Learning to Pray the Kinds of Prayers That God Wants to Answer

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Learning to Pray the Kinds of Prayers That God Wants to Answer

October 27, 2024 • Chris Cannon

The key to praying prayers that get answered is not necessarily praying longer or harder, with better words, or with more people, but in praying from a life that is being transformed (Rm 12:2), in the leading of God’s Holy Spirit as He directs our hearts toward His agenda and the things He wants to accomplish for the glory of His name.

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Overcoming Barriers to Prayer

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There are several roadblocks to prayer, the first being simply not praying! Some additional roadblocks are asking with the wrong motives, unresolved sin in in our lives, busyness, unresolved conflict with another person, and unbelief. Let's look at all of these.

Sharpening the Focus of Our Prayers

October 20, 2024 • Chris Cannon

Getting answers to our prayers isn’t about praying longer, harder, or with more heart; it’s about asking God to do what will glorify Him most. We learn to do this as we deepen our relationship with Him. When we start to pray this way, things come into focus and we’ll experience joy we never imagined we could.

Praying From a Right View of God

October 6, 2024 • Chris Cannon • Psalm 103

What do you think God is like? What I really think God is like will do more to affect my praying than anything else. What we believe about God – what we think He is really like – affects our expectations of what He really can and really will do. The beginning place of praying like you've never prayed before is getting a view of God that you have never had before.