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We come today to the last sermon in the series; "To What Kinds of Prayers does God Answer 'Yes?'"  And this sermon gives an example of a "God-exalting prayer."  It is the prayer of Jonah from the belly of the great fish.

For our prayers to receive more "yeses," they must be God-exalting.  Our purpose in life, the purpose of all creation, and all that happens in this life is to bring praise to God.  And your prayers are no exception.

This is the last point in this sermon series, "The kind of prayer that God answers 'yes.'"  The final kind of prayer is God-exalting prayer.  We are studying the disciple's prayer.

This message concludes our look at one type of prayer that God answers "Yes."  The Fervent prayer.  Fervent prayer is defined as a prayer that is persistent, passionate, and pleading.

Not only does God answer the prayers of the righteous, humble, and scriptural, but He also answers the prayers of the fervent.  And fervency can be described in three ways; persistence, passion, and pleading.

Not only does God answer the prayers of the righteous, humble, and scriptural, but He also answers the prayers of the fervent.  And fervency can be described in three ways; persistence, passion, and pleading.

The kind of prayer that God answers "yes." Scripture tells us that "the fervent effectual prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.  So, if you want to have effective prayers, you have to be in right standing with God.   What does that look like?  You have to have a righteous position, a righteous practice, and a righteous posture.

In our ongoing study of answered prayer, we've discovered that God answers Scriptural prayers.  That means that when we pray for things that are God's plan or will, as stated in Scripture, we can be sure that He will answer those prayers with a "yes."   In First Thessalonians 3:10-13, Paul prays for the Christians in Thessalonican, and he prays that they have a complete faith,...

In the previous message, we found that God answers "Yes" to Scriptural prayers.  That means that we are to pray based on what God reveals to be His will, as revealed in the Bible.   In today's sermon, I am giving an example of that kind of prayer.  In 1st Thessalonians 3:10-13, Paul is praying for the people of the church in Thessalonica.  And he is praying for three things for them...

There are certain things that all Christians do; read the Bible, pray, go to church, and be obedient to the Word.  In regard to prayer, we all pray.  And we ask God to act when we have wants or needs.  But if we have been Christians for any amount of time, we know that we don't always get what we ask for.   So, how can I change my prayers so that the answer is "yes" more often?  Tha...

Through all the struggles, crises, problems, and pain of life, we find ourselves calling out to God for help.  And sometimes God moves to our aid.  But sometimes, He does not. Sometimes God answers "no," or "wait."  In fact, Scripture tells us that some of our prayers may even be sinful in their requests to God.   So, if we don't want to pray sinful prayers, and we want to...

Prayer is a common experience among Christians.  We pray together in our Bible Studies and worship services.  We pray with our families.  We pray as we drive.  We pray when we get up in the morning, and as we lay our heads on our pillows at night.   Prayer includes worshiping God, confessing sin, and thanking God.  But it is often dominated by making requests to God regarding things that are happe...

This final sermon in chapter five of 1st Corinthians unfolds the final problems associated with the problem of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church.   Along with the sin of incest committed by one of their members, they also had a problem with their witness in the community, their arrogance, their failure to properly discipline this man, and their misunderstanding of who they were in Christ....

We began studying the text of 1 Corinthians 5 a few weeks ago and found that the Corinthian church had a problem; sexual immorality in the church.  A church member was having a sexually intimate relationship with his stepmother.   But as we opened up the chapter we found that the problem ran deeper than the affair.  The church's reputation was at stake.  And in today's message, we uncove...

In this chapter, Paul addresses a second major problem in the Corinthian church.   The problem is fornication, but as we noted last time, sin does not take place in a vacuum. What one member does in the church has a ripple effect across the congregation. What Paul points out is that their reputation in the community is at stake.  They have someone involved in a sin that even the outside world cons...

Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth addressing several problems in the church.  The first problem was divisions in the church.  The second problem that Paul addresses in the Corinthian church was the problem of fornication.   He stated that it was commonly reported that there was fornication in the church at Corinth.  We can gather from just those few words that that was a bad thi...

Paul continues enumerating the qualities of Christian Leadership.  In addition to being a servant and a steward, the Christian leader is above human criticism and is not arrogant.  

As Paul continues listing the qualities of Christian leadership, he compares the Christian leader to the ultimate model for a Christian leader; a godly father.   All of the qualities of a godly father are the same qualities that a godly Christian leader will have. 

Paul has been addressing the problem of disunity in the Corinthian church.  Now he comes to the last principle that they need to agree on Leadership.  Leadership is different in the church than in the world.   A leader in the church is not the one who pushes and connives their way to the top.  Paul says they are to be servants and stewards.

This passage of Scripture describes the viewpoint that a Christian should have toward the things in this life.  We are to have a Godly viewpoint of ourselves, others, our possessions, and our possessor.

As Easter passes again this year we've celebrated the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.   But many in the world we live in continue to reject the resurrection as an actual historic event.  They will often acknowledge that Jesus lived and started the Christian movement.  They will acknowledge the reality of the crucifixion.  But they continue to believe that somehow His disciples stole Je...

Every person faces two realities in this life; death and judgment.  And as certain as everyone is going to die, so certain is it that they will stand in judgment.  Scripture says in Hebrews 9:27   "And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment ," All people will be judged for their sins. But Christians have already been judged for their sins; Christ bore their s...

The Bible says that we are all on the same collision course.  First comes life, then death, then comes judgment from God. The Bible says, "For it has been given to men to die once, then comes the judgment." And Jesus said that at the judgment you would give an account of even every idle word that you speak.   Are you ready for judgment?

Have you ever had "one of those days?"  One of those days where you wonder why you got out of bed?   Well, in Genesis 21 Abraham was having "one of those days."  To be more precise, it was probably "one of those years."   No matter how good life seemed to be working out for him, his past indiscretions kept popping up to taunt him.   He is not sooner celebrating at the...

Any organization that is going to be successful has to have one thing; unity.  They have to be united in their purpose, their direction, and the means by which they are going to achieve their common goals.  If they don't have unity, the rest is irrelevant.  The church is no different.  In 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Paul addresses one more area of agreement that the church must come to in order to s...