How to Pray Powerful Effective Prayers

These are things that prayer warriors do.

These are things that people who know the secret place do.

Number one, they pray sincerely.

In Matthew chapter six, verses seven and eight, we read, when you pray, don't babble on and on as the Gentiles do.

They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

But don't be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him.

Do you know one of the ways you know that you believe in prayer? It's not really complicated.

It's not a trick question.

One of the ways that you know you believe in prayer is that you pray.

One of the reasons why believers struggle with their prayer life or don't pray is because deep down there's this doubt, this question.

Does it actually work? And when you pray, recognize that one of the tests of your sincerity is whether or not you pray in private.

It's one thing to pray in public.

where people can applaud you for sounding eloquent.

It's one thing to pray in public where people can say, look at how spiritual they are.

It's one thing to pray in public where you can impress people with your spirituality, but it's something else entirely when you pray privately for the audience of one.

You see, people who perform, of course they'll pray publicly.

But the real test is whether or not you pray privately.

Because only when you pray privately are you doing it only for God.

I mean, if you don't believe in prayer, or if there's that doubt, or if it's not performative, then why else would you go and pray privately? There's nobody there to applaud you.

There's nobody there to be impressed.

And so this is a great test of your sincerity.

Whether or not you pray privately, it's wonderful to pray in public.

The early church did it.

Jesus did it.

The disciples did it.