1 JOHN 5:14-1514. This is the confidence we have in approaching God that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.15. And if we know that he hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have what we asked of him.ROMANS 8:26-2726. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.27. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.(NIV). Many people wonder why God wants His children to pray to Him for their needs when, being Omniscient God, He knows the needs of the children. Why not just give to them their needs without even asking, these set of people wonder. There are other sets of people who do not believe that God concerns Himself with our prayers. This group believes that God is resting and Man is on his own to make or to mar; that praying is futile and only for the ignorant. It is painful seeing the hopelessness in another group of people who wonder between whether God is deaf or whether their own shortcomings are so repugnant to God that He would not have mercy enough to hear and answer their prayers. Unfortunately, there is yet another group that does not even believe that God exists. So, how can they pray to a nonexisting Being, they scoff. I read the story of a father who wanted to carry a table. He could have done it on his own, but asked his five year old son to help him. The father carried 95% while the son carried 5% of the weight. This boy felt really special because he and his father did it together. God can do all we desire all by Himself but He lovingly wants to do it with us, His children.” As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain ” 2Cor.6:1.One major way in which we work with God is through prayer. But, how do we pray effectively ?1. Pray with compassion.2. Pray with boldness3. Pray with perseverance4. Pray with trust, faith5. Pray for the help of the Spirit6. Pray in the name of Jesus Christ always 7. Pray and fast as the Spirit directs. Beloved, it is of paramount importance that we seek first the Kingdom of God and when we pray as children of this Kingdom, we receive because dominion belongs to our God, our father. Anything we ask according to God’s will and in the name of Jesus Christ will be received. ” Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. ” Matthew 7:7-8. This decaying World urgently needs intercessory prayer warriors to salvage the drowning souls from imminent doom. God is calling on you to do the work of the evangelist. Be born again. Remain in God’s presence. Shalom.