7 People Who Ought To Pray

1 Samuel 12:23-12:23

"Cheama-ma si-ti voi raspunde, iti voi vesti lucruri mari, lucruri ascunse pe care nu
le cunosti Jer. 33:3.

Moses cried out to God, and God spared Israel from judgment.
Joshuas prayer made the sun stand still. Hannahs prayer was
answered with a baby boy. Solomon got wisdom in answer to his
prayer. Fire came down from Heaven when Elijah prayed and devoured
the sacrifice on Mount Carmel. Jonahs prayer brought him out of
the belly of the whale. Elijah had the great power of God upon his
life. But when Elisha prayed for a double portion of the Spirit,
God did not bat an eye when He gave it to him. Jabez prayed for God to bless him,
enlarge his coasts, for Gods hand to be with him, and keep him from evil, and God
granted his request!

Ten lepers prayed and were instantaneously healed. Peter
prayed, and Dorcas arose from the dead. The thief on the cross
prayed and was saved immediately. The early church prayed, and the
place was shaken where they were gathered together. Peter got out
of jail in answer to the early Christians prayers. The door of the
Philippian jail fell off when Paul and Silas prayed.

So, why dont we really pray?
It is fascinating to read of the accounts of the prayers of the saints of
God in the Bible. But dont we serve the same God? Shouldnt we also pray?

Church history books will stir up your soul, too, as you read
how God answered the prayers of George Mueller of Bristol and David
Brainerd of New England. J. Hudson Taylor and Charles Finney
believed the Bible and got the power of God through answered
prayer. They called upon God, and He answered them and showed them
great and mighty things which they knew not.

The Bible is filled with promises to modern-day Christians, and
God still promises to hear and answer prayer.

We read in John 14:13,14, "
13
i orice vei cere n Numele Meu, voi face, pentru ca Tatl s fie
proslvit n Fiul.
14
Dac vei cere ceva n Numele Meu, voi face.

Ioan 15:7 says, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,
ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
First John 3:22 reads, "And whatsoever we ask, we receive of
him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are
pleasing in his sight."
First John 5:14,15 tells us, "And this is the confidence that
we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth us: And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."
Matthew 7:7 reads, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
In Matthew 21:22 we read, "And all things, whatsoever ye shall
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
James 5:16 says, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much."
In James 4:2 we are told, "Ye have not, because ye ask not."

1. People in Trouble Ought to Pray. The psalmist said,
"This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of
all his troubles" (Ps.34:6).
2. People Who Need Wisdom Ought to Pray. "If any of you
lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James 1:5).

3. People Who Need Power Ought to Pray. Jesus said, "If a
son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him
a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?" (Luke 11:11-13).

4. People Who Want Revival Ought to Pray. "If my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land" (II
Chron7:14).

5. People Who Want Cleansing Ought to Pray. David prayed,
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the way everlasting" (Ps. 139:23,24).
6. People Who Want to Know Gods Way Ought to Pray. Moses
prayed, "Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy
sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find
grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people"
(Exod. 33:13).

7. People Who Want to Be Saved Ought to Pray. Peter cried
out, "Lord, save me" (Matt. 14:30). The Apostle Paul admonished us
to "Pray without ceasing" (I Thess. 5:17). Jesus said, "Men ought
sa le arate ca trebuie sa se roage necurmat si sa nu se lase" (Luke 18:1).
Someone has said, "God waits to do the will of praying men."
Remember that prayer is the Christians greatest privilege. It is
his greatest tool, his greatest weapon and his greatest
opportunity. It is the key to Gods storehouse, the switch to Gods
power station and the greatest work in which one can become
involved.
May all of us say, with Samuel, "Departe iari de mine s pctuiesc mpotriva Domnului, ncetnd s
m rog pentru voi! V voi nva calea cea bun i cea dreapt. " (I Sam. 12:23).