Good to Great in God's Eyes - Pray Great Prayers, Part 2

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Weekend Podcast

What kind of faith does it take to ask for the improbable, expect the impossible, and receive the unthinkable? It’s a faith that God has promised to give you. In this message, Chip tells how to take hold of it!

Main Points

Introduction: A prayer I will never forget.

• Haiti – 1982
• A jungle compound – “hospital of pain.”
• A professor who used the power of prayer.

Practice: Pray Great Prayers! --John 16:23-24

Six characteristics of great prayers:

1. Great prayers are deeply personal.
2. Great prayers are birthed in bokenness.
3. Great prayers champion God’s agenda.
4. Great prayers take God seriously.
5. Great prayers demand great courage!
6. Is really a summary: Great prayers ask the improbable, expect the impossible, and receive the unthinkable because of Jesus.

• Because of Jesus’ command, we boldly ask the improbable. --Matthew 7:7-8
• Because of Jesus’ promise, we expect the impossible. --John 16:24
• Because of Jesus’ power, we receive exceedingly, abundantly beyond what we can ask or think. --Ephesians 3:20

Broadcast Resource

• "Good to Great in God's Eyes" Resources
• Message Notes

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Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

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