"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Matthew 21:22 (NIV) The King James Version reads: "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
These are the words of Jesus as He spoke to His disciples on His way back to Jerusalem from Bethany, where He had spent the night, on the day after He had driven the money-changers and merchants from the temple. Jesus told them that they would receive whatever they asked The Lord God for in prayer if they believed that they would receive it.
There is power in the prayer of the believer. Jesus, The Christ, said that we would receive whatever we asked for in prayer. (Matthew 7:7 and 21:22) However, there are some conditions which relate to this. First, we must believe in Him, and believe that He can grant our requests. (Hebrews 11:6) Second, we must ask for things that will give God glory. (John 14:13) Third, we must be sincere in our requests. (James 5:16) Fourth, we must not ask for things for the wrong motives, or for our lustful pleasure. (James 4:3) If we ask for anything which is consistent with the will of God, and which we desire in order to give glory to God, then our prayer requests will be granted, but only if we believe.
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