The Prayers of Jesus - Session 6 - A Friend in High Places

Insights:

• "Whatever you ask" does not mean whatever might be on your wish list. (AndrewLincoln)
  
• With the proper formula, a spirit-induced sickness could be cured, a chariot race could be won, and sexual passions could be enhanced. (Clint Arnold)
  
• This is not intended to rationalize unanswered prayer but to encourage prayer that is in line with the will of God, as revealed in Christ. (Andrew Lincoln)
  
• As I read and meditate on the Word morning by morning, I try to allow it to shape my prayer… by my saying to God things I would not have said had I not just previously been filling my mind and heart with his Word. (Felicity Houghton)
  
• Praying "if it is your will" does not demonstrate a lack of faith, but a lack of knowledge of God's will in a specific situation. (Terrance Tiessen)
  
• We are working with God to determine the future! We are to change the world through prayer. (Richard Foster)
  
• Prayer has bridled the rage of lions, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, and stayed the sun in its course. (Chrysostom, early church father)
  
• He is not going to help us develop our own kingdoms when we are called to establish his kingdom! (Neil Anderson)
  
• What is necessary is an increasing knowledge of the Scriptures so that we may learn how to pray with confidence in Jesus' name. (D. A. Carson)
  
• Brother Yun, one of China's house church leaders, prayed and fasted for months before receiving a Bible in 1974. When he received it he said, "Every day from morning to late evening I read the Word of God… I finished reading through the whole Bible, so I started to memorize one chapter per day. After 28 days I had memorized the whole gospel of Matthew." (Paul Hattaway)
  
• This is our comfort, because God answers every prayer, for either he gives what we pray for, or something far better. (Soren Kierkegaard)
  
• As a parent gives to a child from his or her wisdom what the child needs, so does God. COnsequently, we may receive answers we do not want, find things we are not looking for, and have doors open we do not expect. (David Garland)

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