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Understanding the Divine Secrets
It may take you praying sacrificially for them. However, it is worth it, for you will soon reap your harvest of obedience. Look at what sacrificial praying can do in 2 Samuel 24:25 (NLT):
David built an altar there to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the LORD answered his prayer, and the plague stopped.
God is always committed without hesitation to answering your prayers. Your responsibility is to pray and believe. You have to stand on the Word of God, confessing it in faith and expectation. If you have not done this, you are not yet a candidate for answered prayer. Until you commit yourself to prayer and faith nothing will work for you. Anyone who needs to see the greatness of God has to commit himself to fervent faith and prayer. Supernatural breakthroughs answer only to prayer and faith. Listen! Long prayers do not determine divine answers. But faith prayers do. I would rather you spend a lot of time in the Word of God searching the promises of God before you pray.
Prayers not based on faith are irrelevant in the sight of God. They can’t reach His ears for him to respond to you. I would rather you don’t pray than have you waste your time. God is not interested in your long
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