Taking the position now

Romans 8:21: [21] Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

“Paul’s saying, ‘Listen, you need to realize something; you live in a creation that’s decaying and dying and waiting for that time over there.

“One day we’re going to be manifested before the universe as joint heirs with the Lord Jesus Christ. That’s our privilege and position.

“We can now enjoy this prospect of future manifestation and adoption out there. We can live now as those that are alive from the dead. We can take that position now that we’ll have in the ages to come and live it right this minute as though it were a present-day reality because it is a reality positionally.

“We can experientially, day by day, live our lives in line with the position that God has given us in Christ. We have a hope just like creation does and we’re saved by that hope. That’s not talking about being saved from hell but being saved from despair over the infirmities of this present time. The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us out there.

“As you pray there’s that active ministry of God the Holy Spirit both to will and to do in your life; to be operative in your life. And to adjust your prayer life to make it match what God the Father is doing in your life.

Philippians 4:6-7: [6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
[7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

“People ask what is legitimate subject for prayer today? Folks, there’s not anything that’s on your heart that God doesn’t want you to come to Him with it. Because if it’s on your heart He already knows about it, and if it’s a problem to you and it’s bothering you, if you’re thinking about it, He wants you to talk to Him about it.

“What He’s after is the communion between you and Him; the openness, the intercourse back and forth. Because then when you, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God, that’s how you pray, folks.”