God Answers Prayers

God Answers Prayers 

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened (Luke 11:10).

God answers prayers. He wouldn’t ask us to pray if He wasn’t going to answer. As a child of God, you have every right to expect answers when you pray (John 15:16). But if you pray to God, doubting, wavering or staggering in faith, you’re not going to get anything: “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:6-8).

To be double-minded is to vacillate, waver or stagger at the promises of God through unbelief. Such a man, the Bible says, can’t receive anything from God, for it takes faith to receive from Him: “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). So for those who say they prayed, but God didn’t answer, we’ve established that the problem is not with God. Rather, such folks prayed amiss, not asking in faith: “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts” (James 4:3).

You need to understand that as the righteousness of God in Christ, God cannot “not” answer you when you pray in faith, in line with His Word. The Bible says the Lord hears the prayer of the righteous (Proverbs 15:29). 1 Peter 3:12 says, “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers…” Then James 5:16 lets us know that “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”; in other words, it makes tremendous power available, dynamic in its working. Why? Because God hears and answers the prayer of the righteous!

So the question then is, are you “the righteous?” If you’re born again, you’re the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Consequently, it’s your God-ordained right to receive answers to prayers. It’s the delight of your heavenly Father to answer you when you present your requests to Him through prayer. Be bold to make your petitions known to Him today! Having done that, rejoice and thank Him, knowing that He’s heard and granted you that which you asked of Him.

Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for your love, kindness and tender mercies. I’m delighted to know that your ears are always attentive to my prayers. Therefore, I approach your throneroom boldly today, making my petitions known unto you, with the confident assurance that you’ll grant all my requests, in Jesus’ Name. Amen

Further Study
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Daily Scripture Reading
1 Year Bible Matthew 2
Reading plan Genesis 3-5

2 Year Bible Matthew 1:15-25
Reading Plan Genesis 2