Answered prayer must come from a clean heart. Jesus taught us to pray for daily forgiveness (“forgive us our debts”) just as we pray for daily bread. Many of our prayers are not answered because we are not including confession and repentance with our petitions. The prayer from a dirty heart is a prayer not answered. “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear” (Ps. 66:18). James warns all of us when he says, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded” (James 4:8). We cannot pray effectively with dirty hands, defiled hearts, and double minds. Let us not hold to our sins , Turn away from them confess them to the Lord , ask His forgiveness than enjoy the freedom of a prayer life that knows no limits. When we pray, we are to pray to the Father, through the Son, in the Spirit. What a glorious partnership there is between the Holy Spirit and the human spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us the will of God and helps us to pray as we ought. The Holy Spirit, as our helper, wants to think through our minds, feel through our hearts, speak through our lips, weep through our eyes, and express Himself through our spirits. (Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.(Ro 8:26-27)
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 03:13:14 +0000
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