Today I would like to talk about the power of prayer. We will look at some verses and there are several.
This verse is a promise that the Lord makes to us. This is if you ask according to his Will, which is for our good. Only God knows what is best for us.

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Sometimes we ask for something believing that it is the best for us and it only brings us difficulty or problems. So it is necessary to ask with the knowledge that God Who knows what will happen tomorrow will give us the best for us. If we seek, we will find. What should we look for? The answer is the Presence of God, the Will of God, the Purposes of God for our life.

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And if we knock, it opens for us. To knock is to touch, like knocking on the door so that it opens. If you don't call, the opportunities will pass you by, because doors don't open by themselves. One has to knock on the doors of opportunity for opportunities to open up; opportunities to serve, bless and be blessed, to share, to anoint. It is necessary to knock on the doors of heaven for those opportunities.

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"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24)

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This is not a formula. One has to believe. Many times we think that we believe but we really doubt because we know our weaknesses. We forget that God already sees us victorious over all our weaknesses. We are already seated with Jesus in heaven because He sees the end from the beginning.

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"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." (Matthew 21:22)

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Here it says EVERYTHING we ask for. If we believe. That's the key.

(Luke 18:1)And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
(Luke 18:2)Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
(Luke 18:3)And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
(Luke 18:4)And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
(Luke 18:5)Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
(Luke 18:6)And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
(Luke 18:7)And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
(Luke 18:8)I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

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If the judge who did not fear God or consider anyone did justice to the widow, how will our God, who is kind to His chosen ones without delay, not do justice?

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"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer." (Psalms 66:18-19)

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Verse 18 says if we see that we have evil in our hearts. It is necessary to examine ourselves to be honest with God and with ourselves. We will not expect an answer from the Lord if we know that there is iniquity in our hearts. Perhaps it is something that we have not confessed or something that we have not yet repented of; something we hold. Or maybe it is something that we already confess but the memory makes us feel guilty and we cannot pray with confidence and that brings doubt in our hearts that God does not hear us.

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If we see that there is sin, we must confess it even though it is already forgiven, because our past, present and future sins are already forgiven and it is necessary to establish that relationship without any barrier between God and us. We must confess everything that prevents us from having an honest relationship with God. He knows everything. To confess means admitting that we failed Him and allowing the Holy Spirit to help us with our weakness. That cleanses our conscience so we can come to prayer trusting that God hears us.

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"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." (James 1:6-8)

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When we doubt we are not trusting God. We are still with one foot in the world and not totally trusting in the Lord. These verses means we are saying to God, "Yes and then no and then yes." We are like two (2) people fighting with God and against God at the same time.

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"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers are not hindered." (1Peter 3:7)

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This advice is for married people, husbands who have wives. When they don't treat their wives as they should, their prayers are cut short. The meaning of the original Greek word is that their prayers are hindered. And why do you think this is? It is because when one is married he has joined his wife and God considers them one…a unit and not separate. So, when the husband acts against his wife it is as if he is fighting against himself and there is no way that God can answer such a prayer. It is impossible for God to hear him first because he has not behaved well with his wife, he has sinned. And also because he is divided among himself. A part of you is missing. God considers a man and his wife one. If the wife disagrees with him, part of him disagrees. His prayer is not in accord with itself, with the one unity God considers this mand and his wife.

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"And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in M name, I will do it." (John 14:13-14)

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We do not ask in the name of any other name, only the Name of Jesus. He is the One who opened the way for us to the Heavenly Father. He is the One who took our sins. He is the One who shed His blood to forgive us. He is the One who went to the cross and took death for us, the punishment for our sins. It was not a saint, nor was it His mother, Mary. It was no prophet. And it was no angel. It was Jesus, the Son of God, all man and all God, Who came from the Father to save humanity.

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"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." (Philippians 4:6)

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Why would we be anxious knowing that we have a God Who wants the best for us, Who is for us and not against us, and Who wants to bless us? When we make our request, knowing that He wants and has the best for us, we must thank Him before we receive any response.

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"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" (1Timothy 2:5)

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There is no other mediator, only Jesus. Again we should not bring our petitions to the Heavenly Father in the name of any other name because Jesus is the only way to the Father.

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"Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole." (John 5:14-15)

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When we pray asking for something that is in His Will, in other words we have found in the Bible that it is His Will, for example, salvation for someone, healing, etc., we have the confidence that He hears us and that we will have what we ask.

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"And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness." (Act 4:31)

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When the disciples came together to pray, they were filled with the Holy Spirit. The place shook and they went out to proclaim the Word. There are results when God's children come together to pray.

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"And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed." (Acts 16:25-26) "And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house." (Acts 16:34)

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Miracles happen when one does not focus on the situation, or the circumstances of difficulty. And if you focus on praying and praising God instead of complaining, getting angry or throwing in the towel, God will work miraculously just like he did with Paul and Silas who were in the worst place in jail. And the greatest miracle was that the jailer was saved.

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"Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." (James 5:17-18)

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When one prays in the Will of God, believing and not doubting, the Lord performs miracles. It does not depend on the person but on our faith in our God.

Well, we learned how important prayer is, how important it is to believe, and how powerful our prayers can be. If we could visually see what happens in the spiritual realm when we pray, we would not stop praying.