THE POWER OF PRAYER
Mark 5:21-24,
35-43
DON’T WASTE TIME, CALL ON
JESUS
21 When Jesus had again
crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered
around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue rulers, named
Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly
with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on
her so that she will be healed and live." 24 So Jesus went with him.
A. Why did Jairus seek Jesus?
1. It was the rulers of the synagogues
that gathered together and
opposed Jesus.
2. It was the rulers of the synagogues who
planned the execution
of Jesus.
3. It was the rulers of the synagogues who
chose their traditions
over the Word of God.
B. There are folk who don’t
like you, but will use you to their advantage.
1. Jairus knew the work of Jesus even
though he ran with those who
killed Him.
2. He may have been one of those who after
witnessing the resurrection
of Lazarus, said ” lets, kill Jesus and Lazarus”.
3. Yet when Jairus was faced with the death of
daughter, he rushed to
Jesus.
4. Even though his group wanted Jesus dead,
Jairus humbled himself
before Jesus in the presence of many
witnesses and prayed.
5. Are
there some Jairus in our group who come to Jesus only when we
are in need?
6. The text says, Jairus got on his knees and
earnestly prayed to Jesus.
7. Is the only time our prayers are for real
is when we are in trouble.?
8. We need to be serious about God all the
time.
9.
There should never be a time when we are not in prayer.
C. Anytime you call on Jesus,
He will come into your life.
1. You can’t be to bad to call on Jesus.
2. You may be hanging with wrong crowd, but
call on Jesus.
3. You may be doing the wrong thing, but
call on Jesus.
4. You may be thinking the wrong thoughts
but call on Jesus.
5. Your troubles may be start of
relationship with Jesus.
D. Your prayers need to be
specific.
1. Jairus said my daughter is near death,
come lay your
hands on her.
2. Your prayers need to made with confidence
that Lord
will
answer them.
a. Jairus said Jesus put you hands on
my daughter,
she will be healed and live.
b. When you are talking to Jesus, you
have to put all
you faith and trust in Him.
c. There were medical doctors around,
but Jairus called on
Jesus. St Luke was a medical doctor.
d. Dr Luke may have been good, but he
was not Jesus.
IGNORE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS,
CALL ON JESUS
Mark 5:35 - 43
35 While Jesus was still
speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler.
"Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher any
more?"
36 Ignoring what they said,
Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."
A. God does not always answer
your prayers immediately.
1. God may delay answering your prayers
until He shows what
He can do.
2. Jesus didn’t rush to Jairus house.
3. He continues to bless the crowd around
Him.
4. Jesus stayed to teach the crowd about
being determined to
come to Him with your problems.
a. The lady with the issue of blood
pressed her way to Jesus.
b. The crowd needed to learn how to
ignore those who try
stop you from getting to Jesus.
5. Maybe Jairus needed to see the power of
Jesus before he
faced death of his daughter.
B. There are times when
negative folk will tell you its to late to
call on Jesus.
1. It is Jesus who encourages us to ignore
our negative thoughts.
2. It Is Jesus who encourages us to keep our
faith in Him, regardless
of our situation.
3. Since Jesus made Jairus daughter and gave
her life, He could
restore her life.
YOUR PRAYER CIRCLE
37 He did not let anyone
follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came
to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying
and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, "Why all this
commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep." 40 But they laughed at him.
A. Not everyone that in
church ought to join with you in prayer.
1. There were 12 disciples, but Jesus only
took three of
His strongest prayer warriors with
Him.
2. There are some prayers that believers
with weak faith ought not
be involve in with you.
3. The other nine disciples were not
invited to Jairus house.
B. You need strong prayer
warriors with you, because you going to
run in to a host of negative folk.
1. There are times when the Word of God is a
joke to people.
2. Some people will laugh about your faith
in Jesus.
3. Some people can’t see the power of Jesus
because of their unbelief.
4. As a prayer warrior, you have to get rid
of all negatives thoughts.
REMOVE UNBELIEVERS FROM YOUR PRAYER CIRCLE
After he put them all out, he
took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and
went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her,
"Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get
up!"). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve
years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders
not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
A. When you are trust Jesus,
you have to get rid of unbelievers.
1. You can’t hang around negative folk
trusting Jesus.
2. When you are praying for someone,
involve only those who are
concerned about welfare of one who is
being prayed for,
and those who believe in the power of
Jesus.
B. Cooperative prayer is powerful.
1. James
5:14-15
Is any one of you sick? He should call the
elders of the church to pray
over him and anoint him with oil in the
name of the Lord. 15 And the
prayer offered in faith will make the sick
person well; the Lord will raise
him up.
2. God will allow you to witness miracles so
you can see His glory
and to build your faith in Him.
3. God is concerned about the welfare of those
who have been healed.
a. To let us know that daughter was normal,
Jesus revealed her
age.
b. Jesus also want us to know she was
restored to her normal
functions.
4. Why do you think Jesus
told the parents and the disciples not
tell anyone how the girl was healed?
a.
Maybe Jesus didn’t want the unbelieving crowd to consider
Him an idol god.
b. Maybe Jesus wanted to leave the
unbelieving crowd in the dark
because they refused to give Him
glory.
c. Our charge is to tell the world the
good news about Jesus.
Rev. M. Mitchell
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