ASKING ACCORDING !

ASKING ACCORDING ! Now somebody says, "Yes, but that's if it is the will of God for you to have it." Well, let's look at verse 14 again: "This is the confidence that we have in him, if we ask anything. . . Now why would he say any thing, if it has to be His will before it will work ? Let's say it this way so you can see it, "if you ask according to His will for asking." His Word is His will. This passage is not dealing with God's will for you to have or not to have a certain thing. This is not even involved in this verse of Scripture. Many have thought it was and it has held them in bondage for years. They said, "If I pray for something that is not God's will, then I won't receive it." Satan knows the word of God, but he cannot operate in it; and he will try to keep you from operating in it ! Therefore, they didn't take time to find the will of God, but prayed saying, "Lord, if it be your will." There is no faith in that prayer. No need of praying that prayer. You are wasting your time. You do not know whether God has heard you, so you cannot release faith in your words of prayer. That prayer will not produce for you because it does not qualify on the basis of God's rules for asking. Answer prayer is governed by spiritual law (God's Word). Many times our will prayers or our words have gone on answered because we did not determine the will of God before asking or saying. Therefore, we could not release faith in that prayer of our words. Then on the other occasion we have prayed or said beyond God's ability to answer. If he did do what we ask or said, He would violate His Word. God's will concerning your having or not having is not involved in verse 14. Now don't misunderstand me. I am not saying you should pray for just anything whether it is God's will or not, but you can do that. The Bible says you can. If you know He heard you, you will have whatever you desired, you will have the petitions you requested----right, wrong, good, bad, or indifferent. Many people have the religious ideas, that if I prayed long enough or hard enough God will answer. No, he will not, and you are wasting your time and energy. It is very dangerous for a person to pray for something assuming that it is God's will. You can believe and receive things that are not God's will. Israel of old receive a king to rule over them. It wasn't God's will, but they requested it.