If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing...(1 Cor. 13:2b)

III.           God's Promises Concerning Prayer

1.Matt. 6:6 (Acts 4:13)   Our time spent with the Lord will be richly rewarded.

2.Matt. 7:7-11   The three-fold encouragement to pray  underscores Jesus' main point here, that God finds no higher delight in giving good things to His precious children who come to Him and ask.

3.Psalm 91:15  God will answer our prayers in moments of trouble by coming to rescue us and honoring the trust we have put in Him.

4. Psalm 50:15  In the day of trouble all we need to do is pray to God, who will come to our aid, so that His name may be magnified through our praise.

5.Is. 65:24 God is so delighted by the prayers of His children and is so anxious to bless them that He promises to answer even before they finish praying.

6.John 14:12-14   God will respond to the prayers of faith that His children raise, will do great and wonderful things in response to their prayers.

7.John 16:23-24   As we approach God through the grace of Jesus Christ and lay our prayers before Him, He will grant our requests. We can have confidence.

8.James 5:15     Our prayers do make a difference, they have a powerful effect.

9.Luke 18:1-8    (This parable is a study of contrasts. The situation described by Jesus in this parable is the opposite of our situation as we pray to God)

a.) The desperate widow   She is our opposite. She has no defender, no resources, no relationship with the judge, nothing.

b.) The judge   He is the opposite of God in every way.

c.) The lesson   If  a poor, unimportant woman can get what she needs from a selfish, self-serving judge, how much more can God's precious children be sure that their Heavenly Father, who has all resources and is pure love, will welcome their prayers, answers those prayers, and move in powerful ways the very first moment when the time becomes right.