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“Why Should We Pray?”

Psalms 55:17

INTRO. In our text the Psalmist said, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice." The Psalmist shows us the assurance we have that, whenever we might pray, God will hear us! Our God is a God that hears and answers prayer. In his book, "The Wonderful Names Of Our Wonderful LORD," T. C. Horton gives us a Biblical survey of names and titles by which God reveals Himself to us. One of these titles, by God's own Divine choice, is, according to Psalms 65:2, "Thou that hearest prayer!"

Aren't you glad we serve a God that hears and answers our prayers? Jesus in Luke 18:1, said, "Men ought always to pray, and not to faint." But why should we pray? What motivates us to lift your hearts, voices, and minds to God? Last Sunday night, we began this series of messages, with a message entitled, "When They Had Prayed!" The message expressed the idea that things happen when we pray to God. We learned that when we pray: (1) We experience the Power and Presence of God, (2) We are filled with the Holy Spirit to Serve, and lastly, (3) We can boldly speak the Word of God.

Tonight, I'd like to answer the question, “Why should we Pray?” Is it because we know we're supposed too? Is it just to get things from God? Or is it something we only do when we find ourselves in trouble and our backs to the wall? No, A thousand times No! Prayer is our mode of talking and fellowshipping with a loving God. We can't express our love and thanksgiving to God if we never talk with Him! We can't know the Will of God for ourselves if we don't ask Him!

But why pray? I want to share with you seven reasons to pray. Each one found within the pages of God's Holy Word.

WHY PRAY? :

(1) Because God Commands It In His Word

Psalms 27:7, 8—“Hear, 0 LORD, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, "Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face LORD, will I seek.”

*WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT PRAYER? :

A. WE SHOULD ALL PRAY (Luke 18:1).

B. WE SHOULD PRAY ALL THE TIME (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

C. WE SHOULD PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING (Philippians 4:6).

D. WE SHOULD PRAY FOR ALL MEN (1 Timothy 2:1).

E. WE SHOULD PRAY WITH ALL PRAYER, ALL PERSEVERANCE FOR ALL SAINTS (Ephesians 6:18, 19).

F. WE SHOULD PRAY, LEST WE ENTER INTO TEMPTATION (Matthew 26:41).

(2) Because Prayer Is God's Appointed Way For Christian To Receive

Matthew 7:7, 8

James 4:2, 3

A. WE MUST ASK (Matthew 21:22).

B. WE MUST NOT ASK AMISS (John 14:13-14).

(3) Because Prayer Is God's Way For Christians To Have Fullness of Joy

John 16:24

A. ANSWERED PRAYER BRINGS JOY.

B. ANSWERING PRAYER PLEASES JESUS.

(4) Because Pray Can Deliver From Troubles, cure worry, and Ease

Anxiety

Philippians 4:6, 7

A. HE WANTS US TO CAST OUR BURDENS ON HIM (Psalms 55:22—“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee...” ).

B. HE CARES ABOUT US (1 Peter 5:7).

(5) Because Prayer Answered Defeats Skepticism, Unbelief, Modernism,

and Infidelity

*Some Examples:

1 Kings 18:36-39

Judges 6:12-17, 36-40

(6) Because Prayer Is The Only Way To Have The Power of The Holy Spirit

For God's Service

Luke 11:11-13

**Some Examples:

Acts 4:31; 9:3-17 Ephesians 3:14-21

*D.L. Moody, the noted Evangelist, said, "It is foolish and wicked to try to

do God's work without God's Power. But there is no way to get God's Power

except for God's people to Pray for it."

(7) Because "Whosoever Shall Call Upon the Lord, Shall Be Saved"

Romans 10:13

CLOSING: Prayer is important! Jesus, when He was casting the moneychangers from the Temple, said, "My House shall be called The House of Prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." This Church and all of His Churches should be "Houses of Prayer!" We talk often of the work of the Ministry, but yet we leave out the importance of Prayer. Prayer is the Work!

Nothing can meet with success in god's service without beginning, going through, and ending with Prayer We must Pray! Will You Pray?

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