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"How
To Get Your Prayers Answered"
2005
Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD
Have
you ever wondered if there was a way to pray that might be more effective
than what you're doing now? Here are eight guidelines to maximize your
prayer power:
1. Ask according to God’s will and
Word--with tithes and offerings.
Will
a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed
thee? In tithes and offerings. (Malachai 3:8)
2. Pray in faith and belief.
But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)
3
. Ask specifically – know exactly what you want, and ask for it.
Ye
lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye
fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. (James
4:2)
4.
Ask for big things. Go for the gold! Ask for more than you
"think" you can or should get. Jabez did it, and so can you!
This is a clear indication of having BIG faith.
For
the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory:
no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (Psalm
84:11) And - For I know the plans I have for you," declares the
LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future. 1Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me,
and I will listen to you. 1You will seek me and find me when you seek me
with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:11-13)
5.
Ask in Jesus name.
And
I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory
to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do
it. (John 14: 13, 14)
6
. Confess your sins and ask God for forgiveness.
"Confessing your sins" is so powerful because it inherently requires
that you be aware (our of denial) of where you screwed up. So acknowledge
your mistakes. Get out of denial, and ask for God's forgiveness for not
following His instructions.
If
we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in
us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us
our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not
sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our
lives. (1 John 1:8-10)
And
yes, it does require you to surrender your ego. But if you can ask
forgiveness from your spouse or employer when you screwed up, don't you
think God deserves at least that much courtesy?
7.
For best results, pray with others.
Again
I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which
is in heaven. - For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18: 19-20)
Therefore
confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed. (James 5:16)
8
. Make sure you have forgiven others before you go asking God to forgive
you. Not only is this concept at the heart of the Lord's
Prayer, but...
And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say
unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but
shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he
shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye
shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. (Mark 11:22-26)
Peace be with you,
Dr.
Frank
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