WHAT TO DO WHEN IT SEEMS NOTHING YOU DO IS WORKING!
I have had this happen to me on several occasions and what I found to work are the following:
1) Spend more time in prayer and fellowship with God:
2) I look at myself and not God and ask myself, what have I done wrong? Or what have I been saying with my mouth?
3) Have I been praying in faith or just moaning and groaning about things not happening:
4) I look at the facts and ask, am I walking in the love walk that God wants me to walk in towards everyone, even those who have hurt or mistreated me?
5) Am I actually obeying God in his instructions or doing what I think he wants me to do?
I could go on and add to this list, but feel that I gave enough to get you to think and realize what is it that is holding me back from receiving my victory:
Lots of time, we blame God or his word for us not getting the answers or getting our victory, when in-fact, God is not going to do anymore for you, then what he said in his word he would do, or has already gave to us:
God the Father gave his only Son to die for us: Jesus gave his earthly life and went to hell for us, so we can not ask him to do any more:
We could be asking amiss, asking for something he has not promised in his word:
Well, what I usually do is, turn my pointer finger to myself and ask these questions:
1) What does God say in his word?
2) Am I adding something to his word that he did not say?
3) Am I spending enough time in prayer? You see, prayer is not bellyaching, it is us talking to God, just like you talk to a friend or your spouse.
As I said before, God nor Jesus will do anymore for you other than what he promised in his word:
Go to the word first and find scriptures on what you feel like you are standing on and look too see if what you are standing for or believing for lines up with his word:
Most of the time, that is where the issue is: maybe you heard someone say, or a preacher tell you something and said it is in the word of God: Did you ever take that persons words and look at them in light of God’s word?
This may shock you, but you cannot believe every preacher out there: For instance, there are some preaching that healing has been done away with: Well, go to the word and find out where it tells us that healing has been done away with or Jesus no longer heals:
Someone might say, God wants to keep you humble and that is why you are poor: Being poor maybe that you spend to much or want more than you can afford, but I guarantee, it is not his will for you to be poor! Go to the word and see if you can find, just one scripture that says, he wants you to be poor:
Most of the time, you will find out, that it is the other person’s fault that the word is not working:
You find out that, what they said is not even in the word of God: If it is not in the word of God, throw it out!
As you go through and read the word, start with prayer before you do: Ask God to reveal his word to you in a way that you understand and, in a way, that you can have a better knowing of him:
This is another key to not receiving, it is that we don’t really know God! It is the same in the natural, we cannot make friends or have a good relationship until you know the person and to do that, you must spend time with them:
God longs for each of us to spend time with him:
Praise is another way to spend time with God: God loves it when his children praise him:
With all that said, the bottom line is:
1) Take God at his word:
2) Don’t misread his word:
3) Don’t add anything or read anything into meaning different from his word:
4) Praise is most important, for he inhabits the praises of his people: You can see this all through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelations:
5) Shun those who teach anything contrary to Gods word:
HAPPY LIVING!
REMEMBER: JESUS IS LORD!
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