I have ALWAYS loved this testimony from Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food":
Keeping His Word
"I am watching over my word to perform it" (Jeremiah 1:12).
You may be certain that if you accept God's Word and act on it, He is watching over that Word to make it good in your life. All you need to do is to act on the Word. It is very important that you learn this simple little lesson. Acting on the Word is not struggling. It is not crying. It is not praying. It is simply acting on what God has spoken, and that brings results.
Several years ago, after I had spent hours struggling and praying about finances and healing for my family, I lay exhausted on the altar of a church. Once I was finally quiet, the Lord could speak to me.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I came out here to pray through," I said.
"What do you mean by 'pray through?'"
"I guess I was going to pray until I had some kind of feeling or a witness that these needs are met. I'm 365 miles from home. I thought I would know somehow when my children were healed and our financial needs were met."
"Isn't My Word sufficient for you? You are not acting like My Word is so," the Lord said. "In fact, you're acting as if it were not so. You're acting as though you think if you pray long enough and loud enough, you might eventually talk Me into the notion of not being a liar and of keeping My word."
Confession: I believe God. And I act like I believe Him!
AMEN! If God said it, then that settles it, for GOD! It will only be settled in MY life when I choose to believe AND act on His Word! The very best way to do this is to begin to thank and praise HIM for the answer as soon as you pray, just as if you already had the manifestation of it! Remember, faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God. When you pray in that faith that has developed IN you by the Word, you can be confident that you HAVE the answer (1 John 5:14-15)! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "This Is Living":You may be certain that if you accept God's Word and act on it, He is watching over that Word to make it good in your life. All you need to do is to act on the Word. It is very important that you learn this simple little lesson. Acting on the Word is not struggling. It is not crying. It is not praying. It is simply acting on what God has spoken, and that brings results.
Several years ago, after I had spent hours struggling and praying about finances and healing for my family, I lay exhausted on the altar of a church. Once I was finally quiet, the Lord could speak to me.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I came out here to pray through," I said.
"What do you mean by 'pray through?'"
"I guess I was going to pray until I had some kind of feeling or a witness that these needs are met. I'm 365 miles from home. I thought I would know somehow when my children were healed and our financial needs were met."
"Isn't My Word sufficient for you? You are not acting like My Word is so," the Lord said. "In fact, you're acting as if it were not so. You're acting as though you think if you pray long enough and loud enough, you might eventually talk Me into the notion of not being a liar and of keeping My word."
Confession: I believe God. And I act like I believe Him!
