What Prayer Is

Transcripts for Dr. Wiersbe's sermons are forthcoming. Below is an outline of his message.

The mother of the sons of Zebedee didn’t pray the right requests for her sons.

Matthew 20 talks about unanswered prayer.

God, who knows everything, wants us to talk to Him.

Three insights into prayer:

• Prayer involves relationships not rules.
  • Prayer is not a formula of something we do to get a specific result.
  • The mother in Matthew 20 humbled herself before Jesus, had a specific request, claimed a promise in Scripture, and had great faith, but her prayer was not answered.
  • The mother had a wrong relationship to the Lord.
  • She was looking out for her family’s glory rather than Jesus’ glory.
• Prayer makes you a servant not a master.
  • All of God’s riches are available to us when we give Him our will.
  • When we pray, we must be willing to do the Father’s work.
• Prayer costs before it pays.
  • Jesus gave His life to open up a way for us to pray.
  • Are we willing to give of ourselves when we pray?

God uses prayer to work in and through us for our good and His glory.