“Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” (Psalm 37:4-5)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 1.Pray with Passion “I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 1.Pray with Passion "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How Important Truth: In responding to prayer, God determines the answer.

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How “To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NIV)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:13)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How "(G OD )…guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.” (Proverbs 2:8)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How “‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways, My ways,’ declares the Lord.” (Isaiah 55:8)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How “‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.’” (Isaiah 55:8 - NLT)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How “(God says)…‘My purpose will stand and I will do all that I please.’” (Isaiah 46:10)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 2. Focus on What not How “Therefore we do not lose heart…for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal!” (2 Cor 4:16-18)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 3. Open your Heart to God’s Will “Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart…”

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 3. Open your Heart to God’s Will Important Truth: When you desire what God desires, you can have whatever you desire.

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 3. Open your Heart to God’s Will “All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of His covenant.” (Psalm 25:10)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 3. Open your Heart to God’s Will “…No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9)

4 K EYS FOR E FFECTIVE P RAYING : 4. Commit Your Need to God’s Care “Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” (Psalm 37:5)