It is as though a child is conceived in its mother's womb. When you believe you receive, your answer is then conceived in your spirit. Time may pass before it is manifest; but just as sure as a child will be delivered from its mother's womb, so will the answer to your prayer come forth in due season.
"You have need of patience that after you have done the will of God, you will receive the promise of the Father" (Heb. 10:36). Patience is a spiritual force which undergirds your faith and causes you to be constant through the trial.
Here is one of the problems. So many times we have thought God said to hold fast to the prayer. But that is not it at all. He told us not to use vain repetitions as the heathen who think God will hear them because of repeating it over and over. No. That is not what God said in His Word. He said, "When ye pray, believe."
So I am going to release my faith when I pray. Therefore if I release my faith when I pray, He says that I shall have it.
It is settled then. It is finished, thank God. I don't care if it looks worse in the morning, I will not take it up again in prayer, but will hold fast to my confession.
Now let me qualify some of those statements. If you go for a long period of time and your request is not manifested, but is still getting worse, you have missed it somewhere.
If you have missed it, admit it and ask God where you missed it. You have missed it somewhere if it is not working.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
Charles Capps is a retired farmer, land developer, and Bible teacher who has traveled extensively throughout the United States and several foreign countries sharing the truths of God's Word. He has taught Bible seminars for over 35 years, emphasizing the authority of the believer, faith and the power of words. We celebrated Charles' promotion to heaven at 5:15 pm Sunday, February 23, 2014. Charles Capps was a man of integrity, a man of his word and he got what he said. He called those things that be not as though they were.
