Hebrews 10:22
 
At first glance, this is a little complicated. Hoping to clarify by the time I'm done, break it down.
 
Context: Hebrews 10, talking about sacrifice. Under old covenant, sins are not taken away. Old covenant between God and Israel, new is between God and christians. Main teaching, animal sacrifices do not take away sin. Was to provide temporary covering of sins, also provide foreshadowing. Only way to take away sins was the perfect sacrifice, Christ.
 
Now that we know Jesus paved the way, we can draw near to God.
 
Five parts

1. Draw near￼To God, encouragement to get close to Christ. How? Prayer, all parts of worship, conversations with others, etc. How will you draw near? The necessary steps to a true prayer.
2. True heart￼True heart, without hypocrisy, embodies the truth. When we pray, we need to have a true heart. A true heart toward God, ourselves and others. Jer 17:9 - heart is deceitful. We cannot pray with a deceitful heart, pray for His will, not our own. Matt 6:10 - example of a true prayer.
3. Full assurance￼Bible dictionary -- no doubt in our acceptance to God. Sometimes we have doubts, so full assurance is more confidence in a faithful God, not having no doubts. What He has done, gives us confidence. God is always faithful.
4. Hearts sprinkled from evil conscience￼Big word is sprinkled. Sprinkled actually means to be cleansed--verse makes more sense now. Indicates a consistent character and devout life toward God. What about the evil conscience? Big fan of Clue, murder mystery. When I think of evil conscience, a murderer in their mind, thinking of the evil thing they've done. This is the extreme though. Really, an evil conscience is just a guilty conscience--we have sinned. Because we have been cleansed…
5. Bodies washed with pure water￼Our body is the outward man. When we are washed with a pure water, we're cleansed from all dirt. We are no longer condemned.
 
Through these things, we can finally achieve a true prayer.