 Ye lust and have not : ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.  The Christian Advocate - Page 4951832Full view - About this book
 | rev. James Gardner - 1849 - 390 pages
...are instantly relieved from our difficulty, by the explanation of James, " Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." The whole force of the text, then, lies in the nature of the asking. All prayer is not true, acceptable... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Lord's prayer - 1850 - 222 pages
...desire ; but a wise supplication and a trustful content. Says the apostle — " Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." Is not this the spirit in which too many breathe even the simple prayer — " Giye us this day our... | |
 | Mystery - 1850 - 464 pages
...and cannot obtain ; ye fight, and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye (spiritual) adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Lord's prayer - 1850 - 224 pages
...desire ; but a wise supplication and a trustful content. Says the apostle — " Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." Is not this the spirit in which too many breathe even the simple prayer — " Give us this day our... | |
 | Athanase Coquerel - Christian education - 1851 - 172 pages
...But it loses its efficacy if it is wrongly offered, or with a bad motive. " Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." (James iv. 3.) No one time is better than another. " But in every thing by prayer and supplication... | |
 | Dave Williams - Religion - 2005 - 97 pages
...fleshly desires. They must be in line with the Word of God. James 4:3 KJV says, "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." The Bible is specific about some of the rewards we can expect when we fast. As we saw earlier, Isaiah 58:6-12... | |
 | Nicky Raiborde - Religion - 2005 - 274 pages
...Lord. 5. Prayers are hindered when are motives are un-scriptural. James 4:3 "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." Once I was fasting and praying for couple of weeks for a certain city, I could see myself bringing... | |
 | Roger N. McNamara, Ken Davis - Religion - 2005 - 661 pages
...warns us, however, to be sure our motivation is right when we pray. He says, "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts" (James 4:3). Don't ask God to give you leaders just so you can build a bigger church or to make your... | |
 | Devan Mair - Religion - 2005 - 74 pages
...wonders if God is going to answer his prayer. God is not pleased with his praise! Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4 vs 3 Pastor Tony is an anointed man of God. The church is crowded on Sundays. People comes... | |
 | Alvin Cordes - Religion - 2005 - 297 pages
...and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever... | |
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