According to His Will

I John 5:14-15 (NKJ)

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

I believe God loves His children and works on their behalf. So many times pastors have been guilty of preaching a prosperity gospel. By that I mean you tell God what you want and He will give it to you. The key to your answered prayers are the underlined words in verse 14, according to His will. So often we ask but don’t ask if it is His will to have it. That is a very hard lesson to learn and from it can come great disappointment.

While God hears your prayers He is not going to answer with something that will be detrimental to you. For that reason we thank God for answering prayer according to His Word!