A couple of things have struck me lately that Mark Batterson has said and they are worth a look…

This one is tough to explain, but as I was praying on the rooftop of Ebenezers about some miracles I’m believing God for I heard that still small voice of the Spirit: stop praying for it and start praising Me for it.

I think there are moments when you’ve got to stop asking for something and start celebrating what you believe God is going to do as if it has just happened. This isn’t some Jedi mind trick. It’s faith. Faith is able to praise God BEFORE the miracle happens. Why? Because it believes it will happen as much as if it has already happened.

Maybe you need to stop praying and start praising?

I had a major revelation this weekend as I preached on the Battle of Jericho. The Lord says in Joshua 6:2: “I have delivered Jericho into your hands.”

Did you catch it? It’s not future tense. The Lord doesn’t say “I will deliver.” He says “I have delivered.” The battle has already been won in the spiritual realm. So the Lord proclaims the promise in the past tense. I think there are moments when you need to stop pleading for God to do something and start praising Him for what He has already done. Faith is believing that God has already delivered on the promise. There is a confirmation in your spirit. You sense a breakthrough in your spirit. It is faith that allows us to praise God BEFORE the miracle happens! Why? Because it believes it will happen as much as if it has already happened. It turns the future tense into the past tense.