KEY SCRIPTURE: John 15:7 KJV” If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”

God our Father desires that His children live joyfully. The bible says His ears are opened to the cry of His children Psalms 34:15 KJV “The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.” He states in our opening scripture that when we abide in Him, and His words abide in us we would ask what we will, and it shall be done unto us. Consider the phrase’ what you will” He did not say ‘when you ask in line with my will’ Well the Lord made this statement, based on a condition. He said if you abide in me. This statement is talking about being committed and depended on the Lord.

We learnt in our last discussions that; we abide in the Lord as we fellowship with Him. This talks about developing a strong relationship with Him. The end result is a life committed to doing what He says. Such a person will have his thoughts and desires totally influenced by God’s word. His will will definitely be in line with the will of God. It is on the bases of such a cordial relationship that the Lord says, if such a person is to ask what he wills or desires, it shall be granted Him. A man or woman who is dedicated sincerely to the Lord will also trust the Lord in his or her request that he makes. Our prayers are always answered on the bases of our faith in God.

Dear one, if you wish to improve on your prayer fruits or be more effective in your prayer life, then you must also improve your relationship with God. He said in John 14: 21, that when we love Him, we would keep or obey His words and the Father and the Son would make their abode in us and manifest unto us. This aspect of manifesting to us is seen in the answers to various requests or demands that we make. The closer we are to the Lord the more He reveals His power through us. As we said the other time, if a man develops a consistent prayer life, he generates so much power that, he becomes a walking fire, and the Lord honours his desires or he receives answers to his prayers.

THOUGHT: YOUR DEVOTION TO THE LORD, BUILDS TRUST IN HIM, AND THAT INCREASES YOUR PRAYER FRUITS.

FURTHER STUDIES

Jas 5:17 KJV “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.”

1Jn 5:14 KJV “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:”