{"id":1561,"date":"2018-04-29T14:27:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2018-04-29T14:27:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T14:27:52","slug":"sermon-april-29-2018-prayers-that-get-answered-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-april-29-2018-prayers-that-get-answered-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon &#8211; April 29, 2018: &#8220;Prayers That Get Answered, Pt 2&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1561-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/apr29-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/apr29-18.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/apr29-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h3><strong>Prayers That Get Answered \u2013 part 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>God answers specific prayers that build faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The problem with general prayers\n<ul>\n<li>They are often lazy.<\/li>\n<li>They are unmeasurable.<\/li>\n<li>They are \u201csafe.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>They are often faithless.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A relationship with God requires faith.<\/li>\n<li>If so, then\u2026\n<ul>\n<li>There should be a desire for \u201cincrease\u201d in faith.<\/li>\n<li>Prayer is one of the tools God uses.<\/li>\n<li>The more specific the prayer the easier to see God at work.<\/li>\n<li>Seeing God respond to prayer increases trust in him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>God answers faith-filled complaints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faith-filled complaints are nothing more than venting.<\/li>\n<li>Venting requires another person who is trusted to not take everything said literally.<\/li>\n<li>Faith-filled complaining means being real with God about one\u2019s feelings and lack of understanding.<\/li>\n<li>In many ways faith-filled complaints are just another tool God can use to increase faith.<\/li>\n<li>When complaining David\u2019s example should be followed. (Psalms 10, 13, 22, 38, 60, 74, 79 &amp; 83)\n<ul>\n<li>Complaint<\/li>\n<li>Specific prayer<\/li>\n<li>Prayer of praise and hope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayers That Get Answered \u2013 part 2 God answers specific prayers that build faith The problem with general prayers They are often lazy. They are unmeasurable. They are \u201csafe.\u201d They are often faithless. A relationship with God requires faith. If<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-april-29-2018-prayers-that-get-answered-pt-2\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,10],"tags":[48,57,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-worship","tag-bible-studies","tag-bible-study","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}