Sermon
MGD: Prayer of Faith
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The step first. Love of the Lord never seeses. His
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messis are brand new every morning. Shaloon, brothers and sisters.
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This is Harvestchapel International Dynamic Kumasi. Welcome to our morning
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glory devotion. This is Pasta and missus Amasa facilitating this
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morning glory devotion. Let's share a word of prayer. Our
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dear Lord. We thank you so much for this opportunity
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to come before you again to learn about you. We
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pray that Lord, even as we have come, you teach
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us your word, reveal yourself to us, and you step
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faith in our hearts to be able to receive your word.
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This in Jesus name. Amen. Let's take a confession together
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from Joshua chapter one, verse eight. This book of the
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Law shall not depart out of my mouth, but I
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shall meditate in it day and night, that I may
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observe to do according to all that is written in it.
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For then I'll make my way prospers, and then I
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will have good success in men. The topic for our
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morning Glory devotion is the prayer of faith. The prayer
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of faith. Our scripture readings for the morning shall be
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taken from Hebrews chapter eleven, verse six and Psalm seventy seven,
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verses ten to twelve. Hebrews eleven, verse six and Psalm
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seventy seven, verses ten to twelve. And I read Hebrews eleven,
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verse six. But without faith it is impossible to please him.
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For he who comes to God must believe that He is,
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and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
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seek him, Psalm seven to seven, verse ten to twelve.
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And I said, this is my anguish, But I remember
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the years of the right hand of the Most High.
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I will remember the works of the Lord. Surely I
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will remember your wonderess of old. I will also meditate
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on all your work and talk of your deeds. Amen,
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the prayer of faith.
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Many years ago, when I was in my fifth year
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of primary school, we were required away new school uniforms
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for the next semester. As a childhood struggled with very
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serious inferiority complex, I was mentally tortured by the thought
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of entering the class in the new uniform. I thought
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to myself, what if everyone laughs me. What if I'm
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the only one who wears mine? What if I'm driving
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out of the class. I thought of this for many
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weeks before school finally reopened. I didn't know much about
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God or prayer. All I knew was what I saw
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my father do. So I decided to take a first
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and pray to this God just as he did. And
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I prayed that God should make it rain, which would
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require me to wear a cardigan, hence no one would
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see my full at here and I would be slightly comfortable.
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I didn't know if it would happen or not. I
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remember sharing this plan with my cousins, who thought it
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was a silly expectation, but I waited to see what
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would happen. To our surprise, on the reopening dates, at
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the crack of dawn, started raining heavily. I was so
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shocked and so surprised, and so were my cousins. I
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wasn't sure if God had answered my prayer or if
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it was just a mere coincidence. But just like William
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Temple said in his coat, when we pray, coincidence has happened,
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and when we don't, they don't. So I believe God
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did answer my prayer, no matter how childish it may
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have seened. I believe he answered not for my emotional satisfaction,
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because it was a rather silly and childish request. But
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I believe he answered so I would know that I
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am praying not to an unknown God, but a living
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God who exists, who he is and answers prayer. I
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believe that he answered to leave that memory in my
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mind he Brews eleven sixtys. He who comes to him
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must first believe that God exists. I don't have to
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go to him for such requests anymore, thanks to maturity.
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Knowing that He exists is enough. Knowing that my life
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is completely in his hands. It's enough. I have built
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this confidence because I have seen the faithfulness of God
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in many other areas of my life. There may be
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times when we feel down and feel like God has
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somehow forgotten, but when we pray, he reminds us of
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past experiences and how He's proving time and time when
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again that he will take care of us. And this
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stairs are faith in us. The Psalmist in Ps. Seventy seven,
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first tentative prayed and encouraged himself, staring up faith in
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his heart by remembering God's goodness in times past. So
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remember where you were and where you are now, and
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when you pray, believe, have faith and trust that you
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are praying to a living God who exists, and just
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as he did it before, he will do it again.
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When remember how God previously helped us, it builds our
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faith and gives us confidence that He can do it
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again and again. Amen, Beloved. Our memory verse for today
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will be taken from Hebrews Shaped I Living Their Six
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b Hebrews shaped I Living their six be For he
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who comes to God must believe that he is and
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that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seeking.
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For he who comes to God must believe that he
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is and that he is a rewarder of those who
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diligion seeking. Amen.
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Amen, Our dear Lord, help us to always be able
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to trust in You when we pray and believe you
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to be able to do exceedingly and abundantly far above
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our petitions. Grant us disagreece in Jesus name. Amen.
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Amen.
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God bless you beloved for joining in. We trust that
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Lunger Prayer time from twelve to one pm today. God
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bless you have a blessed day.