“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24).
I remember when I first got saved, I’d pray, “Oh Lord, I ask You to heal me in Jesus’ name. I ask You for healing. Amen.”
Then when someone would ask, “Did you get anything?”
I’d check and say, “Well, no, I don’t believe so.” And according to my faith it would be done unto me. I’d pray and then I’d believe I wouldn’t get anything, so I wouldn’t get anything. My faith worked all the time!
Jesus did not say, “When you pray, believe you don’t receive anything, and you’ll have it.” It sounds funny, but a lot of us prayed that way for years. A lot of people still do. They pray and then check to see whether their bodies feel any better or whether the symptoms are gone. And if nothing is different, they don’t believe they received anything.
That’s not what Jesus said to do. If we want His results, we have to follow His instructions. He didn’t say, “When you pray, believe you didn’t receive anything.” He said, “When you pray, believe you receive.”
When I pray for healing, I don’t check to see if symptoms are gone or if anything in my body has changed. I believe I receive when I pray, and God sees to it that my healing manifests.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.