You know, I saw this article online the other day... and I feel it REALLY answered my prayers of why my prayers aren't being answered yet! The reason why: It's not the prayer itself, it's your FAITH. You can ask God ANYTHING as long as you have faith. Like you know how people are saying "It's not God's Will for this, or 'if it is in thy will'"? DO NOT SAY OR WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE THE ANSWER WAS IN THAT ARTICLE: GOD'S WILL IS GOD'S WORD AND THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU DREAM OR DESIRE WILL HAPPEN IN THE NAME OF JESUS! Here's the article if you so think that what I just said is unbelievable: trust me, it's the only way for it to be believable:

http://www.biblecities.com/prayer-of-faith.htm

THAT ARTICLE IS THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT PRAYERS! Thanks to this article, I know now there is NO such thing as 'unanswered prayers' OR a prayer that 'may or may not be in God's Will/Plan'.

A couple days ago, I received a message on Facebook from my ex-boyfriend saying that he does not want to have a relationship with me ever again, there is no we, he will never be my knight in shining armor, it's over, we're NEVER going to date ever again, etc. I was indeed hurt... that I think God just said NO to the prayer I've been asking for 5 months... I almost gave up... gave up completely on the man I wanted (and still want) to marry... He (my ex) even thought it was selfish for me to pray for him and I to date again and it was 'my will vs. his will'. I thought I had lost all hope... but I had talked to my dad prior to it... He said 'the reason why this is happening is because I do not have any faith.' I was like 'Dad, I just told you what he told me. He doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. We have no future at all... and yet I still want that future with him no matter what!' Then he told me 'Mel, you still want to be with him. Who are you going to believe in words: his (ex) words or HIS (God/Jesus Christ) Words? Read HIS word, not his (ex) word... don't believe in man, but believe in your God.' I still was not really sure how to go about this... but I did what dad told me... I started reading the bible again. And Guess what. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Look what it says, here. It was mentioned MANY times. Guess where I found it at. In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. All have the same stories and teachings but taught differently but Jesus did say one thing that REALLY hit it home here for me: "Therefore I say unto you, Whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that ye receive them, and you shall have them." [Mk:11:24]

Through Jesus, God said he WILL give us our desires. WHATEVER WE DESIRE AND WANT AND/OR NEED, HE SHALL GRANT THEM TO US! It may not be right now because He is preparing us for us to HAVE IT! ...I cannot say anymore because I have already said too much. That article right there is the answer to everything, and it IS God's Word that HAD to be inspired to write that article! And if you are thinking whether or not it is 'God's Will' for you to have whatever you want and ask for... Guess what? EVERYTHING YOU ASK FOR IS GOD'S WILL! BECAUSE GOD'S WORD IS HIS WILL AND SINCE HE SAYS WE WILL HAVE IT, WE WILL. It doesn't say He won't grant your request because of what you are praying for. If you are right with God... and know God's Word... and your FAITH is that of Jesus Christ whose faith was abundant, then it WILL (not MIGHT OR MAY OR IF HE CHOOSES TO DO SO) happen! ...Just read that article, but God just gave me the answer to all of my prayers of why I was praying for these prayers right there in one simple blow! God Bless!

All of this is TRUE...but it still relates to things of the Spirit...If I prayed to be a gorilla...and believed that I could be a gorilla and really wanted to be a gorilla, and knew in faith that God had the power to change me into one...I guarantee you that God would not turn me into a gorilla...because that is not in his will or he would have created me as one. All Scripture works together for good...no one or two or three can be taken alone. The faith scriptures cannot be taken without considering the wisdom scriptures...the wisdom scriptures cannot be taken without considering the sovereignty of God scriptures... And as we have discussed many times Mel...God will answer our prayers...but they still may not be exactly as we ask...Live long enough and you will see for yourself. Be blessed in the Lord.

adoring1 Wrote:All of this is TRUE...but it still relates to things of the Spirit...If I prayed to be a gorilla...and believed that I could be a gorilla and really wanted to be a gorilla, and knew in faith that God had the power to change me into one...I guarantee you that God would not turn me into a gorilla...because that is not in his will or he would have created me as one. All Scripture works together for good...no one or two or three can be taken alone. The faith scriptures cannot be taken without considering the wisdom scriptures...the wisdom scriptures cannot be taken without considering the sovereignty of God scriptures... And as we have discussed many times Mel...God will answer our prayers...but they still may not be exactly as we ask...Live long enough and you will see for yourself. Be blessed in the Lord.

