The main goal of Prayer If sometimes you feel like quitting to pray, then this is your message, follow it to the end to know exactly why we need to pray. . . Let's read the text Text . . . for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! Matthew 6:8b NLT Before we can even pray, God knows what we want - we do not pray more hours or consistently so we can be heard - the goal of prayer is mainly for us to hear God speak. The greatest gift and grace you need right now is to hear God speak. . . . Prayer is a dialogue and like any other communication, you must speak and hear - without hearing, your prayer life is incomplete It's being childish in Spirit to say, "I can not pray any more since answers seem not to be received - the main goal of prayer is not to be heard but rather, to hear God speak. *Why are you praying child of God?* Pray to hear God speak - God does not speak because you want to hear him speak, He will speak when you are ready to hear him God is Spirit and his worshipers must worship him in Spirit and in truth - if you want to hear God speak, then you must turn yourself into a spirit being You are ready to hear God speak if your spirit is well tuned with the spirit of God - this can take you 5 min, 30 min, 2 hrs, 7 hrs or even years of praying. Prayer is an art of hearing God speak - it must be learned and practiced. The tool for prayer is your heart and not words - God responds to and speaks to a heart - better have a heart that is right with the Lord than many words or 7 hr tongues. You have not finished praying until God speaks - the main goal of prayer Let me give you a text. . . . *Text* When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. *II Chronicles 7:1 NKJV* The Lord does not respond just because you have prayed - He shows up when you have finished praying, Many of us don't finish praying and this is why our lives are the same Pray until you have finished praying - you have finished praying if the Lord walks through the channel of your heart to touch you. We pray to hold our heart for the Lord till it's turned into a Spirit. . . Many of us, our heart keeps jumping up and down for the Lord to touch whilst we pray - the same praying heart is recalling a movie watched, is grieving, is worried about current life, is singing a song heard at a party, talking or checking on to a lady or man you just met. . . .the unstable heart in prayer. God will not speak till you have tamed your heart in prayer - it may take long for those who do not guard their heart. Let me read another text. . . *Text* Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life. *Proverbs 4:23 HCSB* Your heart is your life source - it is where the Lord needs to dwell and supply you with all you need. How guarded is your heart? Watch the picture, scenes and scenarios that comes in mind whilst you pray - they may be for or against hearing the voice of God guard your heart above all else. It's not a sin to take time watching a movie, football, worldly music and attending events - many times we do it for the sake of our heart that needs to meet the Lord. When you grow into seeking the voice of the Lord - you will realize that sin is not only what the Bible says it's sin, but whatever prevents the Spirit man in you to twine with the Spirit of the Lord becomes a sin to you. *God bless you as you take another level into praying effectively. . . .* For more podcast like this one, just search *apostle Joseph Simwela* on Google, Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, or google podcast, then you will be connected. . . Again *Welcome to the new group of the chosen one's 😊, . . . New grace and higher dimensions follows you*