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The article below is based on Christian Bible Theology and Christian Principles that govern all believers' everyday life. It deals basically with Biblical Principles and belief's that are relevant to all Christians. How we perceive God as Christians is based on our faith in God's Word. In Romans 12:2 God's Word says that we should "be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind". God's Word daily, will transform your life.
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What The Bible Teaches Christians About Unanswered Prayer
Taken From The Kings James Spiritual Answers Commentary: (KJV 1991)
The following questions and answers have been selected because of the frequency of their occurrence and the teaching value the answers provide. There is no one direct answer for Nothing's To Hard For God, but a series of issues that all Christians should consider when reaching out to God for specific answers to hard questions.
Everywhere in the world there are Christians suffering for their faith and being persecuted, but when compared with eternal life with Christ, it is only temporary. Christians must understand and be prepared to suffer for Christ. They are warned in scripture that they will undergo PERSECUTIONS, AFFLICTIONS and HARDSHIPS as a norm of Christianity (Matt. 10:38; Mark 10:29-30; John 15:18-21; Acts 14:22; Rom. 8:17; Php 1:29; 1Th 3:1-5; 2 Tim. 2:11-12; 3:10-12; Heb. 2:18; 1Pet. 2:19-23; 3:14-17; 1 John 3:13). Trials have to be endured by Christians to teach them patience and to lead them to maturity and total dependance on God (Prov. 3:5-7). Christians' faith can only reach full maturity when it has been tried and proved (Rom 5:3-5; Jas 5:10-11; 1Pe 5:8-10).
It should be noted that when Jesus went out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, He did call upon Angels from Heaven to help Him, nor did He fight against the devil by physical means. Jesus used the Word of God to overcome evil. He repeatedly stated, “It is Written”, using scripture to stand up against the devil (Matt. 4:4; 7; 10). Therefore, this lesson teaches us, that in order to fight or to stand up against the devil and evil spirits, we must know the Word of God and use it, in order to be successful (Eph. 6:17).
Therefore, the following is a selection of topics the Believer should consider, when times get hard or if you feel like your prayers are not being answered.
Taken From The Kings James Spiritual Answers Commentary: (KJV 1991)
The following questions and answers have been selected because of the frequency of their occurrence and the teaching value the answers provide. There is no one direct answer for Nothing's To Hard For God, but a series of issues that all Christians should consider when reaching out to God for specific answers to hard questions.
Everywhere in the world there are Christians suffering for their faith and being persecuted, but when compared with eternal life with Christ, it is only temporary. Christians must understand and be prepared to suffer for Christ. They are warned in scripture that they will undergo PERSECUTIONS, AFFLICTIONS and HARDSHIPS as a norm of Christianity (Matt. 10:38; Mark 10:29-30; John 15:18-21; Acts 14:22; Rom. 8:17; Php 1:29; 1Th 3:1-5; 2 Tim. 2:11-12; 3:10-12; Heb. 2:18; 1Pet. 2:19-23; 3:14-17; 1 John 3:13). Trials have to be endured by Christians to teach them patience and to lead them to maturity and total dependance on God (Prov. 3:5-7). Christians' faith can only reach full maturity when it has been tried and proved (Rom 5:3-5; Jas 5:10-11; 1Pe 5:8-10).
It should be noted that when Jesus went out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, He did call upon Angels from Heaven to help Him, nor did He fight against the devil by physical means. Jesus used the Word of God to overcome evil. He repeatedly stated, “It is Written”, using scripture to stand up against the devil (Matt. 4:4; 7; 10). Therefore, this lesson teaches us, that in order to fight or to stand up against the devil and evil spirits, we must know the Word of God and use it, in order to be successful (Eph. 6:17).
Therefore, the following is a selection of topics the Believer should consider, when times get hard or if you feel like your prayers are not being answered.
Q. How Can I Know God's Will?
A. The best way to know God's will is to become familiar with the Bible. That is because virtually everything you need to know concerning the will of God is in the Bible. If you get to know God's Word and understand it clearly, you can know the will of God (Ps. 119:6, 7, 9, 105).
