Never Ending Story - Availing Prayer

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Starting with Prayer

Persecution happening - James martyred
Peter arrested
When things look bleak -
Church prayed
James 5:16 HCSB
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
Faith that Fears Not
Peter not worried - sleeping
Unexpected timing - be ready
Answers Require Action
Deer in the headlights syndrome - get up and move
Often there is work to be done when answers come
Understanding Will Come
Peter came to his senses
Sometimes in this life, but for sure in eternity we will understand
1 Corinthians 13:12 HCSB
For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.
Don’t Be Surprised
We don’t expect God to answer
James 1:6 HCSB
But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
Don’t Be Surprised
Always an answer - Yes, No, Wait
Every situation is an opportunity for God to show up and show off
Key is to ask according to His will
1 John 5:14 HCSB
Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Trust His outcome
Doubters will Doubt
People will always try explain away miracles
Don’t worry about that - trust what you know is true
The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.
F.B. Meyer
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