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Praying To Get Results - Kenneth E. Hagin
There are different kinds of prayer, just as there are
different games in sports, each with its own set of rules. Rules that apply to
baseball do not apply to football. If you tried to use the same rules, you
would get confused.
Similarly, there are rules or spiritual laws that govern
certain kinds of prayer, but do not apply to other kinds of prayer. We make a
mistake by lumping together all kinds of prayer, because if we take the rules
that govern one kind of prayer and try to apply them to another kind of prayer,
we won't see the desired results.
Paul and Silas really were in trouble, weren't they? They
were thrust into the inner prison. They had been whipped with many stripes
until their backs were bleeding. Their feet were in stocks. I'm sure they were
in great physical pain.
It was a dark hour for
them, but although Paul and Silas were in jail, they didn't let the jail get in
them. That's the reason a lot of people are defeated.
Everyone has trouble of one kind or another. We've all been
lashed by the storms of life. But our attitude—how we look at a situation and
how we accept it—makes the difference in how we come out, or whether we get out
at all.
Many times when praying for Christians we say, "God
bless Sister So-and-so" and "God bless Brother So-and-so," yet
we don't find where Paul ever prayed that way. That kind of praying really
doesn't do much good; it only salves our conscience and makes us feel we've
prayed.
Paul was specific when he said, "I pray, that your love may abound more and more.” That's a
good way to pray for Christians, isn't it? Paul is praying for believers.
We can be heard in any of our prayers. It takes the right
words and way to make and pray it over.
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