{"id":102,"date":"2015-08-09T16:26:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T21:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=102"},"modified":"2015-08-09T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T21:26:46","slug":"seven-ways-people-misuse-or-block-gods-promises-in-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2015\/08\/seven-ways-people-misuse-or-block-gods-promises-in-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Ways People Misuse or Block God\u2019s Promises in Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you been guilty of anything of this list?<\/p>\n

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  1. Prosperity Theology \u2013 Use God\u2019s promises to claim it is God\u2019s will for all believers to be materially prosperous, successful and healthy.<\/li>\n
  2. Putting God to the Test \u2013 Demanding something from God and not submitting to His Sovereign will or authority or right to rule our life.<\/li>\n
  3. Pleading for fleshly desires \u2013 seeking something that we think is good for us, but God knows would be a detriment.<\/li>\n
  4. Proof Texting \u2013 Taking Bible promises out of context and using them to support wild imagination.<\/li>\n
  5. Unbelief will stop us from asking or pleading the promises in prayer.<\/li>\n
  6. Lack of patience or perseverance when answers seem long in coming.<\/li>\n
  7. Misclaiming the Promise from not interpreting the scriptures accurately or discerning God\u2019s will for us accurately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Break the strongholds that choke your faith with time tested truths presented in Praying Over God\u2019s Promises<\/em><\/a> by Tom Yeakley, US Field Director for The Navigators\u00ae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Have you been guilty of anything of this list? Prosperity Theology \u2013 Use God\u2019s promises to claim it is God\u2019s will for all believers to be materially prosperous, successful and healthy. Putting God to the Test \u2013 Demanding something from … <\/p>\n

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