18 April 2021 - Persevere in Prayer - New Creation Church Sermon Notes - Pastor Lawrence Lim Sermon Notes
Pastor Lawrence Lim shared how we often receive not because we ask not. This sermon is a good reminder for us all to pray at all times and to ask for great things when we pray. God wants us to reign in life through His grace abounding towards us. If you considered giving up on praying, this message is an encouragement for you to continue in prayer until you see the breakthrough! Praise and Worship Songs Performed:
No matter what darkness you are facing, the light of God’s word will give you wisdom. Luke 12:32 - Abound in hope and always expect good things from God. “Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.” (Luke 12:32 WEB) Pastor Lawrence shared a testimony about a couple who divorced, but they recently remarried. It is the power of the Gospel of Grace. Psalm 136:1 - Our God is a good God. “Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.” (Psalms 136:1 WEB) Grace causes one to live a life that glorifies God. Hebrews 11:1 - Bible hope is to have a confident expectation of good things to come. “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1 WEB) 2 Corinthians 1:20 - All promises of God are yes and amen for us. “For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20 WEB) Joel 3:10 - Our God is the God of all comfort and He strengthens those who are weak. His grace is more than enough for us. “Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’” (Joel 3:10 WEB) Mark 9:28-29 - In the original Greek, the word “fasting” is not there. Jesus is emphasizing the power of prayer. “When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”” (Mark 9:28-29 WEB) Matthew 21:13-14 - Believers are the house of God today. When we are a house of prayer, amazing miraculous breakthroughs will happen. “He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!” The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.” (Matthew 21:13-14 WEB) Luke 11:9-13 - Jesus made prayer so simple: ask and you shall receive. The Lord is encouraging us to ask of Him, knowing that He will open doors for us. Don’t make prayer so complicated—do not worry if you are doing it right or not. ““I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”” (Luke 11:9-13 WEB) Luke 18:1-8 - Be bold to ask God for great things. You receive not because you ask not. “He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man. A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’ He wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God, nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’” The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them? I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”” (Luke 18:1-8 WEB) Luke 1:37 - Faith is the substance of things hoped for. It is only through abounding in hope that faith is activated. “For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”” (Luke 1:37 WEB) Pastor Lawrence shared a testimony of a couple who managed to have a baby girl after seven years of waiting upon the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:57 - No matter what you are going through, we receive the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57 WEB) Acts 12:1-10 - The church faced a crisis. James was killed, but when Peter was arrested, constant prayer was made for him. When the church prayed for Peter, an angel was sent to rescue Peter out of the prison. Do not give up on prayer--your time is coming. “Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly. He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread. When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him. The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands. The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.” And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.” (Acts 12:1-10 WEB)
Pastor Lawrence Lim shared how we often receive not because we ask not. This sermon is a good reminder for us all to pray at all times and to ask for great things when we pray. God wants us to reign in life through His grace abounding towards us. If you considered giving up on praying, this message is an encouragement for you to continue in prayer until you see the breakthrough!
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