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YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31

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(KJV) Matthew 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31

Jesus teaches that God’s faithful followers – His children – are of the greatest worth to their heavenly Father.

  1. God values you for who you are. He knows your special abilities and personal needs. He desires your love and companionship so much that He sent Jesus to die on the cross to pay the price for your sin (John 3:16). As His child, you are never separated from His presence, care, and concern. He knows all your needs, difficulties, and sorrows (Matthew 6:8).
  2. You are so important to God that He treasures your faithfulness, love, and loyalty above all earthly things. Your steady faith in Christ, which is proven through times of great difficulty or trouble, is priceless to Him and brings Him great honor. Read the assurance found in Psalms 91:14-16; 116:15; Isaiah 49:16; Matthew 11:28-29; Luke 12:32; John 13:1; 14:3; 17:24; Romans 8:28; 1 John 4:19.

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    CONFESS … PRAY … BE HEALED / JAMES 5:16

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    (KJV) James 5:16

    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

    The Breakthrough Power of Confession and Righteous Prayer

    We often treat healing as a private matter between ourselves and God. However, Scripture reveals that breakthrough often requires a communal bridge. James 5:16 provides a foundational blueprint for spiritual and physical restoration: “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”

    True healing requires radical accountability. When we hold onto hidden spiritual failures, we build walls that block the flow of God’s power. By confessing our struggles to trustworthy, spirit-filled believers, we tear down those walls. Accountability creates an environment where prayer becomes deeply effective, ensuring that sin no longer hinders the demonstration of God’s power in our lives.

    What Happens When a Righteous Person Prays?

    Righteousness is not about personal perfection. It is about being in a right relationship with God and continually relying on Him to do what is right. When you walk in this posture of devotion, your prayers carry immense authority.

    Scripture shows that the prayers of the righteous unlock incredible spiritual realities:

    • Intimacy and Presence: Prayer draws you near to God (Hebrews 7:25), brings you into closer companionship with Him (Matthew 6:9), and makes Christ’s presence tangibly real (Revelation 3:20).
    • Empowerment for Living: It opens the way to a Spirit-filled life (Luke 11:13) and builds you up spiritually (Jude 1:20-21).
    • Ministry and Victory: It unleashes power for ministry (Acts 1:8), helps you overcome Satan’s tactics (Ephesians 6:18), and brings the spiritually lost into a relationship with Christ (James 5:20).
    • Wisdom and Direction: Prayer clarifies God’s purposes for your life (Proverbs 3:5-6) and brings wisdom, revelation, and deeper knowledge of Christ (Ephesians 1:16-17).
    • Peace and Deliverance: It secures grace, mercy, and supernatural peace (Philippians 4:6-7), while bringing rescue from trouble (Psalm 34:4-7) and physical and spiritual healing (James 5:15).
    • Eternal Security: It honors God with praise (Psalm 100:4) and reassures us of Christ’s continuous intercession as He pleads our case (Hebrews 7:25).

    When we commit to transparency with one another and alignment with God, our prayer life transforms from a routine duty into a powerful force. Step out in faith today, share your burdens with a trusted brother or sister in Christ, and watch God unleash His healing power.

    Closing Prayer

    Heavenly Father,

    We come before You today recognizing the power of Your Word and the wisdom of Your design for the Church. Lord, give us the humility and courage to walk in true accountability. Remove any spirit of pride, shame, or fear that keeps us from confessing our faults to one another. Help us to build safe, trustworthy relationships where healing can flourish and where sin no longer hinders Your power.

    We thank You that through Christ, we are made righteous. We lay hold of the promise that our prayers are powerful and effective. Let our prayers draw us closer to Your heart, empower us for ministry, defeat the enemy, and bring divine healing to our bodies and minds. Build us up spiritually and fill us afresh with Your Holy Spirit.

    In Jesus’ mighty name, we pray. Amen.

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    WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25

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    (KJV) Mark 11:25

    And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

    WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25

    We must not deceive ourselves into thinking that we can maintain the proper kind of faith that brings answers to prayer if we secretly hold hatred, bitterness, or resentment in our hearts against anyone (Matthew 18:35).

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      CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15

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      (KJV) Psalms 50:15

      And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

      CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15

      The Lord invites His faithful followers to always look to and depend on Him in times of need and trouble. God desires to respond to our prayers so that He is known and honored as a God who rescues His people.

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        ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14

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        (KJV) 1 John 5:14

        And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

        ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14

        Our prayers (as our lives) are effective in accomplishing God’s purposes only if they are fully submitted to and it tune with God, His Word, and His will for our lives. (God’s will can be described as His desires and plans based on His character and purposes.) When we pray, we are to focus on who God is and what He can accomplish through our lives if we are in right relationship with Him. Praying with such an awareness will increase our faith and dependence on God (John 14:13). We can know God’s will in many instances because it is directly revealed in His Word. At other times, it becomes clear only as we earnestly pray and rely on God to guide our lives and show us His plans. As we grow deeper in a relationship with God and better understand His character, we will better understand His desires and purposes as well. Once we know His will about any given issue or situation, then we can ask in confidence and faith. When we do this, we know that He hears us and that His purposes for us will be accomplished (1 John 3:22).

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          CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1

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          (KJV) Ephesians 6:1
          Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

          CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1

          Normally, children of Christian parents remain under parental guidance until they become part of another family unit through marriage.

