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Posted on Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Highlights of a sermon given by Pastor Michael on Nov. 19, 2011 by Susan Bond
Referencing the Gospels (Mark 1:23,24; Matthew 7:7,8; and John 15:7 and14:12,13), Pastor Michael listed some of the promises that Jesus made in regard to prayer. Michael remarked further, "Even asking for salvation is an audacious prayer." After all, we who have done nothing to deserve it, are asking the Lord and King of creation to save us.
The pastor exhorted us to stop asking God how or why questions. [Two weeks ago, as he preached about justice, Pastor Michael suggested that we might better ask, "What would You have me do?" Relying on Romans 12 for direction, we know that God will answer a prayer for justice by 1) telling us to forgive and 2) instructing us to leave the results to God. God doesn't provide justice for one by robbing the freedom of another. Meanwhile, God is teaching us to be like Him. We can taste His mercies by giving them away. Prayers for justice are like prayers for His Presence.]
Again, stop asking how or why. Sometimes His answers may look like this:
I ask for a wife ----- He gives me eternal love.
I ask for money ----- He gives me His Kingdom.
I ask for a better job ----- He gives me a leadership position in the church.
Having shared a personal testimony of how God answered his and his wife's prayer for a child even when the attending physician thought it impossible, and having told of the impact one of his hired laborers had on him this week as the worker prayed openly and boldly, Pastor Michael concluded today's sermon with the Apostle Paul's words, "Pray about everything" (Phil. 4:6). God answers audacious prayers.
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