Receive When You Believe

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 uness dot co. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.680 God is faithful. He sees you doing the right thing. 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:39.440 He sees you believing when you're not seen, praising when 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:43.440 you could be complaining, thanking him when it's not improving. 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:47.400 It's just a matter of time before you see the breakthrough, 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:51.880 the promotion, the healing, the victory. Hi, this is Joel 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.280 and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:56.640 for supporting the ministry. 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.120 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:00.680 blessing and share with a friend. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.720 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:07.200 your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.000 you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.680 during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:17.800 social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.799 to start with something funny, and I heard about these brothers, 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.040 ages four and six. They were spending the night at 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.000 their grandmother's house and she told them before they went 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.040 to bed to make sure they said their prayers. They 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.960 went in the bedroom, got down on their knees. The 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:36.760 youngest brother started praying at the top of his loans. God, 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.520 I pray for a new bicycle. I pray for a 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:43.519 new PlayStation. I pray for a new puppy. Brother stopped him, said, 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.560 why are you screaming? God isn't deaf? He said, I 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:51.280 know that, but grandmother is say he like you mean it. 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.639 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.560 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.720 what it says I can do. Today be taught the 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.720 word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.079 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.919 in Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:17.440 to you today about receive when you believe. We all 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.359 have things that we're believing for. One day, we're going 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.080 to get well. One day, we're going to break the addiction. 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.560 One day, we're going to meet the right person we prayed. 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.640 We're standing in faith waiting for it to happen. But 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.440 Jesus gives us an important principle in March chapter eleven. 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:39.080 He said, whatever you ask for when you pray, believe 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.080 that you have received it, and you will have it. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.000 He didn't say, believe that it's going to happen. Believe 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.920 that you're going to see things turn around. He said, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.200 believe that you receive when you pray. Believe that it 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.920 happened right there, not in a week, not in a month, 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:00.000 but right when you prayed. Things changed in your faith. 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:05.320 God set the miracle into motion. If you're facing an illness, God, 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.440 I'm asking you to heal my body, and Lord, I 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:13.000 receive my healing right now. Joel. How can I believe 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.080 that I'm healed when I don't feel any different. This 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:19.800 is what faith is all about. When there's no evidence, 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.000 When the medical report hasn't improved, no sign of things 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.919 getting better. Yet your report is I am healed, I 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.880 am healthy. When you not only pray, but you take 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.520 it a step further and you receive your healing in 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:40.000 the unseen realm, things begin to happen. But if the healing, 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:44.560 the freedom, the promotion, the breakthroughs are always in your future, 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:48.920 then you haven't received it into your spirit. What God 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.440 is going to bring to past is not what you 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.559 ask for, but what you believe you receive when you pray. 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:01.160 Are you receiving when you're believing? Thank God, I'm asking 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.200 you to free me from this addiction. Help me to 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:08.240 break this bad habit. That's good, but that in itself 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.919 is not enough. Follow it up with Lord, I receive 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:15.919 your freedom. Lord, thank you that I am free. Not 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.080 I'm going to be free. I'm hoping one day to 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.400 break the addiction. I'm really struggling in this area. No, 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:27.520 it's already happened. When you prayed, you not only believed, 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.440 but you received it. Now change your report from I'm 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:35.159 hoping to to it's already done. It's just a matter 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.920 of time before what happened in the unseen realm shows 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.840 up in the natural realm. See, you have to be 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.880 healed in your spirit before you'll be healed in your body. 