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From: nls  (Original Message)Sent: 12/6/2007 9:11 PM

In Touch Daily Devotional
by Dr. Charles Stanley


December 6, 2007
 
-- Receiving Answers to Our Prayers -- John 16:23-24

            In response to our prayers, the Lord uses His power to penetrate closed minds and hard hearts. In that way, He brings people to salvation and transforms unrighteous lives.

            We all want our petitions fulfilled, so it is important to understand God's conditions for answered prayer. Besides having a relationship with Him (John 3:3) and confessing all known sin, we must have faith that His Word is true and His promises reliable. The Bible, which was divinely written by God through man, is without error. In this amazing book, the Lord reveals His nature--holy, sovereign, and perfect--and presents His plan of salvation (Romans 10:9). Because God's promises are based on His perfect character, we can be certain He will do what He says; otherwise He would not be God. And Jesus' promises can be trusted because He always spoke the Father's words (John 12:49).

            Another condition is that we ask according to the Lord's purposes. We're to pray for things that are in keeping with His divine plan and character. God wants us to discern His will, to pray that it would be carried out, and to do our part in fulfilling it (Matthew 6:9-10). The Holy Spirit will help us know what to pray. And as we consider which petitions to make, we should ask ourselves, Is my request based on God's Word? How will an answer to this prayer bring me or someone else closer to Him?

            It takes an investment of time to meet the Lord's requirements for prayer. But in response, He will provide answers beyond anything we could ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20).

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