"Sometimes the Believer's Prayer is not sticky."~priest

I once thought all you had to do was get someone to pray the
"Believer's Prayer" and that was enough. The teaching is founded on
Biblical principle, but there is a problem. For some, there is no
fruit that follows the prayer. Christ says, by their fruits we will
know a believer.

I've come to believe there must be caveats to praying the prayer and
having it stick. The 1st and maybe the most important component of
the prayer is focus on Jesus. If a person is praying the Believer's
Prayer without a focus on the ONE that is doing the saving, the
stickiness of the prayer is likely impacted.

I would guess that motive comes into play, also. If one prays the
Believer's Prayer with expectation of doing magic, that is likely a
problem.

One might find it problematic to pray the Believer's Prayer resulting
from some coercive fancy speak. Fancy talking people can't draw you
to Christ. Only God can draw you to Christ. If God isn't doing the
talking, I think it likely the Believer's Prayer will not stick.

I am quick to say in all cases, I am not saying God will or will not
save. That is up to Him in the final judgement. I'm just saying from
observation, there at times appears to be a problem in praying the
prayer.

Yet at other times, with God doing the talking and pulling, the
Believer's Prayer is the most beautiful of times in a person's life.
Thank you Jesus for making a difference in my life and thank you for
the stickiness of repentant heart's prayer...Amen.

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