A Hundred Proof - How to Pray With Confidence (Lesson 1)

1 Kings 16:33 NASB

(33)  Ahab also made the Asherah. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Kings 17:1 NASB

(1)  Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."

1 Kings 17:10 NASB

(10)  So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink."

We Pray to a Powerful God.

We all know the story of how the widow did as Elijah said and the flour and the oil lasted until the end of the drought.

Do you know the rest of the story:  The boy gets sick and dies and the woman is crying to Elijah.  She has no hope, she says that Elijah if only there to bring her into remembrance of her sins.

Elijah takes the boy and prays to God.  God hears and answers Elijah’s prayer and the boy is brought back to life.

How does praying with faith affect a prayer?

How does our prayer life reflect our belief in God’s power?

How will our answered prayers affect others?

The writer in Hebrews tells us that we must believe that He is God before we can come to God.  We serve an all-powerful God.  This knowledge must be at the heart of our prayers.  Only then can our petitions reach God and only then can the world see whom we serve.