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Seeking God or His Reward ~ Message 82
There are thousands of books for sale on how to get what we want from God but few ask the question, why God doesn’t answer more of our prayers. Could God answer more often? If He can than why doesn’t He? The short answer is that He doesn’t want to.
As small children we were totally dependent on our parents or guardians for everything. Oh, we never thought about the basic needs like food and shelter or even where the money came from to provide the luxuries in life such as entertainment or comfort. Our primary focus in life was trying to get what we wanted, when we wanted it. Our first effort as a baby was to cry and the volume, as we quickly learned was to communicate the seriousness of the need. As we grew, we developed much more effective and subtle ways to get our way. It has been said that children are the best sales people on earth, they never take no for an answer and continually find ways to adjust their sales presentation for better results.
Prayer is the way we present our requests to God, and much like children we look for ways to influence God to our way of thinking, but is that what God is looking for, just a more effective presentation, or are we missing something more important here? This message addresses that very thing.
Salient Points: The churches focus in the last days, Why speak of God’s glory, Focusing on church, How big is God, The Christian’s routine, Why doesn’t God answer more of our prayers, Duty prayers, Seeking what, Understanding as a child, The language of tears, Seeking Him or His, Just wanting more, God’s reward, Rejected due to pride, Don’t be the one, Thinking God is like us, Getting God’s attention, Giving God what He wants, When does God respond, Luke warm love, The best of times, Stuck in the routine, Robbed by believers, For His own glory, Becoming more impressed, Change is on us, When God increases, Who does God do it for, Getting past the stuff, When it is all about Him, Seeing our awesome God, When the warmth is gone, The worst sin.
Scripture: Psalm 145:3-4, Heb. 11:6, Rom.3:9-12, John 3:30
Special Thanks,
Images courtesy of; Hubble Telescope, Nassau, Space Science Telescope Institute and the James Webb Space Telescope that include selected scriptures from the public domain version of The King James Bible. The availability of STScI materials on this website does not imply the endorsement of STScI or by any STScI employee of any private use of such materials, including, in particular, any commercial use and any use intended to mislead. For more information please visit our Copyright Information page by clicking here.
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By Our Timeless CreatorThere are thousands of books for sale on how to get what we want from God but few ask the question, why God doesn’t answer more of our prayers. Could God answer more often? If He can than why doesn’t He? The short answer is that He doesn’t want to.
As small children we were totally dependent on our parents or guardians for everything. Oh, we never thought about the basic needs like food and shelter or even where the money came from to provide the luxuries in life such as entertainment or comfort. Our primary focus in life was trying to get what we wanted, when we wanted it. Our first effort as a baby was to cry and the volume, as we quickly learned was to communicate the seriousness of the need. As we grew, we developed much more effective and subtle ways to get our way. It has been said that children are the best sales people on earth, they never take no for an answer and continually find ways to adjust their sales presentation for better results.
Prayer is the way we present our requests to God, and much like children we look for ways to influence God to our way of thinking, but is that what God is looking for, just a more effective presentation, or are we missing something more important here? This message addresses that very thing.
Salient Points: The churches focus in the last days, Why speak of God’s glory, Focusing on church, How big is God, The Christian’s routine, Why doesn’t God answer more of our prayers, Duty prayers, Seeking what, Understanding as a child, The language of tears, Seeking Him or His, Just wanting more, God’s reward, Rejected due to pride, Don’t be the one, Thinking God is like us, Getting God’s attention, Giving God what He wants, When does God respond, Luke warm love, The best of times, Stuck in the routine, Robbed by believers, For His own glory, Becoming more impressed, Change is on us, When God increases, Who does God do it for, Getting past the stuff, When it is all about Him, Seeing our awesome God, When the warmth is gone, The worst sin.
Scripture: Psalm 145:3-4, Heb. 11:6, Rom.3:9-12, John 3:30
Special Thanks,
Images courtesy of; Hubble Telescope, Nassau, Space Science Telescope Institute and the James Webb Space Telescope that include selected scriptures from the public domain version of The King James Bible. The availability of STScI materials on this website does not imply the endorsement of STScI or by any STScI employee of any private use of such materials, including, in particular, any commercial use and any use intended to mislead. For more information please visit our Copyright Information page by clicking here.