...reason which hindered the success of their prayers; "ye * Matt. xxi. 22. f 1 Tim. ii. 8. £ Ps. xxvi. 6. ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts;"* ye ask in a worldly frame and temper, and for worldly purposes, not with a single desire of godliness...

...come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ? 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. (James iv. 1, 2.) •, Nothing can correct the selfishness, the turbulence, the cruelty of human passions,...

...In addition to which, the apostle James evidently identifies it with adultery. " Ye covet, and have 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,...

...The want of attention to this particular is one cause of unsuccessful prayer, as St. James says, " Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your lusts." We should consider, therefore, what things God has declared Himself more especially disposed to give,...

...exposed the defective nature of the prayers which they would offer. It is written, " Ye ask, and ye receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." Again it is written, " He that turneth away his car from hearing the law," (and this is done by every...

...the desire to have, and cannot obtain : y« fight and war, yet ye have not, because yeaflk not. ;i Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume if upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know mouth«, that they may obey us ; and we...

...you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and...ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts, (James 4:1-3). The motive of our nature is basic selfishness, but when we give our lives to the Lord,...

...will not hear me, Psalm 66:18. What is a major hindrance to prayer? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and...ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts, James 4:2-3. What is another hindrance to prayer? * NO PRAYER - NO PEACE - NO POWER Reflect and record:...

...ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20) Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and...ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. (James 4:2-3) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those...

...you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in yow members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain; ye fight and...not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, became ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4:1-3. What is the cause of all...