Confidence I

READ: 1 Jn 5: 14
MORE LESSONS: Gen. 21:1-2
Bible Reading in one Year: Nehemiah 10-13

I want to say emphatically that God answers prayers. If you have been praying to God for anything, I want to give you the assurance that God will answer you. However, there i s a condition given in our text today and once this condition is met the answer to your prayer cannot elude you. According to the first scripture, if you ask anything according to God’s will, He will surely answer you. This means that once you have been able to establish that your request is according to the will of God, when you pray , you are as good as walking in the answer .

The important question that must be answered is, What then is the will of God? As many things as are written in the Scripture are the will of God. Search the Scripture for God's promises; as many of those promises as you lay your hands on are the will of God for you. If it is written in the Word of God, it is God's will for you. The answer must come when you pray according to His Word because God cannot lie about His Word. The promises of a man can fail but the promises of God can never fail. Today I want you to locate what is written concerning you and pray based on that promise, and you can be confident that the answer is inevitable. This is the assurance that I want to give you today that there is certainty of answer to your prayers.

Another certainty is the factor of faith, If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord: Jam.1:5-7.
Today , answer will be your testimony , in Jesus’ mighty name.

Prayer/Action
* Give thanks that you have the God who answers prayer.
* Tell God that since He answered others like Abraham in the Bible, you believe He
will answer you.
* Tell God you have confidence in Him.