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TRAIL GUIDE: Static on the Line

Mike MeyersChildren's Ministry, Quest Trail Guide, Resources, TheologyOctober 30, 2013 Leave a comment0

QUEST Trail Guide DevoThe “Trail Guide” devotional is used by our adult leaders of grade school groups in Quest as a way to prepare their hearts and minds for the topics we will be covering with the children on the weekend.  We have made them available here to help our parents of grade-schoolers engage with their children around the topics we are discussing and also for anyone else that might be blessed by following along.

FIVE BY FIVE*, LESSON 4: God answers prayer.

When our Internet connection or phone connection quality takes a dive, we typically begin a process of troubleshooting.  We might start by rebooting.  We then move to check all of our connections to confirm they are firmly in place.  Then we confirm our settings and passwords.  When that doesn’t work we’ll find a way to contact our service provider and pursue a solution until our connection is restored.  What is our troubleshooting process when we sense that God is not hearing (by hearing, I mean in the active sense of hearing and responding) our prayers?

Our owners’ manual gives us some things to check on.  In Psalm 66:18-19, the psalmist gives us the first and easiest place to look for trouble.  “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.”  Is there some area of my life that I have intentionally held on to and not surrendered to Christ?  Do I have some “pet sin” that I am trying to hang on to?  Maybe that’s not the problem.  Perhaps I have some unresolved issue with a brother or sister in Christ?  According to Matthew 5:24 we should first reconcile ourselves to our brothers before we come into communion with the Lord.  Another place to look for trouble is in the heart behind the prayer.  James the brother of Jesus tells us that sometimes we don’t receive what we have asked of the Lord because our motives are wrong.  Why are we praying the way we are praying?  Are we really praying in keeping with God’s will or for some other purpose?

If all of these things check out, we need to remember what God promises in regard to prayer.  He promises an answer (yes, no, or wait) and He promises peace.  In Philippians 4:7, He says that when we present our requests to Him in thanksgiving we will receive his peace regardless of the answer.  Where God’s sovereignty and the prayers of his people meet and work together is a mystery, but of this we can be sure, prayer molds our relationship with God, prayer moves God to action and prayer changes things. This is the great privilege of the believer, to enter in to the presence of God and participate in the eternal purposes of God in prayer.    “So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” – Hebrews 4:16

 

 

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.. -James 5:16

MEDITATING ON THE WORD:
Philippians 4:6-7
Matthew 5:24
Psalm 66:18-19
James 4:3, 5:16

*What does “5 by 5” mean?  In spoken communication over two-way radios, a transmitting station may request a report on the quality of signal they are broadcasting. “Five by five” means a signal that has excellent strength and perfect clarity — the most understandable signal possible.

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