DAILY TEXT, Friday, May 2, 2025, We know that we will have what we ask for because we have asked it of him (1 John 5:15).

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Friday, May 2, 2025

We know we will have what we ask for because we have asked him (1 John 5:15).

Jehovah sometimes answers the prayers of his servants by having people who do not worship him help them. For example, he had King Artaxerxes give Nehemiah permission to return to Jerusalem and help rebuild the city (Neh. 2:3-6). And today Jehovah can make even non-Witnesses help us when we need it. Jehovah generally does not answer our prayers in a spectacular way. But the answers he gives us are just what we need to stay loyal. So we have to be very attentive to see how our heavenly Father answers us. Let us take time from time to time to meditate on how Jehovah is answering our prayers (Ps. 66:19, 20). You must not only have faith to pray to Jehovah, but also to accept his answer, whatever it may be. (Heb. 11:6) w23.05 11 para. 13; 12 paras. 15, 16.

How does Soo Hing's experience encourage you? (See also the image).

 A sister named Soo Hing felt that Jehovah used her doctor to help her. Her son, who has several mental illnesses, suffered a terrible accident. So Soo Hing and her husband left work to take care of him. This brought them financial problems. The situation was so complicated that Soo Hing said that he couldn't take it anymore, that he was at the limit of his strength. So he opened his heart to Jehovah and asked him for help. The doctor became interested in their case, and thanks to that they got help from the Government and a cheaper place to live. Then Soo Hing said: “We saw Jehovah’s hand in this whole matter. Surely he ‘hears prayers’” (Ps. 65:2).

What helped a sister see that Jehovah did answer her prayers?

Jehovah generally does not answer our prayers in a spectacular way. But the answers he gives us are just what we need to stay loyal. So we have to be very attentive to see how our heavenly Father answers us. A sister named Yoko found her prayers unanswered. But then he began to write down everything he asked of Jehovah. After a while, he reviewed his notes and realized that Jehovah had answered most of his prayers, including some that he did not even remember. It is good for us to take time from time to time to meditate on how Jehovah is answering our prayers (Ps. 66:19, 20).

How does faith help us when we pray? (Hebrews 11:6).

You must not only have faith to pray to Jehovah, but also to accept his answer, whatever it may be. (Read Hebrews 11:6.) Let's look at the example of Mike and Chrissy, a couple who had the goal of serving at Bethel. Mike says: “We submitted the application many times and prayed to Jehovah constantly about this matter, but we were never invited.” Mike and Chrissy continued to trust that Jehovah knew where they would be most useful. They continued to do all they could: they served as regular pioneers where help in the preaching work was needed and they helped with construction projects. Now they are in the circuit work. Mike explains: “Jehovah has not always answered our prayers in the way we expected, but he has answered them, and he has done it even better than we had imagined.”

According to Psalm 86:6, 7, what are we sure of?

(Read Psalm 86:6, 7). David was convinced that Jehovah heard and answered his prayers. You can have that same security. The examples we have discussed in this article show us that Jehovah can give us the wisdom and strength we need to endure. We have also seen that he can use our spiritual family or even people who do not worship him to help us.

Although Jehovah may not always answer our prayers in the way we hope, we know that he will answer them. It will give us just what we need and it will do it at the most opportune time. So let us continue to pray in faith, confident that Jehovah will take care of us now and that in the new world he will satisfy “the desire of every living thing” (Ps. 145:16).

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