ÒFor everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks find, and to him who knocks it will be opened.Ó(Luke 11:10)< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

A prayer that will never miss its target is asking for the will of God to be done. If there is any plan or place where a believer will want to be, it should be in the will of God. Jesus, in His prayer lesson, taught His disciples to always pray for the will of God (Matthew < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>6:10). The will of God is His plans or thoughts concerning the life which He has given to His creation. God confirmed in Jeremiah 29:11, ÒFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.Ó God meant what He said and He will do what He says He will do. GodÕs thoughts are good thoughts; GodÕs thoughts toward His children are not in the assembly line, it is already in place because He said He knows it. That testifies that His thoughts are in place and are waiting for His children to capture it. The plan of God is for His children to enter into what He has already put in place if the children will ask. Jesus encouraged in Luke 11:9, ÒÕSo I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.ÕÓ He did not say beg because you do not beg for what has been in place for you. But you ask and seek it and it will become of you. Asking is praying or calling on God through the name of Jesus Christ. Asking sometimes requires consistency or persistency, but the bottom line is that children will have to ask before receiving. Prayer does not have to be in multitudes of words nor in colorful words. A prayer is not limited to time or to location. Prayer does not have to be in repetition; it does not matter if prayer is loud or if it is quiet. Prayer can either be simple or intense, but prayer has to be backed with power. A prayer that is backed with power is the kind of prayer that moves mountains; a prayer backed with power is the prayer that is rooted in the word of faith. Faith has its source in the Word of God. Throughout the Bible, many mountains were moved by the prayer of faith. Do you carry the Word in you? Where, in your mouth or in your hand? The Word that you carry in you will pave way for your prayer. If you know how to ask and not know how to receive, you will be missing what your prayer brings forth. The way of receiving is in your positioning. The prophet Habakkuk did not hide the secret of receiving when he mentioned in Habakkuk 2:1, ÒI will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected.Ó When you ask and fail to take the position to receive, God will not come down. Asking and being able to wait patiently to receive is a demonstration of understanding the word of God. The hand of God is what will deliver all that is asked for. The children of Israel cried to God when they could no longer accommodate the pain of over 400 hundred years of bondage (Exodus 2:23). God heard their crying and He extended His hand of deliverance (Exodus 3:20). The wall of Jerusalem was not in place to protect the survivors of captivity.   As a result, reproach and distress was having its way in the lives of the survivors (Nehemiah 1:3). Nehemiah moved to rebuild the wall but needed GodÕs intervention. In asking, he prayed, and the Lord extended His good hand, the hand of deliverance, and NehemiahÕs mission was set in place (Nehemiah 2:8). A leper in need of healing came to a position to receive healing. Matthew 8:2, ÒAnd behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, ÕLord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.ÕÓ He could not miss his healing because he asked for the will of God while on the right position to receive. In the leperÕs case, there was answer in the hand of Jesus as it is written in Matthew 8:3, ÒThen Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ÕI am willing; be cleansed.Õ Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Ó As a believer who is conversant with the word of God, this message is not a reminder, neither a repetition; it is to serve as a point of renewing the mind. Do not be conformed to what is going on around you, remember who you are and get yourself into asking Him while positioning yourself to receive from Him. The will of God will transform if you will ask just like the leper who asked for the will of God and got healed.

He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions (Psalm 107:20). The word of God is power.

A prayer that is backed with power is the kind of prayer that moves mountains

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