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Mark chapter 11 verse 24.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it,

and it will be yours. Wow, that's quite a statement that leads to all kinds of questions,

right? Like, whatever I ask for in prayer, if I just believe that I have received it,

it will be mine. How many times have we prayed for something and believed as best as we

could tell, like, we really believed that it would happen, but then it didn't happen.

So is there a problem with our faith and our belief or how does this not lead to a

name it, claim it kind of theology that says, just say whatever you want could be any number of

things, including health or wealth, prosperity in this world. If you believe it, it will be yours.

Entire theologies and ministries have been based on that kind of claim. So how are we to

understand Mark 1124? Well, there's a lot we could talk about here, but just to tie it with the

whole premise of this podcast, pray the word. The way Jesus puts this in John 15, is if you remain

in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you. The whole

foundation for praying with faith is praying with trust in the word of Jesus, praying with trust in

what God wants in our lives. I've said many occasions and I was just talking with one of my sons

about this this last week, the secret to success and prayer and we could walk all over scripture

to see this, but it's twofold. The secret to success and prayer is number one, make your wants,

God's wants, and then number two, ask for whatever you want, make your wants, God's wants,

then ask for whatever you want and believe that it will be yours. Believe God's word. That's the

beauty of what Jesus is inviting us to in relationship with him through prayer to a confident,

praying according to his word in such a way that we can know we have what we've asked for and

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