In regards to 'praying to be a gorilla', God can STILL make you a gorilla... Your human body could die, your spirit can go to Heaven, and you can be reincarnated as a gorilla... You might except for God to turn you into a gorilla when you were asleep, or just immediately, but God can turn you into a gorilla just as I have said in the second sentence... you pretty much said what I was trying to explain. "God will answer our prayers...but they still may not be exactly as we ask..." It COULD be exactly as you ask... but then again you have to be SPECIFIC in your prayers too. God could grant it immediately if you were to say "God, let me live life as a gorilla instead of a human being. Please take my soul, give it unto Heaven, put my soul into the womb of a mother gorilla, and let me be born as a gorilla." Your soul won't be human anymore, but of that as a gorilla if you had believed and have been specific about it? Get the gist of it a bit?

You know how some Christians say that Jesus can be the dog in your house, the gardener who mows your lawn, the teacher in your classroom, the pastor in your church, etc. etc. etc...? I believe that. Why? Because Jesus can be anyone and anywhere when we least expect it. I've looked at this movie called "The Perfect Stranger". It is a Christian movie. Look at that movie and you'll see why I believe those figures of speech. If you don't think God can make you a gorilla because it is 'not in his will' for you to be one otherwise he would have created you to be one, it's still possible!!! If you read the article closely... I mean REALLY read it...

'It is the Prayer of Faith that enables us to change unfavorable circumstances & situations: [Mk 11:23-24]'

What did that mean...? It means whether it makes sense to you or not, God will still do whatever you ask for. Like I said, God can take spirit to Heaven, and you can be reincarnated as a gorilla... God can do ANYTHING that seems impossible to MAN (or WOMAN). If you don't think God will do that, then why pray for it or ask for it in the first place? Because 'it wasn't in His will???' Don't you get it... God's will for us is in HIS WORD, THE BIBLE ITSELF. God can make you a gorilla in a way you would not expect it even if you did believe it! But what made God NOT do it... because you gave up, thinking 'oh it's not in His will to make me into a gorilla because had He did, I would been born one.' That is when God WILL say 'Then I'm not going to do so...' And again with the 'NOT IN HIS WILL' thing... The reason why Jesus said "if it be thy will" -or- as some translations say: "if it is possible" because he is preparing himself for what is ahead for him to HAVE THAT BLESSING. TO CONSECRATE means to 'To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal'. TO DEDICATE. And here's the other thing about this: right in that article, it says when you say that 'If it be thy will' which is NOT a prayer of faith, but of 'consecration or service', "and basically the individual is praying to FIND OUT what God's will is before they proceed - therefore doubt or uncertainty might very well exist in a prayer of 'Consecration or Service'." Meaning what? You could be doubting of your prayer will ever come because YOU CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS IN HIS WILL FOR YOU WHEN IT IS ALREADY THERE. Also it says "When Jesus prayed the Words "if it be thy will" -or- as some translations say: "if it is possible" - It is important for us to understand that Jesus was consecrating himself to the task ahead - and seeking guidance and strength in order to proceed and finish His task. Pay close attention to the fact that He was NOT asking for something that had already been granted or assured to Him by God in His Word, or declared to be His by right of the covenant." Meaning once you pray for it (and prayed for it CORRECTLY because there are different types of prayers that CANNOT be used together) IT HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED. The true answer lies in your faith and your faith alone.

For example, Jesus and the blind man. The blind man asked Jesus for his sight. Now there are MANY people that are living blind today... but do you know WHY this is to be...? Once he ask, did Jesus say 'I'll see if it is in My Father's Will for you to see again'? NO. Did Jesus say 'No, because my Father told me that you are to be blind for the rest of your days?' NO. What did HE SAY??? 'Your FAITH hath healed you!' He did NOT SAY that it was the WILL of God for Jesus to heal him, HE WAS TO BE HEALED ONCE HE ASKED AND BELIEVED. One more thing that the article says:

"Many Christians have also come to the wrong conclusion that whatever they asked for must not be God's will for them - yet no one can explain Biblically (NOTE... THIS WAS NEVER EXPLAINED BIBLICALLY! Therefore, does it make sense whether to even ask that anymore???) why this is so - though many people are willing to offer any number of explanations that are NOT scriptural - in other words, their explanation does not line up with what God said about the subject in His Word. "

AGAIN... that explanation and way of thinking of that 'oh it's not in God's Will... It's not His Will to do that'... DOES NOT LINE UP WHAT GOD HAS SAID IN HIS WORD! "Unless one is trying to pray a curse down on someone or something equally foolish - believing that your prayer went unanswered because "it must not have been God's will" is not only unscriptural (meaning there IS NO SCRIPTURE IN THE OLD OR NEW TESTAMENT THAT SAYS ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU PRAY FOR THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN GOD'S WILL OR THE LIKE), but it is a faith-destroying doctrine of demons designed to keep the children of God from obtaining those things which are rightfully theirs through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ!"

