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I want to talk about a misunderstanding people sometimes have regarding prayer. There are some

verses in the Bible that taken out of context can make it sound like we should get whatever we

pray for as Christians. These verses can be used by heretical movements like the prosperity

gospel movement in order to say, you should pray for health and wealth.

And if you don't get those things, it's not because God doesn't want to give them to you.

It's because you don't have enough faith.

I don't think there's anything wrong with asking God for temporal blessings like a good job or healthy children.

But how do we make sense of those verses where Jesus seems to be saying,

whatever we ask in his name, he'll do for us?

So here are Jesus's words in John chapter 14, verses 13 and 14.

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do that the father may be

glorified in the sun. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. The first thing we should

ask when interpreting a Bible verse is, what is the context of this passage? So when we zoom out a little

bit here, we realize that these words

are a part of a longer speech in John's gospel known as the Upper Room Discourse. This discourse is

in John chapters 13 through 17. Some people say 14 through 17. It's actually right before Jesus's

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