...that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. — James i. 5 — 7. Ye have not, because ye ask not; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts", (or pleasures.) — James iv. 2, 3. Is any among you afflicted ? let him pray, &c....

...purpose of being applied to a right object, and always in entire submission to the will of God. Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. But may we always, in every case, when our prayer is acceptable, expect the very thing...

...purpose of being applied to a right object, and always in entire submission to the will of God. Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. The mother of Augustine was a woman of devoted piety, but her son was a youth of wild...

...purpose of being applied to a right object, and always in entire submission to the will of God. Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. But may we always, in every case, when our prayer is acceptable, expect the very thing...

...and desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is...

...they pray for; and then it is no wonder they are not heard, as St. James observes, James 4.3. " Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." And besides, none can pray aright in Christ's Name, without the assistance of His...

...kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain : Ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ash not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." ' The pursuit of the things of the world, causes quarrels and jealousies. Instead...

...and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye are all partakers of my grace. Jam. 4. 3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Jam. 5. 16. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias...

...but declares that he abominates pretence in every part of his service. Hence the words of James, " Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts," (James iv. 3.) It is true, indeed, (as we shall again see in a little,) that the...

...that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according \o his will, heheareth us. James iv. 3 — Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts, 4. In order to offer acceptable pray er to God, we must rightly and thoroughly know...