Even though there are CONDITIONS that must be met to receive it... and these conditions are in the Bible, explained so clearly... For example: "delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart". Promise: He will give you the desires of your heart. Condition: delight yourself in the Lord. It's that simple.

And for knowing God's WORD vs. God's WILL... The answer is in front of your nose:

"Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself" [Eph:1:9]

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.... But God has revealed them to us by his Spirit .... Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; so that we can know the things that are freely given to us by God. [1Cor 2:9-14]

And, since we know that Jesus is the WORD OF GOD [John 1:1, 14] - then the 'truth' being referred to in John 16:13 is (you guessed it) - the Word of God! Once we realize that the Word of God -IS- the will of God for us - then we will no longer have any doubt or uncertainty as to what exactly the will of God is for us. It was already revealed in the Bible!

I'm not trying to argue or start a fight... but that article, if you have really read it clearly with understanding, not mere discernment... The answers are right there... That can have you be granted everything you have asked God to do for you... with 100% in results, shall you want results. And if you are thinking 'Well your prayer may not be lined up with God's word', again it GOES BACK to the God's Word vs. God's Will. It's a, well I hate saying useless in a time like this, but it is a USELESS CYCLE when the answer is already there. And no, I really do not have to 'live long enough' to know 'see for myself'... If you are saying that as far as my age is concern, to me a 12-year-old who is right with God can even believe in this. Young or old, wise or unwise, if it is in His word, then it is true. Again if my 'young experiences or age' is of concern, then that is thinking incorrectly... Age is nothing when it comes to God's word being interpreted and believed in some way. You cannot be correct or incorrect because it is because of how YOU believe and YOUR faith in concern... never of age or experience or how longed you or I have lived. It's almost discriminating in a way that just because I am young, that doesn't mean I don't have the knowledge or experience or wisdom that an older woman can have. And I can go on about how older people (like my mother and father) says to young people (like me) 'I wish I knew what you know. If I knew and learned the stuff that we have now that we didn't have back then... etc etc" The young can teach the old. I even receive praises of being an inspiration or encouragement to other people and they are indeed older than I am. So again, AGE is not a concern here. I can go on, but I digress. And it doesn't just relate to things of the spirit... No... It relates to HOW TO GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED/THE ANSWER YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH RESULTS. The reason why God doesn't answer every prayer? IT'S HOW WE PRAY FOR IT AND HOW WE APPLY IT. That is another reason why God says NO. It's not because of God and "His Will", it's because of US. How WE pray and HOW LONG we believe it.

I just hope you at least see what I'm trying to say here. If you still do not believe that what I have said isn't the truth, then that's okay. Agree to disagree... God Bless.

Reincarnation is NOT a Christian Principle... Mel...the Bible clearly says that. There is no such thing as reincarnation in the word or world of God...and yes God can change a person into anything he wants...and I believe that...but I also know that is not the type of prayer that he honors because it is foolishness and folly and is not based in the truth of his TOTAL word. The truth is do you really think that I do not want to see your prayers answered? Do you think that I have a selfish reason that would want you to not have this man in your life or your summer home in Japan or your kittens or anything else that you ask for? The truth is I want to see you happy and every Christian happy but I care more about your learning to walk with God in HIS WHOLE word. There are entire denominations Mel that have sprung up calling themselves Christian but failing to meet the test of God's definition that are based upon one set of scriptures...out of respect I will not name them here...but many of them grew like wildfire in the 80s...and many of them are now losing members like crazy because they taught a very narrow viewpoint of scripture...and their promises were not realized. We cannot take one narrow set of scriptures and live by them. Our life long journey is to understand that and to learn the ENTIRE word and intent of the Father...and because of that I will do something I rarely do...I will share a personal story that I hope will give you insight into what I mean.