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.159 You have to be prosperous in your spirit before you'll 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.039 be prosperous in the natural. And if you believe that 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:56.200 it's going to happen sometimes in the future, then there's 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.320 no promise that it's going to happen. You have to 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:03.680 receive it when you believe, when you pray, even though 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.560 nothing has changed, even though every circumstance looks just the same, 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:12.240 your faith says it happened, things changed in my favor. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.200 This is what my mother did. She was diagnosed with 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:20.040 terminal liver cancer in nineteen eighty one. There was no 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.520 treatment the doctors could give her. My father brought her 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:27.560 home from the hospital. They were devastated. They laid down 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:31.000 on the bedroom floor. They prayed and asked God to 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:35.520 heal her. My mother believed that day that she received 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.920 her healing, not that she was going to be healed, 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.240 but that it had already happened. She wrote it down 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:47.120 December eleventh, nineteen eighty one, when we prayed, healing came 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.760 into my body. Now she didn't look any different, she 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.760 didn't feel any different, but she didn't go by what 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.039 she saw. We have to walk by faith and not 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:02.119 by sight. From that time on, I never heard her praying, God, 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:05.920 please heal me, God, please let me live, God, please 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:09.880 turn this around. If you received it when you prayed, 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:14.480 then instead of begging God, you'll start thanking him. Lord, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.960 thank you that I am healed. Thank you that with 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:21.320 long life you'll satisfy me. But if you're always asking 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.880 God for the same thing over and over, the problem 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.560 is you're not receiving what you're asking for. Try a 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:33.000 different approach and believe that it happened. For months, my 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.679 mother didn't look any better. She was frail, her skin 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.360 was yellow. But I would hear her going through the 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:43.760 house saying Father, thank you. That on December eleventh, when 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.520 we prayed, healing came into my body. Lord, I believe 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.840 that day the tide of the battle turned in my health. 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.200 Her mind was made up. She was no longer trying 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.080 to get healed. She was already healed. She was just 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:01.680 waiting for the manifestation to show up. That's different than 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.840 hoping something will happen. When you pray according to God's 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.680 word and you receive what you're believing for, then there's 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.880 a certainty it's already happened. You don't have to live 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:17.920 worried trying to convince God to do something. You can 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.880 rest knowing that it's already done at the right time, 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.000 God will bring it from the unseen to the seing. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.880 This is a much better way to live. This takes 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:32.719 all the pressure off. If you're praying and then worrying, 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:37.000 asking God again and again, stressed out, then you didn't 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:41.479 really receive it. The scripture says, those who have believed 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.920 enter into rest when you received it by faith. You 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:49.960 don't live uptight. It's in God's hands. My mother kept 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:54.160 thanking God for her healing. Over time, what she received 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:58.040 in her spirit became a reality in the natural. She 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:01.720 got better and better. Today, forty one years later, she's 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:07.640 still healthy and strong. I believe one key is she 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:12.120 received her healing when she prayed. She believed she was 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:16.040 healed when there was no sign of it. Jesus didn't say, 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.160 believe you receive when you see it when your health 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:24.160 turns around, when the breakthrough comes. He said, believe you 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:28.800 receive when you pray when nothing looks any different, when 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:32.080 it seems like the sickness is winning when your finances 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:36.600 aren't changing. If it happened instantly, it wouldn't take any faith. 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:41.160 This is where you show God what you're made of. God, 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.440 I'm asking for your healing. Lord, give me this scholarship 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.160 so I can go to college. Lord, I'm asking you 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.640 to send the right person that I can marry. You 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:54.280 put your request before God. That's what the scripture says. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:59.120 You're asking faith. Now, believe that it happened, not that 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:03.559 it's going to one day. Believe that God granted that request. 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.400 Believe that He set the answer on the way. When 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:11.720 is something important, When it's significant, like my mother did, 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.640 you should set a date mark that time that you prayed. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:20.040 Let that be a reminder that's when it happened. When 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.640 doubt comes, discouraging thoughts try to talk you out of it, 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.520 you can go back to that date. No, I know 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.839 when I prayed on May twenty second. My healing Cane, 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:34.440 my breakthrough, Cain, my child's turn around, Cain, my spouse 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.440 was set in motion, hitted my way. Now, the test 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:43.320 is when we don't see anything changing, thoughts whisper nothing happened. 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.200 You didn't get healed on December eleventh, You're just the 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.880 same you prayed, but you'll never meet the right person. 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.160 Your business is not going to make it. Something would 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:58.439 have improved by now. Don't believe those lies. The enemy 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.000 would love to talk you out of what God put 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.960 in your spirit. You received it by faith. Now you 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.600 have to walk by faith. Just because you don't see 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:12.800 anything happening doesn't mean that God is not working in 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:17.000 the unseen realm. What you received in your spirit became 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.440 a reality. It's just a matter of time before you 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:24.120 see it show up. Jesus was leaving the city of 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.320 bethan Ede saw a fig tree off in the distance. 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.480 He was hungry, so he walked over to it, but 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.000 it didn't have any figs on it. He said to 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.080 the tree, may no person ever eat your fruit again? 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.080 But when he said it, nothing on the outside looked 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:44.400 any different. The tree was just as healthy and green 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:49.040 as can be. I can hear the disciples whispering, what happened. 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.920 It didn't work this time. They had seen him speak 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:56.240 to a blind man and his eyes were healed. They 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.560 heard him speak to a storm and calm the waters. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.680 But when he spoke to this tree, nothing changed. There 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.040 was no evidence that what he said had happened. They 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:11.080 went on their way, puzzled, wondering what went wrong. The 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.480 next morning, as they were passing by, the disciples saw 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:18.800 the tree. It was all withered up. Peter was so amazed, 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.319 he said, look, Jesus, the tree you cursed is dying. 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:27.760 They didn't think anything happened. None of the outside circumstances 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:31.320 looked any different. But when Jesus spoke it in the 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:36.800 unseen realm, things changed. Now. Two verses later, Jesus told 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:41.240 them this principle, when you pray, believe that you receive it, 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.880 and you will have it. He was showing us through 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:49.040 the big tree. You may not see anything changing. All 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.200 the evidence may look the same. Your health is the same, 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:57.200 your finances, your children, nothing's improved. You could think, God, 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:01.120 I received my healing, I received what you promised, But 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.280 I don't feel any different. I'm still struggling in my career. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:09.280 I'm still waiting for the right person. Maybe I'm not healed, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.760 maybe I'm not prosperous. Maybe I won't meet the right person. Now, 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:17.680 don't be fooled by the outside. God is working behind 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:21.320 the scenes in that realm that you can't see. Things 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:25.440 have shifted the moment you received what you believed for, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.880 things started lining up in your favor. Good breaks, the 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:35.600 right people, healing, abundance started hitting your way. The scripture says, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:41.719 the roots of the big tree begin to wither. Something underground, unseen, 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.960 begin to take place. Right now, there are things in 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:50.240 the unseen realm changing in your favor. Changs that have 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.800 held you back are being broken. Bad habits that have 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:58.640 hindered your children are being loosed. Strongholds are coming down, 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:02.920 new doors are about to open. Dreams you've been believing 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.600 for are about to show up. Don't get discouraged by 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:10.640 what's not happening. You can't see in this unseen realm. 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.600 This is where faith kicks in. I don't see any evidence. 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:18.280 Nothing looks like it's improving. But God, I know what 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.360 I received in my spirit is about to show up 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:25.800 in the natural. Jesus started this passage off by saying, 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:31.640 have faith in God. It's not faith in your circumstances, 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.440 not faith in what you can do, not faith in 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.960 your boss, your banker, your parents, your doctors, your pastors. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:42.200 That's all good, but they don't control the universe. They 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:46.000 didn't speak worlds into existence. They didn't part red seas. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.760 They didn't raise Lazarus from the dead. Our God is 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:54.440 all powerful. Nothing can stand against him. When he speaks, 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:58.760 Angels go to work. Forces of darkness are broken, good 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.960 breaks come chasing you down. What you've received in your 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:07.920 spirit may look impossible. Odds are against you, but it's 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:11.720 nothing for our God. One touch of his favor will 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:16.040 catapult you ahead, free you from the addiction, heal you 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.080 from that cancer, cause you to come out of lack 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:24.320 into abundance, out of struggle into overflow, out of loneliness 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:28.000 into great relationships. And you may be looking at that 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:32.400 fig tree today, Joel, I'll receive my healing, but nothing happened. 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:36.840 I believe, I'm blessed, I'm prosperous, I'm free, but there's 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.720 no sign of it. Stay in faith. Your time is coming. 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.960 God is faithful. He sees you doing the right thing. 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.720 He sees you believing when you're not seen, praising when 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.760 you could be complaining, thanking him when it's not improving. 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.640 It's just a matter of time before you see the breakthrough, 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:02.440 the promotion, the healing, the victory. Don't get talked out 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:06.280 of it. Don't let what's not happening convince you that 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:10.360 God is not working. There's an unseen realm that our 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:14.960 physical eyes can't see. Yet everything starts in the unseen. 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.440 Through our faith, we can bring it into the scene. 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:25.440 When I first started ministering, I was so nervous, so intimidated, insecure. 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.440 Every thought told me that I couldn't get up here 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:32.120 in front of people. I had never ministered. My father 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.800 passed in nineteen ninety nine, and I knew I was 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.320 supposed to step up and pastor the church. I prayed 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:42.040 and asked God to help me. Ask for confidence, ask 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:46.160 for strength. But I didn't understand this principle that you 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:50.040 have to receive it when you ask. I was waiting 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:54.240 to feel confident, feel anointed. The problem is it never came. 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.240 I kept asking God again and again. One day I 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.600 realized what I'm telling you, I have to receive it 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:05.720 by faith. Instead of saying, God, help me to be confident, 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.680 help me to be strong, I'm asking for your anointing. 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:13.359 I started believing I am anointed, I am confident, I 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.399 am strong, I am well able. When I was saying 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:22.240 that none of it was true, I felt just the opposite. 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.880 Like that fig tree, God, you said it, you promised it, 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.480 but I don't see any evidence. I just kept saying it, 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:34.040 kept believing it, kept declaring it. Before long it became 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:39.600 a reality. I pulled out of the unseen into the scene. See, 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.480 once you ask God for something, you don't have to 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.919 keep asking. The key is to receive it, believe that 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:50.440 it happened, and then instead of asking over and over, 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:55.000 start thanking him. I quit asking God for his anointing 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.400 and I started saying, Father, thank you that I am anointed. 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.040 I don't ask God to bless me every day i've 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:05.439 received the blessing. I say Father, thank you that I 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.760 am blessed. Thank you that I am prosperous, thank you 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.320 that I am healthy. If you continue to ask for 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:16.080 the same thing over and over, I know you're sincere, 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:20.080 but that's not showing God that you trust him. If 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:23.159 our daughter Alexandra came up and asked me for something, 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.600 I said, yes, Alexandra, I'll do it. Then she came 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:30.119 back an hour later and asked me again, Yes, I 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.439 told you I would do it. She came back the 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.560 next day with the same request and again and again. 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.800 As a father, that would make me feel bad. I 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.640 would think, don't you trust me, I said, I would 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.960 do it. You don't have to keep begging me. It's 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:49.680 the same way with our heavenly father. When you ask. 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:54.080 That's fine, But Jesus said, don't stop there. Believe that 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:58.200 you received what you asked for. Believe that your father 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:02.200 loves you so much, that he's so good, so kind, 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:05.919 that he granted your request. That he said yes to 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:09.600 what you're asking for. Yes to the healing, Yes to 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.919 the favor, Yes to the wisdom, Yes to that breakthrough. 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:17.879 First John says, this is the confidence we have in God. 