WHEN YOU PRAY

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Text : Mark 11:24.

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive [them,] and you will have them.

Genuine believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are the most privileged people on earth. This is because they have direct access to the highest throne in heaven and on earth.

We shall be x-raying our study text in order to draw out hidden treasures of wisdom from what our Lord Jesus is saying to us.

Jesus said, "whatever things you ask when you pray..." because it is expected of you as a disciple to always come before the throne of God (God's presence) in prayer. 

The first phase, "whatever things you ask" indicates that God is always willing to attend to every details of your request. Nothing is too small or too big to present before the Lord in prayer.

The phrase, "when you pray" reveals that Jesus was only talking to those who have developed the habit of praying regularly. He said, "when you pray" not "if you pray", because men ought always to pray and not to faint. Luke 18:1.

One of the ways to know that a believer has become utterly 'spiritless' or wearied out, is when such believer finds himself in a state of prayerlessness. *When you are not praying, you are actually fainting.

Jesus, while on earth, exhibited a lifestyle of habitual prayer life- He prayed always, and at all times. He prayed without ceasing. So, If Jesus Prayed, why won't you.

A song writer wrote that:
Prayer is the key, Prayer is the master key,
Jesus started with Prayer, and ended with Prayer.
Prayer is the master key.

Keep praying in Faith and the Lord will come through for you. 

Bible  Reading:

 Luke 18:1-8.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, please help me to always pray without ceasing, and not to faint.

 

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