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Ye
have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask
amiss - James 4:2-3.
Are
all your needs met today? If not, why not?
According
to the Word of God, it’s either because you're not praying about
them at all or because when you do pray, you're praying wrong.
What
does it mean to pray wrong? In many cases it simply means to pray
without expecting results. Many believers do that, you know. They use
prayer as a kind of spiritual wishbone. They just play around with
it. "This probably won't do much good," they think, "but
who knows? It won't hurt to give it a try."
If
that's been your attitude, then change it! Start getting serious
about prayer. Stop praying just because it's proper. Stop praying
just because you always pray at this point in the church service. And
start praying to get results.
Start
praying in the Name of Jesus, according to the Word of God, and
expecting to receive what you ask for every single time. Isn't that a
little presumptuous? No, but it is bold, and you have a scriptural
right to be bold.
According
to the Word of God, you have a standing invitation from your heavenly
Father to "come boldly unto the throne of grace, that [you] may
obtain" (Heb. 4:16). That word obtain is a word of certainty.
The dictionary says it means "to get possession of."
So
pray, expecting to get possession of what you need, not just once in
a while, but every time! When prayers do go unanswered, don't just
wander away saying, "I guess you never know what God's going to
do." Tackle the problem with both hands! Go to God in prayer and
in the Word and find out where you missed it and get the problem
corrected.
When
you go to God in accurate, Word of God based, Spirit inspired prayer,
you do know what He's going to do. He's going to answer you. He's
going to meet your need exactly as you asked Him. Start expecting Him
to do it today.
