HOW GOD RESPONDS TO PRAYERS
God Answers Prayer Three Ways: Yes, No, Wait
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1 John 5:13-16 “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death.”
1. God Responds to Prayers According to His Will
- Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
- Matthew 6:10 “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done.”
- John 6:38 "For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me."
2. God Responds to Prayers in His Own Time
- Romans 8:28 “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.”
- Psalm 62:8 “Trust in Him at all times.”
3. God Responds in Relation to our Faith
- 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 “To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
- Romans 8:28-29 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”
