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October 14
PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD

Scripture: Luke 11:2 “And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.”

    All true prayer has its basis in the Word of God.  By prayer we breathe out (exhale).  By meditating on the Word, we breathe in (inhale).  The doctrine of prayer is vital to every child of God.
    “Prayer may well be defined as that force that vitalizes and energizes the Word of God, by taking hold of God Himself.  By taking hold of the Promiser, prayer reissues and makes personal the promise.
     The prayer of faith is based on the written Word, ‘for faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.’  It receives its answer inevitably – the very thing for which it prays.   
     The Word of God is made effectual and operative, by the process and practice of prayer.  The Word of the Lord came to Elijah, ‘God show thyself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.’  Elijah showed himself to Ahab; but the answer to his prayer did not come until he had pressed his fiery prayer upon the Lord seven times.”
   God in His Word gives us promise whereby we may claim things by faith as we pray.  He also teaches us submission in prayer as we obey His Word and allow His will to be done in our prayers.    
     If His Words abide in us then we will be submissive to His will in prayer.  The promise is given that you shall ask what you will and it shall be done unto you.  So much of our praying though is done without a thought of the Word of God or the will of God.
    We want God to answer our prayers and grant our petitions and the only authority we have that He will is the Word of God.  When our petitions are made according to His will and we allow God to answer the way He sees best, then all our praying will receive an answer from God.