Sermon
Before Amen: The Power of Simple Prayer
Prestonwood Baptist Church
Speaker: Max Lucado
October 20, 2014 · 42 min
Summary
Through the story of Mary's simple prayer at Cana ("They have no wine"), the speaker teaches that effective prayer depends not on eloquence but on faith in God's character and responsiveness. Listeners learn to present their problems directly to Jesus and trust Him to act, discovering that prayer is powerful precisely because God is faithful and good.
Highlights
Prayer is not so much asking God to do what you want. It is more asking God to do what is right.
You are a blood-bought child of the one true King. You're not just anybody. You are a child of God and when you come to God, you call Him Daddy.
The devil himself wants to keep you out of prayer because he knows that when you pray, you are activating some forces in heaven.