GOD WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS

We have been assured of God answering all our request and petitions we bring to him in our prayers. 

John 15:16English Standard Version (ESV)

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

But this assurance does not come on a silver platter. It comes with certain conditions that must be fulfilled. The first condition is that you must be "chosen and appointed by the Lord." If you have opened the door of your heart for Christ to enter, then you have been appointed. You have responded to his invitation and he has an appointment with you. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." Revelations 3:20. His appointment is a call of duty. That duty is to go out and bear fruit. This fruit is the fruit of love, joy, peace, righteousness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control, patience, longsuffering, humility, and mercy. He does not want a one day wonder fruit bearing, instead, he wants you to bear fruit that will abide from day to day, and year to year. He wants you to build a character brand that you can be recognized by. A personal signature tune! When people mention that fruit, their minds should automatically point to you. An abiding fruit, a fruit that last and does not go rotten!

So the second condition is that you should bear fruit and your fruit should abide. Note that the word 'should' indicates a necessary condition. 

Once you have satisfied all these conditions then, "whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you." Jesus' name is powerful. At the mention of this name, every knee bows including principalities and powers. 

It is my prayer today that you will bear fruit that last so that all your requests you brought before the Lord will be answered in the name of Jesus. May your day be blessed! Amen.