ave you ever suddenly come up
against a very taxing problem that seems far too big for you to handle? I’m sure you
have. It’s an awful feeling. It seems like you can’t move in any direction and
you sometimes even feel like the Lord has forsaken you and can’t solve your
situation. Well, let me lighten your load. Whether it’s in the area of finances,
health or any other area of life, you can break through the barriers every time if you
follow some basic principles. I want to share with you from my own experience just how to
do it because it’s exciting and pretty easy to do.
The first thing to do is DON’T PANIC if you get bad news. Okay,
okay, I know that’s a hard thing to do, but if you allow fear to come into your heart
it stops all confidence in the Lord and His divine ability to help you. Head for your
Bible. That’s the starting point for all prayer successes. Find two or three good
promises that you can stand on and write them down.
It says in Psalm 103 that the angels heed the voice of His word in the
earth. This means that every time you speak a Scripture promise out the angels respond to
what they hear and begin to work on it. But, let me explain a little more before I get to
this. Once you’ve got your promises go to a quiet room away from
everyone (if that’s at all possible). Make yourself comfortable, or if you prefer it,
clear the floor so you can pace up and down. I prefer to do this because I find it easier
to believe the word when I’m walking around. I guess I should be pretty fit by now
with all my ‘spiritual’ exercise. Not!!
Anyway, the next thing to do is focus on exactly what you’d like
the Lord to do in your situation. Some people think maybe the Lord will just do His will
in the situation and if it doesn’t work out well that’s tough. But I remember
that in the Bible the Lord asked a blind man specifically what he wanted Him to do. I
believe we can do this as well. The only thing to make sure is that it is not against His
will. Every promise in the Word is ours and we have the right to make it ours. Also, in
James 1 it tells us that every good and perfect gift is from the Lord. He doesn’t
give us bad things! He can’t. There are so many Christians out there who are walking
in poverty, ill health or defeat and not in their full potential, because they don’t
make the promises their own.
Okay, now it’s easy, but sometimes time-consuming depending on the
nature of the problem and how soon you need the answer. I always begin by praising the
Lord for His goodness and greatness and the fact that He’s above all situations.
Then, tell the Lord out loud what you desire from Him and thank Him that He’s heard
you. Now this is very important - begin to ‘see’ the answer. Don’t see the
situation now or the problem! See the answer, and then speak the scriptures that
you’ve chosen and promise the answer.
If you have 3 scriptures you want to stand on, you can speak them one
at a time until you’ve done it say 50 times, then go onto the next, or speak all 3
out 5 or 10 times each then repeat them. It doesn’t matter how you do it. The
important thing is that you visualize your answer and speak the promises OUT LOUD. Each
time you do it you firstly get the angels moving on your behalf, and secondly, you begin
to build up your own faith by hearing the Word.
After a while you will begin to feel something rising up on the inside
of you like a charge. You will find it easier and easier to expect the Lord to give you
the answer. In fact, there will come a time when you just suddenly KNOW that you have the
answer. You are so sure of it that if someone were to come to you and say, "Hey,
it’s impossible for the Lord to give you that $4000.00 you’ve been believing Him
for," you would reply, "No, it’s not. Now go and blow bubbles because I
HAVE RECEIVED IT!"
When you reach that stage, claim that you have it and write it down if
you can. It’s useful to have a small book just for this purpose. Write down the date
and time and declare that you have received what you’ve been asking for from the
Lord’s hand. The Lord once said to us that it then becomes like a legal contract. It
is binding and nothing can stop it! Now all you need to do is thank the Lord that you have
received it, and confess that you have received it.
Remember, though that sometimes it may take time to receive the answer
in the earth because depending on what you’re asking for, the angels have to set
things in motion and put people in the right place at the right time, but if you have that
assurance nothing can sway you. Most times it comes much quicker than expected. Just a
word of caution here. Don’t tell the Lord how to do what you want. If you need
finances, don’t try and figure out how the Lord will bring it to you. Leave it to
Him. He’s full of surprises and loves to do the unexpected. You just ‘see’
Him giving it to you.
