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(Rom. 4, 13–25; Matt. 7, 21–23) “Not everyone who says to Me: Lord! God! He who does the will of My Father in heaven will enter the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 7:21). You cannot be saved by prayer alone; It is necessary to combine with prayer the fulfillment of the will of God - everything that lies on someone according to his rank and structure of life. And the object of prayer should primarily be a request that God grant us not to deviate in anything from His holy will. And conversely, whoever has zeal to fulfill the will of God in everything, his prayer is more bold before God and more accessible to His throne. It even happens that where walking in the will of God is not accompanied by prayer, there prayer itself is not real prayer, sober and heartfelt, but only external, dreamy, during which moral malfunction is obscured by verbosity, with disorder and wandering thoughts. It is necessary to sweeten both with piety, and there will be fruit. You might be interested in: