Praying in line with His will

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];” 1 Thessalonians 5v17 (AMP)

Our God is truly an awesome God, who hears His children when they pray to Him. However, apart from prayers that God would not even hear (for example in situations where sin and iniquity have separated the person praying from Him), there are some prayers that He would not answer. One of the reasons God would not answer certain prayers is because on the one hand we do not even ask Him, or on the other hand when we ask, our motives are wrong and they fall out of His will. James 3v1-3 (AMP) says “What leads to strife (discord and feuds) and how do conflicts (quarrels and fightings) originate among you? Do they not arise from your sensual desires that are ever warring in your bodily members? You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. [Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures.” But what a wonderful thing it is when we pray aright, knowing without doubt that God is hearing and would answer us. This is one reason it is great to fellowship with the Lord through His Word; Jesus being the Word of God. In the Word of God, His heart, His will, plans and purposes are revealed, and you would find yourself praying in accordance with this will as you read the Word. John 15v7 (NIV) saying “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

Supplementary Text

“And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.” 1 John 5v14-15 (AMP)

Prayer

Father, I thank You for Your Word. Please help me to indeed study and meditate on Your Word, and let the entrance of Your Word give me light and understanding that I may know how to pray aright in Jesus name, amen.