Topic: Levels of prayer
Text: Matthew 7:7-11

There are many levels of prayer. The higher the realm of prayer you get the more answers to prayers you will receive. There are prayers and there are prayers. There are people in Bible and contemporary days who distinguished themselves by virtue of the ability to render effective prayers. Solomon stands out as one man who took prayer to an unprecedented level. Solomon attracted the attention of God so much that God paid him a visit. God told him to ask for anything that he wanted. Solomon asked for wisdom and understanding. He got what he wanted; added to that, he got victory, peace, joy and prosperity.

There are prayers that attract the attention of heaven. The other things you have to do to get the window of heaven to open is humble yourself. The windows of heaven will not open for you if you are not humble. God gives grace to the humble and resists the proud. God’s ears are open to the humble. Again, you will also have to pray for the windows of heaven to open for you. Many of us do not pray. How can you understand the levels of prayer if you do not pray?

The Bible gives us the various levels of prayer in Luke 11:9-10: “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” The elementary level entails asking. When you get to the secondary level of prayer, you then begin to seek.

By the time you get to the university level of prayer, you are beginning to knock the windows of heaven. Also, you will have to seek his face. To get to the highest level of prayer, you must learn how to flex your spiritual muscles.

Memory Verse: Luke 14:28 - “For which of you, intending to build a tower, siteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it.”