The Key To Prayer – First Series

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

The Key To Prayer –First Series

Prayer is very important in the daily spiritual life of every Christian believer. Anytime a Christian prays he/she is empowered spiritually; for our weapons are not carnal, but are mighty through God in the pulling down of strong holds ( 2 Cor 10:4).Prayer tied with faith unleashes great things.  However, even though some of the Lord’s children spend time praying over many things, they don’t seem to get through in prayer. This is because there is a secret to prayer, that’s the key to prayer that every believer needs to unlock.

The Key to every thing is important. People who have found the key do things differently. It is only the right key that can unlock. Once the key is discovered, the doors begin to open. This same principle applies to prayer. Matthew 7 speaks of principles relating to prayer, one of which is “He who seeks finds” (vs 8). Seeking  something diligently requires effort. Looking for something in a half-hearted and leisurely manner will result in watered down results. God answered many of the prayers of the saints in the past because they had the key to prayer.

Many earnest Christians pray at great length; wordy prayers, but do not receive answers from God. This is because their words do not touch the heart of the King, the heavenly Father. Prayer needs to touch the heart of God and move Him so that He has no choice but to grant our requests, these kinds of words must be to the point, match God’s will, so that the Lord cannot but responds to them. Let us find the key to prayer from a few scriptural illustrations:

Abraham’s Prayer For Sodom (Genesis 18:16-33)

When God made known to Abraham that He was about to execute judgement on Sodom and Gomorrah for their wickedness, Abraham interceded for Sodom before the Lord. Abraham prayed for Sodom. He did not just open his mouth and say, “O God, have mercy on Sodom and Gomorrah!” or in vain words, but  instead Abraham laid hold of the fact that God is a righteous God. ( Gen 18:25); this was the key to his prayer……to be continued on the second series . God bless You and continue to pray into the Year .

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Shalom & Stay Blessed in 2012

Brother Enim