Get to Know God’s Promises

Knowing God’s promises helps you pray.

“For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20).”

If You Know What God Can Do

Daniel knew God reveals mysteries, so he asked for that (Daniel 2:28).

When God answered, even the king said, “Your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries (Daniel 2:47).”

If you know what God can do, you can ask Him to do it.

Praying for the Lost

As you pray for the lost, remember they are “his people and the sheep of his hand (Psalm 95:7).”

Also remember what God does. If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of the goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray (Matthew 18:12)?

Pray believing.

God Hears

God hears our conversations. The Lord said, “When you ‘multiplied your words against me; I heard it (Ezekiel 35:13).'”

God hears our prayers. “O Lord,  you hear my voice (from Psalm 5:3).”

Speak and pray respectfully.

God Does Good

“I will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord (Ezekiel 36:11).”

Say thank you.

How to pray a “Standing in the Breach” Prayer

When Moses stood in the breach for the people, I notice he implored the Lord based on His promises and His reputation.

What do you notice?

“O Lord!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand? Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’?
Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people! Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the starts of haven. And I will give them all the land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'”
So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people (Exodus 32:11-14).”

Pray Believing

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. . . . I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:1-6).”

“I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it (Ezekiel 24:14).”

Pray believing.