One other Scriptural form of prayer is the "prayer of agreement." Let us look at the Scripture that deals with it because it truly is one of the "keys to the kingdom." While we read these verses let us keep in mind that the main subject of these verses is asking or prayer, not "agreement." Matthew 18:18-19, "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." For a clearer understanding of this Scripture let us quote from the Amplified Version of the Bible,

"Truly, I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be already permitted in heaven. Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, together make a symphony) about -- anything and everything -- whatever they shall ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven."

Here we can see that our agreement is conditional since it must always be in concord with the Word of God. God has many blessings and promises that belong to us as Christians, but they are not "automatic," and they will only come as we keep the Biblical principles necessary to produce our prayer answers. We cannot "bind" anything on earth that is not "bound" in heaven, or "loose" anything that is not already "loosed" in heaven. So we can see that the aforementioned agreement must be more than two people simply deciding that they want something and then asking for it together. Our prayers must agree with the Word and Spirit of God. We must have both witnesses for them to meet the requirements of valid prayer requests. Verse 16 of this chapter says, "...that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established." A lot of people are agreeing on things that the Word and Spirit of God are not in agreement with and are, therefore, not receiving their answers. We do not just decide to "bind" something or "loose" something arbitrarily, but we must see what the Word of God has "bound" or "loosed," and then pray in accordance with that Word. A general guideline would be to "bind" the works of the devil and "loose" the blessings of God, or we could "bind" hearts in love and command the devil to "loose" his hold.