Lesson 123: Revival Prayers – Part 2

INTRODUCTION: One of the greatest promises Jesus ever made to us is in John 15:7. It is the key to answered prayers; whether for yourself, your home or your nation. It is a tremendous promise of prayer power. It is therefore, not surprising that there are conditions to be met before much unlimited powers could granted to mortal man. The conditions are two: (i) if you abide in Christ (ii) if His words abide in you. Abiding in Christ needs little or no explanation but “His words abiding in you” needs some clarification. And that is what we propose to do from this study onward. May the Lord quicken your understanding as you dig deep into His words

1. WHAT ARE HIS WORDS ?
Christ’s word include (i) those the Father gave to Him to give to us, (ii) those the Holy Spirit would teach and bring to our remembrance, (iii) those He Himself opened to us from the Old Testament between His resurrection and ascensions and (iv) His new commandments.

John 17:8; 14:25-26; Luke 24:27; 24:45; John 16:25; John 15:12, 17, John 15:16; Matt. 28:18-20.

2 JESUS, IN HIS WORDS, TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLEANSED LIFE IN PRAYER
Jesus was aware that it is possible for Christians to sin. The Apostles reaffirmed it. Infact, the commonest sins in the lives of the Christians are not the sins of commissions but of omission. These include the sins of tin forgiveness and failure to do what we know to be right. We shall now consider some ways in which we commit these sins of omission and had unwillingly hindered our own prayers from being answered.

Matt. 6:9-15; I John 1:8-9; I Pet. 3:12; James 4:17; Mark 11:24-26; II Cor. 2:5-11; Matt. 5:44; I Thes. 5:18; Eph. 3:20; Acts 1:8; Eph. 4:31; Rom. 12:3; Ps. 66:18.