Real-Time Issues in Prayer. - Does God Need Our Prayers? Inst 3 -pt 2 Truths to ponder: Who Exactly Does God Need?

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Before we get to the privilege and blessings of using our Spiritual gifts in the body of the true church of Christ, we look one last time at whether or not God needs our Prayers.

Biblically, as we have mentioned before, our actual plumb line or correct code, in the present idiom, is the Holy word of God alone.

Sampling from the various and sundry ways God gives us proper perspective, we examine 4 passages today.

1.. Did God need Israel?

"…The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."

Deuteronomy 7:6-8

2. Did God need Elijah?

"…Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him…"

1 Kings 19:15-19

3. Does God need what we have?

"…I shall take no young bull out of your house, Nor male goats out of your folds. 10 "For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. 11 "I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. 12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all it contains…"

Psalm 105:7-15

4. Did God need Paul?

"…What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice, yes, and I will rejoice…"

Philippians 1:15-18

The whole Bible testifies of the self-sufficiency of The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

There was nothing intrinsic to Israel, Elijah, anyone on earth, nor the Apostle Paul which God Almighty, Immortal, Invisible Creator of the universe them, has any need of.

One of the principles of the calling of God is expressed by Paul:

"For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me."

1 Corinthians 10:16-17

Beloved, we have the great privilege of being called to work for the Kingdom and the spread of the Kingdom. And we will look at the remarkable kindness of our callings, but today:

Our so what?

God does not need us, yet He has appointed us as ambassadors for Christ, an honor, privilege, and responsibility.

Our duties?

Use the gifts we have been given with diligence, passion, and great thanksgiving, relying on His word, power, and direction to be servants, being faithful if it is 10, 5, or 1 in number.

Thank You, Jesus!

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."

Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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Season 006

Episode 37