If we don’t, He won’t

Matthew 16:19 (Msg) 19 "and that's not all. You will have complete and free access to God's kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth,

earth and heaven.”

Prayer Focus

Isaiah 22:22 (NIV) 22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he

shuts no one can open.

Matthew 16:19 (NIV) 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;

whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in

heaven."

Revelation 3:7-8 (NIV) 7 "to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

these are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open

door that no one can shut….

‘bind’ : ‘to bind, to cause to coalesce, to merge or unite, to join together, put together in one whole, to

heal, weave together and become one.

‘Loose’ : to dissolve, destroy, crush, shatter, smash, wreck, crack into parts, lacerate, or tear apart.

1. Grasp your authority

“in prayer I learned that without God I cannot and without me God will not.” (John Wesley)

“Man needs God but God needs man. When the two come together for God’s purposes, anything becomes

possible.” (Reinhard Bonnke)

2. You are too busy not to pray

If we don’t, He won’t

2 Chronicles 1:7 (NIV) 7 that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him,

"ask for whatever you want me to give you."

God offers Solomon a blank cheque.

Jonah 3:4-5(NIV) 4 on the first day, Jonah started into the city. He

proclaimed: "forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.” 5 the nNinevites believed God. They

declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

God’s mind change

Jonah 3:9 (NIV) 9 who knows? God may yet relent and with

compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.“ 10 when God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had

threatened.

“God’s plans for us are not chiselled in concrete. Only his character and nature are unchanging. His decisions

are not.” (Brother Andrew)

1. Take the keys for your personal prayer life

2. Take the keys over our church

3. If we don’t, He won’t.