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How can we
avoid the disasters that are coming into the world?
“Watch
therefore at all times and pray that you may be able to avoid all these future
disasters and stand before the Son of Man” (Luke 21.36).
Note.
Vigilance is as necessary as prayer is if we are to avoid evil, deceit, and
end-time calamities.
What
happens if a person loses vigilance?
“But if
that servant says in his heart, “My master will not come soon”, and begins to
beat servants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, then the master
of that servant will come on a day on which he does not expect, and at an hour,
at who does not think, and will cut him, and subject him to the same fate with
the unbelievers” (Luke 12.45-46).
What should
the servants of Christ be like when He comes?
“Let your
loins be girded and your lamps burning; and you will be like people who are
waiting for their master to return from marriage, so that when he comes and
knocks, they will immediately open the door to him. Blessed are those servants
whom the master, when he comes (coming), finds awake” (Luke 12.35-37).
Do we
always know what to pray for?
“Likewise,
the Spirit strengthens (us) in our weaknesses; for we do not know what to pray
for as we ought” (Rom 8.26).
Does God
always see fit to grant our requests?
“Thrice I
prayed to the Lord to remove him from me, but the Lord said to me: “My grace is
sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor
12.8-9).
Note.
Paul's ailment, according to some, was poor eyesight (see Acts 9.8-9.18, 22.11-13).
This defect was to constantly remind him of his conversion, and therefore it
was to him in a certain sense a blessing.
How does
God foresee the needs of His children?
“And it
shall come to pass, before they call, I will answer; they will speak yet, and I
will hear” (Is 65.24).
Is there
any limit to God's ability to help?
“And to Him
who, by the power that works in us, can do incomparably more than all that we
ask or think about” (Eph 3.20).
How richly
has God promised to meet your needs?
“My God
shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”
(Phil 4.19).
On what
condition, according to Christ, will we receive what we ask?
“Therefore
I say to you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you will receive it, and
it will be yours” (Mark 11.24).
Will God
answer prayer without faith?
“But let
him ask in faith, not a little doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave
of the sea, driven up and tossed by the wind: let not such a person think to
receive anything from the Lord” (Jac 1.6-7).
What kind
of prayers can we definitely say that they will be heard by God?
“And
behold, what boldness we have towards Him, that when we ask anything according
to His will, He hears us; and when we know that He listens to us in everything
we ask, we also know that we receive what we ask from Him” (1 John 5.14-15).
Note. God's will is expressed in His law, His promises, and His Word (see Ps 40.9, Rom 2.17-18, 1 Pet 1.4).
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