BELIEVE
AND RECEIVE
Mark
11:24
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and
it will be yours.” (Emphasis
mine).
“Name It & Claim It” is a popular Christian “cult”
that a many Believers deny is God’s truth.
Let’s challenge them with “Believe and Receive” approach to attain God’s
blessings that is Biblical.
Understanding God as a loving, merciful Father, Believers
may approach His throne with confidence. … Reverently. … Faithfully. … Expectantly. … Believing that what
we ask is aligned with God’s will. … NOT
like sitting on Santa Claus’ lap!
I am fully aware that “if anyone
causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better
for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the
depths of the sea.” (Matthew 18:6).
I still stand on Jesus’ words that He wants whoever believes in Him as Lord of
their lives to have whatever we ask. The
best way to validate (believe as true) passages in the Bible is to find other
passages that say the same thing. I
Googled “whatever you ask for in My name” and came up with seventeen (17!)
passages.
That’s letting the Bible validate the Bible. The lesson linked below lists five validating
passages. What sets Believers apart is
that we are IN CHRIST the moment we accept Him as our Savior. Prayer releases our faith in words lifted
directly up to God’s throne.
Peter pointed out the withered fig tree that Jesus cursed
the day before. Jesus probably smiled. This proved that spoken words have power. “Have faith in God,”
Jesus answered. “I tell you the truth,
if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw
yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes what he
says will happen, then it will be done for him.’” (Mark 11:20-23).
Then Jesus promised the opening
Scripture.
The point that Believers are
IN CHRIST is why this devotion is true.
When we ask God for anything, our faith claims what we already have in
Christ. Repeating truth daily, we WILL
SEE it in the natural realm (visible on Earth).
This is how Believers live by faith.
Imagine Jesus and the Father smiling whenever a Believer says
this truth aloud, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ!” We learned Scripture that validates this truth
in previous devotion lessons.
Take
Home Nugget
Closing this devotion with a truth from Colossians 1:27:
“To them [Paul told Gentiles] God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles
the glorious riches of this mystery, which
is Christ in you, the glory of
hope.” Emphasis mine.
Believe and Receive! Believers receive God’s truths as blessings!
Adapted from “You Already Are, You Already Have”. JosephPrince.org. April 2, 2016.
J.D.
Griffith
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