Most WOFERS have been taught from the scriptures that "confession brings possession" so to speak. There's a scripture that says we "are snared by the words of our lips." Yet, when asking for prayer, I hear or read Christians saying the opposite of what scripture teaches concerning healing and our words.
Saying things like, "I'm so sick, or y'all keep praying for me I'm not out of the woods yet." I don't mind at all praying for people on the regular; I have a prayer list of people physically challenged so it's not a problem for me to pray. However, I'm no longer praying for their healing: I am thanking God for their healing (decreeing, confessing, and reminding Him of His word) and when I talk with or minister to them, I make sure we're on the same page.
I HATE wasting time praying if folk are not in agreement with what I'm praying for. I have a couple of acquaintances who regularly ask us to keep praying, but from what they're relating it's obvious they're not on the same page. They believe they're sick, I believe they are healed because of what the scriptures teach us. Isa. 53:4-5 1 Pet. 2:24 Prov. 4:20-23 Acts 10:38 Mark 16:18b and John 14:12
How can I have faith for someone to receive healing if they don believe they're already healed, and continue to speak negatively? So I finally decided to advise a couple of them to what the scriptures say, only to be ignored. So I've decided to stop praying for them on the basis of their decision not to receive healing. They seem to just want prayer hoping something happens.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it's very frustrating. What say ye?
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. Matt. 12:37
**Proverbs *18:21 *(AMPC)
“Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. 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 *11:23-24 *(AMPC)
“My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.”
**Proverbs *4:20-23 *