2.25-Want to see big answers to prayer?

2.25-Want to see big answers to prayer?


If you want to see amazing answers to prayer you must have prayer that is persistent, bold even and more important, shameless.

People making big requests of God must be shameless in their request. 

The religious way of prayer is to come with shame to ask God for a little help.  We can do most of this plan God but we want to ask you can help with the remaining small part we can't handle.

That is not the way of the great prayer heroes in Scripture.  They were bold with God the almighty.

The value of audacious goals is that they demand constant, persistent prayer.
This requires alertness and focus on what you need and want to do and the specifics of how you want God to help you.

Yes, there should be reverence for who God the Father in heaven is, but Jesus taught prayer to be
persistent,
bold,
shameless,
persistent,
confident,
not passive
not even assertive but
aggressive.

The greek word translated "bold" is an interesting word.  It is only used in one place in the entire New Testament.

It's best translation is "shameless".

Anaidia

"A" means "not"

"Naidia" means "shame"'

Good prayer to God is shameless.  Audacious.

Luke 11.

11 It happened that while ^[a]Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” ² And He said to them, “When you pray, say:

‘^[b]Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
³ ‘Give us each day our ^[c]daily bread.
⁴ ‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”

⁵ Then He said to them, “^[d]Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶ for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; ⁷ and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ^[e]and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his ^[f]persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
⁹ “So I say to you, ^[g]ask, and it will be given to you; ^[h]seek, and you will find; ^[i]knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. ¹¹ Now ^[j]suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a ^[k]fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? ¹² Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? ¹³ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ^[l]heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

Hebrews 2.
¹⁴ Therefore, since the children share in ^[m]flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵ and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. ¹⁶ For assuredly He does not ^[n]give help to angels, but He gives help to the ^[o]descendant of Abraham. ¹⁷ Therefore, He ^[p]had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.


Hebrews 4.
¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶ Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.