Topic: Desperate
Cry
Minister: Pastor
Chucks Nduka
Event: Wednesday
Mid-Week Service
Date: 19th
February 2014
Venue: Breach
Repairers Assembly Lagos.
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| Pst. Kingsley Chuks Nduka Snr. Pastor Breach Repairers Assembly |
Introduction:There are two behaviors that God looks out
for in the prayer life of believers. These attitudes are desperation and faith.
There are several instances in the bible where God stopped to listen to the
desperate complaints of individuals and groups and through their faith, stepped
into their situations. We will consider the cases of The Blind Bartimaeus,
Hannah, Jacob, Zacchaeus, etc. however,
it is pertinent to understand what it is to be desperate and also to have
faith.
Desperation: Extreme seriousness
·
Faith: Complete trust and confidence
A desperate cry attracts the
attention of God; And when he heard that it was Jesus
of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy
on me. Mark 10:47 and Jesus stood still, and commanded him to
be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, be of good comfort,
rise; he calleth thee. Mark 10:49.
A stubborn
faith makes God act in a situation. Mark
10: 50-52 And he, casting away his garment,
rose, and came to Jesus.
And Jesus answered and said unto
him, what wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him,
Lord, that I might receive my sight.
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy
way; thy faith hath made thee whole.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
Case Studies of People Who Cried Desperately to God
Blind Bartimaeus
was a helpless blind man, son of Timaeus that lived the major part of his life
begging for alms and waiting for healing which come rarely and periodically Mark 10:46
He heard
that Jesus the messiah was coming towards him and cried desperately for help,
Jesus stood still when He heard the his desperate cry.
But Jesus
seeing Bartimaeus
physically blind still asked him what he want him do for him; why? This is
where the second attitude that God look out for a believer in place of prayer
comes to fore. God knowing fully well what we want from Him even before we asked
wants us to exercise faith and be
specific. Mark 10:51.
Hannah:
Hannah is one of two
wives of Elkanah; the other, Peninnah,
bore children to Elkanah, but Hannah remained childless. Nevertheless, Elkanah
preferred Hannah. Every year Elkanah would offer a sacrifice at the Shiloh sanctuary, and give Penninah and
her children a portion but he gave Hannah a double portion "because he
loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. One day Hannah went up to the
temple, and prayed with great weeping. I
Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed
unto the Lord, and wept sore.
Lessons from Hannah
·
She cried
desperately for fruit of the womb that Elli the priest thought she was drunk. 1 Sam. 1:14
·
She made a
vow unto God 1Sam. 1:11
·
She defended
her faith in God even in the face her ordeal 1Sam. 1:15
·
God halted
at her desperate cry for help and saw her faith and gave her a seed child,
Samuel. 1 Sam. 1:17.
Jacob:
Jacob was
the grandson of Abraham and the son of Isaac. He was a schemer, liar, and
manipulator. He labored for years, schemed, lied and manipulated to achieve
everything he wanted in life, note that this is spirit of delay of destiny. Gen. 29:18 Since Jacob was in love with
Rachel, he told her father, "I'll work for you for seven years if you'll
give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife.
He cried unto God desperately for change. Gen. 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day
breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Prayer Points
1. Every power
troubling my peace, your time is up, oh God arise, trouble my troubles.
2. Oh God,
arise on my behalf, all evil powers following me from my father’s or mother’s house, afflict them in Jesus name.
3. Every rag of
wretchedness, attracting shame and disgrace into my life and destiny, catch fire in Jesus name.
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