Will God answer my prayer if I ask with thanksgiving?
Yes. When prayer and supplication are offered with thanksgiving—thanking God ahead of time, realizing He is not obligated to grant the request—He will answer according to His grace and mercy. God already knows the need; He desires heartfelt communication, and He wants His people to make their requests known to Him.
Les teaches that people sometimes think they cannot bring little problems to God because He does not want to be bothered, but he says yes, God does want to be bothered. Using prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, the believer should not ask and ask without thanksgiving; instead, thank God ahead of time, realizing He is not obligated to do what is asked. Then He will answer according to His grace and mercy. Les notes Paul says basically the same thing in Thessalonians: make supplications with thanksgiving and let requests be made known to God. God already knows, but He wants communication—He wants us to tell Him from the heart what we desire and need.
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How should I pray with thanksgiving so God will answer?
If we pray with thanksgiving, acknowledging that God is not obligated to grant what we ask, He will answer according to His grace and mercy.