Essentials for Answered Prayers teaches you the things that the Bible says hinder our prayers so that you can stop doing them and ensure your unanswered prayers are answered. It also teaches you the essential things that the Bible says we should do to increase the chances of having our prayers answered.
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Essentials for Answered Prayers Book Excerpt
To ensure that your prayers are answered, you have to:
1. Confess your Sins
The Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save you, or His ear heavy that He cannot hear you. But your iniquities have separated you from your God and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He will not hear. (Isaiah 59:1-2)
God answers prayers but sin can separate you from Him so that when you pray, He does not hear your prayers just as it had separated the Israelites from God.
Note that the sins that hindered their prayers were:
a) “Big sins” of commission such as murder {Your hands are defiled with blood Isaiah 59:3)}
b) “Small sins” such as lying {Your lips have spoken lies (Isaiah 59:3)}
c) Sins that probably only God knew about such as whispering nasty words {Your tongue has muttered perversity (Isaiah 59:3)}
d) Sins of omission for No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth (Isaiah 59:4)
Therefore, confess all your known sins to God and ask Him to forgive you all your sins even those you cannot remember since this is an essential to avoid having unanswered prayers.
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2. Be Righteous
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)
After confessing, live right or righteously so that you can tap into the power of prayer and ensure that your prayers do a lot by virtue of them being answered regardless of whether you are saying prayers for healing, prayers for strength or spiritual warfare prayers.
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3. Remain in Jesus
If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you desire and it shall be done for you. (John 15:7)
Therefore, remain in Jesus. This implies that you have to be committed to your Christian faith by doing what He expects you to do and getting saved.
To get saved all you have to do is to say with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead when He died for our sins and you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)
After getting saved, try your best not to backslide or revert to your former sinful ways so that you can ensure that you continue abiding in Jesus.
In addition, get answers to your prayers by ensuring that Jesus’ words remain in you. You can do this by setting aside time every day to read the Gospels, memorize Scriptures and meditate on His Words.
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4. Ask in the Name of Jesus
If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. (John 14:14)
This is another great key to answered prayers. Therefore, always pray in the name of Jesus. You can do this by beginning your prayers by saying “Father I ask you in the name of Jesus that you may ...”
Or you can conclude your prayers by saying “I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus, Amen.”
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