Mary
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"Jesus told his disciples to "keep on asking,""Keep on seeking,""keep on knocking." Those who did would recieve, find, and have the door opened. He taught almost desperate perseverance in prayer. Much of our prayer is half-hearted not desperate.
We are to keep on banging on the gates of heaven until we have an assurance in our hearts of one of two things: either God says no, or God says yes. If He says no, then we must recieve His will and get on with our lives. If He says yes, we should begin praising Him for the answer which we know is on the way. Sometimes He will show us things that need to be fixed in our lives before the answer comes." excerpt fr. Pat Robertson's book, Bring it on.
Things that hinder our prayers are lack of faith, sin in our lives, and unforgiveness. And even for these the answer is also to pray!
Ask God for more faith, repent of our sins and ask for forgiveness, ask for help to forgive.
In the book of Acts the Holy Spirit came on the disciples when they were all gathered together in a big room and had been praying constantly for days (Acts 1:14)
God isn't a genie who comes out to do our bidding whenever we rub the lamp of prayer 3 times or more. We are to keep praying however long it may take to get an answer. The bible says that those who come to God must beleive that He is, and That He is a rewarder of those who dilligently seek Him.
In Psalm 34: 4 it says: "I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."
We are to keep on banging on the gates of heaven until we have an assurance in our hearts of one of two things: either God says no, or God says yes. If He says no, then we must recieve His will and get on with our lives. If He says yes, we should begin praising Him for the answer which we know is on the way. Sometimes He will show us things that need to be fixed in our lives before the answer comes." excerpt fr. Pat Robertson's book, Bring it on.
Things that hinder our prayers are lack of faith, sin in our lives, and unforgiveness. And even for these the answer is also to pray!
Ask God for more faith, repent of our sins and ask for forgiveness, ask for help to forgive.
In the book of Acts the Holy Spirit came on the disciples when they were all gathered together in a big room and had been praying constantly for days (Acts 1:14)
God isn't a genie who comes out to do our bidding whenever we rub the lamp of prayer 3 times or more. We are to keep praying however long it may take to get an answer. The bible says that those who come to God must beleive that He is, and That He is a rewarder of those who dilligently seek Him.
In Psalm 34: 4 it says: "I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."