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Christians that will wind up in the Lake of Fire

How is this possible? Let me explain.

Have you ever wondered about these verses in Matthew 7:21-23 ? “ Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles? “

“ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; LEAVE ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS. “

Jesus is talking to Christians. First of all they used the term “Lord, Lord” which the Bible says “ no one can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit” ( 1 Corinthians 12:3 )

These people did the works of God casting out demons, healing the sick and many other great things. Using the name of Jesus works and believing or having faith doing it works so what’s up with this? why did Jesus say depart from me I never knew (approved) you ?

The simple answer is they were living in sin. They went back to the sins they were committing before they were saved and never repented. They listened to doctrines of devils like being taught today in many churches and by many pastors that false teaching of hypergrace where you can do whatever you please and still go to heaven. A great example of this today is denominations teaching “Once saved always saved” This is a doctrine of devils started by Calvin. No one can keep on sinning after being born again and go to heaven, it’s a lie.

Can you imagine the millions of Christians who will be shocked on judgment day because they believed the lie?

There is a great difference between being born into the kingdom and inheriting the kingdom. 1st Corinthians 6:9 “ 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.11And that is what some of you were.” Many people have been born into the kingdom but that doesn’t mean necessarily that they will inherit the kingdom. And there’s a difference.

You enter the kingdom through salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as He is the door. After you did if you went back into your old ways God will not let you inherit the Kingdom. None of those who commit the sins mentioned will inherit the Kingdom.

Jesus said if you don’t live Holy you won’t make it. Be ye Holy for I am Holy.

Whoever would love life 

and see good days 

must keep his tongue from evil 

and his lips from deceitful speech.

11He must turn from evil and do good; 

he must seek peace and pursue it.

12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, 

and His ears are inclined to their prayer. 

But the face of the Lord is against 

those who do evil.”

Bottom line is live Holy so Jesus will not say to you depart from me you who do lawlessness, but will say “ Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.”

If you’ve sinned repent God will forgive you and go and sin no more….

Don’t let your mate keep you from God

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ( Matthew 24:37) We must love God more than anyone or anything, more than our father, our mother, our children, even our mate.

Luke chapter 12 states: Do you think that I came to provide peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. (Matthew 10:37) And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

Shocking statements from Jesus giving you a heads up that putting anyone or anything above God first is folly and makes us live a selfish and sinful life. For many loving the world will be their doom. Loving money, your job, sports teams, entertainment, cars, homes, sex, and any worldly pleasure before loving Jesus and the Father is just wrong.

Do you begin your day with prayer and thanksgiving ending your day the same way? Or does the worries of the world choke out the love, joy, peace and faith and willingness to serve God in your life?

Now by all means you should love your mate and children and family with all your heart but not more than your Creator who loves you more than any human could possibly love you. The One who loves you so much that he sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.

If God knows the number of hairs on your head don’t you think He knows your heart and knows your needs? Don’t you realize He has a plan for your life when He said “ For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.(Jeremiah 29:11) “

You should know the signs of the times and how close we are to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Make an effort to surrender totally to Jesus. Ask Him to help you where you lack faith and confidence and spend everyday living Holy without which we will not see the kingdom of God. It’s not impossible you know. When you blow it just repent from your heart and move forward.

John 10 says the word of faith is in your heart and in your mouth that if you believe that Jesus is Lord and believe God raised Him from the dead and speak it out with your mouth you will be saved for all who call on the name of the Lord He will in no way cast out. All must come to repentance and confess Jesus. He loves you and will be with you forever.

Pray sincerely and ask Jesus to fill you with the Holy Spirit and fire and give you a new heart. He will do it and won’t give you something else. Then you will begin to know Him and what the Holy Spirit is saying to the body of Christ today. Study and read your Bible and don’t be ignorant of the true message of the Gospel. Forget about what’s going on in the world with rumors of war and political upheaval, just believe the word of God when He said “ I will never leave you nor forsake you even to the end of the age….

You have little knowledge how much God loves you

Probably the most outstanding important issue in Christianity is understanding the Love of God for His Children. Sure everyone has heard the phrase “God loves you or Jesus loves you” but what does that really mean to the individual person?

