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For any avoidance of doubt, the word of God I refer to here is the Holy Bible. When you pray using the word of God in faith, you commit God’s integrity to perform and God can never disappoint you.
The reason God can never disappoint you when you use His word (the Holy Bible) to pray by faith is because His word is a covenant or promise or agreement or treaty or pledge or whatever else signifies the word covenant. God’s word is His bond.
The reason God can never disappoint you when you use His word (the Holy Bible) to pray by faith is because His word is a covenant or promise or agreement or treaty or pledge or whatever else signifies the word covenant. God’s word is His bond.
The Book of Numbers 23 verse 19 says, “God is not like men, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever He promises, He does; He speaks, and it is done.”
In the book of Psalm 89 verses 33-35, God says, “But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him. I will not break my covenant with him or take back EVEN ONE promise I made him. Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.”
In the book of Psalm 89 verses 33-35, God says, “But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him. I will not break my covenant with him or take back EVEN ONE promise I made him. Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.”
Psalm 146 verses 3-6 says “Don’t put your trust in human leaders; no human being can save you. When they die, they return to the dust; on that day, all their plans come to an end.
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob to help him and who depends on the Lord his God, the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He ALWAYS keeps his promises.”
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob to help him and who depends on the Lord his God, the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He ALWAYS keeps his promises.”
In the book of Isaiah 55 verses 10-11, God says, “My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for sowing and food to eat. So also will be the word that I speak – it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do.”
You can see all the bible verses (words of God) that point to how God values His word and is not like humans. That is why praying with faith using the word of God gives you faster results.
The word of God, the Holy Bible, contains so many promises or covenants that can turn around one’s life for good when used with faith in prayer!
The word of God, the Holy Bible, contains so many promises or covenants that can turn around one’s life for good when used with faith in prayer!
In buttressing the efficacy of using the word of God in faith to pray, David Oyedepo, Bishop of Faith Tabernacle (a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel) Ministries said, “God is not moved by your needs. He is moved by His words.” Now what does this preacher mean by what he says?
The point David Oyedepo is making is the number one reason many people pray without getting results, and I will explain it in very clear, simple language with an example. Someone who has been devoted to God for a long, long while has read and then claims he or she understands all that is said in this blog post.
The person then prays to God for a job he or she has written a test for and awaits the results. The person prayed with faith using the word of God and believes he or she will get the job.
The person then prays to God for a job he or she has written a test for and awaits the results. The person prayed with faith using the word of God and believes he or she will get the job.
Eventually, the job is given to a close friend of the religiously devoted person and this friend’s attitude and lifestyle clearly shows no religious devotion to God. The devoted person then begins to lament his or her misfortune at the job opportunity loss and tells everyone about it.
Let me bring out one very clear point here: is there a consistency in the devoted person’s belief on getting the job? The answer is no. Recall, the bible’s definition of faith is “to be sure of things we hope for, to be certain of things we cannot see.”
This religiously devoted person’s attitude has been to treat the issue of getting a job as just that one opportunity!
This religiously devoted person’s attitude has been to treat the issue of getting a job as just that one opportunity!
He or she, at that point of lamenting, cannot believe that there might be a better job out there for him or her with better terms of service. This is what the person cannot see and should believe.
However, the person is concerned with what he or she see, the lost job opportunity. Therefore, this inconsistency in the state of mind makes the prayer result unattainable.
However, the person is concerned with what he or she see, the lost job opportunity. Therefore, this inconsistency in the state of mind makes the prayer result unattainable.
The person has earlier committed God’s integrity to perform by faith in prayer; but by lamenting at the lost job opportunity, this person has doubted the ability of God to perform.
This is despite having read on this blog’s post, several quoted scriptures of God’s word saying that God cannot lie and cannot break His covenant; and despite having claimed to have understood the message here!
This is despite having read on this blog’s post, several quoted scriptures of God’s word saying that God cannot lie and cannot break His covenant; and despite having claimed to have understood the message here!
Again, in the words of David Oyedepo, “God is not moved by your needs. He is moved by His word.” You can see that the lamenting person is focused on his or her needs (a job) and not on God’s words; and God is only moved by His words and not your needs.
Dear reader, it is incidents such as the one described above that makes many religiously devoted people pray and never get results.
Dear reader, it is incidents such as the one described above that makes many religiously devoted people pray and never get results.
Faith is a state of mind achieved by consistency in spoken word and action. Any inconsistency in spoken word and action changes the person’s state of mind from one of faith to one of doubt, and invalidates the desired result.
If faith has earlier connected the person with God through prayer, doubt through lamentation and sorrow has broken that connection!
If faith has earlier connected the person with God through prayer, doubt through lamentation and sorrow has broken that connection!
It is important at this point to distinguish between faithfulness and faith since most people confuse the two in trying to get the desired results of their prayer.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy Ministries said, “Faithfulness is for yesterday, faith is for now.”
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy Ministries said, “Faithfulness is for yesterday, faith is for now.”
What he means is that if you have been religiously devoted to God, then you have been faithful and as I said earlier, it is a good thing to do and please continue in your religious devotions to God.
The reward for faithfulness is eternal life at the end of age. The bible makes it clear that nothing defiled shall enter the kingdom of God.
The reward for faithfulness is eternal life at the end of age. The bible makes it clear that nothing defiled shall enter the kingdom of God.
The bible book of 1 Corinthians 6 verses 9-10 states, “Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God’s Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves – none of these will possess God’s Kingdom.
The preceding bible verses show you the value of remaining devoted or faithful to God and the reward for doing it. So keep being devoted to God and never give up doing it no matter what happens.
Faith, on the other hand, is what you need when you want results to achieve any thing you want in life. Without faith, you cannot achieve anything of significance in life and you will only keep struggling. I
f in prayer you confuse faithfulness as meaning the same thing as faith, you would also not be able to achieve your desired outcome in life.
f in prayer you confuse faithfulness as meaning the same thing as faith, you would also not be able to achieve your desired outcome in life.
If you use faith in prayer and use the word of God to ask for what you want and you remain in that state of faith thereafter, the results are faster and staggering.
You can never fail for the simple reason that you have committed God’s integrity to perform and God, as sacred scriptures tells us, is ALWAYS faithful to His promises and can never disappoint you.
You can never fail for the simple reason that you have committed God’s integrity to perform and God, as sacred scriptures tells us, is ALWAYS faithful to His promises and can never disappoint you.
…………………………….To be concluded next week
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