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 ask according to His will (1 John 5:14)
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.
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I read this in a blog, I think it was linked off of Whitey's, and I thought it was so good I wanted everyone who reads my blog to see it
Original Post: http://matthew94.blogspot.com/2005/02/ask-and-it-shall-be-given.html
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Hey...that was so strange. This morning I was looking at Robin's site and you had commented...and I clicked on the link to see who you were and started reading. Then I got all confused b/c I had written what I was reading :)
Anyways, nice blog. Since then I've found 2 more:
You must have a right motive (James 4:3)
You must first obey (1 John 3:22)
You know what else is odd? As I was clicking on some of your links, I realized I had been to your church website before. I have an online friend (Sarah B) who goes to your church. Crazy small world.
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