All parents want to give their children whatever they desire, and if they can, they do. God, our Father who is love, wants to bless us with everything we ask.
Why won't God answer us and give us what we ask if He wants to? It is because if His children, who have received the grace of salvation, do not keep His commandments and do not act in the Light, He cannot give answers to them. By looking into the eight questions below, I hope you will discover the original reasons or root causes that keep you from receiving answers and resolving the original problem.
01_Are you sure you are not committing murder?
The crime of physically killing somebody is murder, but in a spiritual sense to hate somebody is also committing murder (Exodus 20:13; 1 John 3:15). For example, if one has any sort of minimal discomfort against others, it means he has hatred. He has to admit this fact. When he finds this kind of original problem and prays to get rid of it, God will move his heart to realize such things as 'Since the Lord loves such a person as me, how can I hate anyone?' When we cast away hatred, it will lead to destroying other walls of sins made by jealousy, enviousness, judgment, condemnation, anger, and arguing.
02_Do you not have adulterous mind when you see somebody of opposite sex?
God wants us to cast away the adulterous mind and become God's children who are holy (Exodus 20:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5; Matthew 5:28). If we pray fervently and we are filled with the Spirit, we will realize how unclean an adulterous mind is and hate the fact that we have such a heart. Some people feel more comfortable with friends of opposite sex than those of same sex. Others use different words, act differently, and have different facial expressions when they meet with people of opposite sex. All these things may originate from lust. They should know that they may consider it natural to have physical desire for somebody of opposite sex due to the influence of the worldly culture if they are not cautious about it.
03_Do you have no desire to steal?
To steal is to covet somebody else's possessions. In the background of this desire is the desire to take or have something you did not earn. In Proverbs 11: 15 it tells us not to be a guarantor, yet people disobey God's will to walk the right path because they have the desire to gain benefit without toil. If we just take a pen or a piece of paper from another person without permission, it is stealing and we should find the roots of this kind of mind and pull it out completely. Then, no matter how difficult our financial situation is, we will never show any unrighteous act in any kind of temptation.
04_Do you rejoice always?
We can rejoice always because we have the hope for the beautiful kingdom of Heaven. No difficulty can pose any problem for us if we just have faith because with faith we can always rejoice. This is because God can solve any kind of problem and He always wants to give good things to His children. It's just that we do not experience the power of God because we begin to grieve and complain in difficult situations. To rejoice in hardships is the evidence of really trusting God and with trust we can rejoice and experience amazing things in the power and love of God.
05_Do you always pray according to the will of God?
If we truly love God, we pray every day, though nobody forces us to do so. We also pray wholeheartedly. But if someone is habitually falling asleep or murmuring meaningless repetitions before God, then they should check how much they love God. They pray earnestly in their personal prayers, but when they pray for the kingdom of God, they just utter meaningless repetitions saying the same thing all the time. They must examine their prayer when they pray before God at the appointed time and whether or not they pray for the kingdom and righteousness of God first.
06_Do you read at least a chapter of the Bible and memorize a verse every day?
We can meet the living God and feel Him through His Word written in the Bible. Those who love God always love to read and learn the Word of God (Psalm 1:2). Likewise, the Bible contains the love of God the Father. It contains the guidelines for us as to how we should live each day. It is also the source of the comfort to us from God. So, if we love God, we should naturally love to read His Word; we should want to find out His will and do His will; and we should want to know more of the Word by reading, hearing, and meditating on it.
07_Do you evangelize at least one person a year?
Those who love God and are loved by Him are always filled with happiness in life. So, they will speak about their secret of happiness to other people. They understand the heart of God who considers one soul more valuable than the whole world. So, they preach the gospel diligently when they see the souls that are going to Hell and they try to guide them to God. Of course, some of you want to preach the gospel, but cannot do it well because you are not bold enough. But I would like you to try to obey now with earnest love for souls. If we just preach in season and out of season, it is God who will give us the fruit.
08_Do you have peace with everybody?
'Do you have peace with God, your neighbor, and yourself?' This question is like a comprehensive question that covers all of the previous questions. To have peace with God means we have no wall of sin between God and us. Those who have peace with their neighbors have no conflict with anybody for they resemble God and are full of love. Those who have peace with themselves are those who have become sanctified, having no struggle with sins and untruths in the heart. If we solve the fundamental problem completely and destroy all the walls, we will have peace with everyone. Dissensions and quarrels will disappear and there will be peace wherever we go.
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