What Should I Keep Praying While Waiting For My Answer To Manifest

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On October 28, 2009 I received the below question, through my “COMMENTS” section.

I tried really hard to answer the question in the same COMMENT section, but I am too long winded … sigh  … and so I have decided to make the Question into a Post.  It is a great question and deserves a full explanation.

On October 28, 2009 at 1:15 pm Yoojin Said:

Thank you so much for sharing such good Word of God! I stumbled upon your site when I was googling for testimonies of healing, and have been reading through many of them, getting encouraged with every one. I’m standing right now for my baby boy’s healing, and wondered if you could advise me on something –

I believe in my heart that when I prayed for his healing, God answered, and the answer was a “yes” in the spiritual realm. So I consider Mattie completely healed. I’m speaking over him daily to bring that from the spiritual to the physical, for I know that God works through the words that I speak over him.

My question — or rather, the point that I hope you can help with — is this: how/what exactly should I pray while I’m “praying until…”? For example, I’m standing in faith that his seizures will stop because God has healed him, and I rebuke it and tell it to be removed. Could you use this as an example, and show me what a sample prayer based on this situation should look like?

Thank you in advance, and God bless! I will be reading through the rest of your articles with great interest at heart!

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My Answer is this:

Hi Yoojin:

You have asked such a good question … and I find it very interesting that even though I have seen many physical healings in my own body and in the body of my loved ones, when a physical attack comes upon me and  I don’t see the  physical healing manifest very quickly, my mind still can ask the question, “What exactly should I be praying?”

I believe this is my fleshy, fallen mind which is still open to attacks of doubt or even confusion.  Our minds  need  to be renewed daily and be built up in faith thru daily reading of the Word   …..  so I am glad you have asked this question so that others too, can have an answer to this question.

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HOLD FAST

But the seed in the good soil, these are  the ones who have heard the Word in an honest and good heart, and HOLD IT FAST, and bear fruit with perseverance.
{Luke 8:15 – NASB}

God says HOLD FAST TO THE WORD {Luke 8:15, NASB} and HOLD FAST TO YOUR CONFESSION {Heb 10:23}, meaning we need to keep believing AND speaking the Word over our situation, in the PRESENT TENSE form that it is written, believing we ARE healed.

So #1 –
I quote the Scriptures of Healing over my body, when a sickness or pain comes into my body.

God says He heals ALL our diseases {Ps 103:3};  The Word says Jesus bore ALL our sickness in His body and by His stripes we WERE healed {1 Ptr 2:24};  and God says His Word IS health to ALL our flesh {Prvbs 4:22}.  God also tells us that we receive WHATEVER we ask of Him {1 John 5:15} and by believing we HAVE received our answer to prayer,  God says we then will see our answer manifest {Mark 11:24}.

So at the FIRST sign of sickness, I quote those Scriptures out loud, then I pray something like:

“Father I thank You that You sent Your Word, Jesus Christ, and healed me.  I thank You that Jesus bore ALL my sicknesses and diseases, and all my pain in His body on the tree, and by His stripes I AM HEALED.

Father, whatever I ask from You, You say I DO RECEIVE and so I ask You now to remove this (pain, this disease, etc) from my body and I thank You  that You do exactly as I ask.

I believe You at Your Word, and I believe that I receive exactly what I have asked from You.

I thank You that You sent Your Word and healed me and I praise You that Jesus bore ALL my diseases in His own body on  the tree, and so I know that I am now healed.  I believe I have received my answer.  I believe I am healed now.  I don’t care what my body feels and I don’t care what my eyes see.  I am healed now, in Jesus’ name.    And I give You all the glory Father God, in Jesus’ name.   Amen.”

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I will never again ask God to heal me.  I will daily  continue to pray something like:

“Thank You Father God that I do receive whatever I have asked from You, and I thank You that I am therefore healed.  Thank You my body is pain free.  Thank You my body is disease free.  Thank You for sending Your Word and healing all my diseases.  I praise You that Your Word is forever settled in heaven, that Your Word is True and  sure, and I believe You at Your Word that I am, right now, healed and whole in Jesus’ name, and that sickness and disease cannot harm my body or attach to my body.  In Jesus’ name.”

