James 4:2c-3."You do not have because you do not ask?. You ask and do not recieve because you ask with wrong motives, so that you can spend it on your own pleasures".
For prayers to be answered we must be obedient to the word and instructions of the Lord.
1."YOU DO NOT HAVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ASK"
Instruction: Ask and you will recieve. People that are OK don't need God so they cannot recieve from God. God created us as dependant not independent of Him. An independent Spirit is seperated from God.
2. "YOU ASK AND DO NOT RECIEVE BECAUSE YOU ASK WITH WRONG MOTIVE SO THAT YOU CAN SPEND IT ON YOUR OWN PLEASURES" .
Our requests must be within the will of God, your motives and intent must correspond with word of God.
3. Isaiah 59:1-2 "Behold the Lord hand is not so short, That He cannot save, Neither is His hear dull, that He cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a seperation between you and your God. And your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear".
When we are in sin God is seperated from us, He is not deaf he can hear you but will not respond to your request until you confess, repent and turn away from you sin, then you can renew your relationship with Him.
4.Matthew 11:24 "Therefore I say to you all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have recieved them they shall be granted you".
We must pray by faith, without faith you cannot please and recieve from God.
5. Always pray in the name of Jesus He is your connector to God.
Just a note of encouragement, what the bible calls or refers to the traditions of men is the practice of man from the beginning as it was in the garden that is our first example, gen 4: is another example, and as laws it makes the word of none effect, most of what is said on this forum falls in that category.
The church is under "The Blessing" of Abraham which is the same as it was from the beginning To be fruitful and multiply.
Btw the way our want's are covered in the word of God, I give you the challenge to find it.
Another one liner the bible speaks of approximately seven types of prayer and the same rules do not apply to every one.
Elisha Here is a picture of The Blessing of Abraham:
A good phrase to define the blessing is the empowerment to prosper
Deut 28:1 � And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Deut 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
Deut 28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Deut 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deut 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deut 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Deut 28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
Deut 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deut 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
Deut 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Deut 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Deut 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Deut 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Deut 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deut 28:15 � But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
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Gen 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Gen 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 14:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 14:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 13:14
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Gen 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever
Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
God loves a cheerful giver. The Bible teachers that there will always have the poor among us, when Godblesses us it is because we are used as instruments to bless others. The river that flows is drinkable but a stangnant pond is polluted.
The Bible say by their fruits you will know them. Are these people following Christ examples?, ofcourse not. How many of them are riding donkeys, If they are not following Christ examples they are not in Christ.
These Churches are conforming to the world instead of the world conforming to the church,it is obvious they preach false doctrines.
The Bible teaches that whoever loves the world and the things of the world, the love of the father is not in them, they are enemies of God.
We can expose them, but for us to stay blessed, we can't touch them, they will have to answer to God for their actions.All authorities are ordained by God, good, bad or urgly. that is why we have spiritual discernment to see them for who they are and not follow them
Any kind of preaching that exploits the Children of God to build personal kingdom withing the Kingdom of God is wrong, it is called false teaching.
Whatever exalts personal ambition or interest that does not glorify God is wrong. These people are buiding Mansions while the congragation is being milked to the bone and all the scandal that surrounds these preachers.
We are not to judge or condemned them but pray for them, are they buiding God's Kingdom or theirs?. Are they Glorifying God or themselves. Are they helping the poor or taken from the poor.
Bring all the tithes to the store house that there might be meat in my house to help the children of God when they are in need, not just the preacher.
Can you please explain the relevance of John 10:10 to this discursion?
No Scott that as is the traditions of men. The lord does not care if you have ten houses, he does not want the ten house to have men.
One is life
The other is death.
How does Jn 10:10 apply in every way if you do not know what the will of God is for man, can you receive it.
I never mentioned anything about houses and the such because I know how traditions of men rile some up.
How does it apply I counted about ten responses in this post and they as a whole promote what the bible would call poverty.
The will of God is abundance in every area and aspect of life.
The qualifier for one's prayer life is this passage: Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
The context here is prayer: The will of God is that we bare much fruit in prayer, which is going back to "The Blessing"
Jn 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Jn 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Jn 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Jn 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Jn 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Jn 15:9 � As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father�s commandments, and abide in his love.
Jn 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Jn 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Jn 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Jn 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Jn 15:Jn 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
There is no place in scripture for the children of God to fail at anything, and yes I understand that we do, but we have been given the Victory, so we need to find out all what the Victory entails and run our race.
I wonder if they realize how many people that they drive away from the Lord because of the things they ay and do, how many people see them as the face of christ, and say if thats christianity I want no part of it? I have heard that said so many times, the unsaved world love to see a preacher who acts like markus bishop and creflo dolar because they love to say, see there all hey care about is money!
These preachers are helping satans kingdom out while they try to build their own!
They dont talk about the blood or the cross or repentence, only their 16,000 dollar dog, their daughters mercededs their sons lexus
one man said he has five horses ones name is increase, ones name is milionair ones name was mr bigtimer!!
thats is buisnsess I guess, but when there are so many poor and poverty stricken and he is buying 26,000 dollar dogs thats almost 2 years wages for me, honestly! I would make about 19,000 in 2 years, he is buying dogs for 16!
Thats insane and if he werent boasting about it, I wopuldnt know about it, isnt that contrairy to the way a christian is to behave? walking around boasting about everything we have!
and some of those people looked like they was about to have a holy ghost fit!
thats why I say it was demonic, there definatly was a spirit at work and it was a counterfit of the holy spirit!
I saw some commentary where they said these people had been hypmotzed, I dont think the videos were actuly available when I looked them up through the address I posted I couldnt get to them so yall probaly didnt see what I saw
but they manipulated the congrigation, which by the way was madison squar gardens filled to the gill anyway they manipulated them to give them their oney they all formed a line like they was going through a buffett or the food line at a family reunion to throw their money on what was suposed to be an alter ther was soooo many people and i sen one man hand the preacher his wallet, HE WHOLE WALLET anyway then crflo joind the man in dancing on the money and in the most gheto fly way they chanted gonna put some of this annointing on it, gonna put some of this annointing on it!
woah? is it the preacher who decides what will become annoited, is it the preacher himself that annoints?
I am just saying he talked about money way more than he talked about Jesus the ctoss the blood or repentence. he never mentioned the word hollieness or sanctification he never spoke of anything except money increase and prosperiy
By the way PJ I will say it again, when God told abraham that all nations would be blessed through him The Lord there was speaking of Jesus Christ not money
its not to say that just because someone is rich they are wicked absolutly not true abraham was a rich man so was soloman and job. thats not what I am saying at all, but our prosperity our blesing and our increase IS AND ALWAYS SHOULD BE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!
pj PLEASE BE SPECIFIC, what part of what scot said dont you agree with, because surely you agree with the part about exploiting the body and they should be taking care of the poor and not building their own kingdo, I just dont see anything that anyone would disagree with so please be specific
