few hours later the Lord brought to my remembrance how he is alert, standing, taking steps, making noises, and when he is standing or trying to walk he looks to his parents for praise and approval. I was also reminded of the scripture Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it ,and it will be yours.” (NIV) I called my daughter back to remind her of all the things I had remembered that he is doing right now and to remind her to speak faith not fear over him. She told me that she had dismissed the comment by the doctor as an untruth and I reminded her of Mark 11:24. That experience reminded me of just how determined the enemy is to have us walk in doubt, fear and unbelief so that we miss out on all that God has for us, all because he understands just how powerful words are and their ability to create your reality. I wonder just how many believers know, I mean really know, that they have the power to speak life over themselves and their family. God’s word in John 10:10 (NKJV) says, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” The enemy is
meticulous about his job of stealing from us what is rightfully ours because we do not know any better; he kills because we are not speaking the creative word of God over ourselves and our family and destroys because we do not believe what we are saying, or even what we do know. Mark 11:24 reminds us that in order for us to obtain this life more abundantly that God is speaking of in John 10:10, we must become believers and the only way to believe in something or someone is to know about them. In John 8:31-32 Jesus was telling the Jews that now that they were converted, their faith could not hinge on their emotions, but that they should now become good stewards and students of the word. He reminded them that it is the truth of His teachings that would identify them as followers and this truth found in His teachings would set them free. God is requiring for us to not only know the word as in having memorized it and repeating back to Him rote, but to become confident and believe what we know from His word to be true. It is not until we believe what we are praying that we receive it and even after believing and receiving in the supernatural, we
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