8 February 2015 - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes Online - Pray New Covenant Prayers with BoldnessIf a teaching is from God, He will enlarge it. If it's not, He will overthrow it and make it futile. The writers of New Testament Scripture are secretaries, picked by the Author, the glorified Jesus Christ. John 16:23-24 - According to Pastor Joseph Prince, in Paul's epistles, Paul doesn't end any of his prayers with "in the name of the Lord Jesus". Praying in Jesus's name is not about tagging our Lord's name at the back of our prayer. To pray in Jesus's name means to ask on the behalf of and in the authority of the glorified Jesus Christ. We must have the conscious nearness to God, as if it is Jesus Himself who is praying when we are praying to the Father. We must know that we are loved and accepted by the Father just as Jesus is perfectly loved and accepted by Him. "“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full."" (John 16:23-24 NKJV) Commanding a demon to come out from a person by saying Jesus's name is correct, because demons are subject to His name. But when praying to the Father, praying in Jesus's name means something different. Romans 8:15 - We pray not with the slavish fear of God, but in the spirit of sonship to God. Today, the "fear of God" means to reverently worship the Father. "For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”" (Romans 8:15 NKJV) If you enjoy someone's presence so much, you will just want to linger there. That's the kind of fellowship with God that we should have. God designed for pregnancy to be caused during the closest, enjoyable and most intimate interaction between a man and a woman. This makes sex within the context of marriage, a sacred and beautiful activity. Sex is not just body to body, but it is soul to soul, spirit to spirit. God designed sex in such a way that it creates oneness. It leaves behind something from the other person on your own spirit, so don't have sex outside of marriage. Philippians 4:6-7 - This is a New Covenant prayer model. "Let your requests be made known to God" is in the passive participle in Greek. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV) I Corinthians 14:14-17- When we pray in tongues, we pray in our spirit man which knows no limitations, beyond our mind's understanding. When we pray in a known language, we pray by our own limited understanding. The understanding part of our prayers is more for the person than for God. Every believer can pray in tongues. When you pray from your spirit, you are uttering the most holy prayer. We are the temple of God, and when we pray in the spirit, our heart becomes the Holy of Holies. "For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say? For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified." (I Corinthians 14:14-17 NKJV) The devil will always try to dissuade you from praying in tongues, saying that you are speaking gibberish and nonsense and that you are making it up. But be assured that you have been imparted the real gift of tongues, if not the devil wouldn't bother to lie to you, to stop you from praying in tongues. |
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