"When you pray, believe ... and you shall have."

Faith Filled Thoughts
March 4th, 2009
By Connie Ciccone
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"When you pray, believe ... and you shall have."


Scripture: Mark 11:24 "What things so ever you desire, when you pray, believe that you will receive them, and you shall have them."

What a promise from the word of God. It sounds so simple. When you pray, believe. Yet, how many times do we just say a prayer rather than pray with real faith? Faith down deep in your heart, knowing that once you prayed that the Lord has already answered you? Prayer should be a reverent petition to God, not just words uttered aloud. For prayer to be effective, you must reach inwardly down deep for faith and release your request in the spirit. As you do, the answer will come to pass in the natural. Awesome things happen when a simple prayer that is mixed with faith meets God.

Notice Jesus said, "When you pray, believe ... and you shall have." There is a time to believe and that is at the moment you ask. After your encounter with God in prayer, your faith may be tested, but keep holding on. The faith in your heart will work even though doubt is attacking your mind. Just before Jesus told his disciples to have faith when they prayed, He cursed the fig tree that had no fruit. Jesus had faith when He spoke to the tree and it began to wither on the inside. There was no evidence of change on the outside, but when the disciples passed by the next day, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. Jesus used this example to teach the disciples some important principles concerning prayer. He said, "You shall have." In other words, your answer is on the way. Most of the time we can't comprehend that our prayers are in the process of being answered because we can't see God at work. Too often we give up just before the answer comes.

Verse twenty-two says, "Have faith in God." God delights in honoring your faith. When you believe and trust in God, you set a mighty force to work.
Like gravity, which is the strongest force in nature that can't be seen, faith is a very strong force in the spirit.
Although it can't be seen or explained, FAITH works.
So when you pray, believe, and when you truly believe, you shall have.

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!

With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
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