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Hoe om jou gebede verhoor te kry

Hoe om jou gebede verhoor te kry

Die geheim om gebede verhoor te kry, is om aan die voorwaardes te voldoen wat deur God gestel is.

As julle in My bly en my woorde in julle, sal julle vra net wat julle wil hê, en julle sal dit verkry. Hierin is my Vader verheerlik, dat julle veel vrug dra; en julle sal my dissipels wees. (Joh. 15:7, 8 AFR33).

Wanneer ons in Jesus bly, word ons harte aan Hom oorgegee; ons gedagtes honger na waarheid en maak Sy Woord aktief deel van ons harte; ons houdings, begeertes, motiewe en verlange verander van selfsug na liefde; en ons begeer om God te verheerlik. Dan, met harte wat leef om eer aan God te gee, om Jesus op te hef, om Sy koninkryk te bevorder, word ons gebede met blydskap ontvang en God verhoor dit met die wysheid van Sy oneindige vooraf wetende self. Sy antwoorde sal in ons ware behoefte en Sy groter doelwitte voorsien, en ons, wat in blywende vertroue leef, verheug ons in die verskillende maniere en tydsberekening van God se reaksie.

Maar daar is baie gebede waaraan God nie aandag gee nie – gebede waarna God nie “luister” of verhoor nie.

Die selfsugtige gebed: God verhoor nie die selfsugtige gebed nie, want so ‘n gebed, ongeag hoe godsdienstig dit geformuleer word, beteken: “Gee my wat ek wil hê sodat ek kan aanhou om teen julle in opstand te kom, my siel seer te maak, hulpbronne te mors en ander skade aan te doen.”

Die skynheilige gebed: ‘n Gebed van ‘n persoon wat nie eintlik in God glo nie, maar bid om ander wat wel glo, te manipuleer. “Hy wat na God toe kom, moet glo dat Hy is en dat Hy ‘n beloner is vir dié wat Hom ywerig soek” (Hebreërs 11:6 NKJV).

Die trotse gebed: ‘n Gebed wat mense doen om gesien te word; om hulleself te bevorder as regverdiger, heiliger, beter as ander; om as ‘ n godsdiensleier erken te word en mag oor ander te verkry; of om ander af te maak. Dit was die gebed van die Fariseër wat in Lukas opgeteken is: “God, ek dank U dat ek nie soos ander mense is nie – afpersers, onregverdiges, egbrekers, of selfs soos hierdie tollenaar. Ek vas twee keer per week; Ek gee tiendes van alles wat ek besit” (18:11, 12 NKJV).

Die verwerper-van-waarheid-gebed: ‘n Gebed wat gedoen word deur diegene wat selfs vir die regte ding bid, maar dit doen terwyl hulle willens en wetens die waarheid ontken en kies wat hulle weet verkeerd is. Dit sou ‘n persoon wees wat bid vir beter longfunksie terwyl hy aanhou rook, of ‘n persoon wat bid vir ‘n gelukkige en gesonde huwelik terwyl hulle owerspel pleeg.

Die kermende, klaende, negatiewe gebed: Die soort gebed wat gedoen word sonder belangstelling in oplossing, geen begeerte om dinge uit te werk nie, geen begeerte om tot volwassenheid te groei nie, of om te genees te word, of om die vernietigende gevoelens te verander, geen gewilligheid om God te hoor praat nie, maar bloot om ‘n klag in te dien en hul rol as slagoffer te regverdig en hoe die lewe nie regverdig teenoor hulle is nie.

Die proforma gebed: Die gebed wat uit die hoof, deur ritueel, deur vorm gedoen word sonder enige gedagte of aktiewe betrokkenheid van die hart in die strewe na ‘n verbintenis met God. Die mens kyk na die uiterlike voorkoms (ander mense kan die daad van ‘n gebed waarneem), maar God kyk na die hart en weet wanneer die persoon nie bid nie, maar bloot ‘n ritueel opsê.