When I was very young I met a boy...we grew up together. I really cared for him and him for me...but like you while still young he made a decision to break it off with me for his own reasons...he was young and wanted to see other girls and such. I went on a mission much like your own of praying and waiting and was truly unhappy because no amount of praying and waiting changed things. I did this for four years...at about one and a half years through the process my dad said to me...this young man is not for you...and someday you will meet the one who is...but...I want you to consider that I am a man...and have been around for a very long time...and as God is my witness...there is something in this young man's spirit that makes him not right for you. He was everything at that time that any girl would have liked...tall...extremely good looking, very smart and very talented musically. We attended a high school for the gifted and his primary area of interest was music but he was also an athlete...and was quarterback on the football team and I was completely smitten. I did not listen to my father and continued to hold him in my heart and and continued to believe that things would be what I wanted them to be. Oh I went to parties and to dances and still managed to have a good time, but I did not date anyone else I went out with groups of my friends...which was a custom then for Christian girls. My girlfriends thought I was crazy...I was an honor student...captain of the cheerleaders an accomplished ballet dancer, some said pretty, and could have had any boy I wanted...but I was holding out for him.

We graduated from high school and attended the same university...my freshman year was busy...I was accepted into the touring dance troupe with my school and between that and my studies...I majored in languages...and dealing with living away from home for the first time it was a whirlwind year. He was majoring in music and was quite the sensation as he created a band and played for a lot of the school functions. We were both from very good families with very strong Christian beliefs and pretty much had lived lives that were respectable with little difficulty with our parents...we weren't saints, but never got into any real trouble other than the normal shananigans that kids do. I have always been one who has had great faith in God...I guess it was the Father's gift to me and I never doubted for a moment we would be together. Because we had known each other since kindergarten...we remained true friends throughout all of this. I started noticing some changes in him at the end of that first year year in college that I did not understand...but by the end of the second year I did. He had started to smoke marijuana...and spoke openly about it...of course I wasn't going there, but I knew this was not the guy that I had known that I had grown up with. He had started coming around more...calling me more and of course I believed that this was a good thing...however my father did not. The summer in between my freshman year and sophomore years his dad (who was a good friend of my father) and my dad went hunting. When they got back my father asked me to come into his study and said he needed to talk to me. He told me that this young man's father had told him to keep him away from me...because he was going through some things and would not be good for me right then. I thought my dad was nuts...he had just started to come around again...but that was what my father said...and I was either going to follow his rules or have heck to pay for it. My godfather was our family doctor...and was also this young man's uncle...he had told my father the same thing...no-one told me why...it was just that I should not be hanging out with him. I thought it must be the marijuana...and thought hey that is just not that big a deal...but I had never disrespected my father and chose not to...however I was very angry with him...and very angry with the world. The first semester of my sophomore year he got a girl pregnant that I knew...we had also grown up together...and he reluctantly married her...but that was not the end of the story. He dropped out of school and by the end of that sophomore year it was known by all why my father had felt like he did...he had apparently started trying other drugs...along the way...and became a full blown heroin addict. His wife and child were really impacted by this...he remained one for many years...finally kicking heroin...but never letting go of some of the others...he died four years ago from cancer...which was compromised by late detection due to drug use. In the meanwhile...a young man who had liked me all through high school had gone off to a different university and who was one year older than me... that I had not paid any attention to of course...kept trying...we married and remained married from 1970 until 8 years ago.

Along the way I went to seminary to work on a graduate degree in Theology...and I learned so much from that experience...and finally came to understand the whys behind the prayers...answered and answered differently than I had expected. 4 years of intensive study of the Bible learning Greek and managing to learn enough Hebrew to understand the Torah in its original meaning...along with 25 more years of staying in the word allows me to say with true conviction...I understand...but still have more to learn. No article on faith can give us even a drop of what the Total word intends Mel. But anyway... mine was a good marriage for many, many years...and despite our no longer being married...we have remained friends...and are both enjoying our daughter and grandchildren very, very much. The point of the story...is there was a reason why God did not answer those prayers that I prayed so long ago...but he did answer my prayer for love and for a husband...a good husband who was and remains far more handsome :-) very accomplished...he is an attorney... with whom I had a very good life. I had never prayed for any other man way back then...but God knew that my husband was much more in my best interests. He lost his way for a while but he remains my very good friend although he is dealing with the consequences of some of his choices made in later life.

