[Taken from notes from Promise of Life Church]
Faith is
the intertwining of believing, speaking and receiving. It follows this process:
1. Desire
2. Prayer
3. Belief
4. Having
1. Desire
Mark 11:24
Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive
them , and ye shall have them.
God wants
us to desire things first so that we know what to pray for. But the desires
must be placed in our heart by the Holy Ghost and not from the soul or flesh.
Sometimes we don't need it to come out of our spirit. If it is something we
need then the Bible says God wants us not to be in lack so, obviously, it does
not need to be prompted by the spirit.
God pays
for our desires. When people think they have to pay for it themselves they are
more austere. If they believe in God’s
(a) nature to bless and
(b) the supply
He has to do it with, then they would desire, truly, what their hearts want.
This is what the true desire is in our hearts, because if it is in our minds
then we rationalize ourselves out of the blessing.
“The word
desire is God’s word for dream.”
Craig Field
2.
Prayer
Philippians
4:6
Be careful
for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God.
We should
mostly pray that we will do it, not how to do it. We were not built to figure
out how it should come to pass. That is God’s job. When people try to do this
themselves is when the stress and physical ailments come.
3.
Belief
Mark
11:23-24
[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. [24] Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them , and ye
shall have them.
The belief
is the receiving. How do we believe? We speak to things and this helps our
belief because the belief is the receiving!
Just as the
case of the centurion (Matthew 8:5-13).
Jesus equated speaking with authority with faith. The moment the centurion
spoke that he knew Jesus would heal his servant was the moment he was healed. The
process of speaking was the same as receiving.
“The Devil
fights this tooth and nail because it's who we are in Christ.”
Craig Field.
Part of
this belief is how we carry ourselves. We are supposed to act as heroes just as
our daddy in Heaven is a hero. Hope is in
the future but faith is now. As God framed the world with His words we frame
our world with our words. Having is God’s part. The belief is ours.
4.
Having
It is done
in heaven when we pray. All we do is receive it.
God told us
to count it as nothing. He Himself did not count it as nothing but we do;
because it is done.
The
assurance of receiving it before it manifests in the natural is a testament to
God’s kindness. God is so kind He lets us have it before we have it so we can
rest.
When we
receive, like, for instance receiving healing by laying of hands, we stick with
it. All we have to do is stay where we are. The only action to do is to add
more word, not more logic and certainly not move out of it.
Having,
receiving, is part of faith.
Receiving
is believing what we speak things
obey
Receiving
is speaking with authority
Receiving
is commanding.
As soon as
we receive something the Devil tries to devour it. This is why we must speak
with authority.
1. Rebuke the Devil.
2. Command angels.
3. Speak to the thing for obedience.
4. Praise God; rejoice and give thanks.
There is a supply
The first 3
are for us to do. The last is God's.
If we have
a desire for something God has a supply for it.
The only
time God would not provide it is:
a) not
biblical
b) not His
perfect will for our life
c) if we do
not have the faith supply for it.
Andy De Campos
