"The guests at a certain hotel were being rendered uncomfortable by repeated
strumming on a piano, done by a little girl who possessed no knowledge of music.
They complained to the proprietor with a view to having the annoyance stopped.
'I am sorry you are annoyed,' he said. 'But the girl is the child of one of my very
best guests. I can scarcely ask her not to touch the piano. But her father, who is
away for a day or so, will return tomorrow. You can then approach him, and have
the matter set right.' When the father returned, he found his daughter in the
reception-room and, as usual, thumping on the piano. He walked up behind the
child and, putting his arms over her shoulders, took her hands in his, and
produced some most beautiful music. Thus it may be with us, and thus it will be,
some coming day. Just now, we can produce little but clamour and disharmony;
but, one day, the Lord Jesus will take hold of our hands of faith and prayer, and
use them to bring forth the music of the skies." -- ANON
'GENUINE, authentic faith must be definite and free of doubt. Not simply general in
character; not a mere belief in the being, goodness and power of God, but a faith which
believes that the things which "he saith, shall come to pass." As the faith is specific, so
the answer likewise will be definite: "He shall have whatsoever he saith." Faith and
prayer select the things, and God commits Himself to do the very things which faith
and persevering prayer nominate, and petition Him to accomplish.
The American Revised Version renders the twenty-fourth verse of the eleventh chapter
of Mark, thus: "Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Perfect faith has always in its
keeping what perfect prayer asks for. How large and unqualified is the area of
operation -- the "All things whatsoever!" How definite and specific the promise -- "Ye
shall have them!"
Our chief concern is with our faith, -- the problems of its growth, and the activities of its
vigorous maturity.
A faith which grasps and holds in its keeping the very things it asks for, without wavering, doubt or fear -- that is the faith we need -- faith, such as is a pearl of great price, in the process and practise of prayer.
Mat_13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
The statement of our Lord about faith and prayer quoted above is of supreme
importance. Faith must be definite, specific; an unqualified, unmistakable request for
the things asked for. It is not to be a vague, indefinite, shadowy thing; it must be
something more than an abstract belief in God's willingness and ability to do for us. It is
to be a definite, specific, asking for, and expecting the things for which we ask. Note the
reading of Mark 11:23:
"And shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he saith." '
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 5)
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Mar 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Mar 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That 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.
Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Faith and prayer.
Hand in hand the two go and we need to believe this.
If we pray to a LIVING, LOVING GOD, then we truly believe our GOD, our FATHER GOD hears us, and loves us, and desires that we live in HIS love. Any parent knows, and any child can comprehend the truth- that loving human parents do their best to do all things for their children's best interests. A truly loving human parent would never deliberately do something to harm their children unless it was a mistake, an accident, something that happened in ignorance through flesh ruled faults. God, our Heavenly Father will NEVER do anything, He will never answer a single prayer that is detrimental to OUR ETERNAL LIFE.
When we ask for anything in FAITH in our loving Heavenly FATHER, we are asking for HIS WILL for us be done, His love, His knowing, His caring, His desire for us to have salvation through HIS Son. When we ask amiss, we are asking for things not in the faith of our Father, not in trusting His will for us. If we ask specifically for the saving of a life and that life is not saved, there is a reason for it that goes beyond our desire for that person's life to be spared so they can live longer.
We must pray in specifics knowing that what we ask for in FAITH means asking in the belief of our Savior's desire for us to be found in Him, in His Salvation, be realized truly. The mountain will be moved if it needs to be moved and this we believe because our faith is solely in our SAVIOR, in our GOD.
All in His LOVE!
strumming on a piano, done by a little girl who possessed no knowledge of music.
They complained to the proprietor with a view to having the annoyance stopped.
'I am sorry you are annoyed,' he said. 'But the girl is the child of one of my very
best guests. I can scarcely ask her not to touch the piano. But her father, who is
away for a day or so, will return tomorrow. You can then approach him, and have
the matter set right.' When the father returned, he found his daughter in the
reception-room and, as usual, thumping on the piano. He walked up behind the
child and, putting his arms over her shoulders, took her hands in his, and
produced some most beautiful music. Thus it may be with us, and thus it will be,
some coming day. Just now, we can produce little but clamour and disharmony;
but, one day, the Lord Jesus will take hold of our hands of faith and prayer, and
use them to bring forth the music of the skies." -- ANON
'GENUINE, authentic faith must be definite and free of doubt. Not simply general in
character; not a mere belief in the being, goodness and power of God, but a faith which
believes that the things which "he saith, shall come to pass." As the faith is specific, so
the answer likewise will be definite: "He shall have whatsoever he saith." Faith and
prayer select the things, and God commits Himself to do the very things which faith
and persevering prayer nominate, and petition Him to accomplish.
The American Revised Version renders the twenty-fourth verse of the eleventh chapter
of Mark, thus: "Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Perfect faith has always in its
keeping what perfect prayer asks for. How large and unqualified is the area of
operation -- the "All things whatsoever!" How definite and specific the promise -- "Ye
shall have them!"
Our chief concern is with our faith, -- the problems of its growth, and the activities of its
vigorous maturity.
A faith which grasps and holds in its keeping the very things it asks for, without wavering, doubt or fear -- that is the faith we need -- faith, such as is a pearl of great price, in the process and practise of prayer.
Mat_13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
The statement of our Lord about faith and prayer quoted above is of supreme
importance. Faith must be definite, specific; an unqualified, unmistakable request for
the things asked for. It is not to be a vague, indefinite, shadowy thing; it must be
something more than an abstract belief in God's willingness and ability to do for us. It is
to be a definite, specific, asking for, and expecting the things for which we ask. Note the
reading of Mark 11:23:
"And shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he saith." '
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 5)
*******
Mar 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Mar 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That 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.
Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Faith and prayer.
Hand in hand the two go and we need to believe this.
If we pray to a LIVING, LOVING GOD, then we truly believe our GOD, our FATHER GOD hears us, and loves us, and desires that we live in HIS love. Any parent knows, and any child can comprehend the truth- that loving human parents do their best to do all things for their children's best interests. A truly loving human parent would never deliberately do something to harm their children unless it was a mistake, an accident, something that happened in ignorance through flesh ruled faults. God, our Heavenly Father will NEVER do anything, He will never answer a single prayer that is detrimental to OUR ETERNAL LIFE.
When we ask for anything in FAITH in our loving Heavenly FATHER, we are asking for HIS WILL for us be done, His love, His knowing, His caring, His desire for us to have salvation through HIS Son. When we ask amiss, we are asking for things not in the faith of our Father, not in trusting His will for us. If we ask specifically for the saving of a life and that life is not saved, there is a reason for it that goes beyond our desire for that person's life to be spared so they can live longer.
We must pray in specifics knowing that what we ask for in FAITH means asking in the belief of our Savior's desire for us to be found in Him, in His Salvation, be realized truly. The mountain will be moved if it needs to be moved and this we believe because our faith is solely in our SAVIOR, in our GOD.
All in His LOVE!
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