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Success Motivation Through the Word by Charles Capps Harrison House Tulsa, Oklahoma Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the i!le" 20th Printing Over 189,000 in Print Suess!otivation "hrough "he #or$ ISN #$%&'()$ %+$, -op.ri / ht 0 &%'!.
Success Motivation Through the Word by Charles Capps Harrison House Tulsa, Oklahoma Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the i!le" 20th Printing Over 189,000 in Print Suess!otivation "hrough "he #or$ ISN #$%&'()$ %+$, -op.ri / ht 0 &%'!.
Success Motivation Through the Word by Charles Capps Harrison House Tulsa, Oklahoma Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the i!le" 20th Printing Over 189,000 in Print Suess!otivation "hrough "he #or$ ISN #$%&'()$ %+$, -op.ri / ht 0 &%'!.
Success Motivation Through The Word by Charles Capps HARRISON HOUSE Tulsa, Oklahoma Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the i!le" 20th Printing Over 189,000 in Print Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ ISN #$%&'()$*%+$, -op.ri/ht 0 *&%' !. -harles -apps 1"O" o2 3& En/land, Arkansas ('#)3 1u!lished !. Harrison House, Inc" 1"O" o2 +4#+4 Tulsa, Oklahoma ()*4+ 1rinted in the United States of America" All ri/hts reser5ed under International -op.ri/ht 6aw" -ontents and7or co5er ma. not !e reproduced in whole or in part in an. form without the e2press written consent of the 1u!lisher" Contents Introduction * 8od9s :ill Is ;our 1rosperit. & ' 8od9s :illin/ness on ;our ehalf '* + 8od9s :isdom Is A5aila!le To ;ou +4 ) <nowled/e of the <in/dom +& 4 The <in/dom Has -ome 44 3 Our Source of Suppl. 34 ( Sell and 8i5e (4 % Speakin/ <in/dom 6an/ua/e &* & =ominion Throu/h the <in/dom *** *# Sowin/ Seed in the <in/dom *++ ** Supernatural Help !. the Spoken :ord *4* *' =o the Sa.in/s of >esus *4& *+ Usin/ the ?aith ;ou Ha5e *&& *) ?aith Is Not 6a@iness '#& *4 Takin/ No An2ious Thou/ht ''* *3 Refusin/ :isdom 1roduces ?ear and -alamit. '+* *( Reapin/ the Har5est ')( *% Hope and ?aith '4+ *& 1rosperin/ or 1oormouthin/ '3( Introduction The power source of life is the :ord of 8od" It is .our responsi!ilit. to keep .our heart with all dili/ence for out of it proceed the forces of life" 8od9s :ord is trul. life to those that find it" He has shared His wisdom with us and that wisdom is a tree of life to those that la. hold on it" Aan. lose their 5alues of life as the. clim! the ladder of success" 8od is alwa.s interested in .our success in life" ut He is not interested in .our losin/ health and famil. to !ecome rich" 8od9s :ord will moti5ate .ou to a positi5e and successful life" :hen .ou prosper throu/h 8od9s :ord, .ou are prosperin/ in a wa. that will work an eternal 5alue in .ou" The wisdom of 8od is the :ord of 8od" The :ord of 8od is that tree of life that produces riches, honor, pleasantness, and peace" There is onl. one wa. to achie5e true 8 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ success, and that is throu/h the :ord of 8od" The ima/e that 8od9s :ord !uilds inside .ou can !ecome the most powerful force in .our life" That ima/e will cause .ou to succeed when others fail" The teachin/ in this !ook is !ased on principles instead of formulas" Read it carefull." 1 1 God's Will Is Your Prosperity Aan. !ooks ha5e !een written on the su!Bect of positi5e thinkin/ and success, !ut most of them deal onl. with the mental realm and lack a spiritual tie$in" A little power e2ists in the mental realm and it can chan/e .ou to some e2tentC !ut it takes more than mental assent or a mechanical action for .ou to prosper a!undantl. in all areas of .our life" 8od9s :ord is spiritual moti5ation to the human spirit" It will !uild an ima/e within .ou and !rin/ .ou success in e5er. area of .our lifeDfinanciall., spirituall., ph.sicall., and sociall." These spiritual truths from the :ord of 8od can chan/e .our life" Diligence in God's System 10 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 8od said throu/h His prophet Hosea, !y people are $estroye$ %or la& o% &no'le$ge EHos" )F3G" In 6uke *3F%, >esus said, "he hil$ren o% this 'orl$ are in their generation 'iser than the hil$ren o% light( This is true, !ut it ou/ht not !e" The children of the world should not !e wiser than the children of li/htH The children of the world ha5e !een dili/ent to find out how the world9s s.stem operates" Then the. operate the s.stem" The world9s s.stem is plainF I8ra! and holdH :hate5er .ou /et, keepHI :ork da. and ni/ht" Seek for riches" 8i5e .ourself totall. to .our work" 8od9s s.stem is e2actl. opposite" )ive, an$ it shall be given E6uke 3F+%G" " " " he 'hih so'eth bounti%ully shall reap also bounti%ully E' -or" &F3G" !y )o$ shall supply all your nee$ aor$ing to his rihes in glory by Christ Jesus E1hil" )F*&G" " " " go$liness is pro%itable unto all things, having promise o% the li%e that no' is, an$ o% that 'hih is to ome E* Tim" )F%G" )o$*s #ill +s ,our Prosperity 11 8odl. men and women an an$ 'ill prosper as the. !ecome dili/ent in 8od9s s.stem" If .ou ha5e !een o!edient to /i5e, then .ou should !e e2pectin/ to recei5e a !etter Bo!, a raise, or new direction in !usiness" =own throu/h the .ears, man. -hristians ha5e somehow decided that it is not 8od9s will for them to prosper on earth" The. all !elie5e it will !e wonderful when the. /et to hea5en" ut we must deal with the Ihere and now"I 8od9s :ord /i5es us the wisdom for prosperit." To !e trul. moti5ated to success, we first must &no' that it is )o$*s 'ill %or us to prosper- Your Soul Must Prosper 8od told Adam to ha5e dominion o5er the earth" ?rom the !e/innin/ it was 8od9s intention for man to prosper" Third >ohn ' sa.s, .elove$, + 'ish above all things that thou mayest prosper an$ be in health, even as thy soul prospereth( The word 'ish in this 5erse in the 12 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ literal 8reek can !e translated Ipra.,I so we could read it this wa.F .elove$, + Epra.G above all things that thou mayest prosper an$ be in health, even as thy soul prospereth( One of the pro!lems in the od. of -hrist is that their souls are not prosperin/" The soul of man is the inner link that connects the spirit with the !od." The soul and the spirit of man are not the same, thou/h for .ears man. thou/ht the. were" The i!le di5ides the two" So often we hear this statementF IHe has lost his soul"I :e think of the soul as !ein/ the spirit, !ut the Scriptures tell us differentl." Aan is a spiritC he has a soulC and he li5es in a !od." The soul of man is composed of the mind, the will, and the emotions" It is the /uidance s.stem for the natural man" Aan is a spirit !ein/, ha5in/ !een !reathed out of 8od" In the !e/innin/, 8od !reathed His spirit life into Adam" That spirit life !ecame the human spirit )o$*s #ill +s ,our Prosperity 1/ which operates !e.ond the intellect in the hi/her realmDthe spiritual realm" The /ifts of the Spirit come out of the spiritual realm" The spirit of a man can recei5e re5elation !efore his intellect !ecomes in5ol5ed" Juite often, I ha5e known somethin/ in m. spirit, !ut was una!le to put it into words" It was real and stron/ in m. spirit be%ore m. intellect could /rasp it" Some of the thin/s I am sharin/ in this !ook !ecame a realit. in m. spirit se5eral .ears a/oC !ut it took time for that to !e transferred from m. spirit to m. intellect in order for me to !e a!le to share it with others" The Apostle >ohn recei5ed man. thin/s !. re5elation into his spirit" He wroteF ,e are o% )o$, little hil$ren, an$ have overome them0 beause greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the 'orl$ E* >ohn )F)G" He didn9t sa., IAa.!e .ou9ll o5ercome one of these da.s"I He said, I;ou ha5e alrea$y o5ercome !ecause the 8reater One is inside .ouHI This 11 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ re5elation was transferred from 8od9s Spirit to >ohn9s human spirit" >ohn said .ou should prosper, e5en as .our soul prospers" ;our soul must em!race prosperit." 2 prosperous soul 'ill pro$ue a prosperous image insi$e you( In the fifth chapter of >ohn9s 8ospel, >esus approached a crippled man at the pool of ethesda and said to him, #ilt thou be ma$e 'hole3 E5" 3G" That seems a stran/e thin/ to sa. to a man who is crippled" The man had !een l.in/ there for .ears waitin/ for the Itrou!lin/ of the waterI so he could /o down into the water and !e healed" He wanted to !e healed, !ut >esus asked him, I:ill .ou !e made wholeKI The first thin/ the man did was to !e/in talkin/ a!out his pro!lemF Sir, + have no man, 'hen the 'ater is trouble$, to put me into the pool0 but 'hile + am oming, another steppeth $o'n be%ore me E5" (G" >esus was tr.in/ to /et him to speak )o$*s #ill +s ,our Prosperity 14 his faith, !ut the man @eroed in on the pro!lem instead" Desire To Prosper =o .ou ha5e a will to prosperK efore .ou can o!tain true prosperit., there must !e a desire within .ou" 1ro5er!s *+F*' sa.s, #hen $esire ometh, it is a tree o% li%e( This 5erse can !e interpreted two wa.sF *" :hen the thin/ .ou desire comes, it is the tree of life" '" :hen desire is in .ou, it is a tree of life" I !elie5e the second is the correct interpretation" In other words the thin/ .ou desire is the thin/ .ou will pra. and the thin/ .ou will sa." ;ou will speak in line with .our desire and faith comes !. hearin/" ERom" *#F*("G >esus said, #hat things soever ye $esire, 'hen ye pray, believe that ye reeive them, an$ ye shall have them EAark **F')G" He said !elie5e .ou recei5e the thin/s .ou $esire, not the 15 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ thin/s .ou alread. ha5e" If .our soul is not prosperin/, .ou will ha5e a !ad ima/eDan ima/e of failure and defeat or sickness" Se5eral .ears a/o, I was ha5in/ pro!lems !oth financiall. and ph.sicall." ecause I had an ima/e of failure inside me, I saw e5er.thin/ I did as a failure" I often said, IIt doesn9t make an. difference what I do" Nothin/ will work out an.wa."I I was dis/usted with life !ecause of a !ad !usiness deal" I had Iput out a fleeceI !efore 8od as 8ideon had done" It worked for 8ideonC !ut when I did it, I reall. /ot fleecedH >esus said when He went awa., He would send another -omforter to teah you all things E>ohn *)F'3G, gui$e you into all truth " " " an$ " " " she' you things to ome E>ohn *3F*+G" :e don9t ha5e to use fleeces toda." The Spirit of Truth a!idin/ in us will teach us" :hen the desire to prosper comes from 8od9s :ord, it is trul. a tree of life" )o$*s #ill +s ,our Prosperity 16 Then 8od9s Spirit re5eals direction" "he preparations o% the heart in man, an$ the ans'er o% the tongue, is %rom the 7or$ E1ro5" *3F*G" !eligious Tradition"#nemy o$ Success A friend of mine, 8ar. 8arner, was with me in a church in -anton, Ohio, a few .ears a/o" I had him /i5e a short testimon." 