HOW TO PRAY SO YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED

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NOT ALL PRAYERS PEOPLE PRAY ARE ANSWERED BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO PRAY SO THAT OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED HOW TO PRAY SO THAT YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED
  1. REALLY PRAY (Job 35:16; Jeremiah 20:7; Matthew 6:7)
  1. PRAY ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD, NOT CONTRARY TO IT (1 John 5:14; James 4:3-4)
  1. PRAY WITH AN ATTITUDE OF RESPECT FOR GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY, NOT WITH A DEMANDINGNESS OR SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT (Habakkuk 3:17-19; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10)
  1. PRAY WITH A CLEAN HEART, NOT A HEART WITH WILLFUL SIN (Isaiah 59:2; Psalm 66:18-19)
  1. PRAY FROM A LIFE THAT IS PLEASING AND OBEDIENT TO GOD (1 John 3:22; John 8:29;
John 11:4)
  1. PRAY WITH FAITH, NOT WITH UNBELIEF (James 1:6-7; Matthew 13:58)
  1. PRAY WITH PERSEVERANCE, NOT EASILY GIVING UP (Luke 18:1; Hebrews 6:12)
  1. BE ORGANIZED, NOT DISORGANIZED, IN YOUR PRAYERS (1 Corinthians 14:40)

A-C-T-S pattern

Use a Prayer Notebook or Prayer List (Matthew 6:9-10)

  1. USE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRAYERS, APPLYING THE MOST APPROPRIATE KIND TO EACH SITUATION (Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:1; Acts 3:6-7; Luke 11:14)
  1. ADD ACTION TO YOUR PRAYERS INSTEAD OF BEING NEGLIGENT OR LAZY (James 2:26; 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12)
  1. HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATEFULNESS AND THANK GOD WHEN HE ANSWERS YOUR PRAYERS (Luke 17:12-18)
LET’S KEEP PRAYING BECAUSE THE LORD WANTS TO ANSWER (Matthew 7:7-11)