WORDS OF LIFE ARE DEATH !

WORDS OF LIFE ARE DEATH ! Be careful what you are planting. People sometimes pray the wrong things. Have you ever caught yourself praying what the devil said or what the world have said ? That's an embarrassment situation. Once while praying, I said, "Lord, my prayer is not working. Things are getting worse." What was I doing ? I was going by what I could see and what I was hearing. I was not going by the Word of God. The spirit of God said, "who told you that ?" I thought for a moment and said, "it must have been the devil, or it must have been the carnal mind ! Because you sure didn't say it in your Word." He said, "No. And I would appreciate it if you would quit telling me what the devil and the world said." Sometimes people pray the problem instead of the answer. If you pray the problem in prayer, you then will have more faith in the problem, because faith cometh by hearing. You can destroy your faith by your praying when you pray the problem. If you pray, "Now, Lord, you know that Billy lost his job, and we don't have any money coming in, and we won't be able to make the car payment, and we are surely going to lose our house bodying of the year because the note is due then, and, Lord, you know that he can't find a job . . ." You will get up from that kind of praying have a faith that he can't get a job and that your needs will not be met. You will feel so pious about praying. But what that prayer did was open the door to the devil and the world. What is the solution to that situation ? It is simple --- Find the Answer in God's Word, then pray the answer. PRAY THE ANSWER ! "Father, your word says whatsoever things I desire, when I pray, believe that I have received them, and I shall have them. Therefore, in the name of Jesus, I pray that Billy gets a job --- a better one. I pray that we will have all of our needs met, according to your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Thank you, father. I believe I received when I pray, and I thank you for it. I rejoice over it and praise you, Father, that we will get this house paid off and be able to give 10,000 missions." You said, that your needs will be met by Christ Jesus. Who is Christ Jesus ? Isn't He The Word that was in the beginning ? Your get up from that prayer having faith in the promises of God to meet your need. Not because you asked for faith, but because you quoted the promise of God in your prayer. And faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Faith in God comes by hearing the Word of God. You can also turn that around. Faith in the devil and the world comes by hearing the the words of the devil and the world. We need to control the words that come out of our mouths. God created man with the ability to operate on His level of faith. Jesus said, "if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth (Mark 9:23). All things are possible with God. So believe in speak it. Release your faith in it, and develop yourself in the God kind of faith.