Here Are Five Conditions:
1. Entire dependence on the Lord Jesus Christ. His merits and intervention are the only basis for any claim to blessing. (See John 14:13-14; 15:16)
2. Separation from all known sin. Psalm 66:18: “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.”
3. Faith in God’s Word. If I don’t believe what God says, I imply that God is a liar and perjurer. Hebrews 11:6: “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” (See also vv. 13-20.)
4. Ask according to His will. Our motives must be godly. We must not seek any gift from God just to satisfy our own lusts. (See 1 John 5:14; James 4:3.)
5. Persistence in prayer. We must wait on God and wait for God. (See James 5:7; Luke 18:1-8.)
Taken from Simple Trust Simple Prayers: Life-Changing Lessons from the Journals of George Mueller by Cindy Mallen, Appendix A, p. 102.
"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is placed in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into its soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller
