Evidence for Believing

[Belacqua]

I tend to agree, through the bible there are promises of god's blessing if asked for ..

We are supposedly told by god to ask for healing (pray for the sick and they shall be healed) , we are told not to worry about what we shall wear or eat, to simply ask god to 'give us our daily bread' and then gives an example of the birds of the air etc.. and that we are far more precious to god and these things shall be added to us.

We are then told we are selfish when we ask for these things, no doubt to explain why they have no effect at all.

If a sola scriptura literalist reading of the Bible indicates that prayers today for a Mercedes Benz will definitely result in getting a Mercedes Benz, then that's obviously stupid. 

Other parts seem to indicate that we are supposed to ask for humility, poverty, and the good of others. 

It does say that we aren't supposed to worry about tomorrow, in the part about the lilies of the field, but I never read that as meaning that tomorrow I am guaranteed good health and lots to eat. More that we should be and do good now, because it is good to be good, and not think about the personal consequences. 

But I agree that Christians don't agree at all on how they interpret this, and many will assume that prayers for cash guarantee cash.