1.)Recognize that God is Real and Believe in his word.Part1.
2.)Praying in the Name of JESUS Part 2
3) Learn To Pray in The Spirit Part 3
4) Faith Makes Your Prayer Effective Part 4
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24 NIV)
Prayer is absolutely dependent upon faith. It has no existence apart from it, and accomplishes nothing unless it is its inseparable companion. Faith makes prayer effectual, and in a certain important sense, must precede it.The bible said...
"For he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."(Heb 11:6)
Before prayer ever starts toward God; before its requests are made known—faith must have gone on ahead; must have asserted its belief in the existence of God; must have given its assent to the gracious truth that "God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek His face." This is the primary step in praying. In this regard, while faith does not bring the blessing, yet it puts prayer in a position to ask for it, and leads to another step toward realization, by aiding the petitioner to believe that God is able and willing to bless!
Faith opens the way for prayer to approach God. It accompanies prayer at every step she or he takes. It is inseparable companion and when requests are made unto God, it is faith which turns the asking into obtaining. And faith follows prayer, since the spiritual life into which a believer is led by prayer, is a life of faith. The one prominent characteristic of the experience into which believers are brought through prayer, is not a life of works, but of faith. Faith makes prayer strong, and gives it patience to wait on God. Faith believes that God is a rewarder.
We need constantly to be reminded that faith is the one inseparable condition of successful praying. There are other considerations entering into the exercise, but faith is the final, the one indispensable condition of true praying. As it is written: "Without faith, it is impossible to please Him."
We need to keep on praying, "Lord, increase our faith," for faith is susceptible of increase. Paul’s tribute to the Thessalonians was, that their faith grew exceedingly. Faith is increased by exercise, by being put into use. It is nourished by sore trials.
Faith grows by reading and meditating upon the Word of God.
Romans 10: 17 So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ.
Most, and best of all, faith thrives in an atmosphere of prayer. It would be well, if all of us were to stop, and inquire personally of ourselves: "Have I faith in God? Have I real faith,—faith which keeps me in perfect peace, about the things of earth and the things of heaven?" And do I truly pray unto God so that I get direct from God the things I ask of Him?"
Faith must assert itself and bid the foes to prayer depart. Ask God for more faith. Ask Him morning, noon and night, while you walk by the way, while you sit in the house, when you lie down and when you rise up; ask Him simply to impress Divine things more deeply on your heart, to give you more and more of the substance of things hoped for and of the evidence of things not seen.
1.)Recognize that God is Real and Believe in his word. this is the continuation of the Seven Steps to Prayer that Brings Results Part1.
2.)Praying in the Name of JESUS Part 2
This is the 3rd steps to Seven Steps to Prayer that Brings Results
3) Learn To Pray in The Spirit
Jude 1:20 (NIV) But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.
What Is “Praying in the Spirit?”
The best brief statement I have found of what it means to pray in the Holy Spirit goes like this: It means “so to pray that the Holy Spirit is the moving and guiding power.”The key words there are “moving” and “guiding.” In other words, when you pray in the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God is “moving” you to pray. That is, he is the one who motivates and enables and energizes your prayer. And when you pray in the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God is “guiding” how you pray and what you pray for. So, to pray in the Holy Spirit is to be moved and guided by the Holy Spirit in prayer. We pray by his power and according to his direction.
The Power of the Spirit
Let’s see where this interpretation of praying in the Holy Spirit comes from in the Bible. The first thing to notice is the very close parallel passage in Ephesians 6:18, where Paul says, “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit.” The reason this is important is that it shows that “praying in the Spirit” is not a special form of prayer – like speaking in tongues. But tongues is just one part of praying in the spirit. Paul says in Ephesians 6:18 that we should pray “at all times” in the Spirit. In other words, all prayer should be “in the Spirit.” Praying in the Holy Spirit is not one form among several. It is the way all prayer is to be offered.
