{"id":10788,"date":"2023-08-24T01:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10788"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:17:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:17:19","slug":"what-stops-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10788","title":{"rendered":"WHAT STOPS YOU?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong>\u00a0Ones who know to wait on God are the ones who know to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Psalm 32, 94&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is stopping you from asking from God?<br \/>A failure not to ask will lead to a lack of faith.<br \/><em><strong>Matthew 7:7-11<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0records,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cAsk and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. \u201cWhich of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>Asking and not receiving could be evidence of asking wrongly.\u00a0<br \/>The Bible makes all realize that it is possible to ask and ask wrongly.\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>James 4:3<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0states,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cYou ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>What are you asking from God?\u00a0<br \/>Turn around and ask to be enabled to seek God more.\u00a0<br \/>Asking from God is not because God forgets.<br \/>God expects asking from Him.<br \/>God is a jealous God that gives attention to being asked for.<br \/>How can one not know that a caring God is mindful of His creation?<br \/>God does not forget His children.<br \/>God is a good God.<br \/>He is God who acts for the one who waits for Him.\u00a0<em><strong>(Isaiah 64:4)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Ones who know to wait on God are the ones who ask, and God attends to them.\u00a0<br \/>The Bible points out that He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?\u00a0<br \/>He who formed the eye, shall He not see?\u00a0<em><strong>(Psalm 94:9)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Ask to be enabled to ask God for instruction and teaching over your life to keep you in the direction of God.\u00a0<br \/>Today, uncommon challenges and evil occurrences ravaging the world demand to ask for His promises.\u00a0<br \/>The word of God promises,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will guide you with My eye.\u201d (Psalm 32:8)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>Do you desire His eye to guide you?\u00a0<br \/>It is a blessing to be guided by the eye of God.<br \/>Psalmist buttresses,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cBlessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, and teach out of your law, that You may give him rest from the days of adversity\u2026\u201d (Psalm 94:12-13)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>There is a need for all to desire rest from His instruction and teaching.\u00a0<br \/>All should have a place in the promise of God that instructs and teaches for rest to have a place in life.\u00a0<br \/>Turn to God and ask for instruction and teaching to keep you in the plans of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Ask that the hand of God shall rest on you in all endeavors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Ones who know to wait on God are the ones who know to ask. Psalm 32, 94&nbsp; What is stopping you from asking from God?A failure not to ask will lead to a lack of faith.Matthew 7:7-11\u00a0records,\u00a0\u201cAsk and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10788\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WHAT STOPS YOU?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10789,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10788\/revisions\/10789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}