Prayers Answered

Greetings in the name of Jesus. This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Jesus said, Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Father; in Jesus’ name, we thank you for this day; thank you Lord for this program that you have given me for your people. Give us all grace to hear what you are saying by your Holy Spirit, and to understand. In Jesus’ name I pray, Father, Amen.

Today’s program is called, Prayers Answered. First of all, we are going to see who God is; what He said about Himself. So, let’s turn to Ex 34:5, Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, (Moses), and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation. The first thing He told Moses is that He is merciful; He keeps mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgressions and sin, but by no means will He clear the guilty. 1 John 1:9 says, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So when we come to the Father in Jesus’ name and confess our sins, He is faithful, for Jesus’ sake, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, through our faith in His sacrifice of Himself and His shed Blood. Only through His sacrifice and the atonement of His shed Blood are we forgiven, when we repent and believe this Gospel; when we do this in faith; in humility; in true repentance to God. His mercy is abundant and He forgives our transgressions, and we are cleansed of all guilt before Him. If we do not believe in Jesus and His sacrifice for us; if we will not repent and confess our sin to God, we are guilty and God will not clear us. In fact, He will visit our sins upon our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren, unto the fourth generation. He does not change. 

This is who He is; if we refuse to repent and come to Jesus, we will die in our sins.

So, the first thing we need to consider, regarding prayer, is who God is, the one we are praying to, and what He requires of us. If we are guilty of sin, and we will not repent, He will not clear us, and He will not grant us grace; our prayer will not be answered. So before you pray, consider who He is and what He requires of you and humble yourself before Him. If the Holy Spirit shows you a sin, confess it to God, believing His Word; believing the sacrifice of His Son: that He forgives you in the Blood of His Son, and you are not guilty any more. Your conscience is clear; void of offense toward God and man. You are not guilty, and don’t let the devil or anyone else, including yourself, convince you otherwise. A major method of the devil is to make you feel guilty when you are not. Don’t yield to him; resist him. That is unbelief. Repent and believe what God has done and move on with Him. If Satan can get you in guilt, he has seduced your faith, and, unless you pray in faith, your prayer will not be answered. James said, A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:5, If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. In Heb 4:15 we read, For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. God’s throne is the throne of grace. God gave His Son, and He will grant us grace through Him because of His sacrifice of Himself upon the Cross for us.

Let’s consider some other scriptures on prayer. 1 John 5:14, Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. If we want God to hear our prayers, we must pray according to His will. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. Believe and doubt not. John 14:13, And whatever you ask in My name, (faith in His name), that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If we are praying anything according to His will it will be that the Father may be glorified in His Son. Is that our desire? Is that in our hearts? Or, are we seeking our own desire; our own glory. Jesus said in John 15:7, If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 

So, if we are loving others as Jesus has loved us, we are abiding in Him, keeping His Words, and whatever we ask will be according to His will; His love, and we will have what we ask. It shall be done, if we don’t faint; if we keep on believing Him and seeking Him. Through His love; abiding in Him, and His Word abiding in us, we shall go and bring forth fruit, and our fruit shall remain, as we abide in Him, and whatever we ask of the Father in His name, He will give it to us. Jesus said, He that seeks the glory of Him that sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. Are we seeking God’s glory, for Him to be glorified, or are we seeking our own glory?

In John 14:12, Jesus said, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. It is Jesus who does the work through us, that His Father may be glorified. If we want the glory, He won’t work. We are not abiding in His love. If we will truly seek to glorify our Father in Heaven, through abiding in Jesus; keeping His Words, and loving one another, He will move through us. When we pray, we won’t be asking amiss, for selfish things, but we will be praying according to His will; according to His love.

Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Spend time reading and meditating in the Word of God every day, not as a religious exercise, but with all humility, yielding to the Holy Spirit, as He teaches you and gives you understanding, truly seeking revelation and understanding, especially that you may know God and His Son Jesus Christ. Faith works by love. So, as you learn of Him, seek to obey Him and keep His commandments: the Words of Jesus. He said, that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments. The Apostle John said, For this is the love of God, that we walk after His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. Don’t believe the lie that you can’t keep His Words. When you walk into a situation, such as forgiving and loving an enemy of yours, you can ask Jesus for grace to help you to obey His
Words, and you will find grace to help in the time of need. God’s throne is the throne of grace: the place where He gave His Son, where He sent Him from, to come here and live as a man, tempted in every way, and to overcome all sin, the world and the devil, and to give His flesh on the Cross of Calvary for the life of the world. We love Him because He first loved us. Come boldly to the throne of grace, that you may find grace to help in the time of need. You see, if you come boldly to God in faith, He will respond.

Build yourself up on your most holy faith praying in the Holy Spirit, in your native language and in tongues; with the understanding, and in the Spirit also. Jude 1:20, But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. You need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, so you can pray in tongues, in the Spirit, and in your language, as the Holy Spirit will lead you in intercession, for yourself and for others, and you will build yourself up thereby on your most holy faith, to believe the Word of God; to pray according to His will, and to receive the answer to your prayers! Hallelujah!

This is the truth of God’s Word. If you will believe it and obey it, God will work in your life. Don’t believe the lies any more: that you don’t need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit; that you don’t need to speak in tongues; that tongues have ceased. The Holy Spirit is a wonderful gift of God to you. Jesus said, I’m going away to be with the Father, but I won’t leave you alone, but I will send another Comforter that He may be with you forever. You need Him; His comfort; His exhortation, and His edification. You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and walk in love. Faith works by love. If you have hatred towards someone; if you won’t forgive; if you won’t humble yourself and forsake your pride and your rebellion, you are in darkness, and you can pray in tongues all day long, but it will not be effectual.  The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much: a man or a woman who loves Jesus and the Father, and keeps their Words. Thank you Father.

Prophecy:

I am God Almighty. Those of you listening to My servant Rob this day, humble yourselves before Me; pray according to My Word, and I will respond; I will answer you, when you pray in faith according to My Word, says the Lord. Trust in Me, for I love you; it is My desire to answer your prayers as you pray according to My will; according to My Word, says the Lord.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.