Breath of Power - Week 21/03

Week 21: May 19 - May 25, 2003

FAITH IN PRAYER

Key Passage: 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.

We need to understand one of the remarkable teachings that Jesus gave in this passage on faith in prayer. That is the fact that faith precedes possession. We must first believe that we have received before we can have what we have requested for. Our problem is that we want to receive the manifestation of our requests before we believe. But remember what Jesus told Thomas, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" (Jn 20: 29).

Faith is not based on sight, but on trust in God (2 Cor 5:7). We believe, because we know, without any iota of doubt, that our God is true and faithful to His word. He cannot lie, and cannot deny His word or break the promise He has made to His people (Num 23:19).

Hebrews 11:6 reads, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe…." If one does not first believe God, then he does not qualify to receive from Him. The book of James 1:7 reads, "For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord." But if we believe God and know, without doubt, that He is faithful and true, there is certainty in our conviction that He will grant us what we have requested for which is according to His will. 1 John 5:14-15 reads, "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him."

If we truly believe, then we should no more worry for matters we have committed to God in prayer. We should begin to thank and praise Him (Phil 4:6) for God who has promised is faithful (I Thes 5:24).

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 21: May 19 - May 25, 2003 FAITH IN PRAYER Key Passage: 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. We need to understand one of the remarkable teachings that Jesus gave in this passage on faith in prayer. That is the fact that faith precedes possession. We must first believe that we have received before we can have what we have requested for. Our problem is that we want to receive the manifestation of our requests before we believe. But remember what Jesus told Thomas, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" (Jn 20: 29). Faith is not based on sight, but on trust in God (2 Cor 5:7). We believe, because we know, without any iota of doubt, that our God is true and faithful to His word. He cannot lie, and cannot deny His word or break the promise He has made to His people (Num 23:19). Hebrews 11:6 reads, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe…." If one does not first believe God, then he does not qualify to receive from Him. The book of James 1:7 reads, "For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord." But if we believe God and know, without doubt, that He is faithful and true, there is certainty in our conviction that He will grant us what we have requested for which is according to His will. 1 John 5:14-15 reads, "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him." If we truly believe, then we should no more worry for matters we have committed to God in prayer. We should begin to thank and praise Him (Phil 4:6) for God who has promised is faithful (I Thes 5:24). Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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