Do you see what I am doing?

I am HOLDING FAST to the Word of God.

I am HOLDING FAST to the Promises of God.

God says I AM HEALED and that  I RECEIVE WHATEVER I ASK FROM HIM.

So I say I am healed and that I have received  exactly what I asked from Him.

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I will spend about 30 minutes minimum every single day thanking Him for healing me, thanking Him that He is faithful and dependable, and thanking Him that His Word heals all my flesh and that His Word is TRUTH.

Sometimes I will spend 30 minutes in the morning, then 30 minutes again at bed time worshiping and thanking Him.

Sometimes, I will worship morning, noon, and night.

However much time I can find during the day, I WILL TAKE THAT TIME.

I force my mind and my body to sit before God and praise Him, out loud,  that His Word is True.  I  praise Him that He is not a liar, and I praise and thank Him that I AM healed.

This is a form of meditating on the Word, while also worshiping God.

My mind is being forced to meditate on the Truths of God’s Word when I speak the Word out loud and my faith is being built stronger and stronger that I am healed, because the book of Romans says Faith Comes By Hearing God’s  Word {Romans 10:17}.

Also, I could do a huge word study on why we should be worshiping God, ie:  He inhabits the praise and worship of His people; in His presence is fullness of joy;  we are to offer the sacrifice of praise in the midst of trials; we should put on the garment of praise in place of the spirit of heaviness; etc

But the main fact is this:
A – God is worthy of our praise
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B – when I THANK and praise Him for His Word as though the Word has ALREADY TAKEN place, my mind is absolutely renewed in faith and joy, believing I DO HAVE MY ANSWER even before it happens.

It is a very interesting fact.

It is not MIND over matter.

This is real FAITH.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen
{Hebrews 11:1 – KJV}
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Now faith is BEING SURE of what we hope for
{Hebrews 11:1 – NIV}

The Bible says that Jesus was able to endure the shame (and pain) of the cross, because of the JOY SET BEFORE HIM {Hebrews 12:2}.

I truly believe Jesus looked with the eyes of faith, and saw Himself back in heaven with the Father sitting at the Father’s right hand.  Jesus knew Psalm 110, which says “Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet“.  And as Jesus quoted the Word to resist the temptations from satan in Matthew 4, I believe Jesus quoted the Word to get through His temptation to walk away from the fear of the  pain and shame He knew was awaiting  Him at the cross.

The Word is our sword, like it was Jesus’ sword.

We must hold fast to the Word, believing it exactly as it is written.

When we quote the Word out loud and praise and thank God daily that our bodies ARE HEALED,  then faith will rise up in us and we will become JOYFUL that we HAVE exactly what we asked for from God.  And we will become JOYFUL that the Word is 100% true  exactly the way it is written in the Bible, when it says WE ARE HEALED.  We will actually get JOYFUL that we ARE healed.   We will see it with our eyes of faith.  And we will believe we are healed, even before our bodies feel that Truth.  Our FAITH will be our evidence and proof that we are healed, and this will cause huge JOY to rise up in us.

Therefore, point #3 is very important for us to do.

And then finally,
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After a period of worshiping and praising God out loud, and meditating on the FACT that I AM healed,  I pray in tongues and I ask God if there is anything He would like to speak to me.  Sitting quietly in God’s presence after we worship Him is a blessing,  for many times He will speak another  encouraging  Scripture to us which will spur us on in faith as we wait for the healing to manifest in our body.

Remember, we ARE HEALED.

Your prayer for your boy IS ANSWERED.

Jesus took ALL your boy’s diseases in His body on the tree  and by Christ’s stripes your boy IS healed {Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24}.

We are  simply waiting  on God to receive more revelation or hear more Scriptures  in ADDITION to the unshakable, eternal Promises that are already written to us, to encourage us  in our  faith.

There can sometimes be demonic opposition which hinders a prayer from manifesting in the natural realm, and so we must simply continue to praise God in Faith that we have our answer, and the demonic opposition will finally break off the situation  {Daniel 10:13, Ephesians 6:11, 12}.

