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Praying with Expectation

by Daniel N Brown

Did you know that expectation is the key to receiving all the good things God has for you? It is written, "Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, believe you receive them and you shall have them." (Mark11:24)

Believe you receive, or expect! What good does it do to pray without expecting God to answer? You might as well be talking to a tree. The Bible says, "Without faith, it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." (Heb 11:6) Faith, belief, expectation are required to receiving what you desire in life.

I see a lot of good Christian people pray to God, asking something from Him, and never doing anything on their part to bring it to pass. God will do His part, for sure, but we are required to do our part as well.

What is our part? Believe, expect, confess, and anything else that could physically be done on our part. "Faith without works is dead." (James 2:20)

I believe God's heart aches when you are hurting in any way. He wants you to be happy and enjoy your life and you should have the things you need and desire. Besides, it is our duty to prosper? 1 Thessalonians 4 says, "Increase, more and more, aspire to lead a quiet life, mind your own business, work with your own hands, walk properly toward those who are outside, and lack nothing."

Go forth and prosper, as God would have you do.

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