Minor Prophets Major Message The Power of Prayer

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We have been talking about the challenging times that we live in. © 2008 Brett Peterson Saints of God, we are told very clearly that in the last days difficult times would come. • Our New Years message was how to survive the days ahead. • Today, we must complete that message with the most important thing.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mar 13: 13 "You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. • Endures – “To remain faithful under persecution, i. e. , to persevere, endure, sustain, bear up under, suffer victoriously, as a load of miseries, adversities, persecutions or provocations. ”

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Pe 4: 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 1 Pe 4: 18 AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? • The Minor prophets are all about God’s judgment coming against His people. • He gives us the tools to endure.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Joe 1: 14 Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. • It is time for God’s people to once again become people of prayer! • It is time for Churches to once again become houses of

© 2008 Brett Peterson Act 2: 42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Act 2: 43 Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; • This is our model! 1. Devote yourself to the Word of God 2. Devote yourself to be at Church for solid teaching 3. Devote yourself to fellowship with those in the Church 4. Devote yourself to PRAYER!

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Ti 3: 15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Pe 2: 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. • The House of God is mainly for one purpose – Jesus tells us…

© 2008 Brett Peterson At first, prayer was physically walking and talking with God! Gen 3: 8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid

© 2008 Brett Peterson Prayer began when Adam’s third son, Seth, had a son: Gen 4: 26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Jon 3: 8 "But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. • God is calling us to Prayer! • The Minor Prophets are all about turning back to the Lord in the last days! • It’s time to wake up!

© 2008 Brett Peterson Eph 5: 14 For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you. " Eph 5: 15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, Eph 5: 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. Eph 5: 17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Rom 13: 11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. Rom 13: 12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Psa 105: 1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. 2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. 3 Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. 4 Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually. Psa 105: 5 Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth,

© 2008 Brett Peterson Isa 55: 6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Isa 55: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Psa 116: 1 I love the LORD, because He hears My voice and my supplications. Psa 116: 2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live. • Prayer only has to reach from your head to your heart! • The Holy Spirit lives in YOU!!!

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Co 3: 16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Co 3: 17 If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Jn 4: 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 1 Jn 4: 16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Co 6: 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 1 Co 6: 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Rom 8: 26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Joh 9: 31 "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him. • Sinners – “One who is devoted to sin, who makes sin part of his or her lifestyle.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Pe 3: 7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. • Hindered – ‘cut down’ ‘Stopped’ ‘prevented from accomplishing anything’;

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 5: 23 "Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Pro 15: 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight. • ‘But Lord, I do all these good things – I have sacrificed to serve You’ • God delights in our talking WITH Him!

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Sa 15: 22 Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Col 2: 18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship (praying to) of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, • Self abasement does not earn God’s attention • Praying to angels is idolatry!

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Co 8: 5 For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 1 Co 8: 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Ti 2: 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Ti 2: 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Ti 2: 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 1 Ti 2: 8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Prayer should be directed to God the Father. Eph. 5: 20; Matt. 6: 9; 1 Peter 1: 17 Prayer should be made in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. John 14: 13: 15: 16 The power for prayer is through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Eph. 6: 18

© 2008 Brett Peterson Eph 6: 18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, • NOTE: When you pray for someone, in the Spirit, you are right there with them! Prayer connects us through the Spirit, no matter where we are in the world!

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Co 5: 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, • Prayer is not a soliloquy, but a dynamic exchange with a Holy God! • It is a great privilege! We have access to God! And He hears

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 6: 5 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 6: 6 "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 6: 9 "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Mat 6: 10 'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. • • • 1. Praise and worship God 2. Pray for the end times to start and Christ to return 3. Pray for God’s will to be done in all things

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 6: 11 'Give us this day our daily bread. Mat 6: 12 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. • 4. Pray for your needs and the needs of others • 5. Ask God to help you forgive others and ask Him to forgive you

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 6: 13 'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. ]' • • • 6. Ask God to give you a way to escape temptation 7. Ask God to deliver you from evil 8. Praise Him and thank Him!

The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, © 2008 Brett Peterson but trembles when we pray. Samuel Chadwick

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Pe 3: 11 "HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT. 1 Pe 3: 12 "FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL. "

© 2008 Brett Peterson James 4: 2 b You do not have because you do not ask. Jas 4: 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. Jas 4: 4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Mat 7: 7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Mat 7: 8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. • How do we ask?

© 2008 Brett Peterson Joh 16: 23 "In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. Joh 16: 24 "Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

© 2008 Brett Peterson 1 Jn 5: 14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 Jn 5: 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Jas 1: 6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. Jas 1: 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, • Why? Because when the miracle comes, we will explain it away rather than giving God glory!

© 2008 Brett Peterson • And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. Hebrews 11: 6 (NIV) • But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt. . . James 1: 6 (NIV)

© 2008 Brett Peterson • Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. Romans 10: 17 (NIV) • 16. . . take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions. . . be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6: 16 -18 (NIV)

© 2008 Brett Peterson • 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Col. 3: 16 -17 (NIV) • 18. . . be filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 5: 18 -20 (NIV)

© 2008 Brett Peterson • They devoted • We will. . . give themselves to the our attention to apostles' teaching prayer and the and to the ministry of the fellowship, to the word. " breaking of bread Acts 6: 3 -4 (NIV) and to prayer. Acts 2: 42 (NIV)

© 2008 Brett Peterson Heb 10: 19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, Heb 10: 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,

© 2008 Brett Peterson Heb 10: 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, Heb 10: 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Php 4: 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Php 4: 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Joh 16: 26 "In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; Joh 16: 27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

© 2008 Brett Peterson Eph 6: 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Eph 6: 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Eph 6: 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

© 2008 Brett Peterson I Peter 5: 6 -10 6 Therefore humble yourselves [realizing you can’t make it without God’s help]under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety on Him [PRAY], because He cares for you. 8 Be of sober spirit [not influenced by anything but God’s Word], be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 But resist him, [Jam 4: 7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. ] firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. 10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.