There are times when our faith just isn’t up to the situation, to break a sickness off immediately,  but through persevering prayer, or persevering prayer with FASTING, the disease will leave {Matthew 17:20} … but don’t get all upset believing this is your problem immediately and then get nervous that you DON’T have faith for this particular  situation.  Jesus said, “WHOEVER …  shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he says” {Mark 11:23} … so KEEP SAYING “My boy IS healed, in Jesus’ name, and seizures will NEVER AGAIN come upon his body”. Perseverance is a HUGE key in spiritual matters, to grow our faith and to lay hold of our answers.  As I mentioned earlier DON’T LET GO of the Promises of God … ever.

And then there are times when our faith is simply TESTED, so that we can be made strong and mature in faith  in order to overcome everything the devil will throw at us {James 1:2-4, Luke 10:19},   and so that our faith will be presented before Jesus as genuine,  to His glory and honor {1 Peter 1:6 & 7,  James 1:2-4,  Luke 8:15 NAS}.

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Whatever the reason is why there is a waiting period before you see your prayers manifest in the natural realm for Mattie, remember that God is FAITHFUL and that BY FAITH Mattie IS HEALED now {Hebrew 11:1}.

These are  two foundational Truths to get anyone through a trial of sickness and get to the side of VICTORY.

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Now, let’s pray together   for your boy:

“Father, I thank You so much that Your Word does not return void to You, but Your Word accomplishes exactly what You sent it forth to accomplish.

You said in Your Word, that You heal ALL of our diseases, so I praise and thank You for healing Mattie now … totally, completely, and entirely.

I believe that Your  Word will not return void to You, and so I know that Your Word DOES heal Mattie now, in Jesus’ name.

I praise You that seizures are a thing of the past.

I praise You that You have given Yoojin authority over ALL of the power of the enemy and now nothing can harm her or Mattie or anyone in her household, any longer!  {Luke 10:19}

We praise You now, that Your Word is Truth.

We praise You that the power of seizures are broken, in Jesus’ name.  Seizures will never again, come upon Mattie, in Jesus’ name.

We praise You now, that Your Word is forever settled in heaven and will never be changed.

We praise You now, that You are faithful to uphold Your Word and  that by Christ’s stripes Mattie IS healed, in Jesus’ name.

We love You God.

We thank You that we can depend upon You.

We thank You that we do not have to wonder or be in confusion.

We thank You that You have written down in print, exactly what You desire for us, and we thank You that Your will is health and wholeness and freedom for Mattie.

Thank You for Your power that is TOWARDS us, healing all of our diseases all the time.

Thank You for Your power that is towards us, and in us, and for us, healing all our diseases and moving mountains out of our lives {Ephesians 1:19}.

We praise You Father for Your Your great love towards Mattie and for healing him.

Thank You that Your Word heals him now.  In Jesus’ name, Mattie you are healed.  In Jesus’ name, Mattie you are whole.  Seizures, you will NEVER come back upon Mattie again, in Jesus’ name.  In Jesus name, Mattie you ARE free.

Praise You Father for Your kindness towards Mattie.

Praise You that You have not left us helpless or alone on this earth.   Thank You that You never forsake us, but that You do all that Your Word says You do.

We praise You.  We give you glory.  We love You and exalt Your holy name.  Through Jesus Christ Your son.  Amen.”

Keep praying such thanksgiving prayers like this one, Yoojin, daily.  Even many times per day, stop and thank God for being faithful and for healing Mattie.

I very much look  forward to hearing your great praise reports about your faith being built up, about your joy being very large while you wait on God, and I look forward to hearing that Mattie is completely seizure free!

God bless you with grace and joy while you wait on Him.

Love in Christ,
LeeAnn

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As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,  and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish,  so is my word that goes out from my mouth:  It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
{Isaiah 55:10-11}

The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
{Jeremiah 1:12}

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Your Tongue Tells The World What You ACTUALLY Believe

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I remember when my mother first went into a Nursing Care Home in Canada.  I live in the United States.

My first experiences with the Staff at the Home were difficult.

I would go into prayer about situations, and confess Scriptures over the situations such as, “No weapon formed against me or my family members will prosper”.   But the moment anyone around me would ask me how it was going with my mom in the Care Home, I would immediately tell them about all the trouble I was having with the Staff. .

