prayer always fails…

saw a post on amazons forums saying prayer always fails. A bunch of people talking about how they never saw an answer to prayer and how they don’t belive in God anymore. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to toss over some temple tables.

I had to answer here is my reply.

I had to post this since I saw a post in here saying prayer always fails…
I have had so many answers to prayers I can not count them all. I decided I was through with what I had learned from church and asked God to teach me about prayer. I learned from what he said and chucked every thing else. I read just about every verse in the bible on prayer, ESPECIALLY what Jesus taught. He said the traditions of men make void the word of God so I wanted that cr&* out. Just what he said. It says that
if we call on him he will tell us great and mighty things which we know not. Anyway I found out I had to ask and not doubt. I knew I was a Christian and that either this was all true or it was bu*&%. The first thing I prayed for was a wife. It said ask whatsoever things I willed. So I prayed that I would get a wife 10 years younger than me, blond , blue eyed, a inch shorter than me and that she would like where I lived
and had a good family. I told him I did not want to see her in two years, not two months but in two weeks. Faith is being certain I said and not being wishy washy. After I did that I had tons of thoughts come at me, how it wouldn’t work, how it wasn’t right to pray that way etc. I just knocked them all down, I did my part I said , God WILL do his part. I was serious. If you sow serious you reap serious. Anyway
that week a blonde girl with blue eyes who was ten years younger than me a inch shorter than me with a nice family showed up at my house and at the end of the week she said she would marry me. Not two weeks but one. The next prayer answer I had was with a lady that lived in a house with 50 dogs in it. She never cleaned it and had no water power and gas. I asked God to do three things. 1. get rid of the dogs. 2. water power and gas on and 3. clean her house. I asked God to do it within two weeks.
next day she comes over and 9 dogs died that night of parvo. At 10 o clock the head law enforcement officer comes over and asks if he can remove the dogs. They arrested her for “dogs at large” and she put me in charge of the house. Then because she had 50 dogs in her house a story wa sin the paper. I have the article. Then because she got her name in the paper someone paid for her water power and gas. That was Friday. She was released on Friday but she had to clean up her house and the court had to inspect it. All in one week not two. Oh ya faith works. Faith can not NOt work. its spiritual law more solid than the laws of physics. All traditions of men have to go out the window and Just what Jesus says counts. The reason most don’t understand it is because they don’t have the holy spirits help and rely on their carnal brain. Jesus said what
measure you give to what he said would be measured back.The only way to understand the scripture is through Gods spirit of truth and love. Otherwise you comprehend it not. (the darkness comprehends it not)
I am 100 feet away from a new house we got in one day with prayer and about 50 feet from a car we got the next day in prayer. I wanted a ski machine, the lord told me to go to a thrift store and they had one on the side of a building. They said i could have it for free it worked fine. I have tons of these answers more than I can count!. I just got a profanity removing cable box the other day by prayer. God got me more than the money I was expecting on a real estate deal when the brokers pulled a dirty trick on me. I prayed and it all turned around. I have so many prayer answers its not funny. I can not believe people are saying prayer doesn’t work. what universe do they live in? Sorry I guess i got a little steamed after seeing that post. God is so great and kind when you get to know him, hes almost like a little kid in some ways. So humble and nice. A few weeks ago he told me he made tickle spots on people on purpose.
Its a design feature! it has to be. thats God, thats the way he thinks. The darkness used to blind my mind to him I used to think he was mean and scary. But tickle spots. He put tickle spots on people! Ladybugs! puppies! open your eyes people! anyway I guess I am just ranting now….So i will stop. (and the darkness comprehended it not)

I have a bunch more on my site thingsgodtaughtme.wordpress.com

Mark 11:24 (Amplified Bible)

24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust

and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].
Mark 11:24 (The Message) Have the faith of God Jesus says. God decides it is and it

is, he never backs up on it or wavers, we should not either because we are supposed to

be imitating God like dear children.

Psalms 82:6 “I said, ‘You are “gods” you are all sons of the Most High.’

