How to Receive Answers to Your Prayers
Ever wondered why God doesn’t answer your prayers? Are you discouraged because you seem to get nothing out of your prayer life? I’ve been in that place before where doubted whether God was going to answer my prayers at all. However, thanks be to God for His word which assures us that He listens to and responds to our prayers.
In my personal prayer life, I’ve learnt some strategies that have helped me to grow in faith to trust God to answer my prayers. The following are 8 steps to receive answers to your prayers.
1. Identify what you need to pray about.
You need to identify what you pray about or are believing God for in prayer. If you pray about nothing in particular, that is what you’ll get, nothing. You won’t even be able to determine whether or not when God answers your prayer because you don’t know what you want.
2. Research scriptures to find out what God's word saying concerning that need.
After you have identified what you want, it is time to search the scriptures to find out what God’s word says about your situation or need.
3. Write down what the word of God has to say about it and personalise it
And then when have found out what His word says about your situation, it is now time to write down every scripture that says something about your situation. Personalise what the word of God has to say and replace the pronouns or names with yours.
4. Pray the word of God back to Him
Stand on the word of God to pray. Have faith in the word of God and pray as well as meditate on it until you catch a revelation from it. The Bible says in James 5:16 that “…The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” Persevere in prayer.
5. Be specific in your prayer
When you pray, be specific. Don’t pray without focus but pray concerning the need or situation you have identified. For example, when you pray that God should bless Mr. A and Mrs. B, you have to be specific. What areas of their lives do they need to be blessed in? Identify that and specify it in prayer. When you’re specific in prayer, it will help you know when God answers your prayer.
6. Believe the word of God absolutely in faith
Hoping that God will answer your prayer isn't faith, but rather faith is knowing for sure that God has answered your prayers. Trust that God has answered for your prayers and thank Him for it as you wait for its manifestation. Receive whatever you have prayed for and by faith, see it accomplished.
7. Listen to God after you’ve prayed
Don’t pray and just leave the presence of God without listening to what He has to say. Prayer is communication with God, therefore, listen to what the Spirit of God ministers to you in prayer. Listen and act on whatever He tells you to do. He may ask you to sow a seed, reach out to someone or something else. Obey what He asks you to do and follow whatever guidance He gives you.
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