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Who from this place has needs?
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All of us have, because we were created in this way, so we may depend on God!
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From the Book of Matthew 6 and Psalm 37, we understand that our Father from Heaven is deeply committed to sustain His children in all they need
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even before we may ask, He already knows what we need.
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The Bible doesn't mention in that passage that He is willing to give what we desire, but what we need.
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Knowing this truth, that we are more valuable than birds, that even the hair from our head is numbered, and that Our Father is a good Father providing fo our needs,
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still within us, in our human-fallen nature, we have this predisposition to seek and grab His hand beyond our needs in order to receive what we want.
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But we fail to do something....
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When is God willing to grant you your heart's desires?
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The Word of God answers very clearly in Psalm 37, " Make God your delight and He will give your heart's desire!"
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Because we easily remove ourselves from our prayer requests for our needs, and we migrate into the area of self-desire requests
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without making Christ our heart's desire, then our approach to God and prayers to Him are offered from selfish, classical,l and material reasons.
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I want a blessing from God but not from pure and right motivation; I want the blessing because I want it.
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What should we learn and know at this point?
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Stop feeding a selfish, classic, material, and unholy approach to God, without Him being our heart's delight.
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If we continue to take this wrong approach towards Him, our expectation will grow bigger and bigger, yet our role we didn't play
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and His word states, "a postpened answer makes our heart to be sick!"
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Meaning your faith and your heart will suffer.
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Yes, God promised to protect you, He promised you will have your daily bread.
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God promised to give you His Spirit, His Word to sustain you spiritually, wisdom when you ask
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but if you ask things and have desires that are greater than your needs, without having Him your heart's delight
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this shows that you feed prayers, requests, and an approach to God from selfish, classic and materials reasons.
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If you feed this selfish christian life, do you believe that your spiritual life will grow while praying like this?
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In order not to pray in this way and approach God wrong and selfish way, from today on, as you stand before God Almighty with your prayer,
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stop praying for your desires and pray in this way: "Lord, take more of me from my weakness and give me more from your grace!"
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Pray to God for those who are sick, poor, and challenged, and ask God to heal them, bless them, and intervene for them. Don't focus on yourself only at prayers...
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Walk and live even if you face the same problems, from the mindset of Christ not from the defeated one.
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"Let the weak say I am strong in the Lord!"
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"Let the poor say I am blessed!"
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"Let the sick say I am healed!"
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"Let the oppressed say I am free, in Jesus' Name!"
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That's why some believers receive and others don't receive what they want, because there is a place where faith stands - delight in the Lord!
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