The Ability of God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The God who is able to answer our greatest requests is worthy of our highest praise. Today, H.B. Charles Jr. visits a prayer in Scripture that teaches us to rely on the power of God to work all things together for His glory and our good.
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H.B. Charles Jr. is pastor-teacher of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL, and host of the On Preaching podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | If you watch some award show, a person will stand on stage with a list of people to thank |
| 0:06.8 | after they have received a reward. Paul says here, if you receive an answer prayer, there is no |
| 0:12.2 | list of names. Only one name. The glory is not to go to them, it is to go to him. Let me begin by asking your question. Why do you pray and ask God to change your circumstances? |
| 0:31.2 | Do you believe he can do that? Hello and welcome to renewing your mind on this Tuesday. |
| 0:37.3 | God can change our circumstances. |
| 0:39.3 | He has the ability, and that's our theme today. |
| 0:42.6 | We're pleased to present a series by H.B. Charles Jr. |
| 0:45.5 | It's titled Blessing and Praise, Benedictions, and Doxologies in Scripture. |
| 0:51.6 | So let's join Dr. Charles now. |
| 0:59.8 | In this session, I want to share with you my favorite doxology from Ephesians chapter 3, verses 20 and 21. It reads, now to him who is able to do far more abundantly |
| 1:13.5 | than all that we ask or think, according to the power |
| 1:17.2 | at work within us. |
| 1:19.4 | To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus |
| 1:23.6 | throughout all generations forever and ever. |
| 1:27.4 | Amen. |
| 1:28.3 | The late Donald Gray Barnhouse once stood in the pulpit of the 10th Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia |
| 1:35.3 | and shocked his congregation by announcing prayer changes nothing. |
| 1:42.3 | But he didn't make this statement for shock value. Barnhouse was trying to communicate |
| 1:48.0 | the truth that God changes things, not prayer. That is, prayer works not because of the words we say, |
| 1:57.0 | the promises we claim, or the faith we demonstrate. |
| 2:02.3 | Prayer works because of the sovereign power, the omnipotent power of Almighty God. |
| 2:11.4 | Christian living must always flow from Christian truth. |
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