Running to Win - 15 Minute Edition

As you mature as a Christian, you'll find prayer shifting from asking for things to asking for God.

That's why answers to prayers are often more than you could ask or imagine. In this message, you'll identify what makes faith sure: the right object, the right motivation, and the right process. God wants a relationship with you that transcends the daily details that seem so crucial.

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Prayer is something of a mystery. The answers sometimes come from unexpected directions, even unrelated to what you requested. When you think your prayers are unanswered, you may have received an answer in disguise. In this message, you'll make the paradigm shift in your prayers from the mentality of "getting" to the mindset of relationship. When you pray, God might not give you the initial request, but instead, give you Himself in the middle of all the hurt.

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Can believers expect guidance or physical healing on demand? When waiting on God feels like forever, eternity is exactly what you need to keep in mind. In this message, you'll be provoked to pray even more when God delays His answers. Like the heroes of faith, you can begin to anticipate and "live in light of" the eternal city of God. Your confidence in God answering prayer is based on so much more than your ability to "pray right."

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Next time you feel like God is a bit slow in answering your prayers, remember: His scale of time is bigger than yours. He has a larger agenda. God gave Abraham promises that would not come to pass for hundreds of years. Abraham died before any were fulfilled. In this message, you'll unlock key principles of Abraham's faith. He believed in the invisible over against the visible, and he knew this world was not his home. What are you trusting in, if not God's ultimate plan?

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Are you asking God for guidance, but the answer is delayed? Abraham, a man of faith who followed God's leading, never saw the complete fulfillment of God's promises to him. He believed in the future God had for him, against the present. In this message, you'll gain a larger perspective on prayer when you're not exactly sure where you're going. As you wait, what's keeping you from taking that next step of faith?

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Who doesn't hope for a quick response to prayer from God? Many faith healers would have you believe that with only a little more faith, you can get anything. But what if it takes more faith to wait on God? In this message, you'll catch a more robust vision of increasing faith that trusts, honors, and submits to God. In God's perfect timing, He's increasing faith and answering prayer for His glory.

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Someone has said, "Pressure produces." It's through suffering that God refines Christians' character, and that's more important than Him answering prayer on a certain timetable. In this message, you'll walk through the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11 to meet Abraham, who followed God all the way to the finish line. Through key observations about suffering and enduring faith, your prayer life will thrive as you become more like Christ.

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When answers to prayer don't come on your schedule, it's easy to lose heart. But you can have a fulfilled prayer life whether you get the specific answers you want or not. In this message, you'll find a whole new paradigm for what pleases God in prayer. In the book of Hebrews, God's people faced challenges and sufferings with an enduring faith and godly attitude. You'll be encouraged to endure even when the trials haven't yet subsided.

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Where is God when tragedy happens rather than healing? Many react by giving up on prayer—questioning God's promises, intentions, and character. Others believe false teachers who spout lies about peace and prosperity. In this message, you'll identify three principles false teachers misuse regarding prayer. You'll begin to see God's hand even when a promise seems unfulfilled. Are you prepared for that time your prayers seem to bounce off the ceiling?

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Running the race of life is hard. But with the Bible front and center and a heart to encourage, trusted pastor, Dr. Erwin Lutzer takes you on a journey into the Word to help you make it across the finish line.