Wednesday, October 18, 2006
TODAY'S DEVOTION 17 OCTOBER
The Father Wants to Give You Whatever You Ask
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
John 15:16
Jesus refers time and time again to the topic of prayer and answer to prayer. The world is full of people who pray. People of all religions pray. It is not prayer in itself that is interesting but rather the fact that God answers prayer. Jesus tells us how prayer answer comes. He says, “Whatever you ask in My name.” The key is His name. It is the name of Jesus, because of what He has done, that enables God to answer the prayers of His people.
But other requirements are also mentioned in this verse. We cannot merely pray for anything in whatever fashion. We must know and live in His will. Jesus says that He has chosen us. He has determined that we should go. He has determined that we should bear fruit. So we must acknowledge and respond to this call. We must get moving; we must go out and do what He has asked us to do. Then we will be fruitful.
When these conditions are met Jesus promises we can ask whatever we want and we will receive it. In obeying our calling, in working toward bearing fruit we need unlimited answer to prayer. Therefore, Jesus assures us that we can ask whatever we want. If you do not believe your prayers will be answered, examine your attitudes. Search your heart and see if you are where you ought to be. Disobedience in your life renders this verse invalid. The promise of answered prayer is for those who have responded to the call to go out and bear fruit.
- Ulf Ekman
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it's time to harvest; i will be fruitful. i am called to bear fruit!
there's gonna be an explosion - souls saved, people's lives changed, leaders rising up.
taking the o levels, doing His work. keeping things tight.
PRAYING - 10:10 (:
can't wait for the growth. it's so exciting.
i have faith in the name of Jesus.
Threw the stars ;6:01:00 AM
