17 November 2020

Prayer 02 - What are the requirements of a sincere prayer?

A series of meditations on prayer

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Rev 19 v 9 & 10

Then he said to me, “Write: Those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb are fortunate!” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.” Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your brothers who have the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

 

We must pray, but what are the requirements of a sincere prayer?

There are basically three requirements:

1. Sincerity:

You cannot just invoke any god in prayer. You must pray to the only true God as He revealed Himself in His Word in Christ and of whom the Holy Spirit testifies in the Word. Prayer is only valid if it is addressed to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

 

You must further pray in sincerity with an undivided heart to God and ask for everything He has commanded us in His Word to pray for. If your prayer is for selfish reasons, then you are praying wrong.

 

2. Humility:

This means that you must know your need and misery correctly and thoroughly so that you can humble yourself before His majesty. Humility means acknowledging that you are doomed before God because of your sin and that you are dependent on His grace alone.

 

3. Trust:

You must trust that God will answer your prayer because of the merits of the atonement of Christ as He promised us in His Word.

 

Pray sincerely to the only true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

Amen

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