22-25Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing

will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, ‘Go jump in the

lake’—no shuffling or shilly-shallying—and it’s as good as done. That’s why I urge you

to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as

you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything. And when you assume the

posture of prayer, remember that it’s not all asking. If you have anything against

someone, forgive—only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your

slate clean of sins.”

I had to post this cause I saw a post in here about prayer not working. You must have done it wrong. Your in the image of God. If i had a kid that was throwing a fit and not acting right I would not give him what he was asking for. I would wait until he did it right. Since your in the image of God he wants you to act like him. he has serious unwavering faith. Its a being a good parent to wait until you get it right. In this world there are all kinds of spiritual principalities and power running around in the thought world telling you it just ain’t so. Well it is so. They are trying to talk you out of your faith, reason you out of it. Faith works period. Your reasonings as to why it doesn’t work is devil poop. Nothing more. Jesus says to him that overcomes.
Don’t be overcome of evil but overcome evil with good. Thats why that tree of the knowledge of good and evil was so bad for us. Always going between good and evil means no faith. No faith means no spiritual substance. Faith is the substance. Wavering is not rewarded. Its spiritual law like the law of gravity. God’s not going to break the law for you or anyone. Jesus is the high preist of OUR confession. Also if you have un- forgiveness which is a violation of the law of love you can forget it too.

I know I sound like a mad ranter by now but Yikes! I just had to..

The cuss-en-ator

I heard on a teaching tape with Gloria Copeland that they have this gizmo that removes cussing from tapes and cds. I asked God for one because in the message I read that I should “ask God for all things both big and small then I would have God’s everything.”

Anyway, later on that day my wife said she was going to the thrift shop and asked If I wanted to go. I said no, but the Lord said to go. So I went and then on the back shelf I found one of those gizmos called “curse free”. Works great! cost $2.50

here is a link http://www.tvforfamilies.com/faq.htm

God teaches me how to raise my kiddos

I am going to put more personal examples here of what God teaches me even though some might think it odd. I realized I was holding back some of this stuff because I thought people would think its weird, but Whatever I am free from fear so here goes.

Example: I was talking to my two boys 6 and 9 and asked God if there was anything he needed to tell me. I instantly saw a picture of my 6 year old doing one stroke on his teeth with his toothbrush and then putting it down. I asked him if thats how he brushed his teeth. He said “Yes”. I told him that that was what God had shown me and then explained how to brush his teeth right.

The Bible promise for this is “ask me and I will tell you great and mighty things which you know not.” Now some may not think this is great and mighty but I thought it was pretty great.

Instant peace, a place of shelter, make the Devil dissapear! PARALYZED!

Freeze the devil!

This is not going to make sense to most of you but to Christians undergoing trials it will really help. One of the most important things you can get is a handle on the righteousness that God gives. It is so important that God says to seek it first. It brings peace and a place of rest. The effect of righteousness is peace.

Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

SO since this is spiritual law lets make the law work for us. It also promises that those that receive the gift of righteousness and the abundance of grace will reign in life. Also it will take you out of religion directly into relationship.

Let me show you what Jesus showed me,

(yes, Jesus will show up and talk to you, John 14:21 He who has my commandments and obeys them (theres really only two) –he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him.”)

I was on the porch and was having some troubles with el-diablo. If your a Christian you know what I am talking about, if not you will think I am nuts. Anyway Jesus shows up and shows me as I am having trouble with the devil how to make the devil disappear. I mean gone, like he does not even exist in my world. As I was being spiritually harassed He pointed out a little Chevron car, you know the one with the cute eyes.

The car looked at me kind of menacingly if you can believe it. (God is fun by the way.) Anyway then he showed me kinda like a box in the sky, (I didn’t see it with my eyes but in the spirit) He said that’s my righteousness, the box. You never did anything to make it, its something that happened completely out of your control. Take it as your own. Let that box be your righteousness completely severed from anything you did or did not do. Let it answer any questions about your right standing with me. As I took it as mine, and believed it I saw the eyes of the chevron car turn from menacing to dead, like it was a dead stick. It then got very quiet and the spiritual harassment was gone! Then I let go of the righteousness box and the harassment started, and the car looked mean again. Put the box back on and the car went dead and instant peace. Wow. now that’s a gift. So if I keep this “box” I can make the devil go away, anytime I want to, then I walk in love and boom chucka-lucka boom…

 

No devil, hes gone, Nada, he doesn’t exist in my universe.