The second thing to see is the parallel in Romans 8:26 where Paul says, “The Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for uswith groanings too deep for words.” Here it is plain that one thing the Holy Spirit does for us is help our weakness when we need to pray but can’t the way we should. So it is natural to take “praying in the Holy Spirit” to mean praying with the help of the Holy Spirit – with the strength and enablement of the Spirit to make up for our weakness.
A third parallel would be Romans 8:15-16 where Paul says, “You have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.” The point here is that the Spirit of God helps us have assurance that we are children of God by causing us to cry out from the heart (to pray!), “Abba, Father.” In other words, the Spirit moves our prayers. He motivates, enables and energizes our prayers. That’s a key part of what “praying in the Holy Spirit” means.
The Guidance of the Spirit
The other part of what it means to pray in the Holy Spirit is that when we do so, our prayers are not only “moved” by the Spirit, but also “guided” by the Spirit. This is no surprise, because if the Holy Spirit is prompting and enabling and energizing our prayers, it would natural to think that he does so in a way that accords with his nature and his Word. We would not want to say, The Spirit moves our prayers, but they are not according to God’s will. If the Spirit is moving us to pray, then he would move us according to his will and Word.
So praying in the Holy Spirit would mean not only experiencing the power of the Spirit to help us pray when we are weak, but also experiencing the guidance of the Spirit to help us when we are foolish or confused or selfish. For example, James 4:3 says, “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” How Do I Pray in the Holy Spirit?
So now the question is the practical one: How do you pray in the Holy Spirit? Don’t fail to see how utterly unusual it is to be told to do something by the power and guidance of another. It is God telling me to do it – pray! And yet telling me that it is a work of the Holy Spirit when I do it. It is just like other things in the Christian life: Galatians 5:16, “Walk by the Spirit.” Romans 8:13, “Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit.”1 Corinthians 12:3, “Say Jesus is Lord by the Spirit.” Philippians 3:3, “Worship by the Spirit.” In all these things we are supposed to do something. But we are to do them in a way that it is the Spirit who is doing them through us.
This is the way human life is, since God is sovereign and we are responsible. We act. We are responsible to act. But God is the decisive actor. Our action is dependent. So when we are told to “walk” (Galatians 5:16), or fight sin (Romans 8:16), or confess the Lordship of Jesus (1 Corinthians 12:3), or worship (Philippians 3:3), or pray (Jude 1:20), we are told to do it “in the Holy Spirit.”You do it so that it is the Holy Spirit who is doing it in and through you.
So how do I pray so that it is really the Holy Spirit prompting and guiding the prayer?
Trusting God to Give His Spirit
I think there are two basic answers. The first is faith. We pray “in the Holy Spirit” when we take our stand on the cross of Christ (which purchased all divine help) and trust God for his help by the Spirit. In other words, when you admit that without the help of the Spirit you cannot pray as you ought, and then you consciously depend on the Spirit to help you pray, then you are praying “in the Holy Spirit.” So the first answer to the question, How?, is by faith – by trusting God to give you the Holy Spirit to help you pray.
You can see this from the New Testament in several ways (see, for example, Galatians 3:1-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13). One is that in Philippians 3:3 it says, “We worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.” Here, worshipping “in the Spirit of God” is explained by “put no confidence in the flesh.” I think that means, instead we put confidence in the Spirit, that is, in God’s blood-bought mercy to help us worship as we ought by his Spirit. So I take it that the way to “pray in the Holy Spirit” is the same as the way to worship “in the Spirit of God,” namely, by not putting any confidence in what we can do in our own nature, but instead looking away from our own resources and trusting in the mercy of God to help us pray by his Spirit.
That is what we should do this year in all our praying. Trust God for the help we need to pray. When you are too weak or too confused or too depressed or too angry or too dull to pray, at that moment do not assume that you can’t pray. Instead, consciously look away from yourself to Christ and to the mercy of God in Christ, and trust him to help you – even if it is only to produce groanings too deep for words (Romans 8:26). Learn to distrust yourself and to trust God in prayer. Learn that without him you can do nothing and cast yourself on him at all times for all you need in order to pray.