Another way you can know the will of God is through prayer. Your prayer life is the guaranteed secret of success for a Christian. You must be grounded in God's word (Psa 1:1-3). It is as much God's will for us to prosper materially as it is for us to prosper spiritually if we are abiding in His word. Below are some examples of prayers that may be helpful for you or for a specific situation:
Q. What About Answered Prayer?
A. Believers walking in fellowship with the word will never ask for anything outside of God's will. This ensures the believer that the answer will always be yes (2Cor 1:19-20). Every one of God's promises are still valid for today. There is not one promise that is "no" to a believer in Christ. God is glorified in His promises being fulfilled in our lives. Providing we abide in Him and His word abides in us, there are no limitations on what we may ask for: salvation for our families and others; our own good health, and healing for others; our financial needs to be met, etc. We can ask what we will and it will be done for us, or else scriptures are meaningless. If our prayers are not being answered we need to know why and remedy it immediately. The fault lies with us, not God. He does not stop answering prayer - we ourselves are the problem. Scriptures clearly teach that unanswered prayer is the result of some form of sin in our life. Anything not of faith even is sin (Psa 66:18; Rom. 14:23b; 1Cor 11:27-32; 2Cor 13:5; He 11:6). This is not said to condemn but to challenge us to look to ourselves. It is never God who is at fault, but us (Rom. 3:3-4).
Q. What Is Praying In The Spirit?
A. Praying In The Spirit or Putting on the Whole Armour of God, is not meant to be a daily ritual or routine as so many Christians believe. To put on the whole armour of God simply means that we are to be in a constant state of readiness, clothed with all that God provides us with for offense or defense against the forces of Satan in our daily walk. Put on, is from the same Greek word translated endued in Lu 24 (Lu 24:49). This is referring to the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Once we are baptized in the Holy Spirit we do not have to be re-baptized every day. We simply pray for further infilling, and we get it, which is what Paul tells us to do in V18 in Eph 6. It does not mean that we are to pray to the Holy Spirit, but in the Holy Spirit.
Q. What Is Repentance Prayer?
A. We need to examine ourselves every day to ensure that we are where we should be in God and judge ourselves for any sins we may have committed that day, and if we have sinned, repent and confess them before God. He will forgive us our sins, and our fellowship with Him will be immediately restored (Eph 3:14-21). V20 teaches us that God will do for us not only more than we desire and ask in prayer, but even more than our imagination can perceive, but it is conditional and dependent upon the degree of the Holy Spirit's presence, working in our lives. Faith is the power of God within us to enable us to reign in life and to receive answers to prayer. The word worketh refers to the exercising of our faith to believe God to do it. Faith makes prayers work - it is not prayers that makes faith work (Eph 1:15-23).
Q. How Do I Pray For A Miracle?
A. When we are faced with a great need, either for ourselves or for others, we should begin by humbly seeking to know God's will in the matter: "Father, what do You want to do in this situation?" Never say: "If it be Your will." Rather, you shold seek to know God's will in the situation and then base your prayer upon it. Praying for a miracle is welcoming a gift of the Holy Spirit to manifest. When His will is to work one, He will witness that to your heart. Then you can awsk Him to perform the miracle that you know he wants to bring about.
Often, we may keep asking God to act or to do something for us in a particular situation, when in fact, His will is for us to act upon His Word. God has given us authority over disease, demons, sickness, storms, and finances (Matt. 10:1: Luke 10:19). Sometimes it may be by divinely empowered speech through the Holy Spirit. Or by declaring something in Jesus' name. Jesus said, "Whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast unto the sear,' and does not doubt in this heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says" (Mark 11:23).
Q. How Can We Pray For Others?
A. We can pray for others that they may understand God's will, such as: our children, friends, other believers, missionaries, Church leaders, etc. We can pray that they may understand God's will and gain spiritual wisdom to live a holy life pleasing to the Lord. To also bear fruit for Christ, be grateful to the Father, continue in the hope of heaven, experience the nearness of Christ, know the love of Christ, be filled with the fullness of God, show love and kindness to others, discern evil, be sincere and blameless, eagerly await the return of the Lord, and last, pray that God would always count them worthy of His calling and that Christ would be glorified in everything they do (2Th 1:11-12). Jesus Himself is the key to that personal relationship with God that is central to prayer (Jn 14:13; 15:16). It is only through Jesus, and because of the cross, that we can come to the throne of God with confident, that we will receive mercy and find grace in our time of need (He 4:14-16; 10:19-22). It is only in the context of a living relationship with the Lord that prayer finds its place. Unless we meet the conditions God has laid down for prayer, our prayers will not be answered.
