Open Heaven 29 July 2020: [Wednesday] – The Mathematics of Answered Prayers
Memorise: Therefore
I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:24
Read: Luke 11:1-13
(KJV)
1 And it
came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one
of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his
disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven,
so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is
indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall
go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have
nothing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door
is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he
is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many
as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he
give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him?
Message:-
In
my book The Mathematics of Answered Prayers, I explained my points using
simultaneous equations, but here, we will be using simple algebra. For your
prayers to be answered, you will need to apply the following algebraic
equation.
Open Heaven 29 July 2020 – The Mathematics of Answered Prayers
F
(P+W+R+JN) = Answered Prayers
Faith
(F) is the constant variable that must affect every other element of your
equation before your prayers can be answered. Hebrews 11:6 says:
“But without fait it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Open Heaven 29 July 2020: [Wednesday] – The Mathematics of Answered Prayers
Without
faith it is impossible to please God and of course if you displease Him, how
would you expect Him to answer your prayer?
The
next thing you need is to Praise Him (P). Psalm 100:4 shows that praise attract
God’s attention and make Him willing to hear you. In fact, if you just praise
God and don’t make any requests, He will ask you for what you want. This was
the case with Solomon after he had given a thousand burnt offerings to God
without making any request. God told him in a dream to ask for whatever he
wanted (1st Kings 3)
Open Heaven 29 July 2020 Wednesday: Key Point
Pray
with reference to the word (W) of God. Before you bring a request to God, find
out what His word says about it, then quote it back to Him; this is praying
according to His will. James 4:3 says we ask and do not get our miracles
because we ask amiss. When you ask according to the word of God, you cannot ask
amiss. After this, present your Request (R). Lastly, make sure that you are
presenting your request in Jesus’ name (JN). When you pray in the name of
Jesus, you are placing the personality of Jesus behind your request and since
God cannot deny Him anything, He will not deny you. He will attend to your
request just as He attends to the requests of Jesus.
Key Point
Don’t just barge
into God’s presence with your requests; make sure you have all that you need
for your prayers to be answered.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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