3 Principles of Effective Prayer

3  Principles of Effective Prayer

Principles of Effective Prayer

Almost of the people believe God answers their prayer. In today’s topic we are going to consider that not all people are heard by God but He answers our prayer with certain conditions and principles that could help us know if we are really heard.

1. Pray in Faith

Prayer requires faith and faith is one of the basic substances of prayer. A Christian is told in the Bible to pray with believing. We are told to believer because it is possible for someone to pray without believing. And this kind of prayer along with all God’s condition in prayer will move Him and receives from Him.

“And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Matthew 21:22 [NASB]

When we put faith in prayer we are actually following the biblical concept and requirement of trusting God. And the Lord has put hope to us from His utterance that by believing we can receive what we ask.

“Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted.”

Mark 11:24 [NASB]

It is a promise for all God’s children that He hears and answers the faith express in prayer.

2. Pray With Humility

Humility is having a proper or right acknowledgment of yourself. Having been proven that you are a person with highest degree, being served in the company, a boss. To be humble doesn’t mean to deny your real social status but in spite of your achievement your learn to acknowledge that God is your Master through Christ and you are totally dependent upon the Grace of God of God

Since the Bible warns Christian about being proud.

“God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5 [NASB]

And

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.”

Matthew 10:24 [NASB]

Do you still remember the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector in Luke 18:9-14? The Pharisee trusted himself as if he is righteous and viewed others with contempt. He thanked God that he is not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers or even like the tax collector. Otherwise, the tax collector, standing in distance away and was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me. The sinner!”

Then Jesus, the “tax collector went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

3. Pray According to God’s will

Whether we’ll be honest or not, we have prayers that have not been answered by God. Then, we started to say, God is not powerful at all. God is a liar. But let me ask you a question, do you understand what it means that God will do whatever we ask? He will do whatever we ask that which according to His will. God will not grant us any prayer that is outside or contrary to His will.

“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us”

1 John 5:14 [NASB]

  

Prayer is not making God obey us. Prayer is asking God to let His will be done. It means, by reading, studying and meditating the Word of God, we make His will our will and our prayer will be done for us because it is His will we  ask. If we understand what God’s will is then we are going to pray the right thing.