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Powerful Prayers For Miracles
How to Pray More Powerfully
for Miracles
by Whitney
Hopler
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A prayer has the power to
potentially change any situation, even the most challenging one, in miraculous ways.
But how often do our prayers
reflect the reality that God may respond to them by performing miracles?
Sometimes we pray as if we
don’t really believe that God will answer us. Major religious texts declare
that God responds most powerfully to the prayers of the truly faithful.
No matter how hopeless a
situation seems, from a stale marriage to a prolonged period of
unemployment, God has the power to change it when you pray boldly and have
faith that he will respond.
In fact, religious texts say
that God’s power is so big that he can do anything. Sometimes our prayers are
too small for such a big God.
5 Ways to Pray More Powerfully for Miracles
God
will accept any prayer since he’s always willing to meet us where we are.
But if we pray without
expecting God to respond, we limit what we’re inviting him to do in our lives.
On the other hand, if we
approach God with faith-filled prayers, we may see something wonderful and
miraculous happen.
Here’s how to pray more
powerfully to invite God to work miracles in your life:
1. Build Your Faith
The
simplest way to strengthen your prayers is to increase your faith. Ask God to
give you the faith you need to confidently trust that he will keep his
promises, no matter what circumstances you find yourself in.
· Choose to believe that God will
reward you for diligently seeking him, as religious texts promise.
· Pray with a sense of eager
anticipation, expecting that God will always act to do what’s best when you
pray.
· Expect God to do much more than
you could do on your own.
· Surround yourself with people
who have strong faith, people who believe that God is as big as he says he is,
and who have personally experienced his mighty power and faithfulness in their
own lives.
· Keep a prayer journal in which
you record specific prayers that you practice daily until breakthroughs come.
Write down the answers to your prayers when they come. Later, read your past
journal entries to remind yourself of how God has been faithful to you.
2. Ask for What God Wants for You
When
asking God for something in prayer, ask with pure motives. Seek answers that
reflect God’s will rather than trying to convince him to follow your own plans.
· To identify any faulty patterns
in your prayer life, ask yourself: "Am I praying merely for my own
comforts and desires?," "Do I ever pray when things are going well,
or only when I'm in dire need?" "Is my motive in prayer my own
happiness, or God’s glory?," and "Do I pray with an attitude of
doubt, just going through the motions of prayer because it seems like the
spiritual thing to do?"
· Repent of any wrong attitudes
and ask God to help you approach prayer with pure intentions.
· Pray in alignment with God’s
will and remember that he wants the best for you.
3. Rely on God’s Strength to Fight Spiritual Battles
To
pray effectively, you must rely on God's strength and allow it to empower you
when you face challenging situations.
Be aware that the
discouragement or despair you feel may be caused by evil that is opposing
your efforts to grow closer to God.
· Rid yourself of sinful habits
that may be opening doors for evil to come through.
· Confess and repent of any sin
that God brings to your attention, and ask him to cleanse you of it.
· You’ll never lose a battle when
you fight with God’s strength flowing through you. So don’t just rely on your
own limited strength; pray for God to empower you to do battle in every
situation.
4. Wrestle in Prayer
Prayer
requires perseverance. You must learn to have faith in God's plan and trust
that he will guide you, even when you are going through very difficult times.
· When something bad happens,
don’t just throw out a few brief prayers for God’s help. Instead, grab hold of
God’s promises and fight to see them realized in this fallen world.
· Be persistent, praying until
God gives you answers. Don’t give up praying about a situation until God’s
power comes into it.
5. Pray for What Only God Can Do
If
you want to pray powerfully, you must pray for things that require great
assistance, things that you could not just easily change on your own.
· Don’t limit your prayers to
simple situations that don’t require much divine intervention to change.
Instead, make a habit of praying for big things that only God can do.
For example, instead of praying
to get through each workday, pray for a bigger vision of your vocation and the courage
you need to fulfill it, even if that means finding an entirely new job.
· Invite God to do something
incredibly powerful in each situation that you bring before him.
God will respond to any prayer, no
matter how small.
Since you can approach God
with confidence, why not pray the biggest, most powerful prayers that you can?
Whitney Hopler
· Professional
writer and editor since 1994, in print and online
· Communications
director for the Center for Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason
University
Experience
Whitney
Hopler is a former writer for ThoughtCo. She has served as the religion editor
for a secular newspaper chain in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, as
well as an editor at Crosswalk.com and
The Salvation Army’s national magazines. Hopler has written for a variety of
national publications. She is the communications director for the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University.
Education
Hopler
graduated with honors from George Mason University, where she studied
comparative religion. She has a certification as a professional technical
communicator from the Society for Technical Communications.
Publications
· "Dream Factory," a novel with spiritual themes
ThoughtCo
and Dotdash
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