[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Controlling the Tongue - by Dr. Larry Ollison

[Jenny Keller]

This might be an unpopular belief, but I have to express it none the less.

Yes, I believe in the power of prayer, but there was nothing wrong with asking someone else to also pray for that woman.  

Just because you pray for someone's healing, etc. doesn't mean it happened, just because you prayed in the name of Jesus Christ.  

We all have to remember that the most well-known prayer, the Lord's prayer, says "thy will be done," not "just because I pray in your name, it will happen.  Whether it is your will or not."

Praying for healing is something we all should do.  But asking for someone else to pray for the same thing is not a lack of faith or a contradiction of her prayer, then a prayer request.

Just because that woman was prayed over, doesn't mean she is in any less pain and doesn't need any more prayers because the woman prayed for her healing.

Remember, Thy will be done."

Jesus said those words as he prayed about his death on the cross, "Please take this cup from me, but not my will but thine be done."  

I think we tend to forget that.

Jenny
On Apr 20, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Eric Calhoun wrote:

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> Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Controlling the Tongue - by Dr. Larry Ollison
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> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:27:20 -0400
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> 
> Controlling the Tongue
> by Dr. Larry Ollison
> 
> (James 1:26) says, "If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does
> not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is
> useless." 
> 
> Your mouth can cause you to make your religion useless. You can go to
> church every week and be a Bible scholar, but if your mouth is speaking
> envy, strife, and hatred, your mouth will cause your religion to be
> worthless. 
> 
> You do not access the spirit realm and the throne of God with your
> religion. You access the spirit realm and the throne of God with your words
> of faith.
> 
> (2 Corinthians 4:13) says,"And since we have the same spirit of faith,
> according to what is written, 'I believed and therefore I spoke,' we also
> believe and therefore speak."
> 
> The spirit of faith operates this way. You believe it, and you speak it.
> You will speak what you really believe. That is why it is so important to
> watch the words of your mouth and the meditations of your heart. (Ps.
> 19:14)
> 
> Let me tell you about an incident I saw. A Christian lady approached
> another Christian lady for prayer. She prayed what appeared to be a prayer
> of faith. A few moments later I heard the lady who prayed tell another
> person that the lady she had just prayed for was in great pain and needed
> to be healed. She also told that person to continue praying so that the
> lady would be healed. 
> 
> This is a great example of how a prayer can appear to be in faith, but
> not be. Faith is in the heart and the mouth. A confession or prayer without
> belief in the heart is not a faith confession or a prayer of faith. A
> positive confession is good, but a confession of faith is where the power
> is.
> 
> Did you follow what happened here? A few minutes ago, this sister had
> prayed for this lady to be healed in the name of Jesus. The Word says, if
> we pray in faith, we are to believe we have received what we prayed for.
> (Mark 11:24.) But within moments, her confession was that the lady she
> prayed for was in a lot of pain and still needed healing. Without saying it
> directly, she confessed that healing had not taken place.
> 
> What does this mean? It means when it came down to it, the person who was
> praying didn't really believe in her heart that God had done what she
> prayed for Him to do. Out of the abundance of her heart, her mouth
> eventually spoke.
> 
> If we aren't careful, we could find ourselves doing the same thing. What
> we say we are believing for, we could unconsciously deny with our own
> words. When we are believing for something, we may be affirming and
> confirming our faith one moment and later denying it by the way we use our
> words. 
> 
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