8ar. told how he and his wife had !een !elie5in/ 8od for new furniture for their home" He said, I:e !elie5ed it so stron/l. that we Bust /a5e awa. all our furnitureHI Then he e2plainedF II9m not sa.in/ .ou should do that !ecause, in a sense, we were like 1eterF :e Bumped out of the !oat !efore we were read.H So we sat on the floor for three monthsHI :hen people came to 5isit, the. had to sit on the floor, tooH 8ar. said he appreciated his friends !ecause the. didn9t feel sorr. for Ipoor 8ar.I and !u. furniture to /i5e him" The. let him !elie5e his wa. out of it" ?inall., the 18 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ mone. came in and the. /ot new furniture" After the meetin/, a fellow came up to 8ar. and said, Irother, .ou know, I95e /ot old, ra//ed furniture, too"I 8ar. /ra!!ed his hand and started to pra., I?ather, in the name of >esus, I pra. that ;ou9ll prosper this !rother and that he9ll recei5e new furniture"I At this, the man said, INoH NoHI He Berked his hand awa. and !acked off" II don9t want new furniture" I Bust came to tell .ou that .ou should ha5e !een satisfied with what .ou hadHI I;ou9re too late,I 8ar. said" II95e alread. /ot m. new furniture, and it9s a lot !etter than the old"I Somehow throu/h the .ears, people ha5e /otten the idea that .ou can9t ser5e 8od and prosper" Se5eral .ears a/o I picked up some of that tradition m.self" I thou/ht prosperit. was for some peopleC !ut e5er. time a trou!le, trial, or financial pro!lem came alon/, I thou/ht it was 8od tr.in/ to teach me somethin/H )o$*s #ill +s ,our Prosperity 19 I was learnin/ man. thin/s, !ut I wasn9t /ettin/ an.where !ecause what I learned was wron/" I finall. reali@ed that it wasn9t 8od at all, !ut the =e5il stealin/ m. finances" Then I had to unlearn some thin/s" I found that 8od9s :ord was contrar. to m. thou/hts, contrar. to man. thin/s I had !een tau/ht" I used to think, ISurel., if these principles of faith were true, the. would ha5e tau/ht them in m. church"I ut the. didn9t know an.thin/ a!out them in that churchH :hen I started appl.in/ these principles !. speakin/ 8od9s :ord, thin/s started chan/in/ for the !etter" Results didn9t come o5erni/ht, !ut an ima/e !e/an to !uild inside me" Second Timoth. +F*3,*( sa.s, 2ll sripture is given by inspiration o% )o$, an$ is pro%itable %or $otrine, %or reproo%, %or orretion, %or instrution in righteousness0 that the man o% )o$ may be per%et, thoroughly %urnishe$ unto all goo$ 'or&s( All Scripture is /i5en !. 8od and is 20 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ pro%itable %or us( Instruction in 8od9s :ord will chan/e our preconcei5ed ideas and will teach us to understand prosperit. 8od9s wa." Things To Remember <now 8od wants .ou to prosper" LLL =esire to prosper" %%% Use 8od9s s.stem" %%% Speak 8od9s :ord" %%% See .ourself prosperin/" & & God's Willingness on Your 'ehal$ Second 1eter *F* /i5es us an important ke. to 8od9s willin/ness toward us" It sa.sF Simon Peter, a servant an$ an apostle o% Jesus Christ, to them that have obtaine$ li&e preious %aith 'ith us through the righteousness o% )o$ an$ our Saviour Jesus Christ( Notice who 1eter is writin/ toF "o those that have obtaine$ li&e preious %aith 'ith them( He is talkin/ to us !ecause we ha5e o!tained the same faith" )rae an$ peae be multiplie$ unto you through the &no'le$ge o% )o$, an$ o% Jesus our 7or$ E5" 'G" There is a knowled/e of 8od that will ena!le 8od9s /race to !e multiplie$ to .ou" 8race has !een defined as unmerited fa5or, !ut /race is much more than that" Not onl. is 22 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ it unmerited fa5or, it is 8od9s willin/ness to use His power and a!ilit. on .our !ehalf" It was !ecause 8od was willin/ to /et personall. in5ol5ed to pro5ide sal5ation that I was sa5ed" 8od9s willin/ness to use His power and a!ilit. on our !ehalf, and His peace is multiplied to us through the &no'le$ge o% )o$( The word peae literall. means prosperit." It means Ito !e Boined to/ether as one"I If we are Boined with >esus, that9s prosperit. an. wa. .ou look at itH 8od is not Bust willin/" His 'illingness is multiplie$ to us( Some sa., II know 8od is a!le, !ut I don9t know whether or not He9s willin/"I 8e 'on*t until you %in$ out 8e 'ill( ;ou must ha5e the knowled/e of 8od9s willin/ness to prosper .ou" In the first chapter of Aark, a leper came to >esus and said, +% thou 'ilt, thou anst ma&e me lean( >esus then stretched forth His hand and laid it on the leper" No healin/ power flowed until >esus said, + )o$*s #illingness on ,our .ehal% 2/ 'ill9 be thou lean( 2s soon as he ha$ spo&en, imme$iately the leprosy $eparte$, an$ he 'as leanse$ E55" )#$ )'G" The leper knew >esus oul$ heal himC !ut he didn9t know whether or not He 'oul$ heal him" >esus, anointed with the Hol. Spirit, laid His hand on the leper, !ut no healin/ came until He answered the man9s question" No prosperit. will come until .ou answer the po5ert. questionF =oes 8od want me poorK :hen .ou know 8od 'ill, then He is willin/" If .ou are in dou!t a!out His willin/ness, He 'on*t( 8od9s willin/ness and prosperit. is multiplied to .ou throu/h the knowled/e of 8od" As .ou /ain the knowled/e of 8od, .ou will ha5e faith in that knowled/e, and it will multipl. 8od9s willin/ness toward .ou" Prosperity in ll reas It is possi!le for prosperit. to !e limited to onl. one area of .our life" 1eople who are dili/ent in certain areas will prosper in those areas" 21 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Some denominations are dili/ent in presentin/ sal5ationC the. are successful in that area" Others, who are successful in the area of healin/ and walkin/ in di5ine health, fail when it comes to finances" Aan. don9t understand wh. this happens" In tr.in/ to answer these questions, some ha5e said, I:ell, it must not !e 8od9s will for me to !e prosperous or healed"I :e could spend all our time dealin/ with di5ine healin/ and /et people healedC !ut if we did, not man. would prosper financiall." :e must find a !alance" Romans )F+ sa.s, 2braham believe$ )o$, an$ it 'as ounte$ unto him %or righteousness( The word righteousness is an Old En/lish word that means Iri/ht standin/ with 8od"I A!raham was in ri/ht standin/ with 8od" It is possi!le for an indi5idual to !e in ri/ht standin/ with 8od in the area of sal5ation, !ut not !e in ri/ht standin/ on healin/ or finances" He ma. !e thinkin/ )o$*s #illingness on ,our .ehal% 24 and !elie5in/ wron/" His preconcei5ed ideas ma. !e contrar. to Scripture" A person who is in ri/ht standin/ with the Scriptures on healin/ will usuall. /et healed, !ut that same person ma. !e out of ri/ht standin/ concernin/ finances" He mi/ht !elie5e that it9s a sin to ha5e mone. or dri5e a new car" He could !e ri/ht in his heart, !ut wron/ in his head" In the soulish area he can !e wron/" If his soul is not prosperous in that particular area, then usuall. he will not prosper in that area" A person in this condition will not /i5e much into the ministr. !ecause he doesn9t !elie5e 8od wants him to ha5e an.thin/" Therefore, he ne5er !elie5es for a return and, if it comes, he misses it" It takes a prosperous attitude to reap a financial har5est" 8od9s :ord sa.s, #hatsoever he $oeth shall prosper E1s" *F+G" ;ou can appl. this 5erse to suppl. e5en small needs" ?or instance, I ha5e used it e5en on fishin/ trips" A few .ears a/o I was fishin/ with two fellows" One kept 25 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ sa.in/, IThere aren9t an. fish left here" :e cau/ht them all out of here two .ears a/oHI Ha5in/ had enou/h of that ne/ati5e talk, I /ra!!ed m. rod and reel, Bumped out of the !oat, and waded awa. from the un!elief" I started sa.in/, I:hate5er I do will prosper, in the name of >esusH No weapon formed a/ainst me will prosperHI EI knew that supper would !e slim if we didn9t catch some fishHG efore lon/, I had cau/ht a fi5e$ pound !ass" One of the fellows asked, I:hat did .ou catch him onKI I .elled !ack, I1salm *F+HI I ha5e filled a strin/er man. times with that 5erse" It9s time for -hristians to /et a health. attitude toward prosperit. in every areaH 8od e5en wants .ou to prosper in the little thin/s" (esus 'ecame Poor that You Might 'e !ich :or ye &no' the grae o% our 7or$ Jesus Christ, that, though he 'as rih, )o$*s #illingness on ,our .ehal% 26 yet %or your sa&es he beame poor, that ye through his poverty might be rih E' -or" %F&G" >esus suffered the curse of the 6awF po5ert., sickness, and spiritual death" :hen He was here on earth, He was po5ert.$stricken accordin/ to the world9s s.stem" He didn9t ha5e a house or a place to la. His head" ;et all His needs were met !ecause He operated accordin/ to spiritual law" He !ecame poor " " " that ye through his poverty might be rih( Someone has su//ested that this was talkin/ a!out >esus !ein/ poor spirituall." How poor was -hrist spirituall.K He raised the dead, cast out demons, healed the sick" No, He was not po5ert.