Stan Roberts
1 Thessalonians 3:10 KJV
Steps To Answered Prayer:
1. Be Specific and Stand on God’s Promises.
2. You Must Ask God for What You Want.
2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV
Romans 4:17 KJV
Receiving by faith before you see it is beyond natural thinking.
The natural mind can’t grasp it!
2Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight: KJV
Romans 3:4 KJV
ACT as though the WORD is TRUE!
If not, then we’re operating by our senses and missing the FAITH REALM entirely!
3. Be Positive in Your Thinking.
Let every thought and desire AFFIRM that you HAVE WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
Never allow a MENTAL PICTURE of FAILURE to REMAIN IN YOUR MIND.
If doubt persists… REBUKE IT!!!!
Get your MIND on the WORD!
James 4:7 KJV
1 Peter 5:8 KJV
The ENEMY will DEVOUR us in OUR MINDS before he ever GETS TO THE OUTSIDE!
Attacks us in FEAR, ANGER, JEALOUSY, DOUBT, etc.
Resist DOUBT like you RESIST FEAR, ANGER, ETC.
You have to get your mind on the answer – God’s Word.
Reject Anything That Contradicts the Word.
You have to decipher if a vision, dream, impression, or suggestion is from God or the devil.
Those thoughts that do not line up with the Word are of the devil!
Matthew 8:17 KJV
Hebrews 1:1-2 KJV
If you want to see God at work look at Jesus.
Jesus was God’s Will in Action.
Acts 10:38 KJV
The devil is a LIAR and a THIEF!!!!!
Romans 8:10-11 TLB –
10 Yet, even though Christ lives within you, your body will die because of sin; but your spirit will live, for Christ has pardoned it. 11 And if the Spirit of God, who raised up Jesus from the dead, lives in you, he will make your dying bodies live again after you die, by means of this same Holy Spirit living within you. TLB
1 Thessalonians 5:21KJV
4. Guard Your Mind.
Guard against every evil thought that comes into your mind that tries to make you doubt God’s Word.
Thoughts are GOVERNED by OBSERVATION, ASSOCIATION, and TEACHING.
2 Corinthians 10:5
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; KJV
Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. KJV
So many of us are defeated because we are thinking on the wrong things.
You have to guard your mind in order to develop in Faith.
5. Meditate on God’s Promises.
Proverbs 4:20-23KJV
Meditate on YOUR ANSWER and SEE YOURSELF WITH THE ANSWER!!!!
God only works and moves in line with His Word. He has bound Himself by His Word.
Psalms 138:2 KJV
God works with His Word… GIVE Him something to work with!!!
6. Continually Thank God for the Answer.
Philippians 4:6 KJV
Philippians 4:6 Amplified
6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
If you are consistently FRETTING or locked into ANXIETY you can fast or pray all you want but you’re setting yourself up for failure!
1 John 5:14-15 KJV
7. Make Every Prayer a Statement of Faith.
Don’t pray in UNBELIEF, make every prayer a STATEMENT of your FAITH!!!!
Romans 12:3 KJV
James 5:16 Amplified
Let’s discover the tremendous power available to us through PRAYER.