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Fighting and praying are a bad combo
'... that your prayers may not be hindered.' 1 Peter 3:7
When you're on a footy team, you and your teammates want the same thing - to win! If you spend all your time fighting and arguing instead of training, do you think you'll win as much as you could? As if! When you want something, you need to work together to get it, not against each other. The same goes for prayer. If you want to see prayers answered, then the right place to be is without '... anger or disputing' (1 Timothy 2:8 NIV).
When you fight or argue, do you always win? No. James says that the sole reason for that sometimes, is because you should have been praying, not fighting. 'What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? ... You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have ... so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong ...' (James 4:1-3 NLT).
Another reason for unsuccessful prayer is selfishness. Are you asking for something that will benefit you, but hold others back? Chances are, it won't work! So whatever you're praying for, make sure you're not having a barney with your mum or your mate at the same time - praying and fighting don't mix.
written by Bob Gass
'... that your prayers may not be hindered.' 1 Peter 3:7
When you're on a footy team, you and your teammates want the same thing - to win! If you spend all your time fighting and arguing instead of training, do you think you'll win as much as you could? As if! When you want something, you need to work together to get it, not against each other. The same goes for prayer. If you want to see prayers answered, then the right place to be is without '... anger or disputing' (1 Timothy 2:8 NIV).
When you fight or argue, do you always win? No. James says that the sole reason for that sometimes, is because you should have been praying, not fighting. 'What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? ... You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have ... so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong ...' (James 4:1-3 NLT).
Another reason for unsuccessful prayer is selfishness. Are you asking for something that will benefit you, but hold others back? Chances are, it won't work! So whatever you're praying for, make sure you're not having a barney with your mum or your mate at the same time - praying and fighting don't mix.
written by Bob Gass
