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1 | Not praying for one's self? | Bible general Archive 1 | One | 71765 | ||
Gen 24:12 He said, "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham. Ps 86:16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh grant Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your handmaid. Ps 119:29 Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your law. Neh 1:11 "O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man." Now I was the cupbearer to the king. 1 Chr 4:10 Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!" And God granted him what he requested. Please consider the following verses, specially the prayer Jabez. |
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2 | Not praying for one's self? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 71786 | ||
Thanks for the references One. I was mainly thinking along the lines of James 4:3 when I posted that above statement. There is a difference between asking God to "feed our greed" so to speak and asking God to help us to help others. As followers of Christ we would be remiss to NOT ask God to help us to be better disciples. If we need certain things to help us to reach others then I see nothing wrong with asking God for those things. | ||||||
3 | Not praying for one's self? | Bible general Archive 1 | One | 71812 | ||
I agree to a point but look again at the prayer of Jabez that is a pretty selfish prayer. James point is don't ask for things we will only spend on our pleasures. Let me give a good example of this. I lady I new In Jackson Mississippi who gave the keys to their house to my brother in-law and sister who were missionaries vacationing states side. They were really impressed at this families hospitality (The house was really nice). The lady who gave her the use of her house said if you ever need to use our house again just call and if we are not home we keep a key hidden in s special rock in the front flower bed. My sister asked, "You mean I can stay her even if you’re gone." She said, "YES!" Somewhat surprised my sister said why do you do this? The lady told her how this was here dream home she said when they looked at it her and her husband prayed about it and told God if He blessed them with this gift that when ever the Lord needed it they would never refuse. I think this is a good example of asking for "Things but not to only spend it on our pleasure." |
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4 | Not praying for one's self? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 71820 | ||
I admit that, on the surface, Jabez' prayer sounds like the type that James 4 is talking about. But if it was God would not have answered it. Rather I would "guess" that Jabez was the same type of person that this lady in Miss. was that you mentioned. The text in I Chron. does mention that Jabez was more "honorable" that his brethren. | ||||||