[LS]

I'll turn your question around: if "God's will" overrode everything, then you would have no choice about whether to accept Jesus. Indeed, there would be no reason whatsoever for anyone to live on earth. He could just "zap" and make us all believers. But HE said He wouldn't do that. And it is written (do you really want me to find the verse?) that God has magnified HIS WORD even above HIS NAME. That tells me that God can't lie, and if HE says I am to have something, then I should have it. If I don't have it, it must be MY fault, not His because He already said it.

And no, it's not "faith in faith." That is anti-faith gibberish. It is faith in the Word of GOD, because ONLY the Word has power---faith in anything else is useless. And to keep calling faith "name it and claim it" is like calling Catholics "papists." Clever, but erroneous in the extreme.

[PleaseNoMore]

Amen! If we don't have the provisions that He has already prepared for us then it is our own fault. He isn't going to spoon feed us. He may send the manna but we have to gather it. It doesn't do us any good if we leave it lying on the ground. The "it's God's will ( sickness, poverty, addiction, etc ) crowd" always saddens me. What blessings they are missing out on by not acting upon His word.

[RnMomof7]

I'll turn your question around: if "God's will" overrode everything, then you would have no choice about whether to accept Jesus. Indeed, there would be no reason whatsoever for anyone to live on earth. He could just "zap" and make us all believers. But HE said He wouldn't do that. And it is written (do you really want me to find the verse?) that God has magnified HIS WORD even above HIS NAME.

Yes I do want the Chapter and verse in context please.

That tells me that God can't lie, and if HE says I am to have something, then I should have it. If I don't have it, it must be MY fault, not His because He already said it.

So let me get this straight..God's sole purpose is to meet your desires and needs.Just who is God in your relationship?