Effective prayer is what we are talking about and how to pray effectively and get result from your prayers are the focus of this article.There are two types of praying Christians in this world.The first type is the one who will always pray and get result from what they pray for. The second type is the one who prays but never get any result from it.There are one question we need to ask today : Why does God answer some prayer faster than other ? Although we might not be able to find out all the answers but at least we can find out some of them. Let us try to find out from the Bible and put it in our daily life as well.
A.There are some Bible verses that will show us about effective prayer as follow :
1. Pray according to God's will : This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him" (1 John 5:14-15)
2. Pray with a righteous mind : "…The prayer of a
righteous man is powerful and effective"
(James 5:16)
3. Keep on praying with a thankful heart : Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus"
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
4. Beware of your motive : When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures"
(James 4:3)
5. Pray in the Holy Spirit : "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express"
(Romans 8:26)
B.The teaching of Jesus about prayer :
1. Faith will always be the key :
"'Have faith in God,' Jesus answered. 'I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins'"
(Mark 11:22-25)
2. Pray in the name of Jesus :
"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).
A.There are some Bible verses that will show us about effective prayer as follow :
1. Pray according to God's will : This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him" (1 John 5:14-15)
2. Pray with a righteous mind : "…The prayer of a
righteous man is powerful and effective"
(James 5:16)
3. Keep on praying with a thankful heart : Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus"
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
4. Beware of your motive : When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures"
(James 4:3)
5. Pray in the Holy Spirit : "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express"
(Romans 8:26)
B.The teaching of Jesus about prayer :
1. Faith will always be the key :
"'Have faith in God,' Jesus answered. 'I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins'"
(Mark 11:22-25)
2. Pray in the name of Jesus :
"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).
