Will God give you everything you ask for?
 

Will God give you everything you ask for?

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I voted no. What's your vote on it Timmy?

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I'll abstain. :D

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No. :)

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It's definitely a good thing that He does not give us everything we ask for.....I've been very angry at some folks a few times in my life!! :club

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Probably why I'm still alive! :toofunny

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LOL! :thumbsup

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Remember the Garth Brooks song from a few years?

Unanswered Prayers

Just the other night at a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
In her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered

Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

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Romans 8. Even when we don't know what to pray (and often just get it all wrong), the Spirit makes intercession on our behalf.

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I certainly hope not!

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Yes, if you ask according to his will and if you abide in His word.

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Are those all the conditions?

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Why?

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Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

What part of the word ALL is excepted?

I'm with ya, Mizpeh... indeed, why even waste one's time asking God for something, if you doubt that he will give it to you? Moreover, why waste God's time in doing such a thing when there is no faith to receive?

Seems pretty simple to me...... ask, believe & then receive! The only limitation comes from the one doing these things [that's you or I], and not from the One who gives.

Next question, please!

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Had do vote know on that one. You have any idea how long I have been asking for a few million bucks? Maybe I should take a lesson, everytime I ask for a bundle of money I just get broker and broker.


All that is probably good. I am guessing a Dodge Viper, Escalade SUV, huge oceanfront home with a serving staff and a yacht might not be part of God's plan for me.

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Cuz sometimes I've asked amiss! :blush

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Amen! Must be the reason Bro John Atkinson hasn't gotten that million bucks or Dodge Viper yet, wouldn't you agree? Seems like we too often allow our "own lusts" become the greater element of our asking. :thumbsup

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I thank God for unanswered prayers!!!

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Casn't be amiss... hey I would GLADLY give someone a ride to church in my dodge viper. :D

On a serious note you are correct. When we ask for "stuff" just because we want more "stuff", that is asking amiss and God isn't under any obligation to hand it over.

Sometimes we fall into the trap of misunderstanding what true riches are. When we understand those and ask... we receive. Everytime I believe.

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Hey, Bro John..... why not ask for a Prevost Motor Coach (they are nice and expensive too), so you can take more than just one when you go to church?:ursofunny

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LOL with one of those I could probably just HAVE church in it...

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Me thinks you are definitely right 'bout that. I think we need to first expend a few moments to think of what we are about to request of God before we pray, and perhaps in so doing we can do so with the complete assurance that we shall receive the desires of our heart. Thank God for allowing us to pray, knowing that He is always ready and willing to do that which we ask of Him.

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If you should, per chance, ask God for one of them, do me a small favor and ask Him to give me one also. I'll gladly try to HAVE church in it also... :thumbsup

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Yes, He is always ready to do what we ask of him:

JA Commentary: Why exhaust all your energy questing for stuff? That is what people outside the kingdom do. God already knows you need food clothing and shelter.
Seek the true riches... righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost, and don't sweat the stuff, you will get the stuff you need.

There is just too much teaching in the word that:

A: God will give us what we ask

and B:
This and other teachings throughout should be enough to teach what we should be asking for and what we shouldn't be overly concerned about.

I do know that God will give us what we need. In 22 years of living for God I don't recall ever having to beg him for necessities. For every door that has ever closed on me another opened. Maybe not right when I would liked it to open, but it opened.

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He obviously has the ability to, but He answers according to what His will is. Since we cannot possible know his full and entire will, there are times that we ask for things, spiritual or physical, that He does not give us because they are not His will.

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"Will" = "want", correct? So, in other words, what most of you are saying is that God will give us everything we ask for, if He wants to. OK, got it. Thanks.

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When I and hundreds of others asked God to heal my brother of cancer, I guess He just didn't want to. Anyone here going to thank Him for that unanswered prayer?

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Timothy, after having experienced the deaths of 2 brothers (1 older, 1 younger) to the effects of cancer within the past 19 months, I guess it is possible for me to understand why you would entertain such a question. Believe me, I prayed many, many times for their healing, yet it never came for either of them. Was it God’s fault that things failed to materialize as I had hoped and prayed for? Not at all! Why then were they not healed? Well, could it be because of their lack of faith in God’s ability, or willingness, to give them such healing, and not the fact that I had asked Him to do it for them? Perhaps, but it is not within my right to question God, and I won’t. Do I wish it had been different for them? Of course, but I am not angry with God because it didn’t happen.

