Prayer -- How to be Confident of Getting What You Asked For
Friend, do you often pray for things but don't know if they will
happen for you? To be honest, when you say you don't know if you
will get what you prayed for, you are really saying that you
have no confidence that you will get what you prayed for.
Why do you lack confidence in your prayers?
Is it because you don't know God well enough so you don't trust
Him? Or is it that you know God, but don't believe he can get
the job done? Or is something wrong with you such as you are
unworthy or you refuse to give up some sin in your life?
A Christian's relationship with God
This message is intended for Christians only. My focus is only
on Christians and their growth in Jesus Christ. So what is the
difference for the redeemed of the Lord? Quite simply, you are
now the children of God. The Bible says; "How great is the love
the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children
of God! And that is what we are!." 1 John 3:1 (NIV). So what
does that buy me, you ask? "He who did not spare his own Son,
but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with
him, graciously give us all things?" Romans 8:32 (NIV)
Sin and unworthiness
You are reading this article to get confidence when you pray,
right? So if you are feeling unworthy, know that such feelings
are only on your side. God doesn't see you as unworthy, oh
Christian. "There is now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." Romans 8:1 (KJV). So as long as you are indeed a
born-again Christian, then God no longer condemns you. Which is
to say, He doesn't consider you to be unworthy.
Obviously we Christians still sin, and we are supposed to ask
God for His forgiveness on a daily basis for our sins. Basic
Christianity 101 stuff, right?
Step 1 - Ask with right motives
"You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but
you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not
have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not
receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend
what you get on your pleasures." James 3:2,3 (NIV). A great
thing about prayer is that it is so personal, and you can change
whatever inside you without having to tell the world. No
embarrassment or messy talks needed.
Once you truly are clean inside, and you have the right motives
about what you are asking for in prayer, what happens? Did you
just go through painful change for nothing? Not at all my
friend, for God tells us; "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,
then have we confidence toward God." 1 John 3:21 (KJV). So now
you have confidence toward God. Which is to say that you are
worthy, and have no sin that will prevent you from coming to God
and having a talk with Him about your needs and desires in
prayer.
Step 2 - Believe that God can do it
Quite frankly, if God can't do it, then don't bother Him with
your unbelief, ok? There is no need to waste His time and yours.
"I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for
me?" Jeremiah 32:27 (NIV).
"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." 1John 5:14, 15 (KJV).
So you came with confidence towards God (Step 1). Now you have
confidence in God.
Step 3 - Simply Believe
"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. If you believe, you will receive
whatever you ask for in prayer." Matthew 21:21, 22 (NIV).
But I only have enough faith to destroy a fig tree, not to move
mountains. Will I still get my prayers answered? Jesus' reply to
you is; "According to your faith will it be done for you."
Matthew 9:29 (NIV).
Now you have "washed yourselves" inside, have confidence in who
God is, and believe God for whatever is your desire and or need.
So start praying with confidence and expect to receive what you
pray for.
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