On October 5th we will begin our new book, Your Powerful Prayers. It would be fun to know a little more about prayer before we do. What would you want to know? One common question is: How can I get God to give me what I ask for? That sounds like a jaded question perhaps, but haven't you ever wondered why you get the answers you want to prayer, and other times - not? I have. I have asked God how I can replicate whatever brought the blessing of an affirmative response, and other times I have asked why when even in desperate prayer I have not received what I pleaded for. It's natural. Scripture writes about a man named Cornelius: "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God. ..." Acts 10.4b Our prayers matter. Cornelius was a man who prayed often. He was also a righteous man who honored God with his income, shared his faith, and spent time in prayer regularly. So, do you and I have to do all those things to get something we ask for? No, it seems God loves us all, even though he does appreciate a special love for him, and does occasionally show his appreciation of that love in unique ways. In our upcoming book, Your Powerful Prayers, we are going to wrestle with those internal questions. We will look more closely at our motives, explore our unquestioning trust in God to always give us what is best for us, and our practice of, and belief in, PRAYER. For now, all I will say about this question of why we get good answers, and other times not, is that God knows. But as God, he is unable to give his children bad anything. The rest of the answer is buried deep inside us. Join me on October 5th when we begin to look at our life of prayer. ~ Andi
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