We have a subject that is vastly misunderstood by Christians. Our Scripitural text is taken from The Gospel of Mark, Chapter 11 and Verse 24 which read; "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

For our topic we shall use this thought “BELIEVING AND RECEIVING!”
IT IS not enough to pray and ask; we must believe that we have received. We can only do this when we know that we have asked according to God's Will (1 John 5:14-15). This can be determined by referring to His Word, which teems with great and precious promises, like so many banknotes or cheques waiting to be cashed.

In prayer, it is well to be deliberate, to consider what we are about to ask, to discover some promise under which we can make our request; and then, having asked, to wait while the soul, so to speak, takes or appropriates what it needs. It may be that the time is not ripe for it to be actually bestowed, but the request is granted, and the coveted gift is already set aside in God's storehouse, labelled with the name of the petitioner, just as we sometimes get our Christmas presents ready and put them aside, and at the right moment they shall be dispatched.

We must also live the Christ-like life. Doing those things Jesus Christ did when He walked among us. We can live our life doing what pleases us, nor live a life of sin, keeping up with the Jonses’ drinking alchoholic beverages, uses drugs, committing adultery and fornication.