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Beth Jones is a Bible teacher and founder of The Basics With Beth, a non-profit Christian teaching ministry dedicated to helping people learn the Bible basics.
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0:15 Welcome to The Basics with Fab TV, and I'm so glad you joined me today. We are having so much fun going back to the bible basics. And so we've been on a journey0:26 together. People from all over the world are joining us because we are getting a grip on the basics and specifically I am taking you through this book, Getting a Grip on0:38 the Basics, a book I wrote 30 some years ago. It has since been translated, God has just put it on people's hearts, thank the Lord, to translate this book into over 17 languages.0:50 And we make those foreign translations, those other languages, available for free. A complete download of the book in a PDF format if you go to the basicswithbeth. Tv you can download the1:02 whole book in any other language that we have it available in other than English. We are going old school, we are going straight up old school Bible teaching line upon1:13 line, verse upon verse, and we're letting the Bible interpret itself. We're letting the Bible and the Holy Spirit really tell us what the Bible means and specifically in today's lesson we're going to talk about prayer.1:25 We're going to pick back up where we left off last time talking about how to talk to God. So we are in chapter 4 in our study and we're on prayer and today specifically1:37 we're gonna zoom in about how to pray for yourself. We got started in that last week but today we're going to talk about this personal side of prayer, you know, when you're praying for things in your own life. Last week1:48 we talked about the corporate side of prayer, or the business side of prayer in some ways, in terms of praying for others. And we got into a lot of great detail on who to pray for, how to pray, God's promises when it2:00 comes to prayer, but now today we're going to dial in on faith filled prayers and specifically I want to look at 4 things when it comes to praying faith filled prayers or what the Bible refers to as the2:12 prayer of faith. 4 things we want to look at: faith and God's will, faith and confession, the words of our mouth, faith and patience, and faith and love. When we2:24 pray in faith, we're gonna see those 4 components come into play. Alright. So let's dig in. If you got your Bibles, we're gonna start in John 16 verse 23.2:36 Jesus said this, he says, in that day, speaking of the day of his resurrection, he said, in that day, you will ask me nothing. Interesting. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever2:48 you ask the father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now, you've not asked anything in my name, but then in that in that day ask and you will receive, why? So that3:00 your joy may be full. So this is a great prayer principle Jesus is telling us we pray to the Father when it comes to prayer he said in that day you won't ask me directly you ask my Father in my name.3:12 You ask the Father in my name and he will give it to you. Why? So that your joy would be made full. I mean, that not the coolest? Is that not amazing? That God wants to answer3:23 prayer so that you and I are filled with joy, with great joy. I mean that's just that's just the heart of God, isn't it? So what else do we know then about praying in faith? We pray to the Father3:35 in Jesus name, then Jesus said this. Let me give a quick little parenthetical. Sometimes people pray to Jesus. Okay? Let me just talk about that because you may be asking. Is that okay to pray to Jesus? Well,3:47 technically Jesus said you don't pray to Jesus, you pray to the Father. Even when the disciples said, Lord, teach us to pray, Jesus didn't say, Well, you just pray to me. Jesus said, Pray this3:59 way, Our Father who art in heaven. So there is something technically about praying to the Father in Jesus' name, but that doesn't mean you can't talk to Jesus, you can't ask him questions4:11 just like the disciples did. They had a relationship with Jesus and asked him questions, fellowshipped with him, walked the dusty trails with him, but they didn't pray to him directly. Just a little rabbit trail,4:23 I think it's an important 1. Again, we want to pray effective prayers. Isn't the whole goal of prayer to get results, to get answers? Nobody just wants to waste time praying prayers that bounce off ceilings and don't get4:34 anywhere. No, you want to pray effective prayers. And Jesus told us how to do it, how to pray these effective, faith filled prayers. Alright. John 15 7. Jesus said, if you abide in me and my words abide in4:46 you, you can ask what you will, and it shall be done for you. That's another amazing blank check promise. Jesus is saying, if you abide in me, if you stay in my word, if you remain4:58 in my word, you stay in fellowship with me through my word, and my word remains in you, my words living in you, it's filling your heart, then you can ask. I mean, is amazing. Jesus is5:10 saying, you can ask anything you will. Anything God wills? Well, yes, but actually anything you will. Jesus gives us this incredible statement because he knows if his words abiding in us and we're5:22 abiding in him and in his word, he knows that our desires and the things we're gonna ask for are gonna be perfectly in alignment with his will. So he could easily say, if you abide in me, my words abide in you, ask5:34 whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. How cool is that? So we're talking about praying in faith. Well, faith begins. Okay? Faith begins5:46 where the will of God is known. When we know God's will through his word, suddenly faith comes. I'm not trying to have faith. I'm not striving to go, oh, God. I don't know if I have faith or not. No. When5:57 I am loaded up with God's