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Jan 4, 2022 · The short answer to this question is, “Yes!”. God has promised that, when we ask for things that are in accordance with His will for our lives, He will give us what we ask for (1 John 5:14–15). However, there is one caveat to add to this: we may not always like the answer.
Oct 18, 2024 · Does God Answer Every Prayer with a “Yes”? As anyone who has ever prayed to his/her Abba Father for a specific answer to prayer, we know that there are only three possible answers: “yes,” “no,” or “not yet.”
- 1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 841 helpful votes. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
- John 15:7 ESV / 660 helpful votes. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- James 4:3 ESV / 618 helpful votes. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
- Isaiah 65:24 ESV / 523 helpful votes. Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
46 Bible Verses about God Answering Prayers. Most Relevant Verses. Isaiah 65:24. Verse Concepts. It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. Psalm 118:21. Verse Concepts. I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. Psalm 65:2.
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What does “according to his will” mean in verse 14? “If we ask anything according to his will he hears us.” There are two possible meanings for “God’s will” found in the Bible. On the one hand, God’s will is what he commands, or what he tells us is right to do. On the other hand, God’s will is whatever God decides will come to pass. We can call the...
The answer is found as we keep reading in verse 16: This concern with “sin that leads to death” and “sin not leading to death” is part of John’s larger concern in this letter. From beginning to end, John is concerned to guard against two opposite errors: (1) treating ongoing sin lightly and (2) despairing that if a believer sins he is lost. Both ar...
So when we come to 1 John 5:16 and read about two kinds of sinning, we should not be surprised. One kind “leads to death.” And the other kind does “not lead to death.” John is not referring to a particular sin. What, then, is he referring to when he says, “there is sin [not asin] that leads to death”? Verse 18 gives the clue. Right after saying, “T...
Now we are in a position to circle back and see how verse 16 (“There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that”) sheds light on the meaning of verse 14 (“If we ask anything according to his will he hears us”). Does verse 14 refer to God’s will of decree, or to his will of command? To answer this, we should ask why John ...
But why does John not come right out and say, “Do notpray for that,” instead of saying, “I do not say that one should pray for that”? It’s because he does not assume we can always know who these people are. To command us not to pray for them would imply we can always recognize them. But we can’t. We can’t always tell when someone has sinned to the ...
A common response to this conclusion is that it seems to make prayer pointless, because answered prayer happens only when God has decreed that something be done. Wouldn’t the decreed event happen anyway? So why pray? But that kind of response does not come from careful biblical thinking. Careful thinking would see that God really does things in res...
Now what about our third question? What does “whatever” mean in 1 John 3:22when it says, “Whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him”? The answer is connected to what we have seen. A different condition is laid down for answered prayer here in 3:22 than was laid down in 5:14. There the condition wa...
Here is my suggestion. The condition of 3:22 includes the condition of 5:14. That is, doing what pleases God includes consciously and gladly submitting to God’s will of decree. This decree will always be the wisest and most loving response to our prayers. John says that whatever we ask we receive, if we “do what pleases [God].” What doesplease God?...
What then is the answer to our third question — the meaning of “whatever” in (1 John 3:22)? “Whateverwe ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.” The meaning of “whatever” is shaped by the all-wise, all-encompassing, loving plan of God for the good of his children and the glory of his name. By “shaped” I me...
Prayer is a way of calling God alongside us in doing what Jesus came to do. “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers” (1 John 3:16). This is why believing Jesus and loving others are linked together as the way to answered prayers.
Five Ways God Answers Prayer. Over the years, I've discovered from Scripture and experience that God loves to answer our prayers. Here are five of his most frequent answers: "No, I love you too...
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