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Originally Posted by Lanny60

I understand what you are saying, Sean. Like I said, I looked at it like that for over 30 years. It just hit me a day or two ago that it wasn't a general promise to us that we can have anything if someone else agrees with our request. It is sandwiched between verses talking about forgiveness. I don't think we would be rightly dividing the Word if we pulled those verses out and applied them to all our prayer requests. In fact, I will say this carefully...just experience over the years tells me that agreeing with others won't make our requests be granted. I was on the prayer chain for 20 years and there were prayers all the time that were not answered (with a yes).

Another thought, "that your prayers be not hindered" doesn't mean that he will grant everything we ask of Him.

I don't know, guys. Like I said, it really shakes me up when something I've been taught like this comes into question. I must be too trusting to have taken a minister's word on so many things without really digging into everything on my own. I have always studied, but some of these often repeated verses I never questioned.

That is a sign of growth and maturity.