Well, now that I’ve given this whole long explanation, let me
quickly give you two examples from my own life to back up what I’ve said. The first
thing I want to share took place when I was married to my first husband, but even then the
Lord was beginning to show me the power of standing on His word. I had been going for
driving lessons so I could get my licence, and I booked the appointment for my test, but
never told any family members I was taking the test. I wanted to surprise them with the
results because I don’t think many of them thought I could do it.
On the day of the test my instructor took me to a practice place the
same as at the testing grounds but I messed everything up. I was exceedingly nervous and
it just seemed that nothing was going right. Eventually we decided even though it was
still an hour or more away to the test, we’d just go and wait there. My instructor
went off to talk to someone and wait in another place, so I had some time to kill. I
really wanted to get my license so I asked the Lord to help me, then began quoting the
scripture, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." It was a bit
difficult to really hit it hard out loud because there were a lot of people around, so I
went to the restroom and spoke softly when no-one else was there. Then I whispered it over
and over again on the way to the waiting room. All the time I was visualizing getting my
license.
When the time came to do the test I just relaxed and thanked the Lord
for His help. Guess what? All the things I’d made a mess of earlier I flew through
with 100% accuracy. On the road I made a few mistakes (like nearly throwing the examiner
through the windscreen every time I braked – but they know people are nervous!) When
we arrived back she smiled at me and said, "Passed!" I shocked my entire family
when I let them know. I couldn’t have done it without the Lord, though and trusting
Him.
When Les and I first got married we decided we would like a baby seeing
as I hadn’t had any children from my previous marriage. My first husband was unable
to have kids but there was no reason why I shouldn’t be able to, yet for the first
year I never fell pregnant. After 11 months or so of nothing happening it was suggested I
go to a gynecologist to have it investigated. I loathe doctors of any kind and I must confess the
idea terrified me. Then I thought, "Hey, this problem is small in the eyes of the
Lord. He made me and I want Him to sort it out without medical help."
We felt there must be a blockage somewhere that was preventing me from
falling pregnant, so I set out to ask the Lord to remove it. I took the scripture from
Mark 11:23 – ‘Assuredly I say to you, whoever shall say to this mountain, be
removed and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart but believes that those
things he says shall come to pass, he shall have whatever he says." Since I had no
idea where or what the blockage actually was, I simply visualized a blockage in my womb
and saw it being removed. As I did it, I confessed the scripture and said it out aloud 100
times. By the time I reached the end my mouth felt like sandpaper after speaking such a
mouthful out, but I had such an assurance that it would happen. I didn’t confess any
more but simply rejoiced.
Nothing more happened for another 2 weeks until we were praying for
someone one night for a physical problem, and the Lord gave me a vision of Les praying for
me. It seemed that we were about to end so I mentioned it to Les. I went and sat next to
him and he laid hands on me and the Lord gave him a vision of my ovary and fallopian tube.
It was as though he was inside me, and the Lord took him in the vision down my fallopian
tube until he saw that it kinked and stopped the egg from passing through. He commanded
the kink to straighten out and we thanked the Lord. Then the meeting ended.
It was about 10 days later that I began to feel very hot and a little
off color and discovered that the Lord had honored our faith. I was pregnant! We now
have a beautiful son who is 6 at the time of writing.
If you’re facing any problem right now I pray that this article
will have encouraged you to believe and trust the Lord for the answer. Just hang in there
and don’t get discouraged. It sometimes takes a while to build up your faith until
you have the assurance of the answer, but keep on going. It’s well worth the effort.
If you’re battling and feeling weak and need someone to stand in agreement with you
to combine two people’s faith together, please drop me a line and I’ll stand
with you in support. The Lord has used me often in the ministry of intercession, and
I’ve seen some wonderful results. I would love to help by standing with you in
prayer.
May the Lord bless you as you learn to grow in Him.
