THE OFTEN NEGLECTED CONDITIONS FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For MONDAY, 27TH MARCH, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: THE OFTEN NEGLECTED CONDITIONS FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS

MEMORIZE: "² You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures." James 4:2-3.

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 119:33-40.

“³³ Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. ³⁶ Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way. ³⁸ Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness."

EXPOSITION:

1. Prayer: Lord teach me...

Condition: Decision to do whatever He teaches v1 "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord!"

2. Prayer: Give me understanding...

Condition: Wholehearted determination to keep and observe the revealed truth v34 "Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart."

3. Prayer: Direct my steps to do Your will.

Conditions: You must have love for the will or word of God v35 ".

4. Prayer: Touch my heart to focus on your word.

Condition: All ungodly and worldly distractions must be crushed by prayer of consecration v35 "Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it."

5. Prayer: Turn my eyes from the deception of worldly and vain things.

Condition: You must be quickened by the Holy Spirit and be strong in the Lord v37 "Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way."

6. Check vv 38, 39 for the prayers and the conditions for answers - "Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good."

Q: Are those prayer points part of your heartfelt prayers? Reflect. Pray that they will.

Q: How faithful are you to the conditions?

PRAYER POINT: Pray earnestly on each of the prayer points in the text.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  2 Samuel  7 - 9.

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