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:22.840 If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us, 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.920 and we know that he will give us whatever we ask. 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.359 If you're asking according to God's will, you can be 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:35.800 confident Yes is the answer. You don't have to beg 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.840 you don't have to wonder, accept his yes by faith. 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:45.040 You can find his will in his word. First John says, 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:48.439 he wishes above all things that you prosper and be 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:52.680 in health. He said in Psalms, He's crowned you with favor, 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:56.080 that you will lend and not borrow. That you're seed, 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.439 your children are mighty in the land. He said that 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:02.280 you will leave you mark that you are a mighty hero. 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:07.240 His will is found in his word. It's full of promises. 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:11.200 When you pray, Father, I'm asking that my children will 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:14.760 be mighty in the land. Then't receive it by faith. 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.439 Believe that it happened. From now on, Lord, thank you 0:20:18.560 --> 0:20:22.280 that my children are mighty in the land. Now, please, God, 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:27.280 won't you do something with them? Receive what you're believing for. Father, 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:31.480 you said whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. Lord, 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:34.720 I'm asking for your blessing on my business. Lord, let 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.320 my gifts come out to the full. Cause me to 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:41.240 shine brightly. Now, don't stop there and pray the same 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:44.680 thing every day. Take the next step. Father, I receive 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:47.359 what you promised. I want to thank you that I 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:51.280 am blessed, that I am prosperous, that I'm a difference maker, 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:54.760 that I will leave my family better than they were before. 0:20:55.960 --> 0:20:58.880 The way you pull it out of the unseen into 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:02.720 the scene is by faith. It's by receiving what you're 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:06.640 asking for. Now here's another key. It doesn't do any 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:09.760 good to pray for something and then go out and 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:13.480 talk about how it's probably not going to happen. Don't 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:17.600 cancel out your prayer with negative talk. We prayed for 0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:20.240 my finances, Joel, but I don't know. Have you seen 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:24.199 the news? This economy is rough. You just nullified your prayer. 0:21:25.160 --> 0:21:29.399 You can't pray for victory and talk defeat. When you 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:32.840 believe that you received what you asked for, that it 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:37.040 already happened, then it's a different mindset. It's not I 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:40.800 hope it's going to work out. There's a knowing. Your 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:45.160 attitude is it's already done. Things have shifted in my favor. 0:21:46.200 --> 0:21:49.439 This is the confidence we can have in our God. 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:54.040 He's called Elshadai, the God of more than enough. He's 0:21:54.040 --> 0:21:59.160 called Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, our provider, Jehovah Rafa, the Lord, 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:03.359 our healer, the Great. I am the all sufficient One. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:07.120 When we ask in faith, when we receive it into 0:22:07.160 --> 0:22:11.560 our spirit, we can be confident that in the unseen realm, 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:16.920 something shifts, favor is set in motion, Angels are dispatched, 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:21.560 forces of darkness are broken. It's not I wonder if 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:24.480 it's going to happen, No, it's when is it going 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:27.960 to happen. I am confident in the God we serve 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:32.760 that he is faithful, that what he's started he will finish. 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:35.520 Now it may look like the fig tree right now 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:39.879 nothing has improved, but you know a secret in the 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:44.000 unseen realm, things have changed. Just a matter of time 0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:49.120 before you receive what you saw in your spirit. While back, 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:52.240 a lady came down for prayer for a teenage daughter, 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:55.679 and she told how she was off course, running with 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:59.359 the wrong crowd and wasn't being respectful. She was so concerned. 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:02.720 Prayed that this young lady would turn around and start 0:23:02.760 --> 0:23:06.119 making good decisions. The next week she came down with 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:09.840 the same request. She went on longer, telling how it 0:23:09.920 --> 0:23:12.880 wasn't any better, on and on, and my heart went 0:23:12.920 --> 0:23:16.359 out to her. We prayed again. The next week she 0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:20.080 was back. I told her what I'm telling you. We 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:23.119 don't have to keep praying and begging God for the 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:27.000 same thing. We either believe that he answered the first time, 0:23:27.520 --> 0:23:30.000 that he set the miracle in motion, or we don't. 0:23:30.880 --> 0:23:33.560 At this point, it's not up to God, it's up 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:38.240 to us. Jesus said, whatever you asked for, believe that 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:42.160 you receive it when you pray, not when you see 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:46.040 it manifest, not when it turns around. The test is, 0:23:46.280 --> 0:23:50.240 are you receiving what you're believing for? We can pray 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:53.120 all day long. But if we go out and talk defeat, 0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:56.800 call our friends, I don't see how it's going to happen. 