The Art of Effective Prayer: How to Obtain Mercy and Be Heard by God

Core Message

Effective prayer is a heavenly technology with three specific steps—preparing yourself, causing God to hear you, and receiving His answer—and the art of prayer is learning to obtain mercy from God, not using many words or lengthy devotions.

Key Scripture

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. — Psalm 143:1-2 (KJV)

3 Key Takeaways

1. Prayer is a three-step process of preparation, God hearing, and God answering, and most believers skip the first step entirely, which means God never hears them and they receive no answers.
2. The anointing is for assignment and has nothing to do with answered prayer, so confusing the two causes believers to chase the wrong thing when seeking results from God.
3. No one living can be justified before God, so mercy is the only pathway through which you can be heard, and approaching God with humility and acknowledgment of guilt is the correct spiritual technology.

Prayer Focus

Ask God to teach you how to obtain mercy through the correct posture of prayer so that you approach Him with genuine humility rather than self-justification or empty words.