Praying Like It Matters

While You Wait

Jon Fredricks

Today's Scripture: Habakkuk 2:4 NIV

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Psalm 16:11 NIV

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Matthew 11:28 NIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Acts 17:27 NIV

God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

James 4:8 NIV

Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Habakkuk 2:4 NIV

4 “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright—but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness

Habakkuk 2:4 KJV

4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Galatians 3:11 NIV

11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 1:17 NIV

17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Proverbs 15:29 NIV

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

1) FIND WHAT IS TRUE

Habakkuk 2:4 KJV

4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Matthew 6:10 NIV

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

2) TAKE THE STEPS YOU ALREADY KNOW

Habakkuk 2:4 KJV

4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

1 Peter 3:12 NIV

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

James 5:16 NIV

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Acts 10:1-4 NIV

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” 4Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.”

Isaiah 58:10 NIV

and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,

then your light will rise in the darkness,

and your night will become like the noonday.

3) GET FOCUSED ON FAITH

Habakkuk 2:4 KJV

4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Matthew 21:22 NIV

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Matthew 17:20 NIV

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Galatians 3:11 NIV

11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 3:14 NIV

He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

John 14:6 NIV

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:13 NIV

13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Praying Like It Matters

Prayer Position

Jon Fredricks

Today's Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1 NIV

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Habakkuk 1:2 NIV

How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?

Habakkuk 2:1 NIV

I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

Habakkuk 2:1 ERV

I will stand like a guard and watch.

I will wait to see what the Lord will say to me.

I will wait and learn how he answers my questions.

Habakkuk 2:1 VOICE

I will take my place at the watchtower.

I will stand at my post and watch.

I will watch and see what He says to me. I need to think about how I should respond to Him

When He gets back to me with His answer.

John 17:3 NIV

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

1) TAKE MY PLACE

Habakkuk 2:1 NIV

I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

2) EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Habakkuk 2:1 NIV

I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

Jeremiah 33:3 NIV

3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

James 1:6 NIV

6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

3) GO TO GROW

Habakkuk 2:1 VOICE

I will take my place at the watchtower.

I will stand at my post and watch.

I will watch and see what He says to me. I need to think about how I should respond to Him

When He gets back to me with His answer.

1 Peter 2:2 NIV

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

4) PLAY THE LONG GAME

Habakkuk 2:1 ERV

I will stand like a guard and watch.

I will wait to see what the Lord will say to me.

I will wait and learn how he answers my questions.

Colossians 4:2 NIV

2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Luke 18:1 NIV

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.