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Back to EpisodesThe Power of Prayer - How to Pray with Absolute Confidence, Part 1
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Chip asks: When you really need an answer from God - you’ve got a big decision to make, a serious situation is dragging on and on, a doctor’s report is frightening, a friend or family member is headed in a direction you know isn’t good - how can you pray and have absolute confidence that God hears you? If those questions are familiar, this message is for you!
Main Points Faith:- Definition = Hebrews 11:1
- Importance = Hebrews 11:6
- Faith, therefore, is having absolute confidence that whatever God says, He will do.
Question: When you pray, are you going to God with absolute certainty and confidence that what you are asking for will be given?
You can pray with absolute confidence. -1 John 5:13-15
How?
- To whom is this promise made? -1 John 5:13
- How must we pray to know God hears our prayers? -1 John 5:14
- How can we know the will of God? -1 John 5:14 -- By the promises of His Word
- How can we know God’s will when we have no promise for a particular situation? -Romans 8:26-27
Conclusion: “We must pray in faith. That is, we must pray with confident expectation of getting the very thing we ask.” -George Mueller
Broadcast Resource Additional Resource Mentions- Daily Discipleship
- "Magnificent Prayer" By Nick Harrison
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
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