Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 21:18-22
by: Jasmine Lynch.
“Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive” (v.22, NKJV). Have you ever prayed in faith and yet did not receive what you prayed for? Was the problem a lack of faith? It would be cruel and unbiblical to tell a sick person that healing did not happen after prayer because the person lacked faith. Is there a qualification to Jesus’ statement? Remember Jesus’ prayer in the garden of Gethsemane; He asked His Father to take the cup away from Him, nevertheless, “not My will, but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42, NKJV). Therefore, when we pray, we must understand that our request will be granted according to God’s will.
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