Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Only Believe, Ask and You Shall Receive!

Only Believe. Believe. Have faith! I believe the gift of Faith is the best gift the Holy Spirit gives. Because the gift of faith is your faith combined with God's faith, and since God has perfect faith, the gift of faith becomes that in which you know that you know that you know that whatever you ask, you will receive. But even when Jesus says, "Repent and believe, the kingdom is at hand", our measure of faith and measure of belief should substantial to usher in the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. We have to believe that because of our belovedness of the Father, because He loves us so much and out of our intimacy with Him, He desires to show up for us! Isaiah 64:4 says God acts for those who wait for Him! He desires to heal us! If we would only believe that He will, and He can, we would see so much more of Heaven. He wants to dress us with authority and Favor. Alot of American Christians believe He can heal us, but don't believe He will. And I think we a different mindset. Because not only did Jesus die so we could part of Heaven now, but He died because God wanted to restore what we had in the Garden of Eden. There is no pain in Heaven. There was no pain in the Garden. God does not want us living in pain! Jesus died so we could be Healed! By His stripes we are healed according to Isaiah! God wants us to be Healed! It is our inheritance as sons and daughters of the most high to reach into heavenly storehouses and ask the Spirit to come and bring healing! I want the gift of faith, but I also want a ginormous measure of faith that comes along with Favor. Over 14 scriptures talk about Asking and Receiving.

John 16:23-24 And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John 11:22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You."
John 14:13-14 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
John 15:7-8 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
John 15:16-17 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
James 1:5-7 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
1 John 3:22-23 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
Matt 7:7-12 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Luke 11:9-13 So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
Matt 18:19-20 Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
Matt 21:21-22 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Mark 11:22-24 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
1 John 5:14-15 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Jesus said Ask and you will receive! Ask Anything from Me! We have access to heavenly storehouses. We have access to the plethora of Kingdom goods! Ask, and get it. dont doubt, theres no reason to doubt. How much do lovers desire to do nice things, and buy nice things for each other. God wants to do the same. He wants to do above what we ask. He is able to do exceedently abundantly above all that we ask or think (Eph 3:20).
Jesus says only believe! Almost every single miracle and healing he did, he related it to believing, or faith. He calmed the storm and said oh you of little faith. He healed blind men, paralytics, a women bleeding for 12 years, the centurions servant, and everytime Jesus said your faith has made you well. He knew that just one touch, one word from Jesus and they would be healed. Jesus was impressed by the faith of the centurion. He healed the syrophonecian woman even though she was a gentile, because of Faith. She knew that she knew that she knew that Jesus could heal her, and she wanted it. Don't we want to be healed? Don't we want provision and miracles and signs and wonders? Won't we believe that He will and He can? Only Believe! One touch, one word, and we're healed cuz the kingdom is at hand, we have access, and Jesus said ask and you'll receive.

Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
Luke 17:5-7 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith. So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
Mark 5:34-36 And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction. While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said, Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only believe.
Luke 8:50But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.
John 11:40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"
Matt 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Mark 10:52 Then Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.Believe!

1 comment:

andrew said...

Hi Maria! Last night I discovered your's and Diana's blogs and have been very inspired by your stories. Thanks for sharing them with the world. I live in Perth, Australia and just wanted to let you know that your walk of obedience has been an amazing encouragement to me.

There IS such a huge difference between "he can" and "he will". Stories such as your own increase my faith to know that "he is".

One of the things that stands out to me from the Bible verses you have quoted are statements like:

"ask in my name"
"if you abide in me and my words in you"
"that you would bear fruit"
"because we do those things which are pleasing in his sight"
"this is the confidence we have of him, that if we ask anything according to his will

When we get a greater revelation of what these statements mean I think we will see more belief, more faith and more asking AND receiving!