“5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. - Luke 11:5-10
_ OUR UNDERSTANDING IS OFF
_ OUR AIM IS OFF
Is my time in prayer more about a ______ or a ________?
Is my time in prayer more about a list or a person?
_ WE MOVE ON
An idol is anything you look to for something you should get from God or through his direction in prayer.
_ START WITH A PROMISE
“a lot of people stop at hope in God and don’t continue on to Faith.”
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” - Hebrews 11:1
Hope says “God, I know you’re _______” Faith says “God, I know you’re _______”
Hope says “God, I know you’re able” Faith says “God, I know you’re willing”
“And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” - Mark 11:22-24
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Romans 10:17
_ SUBMIT MY PLANS
The ask is up to ____, but the how is up to _____.
The ask is up to us, but the how is up to Him.
God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? - Numbers 13:19
_ EMBRACE THE PROCESS
Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land - Psalm 37:34
qāvâ - to lie in wait for, to twist, stretch, the tension of enduring, waiting.
If you’re not ________, then you’re not ________.
If you’re not praying, then you’re not waiting.
“God often waits for our passionate persistence in prayer. It isn’t that God is reluctant and needs to be persuaded. Our persistence doesn’t change God; it changes us, developing in us a heart and passion for what God wants.” - David Guzik
“But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” - Isaiah 40:31
“5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. - Luke 11:5-10
