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Aligning Your Desires with God’s Will

“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4  KJV The word ‘delight’ means “to take great pleasure; to be highly pleased.”  If we consider all that God does for us each day, it’s easy to delight ourselves in the Lord. I’ve heard preachers say, “God has promised to meet our needs, but no where in the Bible does He promise…

Keeping His Commandments

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. I John 3:22 KJV “And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him…” is pretty plain language.  That means that God will give us anything we ask. Anything?  Yes!  If …biggest two-letter word in the English language… we “keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing…

Conditions of Answered Prayer

True prayer is a form of worship.  It’s the time that we take to come before God our Creator in thanksgiving…with supplications and requests…seeking guidance or wisdom.  It’s a time when we recognize God for who He is – the Creator of all living and the Savior of mankind. Is it, therefore, unreasonable for God to ask something in return for blessing us with our petitions? Remember, God knows the…