Wednesday Service | Prayers God Wants To Answer Part 4: The Hand of God | Jordan Brawner

1 Chronicles 4:10 (AB)

¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would indeed bless me and enlarge my border [property], and that Your hand would be with me, and You would keep me from evil so that it does not hurt me!” And God granted his request.

[1] It is by God’s hands that everything was and

Psalm 19:1 (NIV)

The heavens declare the glory of God;  the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Isaiah 64:8 (NIRV)

⁸ Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.

Psalm 145:16 (NLT)

When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

Psalm 104:28 (NLT)

When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.

[2] When we ask for the hand of the Lord to be upon us… we are asking for God’s

1 Chronicles 4:10 (NIRV)

“… Let your power protect me…”

1 Chronicles 29:12 (NLT)

¹² Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.

Habakkuk 3:4 (NIRV)

His glory was like the sunrise. Rays of light flashed from his mighty hand. His power was hidden there.

[3] When we ask for the hand of the Lord to be upon us… we are asking for God’s

Exodus 3:20-21 (NIRV)

 So I will reach out my hand. I will strike the Egyptians with all the amazing things I will do. After that, their king will let you go. ²¹ “I will cause the Egyptians to treat you in a kind way. Then when you leave, you will not go with your hands empty.

Exodus 15:6 (AB)

⁶ “Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

Exodus 13:14 (NLT)

¹⁴ “And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.

Exodus 15:6 (NIRV)

“Lord, your right hand was majestic and powerful.
Lord, your right hand destroyed your enemies.

1 Samuel 7:13 (NLT)

So the Philistines were subdued and didn’t invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the Lord’s powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.

[4] When we ask for the hand of the Lord to be upon us… we are asking for God’s

1 Chronicles 4:10 (AB)

“… and that Your hand would be with me…”

Exodus 33:14-17 (NIV)

¹⁴ The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

Psalm 16:8 (AB)

I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

[5] When God’s hand is upon the church it !

Acts 11:21 (NIV)

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Acts 11:20-21 (AB)

²⁰ But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming [to them] the good news about the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And the hand (the power and presence) of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord [for salvation, accepting and drawing near to Jesus as Messiah and Savior].

[6] So what should we do?

• his hand and his works

Psalm 78:41-42 (AB)

⁴¹ Again and again they tempted God, And distressed the Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They did not remember [the miracles worked by] His [powerful] hand, Nor the day when He redeemed them from the enemy,

• what you want him to do

Isaiah 45:11 (NKJV)

¹¹ Thus says the Lord, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
“Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.

• COMMAND means

• ourselves is how we ourselves for God’s greatest work

1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

• for others by laying on them

Mark 16:17-18 (NIV)

¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸ they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

Acts 5:12 (AB)

¹² At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders (attesting miracles) were continually taking place among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in [the covered porch called] Solomon’s portico.