Reformation Hope Church

Scripture Texts: Luke 11:16 - 42; and I Corinthians 14; Ephesians 4:1-19; and II Chronicles 7: 14 The Sermon by Dr. Wayne Sedlak is entitled Prayer, Prophets, and "the People" This is no ordinary series on prayer. What does God require of prayer? “Problem-Searching…Vexed and Confused” If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (II Chronicles 7:14) “Problem Searching” is a phrase I’ve used to describe how each of us is responsible to raise questions concerning Scripture texts to find what God intends for us to learn in His Word… Not simply what WE desire to find, or already know. In the passage, God raises a problem many simply do not discern. And what is that “problem”? When the people of Nineveh were called by the prophet Jonah, we are told in chapter 3 verse 5 “So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put o