This document discusses conditions for prayers that God answers according to the Bible. It outlines six conditions: 1) Faith 2) Calling on God's name 3) Having proper motives 4) Forgiveness 5) Praying according to God's will 6) Persistence in prayer. Each condition is explained through short biblical passages provided in the document.

1. God Says
“Yes”
Prayers that God answers

2. Big Idea
Ask, and it will be given to
you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened
to you.
Matthew 7:7 2

3. God Says
“Yes”
Prayers that God answers

4. Six Conditions for Answered Prayers
1. Faith
2. Name
3. Motives
4. Forgiveness 2x
5. Will
6. Persistence 4

5. Faith
And whatever you ask in prayer,
you will receive, if you have faith.
Matthew 21:22 5

6. Name
In that day you will ask
nothing of me. Truly, truly, I
say to you, whatever you
ask of the Father in my
name, he will give it to you.
Until now you have asked
nothing in my name. Ask,
and you will receive, that
your joy may be full.
John 16:23–24 6

7. Motives
You ask and do not
receive, because
you ask wrongly,
to spend it on
your passions.
James 4:3 7

8. Forgiveness
and forgive us
our debts, as
we also have
forgiven our
debtors.
Matthew 6:12
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9. If I had
cherished
iniquity in my
heart, the Lord
would not have
listened.
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Forgiveness

10. Will
And this is the confidence that we have
toward him, that if we ask anything
according to his will he hears us.
1 John 5:14 10

11. Persistence
…praying at all times in the Spirit,
with all prayer and supplication. To
that end, keep alert with all
perseverance, making supplication
for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:18 11

12. I wish I could
believe
God show me you exist
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13. Does God exist?
Teleological- order and design
Ontological- God must exist
Causality- Everything has a cause
Morality- law and lawgiver
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14. Proofs
1. Ask
2. Faith
3. Communication
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15. Ask Him!
Then you will call upon me and come
and pray to me, and I will hear you.
You will seek me and find me, when
you seek me with all your heart. I will
be found by you, declares the LORD…
Jeremiah 29:12–14a 15

16. In the case of faith, it’s easy to overlook the most
fundamental point of all, namely, that God is not
an argument; he is not a syllogism; he is not even
a concept. God is a living being. He has the ability
to know things, to desire things, to create things,
and to love things. He is fully aware and involved.
He is alive.
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Faith

17. You see, communication is really the key to understanding the whole mystery of
faith. In fact, the history of the world is really the history of God trying to
communicate with mankind.2 By creating the universe and the planets in the
first place, God was essentially “breaking the silence.” By creating animals and
human beings, he was making conversation possible.3 By formulating covenants
with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, he was taking the step of
actually speaking to us.4 By sending great prophets like Elijah and Isaiah to his
chosen people, he was deepening his bond with us and “revealing” himself to
us even more clearly.5 God’s most direct act of communication was to become a
man in the person of Jesus Christ. By actually walking among us in bodily form
and speaking to us plainly in our own language, God was doing everything he
could to “talk to us.” And by sending his Holy Spirit, first to the Apostles on
Pentecost Sunday and then to the rest of the world, God continues to
communicate with us to this very day.6
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Communication

18. Why should I
get involved?
God make me an instrument
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19. Three proofs
1. Instruments
2. Command
3. Serve
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20. Instruments
Do not present your members to
sin as instruments for
unrighteousness, but present
yourselves to God as those who
have been brought from death to
life, and your members to God as
instruments for righteousness.
Romans 6:13 20

21. Command
For the whole law is fulfilled in
one word: “You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 21

22. Serve
For God is not unjust so
as to overlook your work
and the love that you
have shown for his
name in serving the
saints, as you still do. Hebrews 6:10 22

23. I can’t take it
anymore
God get me through this suffering
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24. Pause
God allows bad things to happen
Death and suffering are part of the human
condition.
It rains on the just and the unjust.
Many people let the existence of bad things
torpedo their faith or belief in God
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25. Proofs
1. Escape
2. Walk
3. Footprints
4. Release
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26. Escape
No temptation has overtaken you that is
not common to man. God is faithful, and
he will not let you be tempted beyond
your ability, but with the temptation he
will also provide the way of escape, that
you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 26

27. Walk
For you have delivered my
soul from death, my eyes
from tears, my feet from
stumbling; I will walk
before the LORD in the
land of the living.
Psalm 116:8–9 27

28. Footprints
The steps of a man are established by the
LORD, when he delights in his way; though he
fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the
LORD upholds his hand.
Psalm 37:23–24 28

29. Release
Precious in the sight of the
LORD is the death of his
saints.
Psalm 116:15 29

30. I don’t know what
to do!
God give me wisdom
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31. Proofs
1. Proverbial
2. Ask
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32. Proverbial
if you call out for insight and raise your voice for
understanding, if you seek it like silver and search
for it as for hidden treasures, then you will
understand the fear of the LORD and find the
knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from
his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Proverbs 2:3–6 32

33. Ask
If any of you lacks
wisdom, let him
ask God, who
gives generously
to all without
reproach, and it
will be given him.
James 1:5 33

34. I’m a terrible
person
God, forgive me
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35. Yes, you are!
1. Reason
2. Acknowledge
3. Confess
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36. Reason
Come now, let us reason together,
says the LORD: though your sins
are like scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they are
red like crimson, they shall
become like wool.
Isaiah 1:18 36

37. Acknowledge
I acknowledged my sin to
you, and I did not cover my
iniquity; I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the
LORD,” and you forgave the
iniquity of my sin.
Psalm 32:5 37

38. Confess
If we confess our sins, he
is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 38

39. God Says
“Yes”
Prayers that God answers