Yuck!

My mouth was telling the world what was really going on in my heart!

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“…out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh”
{Matthew 12:34}

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My heart and my mind were actually filled with worries, fear, and anger, and these emotions were controlling my tongue.

Thank God I had ears to hear my own tongue, and I knew something was wrong with how I was “believing” in my quiet time versus  what I was actually “speaking” to others !! .

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This is one of the most important lessons to learn, when one wants to ‘walk in faith’ regarding the Promises of God.

.If we TRULY believe God whole-heartedly, as He has spoken and Promised regarding us and our situations, then we will ACT AND TALK as though His Promises are ours right now … we will act and talk as though His Promises are our reality.

We won’t be waiting to see the Promises come to pass.
And we won’t be telling others that we are “waiting” on God for His Promises to manifest.

Instead, we will live, walk, talk, act, AND pray as though His Promises are already Present Tense Truths in our life!.

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I had the ‘praying’ part down.

.If you would have heard me speaking with God and/or speaking His Promises over my situation in my daily prayer time, you would have thought I was absolutely grounded in faith, grounded in the Word, and standing unshakeable on the Promises!  I quoted the Promises of God loudly and boldly over my mom and her situation and spoke the Promises as Present Tense Truths !!

But boy, the moment I talked with people in the flesh, my mouth kept telling otherwise!

This actually got me angry at myself.

I knew that Matthew 21:21 said, if I had faith and would NOT DOUBT, I could cast all my mountains {and problems} into the sea;

And I knew that Mark 11:23 said, that WHOEVER did NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART but believed that what he SAID occurred, THEN WHATEVER he SAID would occur.

And I could see  from the words of my mouth, that I was actually NOT BELIEVING God’s Promises for my life.

My mouth was ‘squealing’ on me, and telling me and everyone around me, that I did not believe God’s Promises as reality for me or my mother, when it came to the Care Home situation.

I believed the Staff were awful and I believed they were going to always be awful.

I believed they were not treating my mother correctly, and my mouth stated that I had to keep watching them and stay on top of them, because I just ‘knew’ they would not treat my mom or me fairly or decently.

Yup, my mouth told the world everything that I believed.

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So I took the ‘two-edged sword’ to my heart and my feelings

Yes, I was quoting the Scriptures in my own quiet time  and thanking God that His Promises were True, but I saw that my heart revealed that something deeper was going on.

So I took a stand against unbelief  and against my negative tongue, in my prayer time.

I would state: .

.I am a believer and I am not a doubter.
I hide the Word of God in my heart, so that I will not sin against God  {Psalm 119:11}.

I will not speak perversely against God’s Word, in Jesus’ name and  my lips will not speak contrary to God’s Promises, in Jesus’ name.

I hide Your Word in my heart  Father  and I believe You at Your Word.
Now tongue, I command you, you will speak God’s Word only.
For out of the abundance of my heart, my tongue does speak, and I do right now  hide God’s Word in my heart  so that my tongue will not speak contrary to the Truth, in Jesus’ name.

I cast out thoughts and emotions from my mind and from my heart,  which are contrary to the Word of God  and I proclaim that I believe God at His Word!  {2 Corinthians 10:5}  in Jesus’ name!

I believe what I say occurs {Mark 11:23}, and I say right now  in Jesus’ name, God’s Word IS hid in my heart.  God’s Word is large in my heart.  And God’s Word is Truth in my heart.  And I will never speak contrary to God’s Word!  In Jesus’ name.

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{Remember,  we should use our Faith for everything in life:   to control our thoughts, our tongues, our emotions, as well as using our Faith for our healing and other material things!}

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.As I focused on believing from my heart … which meant meditating on God’s Promises for my mother and our situation more  ….    I started to see  my speech change.

I had actively taken the Word of God as a Sword to combat fear and unbelief coming up out of my heart through my unruly tongue, and I became focused on speaking God’s Words only whenever I was NOT in prayer, just as much as when I WAS in prayer.   .

Some have asked me, “Isn’t  this a type of legalism or bondage when it comes to speaking”?

Others have said to me,  “It is okay to tell others our problems.   We’re just sharing what is actually going on and God knows we  believe Him at His Word for His Promises to take control over the situation.  God knows our hearts.”