You have heard or read that Jesus died on the cross for your sins but do you realize the fallen human nature prior to being born again is wiped out when you believe? The questions arise how can that be because I still sin or I still struggle with the same sins of my past even after I got saved, but do you really? Your Conscience is part of your soul and that gives you the knowledge of right and wrong and you get a check in your spirit when your being bad or about to sin. Every born again believer has had a change take place on the inside and you don’t like the things of your past and you don’t do the things you used to do. All of the sudden life looks different and little by little you begin to put away the sins that plagued you past life,

What actually happens is your Spirit is born again by the Holy Spirit inside of you and your a new creature in Christ. Jesus said “do not marvel, you must be born again” All things (of your past) have passed away and all things (of your future) are brand new. So if that’s true, which it is, why do you still struggle with sins? The main reason is because you you lack understanding of Gods love and what really happen when you received Jesus as your Savior and Lord. Your struggle is with your flesh through your mind, but your Spirit is new and clean and is the same spirit Jesus has, it’s your flesh that sins and will be destroyed in the end.

Many get beat up in their mind all the time about pass sins as the enemy tries to pound you with guilt and rob your joy and especially your confidence that your born again and going to heaven. The enemies job is to neutralize you so you don’t share your faith.

You are the righteousness of God in Christ! Not your righteousness but Jesus righteousness in you. We need to renew our minds to line up with the word of God. We cannot be saved by our actions the only way to be saved is through faith in Jesus and what He did for us (Romans 3:24-28) the action that will be rewarded with eternal life is the action of Faith. Through Jesus we are cleansed of all our sin (Acts 13:38-39). (Revelation 1:5).

When salvation takes place, our response is to live Holy. Holiness is a fruit of salvation not the Root of it. Being good will not save you, neither will doing good things, only faith in Jesus does that.

Romans 3:26 says …to declare, I say, at this time, His righteousness: that he might be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus. So we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. (Romans 3:28). Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1).

Remember it’s His righteousness not ours, it’s His holiness, not ours. We can have both by believing and trusting in Him, the Son of God Jesus Christ. He loves us so much, so much….

WW III ON THE HORIZON BUT SO IS REVELATION

To understand what’s going on in the world and what will take place in the not to distant future you only need to read and study the book of Revelation in the Bible as prophesy is being fulfilled right before our eyes and the countdown to Jesus Christ’s second coming is just around the corner, within just a few years.

Most churches don’t study the Revelation at all and many refuse to even discuss it for fear of losing members plus the fact that pastors and priest have no clue what it all means or how to even go about studying it, yet it’s the only book that promises a blessing on those who read it.

To begin with you must understand it is not written in chronological order but instead it’s actually written in four parts all discussing the same event from different perspectives, that being the return of Jesus Christ and what follows. Just as we have the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John describing the life of Christ, so it’s the same with Revelation broken down in four parts all describing the return of Jesus and events that unfold.

Here the way it breaks down and how to study it: four divisions

Revelation 4:1 – Revelation 8:1-5

Revelation 8:6 – Revelation 11:19

Revelation 12:1 – Revelation 14:20

Revelation 15:1 – Revelation 19:20

Remember all these scriptures are the same events told with different perspectives and additional details for each one.

Some of the events have already taken place and some are coming sooner rather than later. Breaking down the seals, trumpets and vials is paramount to understanding. Chapter 4 begins the prophetic future and is not the rapture as some teach.

The Seals that Jesus broke open are a series of events that occurred over a long period time ending with the second coming of Jesus Christ in the battle of Armageddon. The Trumpets are a shorter version of the same events ending with the battle of Armageddon. The Vials are a very short version of the same events ending with the battle of Armageddon.

The Seven Seals in chapter 5 set everything in motion. They are not Gods wrath but Satans wrath on the earth after being kicked out of heaven.

Some things are symbolism but are later explained in the book or in the Old Testament books.

Chapter 5 says worship the Lamb 100 million angels worship Him who sits on the thrown and the lamb who was slain who is worthy.

Heres a quick review of the time lines. Three sections of the book are: Things which thou has seen ( chapter 1), the things which are (chapters 2 &3), and the things which shall be hereafter (starting with chapter 4 :1)

There is only one rapture and only one second coming but they are told several times throughout the chapters.

Timeline of the seven seals are there are five. White horse is catholicism, second seal is communism the red horse, the third horse is black and is the symbol of capitalism, the fourth horse is green and a symbol of Islamism, and the fifth seal timeline is the great tribulation which is not Gods wrath. The sixth seal is the battle of Armageddon. And the seventh seal is the rapture.

Timeline of the seven Trumpets are first trumpet WWI, the second trumpet is WWII, the third represents the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, the fourth is the speeding up of time and shortness of days, the fifth trumpet is the gulf wars and Saddam Hussein, the sixth predicts a future WWIII that is coming in which a third of the world population will be killed, the seventh trumpet is the battle of Armageddon and the rapture.

