Releasing the Ability of God Through Prayer by Charles Capps

Author:Charles Capps
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Spirituality, Religion, Christian Life, General, Prayer
ISBN: 9781577946694
Publisher: Harrison House
Published: 1970-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

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Confession Brings Possession

God told Israel He had given them the land, but they were to go in and possess it. The land belonged to them, yet they didn't possess it for forty years because they believed more in circumstances than in God's Word.

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief (Heb. 3:19). The word unbelief here literally means "disobedience." God said to possess it, but they said, "We are not able." So they did not obey God and they did not possess the land until all who doubted God had died.

Out of the twelve spies, Joshua and Caleb were the only two that went in to possess the land. These two held fast to their confession: "We are well able to take the land." For forty years, they held fast to that one confession and they got what they said.

Let us therefore hold fast to our confession of faith that we may possess those things that God says are ours. The promised land is not a type of heaven, as some believe, but a type of victorious living on the earth. We are well able to enter in through faith.

Mix Faith With Your Words

Israel became afraid of the giants. Fear came because of the evil report. Fear is belief in the devil. When you are afraid something will happen, that means you believe it will happen. If you are afraid something bad will happen, that means you have more faith in the devil's ability to hinder you than you have in God's ability to put you over.

Let us therefore fear. We can insert the word believe here. Let us therefore believe, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it (Heb. 4:1,2).

The Word preached did not profit them because it was not mixed with faith. They didn't mix faith with what they heard.

When we pray, we must mix faith with our words. Just saying words is not prayer.

Mix faith with your words. Israel did not mix faith with what they heard. They mixed fear with it. The mixer was the tongue. (See Num. 13:32,33.)

In Mark 11:24 Jesus tells us to believe that we receive our desires when we pray. One translation says, "Believe that you received them." If I do that when I pray, I must mix faith with my words: Father, I thank You for You have heard me and I believe that I have received.

Someone says, "Why don't you just believe it and not say anything?" Here are five reasons:

1. He shall have whatsoever he saith (Mark 11:23).

2. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh (Matt. 12:34).

3. We also believe, and therefore speak (2 Cor. 4:13).

4. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Rom.

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