Selfish prayers are always those that are intended to gratify our own selfish desires, and we should not expect God to respond to such prayers. “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures” (James 4:3).
Sala za ubinafsi daima ni zile ambazo lengo lake ni kutosheleza matamanio yetu ya kibinafsi, na tusitarajie Mungu kujibu maombi hayo. "Hata mwaomba, wala hampati kwa sababu mnaomba kwa nia mbaya, ili mvitumie kwa tamaa zenu" (Yakobo 4:3).