1. Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

2. Written from prison John Bunyan’s Pilgrims progress The worst brings the best of God In the fire, hurricane, & tomb God’s finest wine in the cellar Rich pearls in deep affliction

3. Three steps 1. “Call unto me” - Command 2. “I will answer thee” - Promise 3. “Shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not” - Treasure

4. The command to pray - “Call unto me” Hospital built Soup kitchen open Yet souls rather starve & die Loving wise invitation - Come!

5. Why a command to pray? 1. Worldliness Hours for the world - moments for Christ We do not forget to eat, sleep World has our best, strength Christ our fatigue

6. Jonah 1:6 What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God,

7. Why a command to pray? 2. Sin Dare you appeal to the alter you have defiled? Face the Christ you betrayed? We all crawl to His footstool for the least of His mercies

8. Why a command to pray? 2. Unbelief Trivial waste of God’s time Won’t help I tried that before God doesn’t care

9. Prayer won’t help Tell that to David when the plague was stoped at the threshingfloor Hezekiah when he turned to the wall and turned back the clock

10. Psalm 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

11. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

12. Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

13. The promise to answer “and I will answer thee” His nature demands it Illustration: Hawk & Athenian Senator

14. The promise to answer His sacrifice demands it Romans 8:32: He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

15. If He heard us when we were lost guilty sinners, how much more will he hear us now that we are saved, justified saints

16. Is it harder for His tears to flow for our prayers, than His blood to flow for our sins.

17. The promise to answer Experience teaches it Illustration: College Illustration: $4.98 In all labor there is profit - prayer Lever moves so prayer works

18. If He does not give us mercy in silver, He gives grace in gold For the thorn in the flesh He gives grace in the Spirit

19. 3. Treasures to discover Joseph, Daniel and John Prayer pries God’s strong box Stones split when hewer kneels See more on your knees than a mountain

20. Great and mighty things Ruth look for barley and found a husband David brought sandwiches & slew Goliath Palsy wanted healed and sins were forgiven Thief remembered - today in paradise

21. Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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