God told him he would have a son and make him into a great nation. The interesting thing about the promises of God is that though he makes them, we don’t know when he will fulfill them. This is not a contradiction or an oxymoron this is simply a reality. This might almost seem contradictory after telling you to claim God’s promises with persistence I am now telling you to claim them with patience. You need to pray and keep on praying if you want to claim and see God’s promises fulfilled in your life. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 (AMP) “Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you seek and keep on seeking and you will find knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. Here is a final set of verses to encourage you in this from Matthew. You just have to remain persistent in prayer and never give up. God will fulfill his word and bring his promise to pass. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?” Numbers 23:19 (NLT) He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Consider what he has said about his promises. But when you hold on to what God has promised to do and you are persistent in praying for it, God will bring it to pass. ![]() I am not saying keep praying for stuff you want out of your selfish motives God will never answer those prayers. The reason you can do this is because you can trust God’s promises. You should always keep praying until what God has promised comes to fruition in your life. This one verse tells you that to see the promises of God fulfilled in your life sometimes it takes persistent prayer. “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Luke 18:1 What I want to focus on is how he introduces the story in verse 1. What do you do when this happens? Do you give up? Absolutely not! In Luke 18 Jesus tells the story of the persistent widow which if you haven’t read it before I encourage you to do it. Sometimes the prayer isn’t answered the first time you pray. Before you pray let’s consider the other three ways we can claim God’s promises. Please don’t forget every promise God has in your life is initiated through prayer (so what are you waiting for get to praying?). He rescues them from all their troubles.” Psalm 34:17 (NLT) “The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. “Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.” James 5:13 “I call on you, my God, for you will answer me turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. ![]() Consider these verses that encourage you to pray, In fact, not praying is almost the same as not having the promises, because you end up with the same result, you don’t see God move in your life. You cannot and will not see the promises of God fulfilled in your life if you do not pray. Your salvation began with prayer and everything else in your life will happen with prayer. Nothing moves in your life without prayer. I am going to make a bold statement here. ![]() All throughout the Bible God is constantly reminding you to come to him and ask him for what you need. With PrayerĪny claim of a promise from God must begin with prayer. The question, however, is how do you actually go about claiming the promises of God for your life? He has placed them there for you and you have the right to believe God for them, so how do you do this? Here are four simple, yet compelling ways to claim God’s promises for your life. The point is very clear, God loves making promises and more importantly, God loves fulfilling them. I have even seen one estimate as high as 7,000. There are some estimates that say there are more than 3,000 promises in Scripture. God’s promises are a bedrock or anchor to your soul.
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