PRAY OR SAY THE THING YOU DEIRE !

PRAY OR SAY THE THING YOU DEIRE : God has certain laws that he operates under. He has regulated Himself by His Word. God has the power to do anything ! However, we must do our part as well by doing what he said to do according to the Scriptures. But so many times He can't use His power in our behalf because if He did, it would violate His Word. That is one thing God cannot do ! He cannot violate His Word. If He did some of the things we ask, He would have to lie to do it. We have prayed beyond His ability to answer because of our violation of His rules concerning prayer. Jesus said, "What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them." You and I must have this personal relationship with God in order for him to answer our prayer. And the way that we develop this personal relationship with God is through the knowledge of Him and of Jesus ! "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus, our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that had called us to glory and virtue; by which are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having the state the corruption that is in the world through lust." (2 Peter 1:2-4). Some of you have been praying or saying all the bad thing, the problem. If God did what you really desire, then He would violate His Word. He said that you can have what you say when you pray, and you have said the problem in prayer over and over until all you are seeing and believing is the problem. Have you ever prayed, "Lord, is not working out. It is not getting any better" ? Well, I was praying that very prayer one morning and the Lord spoke something into my spirit. It wouldn't have been any louder if I had heard it in my ears. He said, "what are you doing ?" I said, "Lord, I am praying." He said, "No, you are not; you are complaining !" A lot affords are complaining, thinking they are praying. They are telling God of their problems. In (Matthew, chapter 6, Jesus said that the Father already knows the problem. He already knows what you have need of before you ask Him. Then there is no need to pray the problem. What we need to do is zero in on the answer. Pray and speed the answer; cast the problem over on Him.