When it comes to praying and believing God for anything His Word has promised us, we can become discouraged if we don’t see it manifest straight away. When we continue to be discouraged as time goes on, we may get tempted to ‘help God out’ by trying to make the promise happen in our own strength, even if it means compromising God’s ways. Abraham tried doing this when he turned to Hagar to produce his promised son, instead of waiting for God’s perfect timing, through Sarah. The key to seeing the prayer of faith work in our lives, is to know what part of the process is ours to fulfil, and what part is the Lord’s. Mark 11:24 clearly says our part is to ask and believe we receive when we pray! God’s part is to have His power go to work and manifest what was promised. We are not the ones responsible to manifest the answer – the Holy Spirit is the One who does that! Here’s another way of putting it: The written Word of God is His revealed will. When we desire what He has promised us and pray – believing we receive when we pray – the power of God is activated to manifest the promise. I once heard a powerful faith teacher explain that receiving and manifestation are 2 different things. We receive in the realm of the spirit – by faith. As we believe with our spirits, we immediately receive what we pray for, in the realm of the spirit. Even before we see it in the natural, we know it’s in our possession. Once we do that, God’s power will cause what is in its unseen form to be manifest in in its seen form! This is how faith works! It worked this way when you received your salvation. You believed with your heart and confessed what you believed with your mouth. In that instant you were snatched out of the kingdom of darkness and translated into the kingdom of light! So don’t allow your mind to ask, “When is God going to do it?”, or “How is God going to do it?” It’s already done in the spirit, the moment you prayed and believed. Rather, thank the Lord for what is already yours, and He will watch over His part – seeing His promises manifest in your life!