Let Your Prayers Be Shaped by God’s Word
The other answer to the question of how to pray “in the Holy Spirit” is to bring all your praying into conformity to the Word of God which the Spirit inspired (2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16-17). Right here is where God’s call to be in the Word every day and his call to pray at all times in the Spirit become intertwined. If you live in the Word of God, meditating on it day and night by reading it every day and memorizing portions to carry with you all day and savoring them hour by hour, then your prayers will be shaped by the Word. Which means they will be shaped by the Spirit. And that is what it means to pray “in the Holy Spirit.” Not only to be moved by the Spirit in prayer, but to be guided by the Spirit in prayer. And since this is something we are called to do (“pray in the Holy Spirit”), our role is to take what we know about the Spirit’s will from the Word and saturate our prayers with it.
Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
Keep yourselves in the love of God by praying in the Holy Spirit. That is, pray continually by banking on the Spirit’s help and by living in the Spirit’s word in the Bible. Stay in the Bible and stay in prayer, and look away continually from your own resources to the infinite and merciful resources of God in Christ.
To be in the Word rightly is to be in prayer. And when faith and the Word shape prayer, we are praying in the Holy Spirit. And when we pray in the Holy Spirit, we keep ourselves in the love of God. And there every blessing in heaven will be ours.
1.)Recognize that God is Real and Believe in his word. this is the continuation of the Seven Steps to Prayer that Brings Results Part1.
Let move on to this next topic;
2.)Praying in the Name of JESUS.
John 16:23
– And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
John 14:13 – And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:14 – If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 15:16 – Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 16:24 – Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:26 – At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you.
We must first realize that the concept of name in scripture involves much more than a tag that identifies that person and distinguishes him or her from other people. Although it does do that, it also has a much deeper meaning. Name in scripture represents the very essence of the person. A person's personality, character, reputation and authority are all wrapped up in his name.
Proverbs 22:1 – A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 – A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Notice the extraordinary value of a good name. Besides a man’s soul, this is the most important possession a man has. We should cherish a good name because it refers to virtue and integrity. It must be nurtured and respected as a most precious possession.
Doing something in someone else's name has two implications. First, you come by the authority of the other person. You are not coming in your own authority but because someone else authorized you to take these actions.When David fought Goliath, he came unto him "in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied" (1 Samuel 17:45). He was not coming in his own power or authority but in that which belonged to God alone. This gave David the authority and ability to fight against the giant Goliath…and win.
Second, when you come in someone’s name, you come in his stead. The person to whom you come is expected to react to you, not on the basis of who you are, but as if the person who sent you was there himself. They are to treat you as they would treat the one who authorized you to come. When David sent servants to Nabal to ask for food, "they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David" (1 Samuel 25:9). Therefore, when Nabal insulted David's servants (who came in David's name), he insulted David just as directly as if he had spoken to him to his face.
Now, let's apply this to praying in the name of Jesus. What is the significance of this? First, it means that when we come to the Father, we come because Jesus sent us. It is not simply our own idea to speak to the God of heaven and earth. We are sent to Him by His own Son. No wonder we walk into the throne of grace in boldness (Hebrews 4:16). If one of the angels were to ask us on the way in, “What are you doing here?”…We can reply, “The Son sent me.” What a glorious commission! We are sent by the Son to seek help from the Father!
Second, the Father is obligated to treat us as He would His own Son because we come in His stead. We represent the Son when we come to the Father. You don't believe this? You say that this is just too much? Then listen to these verses.
Ephesians 1:5-6 – Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Romans 8:17 – And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
We are adopted into the family of God as children. We are accepted in the beloved. Since Christ is the beloved Son, that means that the Father accepts us as He would His own Son. Finally, we are joint heirs with Jesus Christ. We share in the same inheritance. The Father looks upon the redeemed as if He were looking on His Son Jesus Christ. What a blessing that Christ has told us to approach the Father in His name! What a glorious heritage!
