PRAYER IS A KEY !

PRAYER IS A KEY ! Prayer is a key to heavens storehouse, But the effective prayer of faith unlocks the door ! A prayer without faith is like a key without a hand to turn it. In (1 John 5:14-15) we find some great truths about prayer: "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us: and if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." Let's read it again and look at some key words. "This is the confidence." Or, this is the faith. We have this confidence in Him, that if we ask any thing, according to His will, He hears us. "And if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desire of Him." Notice that two key words here are anything and whatsoever. John says you can ask anything, of course it has to be in the word; for the word is his will that you design have whatsoever you ask. If we know that he That hears us, we know that we have whatsoever we desire of Him. If God hears you, if you get an audience with Him, you already have granted to you as your present possession what you ask. ASKING ACCORDING ! Now somebody says, "Yes, but that's if it is the will of God for you to have it." Well, let's look at verse 14 again: This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing. . . Now why would he say any thing, if it has to be His will before it will work ? Let's say it this way so you can see, "if you ask according to His wIll for asking. His Word is His will. This passage is not dealing with God's will for you to have or not to have certain things. This is not even involved in this verse of Scripture. Many have thought it was and it has held them in bondage for years. They said, "If I pray for something that is not God's will, then I won't receive it." Therefore, they didn't take time to find the will of God, but prayed saying, "Lord, if it be Your will." There is no faith in that prayer. Or there is no confidence in that prayer. No need of praying that prayer. You are wasting your time. You do not know whether God has heard you, so you cannot release faith in your prayer. That prayer will not produce for you because it does not qualify on the basis of God's rules for asking. Answered prayer is governed by spiritual law (God's Word). Many times our prayers have gone on answered because we did not the determine the will of God before asking. Many people do it just to sound religious or important. Therefore, we could not release faith in that prayer. Then on the other occasions we have prayed beyond God's ability to answer. If he kept that the do what we ask, He would violate His Word. God's will concerning you having or not having is not involved in verse 14. Now don't misunderstand. I am not saying you should pray for just anything whether it is God's will or not, but you can do that. The Bible says you can. If you know He heard, you will have what ever you desired, you will have the petitions you requested -- right, wrong, good, bad, or indifferent. It is very dangerous for a person to pray for something assuming that it is God's will. You can believe and receive things that are not God's will. Israel received a keen to rule over them. It wasn't God's will, but they requested it.