Summary: There is some mystery about prayer, but we are told to pray and we have abundant reasons to know God loves us and hears us. By a review of the many references to prayer in Matthew, as well as some other key passages of scripture, we learn how to think about prayer and how to pray with faith.
What Does it Mean to Pray (a short RVWD post)
For a specific discussion about “binding and loosing” see Mike Winger’s video: {About “Binding and Loosing”} In Matthew 16:19, what does the Bible mean in terms of “binding” and “loosing,” and how do we rightly understand and apply that concept today?