Good Morning! James 4:3 "When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasure." No wonder I never get what I ask for lol. Because in my nature I always have an ulterior motive. God is still working on this with me. Its a good thing He's in charge and only gives me what I need. Cause lets face it, when I ask for things there is good in alot of things I pray about, for people, for ministries etc, etc. But there are those times I pray and there is a little SELF there. That if God does this, then I could do that, even if I think it is something that would benefit Him. It might still be all about me. Have you ever thought like that? Be honest now. If not than you must be one of those good Christians. I thank God for His Holy Spirit to help me discern and change my selfish self. See I realize today when I'm asking for something and not getting it, its time to check my motives. And usually I will find its got something to do with what I want, Not what God wants. So today if you are praying about something and your not getting the answer, YOU WANT! Check your motives. You may not see the SELFishness in your prayer, but God does. And remember that's OK! Cause we are work in progress (Phillip 1:6) SO ALL WE CAN DO is Keep on Keeping on. Pray without ceasing, and ask and you shall receive, DEPENDING! LOL! HABD!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Ulterior Motives
Good Morning! James 4:3 "When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasure." No wonder I never get what I ask for lol. Because in my nature I always have an ulterior motive. God is still working on this with me. Its a good thing He's in charge and only gives me what I need. Cause lets face it, when I ask for things there is good in alot of things I pray about, for people, for ministries etc, etc. But there are those times I pray and there is a little SELF there. That if God does this, then I could do that, even if I think it is something that would benefit Him. It might still be all about me. Have you ever thought like that? Be honest now. If not than you must be one of those good Christians. I thank God for His Holy Spirit to help me discern and change my selfish self. See I realize today when I'm asking for something and not getting it, its time to check my motives. And usually I will find its got something to do with what I want, Not what God wants. So today if you are praying about something and your not getting the answer, YOU WANT! Check your motives. You may not see the SELFishness in your prayer, but God does. And remember that's OK! Cause we are work in progress (Phillip 1:6) SO ALL WE CAN DO is Keep on Keeping on. Pray without ceasing, and ask and you shall receive, DEPENDING! LOL! HABD!
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