Listen to our public prayers. Now consider the results? James tells us we can ask wrongly: James 4:3 "You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions." He also tells us we must ask with full confidence and expectation of receiving: James 1:6-7 "… let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;" And James tells us to meet trials head-on: James 1:2-4 "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
How many of the requests in our public prayers are simply for our happiness? How many of those requests do you find in the Bible?
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