Genuine, biblical faith is a miracle. Faith in God is something we don’t possess naturally. Eph. 2:8 tells us that faith is “the gift of God.”
This outworking of faith in God’s people has allowed them see demonstrations of God’s power that boggle the mind. It has allowed them to receive answers to prayers for things that appeared impossible.
Faith in God and in the promises found in His Word, allows us to believe Him in the impossible situations of life.
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
It sounds like a blank check, like you can ask for anything and receive it.
There is not a single verse in the Bible that contradicts another verse.
The Bible is very clear that answers to prayer come when we pray according to the will of God.
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:
[15] And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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“Have Thine own way, Lord, — Have Thine own way; — Thou art the Potter, — I am the clay. — Mould me and make me After Thy will, — While I am waiting, Yielded and still.
“Have Thine own way, Lord, — Have Thine own way; — Search me and try me, — Master, today. — Whiter than snow, Lord, Wash me just now, — As in Thy presence Humbly I bow.
“Have Thine own way, Lord, — Have Thine own way; — Wounded and weary, — Help me, I pray. — Power, all power, — Surely is Thine, — Touch me and heal me, Savior divine.”
Adelaide A. Pollard
Ideas for this unprofitable blog a taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit.