Die gehoorde gebed

Alhoewel daar baie gebede is waaraan God nie aandag gee nie, glimlag God vir en verlang daarna om gebede uit eerlike harte te hoor, van mense wat in Hom glo en opreg begeer om met Hom te verbind, om Sy wil te ken, Sy stem te hoor, in Sy teenwoordigheid te bly, deur Sy liefde verander te word, versterk te word deur Sy krag om Sy wil uit te voer, diegene wat hulself oorgegee het en verlang om Hom te verheerlik deur daagliks in waarheid te groei, om volwasse Christene te word wat Sy karakter openbaar, en die vermoë het om die beginsels van God uit te leef, om die metodes van God toe te pas in hoe hulle hulself regeer en ander behandel.

God sal al sulke gebede verhoor!

Ek moedig jou aan om te bid – daagliks en dikwels – maar maak gebed ‘n gesprek met God; praat met Hom soos jy met ‘n vriend sou praat, wat beteken dat jy Hom moet ken, geloof in Hom moet hê en Hom moet verstaan. En maak jou mees intieme gebede privaat, soek eensame plekke om met die hemel te kommunikeer, plekke sonder afleidings, waar jy in stilheid kan bly en die stil sagte stem van God kan hoor (1 Konings 19:12). Wanneer jy Hom ken, sal jy Sy metodes en Sy ontwerpwette verstaan en meer sensitief wees vir Sy antwoorde, want net soos jy met ‘n ware vriend sou doen, sal jy besef dat Hy nie sekere antwoorde sal gee nie omdat dit buite Sy karakter is.

En wanneer jy oomblikke teëkom wat na stilte klink, onthou dat God jou vriend is en vra jouself af wat jy sou doen of dink as jou menslike vriend met stilte reageer. Sal jy nie nadink en dink: “Wat het ek so pas gevra nie? Ken ek reeds die waarheid, die regte koers, die beste aksie, maar wil ek iets anders hê en my vriend gee my tyd om te heroorweeg?” Wanneer stilte dan God se reaksie is, pas daardie wysheid toe en vra: “Is dit ‘n probleem waarop ek reeds die antwoord ken, wat God my voorheen gelei het om op te los? Moet ek hierdie een op my eie oplos, want God het my reeds die wysheid, beginsels en metodes gegee en nou moet ek dit toepas sodat ek volwasse kan word en groei eerder as om Hom te soek om my elke antwoord te gee?” Indien wel, vra God dan vir die bevestiging om voort te gaan en Sy metodes op die situasie toe te pas, die lewensbelangrike waarhede wat op jou situasie van toepassing is, aktief te onthou, deur jou keuses te dink en jou hart oop te hou vir Sy leiding terwyl jy vorentoe beweeg met ‘n dankbare hart, en onthou ook dat Jesus belowe het om ons nooit te verlaat of ons te versaak nie en dat ons Sy krag kan ontvang solank ons harte aktief soek om Hom te verheerlik.

Ten slotte, as jy bid vir krag om God se wil te doen, moet jy onthou dat ons nie die krag vir die taak ontvang totdat ons kies om die waarheid toe te pas en aan die sending deel te neem nie. Die roker kry nie die krag om op te hou voordat hulle kies om op te hou nie; die hardloper kry nie die uithouvermoë om die wedloop te voltooi voordat hulle die wedloop hardloop nie; Die waters skei nie totdat ons voete nat word nie. (Sien Josua 3:13.)

Die volgende keer as jy bid, onthou Jesus se belofte:

En ek sal doen wat jy ook al vra – as dit in harmonie met my karakter, metodes en beginsels is – sodat die Seun eer en heerlikheid aan die Vader kan bring deur die genesende en lewegewende krag van sy metodes te openbaar. Jy mag my vra vir enigiets in ooreenstemming met my karakter en metodes, en ek sal dit doen (Joh 14:13, 14 REM).

 

 

 

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Testimony 8

Thank you for the ministry you are sharing with us, it is a real blessing to us and especially to my husband and myself! You are encouraging us to think for ourselves and not just to except everything, without thinking it through, with God’s word!

