It's pretty simple. I heard something profound the other day. It was this " if you don't believe in yourself then the effort you make to succeed doesn't matter." I believe this applies to prayer.
Often we substitute effort for faith in our pursuit of breakthrough. We have to make effort in our lives of course. That effort has to go towards our hearing. Faith comes by hearing. When we truly believe who God is in us and for us. Things come together on their own. Our internal peace creates opportunities for us externally to manifests the kingdom of God. Believe in the power of Christ in you and then can your prayers be effective.
Ephesians 3:16-21
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
