Sweet Release
Feeling blessed from this morning's women's prayer meeting. What freedom we experience when we approach God with faith as we pray! I had to confess my unbelief and all my doubts, and as my load was slowly lifted, I was finally able to experience the joy of enjoying Him alone.
But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:6-7)
Believing what God says in His Word is faith. If I am to have faith when I pray, I must find some promise in the Word of God on which to rest my faith.
Faith futhermore comes through the Spirit. The Spirit knows the will of God, and if I pray in the Spirit, and look to the Spirit to teach me God's will, He will lead me out in prayer along the line of that will, and give me faith that the prayer is to be answered; but in no case does real faith come by simply determining that you are going to get the thing that you want to get.
If there is no promise in the Word of God, and no clear leading of the Spirit, there can be no real faith, and there should be no upbraiding of self for lack of faith in such a case. (R.A. Torrey)
Posted by Ruth at 5/07/2005
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