Word based prayer

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."

1 John 5:14-15

Our opening scripture is talking about praying the will of God. This is also a very important principle for us to learn to follow in seeking the Lord because Word guided prayers have guaranteed answers.

The Word of God should be the protocol to guide your petitions and all that you are believing for in order to get guaranteed answers.

The Bible shows us that Daniel followed this protocol when he prayed to the Lord concerning the deliverance of the Israelites from their captivity. Daniel's intercession was Word-motivated. In Daniel 9:2-3 the Bible says, "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:"

It was from the study of the book of Jeremiah which the Lord gave him that Daniel understood that the years of the captivity of Israel was accomplished and so he began to make intercessions according to the will of God for Israel.

Therefore, get the Word of God first concerning what you desire to change, demand or expect before you begin praying.

Prayer.

Dear Father, I ask that you grant to me an understanding of the times that I may know what I ought to do in this season according to your will concerning all that has to do with me in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read:

Hosea 14:2, Exodus 32:10-14, Nehemiah 1:4-11, Isaiah 41:21.

Doing the Word:

Always pray in line with the Word of God.