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Ensuring Answers To Prayers

Jeremiah 33:3

People pray because people believe God can answer their prayer.
People pray with the hope that things will get better.
People pray because they accept there is a God who hears them.

People become discouraged when they pray but they don't see any result. Proverbs 13:12
We can and we should get answers to prayer. 2 Chronicles 7:14

There are things we can do to ensure we get answers to prayer.
There are laws for life and prayer - Psalm 94:12

When our prayers are unanswered, it is not God's fault. James 4:3
God is a perfect and kind God.
Most times when our prayers are unanswered, it has to do with us, let us look inwards.

God is a God of principles!
When we follow the principles God has laid down, we get the results He wants us to have.

A major principle of life which applies to prayer is SEED TIME and HARVEST. Genesis 8:22
Seed time and harvest is a principle farmers work with.
To have a harvest, farmers work on the soil, seed, and water.
Spiritually we have to do the same thing to get harvests of answered prayer.

1) FARMERS PLOUGH THE SOIL: they break fallow groung to prepare the soil and to get the best out of the soil before putting in the seed. Hosea 10:12
Spiritually, the soil can be likened to our relationship with God.
Let's do everything to fix our relationship with God.
If we have to repent let's do so.
If we to have to forgive or release someone let's do so.
As we do these things we are preparing the spiritual soil for harvest.

2) FARMERS PUT IN THE SEEDS: after ploughing the soil, farmers put in the seed.
Spiritually, we do this by putting our words to God when our relationship with God is sorted first.
Our words are our seeds. Luke 8:11
Which words are you putting to God?
When you pray, you are putting words to God which comes back as a harvest of answered prayers.

3) FARMERS WATER THE SEEDS: spiritually, God's Word after prayer either by praise or worship or godly confessions about what we expect after prayer is what waters your seed.
Ephesians 5:26

The principles are:
1) Get right with God.
2) Pray
3) Praise & godly confessions

These principles will ensure the delivering of the answers to our prayers.

Olutosin Ogunkolade, a Teacher-Pastor shared this message.

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