DAILY STIR 11-11-13 ”GOD’S WORD IN US” John 15:7 says,” If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” Jesus is speaking about prayer here and if he had only said if you abide in me you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you, every Christian would have it made. That’s because the minute you become a child of God you are abiding in Christ. But Jesus added and My words abide in you. To be effective in prayer we must be in Christ and His Word must be in us. I like to ask people what scripture they are standing on anytime they request prayer. I heard a preacher say that in his services when people came down to the altar for prayer he would ask them what scripture they were standing on. He said, “eight out of ten times-and he kept a record of it for years-they looked at him with a blank expression and said, “Well, none in particular.” He told them, “That’s what you’ll get then-nothing in particular. You have no foundation for faith. Faith is based on what God said. ” Isaiah 43:25-26 says, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (26) Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. God through the prophet Isaiah is saying, “I will blot out your transgressions and I will not remember your sins.” Then in verse 26 He is saying,” Put me in remembrance or in other words, remind me. We are to remind Him of all His promises in the Word of God that have to do with whatever you are praying about.. Jeremiah 1:12 says, “Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.” The New American Standard Bible says, “Then the LORD said to me, You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it. We must give God something to watch over. God’s word is God’s will and if it is abiding, dwelling and has become an active part of our life then we can ask confidently. I John 5:14-15 says, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” Thank God for His Word abiding in us, Chris
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