Matthew 7:7-8 KJV
Have you ever read this scripture and wondered why God is not giving you what you ask for? There are reasons that we don't always get what we ask of God. First of all, this scripture is three fold. We are told to ASK, but then we are also told to SEEK and KNOCK. We must SEEK GOD, KNOCK upon heaven's door. When we begin to do that, then those things we ask for we will start receiving. There are other stipulations to God giving you what you ask for as well. We must have FAITH in God. So many times throughout the scriptures it was the person's faith that touched God and made him give them what they ask for.
Mark 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Luke 7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Acts 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Finally, one of the biggest reasons we don't get what we ask of God is that we ask foolishly. We expect God to hear our prayers and bless us but we don't want to live a righteous life and serve him. We live to fulfill the LUSTS of the flesh instead of living for God's GLORY!
James 4:2-3
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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