STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans… … take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]! Have the attitude of the Bereans…

Part 10: Ways God ANSWERS Prayer PRAYER with FASTING Part 10: Ways God ANSWERS Prayer 5

Hindrances to Answered Prayer

James 4:1-3 [1] What is the SOURCE of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your PLEASURES that wage war in your members? [2] You LUST and do not have; (so) you commit murder. …

James 4:1-3 You DO NOT HAVE BECAUSE you DO NOT ASK. [2] … And you are ENVIOUS and cannot obtain; (so) you fight and quarrel. You DO NOT HAVE BECAUSE you DO NOT ASK. [3] You ASK and DO NOT RECEIVE,…

James 4:1-3 SO THAT you may SPEND (it) on your PLEASURES. [3] … BECAUSE you ASK with WRONG MOTIVES, SO THAT you may SPEND (it) on your PLEASURES.

The Bible Teaches that God DOES ANSWER Prayer

So WHAT ARE the Ways God ANSWERS Prayer? 5

The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer 5 The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer #1 – By Saying YES!

James 5:17-18 NATURE = like passions similarly affected [17] ELIJAH was a man with a NATURE LIKE OURS, NATURE = like passions similarly affected

James 5:17-18 and he PRAYED EARNESTLY that it might not rain; [17] ELIJAH was a man with a NATURE LIKE OURS, and he PRAYED EARNESTLY that it might not rain; and IT DID NOT rain on the earth for three years and six months.

James 5:17-18 [18] And he PRAYED AGAIN, and the sky poured rain, and the earth produced its fruit. James 5:16b … The EFFECTIVE PRAYER of a RIGHTEOUS (man) can ACCOMPLISH MUCH.

A RIGHTEOUS PRAYER WORKS POWERFULLY! James 5:16b (AMP) … The EARNEST (heartfelt, continued) PRAYER of a RIGHTEOUS man MAKES TREMENDOUS POWER AVAILABLE [dynamic in its working]. A Simple Literal Translation – A RIGHTEOUS PRAYER WORKS POWERFULLY!

The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer 5 The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer #2 – By Saying NO!

Matthew 26:39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, IF IT IS POSSIBLE, let this cup pass from Me; yet NOT AS I WILL, but AS THOU WILT.”

Hebrews 10:7, 5, 10 [7] “THEN I SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I HAVE COME… TO DO THY WILL, O GOD.’” [cited from Psalm 40:7-8] [5] Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says,…

Hebrews 10:7, 5, 10 [5] “… SACRIFICE AND OFFERING THOU HAST NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY THOU HAST PREPARED FOR ME; [cited from Psalm 40:6] [10] BY THIS WILL we have been SANCTIFIED through the OFFERING of the BODY of Jesus Christ once for all.

1 John 5:14 And THIS IS the CONFIDENCE which we have before Him, THAT, IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, He hears us.

THAT you MAY NOT ENTER INTO TEMPTATION; Matthew 26:41 “KEEP WATCHING and PRAYING, THAT you MAY NOT ENTER INTO TEMPTATION; the spirit is WILLING, but the FLESH is WEAK.”

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and GOD IS FAITHFUL, WHO WILL NOT ALLOW you TO BE TEMPTED beyond what you are able, BUT with the temptation WILL PROVIDE THE WAY OF ESCAPE also, that you may be able to ENDURE it.

The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer 5 The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer #3 – By Saying NO! BUT I’ll GIVE You SOMETHING ELSE!

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 to keep me from EXALTING myself, [7] And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, FOR THIS REASON, to keep me from EXALTING myself, there was given me a THORN in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me – to keep me from EXALTING myself!

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 [8] CONCERNING this I ENTREATED the Lord THREE TIMES that it might depart from me. [9] And He has said to me, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT for you, for POWER is PERFECTED in WEAKNESS.” …

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 [9] … Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, THAT the POWER of Christ may DWELL in me.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 FOR when I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG. [10] Therefore I AM WELL CONTENT with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; FOR when I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.

The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer 5 The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer #4 – By Saying WAIT!

Some Who Had to WAIT! JEREMIAH WAITED 10 days [Jeremiah 42:4-7] DANIEL WAITED 3 entire weeks (21 days) [Daniel 10:2-12] NEHEMIAH WAITED 4 months (~ 120 days) [Nehemiah 1:1 – 2:1]

TO SHOW that AT ALL TIMES they OUGHT TO PRAY and NOT TO LOSE HEART, Luke 18:1-8 [1] Now He was telling them a PARABLE TO SHOW that AT ALL TIMES they OUGHT TO PRAY and NOT TO LOSE HEART, Verses 2-5, the parable of the persistent widow and the judge

Luke 18:1-8 [6] And the Lord said, “HEAR what the unrighteous judge said; [7] NOW SHALL GOD NOT bring about justice for His elect, WHO CRY to Him day and night, and WILL HE DELAY LONG OVER them?”

Luke 18:1-8 [8] “I tell you that HE WILL BRING about JUSTICE for them SPEEDILY. HOWEVER, when the Son of Man comes, WILL HE FIND FAITH on the earth?”

The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer 5 The Ways God ANSWERS Prayer #5 – By GIVING MORE than WHAT We ASK!

1 Kings 3:11-13 – King Solomon nor have asked riches for YOURSELF, [11] And God said to him, “BECAUSE you have asked this thing and have not asked FOR YOURSELF long life, nor have asked riches for YOURSELF, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies,…”

1 Kings 3:11-13 – King Solomon [11] “… but have asked for YOURSELF discernment to understand justice, [12] BEHOLD, I HAVE DONE according to your words. BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN you a wise and discerning heart,…”

1 Kings 3:11-13 – King Solomon [12] “… so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. [13] And I HAVE ALSO GIVEN you WHAT YOU HAVE NOT ASKED, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.”

“And ALL THINGS you ASK in PRAYER, Matthew 21:22 “And ALL THINGS you ASK in PRAYER, BELIEVING, you SHALL RECEIVE.”

Here is YOUR Invitation to WAIT for the STRONG HAND of GOD to BE UPON YOU in ANSWER to YOUR PRAYS!