Getting All of Your Prayers Answered
Getting all your prayers answered is guaranteed if you use the 4 keys shared below. Most of the time we struggle with prayer. Have you ever wondered if your prayers make a difference or if they are even being heard? Most of us have. However, James 5:16 tells us, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” In other words anyone who is saved, that is a righteous person, can and should get their prayers answered. There are 4 keys for getting your prayers answered. When you learn and use these 4 keys you will begin to see your prayers become more effective. You can know for sure your prayers are making a difference and be assured God hears them and will answer them. Prayer is a powerful tool God has given of us.
What Prayer Is
Prayer is an essential part of our relationship with God. Prayer defined in its simplest terms is communing with God, you sharing with Him and Him sharing with you. God wants to hear from and encourages you to ask Him for the things you need, but He also wants to talk to you. I want to encourage you to spend more of your prayer time listening to what God wants to speak to you. Prayer is an important element of a Christians life. Jesus’ disciples clearly saw the effect that prayer had in His life. He spent time in prayer by Himself and the disciples realized that the results Jesus was getting and the demonstration of God’s power and wisdom flowing from Jesus’ life directly was impacted by the intimate fellowship He enjoyed with His Father. We can experience greater result and fruit in our life through prayer.
Different Kinds of Prayers
Ephesians 6:18 in the NIV tells to, “pray… with all kinds of prayer”. There are many different kinds of prayer; united prayer, intercession, prayer of petition, corporate prayer, prayer of faith, prayer of agreement, prayer of worship, et. When you pray regardless of what you are praying or the kind of prayer there are 4 master keys that are essential for your prayers to be effective. When you understand them and know how to use them they will unlock the power of prayer in your life.
4 Keys to Getting Your Prayers Answered
Here are the 4 keys to getting your prayers answered – guaranteed;
1. Pray God’s Will.
1John 5:4-5 tells us, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, 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 the petitions that we have asked of Him.” What an incredible promise. The way we pray His will, is to pray His Word. God reveals His will through His Word. Therefore, find scriptures that promise what you are praying for and include those scriptures in your prayer.
2. Understand righteousness.
James 5:16 says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” In other words the prayers of a “righteous” person get answered. To be righteous means to be right with God. How do you get right with God? You must put your trust in Jesus. 2Corinthians 5:21 tells us “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. ” Jesus takes our sin and gives us His righteousness. We are not made right with God based on what we do or don’t do, we are made righteous based on what Jesus did and if we believe and put our trust in the work of Jesus He gives us His righteousness.
3. Ask the Father in Jesus Name.
Jesus tells us in John 16:23, “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.” This is an important principle of prayer. “In that day”, means today, now that Jesus has ascended into heaven. When we are asking for something in prayer we need to be asking Father God in the powerful name of Jesus.
4. Pray in faith.
James 1:5-8 says, “let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith , with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” This is a huge principle of prayer.
To have faith means you have one hundred percent confidence in God concerning whatever you are praying. You are fully persuaded with no wavering, questioning, or doubting. You know, that you know, that you know you have what you are praying for. How do you get faith? What do you do if you are doubting or wavering? You meditate on the Word of God that deals with the area of your prayer. Romans 10:17 says, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” You need to have unwavering faith in Jesus Christ.
Prayer is nothing fancy or complicated. Simply humble yourself, get alone with God, worship and praise Him, and let your needs be known. Spend time in His presence, listening, praying in faith believing you have received and your prayers will be answered. Use these 4 keys to unlock the power of God for answered prayers. Your prayers do make a difference and when you use these four keys you can be confident God will hear them and they will be answered.