Sermon 24 January 2016 By Bruce McCallum

1. If we don’t, He won’t

2. Matthew 16:19 (Msg)
19 "and that's not all. You will have complete and free
access to God's kingdom, keys to open any and every
door: no more barriers between heaven and earth,
earth and heaven.”
Prayer Focus

3. Isaiah 22:22 (NIV)
22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of
David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he
shuts no one can open.

4. Matthew 16:19 (NIV)
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in
heaven."

5. Revelation 3:7-8 (NIV)
7 "to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
these are the words of him who is holy and true, who
holds the key of David. What he opens no one can
shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know
your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open
door that no one can shut….

6. ‘bind’ : ‘to bind, to cause to coalesce, to merge or
unite, to join together, put together in one whole, to
heal, weave together and become one.
‘Loose’ : to dissolve, destroy, crush, shatter, smash,
wreck, crack into parts, lacerate, or tear apart.
1. Grasp your authority

7. “in prayer I learned that without God I cannot and
without me God will not.” (John Wesley)
“Man needs God but God needs man. When the two
come together for God’s purposes, anything becomes
possible.” (Reinhard Bonnke)
2. You are too busy not to pray

8. If we don’t, He won’t

9. 2 Chronicles 1:7 (NIV)
7 that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him,
"ask for whatever you want me to give you."
God offers Solomon a blank cheque.

10. Jonah 3:4-5(NIV)
4 on the first day, Jonah started into the city. He
proclaimed: "forty more days and Nineveh will be
overturned.” 5 the nNinevites believed God. They
declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to
the least, put on sackcloth.
God’s mind change

11. Jonah 3:9 (NIV)
9 who knows? God may yet relent and with
compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will
not perish.“ 10 when God saw what they did and how
they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion
and did not bring upon them the destruction he had
threatened.

12. “God’s plans for us are not chiselled in concrete. Only
his character and nature are unchanging. His decisions
are not.” (Brother Andrew)

13. 1. Take the keys for your personal prayer life
2. Take the keys over our church
3. If we don’t, He won’t.