Doubting your Prayers – Cancels Them!

SF, Stagecoach, NV

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

     Doubting is like saying, God can’t!

Matthew 21:21-22

“So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.  (22) “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

     Can Jesus be any clearer here?  FAITH IS BELIEVING, NOT that you are able, but that He IS ABLE to manifest what you need.  Abba may want to give you the desires of your heart – and He does  [3 John 3:2], but there are times, things you want may not fit in with the plans He has for you or to your benefit.

     An example of this would be I’ve desired a pool, for exercising and my health.  I’ve been here 13 years now and that’s one request I have not received.  Did I really need a pool?  No, for two reasons, because 1) my God heals me when I need it and 2) He knew physically I would have trouble maintaining a pool.  And He was right!  I have trouble maintaining a small garden in the front of my house now.  Not to mention I have a smaller house with lower costs and the pool would have cost me about $200 – 300 per month for maintenance.  So now I’m glad Abba didn’t give me a pool – I believe there is one in Heaven waiting for me.

John 14:2

“In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.”

      So now, I believe I have something to look forward to, that cost or maintenance will not matter anymore.  HAL LE LU YAH! (I shout!)

    

Hebrew 11:5-6

“By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. (6) And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

       I don’t believe Jesus’ Words could be any clearer than that.

     OK, let’s discuss WHY it’s hard to believe and how we can build our faith.  The hard part is because we have an enemy (twerp) who continually tries to put us down and feel unworthy.  We all know that’s a lie, because we’re told in the Bible how uniquely we’re made

Romans 8:29

“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Jude 1:3-5

“Beloved, (that’s YOU!) when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.  (4) For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only LORD God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”  (5) “Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.”

     Here is where many can get into trouble, by listening to men or women who say there is more than one-way to Heaven.  They WILL NOT ENTER HEAVEN, but be in Hell for eternity, because they deny the truth that JESUS IS LORD and without asking Jesus, to come into your life you CAN NOT enter Heaven.

James 2:20, 26

“But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

 (26) For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”

     As you see by the Scripture above, you cannot work or please God without faith. Lukewarm Is making no decision, HOT is choosing Jesus and Cold is refusing the God Head into your life.

Revelation 3:15

“‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.”

     In God’s eyes, those who have accepted Jesus and renew their mind from the world’s ways, by reading and doing the WORD, are the true followers, believers and doers of Jesus His only begotten Son.

     Time is very short for changes required for us to have FELLOWHIP with our Lord, and that’s what we all should SEEK.  I beg of you – SEEK HIM WHILE YOU CAN!  He IS coming very soon.  It takes 2 to have a friend – right?  He’s waiting for you to become friends with Him.  No pressure and you do not have to become perfect to be His friend.

     Before you read the Word, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal something new to you that day.  Then ask for it AND BELIEVE (which is applying your FAITH, so HE CAN.) 

     It’s never up to us what happens or not – that’s up to HIM!  So if you’re praying for someone and you don’t see a change, bless them and give them to Abba.  He knows what they need and will let that person know.  THIS IS THE TRUTH:

Matthew 19:24-26

“Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 

(It doesn’t matter how overloaded in problems or the riches you have.  You can become an ant, who can carry ten times it's weight in moving dirt [mountains].)

(25) When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”

(26) And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

(The world [man] cannot do anything for you.  It takes a “Supernatural” God, who loves His creation to help you in what you need.)

     Here’s a question everyone should ask themselves.  Are you NOT applying the Word in your life, because you doubt HE CAN?  That’s why He’s not answering – You’ve cancelled them.

Blessings to all who read the Blogs

Sandy F. The Lord’s Servant.