Many times we're cheated out of the blessings God wants us to have in this life because we're not cooperating with Him. Instead of praying again for Sister Gray's healing, the congregation should have raised their hands and thanked God that she had been healed.
Confession: I believe in my heart Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe He was raised from the dead for my justification. I confess Him as my Lord and Saviour. Jesus is my Lord. He is dominating my life. He is guiding me. He is leading me.
Step number seven to receiving answered prayer is make every prayer relative to what you've asked a statement of faith instead of unbelief. You can think and say words of faith just as easily as you can think and say words of doubt and unbelief. It is thinking faith thoughts and speaking faith words that leads the heart out of defeat and into victory.
Satan is the destroyer. Jesus is the Deliverer.
Step number six to receiving answered prayer is in your every waking moment, think on the greatness of God and His goodness, and count your blessings. This will increase your faith.
Many people believe the lie that it is not God's will to heal them, yet it is illogical to believe that God heals, and at the same time believe that He won't heal you.
Way God works is through His Word. Remember, God only works and moves in line with His Word. He has bound Himself by His Word.
If God's Word says He hears and answers prayer, and if that Word doesn't depart from before your eyes, then you're bound to see yourself with the things you asked for. If you don't see yourself with the things you desire, then God's Word has departed from before your eyes.
1. Say it. 2. Do it. 3. Receive it. 4. Tell it.
Christians do not take advantage of what belongs to them. Either they do not know how to take advantage of what belongs to them, or the do not know what belongs to them.
The Bible is a legal document, sealed by the blood of Jesus. However, it is your believing it and your confessing it which makes it a reality to you.
Hope says, "I'll get healed sometime." Heart faith says, "It's mine now.
You should constantly be confessing who you are. On no, not who you are physically--the son or daughter of John Doe who lives on such-and-such street. No! But who you are according to the Word of God. That's the confession we're to hold fast to.
Many folks pray and pray and pray, but they don't pray according to the Word. But John 15:7 says, If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
If you stand by the Word, God will stand by you and will make His Word good in your life. But if you don't stand on God's Word, then He has nothing to make good in your life.
My mother told me that when she knew I was traveling, she would pray that the Lord would be with me. I would finish a meeting in California and then travel straight through until I got home. She would just stay awake worrying, waiting for the telephone to ring, announcing bad news. I told her that she was wasting her time, that she might as well not pray if she was going to keep on worrying. She would pray that God would protect me, and then she would stay awake worrying. That's the way many people act when they pray. But worry can hinder you from receiving answers to prayers. Worry can stop God from being able to move on your behalf. Thank God, prayer means more than that. John 16:24 says, '. . . ask, and ye SHALL RECEIVE, that your joy may be full.' When you pray in faith, according to God's Word, you are full of joy and rejoicing even before the answer materializes because you know God heard you. You have His Word for it.