{"product_id":"2940014117593","title":"How to Pray with Power","description":"3 Secrets to Praying with Power:\u003cbr\u003e1. The first secret of powerful prayer is found in Acts 12:5 “Peter therefore was kept in\u003cbr\u003ethe prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.” This prayer\u003cbr\u003eprevailed with God, and had great results.\u003cbr\u003eThe first thing to notice in this verse is the brief expression \"to God.\" The prayer that has\u003cbr\u003epower is the prayer that is offered to God.\u003cbr\u003eBut some will say, \"Isn’t all prayer to God?\"\u003cbr\u003eA Your Christian Life Kit Report: “The Biblically Grounded Path to a Better Life”\u003cbr\u003e© 2011 Scott Admer - All Rights Reserved. http:\/\/www.YourChristianLifeKit.com\u003cbr\u003ePage 9\u003cbr\u003eNo. A lot of so-called prayer, both public and private, is not to God. In order for a prayer to\u003cbr\u003ebe really to God, there must be a definite and conscious approach to God when we pray. We\u003cbr\u003emust have a definite and vivid realization that God is bending over us and listening as we\u003cbr\u003epray. In a lot of our prayers there is little thought of God. Our mind is taken up with the\u003cbr\u003ethought of what we need, and is not occupied with the thought of the mighty and loving\u003cbr\u003eFather from whom we are seeking it.\u003cbr\u003eOftentimes it is the case that we are occupied neither with the need nor with the One to\u003cbr\u003ewhom we are praying, but our mind is wandering here and there throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003eThere is no power in that sort of prayer. But when we really come into God's presence,\u003cbr\u003ereally meet Him face to face in the place of prayer, really seek the things that we desire\u003cbr\u003efrom Him, and then there is power.\u003cbr\u003eIf we want to pray correctly, the first thing that we should do is make sure we really get an\u003cbr\u003eaudience with God; that we really get into His very presence. Before a word of petition is\u003cbr\u003eoffered, we should have the definite knowledge that we are talking to God We should\u003cbr\u003ebelieve that He is listening to our petition and is going to grant the thing that we ask of Him.\u003cbr\u003eThis is only possible by the Holy Spirit's power, so we should look to the Holy Spirit to lead us\u003cbr\u003einto the presence of God, and should not be hasty in words until He has actually brought us\u003cbr\u003ethere.\u003cbr\u003eIf we want pray right, these two little words must sink deep into our hearts, \"to God.\"\u003cbr\u003e2. The second secret of powerful and effective praying is found in the words \"constant\u003cbr\u003eprayer.\"\u003cbr\u003eWe read in Hebrews 5:7 that \"He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and\u003cbr\u003epetitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and\u003cbr\u003ehaving been heard for his godly fear,\" Much of our modern prayer has no power in it because\u003cbr\u003ethere is no heart in it. We rush into God's presence, run through a string of petitions, jump\u003cbr\u003eA Your Christian Life Kit Report: “The Biblically Grounded Path to a Better Life”\u003cbr\u003e© 2011 Scott Admer - All Rights Reserved. http:\/\/www.YourChristianLifeKit.com\u003cbr\u003ePage 10\u003cbr\u003eup and go out. If someone asks us an hour later what we prayed for, a lot of times we\u003cbr\u003ecouldn’t tell. If we put so little heart into our prayers, we cannot expect God to put much\u003cbr\u003eheart into answering them.\u003cbr\u003eBut how can we put more heart into prayer?\u003cbr\u003eNot by trying to work ourselves up into it. The true method is explained in Romans 8:26, \"In\u003cbr\u003ethe same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we\u003cbr\u003eought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be\u003cbr\u003euttered.\" The earnestness that we work up in the energy of the flesh is a repulsive thing.\u003cbr\u003eThe earnestness in us by the power of the Holy Spirit is pleasing to God. Here again, if we\u003cbr\u003ewould pray aright, we must look to the Spirit of God to teach us to pray.\u003cbr\u003e3. A third secret of right praying is also found in this same verse, Acts 12:5. It appears in\u003cbr\u003ethe words \"by the assembly to God for him.\"\u003cbr\u003eThere is power in united prayer. Of course there is power in the prayer of an individual, but\u003cbr\u003ethere is vastly increased power in united prayer. God delights in the unity of His people, and\u003cbr\u003eseeks to emphasize it in every way, and so He pronounces a special blessing upon united\u003cbr\u003eprayer. We read in Matthew 18:19, \"Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree\u003cbr\u003eon earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is\u003cbr\u003ein heaven.\"\u003cbr\u003eThis unity, however, must be real. Two persons might agree to ask for the same thing, and\u003cbr\u003eyet there be no real agreement about the thing they asked for. One might ask for it because\u003cbr\u003ehe really desired it, the other might ask for it just to please his friend. But where there is\u003cbr\u003ereal agreement, where the Spirit of God brings two believers into perfect harmony, where\u003cbr\u003ethe Spirit lays the same burden on two hearts; in all such prayer there is absolutely\u003cbr\u003eirresistible power.\u003cbr\u003eA Your Christian Life Kit Report...","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save a lot more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180158238960,"sku":"2940014117593","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014117593_p0.jpg?v=1763600822","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014117593","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}