word and I know his will, then faith comes. And Jesus said, that's in essence what he said in John 15 7 among other verses we'll get to. What else? Okay. Mark 116:08 24, the classic. Mark 11 24, Jesus said, Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe you receive them and you shall6:20 have them. Okay, so there's so much in that short little verse. King James Bible says, whatever things you desire, whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe6:32 you receive them and you shall have them. What kind of nuggets can we learn about the prayer faith from that verse? Well, like 1000000. Lots of nuggets there. But let's talk about a couple. Whatever things6:44 you desire. Again, goes back to I'm abiding in the Lord. I have a relationship with God. I delight myself in the Lord, and he puts desires in my heart, things I desire in your life, in your walk with God, in your family,6:56 in your purpose. What do you desire? If you ask for anything you desire, when you pray, believe you receive. When do I believe I receive? When you pray.7:08 When you pray, so we're talking about prayer, believe you receive and you shall have. So do you get the principle? I mean, it's a funny principle because there's several tenses7:20 involved. What things so ever you desire, when you pray, believe you receive. That's present tense. When you're praying and you're asking the Lord7:32 about the things you desire, right there in that minute, in that tense, present tense, right then believe you receive it. Lord, I believe I receive it right now. And then the rest of the verse says, and you shall have7:44 it. Well, that's future tense. You believe you receive it in the present tense, but you will have it in the future tense. You say, how much future? That's that's God's department. It might be the7:55 next 3 minutes, it might be the next 3 years, it might be the next 30 years. That's God's department. The timing is the Lord's department. What's our department? Our department is I believe I receive it right now. It is8:07 mine. I have it now. We're going talk more about that because in essence that is the prayer of faith. To believe God's promises, to believe his word, and then to ask him to make requests,8:19 and then to ask him, and when you pray, to believe. You don't believe when you see it, you believe when you pray it. Do you get the distinction? That's a big 1. It's a big8:30 distinction. I'm gonna believe I receive when I'm praying the prayer of faith. I'm gonna believe God I receive it right now. I'm not gonna believe I receive it when I see it8:42 because I have to believe now in the present tense and then in the future tense I shall see it. I'll come back and give you give you some more analogies on that but I just wanted to to mention that now as we talk about8:52 Mark 11 24. What's another verse? Another scripture we're letting the Bible explain itself to us how to pray in faith. John, first John 5 14 and 15. Now this9:04 is the confidence we have in him that if we ask, asking again, if we ask anything according to his will, his will is his word, we know9:15 he hears us. And if we know he hears us, we know we have the petitions we've asked of him. Again, another incredible promise for prayer. What's our part?9:27 Ask. And if we ask anything according to his will so our part is just to ask according to his word. And if we do that, then we can know with certainty he hears us. Again, God has ears. How cool9:39 is that? God hears, God listens. God Almighty, the Most High God, that God, the Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, hears you, He hears9:51 me when we ask anything according to his will. He hears us! And if we know that he hears us, well we do know, because he promises that he hears us, if we know that he hears us, we10:02 know we have the petitions we have asked of him. Wow. So the question is, what are you asking? What do you desire? What do you know from God's word belongs to10:14 you? Well, know the Bible tells us many things. I mean, there's, what, 30000 promises in the Bible of things that belong to you that are his promises, his desires for you. Ask,10:26 ask, ask according to his will. He hears you. And if you know he hears you, you know you have the petitions you've desired of him. Okay? So quick little rabbit trail then. Let's talk about10:38 God's will. Just to reiterate this because this is faith begins, this prayer faith and faith begins where the will of God is known. Listen, if you know something's God's will, then there's no10:50 doubt, there's no question. The doubting and the questioning comes in if you don't know for sure it's his will. Sometimes people say, I know that God I know God has the power to do anything. Well he does, he's God, he11:01 can do anything. But do you believe it's his will? I know God has the power to heal me. He can do anything he wants. But do I believe it's his will to heal me? Because once I believe it's his will to heal me, faith11:12 begins. Faith begins where the will of God is known. And the way we know God's will is by his word and through his word. It's through being in a in a course like this, watching a television program11:24 like this, reading your bible, reading faith filled books that tell you what the bible says about God's will, and faith comes. More faith comes, more faith comes. Faith begins where the will of God is known. There's just11:36 no better way to say it. And so if we pray according to his will, he hears you and you have your petitions met. What I hope what that does is it gets you motivated to go, Lord I want to spend time in your word. I need11:48 to get more versed. I need to get more knowledgeable and have a working knowledge of your will for me spirit, soul, and body. What is your will for me in my health and healing and wholeness and energy? What is your12:00 will for me concerning long life? He's promised with long life he will satisfy