BELIEVE-OBEY-PRAY. George E Markakis at the Evangelical Church of Struga, North Macedonia, 17 March 2024. https://youtu.be/d2Gw_hIrJ98
The message: A field was given as inheritance, now owned for free, as a gift.
First must believe that this gift is real and is now mine (BELIEVE)
Now I must go do some work in this field so that it becomes fruitful (OBEY)
Then I need to continue regularly watering the soil for the plants to grow (PRAY)
FAITH
I am called to believe not only for salvation, but also for what the Lord wants to give me after I was saved; e.g. healing, deliverance, restoration, turning the curses to blessings, etc.
OBEY
There are very clear instructions that we must obey, otherwise the field that was given to us as a free gift is useless and fruitless, e.g. forgive others so that you may be forgiven.
PRAY
As the body cannot live without water, so the soul of a born-again believer cannot survive without the water from Heaven which needs prayer in order to flow. Prayer is what opens the channel of communication so that everything that comes from the Father may freely flow to us, same as someone needs to go to the field to open the tap so that water can flow to the plants.