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The Prayer God Will Always Answer

Louie Giglio
5 Days
Introduction
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Glorify Your Name

Day 3

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On day three, we’re exploring what it truly means to pray for God's glory to be known. Praying that His name would be glorified is different than praying that we get what we want.

It’s important for all of us to check our motives and to pray boldly that whatever comes to pass, God gets glory. The demonstration of His power, the proclamation of the gospel, and the salvation of many is the whole purpose when He performs a miracle. Miracles are always linked to Kingdom purposes. Are your prayers?

Summary

This is the powerful prayer that God always answers, "Father, glorify your name.” Our prayers for the impossible and for miracles should be informed by a desire to advance the Gospel in the world. We mustn’t live detached from God's will, and from time to time ask Him to intervene when we feel like we need Him to. The Christian life is to be spent walking in His mission, focusing our prayers on what He wants, not for our own benefit, but for the glory of His Name. Read Acts 4:29, and you’ll see Peter and John, who understood God's mission, so they prayed that God would consider the threats against them and asked that He would enable them to spread the Gospel boldly.

Louie told a story of revival in (what was once) Burma after a little girl was raised from the dead after burning in a fire. God did the same thing in Mark 5:41-42 and Luke 8:54-55 when He raised Jairus's daughter. God can do anything for the demonstration of His power and for the proclamation of Jesus so that people will be saved.

So pray the bold prayers, but pray them so that many will come to know Jesus and the Gospel will be spread to those who need to hear it.

What's Next?

Louie told a couple of stories of bold prayers that were being prayed. In both cases, people's lives were forever changed as they went from death to life or reminded themself of the character of God. Whether you see the miracle or not, you can be sure that a bold prayer of faith shakes Heaven and touches the heart of God.

  1. Why is praying that God be glorified no matter what such a shift in perspective?

Scripture References

23Jesus replied,
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
25
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
27
“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
28
Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

29Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
41He took her by the hand and said to her,
“Talitha koum!”
(which means
“Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
).
42Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.
54But he took her by the hand and said,
“My child, get up!”
55Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.
6Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
9And they sang a new song, saying:

“You are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slain,

and with your blood you purchased for God

persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.