Are all prayers answered as we want?

[Preachers12]

Dear Brethren in Christ, God give you Peace.

I just wanted to share a conversation I had yesterday with a lady who is coordinating Bible study groups through the CBS (Christian Bible Study) program.

I had seen a flyer earlier in the day on the door at a local grocery store advertising a Bible study on John’s Revelation. When I called, the lady was very friendly. I asked if they were going to focus on any particular interpretation of Revelation (futurist, preterist, etc…) and whether or not they would spend some time first in Dan, Zech, Ezek, and perhaps Matt 24 and 25? She did not understand why we would need to do that in order to study Revelation.

She then said that they would pray to the Holy Spirit before each session and let the Holy Spirit interpret Scripture to them. I asked if they would present any historical views on Revelation? She said that they did not want Bible "commentary" to get in the way of Scripture and again she told me of the prayer appeal to the Holy Spirit for guidance.

We talked about a few other things, then we began to talk generally about how good God is. I then commented to her how wonderful it was that God, in His infinite wisdom and love for us, sometimes doesn’t give us everything we ask for in prayer. She laughed and said something like "Isn’t that right!" So I asked her whether there was anything that she had ever prayed for that God had not granted and, of course like all of us, she said there were vastly many more prayers unanswered than answered.

I then asked her why it was that she would then presume that God would answer her prayer to allow the Holy Spirit to interpret Scripture to her every time she prayed for it? She had no answer. Then I simply told her that there were more than 30,000 different Christian religions who thought the same thing about praying for the assistance of the Holy Spirit, yet all held varying views of interpretation of Scripture. Were their prayers also all being answered?

I thank God for His Church as our guide.

God Bless,
P12

 

[MParedon]

Wow. I hope she gave it thought afterwards.

I have quite a few unanswered prayers (or prayers answered with 'no') myself and looking back I'm glad for them. I'm so glad that He knows what is best for me.

 

[Glynnw]

A lot of times we may not think that our prayers have been answered but they may be answered in a different form that we did not expect or think about. Then some prayers may never be answered. Just think what it would be like if our every whim was answered by a prayer. I think that if it is something that is very important to us and we have faith and thought in this prayer, and maybe repeat this prayer over and over for many days, these prayer are often granted to us.
This lady is the leader of a group and she does not have a clue.

In Christ, Mary, and all of the Saints Names, GlynnW

 

[Atomagenesis]

Yes thank God for the Catholic Church!