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THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS. FINAL REQUESTS. ” BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.“ (5:25 ) WHY WAS PAUL ALWAYS REQUESTING THE CHURCHES TO PRAY FOR HIM? COULD THE ANSWER BE THAT PAUL ACTUALLY BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF PRAYER?

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THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

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  1. THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

  2. FINAL REQUESTS. ”BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.“ (5:25) • WHY WAS PAUL ALWAYSREQUESTING THE CHURCHES TO PRAYFOR HIM? • COULD THE ANSWER BE THAT PAUL ACTUALLY BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF PRAYER? • DOES MY PRAYERLIFE TESTIFY THAT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER? DOES YOURS? “ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU; IF YOU THEN, WHO ARE EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM! “ (MATT. 7:7, 11)

  3. THE ANSWER AS TO WHY THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN FEELS SO POWERLESS IN HIS PRAYERLIFE IS GIVEN TO US BY THE APOSTLE JAMES, “YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.” (JAS. 4:2) • THE ANSWER AS TO WHY I AM MAKING SO LITTLE PROGRESS IN MY CHRISTIAN WALK? “YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.” (JAS. 4:2) • THE ANSWER AS TO WHY THERE IS SO LITTLE FRUIT IN MY MINISTRY? “YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.” (JAS. 4:2) • WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT GOD HAS PUT HIS INFINITE POWER AT OUR DISPOSAL, YET. “YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.” (JAS. 4:2)

  4. THE FIRST CHRISTIANS WERE MEN OF TREMENDOUS POWER. IN THE MIDST OF BITTER AND RELENTLESS OPPOSITION, THE WORK WENT ON! “THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY SUCH AS SHOULD BE SAVED.” (ACTS 2:47) “HOWBEIT MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED; AND THE NUMBER OF THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND.”(ACTS 4:4) “AND MORE THAN EVER, BELIEVERS WERE ADDED TO THE LORD, MULTITUDES BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN.” (ACTS 5:14) “WE (APOSTLES) WILL GIVE OURSELVES CONTINUALLY TO PRAYER AND TO THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD.” (ACTS 6:4)

  5. THE SECRET OF THIS FULLNESS OF POWER IN THEIR LIVES AND SERVICE IS FOUND IN ACTS, “THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY . . . IN PRAYERS.” (ACTS 2:42) • GOD DELIGHTS TO ANSWER PRAYER. “CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE; AND I WILL DELIVER THEE AND THOU SHALT GLORIFY ME.” (PS 50:15) “THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY; AND THEY SHALL WALK, AND NOT FAINT.” (ISA. 40:31) • HOW MUCH TIME DOES THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN SPEND DAILY IN PRAYER? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND DAILY IN PRAYER? ARE YOU AMONG THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEORETICALLY IN THE POWER OF PRAYER? ““YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.” (JAS. 4:2)

  6. IT WAS A MASTER-STROKE OF SATAN TO GET THE CHURCH TO LAY ASIDE THE MIGHTY WEAPON OF PRAYER. HE LAUGHS AS HE LOOKS AT THE CHURCH OF TODAY: • CHURCH GROWTH PROGRAMS. • CHURCH BUILDING PROGRAMS. • CHURCH SOCIAL PROGRAMS. • CHURCH OUTREACH PROGRAMS., e.g., SUNDAY SCHOOL; AWANA; ASGNC; VBS. • CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PROGRAMS. • HOUSE CHURCH PROGRAMS. • EVEN, REVIVAL SERVICES!!! • HE’LL CONTINUE TO LAUGH AS LONG AS WE DO NOT BRING THE POWER OF EARNEST, PERSISTENT, AND BELIEVINGPRAYER INTO THEM. “THE DEVIL IS NOT AFRAID OF ORGANIZATIONS; HE IS ONLY AFRAID OF GOD, AND AN ORGANIZATION WITHOUT PRAYER IS AN ORGANIZATION WITHOUT GOD.” (R. A. TORREY)

  7. ”AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT SHALL BE DAMNED. “ (MARK 16:15-16) • GREAT COMMISSION: PREACH THE GOSPEL. • TO WHOM? ALL THE WORLD! • “TELL AS MANY AS YOU CAN, AND BID THEM TO TELL OTHERS. • WHY WERE THE APOSTLES SO EFFECTIVE? ” WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES CONTINUALLY TO PRAYER AND TO THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD.“ (ACTS 6:4) • AND REMEMBER, THE POWER OF PRAYER CAN REACH ACROSS THE SEA & AROUND THE WORLD! (DAYTON/MOSCOW! )

  8. “ALL HAVE SINNED” (ROM. 3:23)

  9. “THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH” (ROM 6:23a)

  10. “YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN” (JOHN 3:7)

  11. “UNLESS A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” (JOHN 3:3)

  12. “HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT” (JOHN 1:11)

  13. “WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNING, CHRIST DIED FOR US” (ROM. 5:8)

  14. “HE DID NO SIN” (1 PET. 2:22)

  15. “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO” (LUKE 23:34)

  16. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED” (ACTS 16:31)

  17. Admit that you are a sinner. • Believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for your sin, that He rose again on the third day; and, is today, seated at the right-hand of the Father. • Call on God to forgive you of your sins and to save you.

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