Rhapsody Of
Realities Daily Devotional
Faith Receives Now! - Monday April
28th, 2014 - Pastor Chris
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my
name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full (John 16:24).
The Bible says that God knows what's
in your heart; He knows what you
need, even before you ask Him
(Matthew 6:8). Now, if He knew your
requests before you asked, it means
He also already had the answer
prepared. However, He requires your
faith to make that answer real to you.
The responsibility to receive is yours.
Faith isn't just based on asking, but
also on receiving. Mark 11:24 says,
"Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye
shall have them."
Many know how to ask, but they don't
know how to receive. At the point of
asking in prayer, you're to believe that
you've received what you've asked for;
that's faith! But if you're hoping that
God will answer your prayer someday,
that won't work, even though you
believe it. So take possession now;
declare that the healing, blessing or
miracle you desire is yours now! Faith
receives now! You say, "Father, I've
asked for such-and-such, and I receive
it NOW in the Name of Jesus."
Remember that you don't have to see
what you've received with your
physical eyes first to know they're
already yours; once you've taken
possession with your spirit, soon
enough, they'll show up physically.
Faith is the substance of things hoped
for, and the title deed of unseen
realities. In other words, faith calls real
and done that which you hope for.
Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen." That
means the things you hoped for are
now your present-hour possessions.
Faith doesn't try to get something to
happen; rather, faith knows and
accepts that it has happened, and
confesses and endorses it to be so
now. Faith takes possession NOW!
CONFESSION:
My faith is producing results; I walk in
divine health, victory, dominion, and in
the power of the Spirit today. I'm who
God says I am, I have what He says I
have, and I can do what He says I can
do. My faith is the victory that
overcomes the world.
Further Study: Mark 11:23: For verily I
say unto you, That whosoever shall say
unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; and shall
not doubt in his heart, but shall
believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall have
whatsoever he saith.
2 Corinthians 4:13: We having the
same spirit of faith, according as it is
written, I believed, and therefore have
I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke
22:66-23:1-25, 2 Samuel 1-3
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1
Corinthians 1:1-9, Psalm 137-138
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