ELCT UBUNGO SERVICE, 20TH March 2016
SUBJECT: THE PRINCIPLE THAT LEADS A PERSON'S PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED BY GOD
BY Teacher Giliard, Summary FROM ARUSHA.
Prayer is a conversation between a person and God. It is the means of communication between a person and God, and there is no one official appointed to it — it is for every person in their own life
So when you enter into prayer you must have a principle — a way of going to speak with him
The large majority of unanswered prayer lies with the human being and not with God,
In ordinary life there are principles — protocols — for how to communicate
Now with God there are the following principles (there are seven)
1. SEEK TO BE LIKE GOD – Pray seeking God's will concerning the matter you want to pray about. Put off your former conduct and the old self
Ephesians 4:22-24, verse 22: Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires; Ephesians 4:22
Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; Ephesians 4:22 AMP
a) THE WICKEDNESS AND SIN OF MANKIND HAVE HIDDEN GOD'S FACE
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, nor his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he does not hear. ISA. 59:1-2
BEHOLD, THE Lord’s hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:1-2 AMP
There are people who have prayed for a long time and still have had no answer, and perhaps they have gone to many intercessors inside and outside the country and still have had no answer. Is it that God does not see, or does not want to help you?
So it is good to ASK YOURSELF QUESTIONS — why the matter has taken so long — in order to know what the problem is; and by this verse the problem is WICKEDNESS and SIN,
b) ENTER INTO JESUS SO THAT YOU MAY BE MADE NEW AND BE LIKE JESUS
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away — behold, it has become new. 2 COR. 5:17
c) LET YOUR HEART PLEASE THE LORD, GIVE IT TO THE LORD, AND DO NOT FORGET GOD'S LAW.
My son, give me your heart; let your eyes delight in my ways. PROV. 23:26
My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commandments. PROV. 3:1
d) – ALLOW GOD TO MAKE YOU NEW IN YOUR SPIRIT AND IN YOUR MIND.
e) – PUT ON THE NEW SELF, CREATED AFTER THE LIKENESS OF GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.
and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. EPH. 4:23-24
f) – CONSECRATE YOURSELF AND BE HOLY, BECAUSE YOUR GOD IS HOLY.
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy; and do not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. LEV. 11:44
HOLINESS, in being like God, is not a matter for debate — it is a MUST. So you must first seek holiness by consecrating yourself.
f) – BE HOLY BECAUSE GOD IS HOLY
For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so you shall be holy, for I am holy. LEV. 11:45
HOLINESS WILL MAKE YOU SEE GOD IN YOUR PRAYERS. Strive earnestly for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord. HEB. 12:14
2: ARE YOUR WAYS LIKE GOD'S WAYS, AND DO YOU HAVE THE FRUIT TO MOVE GOD TO ANSWER PRAYER?
I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. JER. 17:10
a) – ALLOW GOD TO SEARCH YOUR HEART AND TEST YOUR MIND,
DECIDE FROM NOW TO BE DEVOTED TO PRAYER; DECIDE TO LEARN TO PRAY SO THAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO ONE TO HELP YOU PRAY, YOU CAN STILL PRAY