The Privilege Of Prayer

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Starting This Friday

• Our Gospel Meeting Begins !

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In Two Weeks

• Church Discipline
• Discipline is medicine for curing, not poison
  for killing it is not to gratify the hatred of
  the judge, but to admonish the offender who is
  being judged.

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The Privilege Of Prayer
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Prayer Can Provide

• Forgiveness from God.
• Peace From God.
• Strength from God.
• Wisdom from God.

• Boldness from God.
• Opportunity from God.
• Healing from God
• Tranquility from God

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The Privilege of PrayerIS NOT AVAILABLETo
All Who Pray

• Some prayers are an abomination to God.
• Some prayers fall on deaf ears.
• Some prayers will be hindered.
• Some prayers will not be answered favorably.

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Those Who Will Not Heed Gods Word
For Whom Prayer Is Not A Privilege...

• Proverbs 289
• 2 Tim 43-4

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Pro 289 He who turns away his ear from
listening to the law, Even his prayer is an
abomination.
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2Ti 43-4 For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine but wanting to have
their ears tickled, they will accumulate for
themselves teachers in accordance to their own
desires, and will turn away their ears from the
truth and will turn aside to myths.
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Question If we will not listen to God, why
should He listen to us?
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Those Whose Sins Separate Them From God
For Whom Prayer Is Not A Privilege...

• Isa 591-2
• Rom 623

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Isa 591-2 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so
short That it cannot save Nor is His ear so 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.
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Rom 623 For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
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Question If we reject Gods forgiveness of
sins, can we expect Him to Listen to us?
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Those Who Fail To Treat Others Justly
For Whom Prayer Is Not A Privilege...

• Psa 411-3
• Mal 213-14 1 Pet 37
• Matt 523-24 614 1821-35

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1Pe 37 You husbands in the same way, live with
your wives in an understanding way, as with
someone weaker, since she is a woman and show
her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life,
so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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Mat 614 "For if you forgive others for their
transgressions, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you.
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Question If we will not treat others justly, how
can we hope to receive Gods mercy?
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Those Who Pray Without Faith
For Whom Prayer Is Not A Privilege...

• Heb 116
• Jas 16-7

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Heb 116 And without faith it is impossible to
please Him
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Jam 16-7 But he must ask in faith without any
doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf
of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For
that man ought not to expect that he will receive
anything from the Lord,
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Question If we doubt Gods existence and ability
to provide, why should God answer us?
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The Privilege Of Prayer

• Is not extended to everyone.
• It is a blessing graciously bestowed
• On those whose hearts are in a proper condition!

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The Sinner Seeking Truth Righteousness
For Whom Prayer Is A Privilege...

• Example of Cornelius (Act 101-2 1114)
• Note He was not saved by praying per se, he
  still needed to obey!
• A sinner seeking truth righteousness, his
  prayers will be heard!

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The Christian With Jesus As Their High-Priest
For Whom Prayer Is A Privilege...

• Jesus has become our High-Priest. Heb 217-18
  414-16 725
• Jesus has become our Advocate Mediator. 1 Jn
  21 1 Tim 25 Rom 834

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Rom 834 Christ Jesus is He who died, yes,
rather who was raised, who is at the right hand
of God, who also intercedes for us.
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Such is the blessing of those who have put on
Christ in baptism become children of God
through faith
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1 Peter 312 For the eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous, and His ears attend to their
prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those
who do evil.
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