Some Hints to Praying Souls! (3)
Spiritual guides for those who yearn for greater power to prevail in prayer. First, we call renewed attention to the great fundamental conditions of acceptable and effective supplication, which should always be kept before them:
Renunciation of all known sin: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me,” (Ps 66:18).
A spirit of forgiveness: “When you stand praying, forgive, if you have aught against any,” (Mk 11:25).
The confidence of faith: “Whatever things you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them,” (Mk 11:24).
A spiritual motive: “You ask and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts,” (Jas 4:3).
“In Jesus' name.”: “If you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it,” (John 14:13,14 ; 16:23).
According to God's will: “If we ask anything according to His will He hears us,” (1 John 5:14).
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