{"id":779,"date":"2012-01-15T23:14:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T04:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=779"},"modified":"2012-01-15T23:20:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T04:20:47","slug":"god_has_answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2012\/01\/god_has_answers\/","title":{"rendered":"God Has Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/prayerbanner_400w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-731\" title=\"prayerbanner_400w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/prayerbanner_400w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/prayerbanner_400w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/prayerbanner_400w-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>SERIES:\u00a0 Transformed By Prayer<\/h1>\n<h2>TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 God Has Answers<\/h2>\n<h3>TEXT:\u00a0 Selected Scripture<\/h3>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #1<\/strong>: I am too insignificant for God to even spend his time listening to me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Psalm 8:3-4\u00a0 (p.450)<\/li>\n<li>Psalm 139:13-18\u00a0 (p.522)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #2<\/strong>: The answer will be something I don\u2019t want to hear or am not prepared to hear.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 7:7 (p.812)<\/li>\n<li>Romans 8:28-29 (p.944)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHe has made everything beautiful in its time.\u00a0 Also, he has put eternity into man\u2019s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done for the beginning to the end.\u201d\u00a0 Eccl.3:11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #3<\/strong>: I\u2019ve prayed for this before I think God is tired of hearing about it, or He\u2019ll be mad that I keep asking.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke 11:5-13 (p.869)\u00a0\u00a0 See also Luke 18:1-8<\/li>\n<li>Jesus taught two parables to teach men (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not to be discouraged<\/span>) in their prayer lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #4<\/strong>: I don\u2019t pray because sometimes I don\u2019t know the words to say.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Romans 8:26-27 (p.944)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.\u00a0 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.\u00a0 Not as the world gives do I give to you.\u00a0 Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.\u201d\u00a0 John 14:26-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #5<\/strong>: It is easy to pray when things seem to be beyond our control, an dyou need to look to God for help and guidance.\u00a0 We sometimes forget to pray when everything appears to be going well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes being a follower of Jesus puts us under greater trial so we can be a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">tribute to Him<\/span>), so we can bring (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">glory to His name<\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #6<\/strong>: God already knows what I am going to say; He already knows my needs; why should I pray?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James 1:5-8 (p.1011)<\/li>\n<li>God wants us to ask Him, not for Him, but for us!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION\/STATEMENT #7<\/strong>: I am praying but it seems like either I am not getting an answer or God simply isn\u2019t listening.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you listening to God?<\/li>\n<li>Are you harboring anything against anyone?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT:\u00a0 Series: Transformed by Prayer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorn-out Knees\u201d \u2013Jeremiah 33:1-3<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES:\u00a0 Transformed By Prayer TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 God Has Answers TEXT:\u00a0 Selected Scripture QUESTION\/STATEMENT #1: I am too insignificant for God to even spend his time listening to me. Psalm 8:3-4\u00a0 (p.450) Psalm 139:13-18\u00a0 (p.522) &nbsp; QUESTION\/STATEMENT #2: The answer will be something I don\u2019t want to hear or am not prepared to hear. 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