How not to pray

self-righteous Pharisee who went to the temple with a Tax Collector for what you and I may call a prayer meeting.

Kindly take a closer look at this parable on prayers with an unraveling eye of a bible student;

‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a Tax Collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,...and the tax collector standing afar off would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God be merciful to me a sinner!” I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other, for everyone who exalts himself (even in prayers) will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted’ Luke 18 v 9-14.

There are a few points to note here about why our prayers are apparently not answered or our persons not justified.

I will share my 5 reasons why prayers are not answered and secret keys of praying to get results.

God Looks At The Man Before Hearing The Prayers: The scriptures has always stressed this fact but people fail to understand the major secret of how to get to in the heart of the Father. This is the same point mentioned in the beginning when the bible says God accepted Abel and his offering and rejected Cain and his offering. It is not the other way round which is the way of Man and that is why God is not Man. Human beings accept the offering first thereafter the person bringing the offering.

The pharisee prayed with himself: he did not really have any request tabled before the Father. You will notice if you take a closer look at the prayer of the Pharisee that he did not make any specific request from God but just came to push his resume and praise himself. God will