Daily Bread – March 1, 2022 (The Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13) 1 John 5:15 – And if we know that He hears us, then if we ask, we know that we possess whatever we requested when we asked it of Him. Perfect Confidence Moving out of the stronghold of living a life based upon a temporal existence that relies only on the five senses brings us into a new revelation of life. The Spirit of wisdom and revelation will cause us to see the unseen, and know with perfect confidence that we stand before the Father and He hears our prayers. The Lord is determined to show forth His life and power through us. but we must be willing to behold Him and stand together in those things which He has commanded (John 14:11-12, 23, 17:21-23). When Jesus was about to raise Lazarus from the dead, John reports that He lifted His eyes towards Heaven and said, “I thank you, Father, that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me” (John 11:41-42). Our Heavenly Father wants us to have this same confidence in the relationship He has freely invited us into – He made us His partners when we became part of His family, and we must stop wondering. Christ Jesus, the only begotten Son, has brought us into sonship so we might function, not as children, but as heirs (Galatians 4:1-7). The confidence and faith Christ Jesus expressed in the Father should also be developed in us if we will harken to the leading of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14-17). We must recognize we are called to live the life of Jesus and to walk in His ministry. The joy and wonder of this kind of relationship with the Father will result in our receiving a supernatural confidence to know He hears us; and if we know He hears us, then what we have asked He will do! We will not wonder if Father will answer; rather, we will know He has already supplied – and what we have asked is already ours! Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 3/1/2022
