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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Notice it says faith is the substance of things hoped for, in other words faith gives substance to what you hope for. Let me give you an example you will understand, everyone is familiar with a heating and cooling unit. If it is 80 degrees where you are and you want it to be 70 degrees, you set the thermostat on 70 degrees and that unit sends forth and releases the air(substance) that changes the temperature. But, notice that substance has to be...

It is time for the children of God to be partakeers of his divine nature. When Adam sinned he disconnected from God and connected to Satan. He exchanged his nature of being righteous in exchange for the nature of sin. And everyone born after him was born with that sin nature. But, as soon as Adam sinned God had a plan to get things back. Just as you were born in sin God came up with a plan for man to be born again. In your sin nature you are connected to Satan and the things of that nature- the...

Healing and salvation are part of the same package. The same blood that brought salvation also brought healing. God does not have to do another thing for anyone to be saved it's up to them to receive Jesus as their Lord and saviour just as it's up to you to receive healing. You have to see healing as a finished work of the cross. When Jesus said on the cross, "It is finished", he was not just referring to salvation(redeeming of your spirit), but healing also (1Peter 2:24). Every person who is not saved has salvation waiting on them to...

The Apostle Paul said in 2Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Notice he said don't put your focus on what you can see, but on what you can't see. And a lot of times we get so engrossed with the problem that it's all we focus on and we line ourselves up with the problem. We think it, we talk it, and we walk in it. We want to...

It's time we make the connection concerning our mouth and our body. Because the Bible has a lot to say about the effects our words have on our body. Especially when our words are in line with God's words. In Proverbs 4:20-22 it says "My son, attend to my words; incline thine 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." That word health in hebrew is translated medicine, remedy, cure, deliverance so your mouth...

The battle is not yours it's the Lord's. But, He has to fight your battle through you. He has given you a weapon and it's up to you to use it. The weapon He has given you to use is his word (Ephesians 6:17). And it's powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword (Hebrews 4:12). In life you have a choice either you can fight the battles in life in your own strength or in the power of God. Notice in Deuteronomy 7:1,2 it says, "When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to...

God has set before you life and death, blessing and cursing and He is so good that He tells you which one to pick (Deuteronomy 30:19). He said choose life, so the choice is yours. Which ever one you choose it is going to be by the words of your mouth. Because the Bible says life and death, and blessing and cursing is in the power of the tongue. They are all in the power of the tongue and whichever one you speak is what you will have. There is a law behind each one of those things that many...

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,...