DO YE ASK AND RECEIVE NOT??
"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust and have not, ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain, ye fight and war yet ye have not because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." JAMES 4:1-4
Read the preceding scripture carefully. The waring begins within each of us. If we are filled with the Holy Spirit of God, these things will not be so. We will be asking aright as we abide in Christ and in the will of God, these are the prayers that are answered and can even be miraculous because they are not driven by the sinful selfish lust of the flesh, eyes or pride of life (1 John 2:16-17). Think about it.. Why does the world war? Really? Why do we fight each other? Why do most live from crisis to crisis? Do men and women really know Jesus with that intimate knowing that leads to eternal life? In that knowing of Jesus is where we pursue peace with all men (Romans 12:18, Psalm 34:13)?
When you seek God with a pure heart, a heart that is not selfish but selfless, holy and set apart for Him, then the miraculous can happen. Then God can move mountains on your behalf. The key is knowing God and Jesus His Son (John 17:3). We can only do that by reading our Word and praying and laying down our life to live His daily. Then the the asking aright will receive God's answers.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Matthew 6:33-34
"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened" lUke 11:9-10
Only God's word will last forever, only those who hear the Word and do it will be found faithful when Jesus returns (Romans 10:17, Luke 18:8) .. He that does the will of God will abide forever, amen! It is time to turn from the world and all its distractions, it is time to turn to JESUS, the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!
Read the preceding scripture carefully. The waring begins within each of us. If we are filled with the Holy Spirit of God, these things will not be so. We will be asking aright as we abide in Christ and in the will of God, these are the prayers that are answered and can even be miraculous because they are not driven by the sinful selfish lust of the flesh, eyes or pride of life (1 John 2:16-17). Think about it.. Why does the world war? Really? Why do we fight each other? Why do most live from crisis to crisis? Do men and women really know Jesus with that intimate knowing that leads to eternal life? In that knowing of Jesus is where we pursue peace with all men (Romans 12:18, Psalm 34:13)?
When you seek God with a pure heart, a heart that is not selfish but selfless, holy and set apart for Him, then the miraculous can happen. Then God can move mountains on your behalf. The key is knowing God and Jesus His Son (John 17:3). We can only do that by reading our Word and praying and laying down our life to live His daily. Then the the asking aright will receive God's answers.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Matthew 6:33-34
"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened" lUke 11:9-10
Only God's word will last forever, only those who hear the Word and do it will be found faithful when Jesus returns (Romans 10:17, Luke 18:8) .. He that does the will of God will abide forever, amen! It is time to turn from the world and all its distractions, it is time to turn to JESUS, the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!
JESUS IS LORD OF ALL
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