$stricken spirituall. in His ministr." >esus !ecame poor so that .ou mi/ht !e richD!ut He9s not poor an.moreH E5er.thin/ He did was for us" His po5ert. !rou/ht us access to prosperit." (oint"heirs )ith the *ing Romans %F*( tells us we are Boint$ 28 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ heirs with >esus -hrist" That means whate5er He has, we ha5e access to throu/h the :ord of 8od" >esus said, #hen he, the Spirit o% truth, is ome, he 'ill gui$e you into all truth(((2ll things that the :ather hath are mine0 there%ore sai$ +, that he shall ta&e o% mine, an$ shall she' it unto you E>ohn *3F*+,*4G" :e must reali@e that 8od is not poor and that we are redeemed from the curse of po5ert." 8od 'ants us to walk in 5ictor.Dspirituall., ph.sicall., financiall., and sociall." s+ ccording to God's Will >esus made the followin/ statement se5eral times in His ministr.F 2s&, an$ it shall be given you9 see&, an$ ye shall %in$9 &no&, an$ it shall be opene$ unto you EAatt" 606;( Someone ma. sa., IThat can9t !e true, !ecause I asked and didn9t recei5e"I Statements like Aatthew 606 must !e qualified" ;ou must ask in faith" If .ou appl. the principles of 8od9s :ord, then )o$*s #illingness on ,our .ehal% 29 .ou will know the will and purpose of 8od" As a result, faith will comeC then when .ou ask, .ou will recei5e" >esus said in >ohn *4F(, +% ye abi$e in me, an$ my 'or$s abi$e in you, ye shall as& 'hat ye 'ill, an$ it shall be $one unto you( Someone ma. sa., IIf this statement was true, e5er.one would !e a millionaire"I No, there is more to it than that" >esus didn9t Bust sa., IIf .e a!ide in Ae, ask what .ou will,I He included a qualificationF IIf .e a!ide in Ae, an$ !y 'or$s abi$e in you, ask what .e will"I 8od9s :ord is His will, and 8od9s will is His :ord" :hen His :ord a!ides in .ou, then His will a!ides in .ou" )o$ sent his 'or$, an$ heale$ them E1s" *#(F'#G" "hey E8od9s wordsG are li%e unto those that %in$ them, an$ health EmedicineG to all their %lesh E1ro5" )F''G" It is 8od9s will to heal .ou in e5er. wa. .ou can !elie5eDspirituall., ph.sicall., and financiall." 8od9s :ord will work to that end, if .ou will learn to appl. it wisel." /0 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Saying and 'elieving The :ord of 8od tells us to speak what we desire" In Aark **F'+,') >esus /i5es the foundation principles for the 8od kind of faithF #hosoever shall say unto this mountain, .e thou remove$, an$ be thou ast into the sea9 an$ shall not $oubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things 'hih he saith shall ome to pass9 he shall have 'hatsoever he saith( "here%ore + say unto you, #hat things soever ye $esire, 'hen ye pray, believe that ye reeive them, an$ ye shall have them( In this passa/e of Scripture, the word there%ore connects the two 5erses" >esus is sa.in/, I:hen a man !elie5es and dou!ts not in his heart, he will ha5e what he is sa.in/C there%ore, he will recei5e what he desires when he pra.s"I :hen .ou pra., !elie5e .ou recei5e what .ou desireH In other words, pra. the desire, not the pro!lemH :hen I first read this 5erse, I thou/ht it worked for 'hosoever9 !ut >esus didn9t )o$*s #illingness on ,our .ehal% /1 sa. that" He said it would work for 'hosoever shall say( Sa.in/ that the principle works for 'hosoever is like sa.in/, I?armin/ will work for an.!od."I ?armin/ works onl. for those who plant seed" To operate the principle of Aark **F'+, .ou must plant the seedC and to do this, .ou must /et .our mouth in motionH ;ou won9t recei5e .our desire Bust !ecause .ou sa. it" ;ou will recei5e it !ecause of the wa. the <in/dom of 8od operates" Sa.in/ it is in5ol5ed in workin/ the principle" 'elieve and Don't Dou,t esides saying, this principle sa.s the 'hosoever must believe and $oubt not in his heart" Speak .our desire, then meditate on it" <eep it in .our mouth" This will put it in .our heartC then faith will come and what .ou desired will e5entuall. come to .ou" #hosoever !elie5es those things 'hih he saith shall come to pass" Notice /2 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ he !elie5es e5er.thin/ he sa.s will come to passC and !ecause of that, he shall have 'hatsoever he saith( If .ou sa. the wron/ thin/sDwords of dou!t and un!eliefD.ou are on .our wa. to trou!le !ecause .ou are sowin/ the wron/ seed" :ron/ seed will !rin/ a wron/ har5est" These are <in/dom principlesC and to operate in the principles of the <in/dom, we must ha5e the wisdom of 8od" "he 7or$ giveth 'is$om0 out o% his mouth ometh &no'le$ge an$ un$erstan$ing E1ro5" 'F3G" Things To Remember 8od is willin/ to use His power and a!ilit. on .our !ehalf" <now that 8od wants .ou to prosper in all areas" 1rosperit. requires dili/ence" It takes a prosperous attitude to reap a financial har5est" >esus !ecame poor that .ou mi/ht !e rich" His po5ert. !rin/s .ou access to )o$*s #illingness on ,our .ehal% // prosperit." 8od wants .ou to walk in 5ictor.D spirituall., ph.sicall., financiall., and sociall." 1ra. .our desire, not .our pro!lem" Aeditate on and speak .our desire" - - God's Wisdom Is vaila,le To You !y son, i% thou 'ilt reeive my 'or$s, an$ hi$e my omman$ments 'ith thee9 so that thou inline thine ear unto 'is$om, an$ apply thine heart to un$erstan$ing9 ,ea, i% thou riest a%ter &no'le$ge, an$ li%test up thy voie %or un$erstan$ing9 i% thou see&est her as silver, an$ searhest %or her as %or hi$ treasures9 "hen shalt thou un$erstan$ the %ear o% the 7or$, an$ %in$ the &no'le$ge o% )o$( Proverbs 201<4 God's Wisdom. More /alua,le Than Gold If someone told .ou that /old nu//ets and diamonds had !een found on .our propert., .ou would !e dili/ent to sift throu/h the dirt, searchin/ for that treasureH /5 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ The :ord of 8od is worth more to .ou than all the /old and diamonds in the world" ut man. ne5er turn the pa/es for its riches" "he 7or$ giveth 'is$om0 out o% his mouth ometh &no'le$ge an$ un$erstan$ing E1ro5" 'F3G" :isdom comes out of the mouth of 8odF :isdom is the :ord of 8odH 8e layeth up soun$ 'is$om %or the righteous9 he is a bu&ler to them that 'al& uprightly( 8e &eepeth the paths o% =u$gment, an$ preserveth the 'ay o% saints( "hen shalt thou un$erstan$ righteousness, an$ =u$gment, an$ e>uity9 yea, every goo$ path( Proverbs 206<9 If .ou follow the wisdom of 8od, .ou will understand e5er. /ood path" God Wants You To 0ave 0is Wisdom #is$om rieth 'ithout9 she uttereth her voie in the streets0 she rieth in the hie% plae o% onourse, in the openings o% the gates0 in the ity she uttereth her 'or$s, )o$*s #is$om +s 2vailable "o ,ou /6 saying, 8o' long, ye simple ones, 'ill ye love simpliity3 an$ the sorners $elight in their sorning, an$ %ools hate &no'le$ge3 .ehol$, + 'ill pour out my spirit unto you, + 'ill ma&e &no'n my 'or$s unto you( Proverbs 1020<2/ #hen 'is$om entereth into thine heart, an$ &no'le$ge?the knowled/e that 8od wants .ou prosperous in e5er. area of .our lifeDis pleasant unto thy soul ( ( ( E1ro5" 'F*#G, then. @isretion shall preserve thee, un$erstan$ing shall &eep thee0 "o $eliver thee %rom the 'ay o% the evil man, %rom the man that speað %ro'ar$ things( Proverbs 2011,12 Wisdom 'rings Success 8od wants .ou to ha5e wisdom so that .ou will !e !lessed and prosperousF 8appy is the man that %in$eth 'is$om, an$ the man that getteth un$erstan$ing( :or the merhan$ise o% it is better than the /8 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ merhan$ise o% silver, an$ the gain thereo% than %ine gol$( She is more preious than rubies0 an$ all the things thou anst $esire are not to be ompare$ unto her( 7ength o% $ays is in her right han$9 an$ in her le%t han$ rihes an$ honour( Proverbs /01/<15 How does wisdom /et into .our heartK It comes from the mouth of 8odH Then .ou must !elie5e it and speak it out .our mouth" =a5id said, !y tongue is the pen o% a rea$y 'riter E1s" )4F*G" Things To Remember :isdom comes out of the mouth of 8od" 8od wants .ou to ha5e wisdom so .ou will !e !lessed and prosperous" ;ou /et wisdom into .our heart !. !elie5in/ 8od9s :ord and speakin/ it out .our mouth" 1 1 *no)ledge o$ the *ingdom 8od alwa.s intended for His <in/dom to !e on earth" ;ou will not spend eternit. in hea5en !ut on earthD the new earth" 8od created Adam to !e /od o5er the earth, to rule it" Aan was su!ordinate to 8od, !ut he was to ha5e dominion o5er the earth" 8od told Adam how to prosper" He said, " " " replenish the earth, an$ sub$ue it0 an$ have $ominion over every living thing that moveth upon the earth E8en" *F'%G" 8od /a5e that authorit. to Adam, with onl. one stipulationF o% the tree o% the &no'le$ge o% goo$ an$ evil, thou shalt not eat( ( " E8en" 'F*(G" 8od9s will was that the earth !e patterned after hea5en" After turnin/ the earth o5er to Adam, 8od let Adam do as 10 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ he chose" :hen Adam was a!out to sin !. diso!e.in/ 8od, 8od didn9t sa., INo, Adam, .ou can9t do that"I He had /i5en Adam total authorit." :hen Adam sold out to Satan !. eatin/ the for!idden fruit the serpent ESatanG offered, 8od did not lift a fin/er to stop him" :h.K ecause it was not 8od9s responsi!ilit. to do soC it was Adam9s responsi!ilit." Someone has su//ested that Adam was nothin/ more than a weed puller in the 8arden" ut he couldn9t ha5e !eenD there were no weeds in the 8arden" Adam was /od o5er the earth" In ' -orinthians )F), 1aul refers to Satan as the go$ o% this 'orl$ 'ho has blin$e$ the min$s o% them 'hih believe not( Satan /ot this title from Adam" God #sta,lishes 0is *ingdom After Adam sinned and allowed Satan to !ecome /od of the world, 8od used another means to restore His <in/dom to earthF He esta!lished a !lood co5enant with A!raham" The -o5enant meant that whate5er A!raham had !elon/ed to 8od and whate5er 8od had !elon/ed to Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 11 A!raham" That9s how stron/ their !lood co5enant was" As .ou stud. this -o5enant, .ou will find that A!raham was e2ceedin/l. rich !ecause 8od made him rich" #hen 2bram 'as ninety years ol$ an$ nine, the 7or$ appeare$ to 2bram, an$ sai$ unto him, + am the 2lmighty )o$9 'al& be%ore me, an$ be thou per%et( 2n$ + 'ill ma&e my ovenant bet'een me an$ thee, an$ 'ill multiply thee eAee$ingly( 2n$ 2bram %ell on his %ae0 an$ )o$ tal&e$ 'ith him( )enesis 1601</ 8od said to A!raham, II am Bl Sha$$ai EAlmi/ht. 8odG"I In the He!rew the word almighty or Bl Sha$$ai means the all$sufficient One, the 8od :ho is more than enou/h" Some seem to think that 8od said, II am El -heapo"I To them 8od and po5ert. run hand in hand" ut that9s not trueH ;ou read in the !ook of Re5elation that the streets of hea5en are pure /old" There are e5en /ates in hea5en made out of a sin/le pearlH ERe5" '*F'*"G 12 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 8od told A!raham that He would make him the father of man. nationsF Ceither shall thy name any more be alle$ 2bram, but thy name shall be 2braham9 %or a %ather o% many nations have + ma$e thee( 2n$ + 'ill establish my ovenant bet'een me an$ thee an$ thy see$ a%ter thee in their generations %or an everlasting ovenant, to be a )o$ unto thee, an$ to thy see$ a%ter thee( )enesis 1604,6 :e can see from the !lessin/s of the -o5enant descri!ed in the followin/ scriptures that 8od didn9t intend for A!raham or his descendants to !e po5ert.