How can I make my prayer effective?

Answer 1

PRAYER — communication with God. Because God is personal, all people can offer prayers. However, sinners who have not trusted Jesus Christ for their salvation remain alienated from God. So while unbelievers may pray, they do not have the basis for a rewarding fellowship with God. They have not met the conditions laid down in the Bible for effectiveness in prayer.
Christians recognize their dependence upon their Creator. They have every reason to express gratitude for God’s blessings. But they have far more reason to respond to God than this. They respond to the love of God for them. God’s love is revealed through the incarnation and life of Christ, His atoning provision at the Cross, His resurrection, and His continuing presence through the Holy Spirit.
Prayer cannot be replaced by devout good works in a needy world. Important as service to others is, at times we must turn away from it to God, who is distinct from all things and over all things. Neither should prayer be thought of as a mystical experience in which people lose their identity in the infinite reality. Effective prayer must be a scripturally informed response of persons saved by grace to the living God who can hear and answer on the basis of Christ’s payment of the penalty that sinners deserved. As such, prayer involves several important aspects.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much [James 5:15–16].
“Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.” We are to confess our sins to God but our faults one to another. If I have injured you, then I ought to confess that to you. But I will not confess my sins to you, and I do not want you confessing your sins to me. You are to confess that to the Lord. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). I cannot forgive sins: neither can any clergyman forgive sins—only God can do that.
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James was a great man of prayer. He was called “Old Camel Knees” because, having spent so much time on his knees in prayer, his knees were calloused.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil [1 Pet. 3:12].
This is an amazing passage of Scripture. Peter is quoting here from Psalm 34: “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth” (Ps. 34:15–16). This is a strong statement as it is given here in this psalm. It is something the Word of God has emphasized a great deal. God has guaranteed to hear the prayers of those who are His own. He has not guaranteed to hear the prayers of those who are not His own. The only prayer that a sinner can pray is, “Lord, I admit that I am a sinner, and accept Jesus Christ as my Savior, and ask that You accept me in Him.” That is a prayer that God will hear and that God will answer. Many people today have the idea that an old reprobate can live any kind of life he wants and then come to God in prayer when he is in trouble and expect God to hear and answer him. As the movies and the novels tell it, the old reprobate comes home to find his little girl sick in the hospital, and so he gets down on his knees and calls upon God to raise her up. How sentimental that is! May I say this very plainly: it is nonsense, and it is absolutely unscriptural. Let that old reprobate get right with God, and then God will hear and answer his prayer. It is a false idea today to think that you can call on God under any circumstances whether or not you are His child. My friend, He has not promised to hear the prayers of those who are not His own.
McGee, J. V. 1991. Vol. 54: Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (1 Peter). Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.). Thru the Bible commentary . Thomas Nelson: Nashville

Answer 2

Prayers must emanate from Heart. Mere lip service won't do. When you pray, consider God as your thickest friend and He will listen to you. You must not pray for small things, e.g., for getting a cinema ticket or meeting your lover etc. When human efforts fail, this is the ideal time for prayer. Pray but leave the results to Him. Sincerity and proper wordings of prayer will enhance the effect of prayer. The most effective prayer is praying for others than yourself and your family. best wishes. nagarajan.

Answer 3

Prayers are effective when your heart and relationship is right with God. That can be done when yo8u try using prayer as a means of communication with God. Put him first in all things, and give him the reverence and respect He deserves. When you do, ask him to reveal any barriers between you and God and then remove them.

Think of the armor of God, including the Breastplate of Righteousness as part of your spiritual protective gear. When the righteousness is there (not to be confused with self-righteousness, which is actually the opposite of righteousness), then you will find effective prayers.

Answer 4

There is no formula for an effective prayer. But keep these in mind,

Prayer is not merely talking to Him. It is listening.
Prayer is not about asking or begging. It is understanding.
Prayer is not simply closing your eyes. It is reflecting.
It is a call to use one's senses in seeking.

Answer 5

a) Pray in accordance with his will and work in harmony with your prayer. For instance, you can't go praying for a job and then spend your days sitting on your duff.

b) Use God's personal name, Jehovah. You'll find it at Psalm 83:18 in many translations of the Bible including the KJ versions from the 1600's and 1700's.

c) Pray in the name of Jesus Christ, "the only mediator between God & man."

Answer 6

Hello.

Here are a few things Jesus said about prayer:

(Matthew 6:5-8) 5 “Also, when YOU pray, YOU must not be as the hypocrites; because they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the broad ways to be visible to men. Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full. 6 You, however, when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. 7 But when praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. 8 So, do not make yourselves like them, for God YOUR Father knows what things YOU are needing before ever YOU ask him.

Then Jesus gives us an example of what to pray for. What is the most important.... down to the least important:

(Matthew 6:9-13) 9 “YOU must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth. 11 Give us today our bread for this day; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.’

Notice that in the first verses, Jesus said not to say the same things over and over again.... So the next verses are an example only and are not meant to be repeated over and over.

They do show us what is important though. First is God's name, second is God's Kingdom, third is God's will for heaven and earth etc etc.

Hmmm, what is God's name???? Psalms 105:1 Psalms 83:18

Mike

Answer 7

Use Acts 2:38

Answer 8

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Answer 9

After you pray, work to achieve it. Look for sources and resources where you can find what you are praying for. Focus on it and never let your mind be off it until you gain it. If for some reason you did not get it after all the efforts, then maybe its not meant to be but somehow you will know you have learned something from it. For all you may know, you've got what you need oftentimes more than just what you wanted.

Answer 10

MAL-2 was once asked by one of his Disciples if he often prayed to Eris. He replied with these words:

No, we Erisians seldom pray, it is much too dangerous. Charles Fort has listed many factual incidences of ignorant people confronted with, say, a drought, and then praying fervently -- and then getting the entire village wiped out in a torrential flood.

-From the PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA (because the big words make it more important)

Answer 11

Pray from your heart.
Seek Gods face and not his hand.
Ask that his will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
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