I'm assuming you believe in Jesus and that prayer is as natural to you as breathing. We're supposed to pray without ceasing, meaning we're in constant conversation connection with God. We're not only supposed to pray, but we're supposed to get what we pray for. Jesus Himself agrees with this when He says, "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Matthew 21:22
To do this, to get exactly what you pray for, you need one thing today:
Be a righteous person.
If you are righteous, your prayers, whatever they are, will be "powerful and effective," according to James 5:16.
To be a righteous person is easy because Jesus made it easy. In the context of James chapter 5, being righteous simply means your sins are confessed and forgiven. That's it. That's righteousness. When you believe in Jesus and your sins are confessed and forgiven, your prayers are as powerful and effective as the prophet Elijah's. He was the "righteous person" James used as an example. Elijah's prayers were so powerful and effective that he prayed it wouldn't rain for three years, and it didn't rain for three years. Elijah prayed again that it would rain after those three years, and it rained. You can't pray more powerfully and effectively than to start and stop the weather! James made it clear that Elijah was just as human we are. But he was a righteous man. And his righteousness made his prayers powerful and effective.
Powerful and effective prayers are prayers that are very capable of bringing about very specific results. (Meaning you ask for God to stop rain for three years, and rain stops for three years. This prayer is specific, undeniable, and tangible.)
That's what you want, right? You want to receive exactly what you pray for. Why ask God for something if you really don't expect Him to give it to you? Why be vague when you know you want or need something very specific, at a very specific time, like today?
What are your prayers for today? Or better put, think of one thing you are praying for today that you really need or want. Be specific now. Be tangible.
For me, I'm taking a test and I need to make a specific score. Now my part in the answer to this prayer is to study. God won't do that for me. But He will give me wisdom, because He promises wisdom in the book of James when I ask with unwavering single-minded faith. I will get wisdom from God when I study because I'm a "righteous man." Because of Jesus, my sins are forgiven and forgotten. I can pray as powerfully and effectively for wisdom as Elijah prayed that it wouldn't rain for three years.
What about you?
What are you praying will happen today?
If you have any sin in your life, confess and forsake it by faith in Jesus' death for that sin. After this confession, you will be a righteous person, and you can pray as powerfully and effectively as the Prophet Elijah.
In other words, you'll get exactly what you pray for.
The one thing you need as you pray today is to be a righteous person,
because only the righteous person can pray powerfully and effectively.
Confessing your sin by faith in Jesus makes you a righteous person.
May God bless you as you pray today.
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