Episode 375 - Show Notes:
- Prayer is a small thing that has a great impact. I want you to see how important prayer is in our lives. Small prayers change things. Our faith is not in the greatness of our prayers, but in the greatness of our God.
- God hears every prayer, even wordless prayers. He hears the cry of our heart when we can’t even formulate the right words. He is close to the brokenhearted. He sees our tears. He knows our heart, our feelings, and our emotions.
- We might be tempted to think our prayers are ineffective because we aren’t doing it. Maybe you think prayer needs to be long or pronounced with eloquent language. But the truth is, God knows our needs before we ask. The effectiveness of our prayers is not dependent on speaking the right words. It’s not an exact formula we follow. Prayer is communicating from the heart. If you can talk, you can pray.
- Perhaps some of the greatest prayers you can pray are, “help me, God, I need you right now, give me strength, or give me peace. More examples of powerful prayers are, “yes, Lord, I will obey, use me God, fill me with your Spirit.”
- What could God do in and through your life if you would become a person of prayer? What if you committed, even a few minutes each day in prayer? What if you incrementally added to your prayer time? Is there anything we could to that would be more impactful?
1 Samuel 3:8-10 - “A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
James 5:16 says, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
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