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Thursday, January 15, 2015

DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  JOHN 16:23-24

(23)  And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.  Verily, verily,  I say unto you.  Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
(24)  Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:  ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.


ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE!

Case in point,  (23) And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.  Verily, verily,  I say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Brethren, in this Chapter, Jesus ministered to his disciples, to prepare and comfort them, for his sufferings and departure from the world into his heavenly kingdom;  he encouraged them not to be sorrowful with despairing attitudes, for what will come upon them, while the world rejoice, but he will see them again and their sorrows will be turned into happiness; however, on that day, they will not be able to ask him questions but he assured them that whatsoever, they will ask the Father in his name, will be granted unto them.

Points to ponder, let us look at this verse in segments,  (24)  Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:  ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Jesus went on to say,  (i)  Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:  How come until now, you have not requested for anything in my name; therefore, let us be encourage to channel all our prayer requests to the Father through the Holy Name of Jesus!  For through his name, the Father is obligated to listen to our prayer requests and grant our hearts desires;  (ii)  ask, and ye shall receive,  we are to ask your heart desires with faith knowing that the Father can hear us and listening to our prayers; then our good heart desires will be given unto us; however, sometimes our prayers are not answered right away for reasons best known to the Father; today, if there are any unanswered prayers still lingering on our prayer lists, let us be encouraged to trust the Father's will and know that he will surely answer all prayers within his will at appointed times through the name of Jesus our Lord and Savior;  let us not give up or lose hope but continue to trust the master's will forevermore;  (iii)   that your joy may be full.  let us be encourage again, that there are merry making days ahead of believers who have prayed, to the Father through the name of Jesus and are still waiting for answers to petitions from the throne of grace, to have patience, for there are appointed times still ahead, when the Father will answer all prayers; on that day, there will be praises of happiness, joy, thanksgivings and peace everlasting.


WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT:

Fruits of thoughts, all believers and followers of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, at times in thier walk of faiths, have had unanswered prayers; per today'a text, all prayers are supposed to receive answers right away, if we pray them in faith through the Name of Jesus; however, at times though we pray to the Father through the Name of Jesus, our prayers are still not being answered; why? (a)  maybe or maybe not we asked those heart desires for wrong reasons;  James said,  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.  (James 4:3)  (b) at times, there are waiting periods, and we just have to wait for answers to come at appropriate times best known to the Father; (c)  at times, reasons why prayer petitions are delayed are known only to the Father; sometimes prayer answers are held back for seasons best in our interest; for the Father will not answer prayers that he knows will endanger and destruct our lives after we receive answers to those prayers;  (d)  sometimes, prayers are not answered simply because our requests are not in the will of the Father;  for example, if we pray to break up marriages so we can marry their spouses, believe me the Father will not answer those prayers or such evil prayers, and we can pray, fast and do vigils all we want, the Father will not listen or answer those prayers but will rather punish us for trying to break up homes that he had put together;  therefore, believers, let us ask wisely and in the will of the Father so we can receive the promises of the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.


CONCLUSION:

Dearly beloved, let us pray to the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior everyday, but, let us not ask for wrong heart desires but bring all our petitions in alignment with the scriptures; if our heart desires are not given to us in timely manners, maybe, they are not in the will of the Father or times are not appropriate yet to receive answers to those prayers; in these circumstances, let us continue to trust the Father still and wait for appointed times and know that the righteous Father is still in control of our lives;  for Apostle Paul said, faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)  Therefore, let us be encouraged to have faith in the Father regardless of our circumstances through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, forever and evermore.  Amen and Amen


QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  Deuteronomy 7:9  Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations:





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