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Public school or private school, what should Christians choose?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

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question by email. You can write to us at Questions at Core Christianity.com. Well, first up today,

let's go to Lucy calling in from Kansas. Lucy, what's your question for Adrile? My question is,

when you're praying and asking the Lord to help sick people recover or their surgeries to go well, just things like that in general, praying for others.

Is it wrong not to say if it is your will?

Yeah, Lucy, thank you for that question.

Is it wrong to say, you know, if it's your will?

Well, a couple of things.

Sometimes I think when we're praying to the Lord and we say, God, if it's your will,

do X.

I wonder if that's not another way of us saying,

God, I really don't think you're going to do this. I'm not really praying in faith. I'm just

sort of leaving an open door for you not to work here. I say that because I don't think there's

anything wrong with saying that, but I wonder if sometimes when we use that kind of language, we, that's not what we really, I know I've done that before. And so I think when we approach the Lord in prayer, one, we want to pray believing. You know, he who comes to God must believe that he is and that he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him, the author of the Hebrews tells us.

We come to God believing that he's able, that he's powerful, that he can indeed even do miraculous

things, even heal. But we also recognize that he's sovereign and free to do as he chooses

and that he might have purposes that we're unaware of. And so in that sense, I think it's fine and appropriate to say, Lord, if this is your will,

I know that you're able.

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