The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 John 5:14-15, “This is the confidence which we have before Him,

that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know

that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.”

I’ve forgotten what class I was in, but it occurred in college at

Pittsburg State in Kansas. Someone in the class asked, “Does

prayer really work?” Most of my professors were not Christians,

so, while I don’t recall what he answered, I can only imagine that

it was not favorable to the Scriptures.

The Apostle John says that if what we ask is “according to His will,”

He does indeed hear us. Then comes the correlative: “And if we

know (without the slightest doubt; with absolute confidence) that

He hears us,” we can with the same confidence know that we

have what we request. What John does not say, however, is when

our requests will be honored. That factor must remain in the

LORD’s timing. We are not to worry because worry is the lack

of faith.

Only believe; only believe;

All things are possible,

Only believe.

Love and prayers always and daily,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas