Monday, November 03, 2008

One way is to react selfishly and therefore ask selfishly and pray in the name of oneself. This is akin to making God a genie in a bottle.

The other way is to react to God’s promises of blessings, of honour, of health and of wholeness positively. How do we do that?

Then faith is of hearing, and hearing through the Word of God. (Rom 10:17)

And since we have the faith through hearing then what next?

To call our His promises to us in the Bible in faith because God has ordained so for the sons of Abraham. His promises to Abraham is applicable to both the physical and spirituals sons.

I also agree that the bible verse is misquoted but that does not mean we should not call forth in faith what God has spoken in the Bible.

That means, we call forth things God has given us through His promises in the Bible for those are the Words of God for Christ is The Word of God. Anything that is not of the bible, is of our flesh.

If God promises to give us a plan to prosper, to give us hope and a future (Jer 29:11) then He WILL prosper us; He WILL SHALOM us.

That SHALOM is Peace in Hebrew and has such meaning

From H7999; safe, that is, (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, that is, health, prosperity, peace: - X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X greet, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace (-able, -ably), prosper (-ity, -ous), rest, safe (-ly), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.

Although we should care that mammon has no hold over us and we should serve the Lord. But with a servitude towards the Lord would He also bless us with good things so that such good things will also be used for His Glory!

So my understanding is this…

We call forth things that are not there is to exercise our faith in Christ through The Word. If we call forth things that are not in The Word, therefore we are doing things not of His Will. If what we call forth are things that are the fruits of His love, guess what, Jesus will make sure things do happen and will do it according to His timing and for His glory.