Great Promise of Answered Prayer
"Almighty God seems to fear we will hesitate to ask largely, apprehensive that we will strain His ability. He declares that He is ‘able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.’ [Ephesians 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
See All...] He almost paralyses us by giving us a carte blanche, ‘Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me." [Isaiah 45:11Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
See All...] How He charges, commands and urges us to pray! He goes beyond promise and says: ‘Behold my Son! I have given Him to you.’ ‘He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?’ [Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
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"God gave us all things in prayer by promise because He had given us all things in His Son. Amazing gift—His Son! Prayer is as illimitable as His own Blessed Son. There is nothing on earth nor in Heaven, for time or eternity, that God’s Son did not secure for us. By prayer God gives us the vast and matchless inheritance which is ours by virtue of His Son. God charges us to ‘come boldly to the throne of grace.’ [Hebrews 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
See All...] God is glorified and Christ is honoured by large asking."