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Title - The "lock and key" to the gates of the heavenly father
Faith and prayer go hand in hand. Faith comes from the heart, and through prayer the mouth openly confesses it. Faith and prayer is like a 'lock and key' to the gates of the heavenly father. When we pray to our glorious God, we are communing with him. We are talking to the father of the world. The creator of it all. The definition of love. The inventor of time. The ultimate physician. The majesty on high. We are talking to not just a king, but the king of kings. Now anyone can say something consequential even if they don't believe it. We can tell people our cousin is a divine being. Our sister is a promiscuous mermaid. Our brother is a ruler of the providence of Asia. We can say what we want, because God gave us that freedom. When you say something with complete honestly it is almost always felt from a distance. People seem to feel it when one says something faithfully. There is no room for discussion, no lingering what ifs? You can feel there's truth. No hiding it. No disguising it. It shows. You can't pray with out real faith, and you can't have real faith without prayer. You need faith in God to reach out to him and pray. You need to pray with faith, to believe that the heavenly father will hear it. Empty prayers are like empty words. Vacuous. Barren. Destitute. Hollow. You receive Jesus Christ as lord and savior by the faith in your heart, but it is the initial prayer that you accept him as lord and savior that displays your faith. Without true faith in Christ, the gates of the heavenly father will remain locked shut. In the grand scheme of things, the door can be opened with any key can't it? I'm afraid not. Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me". There will be many keys that look the part. Facts remains the same. If you want to be granted access to the heavenly father you need faith in the true key to unlock the gate.
In conclusion, this can all be summed up quite easily.
1 - Faith that Jesus is the key to the locked gates of the heavenly father.
2 - Prayer that openly confesses your honest faith that Jesus is the true key.
3 - The heavenly fathers gates are unlocked and opened as a result of your faith and prayer.
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