Jones pastor. In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly tells people to follow him. Was Nineveh destroyed at that time? He prayed for a long time, but nothing happened. Well, in Acts 21 Paul meets a very hostile city, just as he expected. He is author of. God really is sovereign, and he rules the past, the present, and the future. Why? But why doesn’t that call ring out in the rest of the New Testament? Be glad and rejoice that the Spirit of God is a Spirit of love. You can’t change God’s mind, because God can’t change. Be glad that the Lord of the universe has a Spirit of love. In chapter 23 Paul is in jail and some of his enemies form a conspiracy to ambush him when he is transferred to Caesarea. Christians are unavoidably out of step with this world. Pastor Matt Chandler’s thoughts on prayer give us a powerful image of God’s eagerness to hear from us, His children Scriptures for Sermon On Fear, Anxiety, & StressA collection of verses that bring hope and comfort in times of difficulty and uncertainty. God wants our minds to be filled with this kind of God-exalting truth as the incentive to our praying and our living. (Romans 15:30–31). Could that be right? And when we pray, we can remind Him of His unchanging character. God had heard the striving of his people in Rome, and he had acted. He prayed for a long time, but nothing happened. And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends. When these two things unite, infinite power and overflowing love, nothing can befall you but what God wills for your good. How did they respond to Paul in answer to the other prayer in Romans 15:31, that his ministry be acceptable to the saints? Prayer forces us to wait. When we pray, God’s powerful hand begin to bring change, something great and unsearchable things happen in the spiritual realm specially in the hearts of men, in our hearts. Share. Website, Copyright © 2019 HarperCollins Publishers. I pray that the Lord will influence your wills to believe it! So Paul urges the Roman Christians 1,300 miles from Jerusalem to ask God not to let that happen. Finally, don’t neglect the amazing influence you have in the world for good through prayer. So the more people there are praying for something, and thus depending on God for mercy and power, the more people will give him thanks and glorify him when the answer comes. And now the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. Paul had said, “I urge you to strive in prayer by the Lord Jesus Christ.” Now we see even more clearly that Jesus is the Lord. For the first time in his life he found himself standing outside an elevator. Follow him. God is in the main business in the world of magnifying the worth of his Son and the power of his Spirit and the glory of his own name. The reason is plain: God would not get glory for our actions if they were not stimulated by views of God. Caliandro was not surprised but he was excited because an expert in human behavior was telling him what he knew all along — prayer is powerful! The point I see is very simple and far-reaching in its implications. God agreed, but fifty righteous people couldn’t be found. Why gather in St. Paul tonight in a larger group? Robert and his wife, Debbie, have been married 35 years and are blessed with one married daughter, two married sons and six grandchildren. Now how will God answer the prayers of the Roman Christians? But He can’t get better, because He is already the best. 02.07.2016 Preaching Text: “Now eight days after these saying Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.” (Luke 9:28) You never know where you’ll find sermon material. He hated the people of Nineveh (for many logical and understandable reasons) and wanted very much to see such a vile place wiped off the world map. — Jonah 4:2. Please consider this request from John Piper and become a monthly partner by December 31. This year let’s use both our instruments to win people over to Christ. He calls it “striving” in prayer. Jesus Over Everything Week 5 — Changing Your Heart. Prayer will certainly change material things when that change has a spiritual benefit. If someone says, “Why are you praying?” and we say, “I don’t know, I just felt this impulse,” God would not get the glory he would get if you answered, “I’m praying because Jesus is Lord and has the right to overrule human plans in answer to prayer; and I’m praying because the Spirit of God is a Spirit of love, and will hear my prayer for mercy.”. And Paul was spared. A Sermon on Matthew 7:7-11. One means God has given us to do this is prayer—asking him to act. But in closing this morning ask yourself if you believe this simple and powerful truth about prayer. Scripture is pretty clear that this isn’t the case. Dr. Arthur Caliandro, long-time pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, had a therapist on his church staff. Be glad that God is like this. Now, what about the believers? So what we learn here is that energetic vigorous responses of the heart in prayer (and other ways) are meant by God to be responses to great God-centered truth — in this case, Jesus is Lord of the universe; and the Spirit is full of love. God does not change, will not change, and cannot change. Prayers are not only for Christians. Title: PRAYER THAT CHANGES THINGS. God cannot and will not change His character. He influenced the will of a boy, Paul’s nephew, to be in a place to overhear