Q. What Is The Prayer of Faith?
A. The prayer of faith, also known as petition prayer, is the prayer that most people think of when they use the term "prayer." Petition prayer is between you and God. It is you asking God for a particular outcome. The key verse for the prayer of faith is Mark 11:24, in which Jesus says, "'Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.'" The rule to consider is when you pray, you must believe that you receive what you asked for. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Your faith is substance—it is something real, something tangible. It is evidence of things you cannot see.
Notice that Mark 11:24 does not say when you will actually see the result of your prayer. It does not tell you how long it will take for that prayer result to appear, and this is where many Christians loose faith. When you pray in faith, God immediately gives you what you prayed for—in the spirit realm. But in the natural world, due to a number of factors, it may take time for the answer to manifest itself. God answers prayers, and He will answer your specific prayer in line with His Word, but it is your faith that brings that answer out of the spiritual world and into the physical world. How many times in Scripture does Jesus say to someone, "According to your faith"? He referred to peoples' faith constantly, and even though it was His power that healed them, He always credited their faith with being the catalyst. In fact, when Jesus went to His hometown, we are told that "He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief" (Matt. 13:58).
In conclusion, obliviously there are many other styles of and types of prayer throughout the bible. The above referenced examples were used for the purpose of being some of the most popular forms of prayer that are recognized in the bible. As stated above, the book Of Psalms in full of prayers.
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A. The best way to know God's will is to become familiar with the Bible. That is because virtually everything you need to know concerning the will of God is in the Bible. If you get to know God's Word and understand it clearly, you can know the will of God (Ps. 119:6, 7, 9, 105).
Another way you can know the will of God is through prayer. Your prayer life is the guaranteed secret of success for a Christian. You must be grounded in God's word (Psa 1:1-3). It is as much God's will for us to prosper materially as it is for us to prosper spiritually if we are abiding in His word. Below are some examples of prayers that may be helpful for you or for a specific situation:
Q. What About Answered Prayer?
A. Believers walking in fellowship with the word will never ask for anything outside of God's will. This ensures the believer that the answer will always be yes (2Cor 1:19-20). Every one of God's promises are still valid for today. There is not one promise that is "no" to a believer in Christ. God is glorified in His promises being fulfilled in our lives. Providing we abide in Him and His word abides in us, there are no limitations on what we may ask for: salvation for our families and others; our own good health, and healing for others; our financial needs to be met, etc. We can ask what we will and it will be done for us, or else scriptures are meaningless. If our prayers are not being answered we need to know why and remedy it immediately. The fault lies with us, not God. He does not stop answering prayer - we ourselves are the problem. Scriptures clearly teach that unanswered prayer is the result of some form of sin in our life. Anything not of faith even is sin (Psa 66:18; Rom. 14:23b; 1Cor 11:27-32; 2Cor 13:5; He 11:6). This is not said to condemn but to challenge us to look to ourselves. It is never God who is at fault, but us (Rom. 3:3-4).
Q. What Is Praying In The Spirit?
A. Praying In The Spirit or Putting on the Whole Armour of God, is not meant to be a daily ritual or routine as so many Christians believe. To put on the whole armour of God simply means that we are to be in a constant state of readiness, clothed with all that God provides us with for offense or defense against the forces of Satan in our daily walk. Put on, is from the same Greek word translated endued in Lu 24 (Lu 24:49). This is referring to the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Once we are baptized in the Holy Spirit we do not have to be re-baptized every day. We simply pray for further infilling, and we get it, which is what Paul tells us to do in V18 in Eph 6. It does not mean that we are to pray to the Holy Spirit, but in the Holy Spirit.
Q. What Is Repentance Prayer?
A. We need to examine ourselves every day to ensure that we are where we should be in God and judge ourselves for any sins we may have committed that day, and if we have sinned, repent and confess them before God. He will forgive us our sins, and our fellowship with Him will be immediately restored (Eph 3:14-21). V20 teaches us that God will do for us not only more than we desire and ask in prayer, but even more than our imagination can perceive, but it is conditional and dependent upon the degree of the Holy Spirit's presence, working in our lives. Faith is the power of God within us to enable us to reign in life and to receive answers to prayer. The word worketh refers to the exercising of our faith to believe God to do it. Faith makes prayers work - it is not prayers that makes faith work (Eph 1:15-23).
