21/04/2024
SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE DAY.
TOPIC: ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
BIBLE TEXT: JAMES 4 V 3.
Good morning people of God.
MESSAGE:
JOHN 4 V 3: Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss that we may consume it upon your lust.
Truly, the Bible said we should ask and it shall be given (Matthew 7 V 7).
One of the reasons we do not receive from God is because we ask with wrong motives that we may spend what we get on our pleasures.
We should be aware that God knows the intent of our hearts (Jeremiah 1 V 5).
God will never give you what He will regret because He knows you are not yet qualified for what you have been asking for; *(2Corinthians 3 V 5.
1 JOHN 5 V 14 -15= Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have petitions that we have asked of Him".
What the scripture is saying is, if our motivation in prayer is to gain place, pleasure, power and prestige, then we ask amiss improperly.
This kind of prayer disgraces God. God honours prayer motivated by His purposes.
Some of us pray and God does not answer our prayers.We say, "Why does God not answer my prayers? Does He hear me? It appears that the heavens are silent." The problem lies within us.
Sanctify your heart before asking from God and not for your own pleasures.
PRAYER POINTS:
(1)Let my heart of asking be for you not on to personal pleasure.
(2) Lord, please give me what i need but not what i want.
God bless you richly.