Now the timeline of the Vials which are all in the future are Gods Wrath. The first vial is sores on mankind who took the mark of the beast during the tribulation, the second vial is the sea became blood (most likely the sea of the Middle East) third vial the rivers become blood, fourth vial mankind scorched by the sun, the fifth vial a great plague of horrible darkness, the sixth vial the Euphrates river dries up to make a way for the kings of the east to come down for the battle of Armageddon. The seventh vial earths greatest earthquake and 100 to 120 pound hail storm. Also contained in the seventh vial is the Rapture of Believers.

The final seven years of the end of this age begins when Israel signs a peace treaty. After the signing the third temple will be built and animal sacrifice will be reinstated by the Jews who are lost because they do not believe in Jesus as Gods only begotten Son.

In addition there will be the great final harvest of souls throughout the earth in the final great awakening before Jesus returns.

The final generation will be those who see The abomination of desolation set up in the holy placeand see those Jews flee to the mountains.

Every being in heaven and on earth will see the King of Kings come on clouds of glory, everyone that has ever lived and every being that was created will see Him come to judge the wicked and the dead, all those who have not made Him their Savior and Lord….

The Source of all your Quarrels

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? You lust and do not have so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

You ask and do not receive because you ask with the wrong motives so that you may spend it on your pleasures.”

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”

Or do you not think that the scripture speaks at no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He made to dwell in us.”

God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble. Submit therefore to God, Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands of sin and purify your hearts and stop being double-minded.

The source of all your troubles is your fleshly desires and arrogant attitude being self willed and not loving people and your neighbor as yourself. Every conflict you have can be traced back to self, think about it, meditate upon examining yourself change your ways and you will see with your heart and not your eyes. Keep Jesus first and foremost in all you do, in all your thoughts and you will not sin but have peace within. In this world you will have trouble but take heart, Jesus has overcome the world, abide and stay close to Him, He loves you so much but you must do your part…..

Coronavirus will not harm the redeemed!

First and foremost read Psalms 91 and believe it. No plague will come near your tent(house)

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

3Surely He will deliver you

from the snare of the fowler,

and from the deadly plague.

4He will cover you with His feathers;

under His wings you will find refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

5You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

7Though a thousand may fall at your side,

and ten thousand at your right hand,

no harm will come near you.

8You will only see it with your eyes

and witness the punishment of the wicked.

9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—

my refuge, the Most High—

10no evil will befall you,

no plague will approach your tent.

11For He will command His angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

12They will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13You will tread on the lion and cobra;

you will trample the young lion and serpent.

14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him;

because he knows My name, I will protect him.

15When he calls out to Me,

I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble.

I will deliver him and honor him.

16With long life I will satisfy him

and show him My salvation.”

This is for all the redeemed, the believers in Jesus Christ living holy lives. Not for the sinners or unbelievers, Are you following Jesus? If not repent and and call on Jesus to save you and forgive you in this sinful world..

All who are in the tombs will hear His voice

All who are in the tombs will hear His voice

So many misunderstand passages concerning the resurrection at the end of the age. Let’s see what Jesus the Christ said in The gospel of John in chapter 6. Plain as the nose on your face He spells it out.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26“For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. 28“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.”

ALL WILL HEAR HIS VOICE BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED! The righteous will have a resurrection of life become immortal and live for eternity. The wicked will have a resurrection of death and burn in the lake of fire for eternity. Everyone Is resurrected in the same time frame.

Jesus also said “ You search the scriptures because YOU THINK THAT IN THEM YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE and these scriptures testify about Me and YOU ARE UNWILLING TO COME TO ME SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE”

See what He is saying? Reading and studying the scriptures is not eternal life, YOU MUST COME TO HIM to have eternal life and when you do you become born again, your spirit is born again! Jesus doesn’t receive glory from men He gets glory from the Father. We pray and sing and worship him and praise Him because of who He is and what He has done for us, not to glorify Him, only the Father can do that. We love and bless the Lord with all that is within us for He alone is Lord and our King.

Now realize this statement about your salvation that Jesus spoke: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Strike up the band, let the Choir sing and musicians play

And let all the nations come to the mercy and grace only Jesus can provide. WE PASS OUT OF DEATH INTO LIFE! Have you believed ? Then after your heart and mind has repented (turned around) then go get baptized like Jesus said to do, in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit and do it quickly. We are all baptized into one body by one Spirit, the Spirit of the living God. Now after your born again when you read the Bible it comes alive and the Holy Spirit will teach you as you read. The Bible has to be spiritually discerned and that cannot happen with a carnal mind, it can only take place after the Spirit indwells within you…

God’s not Dead but the Majority of Churches are..

