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Do you realize what you are
saying in your prayers?
Do you know that the less you know of the Bible, the less likely you will
know how to pray to God? The other day I say a bumper sticker that said
"God bless the whole world. No exceptions." and to make matters worse,
this bumper sticker was on a car that had a "CLERGY" sticker in the back window!
Such a statement shows the author's ignorance or disregard of who God is and
what He is pleased to bless and what He is not pleased to bless. God
cannot bless the whole world. He blesses only the righteous. He
curses (brings judgment upon) the unrighteous...
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"For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in
thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that
speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man." [Psalms 5:4-6]
To tell God to bless the whole world with no exceptions is to tell God to do
something that is against His nature and against His Word in scripture. It
is to go against His law, the law of sowing and reaping. If you sow to the
wind, you will reap the whirlwind...
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap
the whirlwind" [Hosea 8:7]
So we must not ask God to do something that is against His nature, contrary
to His will in Scripture, or that would cause us to sin.
A final and VERY important point about prayer is that God does not even want
to hear your prayers IF you are not saved and if you are not praying to Him for
salvation...
"He that turneth
away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination."
[Proverbs 28:9]
People who are saved, born-again, new creatures in Christ are those who
always want to hear God's law (His commandments). They want to study the
Bible and they want to obey what it says, about everything... about being holy,
about sharing the Gospel, about avoiding sin, about worshipping God in spirit
and truth, about storing up treasure in heaven - not on earth, about sacrificial
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