Today’s Encouragement is, “I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.” Mark 11:24 NLT
If You Believe –
We have a choice; believe or not. There’s really no neutral ground.
What do we believe?
Karma, Astrology, Religion, or Atheism, there are unlimited choices. For most who read this, we confidently respond: We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who lived and died to save us, as revealed in the Bible, which is God’s written word to us.
(If you believe differently, would you be willing to discuss it with me?)
Given this common foundation of faith, Today’s Encouragement is a clear statement of Truth by Jesus Himself.
We readily admit this usually does not happen immediately, at times it seems it isn’t going to happen, or even that it will not or did not happen at all. We all have experienced what some call unanswered prayers.
I don’t claim to know everything, but God does. He has even explained this in passages like Isaiah 55:8-9.
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Since we believe and trust God to do what He knows is best, He will answer our prayer. Because He loves us, He hears us, and He always answers us with Yes, No, or Not Yet.
Father, help us continue to believe as we continue to pray. Help us to trust, rest, wait, and continue to pray in faith. We believe that You are Good. Thank You!
Believe For It
CeCe Winans
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