30/01/2020
MOMENT OF TRUTH (MOT)
Pastor Ezekiel Ajoba
Today: 30-01-2020
RECIEVING ANSWERS TO YOUR PRAYERS! (PART 4)
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. - John 14:13
Supplication without intervention will lead anyone into frustration. We are not just to pray for the fun of it, we are to pray and get answers. Prayer is a communion between God and man. Prayer is a two way communication, and before a communication can be completed, there must be sender and receiver. So, until we receive answers to our prayers, we have not actually communicated to God. And God is ready to give us answers anytime we ask for anything. King David had the assurance that God answers prayers, when he said, "O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come." Without this kind of assurance, prayer may look like a burden. And standing on that truth that God answers prayers, David was persuaded to offer prayers unto God, three times a day, as he said, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice."
The truth is that there are some factors that guarantees answers to our prayers, according to our text, when we have prayed in the name of Jesus, we can be rest assured that God has heard us, because it is written, "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you." The name of Jesus secures easy access to the Father. The guarantee for answer to our prayer is the name of Jesus Christ, because God has given Him the name, as it is written, "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;" No wonder Jesus said, "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." Jesus knew that answers to prayers rejoices the heart. Understand that God is under compulsion to answer when we ask anything in the name of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, if we have prayed in the name of Jesus, we can be rest assured that God has heard us. The disciples of Jesus used the name of Jesus in prayers after He left and they have answers, for instance, Peter and John when they were going into the temple had an encounter with a lame man at the beautiful gate, prayed for him, "Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength." The name of Jesus is guarantees answers to our prayers
CHARGE:
While you are expecting your answers, do these:
1. Start developing capacity to contain the answers.
2. Begin to map out strategy for ex*****on.
3. Make covenant moves.
4. Continue to give God the glory.
PRAYERS:
Father, I thank you for the answers to all my prayers in Jesus name.
DECLARATIONS:
Everything God had said to you shall be exactly has it had been told you, nothing shall be removed from it, and those that have been asking you, where is your God, shall see your God in your testimonies this year in Jesus name.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Psalm 65:2, Psalm 55:17, John 16:23, Philippians 2:9-10, John 16:24, Acts 3:6-7.
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