Chat: You are praying for a direct revelation from God Himself about whether or not He wants to heal this particular condition.

You are on very dangerous ground!

While God might sometimes honor this prayer for a young believer, this kind of praying will get you into trouble someday!  I actually prayed like this as a baby Christian, but I noticed that every time I did, He always said YES!

But this kind of praying is really no different than asking God for a direct revelation of whether it’s OK for you to commit adultery.  God does not NEED to give you a “direct” revelation when He has given you “a more sure word of prophecy” – His written Word!

The danger of this kind of prayer is due to the fact that there are a lot of voices out there that are NOT the voice of the Good Shepherd.  Satan will try to convince you that his voice is God’s voice.  “You didn’t marry your REAL soul-mate so you need to divorce the one you have and pursue your real one” would be an example.  A wise Christian would immediately recognize that this voice spoke contrary to Scripture and rebuke it, knowing its source.

The Mormon church (which prefers to call itself The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, although “Latter-Day” is the only accurate term in the entire name for this group) ensnares people by telling them to PRAY for an inward impression to determine whether Joseph Smith (the deceiver who started the cult) was a prophet.  The devil can give you impressions, and he is the one dishing out these false impressions.  The CORRECT way to determine if Joseph Smith was a prophet is to compare what he taught to the Bible.  The Bible repudiates Smith’s claims that Jesus and Satan were brothers, that God was once a man and just one of many gods (which can supposedly include you someday) and many other ridiculous doctrines.

The only valid way to pray about doctrine is to pray that God will give you “the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” to open up the Word to you so that you can see what doctrine it teaches.

The contents of this book are designed to show you what God says in His Word.

OK, I’ll pray that God will give me revelation from His Word instead of what I was praying.