$stricken" The promise was to A!raham and his seed in their /eneration" +t shall ome to pass, i% thou shalt hear&en $iligently unto the voie o% the 7or$ thy )o$, to observe an$ to $o all his omman$ments 'hih + omman$ thee this $ay, that the 7or$ thy )o$ 'ill set thee on high above all nations o% the earth0 2n$ all these blessings shall ome on Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 1/ thee, an$ overta&e thee, i% thou shalt hear&en unto the voie o% the 7or$ thy )o$( .lesse$ shalt thou be in the ity, an$ blesse$ shalt thou be in the %iel$((( .lesse$ shall be thy bas&et an$ thy store( .lesse$ shalt thou be 'hen thou omest in, an$ blesse$ shalt thou be 'hen thou goest out( @euteronomy 2801</,4,5 Conditional Promises 2n$ the 7or$ shall ma&e thee the hea$, an$ not the tail9 an$ thou shalt be above only, an$ thou shalt not be beneath9 i% that thou hear&en unto the omman$ments o% the 7or$ thy )o$, 'hih + omman$ thee this $ay, to observe an$ to $o them( @euteronomy 2801/ +t shall ome to pass, i% thou shalt hear&en $iligently unto the voie o% the 7or$ thy )o$ all these blessings shall ome on thee ( ( ( an$ overta&e thee( @euteronomy 2801,2 This last scripture sa.s we are to hear&en $iligently to 8od9s :ord" The word hear&en means Ito hear intelli/entl., !e o!edient to, declare and tell"I The word $iligently means Ito 11 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ declare wholl. and completel., louder and louder"I So let9s read it with that meanin/F If thou shalt hear&en $iligently unto the voie o% the 7or$ thy )o$?to hear intelli/entl., !e o!edient to, and declare or speak louder and louder what 8od has saidDthen all these blessings shall ome on thee( 8od said to speak out His :ordC !ut from the wa. some people talk, .ou would think He said to declare all the curses, to talk a!out how it won9t work and how it failed the last time it was tried" Choose 'lessings2 3ot Curses 2n$ it shall be, i% thou $o at all %orget the 7or$ thy )o$, an$ 'al& a%ter other go$s, an$ serve them, an$ 'orship them, + testi%y against you this $ay that ye shall surely perish( 2s the nations 'hih the 7or$ $estroyeth be%ore your %ae, so shall ye perish9 beause ye 'oul$ not be obe$ient unto the voie o% the 7or$ your )o$( @euteronomy 8019,20 Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 14 8od is warnin/ of the consequences of diso!e.in/ His 5oice and of the curses that would come upon the people who forsook the 6ord and ser5ed other /ods" In =euteronom., chapter '%, 8od descri!es the curse of po5ert.F .eause thou serve$st not the 7or$ thy )o$ 'ith =oy%ulness, an$ 'ith gla$ness o% heart, %or the abundance of all things; "here%ore shalt thou serve thine enemies 'hih the 7or$ shall sen$ against thee, in hunger, an$ in thirst, an$ in na&e$ness, an$ in 'ant o% all things0 an$ he shall put a yo&e o% iron upon thy ne&, until he have $estroye$ thee E55" )(,)%G" 8od was encoura/in/ the children of Israel to !e o!edient to the :ordC !ut the. failed to !e o!edient and the curses did come on them" The -o5enant of lessin/ applies to the seed of A!raham in the same wa. it applied to the children of Israel" The !lessin/s will o5ertake us if we hearken 15 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ dili/entl. to 8od9s 5oice" 8od said to A!raham, + 'ill ma&e my ovenant bet'een me an$ thee, an$ 'ill multiply thee eAee$ingly " " " 2s %or me, behol$, my ovenant is 'ith thee E8en" *(F',)G" 1aul sa.s the promise was that A!raham should !e heir of the world" ERom" )F*+"G The Covenant !eesta,lishes The *ingdom :hen Adam committed hi/h treason a/ainst 8od, allowin/ Satan to !ecome the /od of this world, a curse of po5ert., sickness, and spiritual death came upon the land" E8en" +F*(,*%"G 8od esta!lished the -o5enant to relie5e His people from this curse" In =euteronom. '%F*4, 8od said, .ut it shall ome to pass, i% thou 'ilt not hear&en unto the voie o% the 7or$ thy )o$, to observe to $o all his omman$ments an$ his statutes 'hih + omman$ thee this $ay9 that all these urses shall ome upon thee, an$ Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 16 overta&e thee"""" Then He listed the curses" After readin/ this scripture, some people form a !ad ima/e of 8od, !elie5in/ that He does e5il thin/s" ut 8od was warnin/ His people" He was tellin/ them what would happen if the. /ot o5er amon/ the curses" He was sa.in/ that the curses e2isted, !ut that the people didn9t ha5e to let the curses affect them" ,raham's 'lessings re 4urs5 In 8enesis *(F(, 8od said, + 'ill establish my ovenant bet'een me an$ thee an$ thy see$ a%ter thee in their generations %or an everlasting ovenant, to be a )o$ unto thee, an$ to thy see$ a%ter thee( A!raham and his descendants throu/h Isaac were to operate in the -o5enant until that Seed came" 6et9s take a closer look at the seedF Co' to 2braham an$ his see$ 'ere the promises ma$e( 8e saith not, 2n$ to see$s, as o% many9 but as o% one((( E8al" 18 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ +F*3G" :hat IseedI is this talkin/ a!outK "" " 2n$ to thy see$, 'hih is Christ( :e are all the children of 8od and the seed of A!raham" 8alatians +F'3$'& makes this 5er. plainF :or ye are all the hil$ren o% )o$ by %aith in Christ Jesus( :or as many o% you as have been baptiDe$ into Christ have put on Christ( "here is neither Je' nor )ree&, there is neither bon$ nor %ree, there is neither male nor %emale0 %or ye are all one in Christ Jesus( 2n$ i% ye be Christ*s, then are ye 2braham*s see$, an$ heirs aor$ing to the promise( 1aul sa.s, Co' ye are the bo$y o% Christ E* -or" *'F'(G" :hen we are !orn a/ain, we are !apti@ed into -hrist" -hrist is the seedC and since we are part of the od. of -hrist, we are the seed" Therefore, the promise 8od made to A!raham !elon/s to us toda." Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 19 :or i% the inheritane be o% the la', it is no more o% promise0 but )o$ gave it to 2braham by promise( #here%ore then serveth the la'3 +t 'as a$$e$ beause o% transgressions, till the see$ shoul$ ome to 'hom the promise 'as ma$e9 an$ it 'as or$aine$ by angels in the han$ o% a me$iator( ( ( .ut be%ore %aith ame, 'e 'ere &ept un$er the la', shut up unto the %aith 'hih shoul$ a%ter'ar$s be reveale$( #here%ore the la' 'as our shoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that 'e might be =usti%ie$ by %aith( .ut a%ter that %aith is ome, 'e are no longer un$er a shoolmaster( )alatians /018,19,2/<25 :e are no lon/er under the 6aw" That means we are no lon/er under the curse of the 6aw" 8lor. to 8od, -hrist redeemed us from the curse, not the !lessin/Dthe !lessin/ is still oursH Christ hath re$eeme$ us %rom the urse o% the la', being ma$e a urse %or us0 %or it is 'ritten, Curse$ is every one that hangeth on a tree0 40 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ "hat the blessing o% 2braham might ome on the )entiles through Jesus Christ9 that 'e might reeive the promise o% the Spirit through %aith( )alatians /01/,11 Aan. !elie5e that the promise o% the Spirit is 8od9s promise to send the Hol. SpiritC !ut it is the promise of the Spirit to A!raham in re/ard to the -o5enant" 8od was sa.in/ that !ecause -hrist redeemed us from the curse of the 6aw, then the !lessin/s of A!raham !elon/ to us" The Covenant Is #verlasting .rethren, + spea& a%ter the manner o% men9 "hough it be but a man*s ovenant, yet i% it be on%irme$, no man $isannulleth, or a$$eth thereto ( ( ( 2n$ this + say, that the ovenant, that 'as on%irme$ be%ore o% )o$ in Christ, the la', 'hih 'as %our hun$re$ an$ thirty years a%ter, annot $isannul, that it shoul$ ma&e the promise o% none e%%et( )alatians /014,16 The 6aw came into effect after 8od had made the -o5enant with A!raham" Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 41 :hile under the 6aw and under the curse of it, the Israelites were sold into sla5er. in E/.pt and had to sta. there all those .ears" ut 8od said the 6aw still could not disannul the -o5enant !ecause His was an e5erlastin/ -o5enant" In this -o5enant which 8od said He would esta!lish with A!raham9s seed, there is the phrase in their generations( That means all the wa. downH It is an e5erlastin/ -o5enant" It will continue to the end of the a/es" A !lood co5enant was so !indin/ that e5en un!orn children were in5ol5ed until the. could decide for themsel5es whether or not the. would come under that co5enant" E5er. !elie5er who wants to come into that -o5enant toda. can claim it and walk in the !enefits of it Bust like A!raham didH In fact, the. can walk in it !etter than