Mel...I have no idea as I have told you often what will or will not happen in your life with this man with, this summer house, these kittens...and frankly that is not my concern. What I hope for you is that you will come to know God in a TOTAL way and not put on blinders in how you interpret the word because of your desire to have whatever it is. God is not limited to just faith...or just wisdom or just justice or the scriptures that refer to them...or just anything. He is bigger than all of that... he is bigger than all of Creation which he made...and as I have shared with you...and as others have as well in posts on this board, and as saints have known since Jesus walked the earth...and when his word is understood in TOTAL...He does operate ONLY within his will. God bless you Mel...as you learn and walk with God.

One last thing Mel...I want you to remember the story of Jesus in the Garden just before his arrest...and the beginning of his ordeal. He said to the Father..."Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." Luke 22:42 He was speaking of the torture of him dying on the the cross that he was to come. The part of him that was man, was flesh was afraid...but the the words that changed the world were stated...yet not my will....but yours...

I ask that you think about the why behind this...Jesus was divine...and had he wished he could have defied the Father and been disobedient...and acted in his own will...but he chose not to. The nature of the Father...which is what Theology means by the way...the study of the Attributes of God the Father...shows throughout the Word...he would have allowed it if that was what Jesus had chosen...just as he foreknew that Adam would disobey...and he let him. Jesus was the second Adam...but Adam perfected and came to right what Adam had ruined in spirit...God knew he would follow his will. Even Jesus divine in the flesh would not...could not due to perfect understanding of spiritual law act outside of the Fathers will...it is very important to consider Mel...as the entirety of Christianity is based on the walk of Jesus...what he did...the Old Testament was fulfilled by his life...all New Testament scripture is designed to provide us with greater insight into HIS walk...and yet he said...your will not mine be done...

adoring1 Wrote:Reincarnation is NOT a Christian Principle... Mel...the Bible clearly says that. There is no such thing as reincarnation in the word or world of God...and yes God can change a person into anything he wants...and I believe that...but I also know that is not the type of prayer that he honors because it is foolishness and folly and is not based in the truth of his TOTAL word. The truth is do you really think that I do not want to see your prayers answered? Do you think that I have a selfish reason that would want you to not have this man in your life or your summer home in Japan or your kittens or anything else that you ask for? The truth is I want to see you happy and every Christian happy but I care more about your learning to walk with God in HIS WHOLE word. There are entire denominations Mel that have sprung up calling themselves Christian but failing to meet the test of God's definition that are based upon one set of scriptures...out of respect I will not name them here...but many of them grew like wildfire in the 80s...and many of them are now losing members like crazy because they taught a very narrow viewpoint of scripture...and their promises were not realized. We cannot take one narrow set of scriptures and live by them. Our life long journey is to understand that and to learn the ENTIRE word and intent of the Father...and because of that I will do something I rarely do...I will share a personal story that I hope will give you insight into what I mean.

When I was very young I met a boy...we grew up together. I really cared for him and him for me...but like you while still young he made a decision to break it off with me for his own reasons...he was young and wanted to see other girls and such. I went on a mission much like your own of praying and waiting and was truly unhappy because no amount of praying and waiting changed things. I did this for four years...at about one and a half years through the process my dad said to me...this young man is not for you...and someday you will meet the one who is...but...I want you to consider that I am a man...and have been around for a very long time...and as God is my witness...there is something in this young man's spirit that makes him not right for you. He was everything at that time that any girl would have liked...tall...extremely good looking, very smart and very talented musically. We attended a high school for the gifted and his primary area of interest was music but he was also an athlete...and was quarterback on the football team and I was completely smitten. I did not listen to my father and continued to hold him in my heart and and continued to believe that things would be what I wanted them to be. Oh I went to parties and to dances and still managed to have a good time, but I did not date anyone else I went out with groups of my friends...which was a custom then for Christian girls. My girlfriends thought I was crazy...I was an honor student...captain of the cheerleaders an accomplished ballet dancer, some said pretty, and could have had any boy I wanted...but I was holding out for him.

