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Discover the transformative principles of effective prayer in "How to Pray Effectively: Volume One". This guide emphasizes the role of faith as a foundational virtue that distinguishes believers. Explore key concepts like defining a specific desire, visualizing the unseen, and utilizing evidence to strengthen your faith. Learn to maintain a right confession and combat doubt, as you embrace the power of your words in prayer. This volume equips you to deepen your walk with God and assures you that your desires can be met through unwavering belief and action.
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How to Pray effectively Volume One
The Prayer Of Faith • Faith is one of the outstanding virtue that distinguish us from unbelievers. • Our walk with God is a walk of faith. Rom 1:16-17 • But without faith it is impossible to please God. Heb. 11.6
Believing is a fundamental for having our desires met when we pray • Concept of believing for unbelievers is different from believers. James 2.19-20. • The believing that acts and takes possession. Mark 11:23-24
Principles of Faith • 1) There must be a specific desire. Mark 11.23 -Whosoever shall say to THIS mountain. -Act on God’s word in simplicity and faith and always expect results.
See the unseen - You have to visualise what you desire - it’s only when your desire is specific that you can see How do you see the unseen – through the eyes of faith. 2cor 4:18 • Is to see what God sees - To speak of non existent things as though they existed. Roman 4:17
Evidence • Use your evidence you got heb 11.1 • You should be able to recognise the evidence • You should be spiritually alert alert to recognise the evidence the holy spirit is bringing to your awareness- • you can have note of victory in your inner man thru a word of prophecy.
Utterance in your mouth • Song in your spirit that causes rejoicing. • Never let go such words or songs • Meditate on them • Talk them • Be bold to tell others you have got it and act the same way
Don’t doubt • When you prayed for something don’t doubt • Should believe that you receive when you pray • Rule - Repetitiveness is not permissible for eg farmer who plants seeds. • Dealing with doubt • doubt means • double minded james 1:6-8 • Stagger roman 4:20-21
Strengthen your faith and this happens when you put your faith to work • Acting on the word. 1 thes 5:18
wysiwyg • Maintain the right confession • Confession, Greek means‘homologia’ • To speak the same thing in agreement with what word of God says to you. Roman 10;10 • Words are powerful they are vehicles of your thoughts.