We’re blessed with many great resources for Christian growth. Dr. Henry Morris’ Days of Praise devotional is one such resource, and recently featured a great message on prayer.
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”
This promise is comprehensive and unlimited—a tremendous assurance of answered prayer. But there is one proviso—according to His will! There are a number of Christians who, with all good intentions, have argued that it evidences a lack of faith to add the qualification “if it be thy will” to one’s prayer. But this can hardly be true in light of the example of Christ Himself, when he “prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt” (Matthew 26:39).
Read the rest of this devotional at https://www.icr.org/article/11049
Excerpt from Praying According to His Will © 1994-2019 Institute for Creation Research. All Rights Reserved. www.icr.org
