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Prayers : Part 21
Today, we continued our discussion of the prayer of faith, also known as petition prayer. A hole in your faith can keep you from getting answers to your prayers. One hole that you could have in your faith is failing to line up your life with your faith.
The Power of Faith is Authority
The power of faith is not our own beliefs or knowledge. In Matthew 8: 5-13, the centurion captured the attention of Jesus because he knew authority. He put his faith on display by telling God what he could believe for. He declared the answer before it manifested. In other words, the centurion flowed in God’s authority. Because he did this, his servant was immediately healed.
Lining up your life with your faith is about being under authority.
Like the centurion, we are called to flow in God’s authority (John 14: 23). If we do this, God will make it come to pass (Psalms 37: 5). There is only one authority, which is God. People who claim their own authority are outside of the realm of God (Matthew 8: 10-12). We can’t pursue our own plans. We must pursue God’s plans. Obedience to God is the only way to come under His authority. “In the name of Jesus” is about authority (2 Timothy 3: 1-5). There is power in the name of Jesus because His name is authority. You should only base your life on something that has power in it.
We either flow in God’s authority, like the centurion, or we don’t. There are no steps to take and no formula to follow. You are either in faith or you are not. Think of faith as being a staff, i.e. a cane or a pole. Envision your entire body resting on the pole in your abdomen (feet off the ground) – this is faith. God is the pole. The pole is either going to hold you or it’s not. The power of faith is God’s authority over any other authority. Authority comes from God. Authority is the power of faith. So, if I am in faith, then I am in God’s authority.
How do faith people talk? They don’t lie about their circumstances. A true confession of faith is about meeting your circumstances with faith. For example, if you are sick and someone asks you how you are doing, you should say: “I am having a challenge right now, but I believe that God has healed me and I have the victory!”
We have the resurrection power of Jesus inside of us. However, it only works if we use it (2 Corinthians 4: 7-18). Whoever is going to have the last say is whoever you put your faith in. Will you put your faith in God or man? As people of faith, we should let God have the last say.
Our mouth is a major key to our faith. If you believe, you have to talk in line with your faith. When you are experiencing trouble, you have to confess your faith in God. You should praise God in the face of your difficulties. If you are in faith, you will talk as if the things you see are an illusion unless they line up with your faith. It is when things look the bleakest that they will turn in your favor, but only if you live a lifestyle of faith.
The Power of Faith is Authority
The power of faith is not our own beliefs or knowledge. In Matthew 8: 5-13, the centurion captured the attention of Jesus because he knew authority. He put his faith on display by telling God what he could believe for. He declared the answer before it manifested. In other words, the centurion flowed in God’s authority. Because he did this, his servant was immediately healed.
Lining up your life with your faith is about being under authority.
Like the centurion, we are called to flow in God’s authority (John 14: 23). If we do this, God will make it come to pass (Psalms 37: 5). There is only one authority, which is God. People who claim their own authority are outside of the realm of God (Matthew 8: 10-12). We can’t pursue our own plans. We must pursue God’s plans. Obedience to God is the only way to come under His authority. “In the name of Jesus” is about authority (2 Timothy 3: 1-5). There is power in the name of Jesus because His name is authority. You should only base your life on something that has power in it.
We either flow in God’s authority, like the centurion, or we don’t. There are no steps to take and no formula to follow. You are either in faith or you are not. Think of faith as being a staff, i.e. a cane or a pole. Envision your entire body resting on the pole in your abdomen (feet off the ground) – this is faith. God is the pole. The pole is either going to hold you or it’s not. The power of faith is God’s authority over any other authority. Authority comes from God. Authority is the power of faith. So, if I am in faith, then I am in God’s authority.
How do faith people talk? They don’t lie about their circumstances. A true confession of faith is about meeting your circumstances with faith. For example, if you are sick and someone asks you how you are doing, you should say: “I am having a challenge right now, but I believe that God has healed me and I have the victory!”
We have the resurrection power of Jesus inside of us. However, it only works if we use it (2 Corinthians 4: 7-18). Whoever is going to have the last say is whoever you put your faith in. Will you put your faith in God or man? As people of faith, we should let God have the last say.
Our mouth is a major key to our faith. If you believe, you have to talk in line with your faith. When you are experiencing trouble, you have to confess your faith in God. You should praise God in the face of your difficulties. If you are in faith, you will talk as if the things you see are an illusion unless they line up with your faith. It is when things look the bleakest that they will turn in your favor, but only if you live a lifestyle of faith.
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