us. If that's his will, then I can pray with confidence about some things concerning my life and long12:12 life. Amen? Second thing is faith and patience. Okay? So this is a word that oftentimes we want to wipe out of our Bibles because none of us likes patience.12:24 If you're like me and a lot of us, you know, we're in that hurry up mode, like, just hurry up. God, don't don't take so long. I prayed about it and it didn't happen in 10 minutes. Listen, if you're gonna be a faith12:34 filled person and get awesome answers to prayer, you're gonna be a person who understands faith and patience. God's timetable, as you already well are aware, is not the same as12:45 yours. It's not the same as mine. God is never late. Let me just say this, God is never late. He's never early, but he's never late. He's always just right on time. So the Bible says this about patience.12:57 In Hebrews 10 35 and 36 it says, Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. You have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you will13:09 receive the promise. He's saying, don't cast away your confidence. You have need of patience. So just hang in there. You say, I don't know what patience is doing. Listen, James tells us what patience is doing. In fact,13:19 let's read it. Here's what patience does, knowing that the testing of our faith, the trying of our faith, produces patience. And let patience have its perfect work,13:31 that you will be entire, perfect and entire, lacking nothing. There's something about patience. When we let patience have its perfect work, which is not always easy, but we have to let it,13:43 Let patience have its perfect work, then we will be perfect, mature, and entire, lacking nothing. Did you get that? You won't lack anything.13:55 Everything that you and I have need of, at the end of patience, it is there. Okay? So let patience have its perfect work, and you'll be perfect and entire. What else about patience? Hebrews 6 verse 12. It says,14:07 don't become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherited the promises. So after he had patiently endured, Abraham received the14:18 promise. So just be encouraged if you're in a season of patience. It's a part of the faith proposition. It's a part of the prayer faith, and if you're in that season of patience, hang in there. Let patience have its14:30 perfect work. You will get to the end of it. I know from experience I have had short seasons of patience, I have had what seems like eternity seasons of patience. Just patiently waiting on God.14:42 Just doing what I need to do. Put 1 foot in front of the other, keep your hand at the plow, don't cast away your confidence, just hang in there. If you don't quit, listen, if you don't quit, you win. Don't quit. Be14:53 patient. You'll get to the end of patience. And when you do, you'll be glad. You'll be so glad because at the end of patience, you're perfect and complete, lacking nothing, and you will obtain15:05 God's promises. Alright? So I know I'm speaking to somebody out there, probably a lot of you. Be encouraged in the season of patience. Alright. Number 3, faith and confession. It has to do with our words. What we say,15:17 the words we speak are very, important. Faith and confession now confession means this. The Bible definition of confession means to say the same thing as, to say what God15:29 says, to confess, to profess what God says about any given thing. We just get in agreement with God and we confess what God says about it. Well, our confession of faith, our words of faith15:41 play a really important role when it comes to prayer and when it comes to living by faith. So Hebrews 10 23 says this, But let us hold fast our confession15:52 of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. He's saying hold fast your confession. Once you pray okay, let me make this make sense. Once you16:04 pray about something, then what do you do? Then you're gonna say words. Once you believe you receive something, then what do you say? You say, I have it now. I have it. It's mine. I believe I receive it. I shall possess16:16 it. But I believe I receive it now. And you make that your confession of faith. And you you decree and declare, just like the Bible says, God called God called things that be not16:27 as though they were. In other words, I call my body healed before the shall have it part. I call my body healed the minute I believe I receive it. And then in that16:39 moment, I know, God, thank you. I call my body healed from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. And now I know by faith, I believe I receive your healing power. And now I know that you're gonna16:51 give me wisdom, that you're gonna lead me to the right doctor if necessary, that you're gonna supernaturally heal me without the help of any other natural things if need be, that you're gonna give me wisdom on what to17:02 eat or what how much sleep to get or the exercise I need. In other words, whatever I need to know. Thank you, Lord. I believe I receive your healing power. And so from this moment forward, I have it,17:13 and I shall walk in it completely. I believe I receive God's wisdom. You're praying about a situation? Lord, I ask you, according to your word, I ask you for wisdom. And you said you freely give it to those17:25 who don't doubt, so I'm asking you by faith for your wisdom. And so now I believe I receive the wisdom of God. I have the mind of Christ. I receive your wisdom. So from that moment, you've got it.17:37 You shall have it as you walk out your life, but you've received it right now, and what is your confession? Your confession is, Lord, thank you. I have the mind of Christ. What you don't say are things like,17:49 Oh man, just don't know what to do. I never know what to do. I don't know what God wants me to do. You don't say that not if you believe you received wisdom. Now you say, Thank you, Lord. I believe