2012-08-30T11:25:58-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/know/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-answer-under-your-nose-6689 2012-08-30T11:25:58-05:00 maybe you're the answer to your own prayer. Maybe God is leading you to stop doing something or to start doing something. You're just not obeying; you're hoping for something easy. Quit running around looking for an answer. Stand back! Maybe you've got it. Maybe the answer is right in front of you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/first-snow-faith-6541 2012-02-06T10:46:34-05:00 Jesus made this incredible promise. He said, "If you ask anything in prayer, believe that you have received it..." Now, that's past tense. You haven't got it yet, but "believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." I have a Father who loves me and Who only says no if He's working on something that's for my good and better than I have asked for. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2029:11&version=NIV 2009-08-20T15:48:19-05:00 These words of comfort were originally spoken to the Israelites living in exile in Babylon. God assured them that despite their present difficulties, He had plans for them--plans for them to prosper and be restored. We don't share that historical context, but God's promise remains: He knows of our struggles and is working to help us prosper, even when we can't see it.