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Jesus taught his disciples to pray, but not all manner. There is even a story of a man praying a prayer God didn’t think much of.A preacher once said, "Pray all manner of prayer; allow God to answer the one He likes (chooses)".
Do you agree with this?
Where?Scripture says God doesn’t answer some prayers so no
Jeremiah 11:14Where?
That's unfortunateThis is actually very important. I’ve seen a minister who was once anointed in his messages lose it because he stubbornly refused God’s correction. His prayers for help and understanding were rejected and he blamed God continually in his sermons. It only made matters worse. And eventually he reached a point where God withdrew his anointing. It was noticeable. Today I cannot stand his sermons although I love the brother and pray for him. “Hypocrite” is the best adjective for him, a word that meant “actor” which is what he’s become. All for not understanding the ways of God.
What happened? He didn’t know the ways of God. The loss is great.
There’s scripture that says he doesn’t hear some prayers. There’s no scripture that says He “drops” one the believer refuses to think about first.Maybe to reiterate the preacher's intent...
It was during one of those bible classes, and the preacher raised some prayer points that eventually turned controversial. Some thought it "praying amiss".
And he was like, "Well, if you don't agree with me on this, let's just present all requests to The Lord, He'll screen all, if there are some bad ones, He'll drop 'em.
Yes, it was quite heart-breaking to see. But we learn when we watch the mistakes others make. We’ll never live long enough to make them all ourselves.That's unfortunate