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S5 156. ROOR - Anatomy Of A Prayer Part Two · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  When you pray, it is important to remove your guilt that you
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  have in everyday life. Approach God with confidence and
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  not condemnation. Remove that guilt through
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  prayer. We know that God will forgive us
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  when we repent of our sins, so this admittance and repentance
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  is what allows us to be washed of the sin as if we never
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  committed that sin. So do not dwell and condemn, for
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  that is the work of the demonic. Just repent and if needed
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  request help from Jesus. Jesus, take this thought from
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  me, for I cannot bear it. The thought can be anything
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  leading to sin. Two scriptures from the book of
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  Hebrews tells us why we should approach God with confidence.
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  Here is the first. Therefore, let us draw near with
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  confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive
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  mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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  We are praying to someone who is on a throne.
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  A throne indicates a king. This is not merely a king, but
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  the King, the King of all kings, the Lord of all Lords, the
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  supreme Ruler of the universe, the one who said all authority
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  has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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  We are praying to someone who has both the authority and the
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  power to do what we ask. Let's lift our eyes from
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  ourselves and our own needs and problems and look up to that
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  glorious throne. Then it is a throne of grace.
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  Grace is one of the keywords in the New Testament.
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  It always stands for something that goes beyond anything we can
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  earn or achieve by our own efforts.
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  Because it is a throne of grace, we are not limited to what we
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  deserve or what we can achieve or what our own efforts can
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  accomplish for US1 Awareness I have always had in my Christian
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  life is that I stand in need of the mercy of God.
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  This Scripture encourages me to believe that if I ever come for
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  mercy, mercy is what I'll receive.
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  The reason some people do not receive mercy is simply that
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  they never see their need of it and come in faith to receive it.
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  Secondly, therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to
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  enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, let us draw near
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  with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith.
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  Confidence, full assurance, everything suggests boldness.
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  Boldness based upon the fact that the blood of Jesus has been
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  shed and has been sprinkled in the very presence of God.
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  The blood is now speaking on our behalf even when we do not know
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  how to pray. The positive side of coming to
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  God boldly is to come with confidence.
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  The other side is that we come without condemnation.
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  Several passages of Scripture speak about the need to be free
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  from condemnation. Here's one from the Psalms.
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  If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear.
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  To regard iniquity in my heart means that I am conscious of
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  something that condemns me. Every time I approach God with
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  faith, Satan reminds me of this flaw.
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  That is not right, that has not been dealt with.
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  It might be a sin that has not been confessed, or if it has
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  been confessed, I have not claimed or received God's
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  forgiveness. If I am conscious of this flaw
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  in my heart, I will not receive that which I pray for.
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  I must remove the consciousness of sin from within my heart and
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  come boldly before His throne. Basically, this is done by
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  faith, because if we confess our sin, God is faithful and just to
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  forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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  Once we confess, repent, and trust God for the forgiveness
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  and the cleansing that He has promised, we must not go on
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  worrying about our sins. If we do, if we remain sin
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  conscious as we pray, God will not hear our prayers.
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  If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear
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  me. But do you know what the
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  psalmist goes on to say? The Lord has heard me.
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  In other words, he rose above Satan's attempt to condemn him.
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  John expressed the same thought. Beloved, if our heart does not
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  condemn us, we have confidence before God, and whatever we ask
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  we receive from him. We have to get rid of any
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  attitude that suggests some kind of righteousness in ourselves.
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  We have no righteousness of our own.
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  We must come to a place where we are trusting in God's
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  faithfulness and that produces confidence.
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  Forgiveness is imperative. In the Sermon on the Mount, one
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  of the things Jesus taught us to say, as I suppose we all know,
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  is this Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, forgive
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  us as we forgive others. What we might not realize is
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  that this is an important condition for receiving answers
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  to prayer. Jesus also said, And whenever
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  you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive
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  him. Now that does not leave out
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  anything or anybody. When you pray, forgive that your
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  Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
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  But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in
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  heaven forgive your trespasses. This is absolutely clear and it
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  is spoken to believers, those who have God as their Heavenly
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  Father before you. And I pray we must forgive.
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  It will do no good to try to approach God in prayer with
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  unforgiveness in our hearts against anybody about anything.
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  Ask God according to God's word. This is intimately related to
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  the previous condition being directed by the Holy Spirit.
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  You see, the great issue in prayer is the will of God.
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  If I am praying according to the will of God, then as we have
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  seen in Scripture, I know that God hears me.
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  And if I know that God hears me, I know that I have the petition
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  that I ask, how do I know the will of God?
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  Where is the will of God revealed?
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  The answer is in His Word. The great revelation of the will
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  of God is the Word of God. And the Word of God is packed
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  from the beginning to end with divine promises.
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  The apostle Peter calls them exceedingly great and precious
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  promises. And do you know what those
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  promises are? The promises of God are the will
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  of God. Thus, when you find a promise
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  that relates to your situation and meets your need, that
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  promise is God's will for you. God never promised anything that
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  was not His will. Anything else would be
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  inconsistent. Suppose you came to him and
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  said, Lord, you promised. He would not say, Yes, I
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  promised, but I don't want to do it.
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  This is the great secret that clinches our life of prayer.
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  We pray according to God's will as revealed in His Word.
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  So David came and relaxed before Almighty God and said something
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  on this order. God, you have been so good to
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  me. I want to take a little time and
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  appreciate you and thank you for your goodness.
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  Then David said this. And now, O Lord, the word which
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  you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his
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  house, let it be established forever, and do as you have
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  said. Those 5 short words of one
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  syllable each contain the essence of effective praying.
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  Do as you have said, Lord, you said it, please do it.
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  If God has said He will do it and you ask Him to do it, you
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  can know He is going to do it. His promises are the revelation
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  of His will.