MBS148 The Conditions of Prayer

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MBS148 THE CONDITIONS OF PRAYER

By Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS OF PRAYER

A. Personal Prerequisites

1. Sincerity

2. Reverence

3. Humility

4. Importunity or Persistence

5. Submission

6. Obedience

7. Earnestness

8. Abiding in the Messiah

9. Forgiveness

10. Repentance

11. Righteousness and Godliness

12. Boldness

13. Fervency

B. The Confession of Sins

C. Watchfulness

D. Faith

1. Belief

2. The Content of Faith

a. The Existence of God

b. God’s Ability to Hear Our Prayers

c. God’s Disposition to Answer Our Prayers

3. The Promises of God

4. The Prerequisite Subjective Condition to Prayer

a. Inadequate Faith

b. Adequate Faith

c. The Order

E. In Accordance with the Will of God

1. The Principles

2. The Scriptures

a. Matthew 21:21–22

b. Matthew 26:39 and 42

c. Mark 11:22–24

d. John 14:13–14

e. John 15:7

f. John 15:16

g. John 16:23–24

h. 1 John 5:14–15

whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

1 John 3:22