1 June 2018
“All that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will
receive it and it shall be yours,” says Jesus.
And the two key ideas there are: prayer and belief.
What is prayer but being one with God—in thought, in desire,
and so on. So, really, what we ask for
in “prayer” is simply what God wants for us.
After all, a person who’s one with God says in so many words, “Thy will
be done, thy kingdom come…and it will be enough.”
So “all that we ask for in prayer” is already something God
desires for us. But then Jesus says, “believe
that you will receive it”—believe.
If we’re lost, for example, well, we know God wants us to be
not lost. So ask him for guidance—with full
confidence that he will make it happen—and all will be well. Or if we’re anxious about a situation, well,
we know God wants us to be at peace. So
ask him for peace, for confidence—believing that he will make it happen—and all
will be well.
God answers prayers.
And our personal belief that he does is what makes us see that it’s
true: God answers prayers.
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