The first step each and every Christian must do in order to be more successful in their prayer room with God the Father is to establish a good, one on one personal relationship with Him. After that is done, there is now another secret that you must learn to abide by - and that is learning how to pray in the will of God for your life.
This one seems to be so easy to grasp, but many Christians violate this basic common sense principle. This prayer secret is making sure that your prayer request always lines up with the will of God for your life.
I have a pet saying when it comes to this principle. The saying is "Father always knows best." God always knows what is best for you. You do not!
God's knowledge and wisdom is perfect. Yours is not! God knows what your future holds. You do not! Too many Christians are constantly asking God for things that He does not really want them to have. Here is the main Scripture verse where this principle is clearly stated.
"Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him." (1 John 5:14)
Interpretation - God hears your prayer only if the prayer request is according and in His will for you and your life. If it is not, then the above verse implies that He will not hear your prayer, and thus will not grant the prayer request.
This is where each Christian has to get a grip on any specific prayer requests that they are presenting to God. If God comes back to you letting you know that what you are asking for is not in His will for you, then you have to let it go, trust God that He knows best and move on.
When you approach God with a specific prayer request, I feel like this is very serious business. You are asking God to bring something to you that normally would not be coming your way. You are asking God to supernaturally bring or allow this request to come to you through Him.
So the first thing that you have to do before approaching God on your specific prayer request is to make sure that your request is in His will for you and your life.
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