Many Christians do not get results in their lives because they are not hearing God's voice. Faith comes by hearing God speak to you. Hearing sermons, listening to tapes, and reading the Word are gateways to receiving a rhema Word from the Lord for your life. When God speaks a specific Word to your heart, faith comes. God's voice is the voice of faith.

1. Purify yourself so you can become a house of prayer (Matthew 21:12).
   1. Jesus cleared out and purified the temple; then it became a house of prayer.
      1. Discipline yourself to pray; make a schedule.
      2. If you do not have the desire to pray, ask God for it.
      3. When you become disciplined to pray, you will begin to delight in spending time with the Lord.
      4. Your prayer life is  the gateway to power.
         
         
2. As a deer thirsts for water, cultivate a great thirst for God (Psalm 42:1, 2).
   1. If you study people in the Bible who got results, there is a common denominator- they all sought God.
      1. When you seek God, you will find Him.
      2. If you do not have a thirst for God, ask Him for it.
   2. Those who are thirsty receive an invitation from the Lord to come drink (Isaiah 55:1, AMP).
      1. He will invite you to come to Him, and then He will supply your