The Principles of Answered Prayer

Every blessing in God's kingdom is released by principles. We serve a God of principles. And as merciful as he is, he still honours his principles. He does not joke with them. So, we've got to acknowledge certain principles of the kingdom, so that we can maximally lay hold on the benefits therein. In Mathew 7:7-8 God teaches the whole principles of answered prayer.

The first principle of an answered prayer is 'ASK'. You've got to ask for what you want from God. You've got to ask for your kingdom inheritance. Though he knows what you need, but he won't give them to you, until you ask for them. The sin committed by the prodigal son in the Bible was not his collecting his birth right, but his leaving his father's house and his squandering his birth right. He could have collected his birth right and stayed in his father's house. There was no problem in his collecting his birth right, because it was his own. He had to collect it. And so, we have to demand for our inheritance in God our father's kingdom. The only thing we must not do is leaving His kingdom and wasting His blessings upon our lives. And in asking, you are to pray out. Speak out the words of request. You don't pray inside your mind and claim he hears. When we ask, the Bible says we shall receive. But note that at this stage you have only received what you asked for in the spiritual. You are yet to receive it in the physical. That's why Mark 11:24 says "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them(in the spiritual), and ye shall have them(in the physical)"

The second principle of answered prayer is 'SEEK'. You have to seek, in order to find. Seek here means consistent asking. You have to consistently ask for what you want from God. The reason for this is that there are spiritual forces that are contending with your answered prayers in the spirit realm, so that they will not manifest in the physical. Everything that happens in the physical has first taken place in the spiritual world. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities, against spiritual wickedness in high places, and against rulers of the darkness of this world. That's why you have to be consistent in your prayer, and not relax after the ASKING stage. The word SEEK carries a force, unlike ASK. It is stronger in nature. When you are seeking for something, you know how you do it, unlike when you are just asking.

The third principle is 'KNOCK'. You have to knock, so that the doors of your answered prayers in the spirit can open in the physical. How to knock is GIVING THANKS TO GOD. That's why the Bible says "enter his gates with thanksgiving and into his court with praise" After asking and seeking in prayer, don't forget to always give thanks to God for answered prayers, because that's what will finish the job for you. Thanksgiving will release the blessings upon you in the physical. Look at this scripture: "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. Can you see the place of thanksgiving? In other words, your prayer is not complete without thanksgiving.
Faith is the forth principle. Bible says he that comes to God must believe that He is and He is the rewarder of them that diligently seeks Him. You must have faith in God, as you pray. Believe He has answered your Prayer in the spirit realm, and you will have it in the physical - Mark 11:24.

If you can apply these 4 principles, you will have your prayers answered, as long as your requests are in accordance with the will of God for your life. As long as you don't pray amiss, you will have an answered prayer. Remain blessed!