0:23:57.359 --> 0:24:02.000 We're canceling out. The prayer is you didn't receive when 0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:05.119 you believe, because when you receive it you have a 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:10.439 different mindset. You're confident that it's already done. You're not 0:24:10.600 --> 0:24:14.560 walking by sight, you're walking by faith. You're not moved 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:17.800 by what you don't see. You know, in the unseen realm, 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:23.000 things are happening. When doubt comes, discouraging thoughts, whisper, hey, 0:24:23.000 --> 0:24:26.200 nothing happened. Look at the fig tree, it's still the same. 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:32.200 Instead of getting discouraged speaking defeat, switch over into praise Father, 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:34.920 Thank you that I am healed. Thank you that my 0:24:35.119 --> 0:24:37.600 son is mighty in the land. Thank you that my 0:24:37.760 --> 0:24:42.240 business is blessed, not going to be, not hoping so 0:24:42.880 --> 0:24:45.439 not maybe one day in the future, the Lord, I 0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:49.440 want to thank you that it's already done. The scripture 0:24:49.480 --> 0:24:53.639 says in James, if you need wisdom, you can ask 0:24:53.720 --> 0:24:57.560 God and he will gladly tell you. But when you ask, 0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:02.320 be sure you really expect to answer. For a doubtful 0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:05.320 mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea. 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:10.399 People like that should not expect to receive anything from God. 0:25:11.600 --> 0:25:15.320 This is talking about wisdom, but the principle is true. 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:19.159 When you ask God, it says, be sure you really 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:24.400 expect him to answer. Sometimes we go to God hoping, wishing, 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:28.240 maybe I'll get lucky and something will happen. How about 0:25:28.280 --> 0:25:32.119 going to God with confidence, knowing that when you ask 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:36.000 in faith, he will answer you. I love how it 0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:40.000 says God will gladly give you wisdom. He's not up 0:25:40.040 --> 0:25:43.480 in the heavens upset like you're bothering him. What do 0:25:43.560 --> 0:25:47.440 you need again? I'm tired of dealing with you. God 0:25:47.560 --> 0:25:50.639 loves for you to come to him. He's longing to 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:53.120 be good to you. But if you're going to see 0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:58.080 things happen, there are some requirements. Come to him expecting 0:25:58.119 --> 0:26:01.760 an answer, expecting him to be good to you. And 0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.920 number two, when you ask, believe that you receive it 0:26:06.560 --> 0:26:10.680 by faith, Believe that it happened. This says when you're 0:26:10.720 --> 0:26:14.800 double minded, you can't expect to receive anything from God. 0:26:15.400 --> 0:26:20.000 One verse says how long will you waver between two opinions? 0:26:20.480 --> 0:26:22.639 You have to make up your mind? Are you going 0:26:22.680 --> 0:26:26.160 to believe what God promised you? Or are you going 0:26:26.200 --> 0:26:29.879 to let doubt negative voices convince you that it's not 0:26:29.960 --> 0:26:33.359 going to happen. When you saw the medical report, you 0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:37.200 can't get well. You'll never break that addiction, You'll never 0:26:37.280 --> 0:26:41.920 be successful. Do yourself a favor. Tune that out. Don't 0:26:41.960 --> 0:26:46.080 let doubt keep you from your destiny. Have an unwavering mind. 0:26:46.720 --> 0:26:50.879 That means my mind is made up. I believe that 0:26:50.960 --> 0:26:54.119 I received it when I prayed. Now my mind is set. 0:26:54.960 --> 0:26:57.600 I'm not moved by what I don't see. I'm not 0:26:57.640 --> 0:27:00.119 going to let people taught me out of it. I'm 0:27:00.160 --> 0:27:02.720 not gonna let time convince me it's not gonna happen. 0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:06.080 I'm not gonna let the fig tree cause me to waver. 0:27:06.480 --> 0:27:10.520 I believe that it's already done. See doubt comes to 0:27:10.600 --> 0:27:14.520 us all. You have to guard your mind. You control 0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:18.960 the doorway to your thoughts. Those negative thoughts come. Have 0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:22.760 a no vacancy sign. Sorry, no room for you. My 0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:26.200 mind is filled with faith. I am healthy, I am blessed, 0:27:26.280 --> 0:27:31.560 I am anointed, I am victorious. Don't give any energy 0:27:32.080 --> 0:27:35.760 to the negative. When you dwell on those thoughts, you 0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:37.800 start going down the road of all the things that 0:27:37.840 --> 0:27:40.479 are not going to work out. You're giving it life, 0:27:40.920 --> 0:27:45.240 You're allowing it to grow. Start starving your doubts and 0:27:45.240 --> 0:27:49.240 feeding your faith. Like the scripture says, maybe you've been 0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:53.440 wavering between two opinions, going back and forth. One day, 0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:56.120 I believe it's gonna happen. The next day it's never 0:27:56.200 --> 0:27:59.800 going to work out. You've been unsettled. That's okay. To 0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:03.080 can be a new day. You can set your mind. 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:07.080 You can make that decision. When I pray, I'm not 0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:09.920 just going to believe that it will happen. I'm going 0:28:09.960 --> 0:28:12.880 to believe that it did happen. I'm going to receive 0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:16.639 it when I believe. I know many of you have 0:28:16.800 --> 0:28:20.280 been doing this, like my mother. You've been standing in 0:28:20.320 --> 0:28:24.119 faith when nothing is improving, believing when you're not seeing, 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:27.760 thanking God when there's no sign of it. Thoughts tell 0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:30.960 you that God's forgotten about you. It's never going to change, 0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:34.000 nor you need to get ready. Your time is coming. 0:28:34.400 --> 0:28:38.720 I believe and declare what's in the unseen realm is 0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:47.160 about to become a reality in your life. Healing is coming, promotion, restoration, spouses, breakthroughs, 0:28:47.440 --> 0:28:51.880 the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if 0:28:51.880 --> 0:28:56.080 you receive it, can you say amen? Today? I'd like 0:28:56.160 --> 0:28:59.280 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 0:28:59.280 --> 0:29:03.640 of your life. Would you pray with me? 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