A!raham for he was under the Old -o5enant" The New -o5enant is esta!lished on !etter promises" If the Old -o5enant had !een perfect, there would ha5e !een no need for a new co5enantC !ut findin/ fault, 8od made a 42 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ new co5enantDone that was si/ned and sealed !. >esus with His own !lood" Notice this co5enant was e5erlastin/" It did not pass awa. with the Old -o5enant !ein/ fulfilled" Place Yoursel$ under This Covenant :hen I saw the truth in 8enesis *(F( Dthat we are entitled to !e in that -o5enantDI decided to place m.self under the -o5enant" I spoke this out loudF IIn the name of Almi/ht. 8od and His Son, >esus -hrist, I decide now to come under that -o5enantH I9m /oin/ to operate in itH I open m.self now, ?ather, to let ;ou esta!lish it with me in m. /enerationHI Aake a decision to come under that -o5enant and walk in it" ;ou ha5e a co5enant with 8od" .ut thou shalt remember the 7or$ thy )o$0 %or it is he that giveth thee po'er to get 'ealth, that he may establish his ovenant 'hih he s'are unto thy %athers, Kno'le$ge o% the King$om 4/ as it is this $ay( @euteronomy 8018 Things To Remember 8od created man to ha5e dominion o5er the earth" Adam9s sin allowed Satan to !ecome the /od of the world" 8od esta!lished a !lood co5enant with A!raham" E5er.thin/ A!raham had !elon/ed to 8od" E5er.thin/ 8od had !elon/ed to A!raham" Hearken dili/entl. to the 5oice of 8od9s :ord" +% ye be Christ*s, then are ye 2braham*s see$, an$ heirs aor$ing to the promise( 1lace .ourself under this -o5enant" Aake the decision to walk with 8od" ;ou ha5e an e5erlastin/ -o5enant with HimH 6 6 The *ingdom 0as Come In the si2th chapter of Aatthew, >esus is teachin/ His disciples how to pra.F 2%ter this manner there%ore pray ye0 Our :ather 'hih art in heaven, hallo'e$ be thy name( "hy &ing$om ome( "hy 'ill be $one in earth, as it is in heaven E55" &,*#G" This pra.er, which we know toda. as "he 7or$*s Prayer, is not a New Testament pra.erC it is an Old Testament pra.er" Sometimes people point to "he 7or$*s Prayer and sa., IHere9s the wa. >esus tau/ht us to pra."I No, this is not the wa. >esus tau/ht us to pra." He tau/ht His disciples to pra. under the Old -o5enant" Sometimes people don9t reali@e that e5en thou/h the 45 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ four 8ospelsDAatthew, Aark, 6uke, and >ohnDare in the New Testament, the people were still operatin/ under the 6aw" The. were li5in/ in a transition period !etween the Old and New -o5enants" 7Thy *ingdom Come7 I want .ou to notice >esus9 wordsF "hy &ing$om ome( In other words He was sa.in/, I1ra. that the <in/dom of 8od would come, that the will of 8od would !e done in earth as it is in hea5en"I The earth was desi/ned to !e a duplicate of hea5en, to operate in the same wa. as hea5en" The will of 8od is for it to !e the same on earth as it is in hea5en" Someone mi/ht sa., Iut it9s not that wa." Earth isn9t like hea5en"I No, it9s not that wa." >esus knew it wasn9t that wa.C !ut He said, I1ra. that it will /et that wa."I >esus would not ha5e tau/ht us to pra. a/ainst the will of 8od" The will of 8od under the Old -o5enant "he King$om 8as Come 46 was for earth to !e the same as hea5en" As we saw in -hapter ', 8od9s intention from the !e/innin/ was for His <in/dom to !e on earth, and He has not chan/ed" If Adam had !een o!edient to what 8od told him to do, it would ha5e !een that wa. toda." ut Adam committed hi/h treason and turned his authorit. o5er to the =e5il" :hen he did, the forces of e5il were loosed upon earth" 8od9s will is still the same toda. as it was in the !e/innin/Dand it will !e performed in the endH :hen the earth is reno5ated, it will !e the wa. 8od intended it to !eDhea5en on earth" 7Some Shall See the *ingdom7 :or the Son o% man shall ome in the glory o% his :ather 'ith his angels9 an$ then he shall re'ar$ every man aor$ing to his 'or&s( Verily + say unto you, "here be some stan$ing here, 'hih shall not taste o% $eath, till they see the Son o% man oming in his &ing$om( !atthe' 15026,28 48 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ E5identl. >esus is talkin/ of two different thin/s" In 5erse 26, He is talkin/ a!out His return to earth and the reward that will !e /i5en" Then in 5erse '%, He sa.s that some of those standin/ with Him would not taste of death until the. saw Him comin/ in His <in/dom" That was nearl. two thousand .ears a/oH How could those men not taste death until >esus returned in His <in/domK :hen >esus said, "here be some stan$ing here, 'hih shall not taste o% $eath, till they see the Son o% man oming in his &ing$om, He was not referrin/ to the literal <in/dom of 8od which is /oin/ to !e set up here on earth after His return" This statement would surel. pro5e that >esus was talkin/ a!out the <in/dom of 8od that is within man" :hen >esus was raised from the dead, He came forth as the /lorified Son of 8od" He carried His !lood into the hea5enlies and made atonement for man, settin/ in motion the New -o5enant" As the risen -hrist, He appeared to His disciples man. times" One time, "he King$om 8as Come 49 accordin/ to >ohn '#F'', He !reathed on them and said, Eeeive ye the 8oly )host( I !elie5e this is s.m!olic of what happened on the da. of 1entecost" EActs 'F*$)"G The. were all in one accord in one placeC and there came a sound of a rushin/, mi/ht. wind that filled all the place where the. were sittin/" On that da., >esus came to dwell in the hearts of men in the 1erson of the Hol. Spirit" The <in/dom of 8od trul. had come to earthH =urin/ His earthl. ministr., >esus, the Son of 8od, met all the needs of the people in that da.F He healed the sick, raised the dead, cast out demons, and on two occasions fed the multitudes with onl. a few loa5es and fish" After doin/ all these thin/s, He said to them, +t is eApe$ient %or you that + go a'ay E>ohn *3F(G" In other words, I;ou would !e !etter off if I /o awa."I I am sure the. thou/ht, IHow would we !e !etter off if He /oes awa.KI 50 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Then He said, +% + go not a'ay, the Com%orter Ethe Hol. 8hostG 'ill not ome unto you( In that da., >esus was a!le to minister onl. to the people He came into contact with" 6imited !. His ph.sical !od., He could !e in onl. one place at a time" So it was !etter for Him to /o awa. and send the Hol. Spirit" Once He had come in the 1erson of the Hol. Spirit, His power would !e limitless" The Godhead D)ells In You In >ohn *)F'+ He said, +% a man love me, he 'ill &eep my 'or$s0 an$ my :ather 'ill love him, an$ 'e 'ill ome unto him, an$ ma&e our abo$e 'ith him( In other words, >esus was promisin/ that the whole 8odheadDthe ?ather, the Son, and the Hol. 8hostDwould dwell in us" #hen he 'as $eman$e$ o% the Pharisees, 'hen the &ing$om o% )o$ shoul$ ome, he ans'ere$ them an$ sai$, "he &ing$om o% )o$ ometh not 'ith observation0 FCeither shall they say, 7o here- or, lo "he King$om 8as Come 51 there- %or, behol$, the &ing$om o% )o$ is 'ithin you( 7u&e 16020,21 The a!o5e passa/e clearl. shows that when >esus told His disciples in Aatthew 3F*# to pra., "hy &ing$om ome, He was talkin/ a!out the inward esta!lishment of the <in/dom of 8od, not the ph.sical kin/dom that will !e set up at the end of the a/es" A/ain we can appl. the law of dou!le reference" >esus said, I1ra. that the will of 8od !e done in the earth the same wa. it is in hea5en"I The ph.sical !od. of man was made out of the dust of the earthC the inner man was not" The real creation was !reathed out of the mouth of 8od, the Spirit of 8od" Adam was created to fellowship with =eit." 8od is a spirit" Spirits don9t communicate with !odies" The communication 8od had with Adam in the 8arden was in the spirit realm" The real .ou is the human spirit" >esus said pra. that the will of 8od !e done in the earth as it is in hea5en" 52 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ :e don9t ha5e to pra. "hy &ing$om ome toda. !ecause it has alread. comeH If .ou ha5e !een !orn a/ain, the <in/dom is within .ou" The <in/dom a!ides in .our human spirit, housed in .our ph.sical !od." God's *ingdom 4perates Through the 0uman Spirit The word &ing$om means Idomain"I The <in/dom of 8od is the place in which 8od has dominion" It does not come with o!ser5ation" The <in/dom of 8od came to earth when men were !orn a/ain, when the. recei5ed the new !irth of the human spirit" ;ou learn to tap the power of the <in/dom !. stud.in/ the :ord of 8od" Remem!er, >esus said, See& ye %irst the &ing$om o% )o$, an$ his righteousness9 an$ all these things shall be a$$e$ unto you( ;ou ha5e to seek first the <in/dom" ?ind where the <in/dom is and how the <in/dom operates" The human spirit is where the <in/dom is set up, and it is capa!le of "he King$om 8as Come 5/ pro5idin/ e5er.thin/ .ou need in this life, whether it !e spiritual, ph.sical, or financial" It is desi/ned to either produce it, lead .ou to it, or cause it to come" ;ou need to know how to allow .our spirit to operate effecti5el. in the <in/dom" ;our own spirit knows more than .our intellect" 1aul said, :or 'hat man &no'eth the things o% a man, save the spirit o% man 'hih is in him E* -or" 'F**G" It is .our human spiritDthe real .ou, the man on the insideDwho is in contact with 8od and knows all a!out .ouF .our needs, failures, shortcomin/s, stron/ points" A man9s intellect does not know allC !ut if .ou learn to tap into .our spirit, which can tap the wisdom of 8od, then as >esus said all thin/s will !e added unto .ou" ;ou will prosper" :hen .ou were !orn a/ain, it didn9t take lon/ for .ou to reali@e that .our ph.sical !od. didn9t /et !orn a/ain" If .our !od. had certain ha!its !efore .ou /ot sa5ed, it wanted to continue those ha!its e5en after .ou were sa5ed" It was .our spirit man that was !orn a/ain" ;ou had to mortif. the deeds of .our !od." 51 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ ERom" %F*+"G It is 5ital that .ou reali@e the <in/dom, or the domain, of 8od is inside .ouH ;our human spirit is !orn of the Spirit of 8od" ;ou ha5e the life of 8od in .ou" ;ou ha5e the 8reater One inside .ou, so He is capa!le of e2ercisin/ dominion in .our spirit at .our will" He is able to $o eAee$ing abun$antly above all that 'e as& or thin&, aor$ing to the po'er that 'orð in us EEph" +F'#G" Things To Remember The earth was desi/ned to !e a duplicate of hea5en" It is 8od9s will for thin/s to !e on earth as the. are in hea5en" :e don9t ha5e to pra. "hy &ing$om ome( The <in/dom has alread. come" >esus came to dwell in man throu/h the Hol. Spirit" The <in/dom of 8od is within you- 8 8 4ur Source o$ Supply #hosoever ometh to me, an$ heareth my sayings, an$ $oeth them, + 'ill she' you to 'hom he is li&e ( ( ( E6uke 3F)(G" >esus said that a man who ometh to me, an$ heareth my sayings, an$ $oeth them di/s deep and la.s the foundation of his life on a rock, which is the :ord of 8od" He !ases his doin/s on what 8od9s :ord sa.s and not on the world s.stem" To succeed ph.sicall., financiall., and spirituall., we must o!e. 8od9s :ord" >esus tells us what to do and how to do it" It is then up to us to follow instructions" In Aatthew 3F++ >esus makes this statementF See& ye %irst the &ing$om o% )o$, an$ his righteousness9 an$ all these things shall be a$$e$ unto you( In 55 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ other words, first thin/s first" Someone mi/ht sa. this is o5ersimplif.in/ thin/s, !ut I didn9t sa. itD>esus didH God Wants to Supply your 3eeds 0ere on #arth Some people think when >esus said, (((all these things shall be a$$e$ unto you, He meant when we /et to hea5en, not on earth" =on9t let the =e5il con .ou into !elie5in/ that" The stor. is told of a 5er. wealth. man who died" :hen someone asked how much mone. he left, the law.er replied, IAll of it"I Hea5en is a wealth. place" It is filled with a!undance" ;ou won9t need mone. up there" ;ou need it here on the earth" :hen .ou /et to hea5en, there will !e nothin/ to !u., no demons to cast out, no sick to heal" Aan. people !elie5e when >esus said, See& the &ing$om, He meant to look to the hea5ens" I thou/ht that wa. for .ears" Then one da. it occurred to me, I:hat am I /oin/ to do with it up thereK There won9t !e an.thin/ to !u." There won9t !e Our Soure o% Supply 56 an. needs there" 8asoline won9t !e M*"+# a /allon and coffee won9t !e M4 a poundHI I won9t need mone. when I /et to hea5en" 1aul said, :e brought nothing into this 'orl$, an$ it is ertain 'e an arry nothing out E* Tim" 3F(G" It is in the earth toda. that we need the power of 8od and His anointin/ to /ain riches" :e need them no' to preach the 8ospelDnot when we /et to hea5enH If .ou seek the Source, then all these thin/s will !e added to .ou" ut it requires dedication" God Will Grant your Desires Some people hesitate to totall. commit themsel5es to 8od, to seek 8od9s <in/dom first" The. sa., IIf I sell out to 8od, He mi/ht send me to Africa, and I don9t want to /o"I That9s not the wa. it works" >ames said if a man is a doer of the :ord and not a hearer onl., he will !e !lessed in his deedsC he will walk in the per%et la' o% liberty( E>ames *F'+,'4"G 58 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ If .ou are totall. sold out to 8od, determined to do His will and purpose without reser5ation to o!e., then .ou will know 8od9s will" If .ou are totall. committed to 8od, He will /i5e .ou the desires of .our heart" E1s" +(F),4"G He will put a desire in .our heart for the 5er. thin/ He wants .ou to do" Then .ou will !e doin/ e2actl. what .ou want to do and !e in His perfect will" 1salm +)F*# sa.s, "hey that see& the 7or$ shall not 'ant any goo$ thing( 6et me /i5e .ou an e2ample" I had !een a farmer for twent.$ei/ht .ears and I lo5ed it" I had told people, II9ll ne5er quit farmin/"I It was the /reatest desire of m. heart" ut when I sold out to 8od, He !e/an to chan/e m. desires" I didn9t want to !e a preacher !ecause I had the wron/ idea of preachers" ut finall. I told m. wife, II don9t know where 8od is leadin/, !ut I9m /oin/"I It was se5eral .ears !efore 8od required me to /i5e up farmin/C !ut /raduall., little !. little, He chan/ed m. desires" Our Soure o% Supply 59 In *&(& I sold out of the farmin/ !usiness !ecause the /reatest desire of m. heart was to teach and preach the :ord of 8od" Toda. I am doin/ e2actl. what I want to do and I9m in the perfect will of 8od, !ecause 8od has put His desire in m. heart" There are some people who /o throu/h life, e5en in the ministr., !ein/ o!edient to all the. know, !ut the. ne5er find what 8od wants them to do !ecause the. aren9t willin/ to do it" It seems as thou/h 8od will not re5eal His complete will until .ou are willin/ to do it" If .ou /et willin/, 8od will chan/e .our desires and .ou will ha5e Bo. doin/ it" So man. /o throu/h life misera!leC the. are o!edient, !ut not willin/" The. are doin/ it !ecause the. know it is required of them" The. ne5er do the perfect will of 8od !ecause the. aren9t willin/ to reall. sell out to 8od" Then .ou ha5e people who are willin/, !ut somehow the. Bust ne5er /et around to doin/ it" oth of these are misera!le throu/hout life" 60 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ ;ou will ne5er find out what 8od reall. has in store for .ou unless .ou are willin/ to /o where5er He leads .ou" Once .ou !ecome willin/, He will chan/e .our desires" Put God 'e$ore Things In order for .our desires to !e the same as 8od9s, .ou must !e committed to seekin/ 8od, not those desires" In Aatthew 3F'), >esus said, Co man an serve t'o masters0 %or either he 'ill hate the one, an$ love the other9 or else he 'ill hol$ to the one, an$ $espise the other( ,e annot serve )o$ an$ mammon( This simpl. means that .ou cannot ser5e !oth 8od and riches" ;ou must choose to ser5e 8od and make riches ser5e .ou" If .ou /o lustin/ after riches, .ou will fail in life" Second 1eter *F) sa.s, #hereby are given unto us eAee$ing great an$ preious promises0 that by these ye might be parta&ers o% the $ivine nature, having esape$ the orruption that is in the 'orl$ through lust( Our Soure o% Supply 61 If .ou sa., II9m /oin/ to !e rich and !e Ar" i/,I .ou will fail" There is no room for that kind of prosperit. in 8od9s plans" ;ou mi/ht /et it that wa. throu/h the world9s s.stem, !ut it9s not /oin/ to work with 8od" If .our heart condemns .ou, .our faith will not work" :ron/ moti5es will shut down .our faith" "hey that 'ill be rih %all into temptation an$ a snare, an$ into many %oolish an$ hurt%ul lusts, 'hih $ro'n men in $estrution an$ per$ition( :or the love o% money is the root o% all evil E* Tim" 3F&,*#G" It9s the lo5e of mone. that is the root of all e5il, !ut there are people committin/ that sinDfallin/ into temptation and snareDwho don9t ha5e an. mone.H The. would kill .ou for M4#H It9s not mone. that9s the sinC it9s the lo5e of it" >esus said, 2 man*s li%e onsisteth not in the abun$ane o% the things 'hih he possesseth E6uke *'F*4G" 1aul ur/es us not to spend time seekin/ after thin/s" He 62 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ sa.s, )o$liness 'ith ontentment is great gain E* Tim" 3F3G" ;ou must not make riches .our /od, !ut .ou can ser5e 8od and ha5e riches" 8od wants His people to !e wise in every area of their li5es" ;ou an ser5e 8od and ha5e riches if .ou will use riches the wa. 8od intended" It is all ri/ht to ha5e thin/s, as lon/ as thin/s don9t ha5e .ouH The ke. to !ein/ successful is simple" Act on the faith .ou ha5e and do what >esus saidF Seek first the <in/dom of 8od and His ri/hteousness" ;ou must learn to seek the Source of suppl." The <in/dom of 8od is the Source" Things To Remember Seek .e first the kin/dom of 8od, and his ri/hteousnessC and all these thin/s shall !e added unto .ou" These things will !e added to .ou on earth" ;ou won9t need mone. in hea5en" If .ou seek 8od9s <in/dom first, .ou Our Soure o% Supply 6/ will know His will and He will /i5e .ou the desires of .our heart" Seek the Source, not the thin/sH -hoose to ser5e 8od and make riches ser5e .ouH 9 9 Sell and Give Sell that ye have, an$ give alms9 provi$e yourselves bags 'hih 'aA not ol$, a treasure in the heavens that %aileth not, 'here no thie% approaheth, neither moth orrupteth( :or 'here your treasure is, there 'ill your heart be also( 7u&e 120//,/1 >esus tells .ou in 5erse ++ how to operate in His <in/dom" If .ou are /oin/ to operate in the <in/dom of 8od, .ou must operate in <in/dom principles" Aost -hristians are failin/ !ecause the. are tr.in/ to operate the world s.stem in the <in/dom of 8od" ;ou ha5e to operate <in/dom principles in the <in/dom" :orld s.stem wa.s will not work in .our spirit" ;ou must use <in/dom principles, which are forei/n to the world9s wa. of thinkin/" Sell that ye have( >esus is ministerin/ to all kinds of people" There are some 65 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ po5ert.