THE POWER OF THE WORD

God wants to use His power in the world. However, for Him to do so we must understand how to appropriate His Word. Prayer is earthly license for heavenly interference. God’s purpose is the raw material of prayer.

• Whatever we ask God to do in our lives, in the lives of others or in the world, must be based on His Word. God’s purpose is to be both the motivation and the content for our prayers.

• Without God’s Word as their basis, our prayers have no foundation. The are based merely on our opinions, desires, and feelings. Such prayers are powerless to effect change.

• Prayer is speaking the Word of God exactly as He gave it to us.

• There is no difference between what the people in the Bible were given by God as the basis for their effective prayers and what you and I are given to work with. Both rely on what God has given all mankind—His Word.

• God wants to use His power in the world; however, for Him to do so, we must how to appropriate His Word. We must understand what it is and how to apply it.

• God Himself is speaking in the Word.

• God’s Word is the foundation of His power. His power is a reflection of His greatness.

• The Word reveals God’s nature to us.

• A cardinal principle of answered prayer is belief in the trustworthiness of the One to whom you’re praying. Belief in trust in action.

• The Word is alive and active on our behalf.

• The Word builds faith in us.

• The Word says much about how God answers the prayers of believers.

• The Word prepares the pray-er for prayer.

CONCLUSION

The Word of God is a tremendous gift to us. It gives us the power to know and do the will of God, the power to pray with certainty and boldness, and the power to know that God hears and answers us when we pray according to His will.