New Covenant Prayer--and Vain Repetitions !

NEW COVENANT PRAYER-- AND VAIN REPETITIONS: "But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, Pray to Your Father, who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you in the open. And when you pray, do not he of phrases [multiple words, repeating the same ones over and over] as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking." (Matthew 6:6--7) the amplified Bible. (1 Kings 18:25--29). Remember that I'm talking about the prayer of petition. Someone says, "what about Jesus ? He prayed the same prayer three times in the Garden." That was the prayer of dedication--- "Not My will, Lord, but Thine be done." You can pray the prayer of dedication over and over, but when it comes to a petition, the very specific with the Word of promise and rest in the Word of God. Remember the 400 Prophets of Baal. Elijah said, "You offer your sacrifice and the god that answers by fire, he will be God." So they cried, begged, and pleaded, and Elijah said, "Why don't you cry a little louder; maybe he is asleep." They begin to cry louder and even cut themselves. These are the heathens that Jesus was talking about when he said, "Use not vain repetitions as the heathens do". They just kept praying the same thing. They pray for morning on into the evening to no avail. Then Elijah had 12 barrels of water poured on his sacrifice and prayed a short prayer just once and down came the fire. Brothers and sister, look at the confidence that Elijah had in the God of Israel. It is not the length of the prayer that moves God. Nor will you be heard for your "Much speaking." God answers prayer on the legal ground of the new covenant. We have authority to use the name of Jesus. We have a covenant with the Father through Jesus. Jesus has sealed it with His blood, and God will honor the name of Jesus. That name is above every name. And the Bible says The Word has been exalted above his name ! Now if you can receive this, in (Revelations 19:13). "He is dressed in a robe dyed by dipping in blood, and the title by which He is called is The Word of God." The amplified Bible. The King James Bible, says "and he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word of God." John in his gospel again bears witness to this by saying: "In the beginning was the Word, And the Word was with God, And the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men." This light and life brothers and sisters is none other than The Word of God. This is why Jesus said, if you abide in me, and my Words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples." (John 15:7--8).