I read a booklet some years ago by a popular dispensationalist. He said the only prayer promise today for the Church age is Philippians 4:7. We are simply to let our requests be known to God and to expect nothing else other than the peace of heart and mind prayer brings. He said the prayers concerning asking and receiving had to do with the Jews of old, and not with this present Gentile age.
I say, “What rubbish!” What an insult to God Almighty. My answer to those who would try to pigeon-hole God is that of the Apostle Paul, who answers them with this question: “Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also...” Making your requests known to God, and then leaving it there with no expectation, may make you look good and spiritual, but it does nothing for God. Who wants an impotent God? From Genesis to Revelation, in every age, to every people, God is distinctly a God Who hears and answers prayer.
"God never denied that soul anything that went as far as Heaven to ask for it." (Puritan saying)
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