EFFICACY OF PRAYER
It was understood for thousands of years that by deviating from the Mosaic Law, God withdraws His protection, mercy, and graces. He thus inflicts troubles on the people and the nations.The New Testament continues this understanding with Jesus, the son of God.
He brings intimacy to the understanding because the God-man speaks to people directly but with the authority of the Father, giving great hope and understanding to the benefits of loving God and clarity to what it actually means. [21] “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him—Douay-Rheims bible [23] “If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him. [24] He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard is not mine; but the Father’s who sent me.” [John 14: 21-24]—Douay-Rheims bible. For those who keep his word, you can ask in prayer anything of the Father in the name of Jesus, and it will be given to you. The Apostle John clarifies that efficacious prayer is linked to being faithful to God’s commands. The Apostle gives the human race a certifiable truth given directly from God’s son who cannot lie, for He is truth incarnate. “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you.” [John 15:7] —Douay-Rheims bible. On the surface, it is a simple request. There is, however, an implicit depth that cannot be penetrated but by the grace and love of God, achieved by repentance and turning away from the ways of the world.