Well, I know that God knows my heart, but I also know that God has  set up some spiritual laws which we are to obey, if we want to have our prayers answered and if we want to see CONTINUAL victory in every area of our lives!

..And one of His spiritual laws {or spiritual Truths} is: .

.“…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.”
{Mark 11:23}

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Jesus was teaching here, that we GET WHAT WE SAY.

Therefore, if we keep speaking about our situation  in the present tense difficult state that it is in, then we will continue to see our situation remain the same.  Because Jesus said, if we believe the things we SAY come to pass, we will get what we SAY.

I didn’t dream this teaching up.

And I knew that if I wanted to have caring, loving, concerned staff over my mother, then I had better get my tongue AND my heart in line with God and His Word.

This is not a legalism which is too hard to perform ….. but once you really believe and understand that your WORDS have great authority, you will be THRILLED to know that YOU CAN control your destiny and outcome, by simply controlling your tongue !!!! .

.“Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”
{Proverbs 18:21}

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This is our:
“Holding fast to our confession”
{Hebrews 10:23}

Confessing God’s Words over our lives  isn’t something magical or mystical.

And I am not teaching ‘mind over matter’. .

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Confession, according to the Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words tells us that Confession is:  “To speak the same thing”  or to  “agree with”.   {‘Homologeo’, in the greek, for those who love the greek words} 

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And this is what I intend to do, for the rest of my days!!

I intend to listen to God’s Word, and then agree with what He says.

If God says He “heals all my diseases” {Ps 103:3}  then praise God, I intend to believe Him at His Word and say that God heals ALL my diseases!

If God says  I can “have what I say”  then praise God, I will agree with Him regarding those Words too, and I will watch over what I say.

And if God says that I can command mountains to “move out of my life, if I will not doubt in my heart”, then I will agree with Him   and I will speak to my mountains and watch carefully over my heart to make sure there is no unbelief in there!!!

Simple as that.

This is confession … agreeing with what God says and saying what God says.  All the time.  Never wavering.

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“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”
{Proverbs 4:23}

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I have seen that as I meditate on God’s Word  and His integrity, His truthfulness, and His faithfulness to do what He says, it  builds  faith in my heart so that I can actually speak in accordance with His Words, even when I am NOT in prayer …. it won’t be a heavy burden to watch over my lips, for out of my heart, which has been filled with faith from meditating on God’s Promises, my mouth will speak.

And so, I meditated on the fact the God loves my mom way more than I do, and I meditated on the FACT that great nursing staff would come in to watch over my mom for me, because I prayed and asked God to do such, and I believed that what I asked for in prayer was as good as done {Mark 11:24, 1 John 5:14-16};  and therefore FAITH  built up in my heart, so that whenever anyone asked me how things were going up in Canada with my mom, I could then confidently state, “Very well.  The nursing staff is taking good care of my mom for me”.

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Even, when I am not at the point of CONFIDENTLY stating out loud an “end result” that I am expecting to see happen in a situation, I have learned that I then must KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT if I am going to speak contrary to the Scripture that I am believing for in that situation!!!

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Keeping my mouth SHUT from speaking unbelief has been a great lesson to learn, because Scripture states:

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. “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me:  and to him that ORDERETH  {commands, directs}  his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God”
{Psalm 50:23}

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Yes, I have learned that:
I must watch what I say and keep my mouth from speaking contrary to God’s Words;

I must keep my tongue only speaking what God has to say;

And I must keep quoting God’s Promises daily to build my faith,  which means I am meditating on God’s Promises until my faith builds and until the Promises  become more real in my heart and mind than anything else going on in the natural world.

It is only by doing these things  that I continue to see “good success” in my life:

.. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy MOUTH;

But thou shalt MEDITATE therein DAY AND NIGHT, that thou mayest

Observe to do according to all that is written therein:  for THEN thou shalt
make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS”
{Joshua 1:8}

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The Promises of God, the Laws of God, and the Spiritual Truths of God are not burdensome, nor are they condemning! We must  see that God is simply telling us Truths  to set us free,  so that we can take the ‘rules’ of God and start applying them to our lives  …  joyfully knowing that these Truths will bring great success to us !!!

