Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24
In Mark 11, Jesus was hungry and walked over to a fig tree only to discover that it was barren.
After He said, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again,” there was no evidence that what He said had happened.
But the next morning “the disciples saw the fig tree had withered from the roots.”
When Jesus spoke to the tree, the source was cut off in the roots.
It had still looked alive, but it was just a matter of time before the outside caught up with the inside.
When you pray, Jesus says you have to believe that God put the miracle in motion.
You can’t wait for the evidence, and then you’ll start believing; you have to believe first.
It’s just a matter of time, and you’ll see what God promised.
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