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Anjel Uriel:
Excerpt from 'Praying by God's rules' (http://bible-truths.com/praying.htm):
Did Jesus pray as earnestly as it is possible to pray that God would "let this cup pass?" YES, He did.
Did God grant Jesus His desire to "let this cup pass?" NO, He didn’t.
But, did Jesus get His prayer answered? YES, He surely did. How so? Because Jesus’ greater desire was that His Father’s will be done, rather than "let this cup pass." This example from our Lord is the answer to answered pray and it is also the answer to unanswered prayer.
If you always pray, "not as I will, but as THOU will," all of your prayers will be answered too. Whether you always get what you desire or you don’t get what you desire, if your greatest desire of all desires is for "THY WILL be done," then you can rest assured that from this day forward, all of your prayers will be answered always. God’s will (that is His intention for the way He has preordained everything to go), will always be done. No prayer has ever changed God’s plan or purpose in any way whatsoever. (Read my series on "free will").
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.
I’m, personally, okay with that. Many of my readers may not be okay with that arrangement of things, but nevertheless, that is the way things are and that is the way things will always be—"THY will be done."
Porter:
Actually, it is God that creates, causes and controls evil, not man. Evil experiences are necessary if God is going to create humanity into His image, so that humanity may have the same working knowledge of evil as God does.
I cringe at the thought of God “inflicting” horrible evils on humanity, but I have to believe it's for an ultimately good reason; otherwise, I might go crazy.
I'm certain if there was a better way to create us in His image, God would do it that way. It gets a little easier to accept if you believe God is super smart and super wise, and He never makes mistakes.
Don't harden your heart for too long, Ricky. All the glory is God's.
Deu 32:39 See now that I alone am He; there is no God but Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from My hand.
Rom_8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
indianabob:
It seems to me humanly that in order for God to appoint us to immortality and to great power so as to make us able to carry out our future responsibilities, we must learn how evil we can be as humans with selfish desires.
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This life is not so that we can recognize our weaknesses and overcome many of them with God's help, but rather it is to convince us that we would never be able to achieve perfection and that perfection MUST be given to us, all of us, no exceptions.
Indy
Joel:
When I was a young man God told me to always pray and he will always listen but he will not always answer.
Joel
ralph:
--- Quote from: Anjel Uriel on April 22, 2022, 10:11:27 PM ---Excerpt from 'Praying by God's rules' (http://bible-truths.com/praying.htm):
Did Jesus pray as earnestly as it is possible to pray that God would "let this cup pass?" YES, He did.
Did God grant Jesus His desire to "let this cup pass?" NO, He didn’t.
But, did Jesus get His prayer answered? YES, He surely did. How so? Because Jesus’ greater desire was that His Father’s will be done, rather than "let this cup pass." This example from our Lord is the answer to answered pray and it is also the answer to unanswered prayer.
If you always pray, "not as I will, but as THOU will," all of your prayers will be answered too. Whether you always get what you desire or you don’t get what you desire, if your greatest desire of all desires is for "THY WILL be done," then you can rest assured that from this day forward, all of your prayers will be answered always. God’s will (that is His intention for the way He has preordained everything to go), will always be done. No prayer has ever changed God’s plan or purpose in any way whatsoever. (Read my series on "free will").
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.
I’m, personally, okay with that. Many of my readers may not be okay with that arrangement of things, but nevertheless, that is the way things are and that is the way things will always be—"THY will be done."
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Good find bro. Thanks for sharing.
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