Linked UP Church
Sunday, January 13, 2019
We all were created to live a fulfilling life that brings glory to God. At Linked UP Church, our Vision is to Connect people to God, Family, Purpose, and Community.
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Linked UP Church
4331 Brownsville Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127, USA
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Introduction:
Jeremiah 33:1-2 (NKJV)
Jeremiah was commanded to pray for great and mighty things from the confinement of prison. A rebellious king named Zedekiah attempted to stifle the prophet’s convicting pronouncements about the doom of Judah. This king would be the last before Babylon took the nation captive.
The LORD would command Jeremiah to pray and then back the command with His creative power (v. 2). Nothing is too hard for the LORD who established and made heaven and earth and everything in it. The LORD commands Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)
- We must pray because God has the power to deliver what He promises!
- There is power in God’s position as Creator. This is why it is so necessary to obey His command to call upon Him.
- Why? Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NKJV)
- When?
a. The day of trouble.
Psalm 50:15 (NKJV)
Psalm 91:14-16 (NKJV)
b. All day.
Psalm 55:17 (NKJV)
c. When you need mercy.
Psalm 86:5 (NKJV)
d. When you need grace and help.
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)
The power of His position is behind His command to pray. So it's natural for us to ask why we don’t do something that is so sensible. This can be answered in many different ways. Let me suggest one:
* We cannot experience the power of prayer because of our preoccupation with this world.
Charles Spurgeon wrote: “We have hours for the world and only moments for Christ. We measure our prayer time in minutes because of the allure of this present worldly arrangement of things.”
The power in God’s position as Creator gives authority to His command to call upon Him. We must pray because God has the power to deliver what He promises!
It is one thing when another person says that he will do something for us; it is quite another when God says that He will do something for us. God always makes good on His promises to us.
Psalm 65:5 (NKJV)
- When we obey the command to pray, the character of God provides confidence that He will answer.
Romans 8:32 (NKJV)
- His justice demanded payment for our sin, so He spared not His own Son. The love of God meets the justice of God in the person of Jesus Christ.
Let’s summarize where we’ve been. The power of His position issues forth an admonition to call upon Him. The power of His promise assures that He will answer. We must pray because God has the power to deliver what He promises!