Praying God's Promisesनमुना

Yes!

Sometimes I doubt the ministry dreams God has placed on my heart. After all, we’re talking about me—a wife and a mom with dirty dishes in the sink, a woman still reeling from a terrible loss. Who am I to think I can make a difference in the lives of people who read my books? I pray about my worry: “Lord, what if these dreams are only my own selfish ambition? Show me what to believe.”

That’s when one of God’s promises jumps off the page of my Bible and quickens my spirit: “But I have raised you up for this purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth” (Exodus 9:16 NIV). 

Yes! That’s my dream exactly—to proclaim God’s name in all the earth. But aren’t these the words God told Moses to say to Pharaoh thousands of years before I even existed? 

Yes, that’s true. But as I read Exodus 9:16, it is like the Holy Spirit highlights this verse of Scripture for me. And I go from doubting God’s call on my life to believing it is possible, even though I fully understand I am no Pharaoh, much less a Moses, but a Linda with a mission of her own. 

Another reason I believe God is speaking to me through this verse is because of the joy I feel in my heart as this verse comes alive to me. I love the idea of lifting up God’s name, not in my power but in his power. 

I have encountered God and his wonderful power many times, and I can’t wait to trust him again. I’ve learned that it is the very moment you believe one of God’s promises that God activates that promise over your life.

Read this promise from 2 Corinthians as well as the agreement of the promise quietly in your heart or out loud. This will help you come into full agreement with God’s yes to you. 

Your Word says: “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding ‘Yes!’ And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ (which means ‘Yes’) ascends to God for his glory” (2 Corinthians 1:20 NLT). 

I agree: I love that all of your promises are a yes in Christ. I agree with each promise, fulfilled by Christ himself, with my own yes and amen.