John The verse doesn’t just say ask and you will receive, Jesus purposely added “AND YOU WILL HAVE ABUNDANT JOY!” Find reasons to be joyful in your waiting and watch what God begins to do in your life.Mark “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘go throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes what they say will happen it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you have received it and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them so that your father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”In this verse Jesus is calling us to believe we have already received what we are asking God for without a doubt. I think the biggest key to this though is the last two verses 25 -26 about forgiveness because I believe Jesus is saying to us, we are not ready to receive our blessings if we’re not ready to let go of the unforgiveness in our hearts. We must first forgive if we expect to be forgiven.Let us pray for miracles, BELIEVE AND RECEIVE them! God is still on the throne and he still loves showing up to show us He is still the God of miracles. We just have to ASK AND BELIEVE!Do you have a hard time finding reasons to thank God when times get hard?1st Thessalonians So even in the hard times we must find reasons to give thanks. I’m gonna go into a little story time here because this story helped me gain a whole new perspective after hearing this Holocaust survivor tell her readers what she gave thanks for while she was in the concentration camp. She said during the time that she was in-prisoned she gave thanks to God for fleas in there crowded prison room. Corrie Ten Boom and her sister Betsy were in-prisoned during the holocaust and the 1st Thessalonians verse I quoted was the verse that God used to speak to them during the hardest time of their lives. They managed to sneak a Bible in with them when they were captured and when they were we encountered with this unimaginable situation they remembered it says give thanks in ALL circumstances, not just the pleasant ones. So after praying and giving thanks to God they began to see God’s work in their lives. With the Bible they managed to keep with them they begin sharing the gospel with fellow prisoners. After a few weeks past the sisters were able to understand why God gave them the fleas.. The supervisor mentioned in passing that they would not dare into the room because of the fleas. So the fleas saved their lives because many times people would be abused by the guards but in this case the fleas caused them to be left alone and in that time they were able to share the gospel. So many lives were saved because they give thanks to God even for the fleas. This story can be found in the book called “The Hiding Place” written by the Holocaust survivor Corrie Ten Boom.If that doesn’t inspire you I don’t know what will! Ask God to use the hard times in your life to bring him glory. He will turn your tests into testimonies. Give thanks even when it’s hard and you don’t understand because God always has a plan and he will never leave you or forsake you. Testify to someone of God’s goodness today and share how his amazing love has changed your life. Drop your testimonies in the comments because I love hearing/reading them! God is good in every moment we just have to choose to see the light. ✨