Q. How Do I Pray For A Miracle?
A. When we are faced with a great need, either for ourselves or for others, we should begin by humbly seeking to know God's will in the matter: "Father, what do You want to do in this situation?" Never say: "If it be Your will." Rather, you shold seek to know God's will in the situation and then base your prayer upon it. Praying for a miracle is welcoming a gift of the Holy Spirit to manifest. When His will is to work one, He will witness that to your heart. Then you can awsk Him to perform the miracle that you know he wants to bring about.
Often, we may keep asking God to act or to do something for us in a particular situation, when in fact, His will is for us to act upon His Word. God has given us authority over disease, demons, sickness, storms, and finances (Matt. 10:1: Luke 10:19). Sometimes it may be by divinely empowered speech through the Holy Spirit. Or by declaring something in Jesus' name. Jesus said, "Whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast unto the sear,' and does not doubt in this heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says" (Mark 11:23).
Q. How Can We Pray For Others?
A. We can pray for others that they may understand God's will, such as: our children, friends, other believers, missionaries, Church leaders, etc. We can pray that they may understand God's will and gain spiritual wisdom to live a holy life pleasing to the Lord. To also bear fruit for Christ, be grateful to the Father, continue in the hope of heaven, experience the nearness of Christ, know the love of Christ, be filled with the fullness of God, show love and kindness to others, discern evil, be sincere and blameless, eagerly await the return of the Lord, and last, pray that God would always count them worthy of His calling and that Christ would be glorified in everything they do (2Th 1:11-12). Jesus Himself is the key to that personal relationship with God that is central to prayer (Jn 14:13; 15:16). It is only through Jesus, and because of the cross, that we can come to the throne of God with confident, that we will receive mercy and find grace in our time of need (He 4:14-16; 10:19-22). It is only in the context of a living relationship with the Lord that prayer finds its place. Unless we meet the conditions God has laid down for prayer, our prayers will not be answered.
Q. What Is The Prayer of Faith?
A. The prayer of faith, also known as petition prayer, is the prayer that most people think of when they use the term "prayer." Petition prayer is between you and God. It is you asking God for a particular outcome. The key verse for the prayer of faith is Mark 11:24, in which Jesus says, "'Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.'" The rule to consider is when you pray, you must believe that you receive what you asked for. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Your faith is substance—it is something real, something tangible. It is evidence of things you cannot see.
Notice that Mark 11:24 does not say when you will actually see the result of your prayer. It does not tell you how long it will take for that prayer result to appear, and this is where many Christians loose faith. When you pray in faith, God immediately gives you what you prayed for—in the spirit realm. But in the natural world, due to a number of factors, it may take time for the answer to manifest itself. God answers prayers, and He will answer your specific prayer in line with His Word, but it is your faith that brings that answer out of the spiritual world and into the physical world. How many times in Scripture does Jesus say to someone, "According to your faith"? He referred to peoples' faith constantly, and even though it was His power that healed them, He always credited their faith with being the catalyst. In fact, when Jesus went to His hometown, we are told that "He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief" (Matt. 13:58).
In conclusion, obliviously there are many other styles of and types of prayer throughout the bible. The above referenced examples were used for the purpose of being some of the most popular forms of prayer that are recognized in the bible. As stated above, the book Of Psalms in full of prayers.
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References:
1. King James Bible (1991)
2. Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski (2005). Prayer: A History. Houghton Mifflin Books. ISBN 0-618-15288-1.
3. Examining Religions: Christianity Foundation Edition by Anne Geldart 1999 ISBN 0-435-30324-4 page 108
4. Simple Ways to Pray by Emilie Griffin 2005 ISBN 0-7425-5084-2 page 134
1. King James Bible (1991)
2. Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski (2005). Prayer: A History. Houghton Mifflin Books. ISBN 0-618-15288-1.
3. Examining Religions: Christianity Foundation Edition by Anne Geldart 1999 ISBN 0-435-30324-4 page 108
4. Simple Ways to Pray by Emilie Griffin 2005 ISBN 0-7425-5084-2 page 134