A Prayer For Relief

Have you ever been told “NO”when you really needed a “YES”?✫ Desperate circumstances✫ Last option✫ No reasoning or pleading helped✫ Paul faced this, 2 Cor. 12:7-10

A Prayer For Relief

We can learn from Paul’s example✫ Life can be hard✫ We don’t always get what we want✫ God’s grace is enough

A Prayer For ReliefApostle’s Troubles

PrayerStrength In Weakness

A Prayer For Relief

Paul had a thorn in the flesh, 2 Cor. 12:7✫ Physical pain & suffering✫ Attack of Satan✫ Kept humble

Apostle’s Troubles

A Prayer For Relief

Paul faced many more troubles, 2 Cor. 11:23-28✫ Persecution✫ Hazards✫ Opposition✫ Physical deprivation✫ Anxiety

Apostle’s Troubles

A Prayer For Relief

Job faced incredible misery✫ Possessions lost, Job 1:13-17✫ Children lost, Job 1:18, 19✫ Health lost, Job 2:7, 8✫ Satan, Job 1:6-12

Apostle’s Troubles

A Prayer For Relief

We face trials✫ Physical✫ Financial✫ Anxiety✫ Christians are not exempt□Maybe time & chance, Ecc. 9:11□Maybe Satan□ Teach a lesson

Apostle’s Troubles

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First & sometimes only recourse✫ When suffering, Jas. 5:13✫ Turn to God, Heb. 4:16

Prayer

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Paul persisted in his prayer: 3 times✫ Widow, Lk. 18:1-8✫ Friend, Lk. 11:5-12

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Paul was told NO✫ God gives what is good, Lk. 11:13✫ His answers vary□No□ Yes□Not now□ In another way

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Paul was told NO✫ God gives what is good, Lk. 11:13✫ Jesus prayed 3 times, Mt. 26:37-44✫ Pray according to God’s will, 1 Jn. 5:14, 15

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God’s grace is sufficient support, Phil. 4:13✫ Loss of hearing✫ Loss of sight✫ Loss of mobility✫ Persecution

Strength In Weakness

A Prayer For Relief

My brethren, count it all joywhen you fall into various trials,knowing that the testing of your faithproduces patience.But let patience have its perfect work,that you may be perfect and complete,lacking nothing.

- Jas. 1:2-4

Strength In Weakness

A Prayer For ReliefWe can learn from Paul’s example✫ Life can be hard✫ We don’t always get what we want✫ God’s grace is enough