Breakfast:: Receive Whatever You Ask

Matthew 21:21-22

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Armin Gesswein, founder and director of Revival Prayer Fellowships, Inc. wrote (Plead the Promises of God) that this is one of the scriptures that makes our praying different. He suggests that we pray with the answer in mind. He stated that, "This is the way of the Lord, the way of faith. He promises-we believe. We act on His Word. In this way answered prayer not only satisfies us; it delights the heart of God by fulfilling His own Word. And this is a most important thing with God."

On Monday, May 17th of last year, I felt directed by the Holy Spirit to fast and pray for Adam. From that day, I have believed that Adam would be restored. My prayers for Adam's healing have been with that answer in mind. I am encouraged with the progress that Adam has made.

Encouraged? Doug, "How can you be encouraged? It has been nearly eight months!" Well, eight months is a very short period of time compared with the wait of the invalid at Bethesda.

John 5:1-6

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

38 years the man waited! What's eight months?



As we pray for Adam, today, let's also ask God to increase our faith. Refer to the Matthew passage, above. Remind God that we are believers, that we are asking for a healing, and that we are praying in response to Jesus' statement in Matthew 21:22. We expect a healing.

Let's keep working at spending time in the Bible -- and learning the answers before we ask!

We'll meet again, at lunch time.