![]() ![]() Prayer changing Hezekiah’s medical situation is not limited to him. And Hezekiah wept sore.ĢKi 20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,ĢKi 20:5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.ĢKi 20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order for thou shalt die, and not live.ĢKi 20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,ĢKi 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. He prayed and God gave him 15 more years.ĢKi 20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. Hezekiah’s prayer – Hezekiah was so sick he was about to die. He still gives them victory over many problems. God still answers and does incredible things in the lives of His people. His help with the battle did not stop in Asa’s day. Whatever the battle is, it is not too big for the Lord. There are many who have a battle with addictions. Without God working they would have lost. Of course Israel had to fight they had to be involved they had to go forth. But today we just want to look at the results.ĢCh 14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah and the Ethiopians fled. ![]() There is a lot we can learn from that short prayer. He is asking that God would be glorified with the giving of victory. Reaffirms his allegiance to God, “O LORD, thou art our God” and closes with a request that wicked men do not prevail against God. “we rest on thee” He dedicates the battle to God’s name. That God can even give victory to those with no power. He acknowledged God’s great power to help. O LORD, thou art our God let not man prevail against thee. He prayed.ĢCh 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. Asa wanted and needed victory, so he did the best thing he could do. Humanly speaking there was no way they could win. The enemy’s army was vastly greater in number and they were better armed. The children of Israel were in a bad situation. Prayer can bring victory in a battleĪsa’s Prayer – Asa was a good king for almost all of his reign. To close this series on prayer we are going to look at how prayer changed things in the past and how prayer still continues to change things. But prayer to an Almighty God can change things. Our trials are beyond what we can control, we have no power in and of ourselves to change things. If we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that our need for prayer is great. To close this series we are going to take a look at how prayer changes things. How important faith is in prayer, as well as some of the hindrances to prayer. We have seen many instructions from God’s word on how to pray, when to pray, and what to pray for. We have seen many promises from God’s word about prayer. ![]() Each one of us should be involved in all of it. However, they are neglecting private prayer, public prayer with the church body, and intercessory prayer. ![]() Asked if they pray, some will say yes because they say a few light prayers thru the day and so they think they have it all covered. This was a major point because many miss this. One of the main points here was since God created all these different types of prayer and since God has a purpose for each one, shouldn’t the Christian be involved in all of them. Scheduled dedicated prayer, closet prayer, public prayer, and intercessory prayer. We saw that there are different types of prayer. We looked at what praying without ceasing means, its benefits and how it is different from closet alone type prayer. Then we looked at the results of prayer and saw how it can bring wisdom, direction for our lives and victory. All thru the book someone kept praying and answers kept coming. 120 people prayed and 3,000 got saved, those continued in prayer and 5,000 got saved. They were committed and steadfast in prayer they continued in prayer and God moved in a big way. We took a look at the power of prayer specifically in the book of Acts. Over the last 7 lessons we have taken a look at prayer. ![]()
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