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Do You Know Mary’s Prayer Secret?
She Revealed You Could
by Pastor John Hamel
“And the third day
there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was
there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the
marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, WHATSOEVER HE SAITH UNTO YOU, DO IT. … Jesus saith unto
them, Fill the water pots with water. …the water…was made wine….” (John 2:1-9)
All Catholics
believe in prayer. Being raised in a Catholic
family myself, one of the first things I learned
in Catechism Class was that God’s heart was open to my prayer.
However, there are some things we must understand about prayer in order to
be effective at it.
Mary understood
some things about prayer. After all, she gave birth to and raised the One Who inspired the writing of
the Bible. Through the teachings of her Son she learned much about
prayer. Jesus knew how to get His prayers answered and would have
taught her how to do the same. I am confident that Mary became so
successful at getting her prayers answered because of Jesus’ instructions
that it’s one of the reasons she exclaimed, “WHATSOEVER HE SAITH UNTO YOU,
DO IT.”
By the way, these
are Mary’s last recorded words. This should speak to us all.
Are you having
difficulty getting your prayers answered? Would you like to be as
effective in prayer as Mary was when she was living in the Earth?
Mary had a Prayer Secret
that she learned from Jesus just before He returned to Heaven. If you’ll pray as Mary prayed, you can have
success in prayer as Mary did. Here is Mary’s Prayer Secret. It
will work for you, too.
“And in that day ye
shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask
the Father in my name, he will give it you.” (John 16:23)
Mary said to obey Jesus, “WHATSOEVER” He said to
do. Jesus said, right here in the Bible, to take all prayer needs to
HIS FATHER, NOT TO HIM and NOT TO HIS MOTHER! This is Mary’s key to
answered prayer: GO TO THE FATHER IN JESUS
NAME! If you’ve been praying to Mary or even to Jesus, you
have been praying in disobedience. Ask the Father to forgive you, in
Jesus’ Name. He will. Make the necessary adjustment and find
the power in prayer that Mary had!
The power you’ve been searching for! Not only will you find power,
you’ll experience joy!
“Hitherto have ye
asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be
full.” (John 16:24)
My friend’s Dad
needed a heart transplant costing $165,000. He had signed a waiver,
excluding a transplant from his policy. For many months my friend pleaded
with his Dad’s insurance agents, his State Representative and
Senator. No one could help him. His Dad signed the waiver and
the Insurance Company was not legally bound to help him. I discovered
he’d been praying to Jesus for help. I shared the principles you have
read today and he made the adjustment. He asked the Father to help
him, in Jesus’ Name.
TWENTY MINUTES
LATER his Dad’s insurance company called to inform him that they were
making an “exception.” They were granting
the $165,000 in spite of the signed waiver. I stood right there as a
witness to the phone call. Once my friend changed the way he was
praying, our Heavenly Father was able to help him. Up until that
point, God’s Hands were tied, so to speak. My friend was not praying
Scripturally and God will not violate His written Word no matter how
desperate our situation.
Mary’s Prayer
Secret. It worked for her. It worked for my friend. It
works for me. It will work for anyone who is a child of God.
Do you pray as
effectively as Mary prayed? She
revealed you could.
Say, “Jesus, You’re my choice” to become a child of God. (Romans
10:13) Then you can pray to the Father in Jesus’ Name and have joy in
prayer even as Mary did.
Be Blessed ... John
and Barbara Hamel
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