Anna and I sang this song together. Gary did the guitar picking on the last verse. He also put together the video and did the production. It was a real family production!
When You Pray – Believe!
When you pray, believe that you will receive what you ask for. You are praying His will, right?
“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” Mark 11:24
Every time we pray, we can know that our prayer will be answered.
“How?”, you ask. Pray for what God wants to happen! We are releasing God’s will in the earth when we pray. But prayer demands relationship with Him so that we know what His will is. We have to be in right standing with Him. Prayer is God training me to be like Him.
He wants us to rule and reign. He wants us to make decrees and declarations of His will. As in heaven so on earth. We are His agents here on earth.
There is strategy involved. We check in with Him. He tells us what He wants done, and we speak it into existence in this realm. Sometimes it takes a little time to hear Him clearly. We are learning faith and patience. But when we know His will, we should pray and know that it will come to pass. And we should expect measurable results.
As hurricane Harvey has hit the Texas coast I have prayed over my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods and all of Katy. I actually took a prayer walk and prayed that God would protect us and cause the storm to dissipate and not do as much damage as they predicted it would. I suggested to my neighbors on our neighborhood website that they do the same thing. Many said that they were praying, too. Today, there was a tornado warning in our region. I went out and spoke to the storm clouds, “Peace, be still”. Jesus did it. He expects us to do what He did. And He gave us His authority to do it.
So just do it! And believe you will receive. Expect measurable results.
And watch this video for more encouragement:
This Girl Can Sing!
My daughter, Anna, singing “I’m Not Laughing” a song by Lacey Sturm.
Pure and Holy Thoughts
I hosted Homeschool Happy Hour for www.homeschoolscopes.tv, and I ended up preaching!
https://www.periscope.tv/penneymaried/1nAKEevbAdVKL
Asking for Help
If you ever felt like you should be able to do it all – and do it all by yourself, because otherwise you were a weak person, you might want to watch this scope I did when I was at one of my weakest times. You will learn that asking for help is not a sign of weakness, but can turn out to be a blessing and even enjoyable and lifegiving if you will allow God to bless you through others.
https://www.periscope.tv/penneymarie/1OdJrgLEjePxX
The quality isn’t good, but I think the message is good enough, that I decided to share it anyway.