PLEAD YOUR CASE !

PLEAD YOUR CASE !: Charles G. Finney said, "Argumentative prayers are the best kind of praying." Of course, feeling would say that because he was a lawyer. Finning was very argumentative. Looking at the 43rd chapter of Isaiah, we see something God says: (Isaiah 43:25-26). "I, even I, and he that blotted out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together. Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified." That's exactly what Luther did without even knowing it. He repeated all the promises of Scripture he could remember where God promised to answer prayer. He reminded God of them. "Put me in remembrance," God said; "let us plead together." In other words, God is telling us to plead our case to Him ! Don't plead your problem ! ! Verse 26 continues, "declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. . ." That's from the King James translation. Another translation reads, "set forth your cause that you may be justified." The reason we don't get more results is because: (1). We don't turn our face to the wall and look to God and God alone; (2). Our prayer is not intense enough. Many have what you call prayer ministry is only to be seen and heard of me !. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." God said to Hezekiah, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears." If we're not careful, prayer can become just a form with us. And even while we are praying, instead of turning our face to the wall, we are still looking at the impossibility of the situation or circumstances. We are still trying to figure out how God can do it. When we already have what God has said or promised a bout the situation. Don't you figure out how God can do it. Let Him do it. I remember years ago when I had a night vision concerning my mother, who was struggling to come and see me while I was in prison at that time she could only be about 35 to 38 years old. It was as if she was in great danger, I went to the Lord, I turned my face to the wall. I turned away from everything else. With great intensity, I begin to call upon Him. Finally I said, "Now, Lord, you have promised us in your word at least 70 or 80 years. That's a minimum. You said in your word, "I will satisfy you with long life." If you're not satisfied with 70 or 80 years, go on living beyond that. I said, "you promised us that 70 or 80 would be a minimum, and mom is only 35 or 38. If she doesn't get the minimum, I'll never be satisfied. The longest day I live on this earth, I'm going to remind You of it. I don't mean I'm going to turn my back on You, but I'll never feel good toward You about it." When I woke up the next day, my mother came to visit me; it was the weekend. And she said, that she was almost hit by a bus trying to catch a cab and someone pulled her from behind and the bus barely missed hitting her. I knew in myself what had happened. Thank God for "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Jesus said something about this subject: "the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it it by force" (Matthew 11:12).