Prepare Your Heart to Receive: Bake the Cake

Good afternoon, Church Family!

Let’s continue to stir up our faith to receive all that God has for us this weekend by baking our cake of faith! Yesterday, we added all our ingredients; now, let’s place it in the oven. During this time of the baking process what do you usually do? (I usually do some other household chores that I am behind on, lol.) But as far as the cake goes, there’s nothing more to do than to just wait for the timer to go off. Even though this is the regular process for baking a cake, it is not the same for the believer! During the waiting process of faith, the believer has a part to play.

So, what is our part? Our part is based on faith and trusting in God’s promises. While we wait, we wait with a confident expectation in what we are believing God for. During our wait of confident expectation, we as believers can apply the heat of praise and worship. The highest form of faith is to praise during the waiting period or during the storm.  

Don Gosset states, “Praise is the passport to blessings and when applied, it opens the gate to the blessings. There is no more worthy entrance into the presence of God than the entrance of praise.” He goes on to say, “Praise precedes victory and nothing so multiplies your faith as praising God: Praise is faith in action, and it lifts our eyes from the conflict to the conquest.” 

So, today during the waiting period from today to Sunday, put your faith into action by worshiping and praising God for what you are believing Him for. If you are believing to be debt free, then say, “I praise You and worship You, Lord, for the promises found in Your word! You are my provider, and I thank You that I am debt free!” One of the statements that I say a lot as I go throughout my day is, “I thank You for being my provider!” And when provision comes in, I spend more time thanking, praising, and worshiping Him for that provision! But, that same spirit of praise should be coming out of your mouth even before the manifestation of the thing you believed for. Remember, it was stated earlier that praise precedes (goes) before the victory! The more you put forth heart-felt praise, the more victory!

Aren’t you so thankful to God for His recipe for life - the Bible? Everything we need to get through every situation in life is found in His word! His word tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Put that cake in the oven today, and just praise and worship God. Sit back in peace, with thankfulness flowing from your heart, and wait with a confident expectation for the timer to go “ding.”

Pastor Chip and I love you all and are praying for you daily!

-Pastor Candace