 

Jesus said it was because with his righteousness on the Devil has no legal right to me. Wow this works, now I know what it means when it says that Jesus disarmed the principalities and paralyzed them.

Colossians2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Taking Jesus righteousness as your own takes every weapon the devil has and makes him freeze! wow so now your still armed with your sword and your opponent has no weapons! Remember how God said when a man fully armed guards his house its safe till someone better armed comes. Well bless, God, with Jesus righteousness THEY are disarmed and you are still armed. Now in peace you can get everything back the devil stole from you and hes frozen off in the corner!

True food, true drink!

Since God said seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness it is super important and first means first, So it must be the way to start the whole Christian walk. Why war against a guy with weapons if you can disarm them first. Wow this makes the Christian walk a way easier. And the peace Wow, the peace. Its amazing!!!

A free house in one day by prayer.

Sue and Mike had been living in a older trailer house for a long time. Libby and me talked to Sue about praying to God for a new house and as Libby put it, Quit believing for crap!

So we prayed that they would get a new house for free.

We said faith is being certain and not be wishy washy. So we believed. Not turning back remember lots wife, you know faith.

Anyway Big Mike came in the door that night and had big news! His mom was going to buy them a new house and furniture! free gatis! ( thats our God!)

22-25 the Message
Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, ‘Go jump in the lake’—no shuffling or shilly-shallying—and it’s as good as done.

That’s why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large.

Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything. And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it’s not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive—only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins.”

Needed some extra money, asked God and lightning struck

I asked God for some extra money and soon after got called out to check out some lightning damaged equipment. After checking out the equipment they gave me all the equipment! Most of it still worked. I got a HP large format printer which I gave to our Church. Several monitors, and macs. I had one I mac that didn’t work at the site but when I got it home it worked well.

Had about 45k worth of equipment if it was new. Well, coming home I managed to hit a low bridge and rip the top off the truck.  It was late and we were sleepy.  I asked God about it and he said that he gives stuff but sometimes the devil tries to add persecutions to it. Anyway truck was covered under my insurance so no biggy. Was nice to get all that stuff.  I figured it was seed for the sower.

God has given us our stuff: God meets our needs through his promises

God has given us our stuff:

God has already given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through our knowledge of him. It would be irresponsible for a father not to provide for his children. God’s not like that, hes provided, hes a spirit who makes reality through words mixed with faith. Your standing on his words and faith now, or sitting on it or laying on it.

So God gives us stuff through his words. We mix it with faith and receive. (see my prayer answers below)

So when you have a need our spirit father wants you to get out the spirit words he spoke mix it with spirit faith, plant it like a seed and confidently wait for your material stuff.

Better and more trust worthy than UPS or Fedex.

You belief in Gods word and its integrity gives it substance, faith is the substance of things not seen or the title deed.

2 Peter 1:3-4 (The Message)

Don’t Put It Off
3-4 Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.

2 Peter 1:3-4 (Amplified Bible)
3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [[a]full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).

4 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (wants or lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.

Mark 11:24 (Amplified Bible)

24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].
Mark 11:24 (The Message) Have the faith of God Jesus says. God decides it is and it is, he never backs up on it or wavers, we should not either because we are supposed to be imitating God like dear children.

Psalms 82:6 “I said, ‘You are “gods” you are all sons of the Most High.’

22-25Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, ‘Go jump in the lake’—no shuffling or shilly-shallying—and it’s as good as done. That’s why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything. And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it’s not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive—only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins.”

