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Confident Prayer by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:26am On Oct 23, 2013
Confident Prayer
October 23, 2013

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him" (1 John 5:14-15).

This is the classic conditional promise. Confidence in prayer is tied directly to the qualifier: “If we ask anything according to his will. . . .” It is, therefore, important that we understand “what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:17).

Many surveys have verified that most people pray. All of those studies, however, note that a good portion of the prayers are directed toward an unknown “higher power.” It may seem obvious, but the first requirement for coming under the will of God is to “believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 3:23). Before God will respond to our “petitions,” we must be “born again” (John 3:3).

Jesus was once asked what the greatest command was. His response, quoting from Deuteronomy 6, was: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew 22:37). That internal and invisible love of the heart is expressed by obedience to the commandments that God has given. John records it this way: “This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous” (1 John 5:3).

Thus, a simple formula appears. If we obey what God has commanded us (starting with faith in the saving work of Christ), then we are assured that God will hear us when we pray. Once our confidence is secured, we can know that God will respond to what we desired from Him. The psalmist states the formula this way: “Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psalm 37:4). HMM III

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Re: Confident Prayer by tpia5: 10:00am On Oct 24, 2013
Seriously, is all well with you?
Re: Confident Prayer by Nobody: 11:50am On Oct 24, 2013
tpia@:
Seriously, is all well with you?
Re: Confident Prayer by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:55am On Oct 24, 2013
tpia@:


Seriously, is all well with you?

All is well in the well. grin
Re: Confident Prayer by tpia5: 12:03pm On Oct 24, 2013
Are you sure?

Jesus will protect those who are His, the weapons of the enemy will turn against them in Jesus Name, let the holy ghost fire destroy all who mock God, saying He cannot save.
Re: Confident Prayer by tpia5: 12:07pm On Oct 24, 2013
How's that for a confident prayer?

Let us wait for God to answer.

Like Elijah did with jezebel and her 1000 priests.
Re: Confident Prayer by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:15pm On Oct 24, 2013
tpia@:
Are you sure?

Jesus will protect those who are His, the weapons of the enemy will turn against them in Jesus Name, let the holy ghost fire destroy all who mock God, saying He cannot save.

That prayer isn't biblical. You will have to renew your mind.

"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).
Re: Confident Prayer by tpia5: 12:22pm On Oct 24, 2013
Thats ok, you're entitled to your opinion, as were the prophets of baal.

What God sees is the heart.
Re: Confident Prayer by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:28pm On Oct 24, 2013
tpia@:


How's that for a confident prayer?

Let us wait for God to answer.

Like Elijah did with jezebel and her 1000 priests.

For your prayer to be confident it has to be aligned with the Will of God. You may proceed to pray such a prayer if you don't have the Spirit of Christ dwelling in you.

"and when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did? But He turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village" (Luke 9:54-56).
Re: Confident Prayer by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:36pm On Oct 24, 2013
tpia@:


Thats ok, you're entitled to your opinion, as were the prophets of baal.

What God sees is the heart.

It is not my opinion but the will and Word of God as I have quoted. But If you insist on praying outside the will of God you will be aligning yourself with the prophets of baal who did the things God didn't command them to do thereby causing the people of God to sin.

Re: Confident Prayer by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:43pm On Oct 25, 2013
OLAADEGBU:

Confident Prayer
October 23, 2013

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him" (1 John 5:14-15).

This is the classic conditional promise. Confidence in prayer is tied directly to the qualifier: “If we ask anything according to his will. . . .” It is, therefore, important that we understand “what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:17).

Many surveys have verified that most people pray. All of those studies, however, note that a good portion of the prayers are directed toward an unknown “higher power.” It may seem obvious, but the first requirement for coming under the will of God is to “believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 3:23). Before God will respond to our “petitions,” we must be “born again” (John 3:3).

Jesus was once asked what the greatest command was. His response, quoting from Deuteronomy 6, was: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew 22:37). That internal and invisible love of the heart is expressed by obedience to the commandments that God has given. John records it this way: “This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous” (1 John 5:3).

Thus, a simple formula appears. If we obey what God has commanded us (starting with faith in the saving work of Christ), then we are assured that God will hear us when we pray. Once our confidence is secured, we can know that God will respond to what we desired from Him. The psalmist states the formula this way: “Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psalm 37:4). HMM III

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