PRAYER THAT MOVES GOD

Shift your view on prayer from obligation to joy and expectation.

Prayer is seriously powerful business. So often, though, we treat it as a perfunctory task to be checked off our daily to-do list. How can we shift our attitudes from boredom and obligation to joy and expectation?

The Lord always inclines His ear to His children. Dr. Stanley shares the foundational principles of effective prayer, and encourages us to confidently approach God with our petitions and requests.

Sermon Outline

KEY PASSAGE: Acts 12:1-19

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 33:3 | Matthew 7:7 | Matthew 18:19 | Matthew 21:22 | Luke 22:44

SUMMARY
Many people wonder why their prayers aren’t answered, and some even give up praying because it hasn’t worked.

There are a variety of reasons why God doesn’t respond to our prayers. Perhaps something in our lives is preventing Him from answering, or maybe our request is not according to His will. However, another reason for unanswered prayer is that we may not be praying to the one true God, but to a god whom we’ve fashioned according to our own preferences and desires.