Prayer

Prayer

I see many prayer requests from the same people for the same things and I have had prayer requests that have taken a long time to get answered and some still have not been answered.

Why do we have this issue in our life that GOD is not answering our prayer?

The reality is that GOD is answering our prayers but we are not always receiving or seeing them fulfilled. This is pattern in the Bible; many prayed for things that they did not see in their life time, on the grander scale of life events this is easy to understand. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph and the promised land; David and the Temple of GOD are a couple of examples. Abraham’s was promised to his decedents through Isaac, David was told he could not build it because of the blood on his hands. Sometimes there is spiritual warfare and even though GOD has answered we don’t get it right away like Daniel; but these are bigger than us things.

What about our life needs peace, happiness, prosperity, good health, a good job, etc? What about our immediate needs healing, a job, basic transportation, fear, etc?

Jesus talked about praying He said to ask the Father in His name and the Father would answer our prayer, Paul said to pray without ceasing, Jesus and James tell us to pray for the sick, we are to pray for the lost and the backslidden. The Bible teaches a lot about how to pray, why to pray and what to pray.

Jesus prayed all the time and the first thing He taught about prayer is the most important thing we need to know about prayer and it is the last prayer He prayed. Father what is Your will, not my will but Your will. When we pray for the will of GOD we will have more peace in the process.

Many times when we pray we pray according to what we need or want or see as a benefit of being a Christian. But that does not mean it is the Father’s will or the timing of His will. These are important concepts to understand GOD tells us in the Bible that He does not think like we think, He does not do like we do, He is not like us – we are like Him.

We need to understand that He made us in His image to do the works of His Kingdom in the earth as it is in Heaven that He gives us His Spirit (Holy Spirit) to guide and council us, to comfort us and remind us of everything that Jesus said. He is our instructor which means that He will correct us when we need it, He will test us so that we understand where we actually are in the walk and call He gave us and only when we are willingly submitted and obedient will we walk in the promises of GOD.

Paul prayed about a thorn in the flesh three times and GOD told him that His grace was sufficient. Paul did not get the answer he wanted but he submitted and obeyed and GOD used him mightily in establishing the Church. All of the New Testament writers challenge us to rejoice in trials, tests and sufferings because these bring the required growth to truly serve the One True and Holy GOD!

It is not the answer of our prayer that is important but the process that GOD wants us to go through

If you are praying and not getting the answer you want or any answer at all you need to stop and reevaluate what and why you are praying. Ask Holy Spirit to show you what GOD wants you to know and do. Read the Bible and get to know GOD and what the works of His Kingdom are.

If you just want GOD to bless you while you live your life and to give you only good then you need to stop asking GOD and just tell Him what you want and then send your money to those who say GOD will bless you and meet all your needs if you send your seed faith offering to them.

STUDY GOD’S WORD THE BIBLE! Quit complaining (I know how hard this is – I am still working on this issue myself) and do what you know He said to do. It’s in the Bible, especially the New Testament.