Ya your like God, your in his image, Your not the God, but you are a God, your in his class of beings, Adam was the God of this world until he lost it to the devil. Jesus bought us back our position as the head and not the tail. We are supposed to operate like Jesus our example. The one who walked on the water. Jesus said that we would do greater works than he did. I know this sounds a little crazy, but thats exactly how you would cage a God like being who rules through faith. You would bar his believing. That comes through fear.

Psalms 82:6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
you are all sons of the Most High.’

We lived in a house for free for two years after praying for Gods help

I just got married to Libby and had a house but rented rooms out to students and really thought it best if we had a house by ourselves. We prayed that we would find a place we could live in that would not cost to much and possibly even help us. So we prayed telling God that we knew faith was being certain, not wishy washy. We then got a deal to take over Libbys brothers house sitting.

So someone paid us 249$ a month to live in a mansion with antique furniture for over two years. They also paid for water, gas, electricity and phone.

We lived just a short distance from Libbys parents in a very nice neighborhood and had a river in the backyard. Wow.

How I got married by prayer.

Well I was in my 30s no kids no wife and seemed like I was a worse position than ever to get married. I was kind of desperate. So I went to God, I did a study on prayer. I didn’t want to learn prayer from anyone else but God. I prayed that God would help me learn. Well I found out that if I prayed and did not doubt I would have what ever I asked for in prayer. So I prayed that God would give me a wife, 10 years younger than me, blue eyes, blond hair, with a good family, liked where I lived, super nice, about yea high.

I said I wanted to meet her not in two years, not in two months but in two weeks.

Ya thats what I said, sounds crazy but it said to ask for what I willed. Now I got to go with the no doubting program. Well then I had all kinds of thoughts on how stupid that was, how it wouldn’t work etc. I came against those thoughts with this, No now I did my part I asked, Gods going to do his part and I got to believe like I all ready received it. As long as I kept it in my heart like it was mine God promised it would happen and it was going to happen. Either this stuff was all true or it wasn’t. Well that week a girl came over and by the end of one week she said she would marry me. She’s 10 years younger than me blond hair, blue eyes, good family and one of the nicest people you will ever meet. I gave God two weeks he did it in one. That’s the kind of God we are dealing with here. Suuuuuuuuper faithful, Super nice, super Good. If you ever decide to cut through all the religious crap and find him you’ll find out too.

Jeremiah 29:13
“When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree.

amazing prayer answer 50 dogs removed

We had a lady that had would come over and use our water cause all her utilities were out. She had 50 dogs in her house by East Texas Baptist University (E.T.B.U.) and she never cleaned up after them. The dogs were sickly looking, she could hardly feed them.
So we prayed 3 things for her.

We asked that God would

1. get rid of all her dogs
2. turn her utilities on
3. she would clean up her house.

We said we wanted it done in two weeks.

We prayed saying we know faith is being certain, not being wishy washy.
1. The next day she came over crying and said that 9 dogs had died that night of parvo.

Then about 10:00 AM the head law enforcement officer for the whole county came over and asked me if if they could remove all the dogs from her house. She had been arrested on a “dogs at large” charge and she had put me in control of the whole house. I said they could remove all the dogs. So this was the first day after our prayer and all the dogs were removed just as we prayed.

2. The next thing that happened was that that she got in the newspaper because she had so many dogs. People read the article and paid for her houses utilities to be turned on. That was the second thing we prayed for. it was the third day since we prayed.

3. On the fourth day after we prayed she got out of jail with the agreement that she would clean up her house and that it had to be inspected by the court.

Everything we prayed for came true within one week. Either Jesus was telling the truth about prayer or its all a bunch of b*&^. it can’t be one way or another.

If you really look for God the bible says you find out that God is a fountain of truth.

Selling the car

We had a old blue car we had been trying to sell. We decided we neeeeeded to sell it right away as that we were needing some cash. We prayed, “God we need to sell that car right away, we know that faith is being certain, not being wishy washy. We consider it now sold in Jesus name amen. Just as we said amen the doorbell rang. It was two people to buy the car! (of course)

If you ask and don’t doubt you will get what ever you ask for.

If you pray believe that you have all ready received it and you will have it.