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281 Prayerrecognition of the supremacy of the one being addressed and theinferiority of the one praying. The right manner of approach is onlythrough and in the name of Jesus Christ . Prayers are recognizedonly in request for those things that are right matters as authorizedby Jehovah himself . Failure in any one of the three essentials willrender the prayer unacceptable . Only prayers of the righteous areanswered .Prayer Properly Directed Onlyto Jehovah GodPs . 5 :1, 2 "Give ear to mywords, 0 Jehovah, consider mymeditation . Hearken unto thevoice of my cry, my King, andmy God ; for unto thee do Ipray."Ps. 65 :1, 2 "Praise waiteth forthee, 0 God, in ion ; and untothee shall the vow be performed .O thou that hearest prayer, untothee shall all flesh come ."Ps . 143 :1 "Hear my prayer,O Jehovah ; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulnessanswer me, and in thy righteousness."Matt . 6 :9 "You must pray, then,this way : 'Our Father in theheavens .' "Phil . 4 :6 "Do not be anxiousover anything, but in everythingby prayer and supplication alongwith thanksgiving let your petitionsbe made known to God."Not to Idols, "Saints" orCreaturesPs . 115 :4-6 "Their idols aresilver and gold, the work of men'shands . . . . They have ears, butthey hear not ."1 Cor . 8 :4-6 "Now concerning. foods offered to idols, we knowthat an idol is nothing in theworld and that there is no Godbut one . For even though thereare those who are called 'gods',whether in heaven or on earth,just as there are many 'gods' andmany 'lords', there is actually tous one God the Father ."Isa . 45 :20 "They have no knowledgethat carry the wood of theirgraven image, and pray unto agod that cannot save."1 Tim. 2 :5 "For there is oneGod, and one mediator betweenGod and men, a man ChristJesus ."Prayer to God Directed OnlyThrough and in Name ofJesus ChristJohn 14 :6, 14 "Jesus said tohim : 'I am the way and thetruth and the life . No one comesto the Father except through me .If you ask anything in my name,I will do it .' "John 16 :23-27 "In that dayyou will ask in my name, and Ido not say to you that I shallmake request of the Father concerningyou . For the Father himselfhas affection for you, becauseyou have had affection for meand have believed that I cameout as the Father's representative."Rom . 16 :27 "To God wise alonebe the glory through Jesus Christforever . Amen ."Properly Closed with "Amen"1 Cor. 14:16 "Otherwise, if youoffer praise with a gift of thespirit, how will the man occupyingthe seat of the ordinary personsay Amen to your giving ofthanks?"Rev. 5 :14 "And the four livingcreatures went to saying, 'Amen!'and the persons of advanced agefell down and worshiped ."1 Chron . 16:36 "Blessed be Jehovah,the God of Israel, fromeverlasting even to everlasting .And all the people said, Amen,and praised Jehovah ."Ps . 72 :19, 20 "And blessed behis glorious name for ever ; andlet the whole earth be filled withhis glory . Amen, and Amen. The