Mark Batterson...faith is acting as if God has already answered. And acting as if God has answered means acting on our prayers...
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Faith is acting as if God has already answered. And acting as if God has answered means acting on our prayers. If we believe that God has answered our prayers and then we don’t go and pray and do the small things that we know we should be doing, then we haven’t really acted on our faith. But, if we pray and do the small things, believing that God has answered our prayers, then we are putting our faith into action. We’re showing God that we believe he has already answered our prayers and that we want to continue to act on what he has shown us.
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