Mark 11:24 - "Therefore I say unto you, whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you will receive them, and you shall have them."

Faith says, "I can't see it, but I believe it is there." Faith never deals with what you have done, but with what you yet could do -- everything you could be is you now, waiting for you to make demands on it by faith in God.

In Mark 11:24, very often, the Church has misread the word desire. We have expected, perhaps, that the word desire means "what we are dreaming about." No. Desire is "craving enough to sacrifice for." Thus, whatever you desire when you pray, you shall have -- but only what you desire. Not what you pray for -- only what you desire when you pray.

Acts 24:16 - "I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men." In Matthew 26:22, Jesus said, "One of you will betray Me." The disciples asked, "Lord, is it I?"

Every one of them was so conscious of his human weaknesses that not a single one of them could say that it would not be he. How long do you think Jesus had known who would betray Him? Jesus had been with them, feeding them, walking up and down with them, and He had never told any of them that Judas would be His betrayer.

Those who follow Jesus should be so sober and sensitive that they would not speak against someone else, whether the words are true or not. If Jesus had told the disciples that Judas would one day betray Him, what would have been the result? Everyone would have been bitter against Judas. So He saved all His disciples from being bitter against Judas for three years. What love!

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