How to pray
April 25, 2023
“I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.” And this is Psalm 142:2 that I’ve just read. In other words, he laid before God everything that was in his heart and in his life. And I think that’s the way that we should pray today. This idea today we’re to pray around something or we’re to rationalize in our prayer or we are to pray all the way around Robin’s barn, I think we ought to just come right down to it and get right down to the nitty gritty and tell God everything in our lives. You can tell Him about your temptations. You can tell Him about everything.
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Prayer should have some background to it. It should be backed up by a life. The Lord Jesus has made it very clear that today if we expect God to hear and answer our prayers, that there must be in our lives that obedience to Him. This idea today that we can just live any way and expect God to answer prayer is a big mistake. He says, “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” Then He didn’t stop there. He says, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” if you expect Him to answer prayer.
April 24, 2023
The question is why should anyone want to get away from God? You can’t. No matter where you go, He’s there. “Whither shall I go from thy spirit?” Now this is verse 7 of Psalm 139. "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in sheol, behold, thou art there." Friends, you can’t get away from Him. “If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea.” You won’t get away from God. You could go to the moon—you don’t get away Him. Do you think we ought to confess our sins in detail unto God? Of course, spell them out. He already knows about it anyway And let Him know that you know it, too, and that you recognize it as sin.”
April 21, 2023
“Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.” Now somebody asked the question, “How can God do that?” Well, I don’t know. Because the psalmist here said he didn’t know. “Such knowledge is too wonderful” for us, but it doesn’t keep God from knowing everything. And, actually, the omniscience of God is not an occasion for terror, but actually for comfort. You know, He saved me and yet He knew me. That’s the amazing thing about it. God knows us, and yet He’ll save us. How wonderful He is.
April 20, 2023
“For Jehovah is high and regardeth the humble, but the proud he knoweth afar off.” Jehovah is high. He is overall. Yet He’ll "condescend to the lowly, and he regardeth the humble." What a wonderful picture this is, and there’s so much said in the Word of God about the fact that God regards the humble. James, that practical writer, in James 4:6 said, “God resisteth the proud, but he giveth grace unto the humble.” And we’re told in Scripture: “Humble yourselves therefore under the awful hand of God.” This is something, as you can see, that God takes note of and something that God recognizes.
April 19, 2023
“O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth forever.” Now this is a psalm that exalts the mercy of God. God is rich in mercy, Paul said. I want mercy from God, and God is rich in it. Have you called on Him? There are folks that have hang-ups. We get letters, “I have done this sin. Do you think God will forgive me?” Friends, He’s rich in mercy. Do you want forgiveness? Do you really want it, well, He’ll give it to you. Oh, my friend, learn to fall down before Him and worship Him. He’s worthy.
April 18, 2023
He’s everything you need. I wish I could get that over to you. He’s been made to us wisdom and He’s our righteousness, He's our sanctification and our redemption. And whatever you need, you find it in Him today. What are you boasting of today? Are you boasting of your degrees? Your wisdom? Are you boasting today of your wealth? Your power? Are you boasting of your position? Your character? My friend, you have nothing to boast of. And believe me, I know I haven’t. But we can boast of Christ. And He’s everything. He’s everything that we need today. Oh, that you and I might see that.
April 17, 2023
“Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.” It’s God that makes the weather. The weatherman doesn’t make the weather. Not only did He create it, not only does He make the weather, but friends, He’s running this universe as it pleases Him. God doesn’t have to answer you or me today. He asks us to trust Him, and it should be a life of faith.
April 14, 2023
“Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. Ye who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.” You know, we’re not saying it enough today that God is good. Have you ever told anybody that God is good? Oh, I want to get on this radio and just say one thing: God is good, and let it go at that. Because that’s wonderful. Our God is good, and this is a call to praise Him.
April 13, 2023
The problem—the great problem today is that a great many are trying to follow a few little rules and regulations. And again, let me say it, they’re programmed like an IBM computer. And they feel like if they run through all those little things and do them, everything will work out. My friend, you’re a human being. If you’re a child of God, you’ve got a new nature. And you've still got that old nature. But as Paul says, “I know within my flesh dwelleth no good thing.” But Paul says, “I want to do His will.” Is that the thing that’s in your heart and life?
April 12, 2023
And I hear a great deal today about the word “commitment.” Do you want to commit your life to Christ? What do you mean by that? I hear that so much today. Well, let me tell you what it means here. Full commitment is to love Christ. And if you love Christ, He says that you’re going to keep His Word. You can’t help it. You want to please the person that you love. You don’t like to offend the person that you love; you want to please them. Now the question is not, “Are you committed?” but “Do you love Christ?” That’s the important thing today. Do you love Christ?
April 11, 2023
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About Dr. J. Vernon McGee
John Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. Dr. McGee remarked, "When I was born and the doctor gave me the customary whack, my mother said that I let out a yell that could be heard on all four borders of Texas!" His Creator well knew that he would need a powerful voice to deliver a powerful message.
After completing his education (including a Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary), he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, California. Dr. McGee's greatest pastorate was at the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970.
He began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Listeners never seem to tire of Dr. McGee's unique brand of rubber-meets-the-road teaching, or his passion for teaching the whole Word of God.
On the morning of December 1, 1988, Dr. McGee fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence of his Savior.
After completing his education (including a Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary), he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, California. Dr. McGee's greatest pastorate was at the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970.
He began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Listeners never seem to tire of Dr. McGee's unique brand of rubber-meets-the-road teaching, or his passion for teaching the whole Word of God.
On the morning of December 1, 1988, Dr. McGee fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence of his Savior.
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