Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye
desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have
them (Mark 11:24).
Some Christians have asked
“ how do I receive answers to
prayers?” “I’ve prayed and
prayed and yet nothing
happened, ” they’ve
complained. Some, in
frustration, have given up on
prayer completely. If only
these folks understood the
faith-principle, they wouldn ’t
experience such frustrations.
God didn’t say if you pray
hard enough He’ll answer
you; rather, He says
“ whatever you desire when
you pray,believe that you
receive them and you shall
have them ”(Mark 11:24).
That’s what faith is all
about. You must
understand that your
requests in prayer don’t take
God by surprise; He doesn’t
start considering whether or
not to answer you at the
time when you ’re praying.
Matthew 6:8 says “…your
Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye
ask him. ”
If He already knew what
you wanted before you
asked, it means He already
had the answer prepared.
So,what is needed to make
the answer real to you is
your faith. That’s what
makes the difference! In
addition, in Luke 12:32,
Jesus, assuring us of the
Father ’s willingness,eagerness
and readiness to answer our
prayers said, “Fear not,
little flock; for it is your
Father ’s good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.”
Therefore, if you asked for
something and didn ’t get the
answer when you wanted it,
the problem wasn ’t with God
answering your prayer,
perhaps you didn ’t know how
to receive.
God already said when you
ask, believe that you receive
and you shall have. So, when
you put up a request before
God, receive what you ’re
asking for by
declaring, “Father I’ve asked
for such-and-such,
therefore I receive it now in
the Name of Jesus. ”
Remember, you don’t say “I
receive it,” so that you can
have it; you receive it
because you know and trust
that it ’s yours NOW! That’s
faith at work. Faith doesn’t
try to get something to
happen; faith knows and
accepts that it has happened
and therefore confesses and
endorses it to be so NOW!
Confession
I live and walk by faith and
not by sight; I ’m not moved
by what I see, feel or hear;
I ’m moved only by the Word
of God! I declare that my
life is going forward and
upward only and nothing is
impossible unto me.
Hallelujah!
Further Study
1 John 5:14-15-And this is
the confidence that we have
in him, that, if we ask any
thing according to his will,
he heareth us: And if we
know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions
that we desired of him.
Mark 11:23-24-For verily I
say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the
sea; and shall not doubt in
his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he
shall have whatsoever he
saith.
Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye
desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive
[them], and ye shall have
[them].
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