All the promises of God have already been provided for (they are past tense). “Whatsoever you ask when you pray believe THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED them, and you shall have them” Mk 11:24 . Everything that we can pray for has already been provided for, its past tense.

“He personally BORE (past tense) our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His stripes YOU HAVE BEEN healed” 1Pt 2:24.

God wants us to step out in reckless faith and prove Him.  “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” Mal 3:10. If Gods promises have already been provided for then He would have storehouses full of supplies waiting for our needs. Before we ever have a need, God has provided a supply.

“When we prove God we are obeying Him to the extent that we get so far out beyond our own resources that God has the opportunity to do something for us. The reason that God isn’t doing more than He is doing for most people is simply the fact that they won’t give Him the opportunity. Until you get out and give God an opportunity to do something for you, you’re not proving Him. Most of us are sitting around in unbelief waiting for the miracle to come. When you’re willing to step out and trust God to work miracles in order to keep His Word, you’ll not be able, to contain the blessings that He will pour out upon you. When we are truly persuaded, we are going to act. We will embrace the truth of God’s word and act upon it by a choice of the will. And that choice of the will is based upon our conviction concerning the ability of God. By acting on the revealed truth of God and stepping out on the promises, we render present that which we hope for. When we choose to act, something happens.”  Adventures in Faith/ Manley Beasley 

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