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.Be blessed and be determined to walk in the blessing which was purchased for you at Calvary!

For NOTHING shall be impossible to him that BELIEVETH !!!!!

Hallelujah!

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“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever
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ye desire, when ye pray,  BELIEVE that ye RECEIVE them,  and ye shall have them”
{Mark 11:24}

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Remember Satan’s Tactics

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Remember Satan’s Tactics

Mark 4 —
14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

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.It was around 1993 when I received the revelation that God and His Word and His Will are one-in-the-same, and that what is written in the Bible is the Truth and can be stood upon as Truth, and that all circumstances in life would bow the knee to the Word IF I stood my ground with faith and patience {Hebrews 6:12}.

I received the Revelation that all of the Promises of God were for me {2 Cor 1:20} with GREAT JOY, even as Mark 4:16 states.

But even as Mark 4:17 states, “affliction” soon followed, with the goal to tear the Word from my heart, and the affliction that came was strong enough that I finally did give up believing the Word for health and healing, which I was standing upon.

I had returned from India as a missionary, weak and emotionally broken and sick, and then in December 1992 my girl was born sick. She not only had eczema, as I’ve written about in another post found in the “Testimonies” category, but she also had chronic sinus problems.

But when I heard in 1993 that healing would come to her, if I would “believe that I have received” the answer to my prayer at the moment that I prayed, a new hope sprung up in me. So I prayed, and believed I received my answer, and then waited to see the answer manifest.

I waited one month and still my girl remained sick.

I waited three months and still nothing was happening.

I thought I was believing that I had my answer, so why wasn’t my girl getting better?

It was finally around the eighth month that I dropped all hope in the Word as being True for my girl’s health.

I forgot that I had an enemy who was strongly opposing the Word of health that I was standing on and I gave in to the doubts that the Word “wasn’t working”.

As I turned my back on believing that every Word in the Bible was True and for me, a bitterness set in and I became angry with God, Who did not seem to keep His Word.

Why do I write all of this?

Because I am currently watching people I know let the Word of God be plucked from their hearts also.

After praying and “believing they have received”, and then waiting for what seems to be “too long” of a period of time, I see people giving up hope in the Word.

They are not remembering what the tactic of their enemy is.

It would be seven years of despair, rage, bitterness, and even a suicide attempt, before I would even dare trust God at His Word again, and it is my desire that all who are facing the same hopelessness because the Word doesn’t seem to be “working”, be encouraged by this Post. It is my desire that you avoid the same pitfalls that I fell into, and that you come through your “testing of your faith” victoriously {James 1:2-4}!

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Satan had come to “steal, kill and destroy” the Word from my heart, and he did so in a large way! He nearly stole, killed, and destroyed my very life, and nearly destroyed my marriage and my family as well.

It wasn’t until 2002 that I turned to God again and stated, “God I need Your Word to be True so much in my life. How can I believe that salvation is True, if Your Words about healing aren’t True? How can I believe any part of Your Word, if I can’t walk in the freedom Jesus talked about? I need Your Word to be True in my life, Father, because I can’t live this way any longer and I need Your help. You’ve shown Yourself as real in my life many times in the past, so I will choose to believe You at Your Word again Father. Come hell or high-water I am going to believe You at Your Word from now on and I totally expect that Your Words will be True in my life.”

That was in 2002, and as many may recall from the Posts I have written on this Blog, I have since seen God’s Word do exactly what It says It will do, many times over these past years. I have seen God’s Word as absolute Truth in my life.

But what changed between 1993 and 2002?

I changed.

Total and utter desperation set in, and it made me absolutely determined to NEVER let go of the Word of God as final authority and as Truth in my life again.

God would be to me, either ALL Truth ALL the time, or just a liar Who couldn’t be trusted.

I also realized that if I was truly “believing” that I had “received” my answer at the moment I prayed to God, then I would have to change my speaking the moment after my prayer. I would have to act like I had my answer …. even before my eyes saw the answer. And I would have to talk like I had my answer …. even before my eyes saw the answer.

I made a strong determination to stand on the Word, no matter what.

