We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

God will not be known if He does not speak, and we cannot know Him if He has not spoken a word that we can rely on. God must reveal Himself. That’s the point of the Bible. Because of our own sins, we could never know God otherwise. Either He speaks or we are forever lost in the darkness of our own speculations.
Mark Dever

Principles of Prayer: 1. We must be in fellowship with God: Reconciled to God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. We must be obedient to God: By putting away sin, by maintaining right relationships with others, and by striving to abide in Christ. 3. We must depend upon the Lord Jesus Christ and His work on our behalf: We pray in His name. 4. We must exercise faith: Believing prayer has the assurance that we may receive beyond all our asking. 5. We must be ready for action, for faith and works go together: Having prayed, we must be the instruments on occasions by means of which God answers our prayers. 6. We must honestly desire God’s will to be done and His name to be glorified. 7. We must pray with sincerity: God has no time for hypocrites who make a lot of show without reality in their hearts, but He promises to be near those who call upon Him in truth.
Derek Prime