Matthew 21:22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
James 1:5-7 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
Hebrews 11:6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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Assurance From You
I need your assurance LORD...
I feel like I've been drifting.
My focus sometimes wanders,
and my thoughts I have been sifting.
I read my Bible ... and I pray...
sometimes I make connection.
But I need YOU to tell me LORD...
I need YOUR direction.
How do I maintain focus, while I'm living in this world??
How do I quell my anger, when insults have been hurled??
It seems like I am put upon...
to endure the T.V. trash.
I've noticed that the secular,
all do the "Christian bash."
know that in the Bible,
we've been told to turn our cheek.
But when I feel a moral slap...
I have problems being meek.
The fleshly part of my whole being,
rebels at being squeezed.
It seems like when I'm troubled...
some are almost pleased.
The schools have said, "don't speak of JESUS"
and we shouldn't pray.
Yet Buddha, Zen, and Muslims,
and some others are O.K.
They've ruled YOUR Ten Commandments,
shouldn't be displayed.
Yet they permit vile, carnal statues...
and have them all arrayed.
The buildings in our Nations Capitol
have references to YOU.
Yet they ignore the scriptures there,
and slander YOUR NAME too.
Our currencies and coins denote...
the words, IN GOD WE TRUST.
But this nation now has turned from YOU...
it's governed by their lust.
We will suffer persecution...
this YOU state in YOUR WORD.
It hasn't got that bad here yet…
at least that's what I've heard.
I felt contempt from others,
when in "public" I've said Grace.
I'm sure the folks nearby ...
would have me sit some other place.
How did it come this far my LORD?
Can't they see that YOU are real?
Instead of keeping to themselves...
I pray they feel... what "we" all feel.
You've told us we should tell of YOU...
yet they turn a deaf ear.
If they refuse to come to YOU ...
then I fear they'll be left here.
Despite the firm resistance,
to the Gospel when it's preached...
I think we can convince them...
many others can be reached.
Please give me strength my precious LORD.
"I" need your assurance.
Please give me words that I should speak
and build-up my endurance.