M.K., USA

 

Testimony 67

I was introduced to Come And Reason by a friend of my mother-in-law, who gave me several CD’s of Dr. Jennings. The clarity of the message and recognition that God’s is a God of love was so clear, advancing beyond Dr. Maxwell’s message. However, grappled with Maxwell saying God used emergency measures for the fallen world. Now after several years of being a regular listener of the Come And Reasoning bible study class and attending Jennings’ meetings in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, things are becoming clearer for me. Design law versus imposed law has added so much to my personal understanding of theology. This message has really impacted my work in counseling so many people miserable because they are searching for and trusting human governments to create order and peace or believing in a God who says love Me or I will kill you. I am grateful that I have an alternative view to offer my clients that makes sense. I teach a bible study class on a semi-regular basis and I value the materials that Come And Reason so freely offers to aid me in presenting this vital message. Thank you for continuing to provide advancement in our very limited understanding of a Infinite God that is rational and believable.

Dr. Roger D, Arlington, TX, USA

 

Testimony 59

I’m a native Ghanan, but am currently in France for my master’s degree. Prior to this, during my final years at undergraduate studies in Ghana, I was introduced to your ministry and I’ve been immensely blessed by what you share, especially about the Design and Imposed Laws. God richly bless you for that.

One of the first things I did when I arrived in France was to buy all four of your books. They not only helped me, but those I shared them with. I shared the message with an atheist student and I marveled at how God worked mightily in his life. Today this person shares the Love of God with others and debunks theories of who God is not. I want to share what you present in your “Heavenly Sanctuary and Investigative Judgment” pamphlet, because the message brought rest to my soul and I live today as a healthy person.

God bless you so much and your ministry.

Michael A., Ghana

 

Testimony 60

Just watched watched lesson 10 in the 1st quarter 2021 bible study classs on Isaiah. I want to thank you for your intellectual spirituality; it’s not an oxymoron! From the point of view of a teacher I also enjoy seeing how much personal pleasure you clearly take in not just tasting, but feasting on God’s word – it reminds me of Jeremiah not being able to hold it in! It makes me smile that your cup is so full and overflowing that you make it to Tuesday’s lesson (on a good day). It just goes to show the richness of God’s Word.

God bless the Come and Reason Team from our church here in Great Britain.

Andrew H., Great Britain

 

Testimony 55

I was born [into the church], then I left it for many years. 10 years ago, I came back, but I could not take the hypocrisy and the lack of answers to the missing pieces. I struggled, but I did not abandon my commitment to know the truth. God is leading me to the simple understanding of his relevance and I am relearning what the church taught me as a youth… that he loves me, that he has led me to a knowledge of him such as I have never known. He is using Dr. Jennings to connect the dots that are now so apparent and hiding in plain sight!

Dean P., Arlington, TX, USA

 

Testimony 4

I’m a youth leader in South Africa. We as a youth group are currently using a lot of the material on the Come and Reason site. Since we’ve started using the material, our youth group has grown.

R. V. N., South Africa

 

Testimony 39

[This ministry is the] biggest blessing I have ever received! Your DVDs and lessons could not have come at a better time in my life. I have experienced in the past year many difficulties that, if it wasn’t for this wonderful view of God that I have discovered through this ministry, I would not have been able to respond in love and forgiveness. My heart is being transformed everyday by the Calvary-looking God you teach. Hallelujah!! I have tears in my eyes as I write, because my life has taken a complete turn from where I was heading.

I am from Central America. Most of my family is scattered in different parts of the world and all have the same view of God that I had growing up; a distant, exacting, and ready-to-punish-us-with-tragedy type of God. So, I have been translating lessons for my family and, to my surprise, they have also been sharing them with others! I can already see the difference. My brother has often said, “Thank you for sharing, I have never heard it this way!” My other family members are taking an amazing turn from a message of “repent or burn” towards a loving God, pleading to us that we won’t reject him because he loves us eternally.

Bless you for all you do.

Sofia S., Ashfield, MA, USA

 

Testimony 19

I truly believe that to know who God really is the first step to understand ourselves in a balanced and kind way, so the healing can take place. Your approach really makes sense – Thank you for your ministry!

A.M., Pittsburg, PA, USA

Testimony 61

I grew up in a prominent protestant church and had what I like to call religious anxiety. I’ve always had questions about God and Salvation that no one could seem to answer.  I didn’t know how to find resolution. During 2020, at the height of my anxiety, I fell to my knees and begged God to show me truth and light and to give me the hope that I’ve been longing for. Days later, I stumbled upon your online videos and it was like a veil was lifted and EVERYTHING made sense! For the first time in my almost 39 years of life, my religious/spiritual anxiety has lessened. I feel a sense of freedom and peace I’ve NEVER had before… and it’s all because my view of God has changed. Thank you!