Now many may say

“Oh, LeeAnn, just because I don’t see all of God’s Promises take place in my life on earth, perhaps even as I’d like, it doesn’t mean I don’t love God. And I am not going to turn my back on God.”

I hear what you are saying, but you are still allowing satan to pluck the Word from your heart!

Perhaps he has not plucked the Word for salvation from your heart, but if he has successfully plucked the Promises for health {Ps 103:3, 1 Ptr 2:24}, or freedom from bondages or sin from you {Romans 6:12,14}, or if he has successfully plucked the Word of your authority over all his power from you {Luke 10:19} then he has left you powerless and defeated on this earth …. and again, I am seeing too many people walking in despair and hurt, hopelessness and defeat, and giving up on “hoping” or “believing” that God will intervene in their lives, for “hope deferred makes the heart sick” {Proverbs 13:12} … and sometimes, if left unchecked, this hopelessness, despair, and hurt CAN turn to hatred and bitterness towards God.

Here’s a Quick Testimony

In January 2003 I was very dramatically delivered from depression, after stating that I was FREED since June 2002. But in January 2004, a strong depression once again tried to get a hold of me!

For one week, I spoke no Words of victory. I simply sat moping most of the day, in my home. Fear also tried to grip me, because I did not want to return to the depression that I had been delivered from.

“This is just like in 1993! You believed for a little while, but the Word doesn’t REALLY work” the enemy spoke to my thoughts. “The Word doesn’t work. You aren’t free at all! You’ll always live a depressed life”. And I let his words roll around in my brain for about one week.

But at the end of one week, I remembered HOW I got free in the first place. I remembered that I SPOKE THE WORD DAILY over my life.

I had prayed once, to bind depression and hatred and rage off of me, then from that time forward, every day I proclaimed, “I AM free from depression and depression will never have a hold on me again. Thank You Jesus for freeing me!”

I spoke that way every single day, even during rage or depression episodes.

So, in January 2004, I KNEW I had to start speaking the Word out loud once again. Even though I did not feel like it, I knew the Word was my power. I knew the Word was my Sword to cut this depression and fear off me.

So I squeeked out, pretty lamely, “I am free. And I love to speak God’s Word over my life daily”.

I said the last part of that sentence, because if I could get my joy and love back for speaking the Word over my life, then I knew depression would be quick to go! I was calling things as though they WERE, even before I could see it with my eyes {Romans 4:17}.

And so I continued to call myself free from depression for one week and I continued to state that I loved speaking God’s Words over my life.

One week.

Please get this.

As many may recall, who have read my “Testimonies” category, there are times that I have “spoken the Word of God” {Mark 11:23} and/or prayed the “prayer of faith” {Mark 11:24} and have seen extremely quick or immediate results {like my dad’s broken neck being healed within 5 days of praying the Matthew 18:19 “prayer of agreement” with my husband for my dad’s healing} and then there have been times where I have prayed the “prayer of faith” {Mark 11:24} and simply stood BELIEVING that the prayer “worked” for many years before seeing the manifestation of the Word in the natural realm {like with my little girl for freedom from eczema, again, as detailed in the “Testimonies” category}.

And THIS is the KEY:

Faith WITH patience. Never giving up. Choosing to believe the Word is the TRUTH no matter what….and then ACTING and SPEAKING like the Word is the Truth, all the time, from the moment after you say the AMEN!

God is NOT Sovereign to change His Word, otherwise He would be unreliable, changeable, fickle, not faithful and untrustworthy …. at best.

He could be called at liar, at worst.

Please my brothers and sisters, who are at the point of giving up…

Remember the enemy has come to steal the Word from your heart.

Remember the enemy stands opposing all the Words of God, so that you won’t hope in His Word as Truth ever again.

Remember that by faith WITH patience you WILL receive all of the Promises of God for your life and for your family’s life …. if you will continue in faith, and not give up the Promise {Hebrews 6:12}.

For ALL of the Promises are YES in Christ Jesus, for us. And now all we have to do is say the “Amen” or “So Be It” and then STAND believing, and speaking, and acting as though the Word is True. And after having done all, keep standing!

Now (I ask that) the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
{Romans 15:13}
Amen.

And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our FAITH
{1 John 5:4}

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