5 Major Golden Keys or Rules For a Successful Prayer Life

There maybe other keys that are important but these are the 5 most important keys about prayer. The first, Jesus gave us the legal right to the use of His name in prayer, just as in Mark 16 He gave us the legal right to use  His name to cast out devils, lay hands on the sick, speak with other tongues, etc... Pray according to what the Word of God says. Second key in prayer is believe you receive. Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, what things soever you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. Why is believing so vital? It is the bridge that leads to answered prayer. Faith and what you say are inseparably connected. Matt 17:20 "And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto the mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Forgiveness is the third key to successful prayer life. Read Mark 11:24-26 Bitterness or unforgiveness is a principality: under it, and answering to it, are seven spirits that reinforce bitterness or unforgiveness. When unforgiveness gets a foothold, the first thing that happens is you begin to keep a record of wrongs. After unforgiveness gets  a foothold and creates a record of wrongs, then resentment creeps in and is being fueled by feelings, and then you meditate on those hurt feelings. Then retaliation wants to make the person pay. Retaliation says, I don't forgive, I just get even. After retaliation gets a foothold, then anger sets in, and after anger comes hatred which says because I remember what you did to me, I am going to get even. In time hatred turns to violence. If violence is not dealt with it will lead to murder. This can be actual physical murder or murder with the tongue, which is character assassination or verbal abuse. Unforgiveness is one of the ways you allow the enemy to keep resurrecting things and events that should be buried. Only you have the power to put a stop to it. Unforgiveness is giving your past a future. Forgive all who have offended you, not for them but for yourself.  The fourth key is dependence on the Holy Spirit to help you pray effectively. Read Rom 8:26-27 Realize this-he is your helper. He is not going to pray for you, he is going to help you pray. The fifth key is intercession. An intercessor is one who takes the place of another in prayer. In Psalms 106:23-24 we read of Moses interceding:"Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away His wrath, lest He should destroy them". The deeper dimension of intercession is when you literally begin to identify with the individual you are praying for. This is what Jesus is doing right now at the right hand of God the father. He ever lives to make intercession for us. It is vital that you develop a strong and healthy prayer life. Through prayer you disappoint or frustrate the devices of the enemy, so that his hands cannot perform his enterprise against you or anything of lasting worth. Don't only pray when you are desperate or when it's convenient. Eph 6;18" Praying always with all manner of prayer and supplication in the spirit". Amp. version reads;" Pray at all times(on every occasion, in every season) in the spirit".