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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

prayer

With the work I do everyday, it allows me a lot of time to daydream and pray. To be honest, sometimes when I am praying, I don't always believe that God will answer my request. Am I the only one who does this? I think this has something to do with my personality. Being choleric, it's natural for me to want to do things on my own, without anyones help. I am a leader, not a follower.

However, I often have to slap myself and see all the things God has answered for me. Odd, I can never seem to get it right. I guess that is what the walk with Him is like. You go a little walking hand in hand and then you stumble and let go to catch yourself. When all along he had you if you had just let him catch you. It might take some serious super glue to make sure that I never let go.

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Blogger swITCHFUTgUY said ... (June 13, 2006 9:09 PM) : 

"I hear quite a few Christians...and a lot of televangelists...saying that whatever you ask for in prayer, God will give you. Name it and claim it. Bing. Bang. Boom. Tonight at men's group we did a very simple study of the 'ask and receive' verses in the New Testament. Everyone of them, that I found, included a condition.

You must ask in faith (matthew 21:22)
You must first forgive others (mark 11:25)
You must ask in Jesus' name (John 14:14)
You must remain in Christ (John 15:7)
You must bear fruit (John 15:16)
You must first obey (1 John 3:22)
You must ask according to His will (1 John 5:14)
You must have a right motive (James 4:3)

Answered prayer is not magic, it is the product of being the kind of Christian that knows Christ well enough to ask for the right things and for the right reasons."

I read this post and it stuck me as totally true.

 

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