BELIEVING AND RECEIVING!

Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. (Mark 11:24 NKJV)

It's not enough to pray and ask; we must believe that we have received. We can only do this when we know that we have asked according to God's will (1 John 5:14-15). This can be determined by referring to His Word, which is overflowing with great and precious promises, like so many banknotes or checks waiting to be cashed.

In prayer, it is best to be precise, to consider what we are about to ask, to discover some promise under which we can make our request; and then, having asked, to wait while the soul, so to speak, takes or appropriates what it needs. It may be that the time is not right for it to be actually given, but the request is granted, and the coveted gift is already set aside in God's storehouse, labeled with the name of the petitioner, just as we sometimes get our Christmas presents ready and put them aside, and at the right moment they shall be delivered.

PRAYER

We thank You, Heavenly Father, for the daily gifts of Your providence, but above all for the gift of Yourself in Jesus our Lord, in whom all good and perfect gifts are contained. In his holy name. I asked it, AMEN.