In the teachings today, Bro Eli reiterate that prayer is a communication with God, as such, it shouldn't be full of vain repetition of words.
The Bible has assured us that before we yet speak, he'll hear, and while we're calling he'll answer us.
So there's no call for repetition when our God can hear us even before we pray.
Our God is not deaf not to hear us.
Our God doesn't hear us by much speaking or much words.
So there's no need for lengthy prayers.
According to scriptures, when the disciples wanted to replace Judas Iscariot, they prayed a simple prayer, asking God to choose who should take the place of Judas, God heard them, even when they didn't pray long.
So our God can hear us, we should make our prayers and supplications as short as simple as possible.
Jesus teaching his disciples in Mark 11:24, said, whatsoever ye desire, when ye pray, believe.
So whenever we desire anything from God, we should pray and believe without doubting in our hearts, and we shall have whatsoever we prayed for.
Another admonition of Christ is that when we pray, we should give thanks.
According to Philippians 4:6; the Bible says we shouldn't worry or troubled over anything, but in prayers and supplications we should tell God our worries and we should always add thanksgiving when we pray.
According to Bro Eli, for God to hear us even before we pray, we come to God with clean hands and hearts.
The prayers of sinners are abomination to God. God only listens to the prayers of the upright.
So whenever we want to pray, we should forgive our fellow men of their offenses for God to forgive us.
We should live lives devoid of offence towards God and fellow men. We should have good conscience.
We abstain from evil and live a life worthy of the gospel of Christ.
We should be truthful in our dealings. Avoid cheating of our spouses in our marriages, and cheating of fellow men in our businesses.
We should treat each other as ourselves and cleave always to what is good.
FORMER BELIEF:
I've had no contrary belief regarding this.
By the grace of God, I've always believed in doing good to one another.
EFFECTS OF THE TEACHING:
The teaching would further help me live a life worthy of Christ, devoid of offence towards God and fellow men.
Thanks be to God
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