I have wisdom. I'll18:00 know what to do and when to do it. As it relates to healing, you don't say, Oh, man, I feel so sick. Oh, man, I hope I get better someday. You don't say that. You say, Lord, thank you. I believe I18:12 received my healing. Now, you don't deny symptoms. You don't deny the experiences you're having, but those don't get the final say. You could say something like, Man, this18:24 cold is sure trying to attack my body. Sure, this this flu is sure trying to keep me down. This particular disease is sure trying to flare up some symptoms, but I believe. I'm calling things that are not18:36 as though they were. I call my body healed. I don't call what is not as though it is. So we we can learn a lot about how we speak as it relates to faith by looking at the Lord.18:48 God says in Romans 14 about the Lord it says that God who calls things that be not as though they were. That's the right way to do it. Nowhere does the Bible say to call things that are as19:00 though they're not. So in other words, we don't say, I'm not sick. I'm not sick. I'm not sick. We don't say that because if you're sick, you don't have to call what is as though it's not. But you do by faith call what is19:11 not as though it is. So you say, I call my body healed. I call my mind full of God's wisdom. I call my heart full of peace. In other words, you call what is not19:24 as it is, as though it as though it were. You're doing that by faith. Why? Because you prayed. And you prayed in faith. You asked the Lord for his promises, so you believe you receive them. So if we actually believed I19:33 received them, I'm not gonna start talking doubt and unbelief afterwards, then that just basically says I didn't believe I received. What I just said I believed I received. Can you see the distinction? Now it's not19:43 minor. It might seem minor, but it's not. When it comes to the prayer of faith, just get in the habit. Here here's a here's a good rule of thumb. Get in the habit of only saying what you believe Rather than just saying19:54 things you don't believe, I don't believe that. Well then just say what you believe and it'll help your faith life and your prayer life. Alright? In fact, in Mark 11 23, Jesus said this, For assuredly I say to you,20:06 whoever says to this mountain, be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes the things he says will be done, he will have what he says.20:17 Whoever says to this mountain, be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart what he says will be done. He will have whatever he says. Do you see there's a thing here? There's a pattern in this20:29 passage. 3 times Jesus talked about what we say. Once in Mark 11 23, he talked about what we believe, which some have put it this way, that means what we say is 3 times more important than what we20:41 believe. What we believe is important, but after you've prayed and believed, what you say is huge. It's really important, so put a guard on your mouth. Go,20:53 this is what you're doing. This is what you need to do. Put a guard on your mouth and only say what God says about the thing you just prayed about. Amen? Alright, let's wrap up with this. Faith and21:05 love. Faith works by love. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything but faith, working through love. Our love walk, receiving21:16 God's love and then loving others, is going to help your faith work. Faith works. Faith works. How? By love. Stay in love. Love people, love God,21:28 Don't allow bitterness and resentment and unforgiveness and a bitter root and a critical spirit. Don't allow any of that in your heart. Just don't allow it. Kick it out.21:40 And walk in love. Love believes the best. Love looks for a way to do no harm to its neighbor. Love says the best. Love forgives. Doesn't mean love agrees, but love forgives.21:52 And just walk in love, man. You'll keep your heart at peace, and then you can have confidence before God that whatever you ask, you receive because you've asked in faith and you've believed. Okay. So let me take just22:04 a minute and take a little parenthetical thought here. When it comes to prayer, always make sure that you don't pray, like, too hastily. In other words, you want to pray in faith. Right? You want to pray according to his22:15 will because we know if we pray anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know he hears us, we know we have the petitions we've desired. So the secret is to slow down a little bit on the front end and get22:26 really crystal clear in your heart. What do you believe and what do you know? What do you know is his will? And then do you believe it? Like you might know it's his will, you may not believe it yet. There have been22:36 seasons I've been in. I said, God, I know it's your will, but I'm struggling with doubt. So I can't pray in faith yet until I spend more time in your word, let faith come, let my heart get saturated to the22:48 point that now I know. Yep. Now I know. Now I believe it. I got it. I got it. Faith came. Okay. I know your will, now I believe it. And then now I can pray. Does that make sense? So I just wanna encourage you. Yes. Pray23:00 always. Pray without ceasing. But at the very same time, don't be so hasty and jump into faithless prayers. Really, in essence, hope filled, doubt filled prayers that really don't effectively work. You don't get any23:12 results, and then you get discouraged. So hope that makes sense. Little rabbit trail there, but alright. So I look forward to seeing you in our next episode on The Basics Web23:36 And don't forget to share these messages with your friends. If you'd like more information about our ministry, you can always go to thebasicswithbeth dot com. That's thebasicswithbeth23:47 dot com. It's been great to be with you and I will look forward to seeing you next time right here on pray dot com.
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