There are three main reasons why people go to church religiously: Guilt, Habit or Hunger. With guilt people know they have messed up and feel unworthy. They go instinctively to meet the One who can forgive them and change them, but instead of finding a connection and a real personal relationship with God most of the time they’re only presented with ritual and rules in the modern or traditional way. The power and presence of God is not in the services.

With Habit, finding or seeking God may not even be a goal because they are so entrenched in the religious system of the world or their denomination that the result is only going through the motions of a walk with the Lord because there is no power in their lives to fight against the enemy. They look and act just like the people in the world; the unsaved throughout the week then put on their Christian badge on Sunday so everyone can see. The presence of God is nowhere in their lives nor do they care to even enter in to His presence. They are happy just the way things are and the desire to really know God is not there.

Hunger: they want to know more about God and go to church to learn, but instead of finding His presence, they’re often presented with traditions, habits, rules, and dogmas and other nonsense that has nothing to do with finding the presence of God. Why? Because most churches that don’t preach and teach the fullness of the gospel totally and in the power. They might as well call themselves the Country Club.

Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not saying don’t go to church but don’t go to a dead church where they don’t preach the fullness of Jesus Christ and there is no presence of God by His Holy Spirit in worship and teachings.

Many are now having home bible study with worship and prayer and fellowship right in the homes where Gods Holy Spirit can freely move and teach without denominational doctrine. There is only one true doctrine and that’s the Apostles doctrine as written in the Holy Bible. Isn’t it strange the Bible says “no man needs to teach you? “And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.”(1 Jn 2:27) Read and study the word and the Holy Spirit will teach you. Now if you don’t have the anointing of the Holy Spirit you must seek it through prayer and faith in Jesus Christ otherwise how can the anointing teach you? The anointing is the filling or fullness of the Holy Spirit.

The true word for church is “Ecclesia” which simply means a gathering in a group of like minded people not just going to a building to practice a religion. God does not wait around for a week waiting for you to show up so you can have church! He does not live in a building or temple made with hands, He lives in our hearts and spirit by His Holy Spirit! The kingdom of God is within you and not of this world.

Church is not and was never supposed to be a substitute for a everyday direct relationship between you and God. 99% of all your battles in life are outside the church building in real life and you cannot run to a building every time there is a problem, no no you run to God immediately in prayer and converse with Him and read the word. We must all practice walking in the light daily, seeking His will for our lives and pray the Lord’s Prayer when we rise up in the mornings without fail and then talk with Him throughout the day as you would to a friend. When you blow it and sin and you will, repent quickly and don’t run away from God instead run to Him as He is merciful and forgives as soon as you come to Him and repent. We all need to repent and forgive daily and walk in His light and follow His word. Now you know perilous times have begun and horrible things are on the horizon, but God is with us and Jesus will never forsake you, ever…..Lift up you family, friends, city and nation in prayer and don’t let you love grow cold because lawlessness abounds, instead take everything to God in prayer…

Every Person born is guaranteed eternal life

Every person born is guaranteed eternal life (but where?) Every single person is born into this world as a sinner. Every single precious baby girl or boy are born in sin, because they sinned? No because their mother and father are sinners. ” There is none righteous, no not one” (Romans 3:10) read it for yourself.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5) Again read it for yourself. It’s not long before the sweetest children begin to rebel and sin against their parents. The main first word they learn after “Mama and Papa” is NO. Why? For their own safety. Still they rebel and many get hurt and some die tragically because they decided to rebel against their parents or grandparents.

Why? Because they are born in sin and every human heart is born wicked. Here’s the verse: (Jeremiah 17:9) “… the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked : who can know it?” Yes your heart and my heart are is desperately wicked unless you keep it in check and walk with God daily. Even Christians do wicked things on occasion and must repent and return to God.

Only one person was ever born was sinless and never sinned, the Lord Jesus Christ. Gods Son became capable of sinning after He was born of a woman ( and yes his Mother Mary was a sinner because she was born into sin just like every human being) but Jesus even though severely tempted by Satan never sinned ever! Jesus then submitted to the Father in Heaven and laid down His life and shed His blood for the remission of sins for every person who by faith believes in Him and confesses Him as Lord and follows His command to be baptized in water.

One of the smartest Jewish leaders of his day came to Jesus at night because He didn’t want to be ridiculed by the Pharisees. He asked Jesus about everlasting life and Jesus told him this very very important statement: “Verily, verily I say to you no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again” (John 3:3) Now Jesus went on to explain by the Spirit every person must be born again , read it for yourself.