$stricken people in that crowd, and He sa.s, Sell that ye have( In other words, IIf .ou don9t ha5e an.thin/ to /i5e, sell somethin/ and /i5e"I Provi$e yourselves bags( >esus didn9t sa. to Ipro5ide for .ourself with !a/s"I He said to pro5ide .oursel5es !a/s" :hen the i!le speaks of I.ourselfI and the Apostle 1aul speaks of Ihimself,I the. are referrin/ to the inner man" The real .ou is the man on the insideDthe spirit man, the human spirit" =eposit 8od9s :ord in .our spirit" Then speak forth 8od9s :ord from .our heart" A /ood man out of the /ood treasure of his heart will !rin/ forth /ood thin/s" As an e2ample, let9s take the scripture 5erse, 6uke 3F+%" e/in to sa., IThank 8od, !ecause I ha5e /i5en, it is /i5en unto me /ood measure, pressed down, shaken to/ether, and runnin/ o5er"I Speak it" Aake it a dail. confession" rin/ it forth with the words of .our mouth" 8od is honestC He will perform His Sell an$ )ive 66 :ord" He said, IA. :ord will not return unto Ae 5oid"I EIs" 44F**"G ut 8od wants you to return His :ord to Him" So take 8od9s :ordDHis promise concernin/ a specific thin/" If .our need is in the area of finances, put that :ord in .our heart !. speakin/ it there" 8et the /ood treasure of 8od9s :ord in .our mouth, then speak it" That will !rin/ it out and cause a manifestation" 8i5in/ is one of the fundamental principles of the law of prosperit." It9s not the amount /i5en that is the /reatest importance to 8od, !ut the percenta/e" If .ou ha5e fi5e pennies and /i5e one of them, .ou ha5e /i5en twent. percent of all that .ou own" To 8od that is Bust as important as a man who has fi5e million dollars and /i5es a million" As far as 8od is concerned, that man hasn9t /i5en more than .ou ha5e" !e)ards are ,ased on percentages given: The return is !ased on the amount .ou /i5e" This principle works for .ou the same as it does for the millionaire" The onl. difference is that he is 68 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ operatin/ with lar/er num!ers" If .ou will continue usin/ the principle, .our nickel can turn into a million dollarsH Don't #at Your Seed 6uke 3F+% sa.s, )ive, an$ it shall be given unto you"""" ut some people eat their seedF The. use all that the. recei5e on themsel5es until the. ha5e nothin/ to /i5e" A /ood e2ample of what happens when .ou eat .our seed can !e seen in the life of a man I met in Aontana" He picked me up at the airport and dro5e me to a meetin/" Thou/h he did 5er. little talkin/, I could tell e5er.thin/ was /oin/ wron/ for him" After the last meetin/ of the seminar, he came to me and said, Irother -apps, m. wife and I are in !ad financial trou!le" She doesn9t ha5e a Bo!, and m. Bo! doesn9t pa. enou/h to meet the !ills" I don9t know what we9re /oin/ to doHI I said, I6et9s pra."I Not knowin/ how to pra., I pra.ed in the Spirit" As I pra.ed, the Spirit of 8od Sell an$ )ive 69 said to me, IHe has eaten his seed" He has taken mone. he should ha5e /i5en to the 8ospel and used it for other thin/s"I As I pra.ed for that man, the 6ord said, I8i5e him M*##" Then tell him not to spend it on himself, !ut to /i5e it awa."I He told me later that the 6ord had alread. spoken to him a!out /i5in/ to two ministries" ut he said, II didn9t ha5e an. mone. to /i5e"I He took the mone. I /a5e him and di5ided it !etween the two ministries" A!out three months later when I went !ack to that town for another seminar, the man said, II want to tell .ou what happenedF I /ot a raise and m. wife /ot a Bo!H Our financial pro!lems are o5erHI Seeds re $or Planting An. farmer knows if he eats his seed, he will !e in trou!leH All 8od has to work with is what is sown or /i5en" He can9t produce a crop if 80 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ we ha5en9t /i5en Him the seed to multipl." Aake a ha!it of /i5in/, whether .our income is lar/e or small" Unless .ou /i5e when .our income is small, .ou will ne5er /i5e !i/" If .ou ha5en9t de5eloped the ha!it of /i5in/ tithes and offerin/s when .ou are makin/ M&# a week, .ou will ne5er do it when .ou are makin/ M*,### a week" :e must !e o!edient to the !asic principle which remains the same re/ardless of our income" >esus said if .ou don9t ha5e an.thin/ to /i5e, sell what .ou ha5e to /et some seed" You !eap on #arth Sell that you have, an$ give alms9 provi$e yourselves bags 'hih 'aA not ol$, a treasure in the heavens that %aileth not E6uke *'F++G" Traditionall., we ha5e misinterpreted this 5erse to mean that we are la.in/ up treasures in hea5en which are una5aila!le to us on earth" :e won9t need mone. in hea5enC we need it here on earth" Sell an$ )ive 81 Your Bag Is your Spirit ;0eart< :hen >esus said, Provi$e yourselves bags 'hih 'aA not ol$, He didn9t mean to /et a purse that .ou would use in hea5enH :hat part of .ou doesn9t /et oldK 1aul said, "hough our out'ar$ man perish, yet the in'ar$ man is rene'e$ $ay by $ay E' -or" )F*3G" Accordin/ to 1aul, the part of .ou that doesn9t wa2 old is .our human spirit" ;our inward man is renewed da. !. da.C it ne5er a/es" The 8reek word for treasure in 6uke *'F++ means $eposit( >esus is sa.in/ that, !. /i5in/, .ou are pro5idin/ .ourself Ethe human spiritG as a !a/, a purse, or container, in which .ou store or deposit 8od9s :ord Ethe TreasureG" Aoths can9t corrupt this !a/C neither can thie5es steal it !ecause this container is the heart" >esus said, :or 'here your treasure is, there 'ill your heart be also( The treasure isn9t !ein/ stored for .ou to /et later in hea5en" It9s in .our heartDthe production center of 8od9s <in/dom" This is 8od9s <in/dom at work on the 82 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ earth" Your 3eed 0as 'een Supplied Inflation is a thief, !ut it can9t steal what .ou put in .our heart" 1ut 8od9s :ord in .our heart, and thie5in/ circumstances will not !e a!le to ro! .ou" -onfess dail.F II ha5e /i5en, and it shall !e /i5en unto me" I sow !ountifull.C therefore, I9m reapin/ !ountifull." A. 8od meets all of m. need accordin/ to His riches in /lor. !. -hrist >esus"I 1aul wrote the 1hilippian church and said, !y )o$ shall supply all your nee$ aor$ing to his rihes in glory by Christ Jesus E1hil" )F*&G" He used the word nee$, not nee$s( 1rior to this, he had said, " " " no hurh ommuniate$ 'ith me as onerning giving an$ reeiving, but ye only " " " ye sent one an$ again unto my neessity E55" *4,*3G" The 1hilippians had !een o!edient to the laws of prosperit. and had hidden the /ood :ord of 8od in their hearts" ecause the. /a5e Sell an$ )ive 8/ to help 1aul, 8od9s ser5ant, then 8od was promisin/ to suppl. all their need" He was sa.in/ that their needs wouldn9t pile up, !ut that the. would ha5e one need at a time and that He would meet each need as it came due" The promise came !ecause the. had stored the :ord of 8od in their hearts and acted on it !. /i5in/" Accordin/ to 6uke *'F++, when we sell what we ha5e and /i5e alms, we are provided a treasure in the heavens that faileth not. In the i!le three different phrases are translated heaven or heavens( In this 5erse from 6uke9s 8ospel, heaven refers to the lower le5el of hea5en, which is Bust a little hi/her than the earth" The 8reek word for heavens in 6uke *'F++ doesn9t mean the hi/her hea5en where 8od isC it means the first le5el of hea5en which is Bust a!o5e the world s.stem" The World's System Is Designed to =ail 8od9s s.stem of success we are 81 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ discussin/ is not positi5e thinkin/ or a scheme dreamed up to work in the world s.stem" It works in the spiritual realm" It works out of the human spirit, not out of man9s intellect" If .ou onl. confess out of .our head E.our mindG the s.stem won9t work !ecause it9s a spiritual operation" Provi$e yourselves bags 'hih 'aA not ol$ (((( 6et .our spirit produce what .ou need" 6et it !e the /round in which .ou deposit the seed of 8od9s :ord" Out of that seed /ood thin/s will /row and .ou will reap the har5est on earth" """ a treasure in the heavens that %aileth not""" " After all the world9s schemes failDwhen e5er.!od. is hidin/ in the mountains, storin/ up for the famineD8od9s s.stem of sowin/ and reapin/ will pre5ail" The present world s.stem is failin/ !ecause it was desi/ned to fail" 8od9s s.stem won9t failC it will pre5ail" :hen e5er.one else has an empt. /as tank, .our tank will !e runnin/ o5er !ecause of the /ood seed .ou ha5e sown in .our heart" Sell an$ )ive 84 >esus sa.s that it is unfailin/ on the hi/her plane where no thief approaches and no moth corrupts" E6uke *'F++"G :e !e/in to think, "hat must be in heaven beause no thie% an get up there an$ there 'ill be no moths or insets there to orrupt it( ut wait a minuteH He sa.s, Provi$e yourselves bags that 'aA not ol$( How man. ladies do .ou know whose purses are no older now than when the. !ou/ht themK >esus is sa.in/, I1ro5ide yoursel% as a container, a depositor., that will ne5er wa2 old"I ;ou ma. sa., IThat must !e in hea5en"I No" In ' -orinthians )F*3 the Apostle 1aul sa.s, " " " but though our out'ar$ man perish, yet the in'ar$ man is rene'e$ $ay by $ay( >esus was sa.in/ that .ou pro5ide .ourself" ;our human spirit, which the i!le calls Ithe heart,I !ecomes the container that .ou put the treasure in" Now how do .ou put it in thereK In Romans *#F*% 1aul tells .ouF "he 'or$ is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, an$ in thy heart( ?irst in thy mouth, then in thy heart( It /ets in .our mouth !efore it /ets 85 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ in .our heart" The 1salmist =a5id said, " " " my tongue is the pen o% a rea$y 'riter E1s" )4F*G" 1ro5er!s +F+ refers to writin/ upon the table o% thine heart( How do .ou do itK :ith the ton/ue" The ton/ue is the instrument that writes on the heart" :hen we operate in the realm of the spirit with 8od the ?ather, we will find the wisdom of 8od to !rin/ our prosperit. on earth" -onsider the account of the prophet Elisha in ' <in/s 3F*$3" :hen he and the sons of the prophets went out to cut down some poles at the ed/e of the >ordan, one of the a2 heads flew off and sank in the ri5er" The prophet Elisha cut a stick and threw it in the water where the a2 head had sunk" The people standin/ around must ha5e wondered, I:hat in the world is he doin/KI Elisha used the stick to cause somethin/ to happenF The a2 head floated to the topH Under the world9s Sell an$ )ive 86 s.stem a2 heads don9t float, !ut Elisha was operatin/ in the spirit realm" An a2 head floatin/ on water is a spiritual operation that cannot !e e2plained in natural terms" :hen .ou operate in the spirit realm, the people around .ou who operate in the natural realm will react to .ou Bust like the people reacted to Elisha" The.9ll sa., I:hat in the world is he doin/ !. confessin/ a!undance and no lackK The news tells us that inflation is eatin/ up our !ank accountsHI 