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"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. John 15:7

There is a new light, a new revelation to this verse when you look at it from the second portion, the “double portion” of faith to FAITH. When you mix faith received by the written word with faith received in the spoken word, you’ve got something.

The word sounds easy. Does it mean that if you go to church and begin to believe the written word then you can have whatever you want? No, you cannot claim whatever you want! There are some conditions in this verse of scripture which we need to understand.

“If you abide in me.” What does this mean? It means to live in Christ but you must also die to self. It means to do whatever Christ wants to do. You gave him your life in exchange for eternal life. It is not your life anyway. You cannot live it the way you want to because you gave it to him! If you abide in him that means God is going to do it the way he wants to.

“My words abide in you.” Many people because of limitations believe that the only way to hear God and to have a relationship with God is through the written word. Many of us today need answers on issues that are not found in chapter and verse. You need a “rhema” (spoken) word for circumstances and situations that are at hand. You are not going to be able to find the answer in a fortune cookie. You are going to have to find it from God. To find it from God, you have to find His word. You abide in him because you are dying of your will unto him and seeking him. When He speaks to you and by faith you receive the word then you have a requirement. You have to do that word. If He calls you to do a certain thing, scripture says whatever you ask you will have in His name. In other words, God will give you everything you need to accomplish that job. When Noah was called by God to build the Ark on dry ground and preach the message about a coming rain which would flood everything, Noah was mocked. But during the whole time, supernaturally, everything Noah needed to build the Ark was available. Not only that when it was time to load the boat, the animals started coming. If God wants you to do something, He is going to provide everything you need to fulfill that. It should not be an up hill battle. There will be times when you hit a bump in the road that jars everything loose but it is not over. God is not finished. He will deliver you from all different kinds of situations.