You see the benefit of coming to the Father in the Son’s name. However, is this just referring to adding a phrase to the end of our prayers? No. It is much more than that. It means that you come to the Father with the knowledge that your only right in approaching Him is that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and that He Himself has sent you to the Father. It means that you know that you are totally unworthy of receiving anything from God and that the only reason God should grant your requests is that you come in Jesus’ name. It is not a magic formula, but a heart attitude.
Often, in my times of serious prayer about a particular need, I will spell this out. I acknowledge that I am unworthy to receive anything from God. I affirm that I come only in the name of God's Son Jesus Christ. I remind God of what He said in Romans 8:32 [“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”]. I remind Him that He did not withhold His own Son from me and that He promised not to withhold any good thing from me. I declare that I only ask for these things in the name of His Son.
In all my prayers, I try to say, "in Jesus' name." However, I know that the phrase means nothing without the heart attitude. I am nothing. Therefore, who I am makes no difference. But, when I come in the name of Jesus--that is authority and that is power!
1.)Recognize that God is Real and Believe in his word.
(John 15:5) "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
(John 15:7) If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
God and His Word are one, and the first step to an effective prayer is to recognize His Word and His Presence in your life."Knowing that apart from Him you can not do anything."
(John 15:5) "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
Once you understand that there is no other solution to your problem, but God!that's it!,it means you found a treasure that no one can stile from you, and it is a treasure of Heaven.
(John 15:7) "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
It talks about having a personal relationship with God, and it is between God and you, and you don't need to prove it to people around you that you are close to GOD, it will actually will start in you and with GOD alone. forget about anything,on what people say against you, other people think about you, it will start in a silent way of talking to GOD and holding in His Promises.
(John 15:7) "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
Make it a habit to Pray every mooring and evening before you go to sleep, and do it as if God is in your front listening to you, tell Him everything, your worries,your fear, your pain, and specially your thanksgiving, don't stop praying with out thanking Him for everything in your life.
In your fist 10 minutes prayer you will experience strangle, because your prayer is so focus to your self,to your sin, guilt,your worries, your fear, your doubts, your hurts, your needs,everything about your prayer is focus to your self, and then the dog will create noise, and you are disturb with thousands of thoughts in your mind, it means no breakthrough in your prayer....
But don't stop, just press on... and continue to focus on the "Word of God" after 20 minutes...The moment your mind is submitted to the Word Of God, that's the time you will begin to thank Him! over and over again...then...Tears will begin in your eyes and you will start to worship God...and then you suddenly recognize that, your prayer is no longer focus on your sin,on your guilt,on your needs!But your prayer is focus on His love,it is focus on his Greatness,It is focus on what He can do to you,not on what you do to him.
The moment you forget the time, and will experience overflowing joy and overflowing Peace...like what the bible is saying in...
(Romans 15:13)
13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
I will never forget, the time,and the place, when God meet me, and showed me how great and awesome He is! I need 250,000 at that time, i was totally in need, no body knows the feeling of being in strangle, the pain of being in need,need of help,need of someone to comfort you,need of somebody to talk, God is my witness....
I meet Joey and Mooch Mantes,from Victory Christian Fellowship Robinson Galleria. I don't know where to run, and i don't now where to go at that time, my mind was totally empty, financially and emotionally i was bankrupt, I'm like David when he said in...
Psalm 22:11 "Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
But God is true to his Promise...
Psalm 108:6 Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
After 4 days i got that exact a amount of money 250,000 that i need!
I give to the Lord the 50,000 and i enjoy the 200,000!and i want to thank Joey and Mooch for always being with me in sadness and in my happiness God bless you so much.Let's go back to our topic,
John 15:7) "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
The first steps to Seven steps to Prayer that brings Results is Learn to Recognize that God is Real and Believe in his word.
Note:
If you want to experience financial breakthrough you need to have Spiritual breakthrough!