          1. Small children must be taught to obey and honor their parents through godly training and instruction (Proverbs 13:24, 22:6).
          2. Older children, even after marriage, should continue to show respect for their parents’ counsel (Ephesians 6:2) and honor them in old age through care and financial support, if needed (Matthew 15:1-6).
          3. Children who honor their parents will be blessed by God, here on earth and in eternity (Ephesians 6:3).

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          OBEY THEM / HEBREWS 13:17

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          (KJV) Hebrews 13:17

          Obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

          OBEY THEM / HEBREWS 13:17

          Obedience and faithfulness to Christian leaders, pastors and teachers must be based on a higher loyalty to God. The Christians’ loyalty on a descending scale is as follows:

          1. First, to God in a person-to-person relationship (Matthew 22:37), including faithfulness to the truth and principles of His Word.
          2. Second, to the local church body (congregation, community of true believers) as it remains faithful to God and His written Word (John 15:12; Galatians 6:10).

          Third, the godly leaders within the church, as long as they remain faithful and loyal to God, to His Word and to His mission for the church.

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          5. NOW FAITH IS / HEBREWS 11:1
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          BE PREPARED IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON / 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-2

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          (KJV) 2 Timothy 4:1-2 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

          BE PREPARED IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON / 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-2

          A minister must be prepared in any situation to give a needed and appropriate word, whether for challenge, inspiration, correction, or encouragement. All followers of Christ should “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15).

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          WORSHIPING … AND FASTING / ACTS 13:2

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          (KJV) Acts 13:2

          As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

          WORSHIPING … AND FASTING / ACTS 13:2

          Spirit-filled Christians are especially sensitive to the communication of the Holy Spirit during times of prayer and fasting (Matthew 6:16). Fasting involves going without food for a limited time in order to give greater attention to spiritual matters through prayer. The message from the Holy Spirit probably came through a prophetic gift (by which one of the believers spoke a message from God as inspired by the Holy Spirit, Acts 1:1).

          FOR THE WORK TO WHICH I HVE CALLED THEM / ACTS 13:2

          Paul and Barnabas were called by God into missionary service (to take Christ’s message to other people groups, countries, and cultures) and were commissioned by the church at Antioch (Acts 11:26). The nature of this work is described in Acts 9:15; 13:5; 22:14-15, 21; 26:16-18.

          1. Paul and Barnabas were called to preach the gospel (the “good news” of forgiveness and new life through faith in Christ), leading men and women into a personal relationship with Christ. Nowhere in the Bible does it indicate that New Testament missionaries were sent to other regions of the world to do social or political work only. Their goal was to introduce people to Christ (Acts 16:31; 20:21), rescue and free them from Satan’s power (Acts 26:18), invite the Holy Spirit to empower them (Acts 19:6) and establish them in local churches. By the power of the Holy Spirit living in and through them, these new Christians received and used spiritual gifts (God-given abilities for the purpose of honoring Him and benefiting the church, 1 Corinthians 12 – 13). The ministry of the Spirit allowed them, in turn, to carry out God’s life-transforming work in their communities.
          2. Christian missionaries today must be devoted to the same kind of activity; to be ministers (servants) of Christ and messengers of His gospel (“good news”). While missionaries may serve many practical needs as well (particularly in cultures that are closed to public preaching of the gospel), their primary purpose must still be to introduce people to Christ; He is the only One who can rescue them from the consequences of sin and rebellion against God and from Satan’s power (Acts 26:18). Beyond that, a missionary’s work involves discipling new believers (training them in the practical disciplines of following Christ and learning from His Word on a daily basis). This includes encouraging them to receive the Holy Spirit and His gifts (Acts 2:38; 8:17) and teaching them to obey all that Christ commanded (Matthew 28:19-20). Along with this ministry should be signs, wonders and miracles – including healing the sick and freeing those oppressed by demons (Acts 2:43; 4:30; 8:7; 10:38; Mark 16:17-18). The primary task of preaching the message about Jesus also should include practical and personal acts of love and kindness to those in need (Galatians 2:10). In this way, all who are called to spread Christ’s message will model their ministry on Jesus’ example (Luke 9:2).

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          HE HAS CHOSEN YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 1:4

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          (KJV) 1 Thessalonians 1:4

          Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

          HE HAS CHOSEN YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 1:4

          God has already taken the first step in renewing our personal relationship with Him (Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:10) by sending Jesus Christ, who died to pay the price for our offenses against God. By doing so, Jesus bridged the gap between God and all humankind that was caused by sin (the tendency to go our own ungodly way). Paul’s description of God’s chosen people – those who have accepted His invitation of forgiveness and new life made available through the personal sacrifice of His Son, Jesus – is found in 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10. They imitate Christ, endure suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit and set a worthy example of faith and a right relationship with God. They now follow Christ and serve God’s purposes for their lives. In the process, they eagerly await Jesus’ return from heaven.

          The misguided teaching that all people who claim that Christ is their Savior will be saved though they live unrighteous lives is not found anywhere in God’s Word. This misguided idea is a serious distortion of spiritual salvation preached by Christ and those He personally commissioned to establish His church. In order to be true followers of Christ, people must sincerely admit their sin, turn from their own way and surrender their lives to Christ (Matthew 3:2). This means that they must accept Jesus not only as Savior (the Forgiver of their sins) but also as Lord – the Leader and absolute authority over their lives (Romans 10:9). They must then continue to develop Christ’s character and live by faith and in submission to His plans and purposes (Galatians 5:22-26).

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