Easy believism vs. true biblical faith

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dcontroversal said:
I was just referencing Jesus....he is the one who said your Heavenly Father knows what you need and to simply pray thy WILL BE DONE on earth as it is in heaven.....
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Again, without knowing the will of God beforehand, you are simply hoping, while wishfully dreaming of Him answering your prayer. Let's say you know two people, and the one you know would give you whatever you ask for, because he's family, but the other you don't know what he will do. Do you think you might approach the latter of the two persons with a little apprehension and uncertainty? Would you have any doubts about the latter of the two, giving you what you ask him for, not knowing what his will is and all. Of course you would. But what of the first of the two. If you knew he would give you what you asked him for, would you have any doubts. That is the difference between knowing the will of God and not knowing. If you do not know, you will not have any confidence in receiving the thing you ask for. If you do know, then you know God will hear you and give you the thing you ask Him for.
 
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Blain said:
As for lacking faith you are right and wrong, I do not have the faith to ask for something and fully believe I will receive and perhaps one day I will but I have seen amazing things happens when I pray believing solely in his strength not my own, not every prayer is answered yes even with the purest intent. I lack the faith in my myself but I don't in him and I have learned that often times what seems like something bad he is actually turning into good. The way I see I have made my request to him and handed him the authority for that request it's in his hands now should he choose to heal her then fantastic if not then i will trust him still for things are hardly ever as they seem especially when it comes to him
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This has nothing to do with our strength. We have no ability or power of our own to heal. But as the spirit is in the man, so is the man. Wasn't Jesus' word with power. So why can't we send that same word and get the same results? It's not us doing it. We're just sending the servant or soldier to do what we commanded him to do. The soldier or servant then does the work. Even as the spirit of the prophets are subject to the prophets, so are the words that we form with our mouths, are subject to accomplish what they were told to do.

Psa 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Question?
Are we to command anything to happen?
 
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