Robert A. Cook

What we are saying is that effective praying has to involve the whole being. It has to involve all of you. And it is a battle, and you have to work at it.

Good, effective praying starts with love for God in your heart — not with the need particularly, but with love for God.

Be specific when you pray for yourself and for others. Then trust the blessed, faithful, promise-keeping God to answer perfectly and according to His eternal Will.

God didn’t make you to fail. He made you to bring glory and honor to Him.

Count on the faithfulness of God. He is faithful that calls you, and He’ll do it. He’ll do it. Not you, but God working in you.

Just one misstep in conduct or in attitude can disappoint another who is looking in to find in you the holiness of God.

So to prove all things, this means you have a right to ask questions. What questions should you ask?

Whatever is said needs to agree with the written Word of God, needs to be given in the enablement of the indwelling Holy Spirit, needs to exalt the Lord Jesus, and be given in His power and for God’s glory.

There is a therapeutic value in telling God the truth about yourself. Do it and ask the Lord Jesus to forgive you and to cleanse you with His precious blood and get you back on track again, and He’ll turn the power on once more.

You want to know that God is real? Start obeying Him. It’s that simple.