the conspiracy, and then influenced him to have the courage to tell Paul about it. Paying attention to what the early church prayed for can help keep your prayer life from falling into a rut. These sermons were hand picked to help you prepare one or many sermons on this topic. So when God changed His mind, the prophet couldn’t contain his disgust. One microscopic dust speck of a human being on one little dust speck of a planet in the vast universe called on the eternal Creator of all to change His mind about the destiny of a nation. Prayer Changes Things. Follow Robert Morris on: Date written: July 24, 1994 Scripture ref: Acts 2:42. We are not to act on mere impulse or whim. He has always been and will always be compassionate. That is, he typically draws the will into action by displaying truth to the mind. This is why we read the Bible. He said, in essence, to the Lord, I knew this would happen! Prayer Changes Things A Sermon on Matthew 7:7-11 The story is told of a young boy who wanted $100 very badly. To say that the only thing that prayer changes is us is kind of an arrogant statement. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love and joy and that is what Paul met with in the church of Jerusalem. He is featured on the weekly television program, The Blessed Life, and serves as Chairman of the Board of The King’s University. We can be confident that prayer does change things—including our own hearts. Prayer Changes Things (1 of 2) Mark Baker Philippians 4:6 Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7. and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Privacy Policy | Term and Conditions. The subject of prayer is one that at first comes easily to new believers. The implication is that the will of the unbelievers to hurt Paul and the will of the believers to disapprove Paul’s ministry are both in the power of God to change. We are to act on the knowledge of God-centered incentives. Moses knew this as well. He is who He is. God has so arranged his world that we have the ability to make significant choices, some good and some bad, which affect the course of history. We can see the same dynamic in the story of Jonah. However this doesn't mean that prayer changes only spiritual things. But his danger is not over. Worship him. Why have prayer chains and prayer groups? It is saying that God doesn’t change His character. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. Church, I know it may sometimes seem fruitless, and vain—but never stop praying, never stop lifting your life—and the life of your friends unto … SERMONS ON PRAYER. But why? David Platt speaks at the Secret Church event on Friday, April 26, 2019. Real changes comes from within like the transformations that taking place to a butterfly, sometimes we cannot perceive what will happen, but changes begins and happenings because Prayer brings changes. Verse 16: “But the son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.” Then in verses 17–23: Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Lead this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.” So he took him and led him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to lead this young man to you since he has something to tell you.” And the commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?” And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the Council, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more thoroughly about him. Does Prayer Really Change Things? Undaunted by the lack of response, he wrote a letter to God presenting his request once again. But He can and will change His mind when His people pray. One of the most wonderful mysteries in the universe is that prayer changes things. Notes. Nineveh remained as a city for possibly one hundred fifty years. He was saved by the working of the will of secular authorities. So in this case, through Paul, God desires that the will of the Roman Christians incline to pray — and not just incline but incline vigorously. By prayer we are to influence the wills of professors and writers and entertainers and editors and pastors and elders and missionaries. And since the Spirit of God is a Spirit of love, you can pray with confidence that he will lovingly fill the saints in Jerusalem with love for Paul so that his ministry is accepted and not resented. Summary: This sermon helps us understand that if we live for God, Prayer is an effective way to overcome. All Rights Reserved. Verse 31 gives Paul’s two prayer requests: (1) “that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea”, and (2) “that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints.” So he had two concerns: (1) that the non-Christians in Judea would kill him and end his ministry; (2) that the Christians would find fault with his ministry. And the Lord accepted Job’s prayer. He is perfect and perfection itself. The Lord relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people. But Abraham learned that he could reason with God in prayer — and make a difference. He is the Lord over the wills of centurions, and commanders, and mobs, and little boys. Why would He do that? (Tell your neighbor, Prayer Changes Things) Our Scripture says in verse 24 "They lifted up their voice to God with one accord" i.e. Going back and forth in conversation with God, he gradually worked the number down to just ten. 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