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Will God Override the Individual Will of People Just to Answer Our Prayers?

Tip! So when we ask Christ to carry out His works in our hearts we are fervently praying that our Father may be glorified in His Son.

"...Golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints." -- Revelation 5:8.

Jesus Christ is the single and only mediator that is between God and humankind. All our prayers must be presented to Him and in His Name only. I am totally certain that every prayer that is offered in accordance to the will of God will be answered either in our natural life here on earth, or after we have entered our home with Christ in heaven. On the other hand, I have looked in God's Word, the Holy Bible, thoroughly, and cannot find anything to warrant anyone in believing that the translated or died saints can pray for us, the people living now on the earth. Praying to the translated people of God, and requesting them to pray for us, is a modified form of idolatry. So do not do this type of praying! Only pray in the Name of Jesus to our God the Father with the help of the Holy Spirit, the Three in One.

When I state that every prayer presented in the Name of Jesus will be answered, I am not saying that God will override the individual will of people just to answer our prayers. No! God cannot and will not save any person against his own will; however He will convict a person by the Holy Spirit of his sinning in opposition to His will.

Perhaps two examples will help you understand what I mean when I talk of an immortal prayer. The first example is about a man who came to the altar one night during a camp meeting, weeping in deep conviction of sin. After a period of earnest prayer, he was converted and gave this amazing testimony. His father had been a faithful preacher for many years and had repeatedly prayed throughout those years for him, his unsaved son. His father did not live to see his son saved, however at this particular camp meeting and on this exact night, the loving Lord Jesus answered the father's prayers and saved his wrecked son. This all happened years after the faithful servant of God had died and gone to heaven. Amazing love!

Tip! If we, God’s people expect to carry out the works of Christ that will glorify our Father, then we must believe in Him for the very work’s sake, and pray fervently in His Name.

The second example is about Moses, the man who led the children of Israel to the Promised Land. If you remember the story, Moses had been in the wilderness for 40 years and had witnessed the mighty hand of God through out that whole journey from Egypt. His prayer was to get all the children of Israel, including himself into the Promised Land safely. But Moses got mad at the people of Israel and hurt his testimony before God by his words and actions. God therefore would not allow Moses to enter the Promised Land. God did however allow Moses to see it from a mountain top, and then he went to be with the Lord.

Several hundred years later at a different mountain in the Promised Land, when Jesus and three of His chosen disciples were on the high mountain of Transfiguration; who was seen with Jesus? There were two other men with Jesus and one of them was Moses, in the Promised Land. Answered prayer is never on our time frame or in or way of things; but the One how owns eternity and time will answer your prayers according to His will and way.

It helps me to picture our Savior calling to His faithful servant in heaven and saying, "My child, I have many of your prayers in golden vials. They are the same as sweet aroma poured out in front of Me. I have your prayers that you presented on behalf of your sinful son during your natural life on earth. It is time now to answer your prayers during this camp meeting where you faithfully preached My Gospel several years ago. Now My child, I have just approved for your son a pardon in answer to your prayers and prayers of My people." Does it not cheer your heart to believe that God will answer every prayer that is prayed to Him in His will? It encourages mine to know these truths about immortal prayer.

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Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? explores the mysterious intersection where you and God meet and relate. Writing as a fellow pilgrim, Yancey explores the questions surrounding prayer that you may wonder about but not know how to express. Above all, Yancey shows you how to pray to a God who sees what lies ahead of you, knows what lies within you, and who invites you into an eternal partnership with Him---through prayer.

Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey

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