“And I say unto you, Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.”
I want to share an idea that is certainly not unique with me, that is to pray from the scriptures. Instead of trying to explain it, I will just dive into it and show you what I mean In Luke 11:9 Jesus gave a promise: “Ask and it shall be given you…” This is a great promise that comes with two suggestions. We are to seek in order to find. When we pray we need to seek in faith in Jesus Christ, believing that He is hearing our prayer and that He will answer our prayer. We are to “knock” and the door of prayer will be opened. We are also told, however in scripture that we must depend on the will of God. John clarifies this for us in 1 John 5:14: “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, he hears us.” This does not mean that God will not answer our prayer, but His answer will be better than what we asked. Next, Romans 8:28 is a good prayer promise: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” To cut through a lot of questions, if you are a true believer in Jesus Christ you are among the called. The prayer promise here is that God is working all of the things that are happening in your life, good or bad, ultimately for your good. You can trust when you go to God in prayer that He is working “all things” to your good. What a great promise this is!!! Finally, I refer to Ephesians 3:14-16 as a prayer promise: “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. 16 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.” We go to the Lord in prayer not just for our supposed needs, but we go to Him to receive from Him the “riches of His glory.” From these riches we receive the strength of the Holy Spirit in our inner lives – in our souls. God’s answers to prayers meet our innermost spiritual needs as well as our physical needs. There are many other prayer promises in the Bible, but these have been a blessing to me. At least give them a try. Read and meditate on them !!!! Bro. Joe
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