Verse of the Day: God Hears Our Prayers
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14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV)
From the Life Application Bible:
The emphasis here is on God’s will, not our will. When we communicate with God, we don’t demand what we want; rather we discuss with him what he wants for us. If we align our prayers to his will, he will listen; and we can be certain that if he listens, he will give us a definite answer. Start praying with confidence!
From the Nelson Study Bible:
The key to knowing that God hears our prayers is to pray according to His will.
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Nubianprincess6788 said:
But then even if we pray for something that is not aligned with God’s will that doesn’t mean He does not listen to our prayers or answer them, because His word says:
‘Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.’ (Mark 11:24)(KJV)
The keyword here is DESIRE…God wants us to have our desires…that is why in all sense we should be careful what we pray for because if we believe enough and receive it we will definitely get it….
The thing is believing enough that we receive involves us using our faith which is a ‘doing word’ so when we pray we must live like we already have that thing by doing things about it, we must not sit down, pray and expect something to happen when we don’t do anything.
Obviously there may be situations where by all we can do is pray but in most situations e.g “God I want a job in this field that pays at least this much” one is required to go out a search for the job you never know it may even come by being in the right place at (favour, divine intervention) but we never stop moving even if we don’t get what we want we keep going and asking God is this for me Lord because even along the way God can make us stumble upon something much greater than our desires:‘Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us’ (Ephesians 3:20)(KJV)
But I do agree that it serves us best to pray alongside the will of God in our lives…but even if we don’t we may still get what we pray for.
God Bless
October 23rd, 2010 at 3:38 am -
Nubianprincess6788 said:
*being in the right place at the right time talking to the right person (favour, divine intervention)…
October 23rd, 2010 at 3:41 am
