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Jesus said, "I am come that you might have life and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). There's something in the account of the birth of Jesus that if you get a hold of the abundant life he came to give you will be yours. When God gave us Jesus He supplied us with everything we would ever need. Notice what the scriptures say, "Blessed be the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3) also "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things...

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth them out of them all (Psalm 34:19). Every problem already has the ability to comply to God's word. But, it's the word spoken that causes it to (Isaiah 55:11). Like in Ezekiel's vision God told him to prophesy "Thus saith the Lord". And what happened, those bones started coming together. When you start speaking God's word things start coming together. You should start speaking God's word as the scripture says "Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith" (Romans 12:6). Notice it says to speak in proportion to...

If you want the will of God to be done in the earth you have your part to play. The entrance of earth into heaven is through Jesus, he said I am the door. But, the entrance of heaven into the earth is through you. By way of your spirit and mouth the will of God is loosed into the earth. Didn't Jesus say whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matt. 18:18). Notice if something is going to be loosed from heaven someone has to loose it from earth first. Your heart has a door, Jesus...

This is a word of encouragement, whatever you are going through God has your answere. Every problem already has an answer. I know things can look dark and you might not can see your way out, but there is a way out. God had the answer before you had the problem and his answer will deal with the problem. For instance, a centurion came to Jesus for his servant he was seriously ill. He came to Jesus to heal his servant, but on the way there he said "Speak the word only and my servant shall be healed" notice that...

God has already blessed you, he has already spoken blessings concerning your life. But, you don't see them until you line your words up with them. Blessings and curses come out of your mouth (James 3:10). So whatever blessings of God you are not seeing is because you are not saying. Old Testament people knew the power of speaking blessings. Blessings are words that speak good of something. Everytime God blessed He did so saying (Gen. 1). Jacob deceived his own father to have him speak blessings over him. And God blessed him just as his father said. God has...

God has provided us with some powerful weapons that He has given to use to use against the devil, sickness, and problems. The main 3 weapons He has blessed us with is The Word of God, The Name of Jesus, and The Holy Spirit. As in Hebrews 4:12 "The word of God is quick and powerful." In other words the word of God is capable of performing exactly what it says. In Isaiah 55:11 it says God's word will not return to him void, but it will accomplish that which He pleases. Notice it says it shall accomplish, it(the word...

From the very beginning it was God's plan that man rule over the earth and everything in it. In Genesis 1:28 God said subdue the earth and have dominion. And how was man to rule, by his words. Man was to follow God's example and rule by his words like God ruled by his words. Their authority was in their connection with God. But, they(Adam & Eve) allowed the devil to talk them out of their authority. From that moment satan became the father of mankind instead of God and by that things came into the earth that God never...

Calling things that be not as though they were is a principle in the Bible that a lot of people don't understand. And the reason people don't understand is because people only consider what they can pick up with their senses as being real. But, there is another realm that is just as real that you can't see as this realm you can see. Like Elisha and his servant when the Syrian army had them surrounded, the man of God's servant came out and saw the army that had them surrounded and paniced, but the man of God came out...

God has placed great potiential on the inside of each one of us. I don't think we fully understand the potential that God has placed on the inside of us to speak things into our lives and the lives of others. And the best place to start is the first chapter of the Bible where we see all through that chapter the phrases "And God said" and then "And it was so". Now this is interesting because it says the earth was without form, void, and dark and then we see God speaking and the things He spoke are the...

Whatever God tells you to do you can do. There is a principle in the Bible that whatever God tells you to do you can do. It is impossible for God to tell you to do something without giving you the ability to do it. And that is because the empowerment to do it comes with the instructions. In Mark 2:11,12 there was a man sick of the palsy(he was unable to walk) and yet Jesus said to him "Arise, take up your bed, and walk" and immediately he arose, took up his bed and walked. What happened to his...

In the first book of Genesis chapter 1 all through that chapter God said ... and it was so. And in the 26th verse God said "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness". And we see throughout that chapter God decree things and they came to pass. Well, you were made in his image and likeness and his word says "You will decree a thing and it shall be established for you" (Job 22:28). You have creative power on the inside of you waiting to be released. Power waiting on you to decree a thing so...

When you talk about the cross you're talking about the finished work of Jesus. When Jesus said, "It is finished" he meant just that. And he intends for you to walk in his finished work. There's some benefits that came by the cross and all your benefits are by the shed blood of Jesus. And that's what I want to talk about The Benefits of the Blood. Every benefit is by the blood of Jesus so you have a right to them. God accepted the blood of Jesus as payment for your redemption so you have a right to every...

In time of difficulty one of the most important things if not the most important thing is what you speak out of your mouth. In this instance we'll see what the Bible says about times of sickness. In Proverbs 4:20-22 it says "My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." The word health is translated in the Strongs Concordance as- a medicine, a cure, a remedy,...

God is creator. How did He create, by his words. And God and his words are one (John 1:1). So, whatever God can do his word can do. That's important because the Bible says his word is his power (Hebrews 1:3 Romans !:16). When God gave you his word He gave you the very thing He used to create. And God said his word would not return to him void, but it shall accomplish that which He pleases (Isaiah 55:11). In Hebrews 11:3 it says, through faith the worlds were framed by the word of God. So God created by...

A leper came to Jesus and said "If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean" and Jesus moved with compassion put forth his hand and touched him and said "I will; be thou clean" and immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was clean. The beautiful thing about this is that you are not suppose to touch a leper, but Jesus had such compassion and a desire to see him delivered He put forth his hand and touched him. People have no problem believing that God can do something about their situations they just don't know if He will....

Sometimes when people go through something for a long time they tend to lean to the idea that things will always be that way. They get used to being in that situation. But, God is still on the throne and He hasn't given up on you and don't you dare give up on him. It doesn't matter how long you have a problem the power of God is still able to turn it around. He's still the God that it's nothing to hard for him, for with him all things are possible. There was a woman with an issue of...

In Mark 9:17-27 a man brought his son to Jesus disciples and they could not help him. Jesus told the man to bring his son to him and the man said to Jesus "If you can do anything have compassion and help us." What God can do is never the question. For with God all things are possible (Luke 1:37). The question is what can you believe. Notice Jesus took the focus off of what God could do and put the focus on what the man could believe. In other words Jesus was saying you take care of your part...

The story of Jesus birth is interesting because it shows us how to receive all the promises of God. I know people like to put everything on God, but you have a part to play in receiving the promises of God. There's a spiritual exchange that has to take place. Notice in 2Corinthians 1:20 "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." The yea is God's part and the Amen is our part. Notice God has a part and we have a part to play. What does...

What does magnifiy mean, it means to make bigger or enlarge. You can't make God larger than He is, but you can make him larger in your sight. What you meditate on you magnify. You've been meditating on your problems magnifying it in your sight. And the more you meditate on your problems the more you shrink God in your sight. Just like the children of Isreal when the 12 spies saw the giants that were in the land they came back and reported what they saw to the rest of the people and said we were but like grasshoppers...

Finally, my bretheren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might (Ephesians 6:10). Don't try to fight life's battles in your own strength. When David slung that rock he didn't sling it in his own strength, but in God's. And the victory over Goliath started in his mouth. 1Samuel 17:34-37 34. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his fathers sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. 35. And I went out after him and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and...