The manner in which I consider this is that I did what I believed was required of me; I asked, but recognize that death is an event we must all experience, some sooner or later than others. Their encounter with death just happened to come before mine, and so I must accept it in that manner.

Just my thoughts for what they might be worth.

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Sometimes it is not that God does not WILL something, and sometimes it is with underlying reasons HE WILL NOT LET US KNOW. But to think it is a simple issue of finding a pat answer, we are pipe dreaming. God simply has reasons He does not let us in on sometimes.

FAITH, Timmy, We simply cannot get away from FAITH in things of life and God and Heaven. We CANNOT get away from the fact that FAITH means we have to trust God sometimes when He does not give us the answers. He just knows what to do and it is always right.

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Ya know, while I voted "no", as I look back on my life I see that everything I really asked for, God has eventually given me. Now there are some things I have wished for -but didn't ask, and I am still wishing, but when it really mattered, God came through.

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Jas 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

May not answer ALL instances of "NO", but this proves NO is the answer if SOME cases are described as above.

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Now I'm confused: why did you vote Yes?

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"Ask amiss" = "ask something He doesn't want to do" = "not according to His will"?

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I vote, "No."

There may be a scripture that would lead one to say that God gives His children everything they ask for, but that would HAVE be the incorrect interpretation of that scripture.

It's just not the reality of life.

How many dead people are there that we wish were still alive?

I could go on and on....

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So your saying that scripture does not match the reality of life....Whats that say for scripture then? I haave heard me share of I got my healing of cancer only to turn around a few months later and the persons cancer is back...Kind of turns alittle towards the faith thing I mentioned in the othre thread

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What I am saying is this.

Scripture matches the reality of life. The Word of God is Life!

False interpretations of scriptures do not match the realities of life.

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Because, as stated previously, I believe God does give us what we ask for. Perhaps that statement seems rather simple, on the surface at least, yet in reality when other factors are involved (i.e., lack of faith, asking for the wrong reasons; "amiss," if you will, whether such be on my behalf or others, or perhaps for a host of others reasons), and the requested response is not forthcoming, then what right do we possess to question God about why He did not fulfill our request? I believe, and entertain no doubts whatsoever that God will give you or I everything we ask Him for, but that does not mean that I will always get everything I ask of Him. When I don't, I accept that without questioning His reason for it.

I happened to be the first to enter the hospital room following my Mother's death. My Dad was standing there quietly looking out the window. When he noted my presence he turned to me and said, "Why? She was such a good woman." Then almost as if he shook himself, he added, "No, I have no right to ask that question. God giveth and He alone has the right to take away."

Why didn't God heal my brothers, even though I had asked for their healing and sincerely believed that He was capable of providing such healing? I am confident that I will never know the answer to that question, for the reasons are not to ever be known. I simply accept the fact that it didn't happen, and that despite my belief that it was entirely possible.

It would seem to me that you are asking mortals (that is what I am, you know) to provide you with an answer to something only God could give, that is, if He chooses to do so. If you should ask Him why, and He does not respond, then my advise is to accept that, and let it be. Certainly you would agree that there is nothing you are able to do which will serve to change or alter the circumstances in any manner whatsoever at this point in time.:tic

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The poll doesn't ask about reasons. It just asks if God will give you everything you ask for. He may have good reasons for not doing so, in many (or in all) cases. But that has nothing to do with the question.

Your explanation above includes two statements:

1. I believe, and entertain no doubts whatsoever that God will give you or I everything we ask Him for . . .

and

2. . . . but that does not mean that I will always get everything I ask of Him.

If these are both true, then that would explain why you answered Yes to the question: You really do believe that God will give you everything you ask for. But you also admit that He does not do so. What you are doing is admitting that you believe something that is not true.

I no longer feel obligated to believe anything just because I am commanded to. I am free to believe things that I perceive are actually true.

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I'll stick with my "No" vote.

If God gave us everything we ask for:

1. Every pastor would have 2000 perfect people who never gripe, moan, gossip, rebel or ask uncomfortable questions.
2. Every saint would have a perfect pastor who never said anything to cause uncomfortable questions.
3. None of us would have to go to stupid jobs that we hate that keep us just above poverty.
4. Spring would last 11 months.

And...

1. Some folks would get hit by lightning bolts because they keep asking for it whether they realize it or not....

So the purest, most realistic answer is "No, God doesn't give us everything we ask for."

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Need a third option: I sure hope not!!

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