I'm fully convince that the right kind of PRAYER CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS!
What mountain are you facing right now? What impossible situation are you facing right now?
I want you to know that GOD and PRAYER is the same! and the right kind of prayer can do anything what God can do!
The reason why a lot of christians are always defeated, its because they don't know the power of prayer and what prayer can do to change their situation in life!
This month of July my Blog is focus in Prayer not just simple prayer, but a prayer that can move mountain,and a prayer that brings results....
Just this week i receive a miracle from God, I'm planning to buy an iphone, so i pray and suddenly! somebody just give me a 16gb iphone.
"Take note i did not buy for it somebody,
just gave it to me."
My family, friends,and my co worker is my witness how the LORD answered all my prayer request...
Matthew 21:21-22 "21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
My next blog this July i will post the miracle money... How the Lord answered the 250.000 cash that i need!
(John 4:16-19)
"We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us."
Boast Of The Lord's Love For You, Not Your Love For Him.
The truth is God doesn't love you because of what you do, HE doesn't love you because of your service,(1John 4:16) "We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." If you believe in GOD you also must believe that HE loves you, and its not enough that you "know" that HE loves you, You must "believe" in his love, specially in times of trails we need to hold on, in his love no matter what!
(1John4:17) By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. God is not looking of your perfection and he is not judging you base on who you are, but your perfection on Him, is base on what JESUS did on the Cross!so do not ask, I'm i accepted before GOD? Im i pleasing to GOD? No! its a wrong question to GOD. But instead, ask if JESUS accepted before GOD? Christ is pleasing to the Father?!Because our perfection to GOD is the perfection of Christ, not our good deeds, not what we do to GOD. But we are perfect because Christ is PERFECT to GOD!
(1John4:18) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.Perfect love cast out FEAR!...If you have some fears in your life like, fear of the future,fear of not having enough, fear of losing some one,fear of sickness, The bible says perfect love of GOD cast out FEAR!and perfect love is not your love and not my love, But perfect love is the LOVE OF GOD FOR US!. Once you "know" the love of GOD for you and "believe" on it Fear will go out in your life!
(1John 4:19) We love, because He first loved us.
i love this verse i really love this verse so much, I've meet a lot of people in the church that "always say i love the LORD with all my heart" and after a months, i saw them and i said how are you? and they said i lose my love for GOD...
and this verse teach me a lot... The truth is the real nature of man is,... he love his self, even me i admit that, that's why i really, really love this verse. I've meet a lot of Great man of GOD who lose there love for GOD, and commit sin in the ministry.... But you know what? they are just human, they have weakness, and sometimes they need encouragement and no body cares....and that discouragement will push them to commit sin...even Peter he said Jesus i love you, he deny JESUS not once, but three times, what's my point? For me, its better to Boast Of The Lord's Love For You, Not Your Love For Him, "We love, because He first loved us"
"Jesus thank you because with out your love for me, i can not love you, your LOVE change me inside out and even thousand times I've failed still
your mercy remains..."
Are you struggling with what God is calling you to do in the marketplace?
Do you have a desire to be involved in the marketplace but wonder where you fit?
Do you sense a stirring in you to do something significant for God through your work or business?
Do you find yourself procrastinating because you are not sure how to move up to the next level?
You and I are living in a time of divine transition!
Not only are things changing in the world around us, people’s lives are changing too. God is shifting His people from one divine assignment to the next. He is preparing YOU for greater accomplishments than you have ever known.
You may be going through many changes in your life right now.
Friends, I am asking God to speak to you, to remove the frustration inside you concerning your purpose in the marketplace, and particularly in business. I believe that God’s Holy Spirit is going to speak so clearly to you that you will begin to jump up and down declaring, “I found it! I found it!” You will find that your calling to ministry is really right where you are - on the ‘mountain’ where God has placed you.
Now let’s get you going… to move on and press on and move up in reach God's Blessing for your life! If you want God to speak to you watch this video!
