THE WILL OF GOD IN PRAYER !

THE WILL OF GOD IN PRAYER (PART 3). We can find a promising God's word for every aspect of life. Then we can know how to pray, and we can have the assurance before we pray what His will is ! Studying God's Word is like searching for valuable genes. We can find a few jewels on top of the ground without much digging. But if we really want to get down where the valuable veins are, we have to dig for them. To learn the deeper truths of God, we are told to "search the Scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me" (John 5:39). Surface reading of our memory text in (1 John 5:14-15) has brought some to the wrong conclusion about what John was saying here. He said, "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything 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." Some have thought John said, "if it is God's will, he will hear us, and if it isn't, He won't." However, that wasn't what he meant. John was simply saying if we have God's Word on a matter, we don't have to say, "if it be thy will," because we know His Word is His will. For this reason I encourage people to find Scriptures In the Holy Bible with a promise concerning what they are praying about. Sometimes when people asked me to pray for them I say, "what scripture are you standing on ?" Many times the answer they have none in particular. "Well," I tell them, "that is what you'll get, then: nothing in particular." If your request is in accordance With God's Word, that is His will. Many precious people who say they are believers are still being conformed to the fashion and ideas of the world. The devil will tell you you are only human and you have to live your life. My brothers and sisters if you're not renewing your mind with the Word of God, then what are you using to renewing your mind ? God's Word, contains God's thoughts and his ways this is why Jesus told the Sadducees and Pharisees that you are of your father the devil so therefore you do what your father do and say ! God's Word Has to be His will For Him to promise it is His word. It is His will that we have everything He has provided for us in His Word. I have found a promise in His Word for every aspect of life. That means I can know just how to pray, and I can have the assurance and confidence of what His will is before I pray. Many times the reason prayer isn't working for people is because they are praying in darkness. They are trying to get God to help them apart from the Word. And that is not going to happen ! We are to walk in the Light of the Word. No one can build a successful prayer life if he or she doesn't know the Word. A successful prayer life is built and based on the written Word. When we pray according to the word, is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. We know which way to walk. Too much of the time, however, because we fail to see what God's word has to say about the subject, we stumble about, not knowing just where we are going. Prayer the becomes a matter of desperation, begging God to do something. But when we know the Word ahead of time, we can come to God with confidence and boldness.