Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Hebrews 4:3 tells us that everything we shall ever need He has already arranged it, provided for it and prepared it from the day He finished creation. 'the works were finished from the foundation of the world.'
That is a mind boggling truth. God knew every 'thing' we would need before we needed it and arranged for us to have it. God tells us in Ephesians that He lavished His love on us but we have to receive it by faith.
You know what would make God happy is when we go boldly to His throne of grace (Heb 4:16) and make our requests to Him, knowing He wants to give it to us and has already provided it. Sometimes we think God can't afford it or isn't interested in that detail of our lives which we know is not true!
Pastor Yonggi Cho tells of a time he wanted a bike, a desk and a chair so He asked God for them. God asked him to be more specific; what kind of bike, desk and chair? So he told the Lord the specific bike, a Japanese wood chair and a kneehole desk." He then told his students that he had the three things even though he couldn't show them to them yet. He explained he was pregnant with them, he was 'expecting' them. In due course all three arrived.
God wants us to grasp the truth of Mark 11:24 - we ask, we believe we have received them (before we see them) and then, in due course, they arrive. The Lord gave him exactly what he had asked for because he had believed he'd received them.
What do you have need of today? Whatever it is you wont be asking for anything which is not already bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus. We don't need to twist God's arm for anything. He has already arranged for us to have it since the finished work at creation. All He asks of us is to follow His way of asking and really believe it. Hoping and wishing doesn't do it, but believing does.
For example, you may need bills paying and don't have enough money. So you lay the bills on the table and ask God your Source to provide the money to pay them, you lay hold of it by faith, declaring God's promise to provide for all your needs. You 'see' the bills stamped paid in full. You 'call' them paid for by Jesus. How it comes is not your business, that's God's part. You believe the bills are paid and thank God for it. Now listen to God He may give you some instructions to obey.😊
Let's exercise our faith muscles. What are you asking and believing God for? Jesus told us to do it. Please don't think it's my idea! Mark 11:22-25 explains it all. Then read Hebrews 4:2 and mix faith with the words of Mark 11 you've just read.
Let's be doers of the Word and not hearers only.😊
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