So every person who expects to be saved now here on earth and be rewarded at death of their body to spend eternity in Heaven with the Father and Jesus and all the Saints must absolutely positively be born again of the Spirit of God. And if your born again you know it in your heart and you live your life following Jesus and the Bible.

Being saved is not repeating some words someone told you to say, nor is it attending some special church someone told you to attend, nor is it following rules and regulations laid down by someone, nor is it giving to the poor or doing great works, nor is it getting baptized. What it is believing in you deepest soul and heart that Jesus Christ is the Only begotten Son of God and only He can save your soul and believe He died and rose again and is coming back. It must be such a conviction that you truly repent of your sins and make a very conscious decision you will follow Him and remain faithful until you die. When you do then and only then do you become born again of the Spirit, and then you can get baptized to fulfill the promise. “We are all born into the body of Christ by One Spirit whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, we are all made to drink of one Spirit.” ( 1st Corinthians 12:13) Read it for yourself.

I played around with Christianity on and off in my life but one day I said to God ” I can’t do this I’m not strong enough” and that’s when God really began to move strongly in my life, the more I admitted I was weak He became stronger and the more I let go of this world and stayed surrendered, the more Gods Spirit took hold of my life. It is a process to let go of your life and give it to Him. Above all I know it is by grace through faith that I am saved, not a cheap grace being preached in many places today, but a Godly saving grace for souls crying out to God to be saved and forgiven. Don’t tell me your saved if you live like hell and live just like the world, your just deceiving yourself and you probably won’t make it. Today and everyday we must repent and ask forgiveness and begin each new day better than the last one and never give up, never and keep the faith….if you don’t you’ll still live for eternity but in the lake of fire…

Why your prayers don’t get answered..

Most people pray if only now and again or when disaster strikes, but do their prayers get answered? For those not in tune with God that answer is probably no. There is really a few simple reasons why this happens and it’s as plain as the nose on your face. First let’s take a quick look at what is actually recorded in the text of life; the word of God.

1st John 3:21 says this :”Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. This friends, is the first and foremost reason prayer results never come. First reason is “if our hearts does not condemn us” and this speaks volumes. Our hearts are condemned by KNOWN SIN in our lives. Why do people think God will overlook their know Unconfessed sin? Some never even stop to think “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.” (Luke 12:2) Just look at what’s happening today, all the Revelation coming out about people’s private sex lives , not to mention all the corruption being exposed in governments around the world. We are just witnessing the tip of the iceberg with much more that will come out in the coming weeks and months. And how do they try and get your mind off of what’s happening? Simple just create a false flag; some sort of disaster or new narrative to change the subject or news cycle; thus creating a false flag. It’s the same with individuals; just divert attention away from the truth.

Secondly, “ if you heart condemns you, you have zero confidence when you pray” your just wasting your breath and your words just hit the ceiling and drop to the floor.

However; if you heart DOES NOT CONDEMN YOU, you have great confidence because you are clean and not hiding known sins because you have truly repented of those sins and they are forgiven and forgotten. And if that’s the case you have every right to EXPECT an answer from the Almighty Father in heaven! We have the faith to know that because we do things that are pleasing to God and keep His commandments with no purposeful sin in our lives, God will absolutely, positively answer our prayers in due time.

The only other way that doesn’t happen is if we ask for things with the wrong motives.”You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.” (James 4:3) For example: God I want a brand new car. Instead of Father please help me get a car so I can get to work and keep my job. Or God I need more money (and you thinking of all the ways you can spend it) instead of saying Father please give me great favor with my employer and supervisors so I can get a raise to help me pay my bills and give more to the poor and my church.

If you have no hidden sins and you know what hidden sins are; sneaking around and having an affair or watching porno, or stealing from your place of work, or causing dissensions by gossiping behind people’s back, or lying to cover up your weaknesses like DRUGS or alcoholism or homosexuality or any number of things that are too numerous to mention. You know if you have secret sins and you know exactly what they are and why they are being done. IF so, then cry out to God for His forgiveness and repent in sorrow and He will forgive you and restore you.

So the bottom line in getting your prays answered is this: have a clean heart that does not condemn you when you pray and your prayers will get answered in due time as you rest in assurances that God hears your prayers and loves you and will answer them. So stop doubting and stay strong and take courage, because God never fails and know He may test your faith during the process to see if you are faithful and mean business. “Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.” Don’t you think it’s about time you start believing and using your faith and see the answers come?

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