RaymondG
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I can understand how you feel these verses mean you will sometimes get no's and waits when you pray. Does this mean, that because I get everything I ask for, and sometimes the things arent good for me, let teaches me what not to ask for.....it is the devil answering my prayers?It's a good question, because receiving from God is limited by our ability to properly handle his gifts more than whether he wants to grant us our desires or not. Even in response to just tithing, it is the Lord's nature to pour out so much blessing we won't be able to handle it (Malachai 3:10). But in the end, if we ask for something that would be bad for us, the answer (hopefully) will be no.
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? (Luke 11:11-12, 1984 NIV)
Some passages have already been posted in this thread, but here's some more.
Sometimes the Lord's answer is "yes," but we won't receive what we asked for (per Ephesians 6:10-18).
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them ?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them, (Luke 9:54-55, 1984 NIV)
Note the word "if" in the following passages. It is not within our power to grant ourselves faith just because we want it. God grants faith according to his will.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. (1 John 5:14-15, 1984 NIV)
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. (Matthew 21:21, 1984 NIV)
Regarding asking God for wisdom:
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. (James 1:6-8, 1984 NIV)
However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: (Deuteronomy 28:15, 1984 NIV)
What would you say to the people who entered the Log challenge with Elijah? Nothing happened when they made the request to their god....but the God of Hezekiah, answered and sent the fire. Would it be possible to say that their god just said no...or their request wasnt in their will? What if God didnt answer Hezekiah? Would we say that it was ok....the answer was just no?
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