THE KEY TO PRAYERS BE FOLLOWED

"If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask what you will, and it will be given you." (John 15: 7)

How many times have you ever felt that your prayers were beating on a glass ceiling - as if the Lord were saying no? Maybe it was because you were praying outside His will. Maybe it was because you were praying for something that God did not want you to have.

We need to remember the promise that Jesus spoke in John 15: 7, which says, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be given you." I really like this translation - especially the part that tells us to ask for whatever we want.

But let us also remember the condition: "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you ..." If you keep a living communion with God and His Words are always with you, your desires will change. Your prayers will not necessarily be the same as before. By entering in sync with God's will, you will see that prayer is not causing God to do what you want Him to do; but prayer is causing you to do what He wants you to do.

You will discover the important truth that prayer is not shaping God in our own way; but it is molding us in His way. And then you will see your prayers being answered affirmatively.

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