We graduated from high school and attended the same university...my freshman year was busy...I was accepted into the touring dance troupe with my school and between that and my studies...I majored in languages...and dealing with living away from home for the first time it was a whirlwind year. He was majoring in music and was quite the sensation as he created a band and played for a lot of the school functions. We were both from very good families with very strong Christian beliefs and pretty much had lived lives that were respectable with little difficulty with our parents...we weren't saints, but never got into any real trouble other than the normal shananigans that kids do. I have always been one who has had great faith in God...I guess it was the Father's gift to me and I never doubted for a moment we would be together. Because we had known each other since kindergarten...we remained true friends throughout all of this. I started noticing some changes in him at the end of that first year year in college that I did not understand...but by the end of the second year I did. He had started to smoke marijuana...and spoke openly about it...of course I wasn't going there, but I knew this was not the guy that I had known that I had grown up with. He had started coming around more...calling me more and of course I believed that this was a good thing...however my father did not. The summer in between my freshman year and sophomore years his dad (who was a good friend of my father) and my dad went hunting. When they got back my father asked me to come into his study and said he needed to talk to me. He told me that this young man's father had told him to keep him away from me...because he was going through some things and would not be good for me right then. I thought my dad was nuts...he had just started to come around again...but that was what my father said...and I was either going to follow his rules or have heck to pay for it. My godfather was our family doctor...and was also this young man's uncle...he had told my father the same thing...no-one told me why...it was just that I should not be hanging out with him. I thought it must be the marijuana...and thought hey that is just not that big a deal...but I had never disrespected my father and chose not to...however I was very angry with him...and very angry with the world. The first semester of my sophomore year he got a girl pregnant that I knew...we had also grown up together...and he reluctantly married her...but that was not the end of the story. He dropped out of school and by the end of that sophomore year it was known by all why my father had felt like he did...he had apparently started trying other drugs...along the way...and became a full blown heroin addict. His wife and child were really impacted by this...he remained one for many years...finally kicking heroin...but never letting go of some of the others...he died four years ago from cancer...which was compromised by late detection due to drug use. In the meanwhile...a young man who had liked me all through high school had gone off to a different university and who was one year older than me... that I had not paid any attention to of course...kept trying...we married and remained married from 1970 until 8 years ago.

Along the way I went to seminary to work on a graduate degree in Theology...and I learned so much from that experience...and finally came to understand the whys behind the prayers...answered and answered differently than I had expected. 4 years of intensive study of the Bible learning Greek and managing to learn enough Hebrew to understand the Torah in its original meaning...along with 25 more years of staying in the word allows me to say with true conviction...I understand...but still have more to learn. No article on faith can give us even a drop of what the Total word intends Mel. But anyway... mine was a good marriage for many, many years...and despite our no longer being married...we have remained friends...and are both enjoying our daughter and grandchildren very, very much. The point of the story...is there was a reason why God did not answer those prayers that I prayed so long ago...but he did answer my prayer for love and for a husband...a good husband who was and remains far more handsome :-) very accomplished...he is an attorney... with whom I had a very good life. I had never prayed for any other man way back then...but God knew that my husband was much more in my best interests. He lost his way for a while but he remains my very good friend although he is dealing with the consequences of some of his choices made in later life.

Mel...I have no idea as I have told you often what will or will not happen in your life with this man with, this summer house, these kittens...and frankly that is not my concern. What I hope for you is that you will come to know God in a TOTAL way and not put on blinders in how you interpret the word because of your desire to have whatever it is. God is not limited to just faith...or just wisdom or just justice or the scriptures that refer to them...or just anything. He is bigger than all of that... he is bigger than all of Creation which he made...and as I have shared with you...and as others have as well in posts on this board, and as saints have known since Jesus walked the earth...and when his word is understood in TOTAL...He does operate ONLY within his will. God bless you Mel...as you learn and walk with God.

