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So i have been doing a study of Matthew lately and i am pretty sure we all know this extract from Matthew 7.
Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
and the impression here is given is that God will answer all prayer since we are often taught that God is our father, and we are his children
however i have came across this study on prayer from the times online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1072638.ece
and it seems quite contradictory.
I was wondering if anyone could help shed some light on it
Thanks in advance
So i have been doing a study of Matthew lately and i am pretty sure we all know this extract from Matthew 7.
Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
and the impression here is given is that God will answer all prayer since we are often taught that God is our father, and we are his children
however i have came across this study on prayer from the times online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1072638.ece
and it seems quite contradictory.
I was wondering if anyone could help shed some light on it
Thanks in advance