In order to receive answers to prayer, we must first place our faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our
sins. Because God is holy, our sins have separated us from Him. But when we repent and believe that Christ
died on the cross to pay our sin debt in full, we enter into a relationship with God and can then converse with
Him and be certain that He hears us.
The bottom line of all prayer is that access to the Father is only available through Jesus Christ, the one mediator
between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5). Jesus came to open the door for us so we could have a relationship with
the heavenly Father and access to Him through prayer. And once we have entered into a relationship with
the Father through Jesus Christ, we can confidently expect answers to our prayers according to His will and
in His time
