Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
In order to get saved you had to confess Jesus as Lord. Before you could confess Him as Lord you had to believe it in your heart. Words confessed with no belief in them will fall to the ground null and void. Only to swept away by the next wind, rain, garden hose, or kitchen broom. It's when you believe that "What things soever ye desire" when you pray (confess), that you shall have what you say.
It's belief in the words that you pray that releases the spiritual force of faith. It is that very faith, set in motion by your confession, that brings the manifestation into your life of whatsoever you prayed for in the first place.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
It is before having experienced or being conscious of any change whatsoever that faith rejoices and says "It is written", What things soever I desire, when I pray, believe that I receive them, and I shall have them. When we ask for healing we are to say on the authority of God's Word "I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me."
Faith refuses to see (as reason for doubting) anything contrary to the Word of God. It sees health and strength handed-down to us already belonging to us because of the death of the Testator. By His death the will is in force. Jesus says to us, "As thou hast believed (past tense), so be it unto thee.
With our natural eyes we see only the earthly, carnal, and inferior things of earth, but with the enlightened eyes of our understanding we look at the superior, satisfying and lasting realities of God's spiritual and eternal Kingdom.
God said to Abraham, "A father of many nations have I made thee" (past tense), and since God put this promise in the past tense, Abraham did the same , believing and acting, setting his faith in motion by taking his new name, "Abraham" which means "the father of a multitude."
If I slipped $500.00 into my why wife's wallet, then told her I had done so, she wouldn't hesitate for a moment. Plans to spend that money would be in motion. She would already have it spent even before she actually saw the money. Why believe others at their very word, yet demand proof from God?
If someone should deed you a home that you had never seen, you actually have a home before you see it. "Faith is the evidence (title deed) of things not (yet) seen." A deed makes a home so much yours that you can sell it without ever seeing it. Faith is believing you have what God says you have and acting accordingly, before you either feel or see that you have it.
God said to Joshua, :See, I have delivered into thy hand Jericho." Joshua and his men put this victory in the past tense as God had done, and the walls of Jericho fell down flat while they were believing, then acting , their faith .
Jesus said to the ten lepers who asked for mercy, "Go show thyselves unto the priests." His word to them were as much as to say, "I have given you my word that it is done." They knew the law of the leper and therefore what His command meant. And so they put their healing in the past tense before seeing it, and it was manifested while they were believing, then acting their faith.
Jonah put his deliverance in the past tense, called his symptoms "lying vanities" and sacrificed with the voice of thanksgiving while he was still in the stomach of the great fish. Believing God would deliver him. It worked.
The reason thousands are not getting what they pray for is that they are keeping their blessing in the future tense which is only HOPE and not faith which takes the blessing NOW. In order to take the blessing NOW, You must believe and take Him at His word.
Were the gifts of God for soul and body merely PROMISED gifts, , we would have to wait for the Promiser to fulfill His promises, and the responsibility would be on Him. But all of God's blessings are OFFERED gifts as well as promised, and therefore need to be believed: and the responsibility for their transfer is ours. This clears God of all responsibility for any failures.
The only reason you were not saved a year earlier than you were is that you did not take what God had provided and was offering you. God was not making you wait: you were making Him wait. You did not believe.
Like the song says. Only believe, only believe, all things are possible, only believe
Some say "God will heal me in His own good time." This is only Hope and not faith. Faith TAKES what God offers NOW. Faith is put in motion by your confession, and the words of your confession being backed up by your own believing that what things you say when you pray will come to past.
"By His Stripes you are Healed" Now! Believe it and act accordingly, calling those things that aren't as though they are, believing in your heart that whatsoever things you say will come to pass, and you will have whatsoever you say!
Be not moved by what you see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. Be not moved by the bad report, the evil report, the report that is contrary to the report from the Lord. Be moved only by what you believe. Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
In Order To Receive Anything From God You First Must Believe! Then get ready. All Things Are Possible to him that Believes!