“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:1-3 KJV Desire is a…
“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Mark 11:24 KJV God hears your prayers and encourages you to pray for the desires of your heart. I’ve heard preachers say that God promises to meet our needs but no where in the Bible does He ever promise to give us our desires. Apparently, those preachers have…
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” I Peter 2:2-3 KJV A hungry newborn cries for the satisfying nutrition of mother’s milk (or infant formula), and nothing else will nourish him the same way – not water, not cow’s milk, not juice, not soda pop. And as newborn babies want only the easy-to-digest…
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4 KJV The word ‘delight’ means “to take great pleasure; to be highly pleased.” If we consider all that God does for us each day, it’s easy to delight ourselves in the Lord. I’ve heard preachers say, “God has promised to meet our needs, but no where in the Bible does He promise…