Beautiful story, adoring1... really it is. Your words are strong indeed... just one little thing though... You still did not fully understand what I was trying to say... I won't bother explaining my reasons again... yet I understand what you are saying... But here's something else: God answers prayers differently to different people. Meaning your story is a good chance could be something that won't happen in my life. No two lives are the same. You said God isn't limited on faith... then why have faith in our prayers if God were to do what He wanted anyway? Or just wisdom? Then why study the Word to have wisdom or to pray for wisdom on what He can do? Or just justice? God is the one who does justice to all of us anyway. If God is not limited to all of these things, then again why ask him for wisdom? Why ask God to bring justice into a custody battle or spiritual battle or ANY battle? Why have faith in our prayers being answered...? A person who can know the Bible from cover to cover STILL don't know the TOTAL word. Why? Because GOD IS THE WORD... and THE WORD IS HIS WILL... You still think about what is and isn't in His will for my life, yet I have seen that answer is in front of me WITH GOD'S WORD to back it up... We all walk with God in a different way. Do you think we all walk with God in the same exact way? I don't. So if you're concerned about MY walk with God, please respect the way that I cannot and will not Walk with God in the way you would want me to or expect me to... It's just not going to happen... We all walk in different way... and we still interpret the Word differently, so saying I may have blinders on me for not knowing the TOTAL word... really not the best thing to say to a baby Christian like myself at this moment... Even if I did know the total word, my reasons would still be the same. We all have our reasons... our opinions (facts for this matter) and our lives. As long as we're not dead, we can live our lives and learn the word differently and not expect our walk with the Lord to be the same, because it won't. And when it comes to faith, think about this: even know the story is now the past, were you really still thinking about what your father said, even though you did not listen to him? For the SLIGHTEST moment, did you start thinking about your father's opinion? Then you were listening to two things: your faith and your dad. You had to go one or the other right? When you started seeing changes, did you start doubting about your prayers then? There are other questions I would ask, but then again it's too much and too difficult to continue on the subject. Therefore, I say this: Your story is strong, yet the matter of the subject is that my walk with God and YOUR walk with God is not going to be the same... you may have studied well on the Bible and the Torah and the like... but it still does not matter whether we know the Word in total or not, when we are right with him, He WILL (no may or might... seriously if he had said might, then why would I put all my faith into this?) give us the desires of our hearts... Once I prayed for it, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED. As far as I would know, my relationship with my exboyfriend IS restored. I DID get those kittens. I DID gain to be 125 pounds. I DID get the home in Japan. It may not have happen right now... but I KNOW and BELIEVE that it has already happened. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED ALREADY. God's Word did say walk by faith not by sight. No matter what changes that could happen or could not happen, whether I see them or not, nothing is really going to change my ways of thinking this has already happened. If God wasn't limited by faith, then why have faith at all... That's what I'm trying to say... and I'm afraid if I continue to say what's in my heart, there's always something else someone says to counter it. Happens to me all the time... nothing special. Hope you understand I may be young, but I have a walk of God like no other and I can still learn... but why not put what I already HAVE learned at my disposal already. I may not know the total word, perhaps I might never know since tomorrow is never promising, but I go by what I believe God was trying to tell me all this time. Dad and mom even told me this and I didn't listen... and God must have led me to that article because I did not know that article even existed until yesterday. And I believe that He did. Thank you though. God Bless.

Dear Havenly Father The Kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven forgive us are sin as we for give are debtor and lead us not into temptiation but deliver us from evil Please answer this person prayer acord to your will and bless there life Lord and we give you all the priase honor and glory in all of this. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY AMEN. God sometime does not answer prayer depend on what they are don't if you ex boyfriend belive in God or not but if you are going after someone who does not belive God is most likely not going to answer that prayer because that is be on evenly youg. God Bless you Mel. I will keep you in my prayers.

Mel my faith never changed for one second... but I was obedient to my Father and continued to pray. The point is not what happened in my case...the point is that faith does not drives answers...His will does...please see the last post I sent you and when I say TOTAL word...I mean that we cannot just lean on one set of scriptures and expect they will work...when they ONLY apply when combined together...that we should study the full word...not just one kind of scripture and I acknowledge it takes a lifetime to do so...which is why I encourage you to be a little less certain that any one article or set of scriptures is accurate when it covers only one subject. It only covers Faith...what would you discover if you studied scriptures on HIS Will and how much more would you understand if you put them together.l? Regarding custody battles and such...please read what I sent to new beginnings...this morning...I think you will understand more of what I mean...I am not speaking of your life...I am speaking of a life in Christ and all Christian's lives.

I think you are correct...we need to agree to disagree...and I pray that as you grow...you will understand what the intent of my message to you is...it may save you great disappointment in the years to come. I will not address this subject again.

John 9:6-7
"When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing."

I believe that faith without action doesn't work, as in the verse above, if the blind man had not acted by getting up and walked in faith to the well he would not had received his sight. Therefore, we have to pray but also act upon that prayer for God to see our faith in action, and he will go ahead of us to open the way.
In other words, "God helps those who help themselves."

I completely agree that God will grant us the desires of our heart... Although, sometimes it seems that God will make us wait a long time just to be sure that we still desire the same things. Sometimes we mature and no longer desire certain things, and at other times our desires just grow stronger as we wait for them. Yes, I definitely believe that if we are steadfast... then God will give us what we ask