We ask and believe, and then God does
what we ask. He hears and answers us, and
His answer is always yes!
I read an article once that said sometimes
God's answer is no. But that's not what the
Bible says! It says that in Jesus, "all the
promises of God…are Yes" (2 Corinthians
1:20, New King James Version), and
"whatever" you ask the Father in Jesus'
Name, "He will give you" (John 16:23, NKJV).
I've lived long enough to prove that! I've
seen God answer prayers that, when I prayed
them, I couldn't see how He could possibly do
what I asked. But seeing how He was going
to do it wasn't my business. The doing part is
God's business; ours is to ask in Jesus' Name
and believe.
One reason some Christians have trouble
with the believing part is that they don't
understand the power of Jesus' Name.
Once you catch hold of that, believing
won't be any problem for you. You'll be
able to go boldly to the throne of grace,
and in the Name of Jesus obtain from
God whatever you ask. And if the devil
tries to mess with you, you can take that
Name and run him off!
If you want to know why Jesus' Name
carries so much weight, just think about the
three ways He obtained it.
No. 1: He inherited it
from His heavenly Father.
I have a friend whose niece died and went
to heaven after being bitten by a snake. The
doctors managed to bring her back though,
and afterward she told my friend, "Aunt
Tommy, there are two Jesuses!"
"Oh no, honey," my friend replied, "there's
only one Jesus. There aren't two."
"Yes, there are!" her niece insisted. "I saw
them both in heaven and they're just exactly
alike."
What did that little girl actually see? She
saw Jesus and the Father! She assumed they
were both the same because they truly are
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by Vinita Copeland
You Have
the Power!
Prayer is as natural
to the spirit of a person
who's been born again
as breathing is to the
physical body. When
we breathe, we inhale
air, then we breathe
it out. When we pray,
we breathe in the
promises of God, then
we confess them out.
"Don't
pray and then
wonder, Will it
happen? Say,
'Yes, it will
happen!'"
