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Rhys 🕊:
This whole paper is excellent and helps me in reference to your question


From Praying by God’s rules

http://bible-truths.com/praying.htm

Ray's passages in blue.

Now then, if it was God’s intention for you to be blessed by some particular favor, and God inspires you to pray for that favor, then it will surely be given to you. If on the other hand, if it was not God’s intention for you to be blessed by some particular favor, then no amount of praying will cause God to grant it to you. Either way, God’s will must be done, and if that is the greatest desire of your prayer for God’s will to be done in your life, then whether you receive some particular favor or you don’t receive it, nonetheless, YOUR PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED.

That above passage is how I see it. God lays things on my heart so I pray for them. I’m not sure what the exact answer is going to be but I know I should be praying for it. I always find God gives me specific things or people to pray for and not some big general thing like the world. I’m no Miss Universe contestant wishing for world peace in the next 5 minutes.

And so, if we always pray according to God’s Will, with a clean conscience, obeying the commandments of God, and are aided by the Holy Spirit of God to pray only "in accord with what MUST BE," we will begin seeing answered prayer where we may have been frustrated in the past.
 
This was me too in the past and still partly true today, getting so frustrated with things that don’t happen for me but happen for others. Thanks to God for using Ray I find myself coming in line with what God wants and not what I want. Hard lesson to learn but what a great one to learn. Not my will be thy will. Life seems a lot more fulfilling when you start walking in accord with what must be. That’s what is happening to me and I find I'm closer to God because of it.

Anything you desire that accords with God’s will, and accords with "what must be." God has met my physical needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. What I pray about are qualities of godliness—love, faith, courage, knowledge & understanding, wisdom, patience, self-control, thankfulness. I am a firm believer that if we think about the right things, we will then pray about the right things. I pray all day about everything and anything that is strongly on my mind. Why shouldn’t we, seeing that God is our Father and Jesus is our Saviour and Elder Brother? God wants to hear from us. Talk to your God. Anything important enough for you to think about or be concerned about is worthy of talking with God about.

So well said by Ray. Those qualities of godliness bring me such joy. I finally find the place that I should be and now I know what it means to shout for joy.

Psalm 98:4 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music;

What I do now is like what Ray says, whatever I’m thinking about I will pray about. I don’t even care about what it is or who it is, I just pray and leave it up to God.

Php 2:13  for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

1Th 5:17  Pray without ceasing.

He likes to hear from me so I talk to Him and I like talking to Him. Actually more and more so as I discover more of His truth. It’s not vague and all over the place but personal to me with specifics of what I should be asking for. He’s got a plan for me and you and guides us by His Holy Spirit. Spend time in His word and with Him He’s pretty cool and such a great friend to have.

Jas 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jas 4:8  Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

I ask God what do you want from me Lord and humble myself, realising it’s Him and not me and I must decrease and Him increase.

Grace be with all of you.

Rhys

GaryK:
I am satisfied.

Thank you all.

onelovedread:
I'm glad for you but confused.  Are you Horseman or satisfied?

Joel:
John 15:19 helps clear up John 17:9.

John 15:19-If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Psalms 24:1- The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

The world belongs to God, but as Ray has shown from the scriptures there are many called, but few are chosen.

Joel

indianabob:
Hi folks,
There are Jews and then there are Gentiles.
Jesus, a Jew, was not sent to minister to the Gentiles.
Jesus commanded his apostles the 12 to NOT go to the Gentiles, but to go only to the circumcision in the dispersion.
Yes there were a few particular exceptions caused to connect with the 12 by God's spirit, but in general there was not a mission into any gentile territory, that was left to Paul many years later.

Why was this done this way??
What of God's promises to the children of Abraham of a Kingdom?
Bob

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