A believer’s prayer life should be built upon the word of God. A believer cannot be a success in fulfilling God’s purpose in his life if he does not know how to pray according to biblical principle.
STEP 1 – BE SPECIFIC AND STAND ON GOD PROMISES
• Decide what you want from God and find the scripture or scriptures that definitely promise you these things.(e.g. finance, fruit of the womb, strength, promotion, favor .etc.).
• Pray according to God’s word- for a believer to have confidence and faith they must know the will of God from what is written.- Joshua 1:8,I John 5:14 (imagine unmarried person praying for the fruit of the womb).
STEP 2 –ASK GOD FOR THINGS YOU WANT AND BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVE THEM.-J0HN 16:23,24 MATHEW 7:7,8.
• Whatever you ask in prayer believe, trust and be confident that it is granted to you and you will get it- mark 11:23,24 (Emphasis. Vs 24)
• You have to believe you‘ve got your answer before you get it.
• Believing means accepting as the truth what the word says over what your senses or experience dictates (what you see or feel)- Ephesians 1;3, Romans- 3:4.
STEP 3 –BE POSITIVE IN YOUR THINKING
• After you pray in faith according to God’s word, never permit a mental picture of failure to remain in your mind.
• Resist doubt (I Peter 5:8)-You have to resist doubt and rebuke them. You have to get your mind on the answer – on God’s word – James 1:6-8
• Reject anything that contradict the word – Satan can move in the supernatural realm, too, because he is a spirit being, as is God. You’ve got to be able to know whether a vision dream, Impression, suggestion or feeling is from God.
STEP 4-GUARD YOUR MIND (2 cor.10:5, Philippians 4:8)
• Guard against every evil thought that comes unto your mind to try to make you doubt God’s word. Thought are governed by observation, association and teaching
• The bible tells us in Philippians 4:8 exactly what to think on many people are thinking on the wrong things, and they are defeated in life as a result.
STEP 5 – MEDITATE ON GOD PROMISES (proverbs 4:20-22)
• Meditating constantly on the promises upon which you based the answer to your prayer in other word’s you must see yourself in possession of what you’ve asked for and make plans accordingly as if it were already a reality.
• Proverbs 4:21 ”…let them not depart from thine eyes’ if u meditate on Mathew 8:17 “…Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses, also Isaiah 53:5 says “…with His stripes we were healed” if you don’t see yourself healed , then the word has departed from your eyes.
STEP 6- CONTINUALLY THANK GOD FOR THE ANSWER (PHILIPPIANS 4:6.)
In your every waking moment, think on the greatness of God and His goodness, and count your blessing. Lift your heart to God continually in increasing praise and gratitude for what He has done and for what He is doing for you now.
STEP 7- MAKE EVERY PRAYER A STATEMENT OF FAITH (ROMANS 10:8, MARK 11:24).
• Make every prayer relative to what you’ve asked a statement of faith instead of unbelief.
• Your words must be in alignment with your prayer, you cannot be confessing the opposite of what you have asked for.
• If you pray seven times for any one thing, you would have prayed six times in unbelief.
• Its thinking faith thoughts and speaking faith filled words that lead the heart out of defeat into victory. You can think and say words of faith just as easily as you can think and say words of doubt and unbelief.
