PRAYER IS A KEY !

PRAYER IS A KEY ! Prayer is a key to heaven's storehouse, but 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 the prayer of faith: "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever 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 We Know, Or this is the faith. We have this confidence in Him, that if we ask any thing, according to His will (Word), 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." Notice three key words here are anything and whatsoever and we know. John said you can ask anything that you desire and have whatsoever you ask. If we know that He hears us, we know that we have whatsoever we desired 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. The only way that you can get an audience with God is by faith; faith is what moves God, just like fear is what moves Satan. God answers the prayer of faith; in (James 5:14-15), we have instruction that saying, "Is anyone among you sick ? He should call in the church elders (the spiritual guides), and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Lord's name. And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Verse 16 reads "Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart] the earnest (heartfelt, continued prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in it's working] verse 17 Elijah was a human being with a nature such as we have [without feeling, affections, and a Constitution like ours] and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell on the earth for three years and six months. Verse 18, and [then] he prayed again in the heavens supplied rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]." (1 Kings 17:1). (1 Kings 18:42-45). Elijah said or prayed words of faith. Now, God only answers the prayer or words that are in faith with what is written !