Good point, John.
Phil.
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From: "john schwery" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2017 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: Prayer Question To Ponder
Phil, I would think that Paul thought he was
praying in the will of God when he asked that his
thorn in the flesh would be removed. The Lord
had a lesson for Paul in not answering that prayer.
earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
>Here is something to think about for this new year. In recent times, as in
>a few months ago and a few years ago, I heard the Lord in my thoughts, that
>is, the Holy Spirit, telling me to pray specifically for two different
>things. They were separated by a couple of years so it wasn't the same
>request each time. These were prayers of petition, that is, prayers I was
>called upon by the Lord to pray and in both cases, pray for a specific
>positive outcome. For those who do not believe the Holy Spirit has any
>such intercessory ministry he administrates in the Body of Christ today,
>you might as well stop reading now, because I don't want to offend anyone.
>In comparison, you all have read the dozens and dozens of prayers I have
>prayed when looking for something I lost. If you cannot believe those
>prayers of petition, you won't believe these other two petition to which I
>am now referring. For the moment, I am not going to tell you what those
>petitionary prayers were specific but I probably will later. For now, I
>want to focus on the fact, believe it or not, that God spoke to me in my
>thoughts and told me, at two different times, to pray for a specific
>outcome; both of which would have been God's will to do in both cases. The
>problem is, neither prayer was answered. In the case of one, the Lord
>spoke to me 3 weeks in advance of the event the was later to occur and in
>the second prayer, it was a couple of months, praying every day, and both
>times, my will-of-God prayers were not answered. Would God ask you to pray
>for something He knew He would not answer? If so, why? Was it my fault
>for listening to voices in my head? Could it mean that God cannot answer
>every prayer? Warning; thin ice. Oh, sure, the old faithful axiom; God
>always answers prayer; sometimes he just says, no. Cute, but weak theology
>to back it up. Anyhow, let's start here and comment as you wish. There
>are no trick answers but I've been thinking about this experience for
>sometime and thought you'd like to share your own thoughts and conce{©&
>rns about unanswered prayer.
>
>
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