Ashleighn C.

 

Testimony 69

After reading your book, ‘Could It Be This Simple,’ someone was explaining Christianity in a way that made sense to me for the first time in my life. One morning, I simply prayed “I’m sorry and I love you.” As soon as I silently said that, I could literally feel God’s presence and light flood down on me from above and fill me up with love and joy. I sat there crying my eyes out, because I was so overpowered with this feeling of love and joy. It was just so incredible. I hope that more people can read this book and get a blessing from it. It’s really amazing.

Rachael H.

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Thank you! I love listening to the Come And Reason Ministries Bible study classes and am using some of your notes to get the lessons together that I will be teaching. You always have such good quotes and Bible texts and pull things together to make good sense.

T. C., IN, USA

 

Testimony 41

I have been blessed by your ministry. I have experienced personally, and deeply resonate with, the God of love and the beautiful picture of God’s character that you present. I have seen your seminar series on YouTube, read ‘The Journal of the Watcher’ book, used your mobile app, and also listen/study the bible study lesson with you each week. I concur with many of the thoughts and perspectives that you share. I understand your conclusions on natural laws vs imposed law and the legal/penal substitution (incorrect diagnosis). This makes perfect sense to me.

Bless you for all you do.

Melissa L.

 

Testimony 37

Hearing Dr. Jennings’ presentations in person came at a pivotal moment in my spiritual journey that began about nine months ago, when the fault lines inherent in my belief system began to crack under questions that most reasonable people end up asking about God and His nature. These were questions I couldn’t find answers to, and they shook my faith. I was unable let it go any longer and be satisfied. My Christian experience became distant. I was afraid; the fear in me rose like thorns, pushing me away from Jesus. And then someone heard my questions and introduced me to this ministry, and my life has totally changed.

I can tell you that this new, “present truth” message is far grander and life-changing than when I shifted from being an agnostic and then a nominal Christian. It has radically altered my worldview, because it reveals a God that makes sense. It is a revolution. I believe that Dr. Jennings’ message is the final message that must go to the world. If any message could be called “righteousness by faith,” as abused as that term is by the right and the left, this is that message, because Jennings’ biblical message identifies a God who is different, whose character isn’t an impossible contradiction.

I walk this path now without fear. I see people differently, and the Holy Spirit burns in my heart. Many call Dr. Jennings’ message false and compromising, but it isn’t false, because I’ve seen the fruits within my mind and body. It is not compromising, because in this message is the only road to holiness that makes any sense. No longer do I behold a pagan god who is always angry and suspicious. Instead, I behold a God who is freeing and loving, always working for our good, and giving me every reason to love my enemy even to my own death, just as Jesus pleads with us. God is good.

Anthony L., CA, USA

 

Testimony 33

I was invited over a friend’s house to see the “God and Your Brain” seminar today. I became [a christian] 36 years ago at the age of 19, but have struggled with the concept of God taking His ‘pound of flesh’ out on His Son to be appeased. Wow. Your seminar has been an incredible revelation and breath of reason and fresh air! I have your book, “The God Shaped Brain,” and it is SO eye opening. Finally, after 36 years enlightenment has come! Praise the Good Lord! What can I say, but that the Real Gospel is truly “Good News!” Thank you for your efforts in giving the Gospel a clear sound!

Paul C.,  Springfield, MA, USA

 

Testimony 42

I am just writing to say that I have been so blessed by the teachings of Come And Reason Minitries recently. I watched last week’s bible study lesson on Youtube and am thankful that the error in the printed lesson guide you use was pointed out and this week’s study was of equal benefit, if not more so. My understanding of God’s nature has been very confused of late and I am so grateful for clarity in this matter. I have never really fully understood previously how a good God can cause bad things to happen and now I realise that He doesn’t, it’s a natural consequence of sin. May the almighty Father and His Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, continue to bless your ministry.

Laura P., United Kingdom