1eople ha5e told me, I8od9s not concerned a!out material thin/s"I Isn9t an a2 head a material thin/K There is certainl. nothin/ spiritual a!out itH 8od produces miracles of like su!stance" :hen Elisha wanted the a2 to float, he threw somethin/ in the water that would float and recei5ed a miracle of like su!stance" God's System Produces ,undance :e must reali@e that 8od desi/ned a 88 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ s.stem in the earth, in you, that will produce e5er.thin/ .ou need in this life Dnot Bust enou/h to !arel. /et alon/, !ut more than enou/h so that .ou can li5e the a!undant lifeH ;ou must work the s.stem dili/entl.C otherwise, it won9t produce for .ou, Bust as the world s.stem won9t produce for the man who is too la@. to work at it" Some people can start with nothin/ and make a million dollars" :h.K ecause the. know how to operate the world s.stem" Others, not dili/ent in operatin/ the world s.stem of !usiness, could start with a million dollars !ut lose it to someone who applies himself in the wa.s of the world" 4perate in the Spiritual !ealm 8od9s principles, which operate on a spiritual plane, put a positi5e char/e around .ou and ward off all that the =e5il can send a/ainst .ou" This faith force, which works on a hi/her plane, causes the !lessin/s of 8od to come to .ou when e5er.one else is in lack" Sell an$ )ive 89 <nowin/ how to li5e on that hi/her plane is worth di//in/ for in the :ord of 8od" >esus said that .ou are pro5idin/ a treasure on a hi/her plane that 'ill %ail not( That treasure won9t fail 'hen it*s on that higher plane( If .ou dra/ the supernatural principles down to the le5el of the world, the. will fail" If .ou sa., IThis s.stem doesn9t look as thou/h it9s /oin/ to workHI .ou9re dra//in/ the spiritual principles down to the le5el of what .ou see, feel, and hear" The. won9t workH Appl. the /i5in/ principle to small matters first until .ou learn how to /i5e successfull." It will work Bust as well to /et .ou a parkin/ place downtown as it will to !rin/ in M4#,### to pa. a note" 8od9s wa. is a miracle of like su!stance" No matter what .ou /i5e upDwhether it9s mone. or .our parkin/ placeDit works !. the same principle" Things To Remember 8i5in/ is one of the fundamental principles of the laws of prosperit." 90 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Rewards are !ased on the percenta/es /i5en" =on9t eat .our seedH Aake a ha!it of /i5in/" If .ou don9t ha5e an.thin/ to /i5e, Sell somethin/" . /i5in/, .ou are pro5idin/ .ourself E.our spiritG as a !a/" ;ou deposit 8od9s :ord in .our spirit !. speakin/ it" The :ord is in .our mouth !efore it /ets in .our heart" Operatin/ in 8od9s s.stem will produce a!undance in .our life" The !lessin/s will come when others lackH > > Spea+ing *ingdom ?anguage To put 8od9s principles into motion and /et them to work for .ou, .ou must spend time meditatin/ 8od9s :ord" In >oshua *F% 8od said to >oshuaF "his boo& o% the la' shall not $epart out o% thy mouth9 but thou shalt me$itate therein $ay an$ night, that thou mayest observe to $o aor$ing to all that is 'ritten therein0 %or then thou shalt ma&e thy 'ay prosperous, an$ then thou shalt have goo$ suess( 1icture .ourself in >oshua9s shoes" After Aoses died, 8od put on >oshua the responsi!ilit. of leadin/ three million people" These are the same people that murmured a/ainst Aoses and said, #oul$ )o$ that 'e ha$ $ie$(""in the 'il$erness- ENum" *)F'G" 92 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 8od instructed >oshua how to have goo$ suess, how he could $eal 'isely in all the affairs of life" 8od told him to !e moti5ated !. His :ordF "his boo& o% the la' Ethe :ord of 8odG shall not $epart out o% thy mouth( In other words, >oshua was to keep sa.in/ what 8od said" In =euteronom. '%F*,' 8od said, +% thou shalt hear&en $iligently unto the voie o% the 7or$ thy )o$ ( ( " all these blessings shall ome upon thee, an$ overta&e thee( A/ain, this means that the wa. to ha5e success is to keep speakin/ 8od9s :ord" Meditate the Word 8od told >oshua to me$itate therein Ein the :ordG $ay an$ night( Aeditatin/ the :ord is 5ital for prosperin/ the soul" !e$itate means Ito dwell on, think onC to mutter or speak to one9s self"I A secret of success lies in this definitionH 8od was tellin/ >oshua to /et it inside him !. quotin/ what 8od said with his own 5oice" . Imeditatin/ da. and Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 9/ ni/ht,I 8od didn9t mean that >oshua would ne5er sleep" He meant that >oshua was to meditate the :ord durin/ his wakin/ hours and when he la. down to sleep" If .ou /o to sleep meditatin/ on 8od9s :ord, .ou can ha5e the thin/s of 8od !efore .ou continuall. in .our spirit at ni/ht" !e$itate therein $ay an$ night, that thou mayest observe to $o aor$ing to all that is 'ritten therein0 %or then thou shalt ma&e thy 'ay prosperous( Prosperity God's Way :ho was /oin/ to make >oshua9s wa. prosperousK Joshua- He was the one who would determine his success" Some people look for someone else to !lame" 8od said that >oshua would make his wa. prosperous if he did what 8od said to do" That doesn9t mean that 8od had nothin/ to do with >oshua9s prosperit." It was 8od9s :ord that was causin/ the prosperit., !ut >oshua had to speak it" 91 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 8i5e 8od9s :ord first place in .our life" Aeditate it" =well on it" Speak it to .ourself" Juote it" It will !uild a shield of faith around .ou" EEph" 3F*3"G God's Word 'uilds a =aith Shield :inally, my brethren, be strong in the 7or$, an$ in the po'er o% his might(((ta&e unto you the 'hole armour o% )o$, that ye may be able to 'ithstan$ in the evil $ay, an$ having $one all, to stan$( Stan$ there%ore, having your loins girt about 'ith truth, an$ having on the breastplate o% righteousness9 2n$ your %eet sho$ 'ith the preparation o% the gospel o% peae9 2bove all, ta&ing the shiel$ o% %aith, 'here'ith ye shall be able to >uenh all the %iery $arts o% the 'i&e$( Bphesians 5010,1/<15 Once, while pra.in/ in the Spirit, I saw that the shield of faith was different from the shield the Roman soldiers used" Their shield was onl. effecti5e where it was heldC the enem. could come !ehind it" The shield of faith is to quench every Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 94 fier. dart of the wicked oneH The faith shield is created !. the words of .our mouth" It is as a canop. which spreads out around .ou from .our head to .our feetH This atmosphere of faith radiates from .ou and will stop whate5er the =e5il !rin/s a/ainst .ou" ;ou can compare this shield to a ma/net with a positi5e char/e" If .ou la. some tacks out on a desk and run a ma/net o5er them, the. will stick to it" ?aith attracts 8od9s !lessin/s to .ou in the same wa. a ma/net draws metal" ;ou will naturall. attract an. !lessin/ within miles" On the other hand, a ne/ati5el. char/ed ma/net, placed in the center of the tacks, will repel all of them" ;ou can9t mo5e the ma/net fast enou/h to /et e5en one tack to touch itH Someone ma. sa., II don9t know wh. 8od lets some people ha5e all the !lessin/s" 8ood deals ne5er come m. wa.HI That person is radiatin/ a ne/ati5e char/e" He could !e in the center of a pool of !lessin/s and !e repellin/ them 95 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ !ecause of the ne/ati5e char/e he is releasin/" A ne/ati5e char/e of fear and dou!t will cause the !lessin/s of 8od to flee from .ou" Some people read Ephesians 3F*3 this wa.F ITakin/ the shield of $oubt, wherewith .e shall !e a!le to quench all the blessings of )o$-F That 5erse sa.s to take the shield of %aith and quench the %iery $arts o% the enemy( This is not a theor.C it is a law of 8od9s :ordH Charge your Magnet Positively To create the positi5e char/e of faith that will draw 8od9s !lessin/s, .ou must meditate in 8od9s :ord" A positi5el. char/ed atmosphere takes time to de5elop" It takes months to /et it into .our spirit" :hen I first read the promise of 8od to A!raham in the -o5enant E8en" *(G, I thou/ht, So, )o$ ma$e a promise to 2braham( #hat goo$ $oes that $o me3 Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 96 There was a lack of knowled/e on m. part" I didn9t reali@e I was includedC !ut when I found out that I could operate in it, I !e/an to make faith statements to create a positi5e char/e around me" A man with a ne/ati5e char/e in him is positi5e a!out ne/ati5e thin/s and ne/ati5e a!out positi5e thin/s" He !elie5es that all negative things are /oin/ to ome his 'ay( If he /ot a raise the first of the month, he would sa., I:atch and see" :e9ll pro!a!l. ha5e a doctor9s !ill that will take all the e2tra mone.HI That man Bust opened the door to the =e5ilH No matter what /ood comes his wa., he alwa.s finds somethin/ e5il to sa. a!out it" It seems as thou/h e5er. !ad thin/ that comes down the road stops at his houseH That causes him to !ecome more ne/ati5e" That ne/ati5e char/e will repel !lessin/s and draw ne/ati5e thin/s to himH He sets up a force field around him !. what he speaks, either positi5e or ne/ati5e" ;ou don9t see words comin/ out .our 98 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ mouthC .ou /rasp mental ima/es as a result of hearin/ .our words" Words re Spirit ?i$e :ords are spiritual forces" >esus said in >ohn 3F3+, +t is the spirit that >ui&eneth9 the %lesh pro%iteth nothing0 the 'or$s that + spea& unto you, they are spirit, an$ they are li%e( :ords are spirit" :ords created e5er.thin/ .ou can see, feel, taste, touch, or hear" :ordsDspiritual forces, spiritual powerDcreated the whole uni5erseH ;ou ma. sa., Iut that was 8od :ho created the uni5erseHI ut in 8enesis *F'3 8od said, 7et us ma&e man in our image, a%ter our li&eness0 an$ let them have $ominion over the %ish o% the sea, an$ over the %o'l o% the air, an$ over ( ( ( all the earth( Nerse '( addsF So )o$ reate$ man in his o'n image, in the image o% )o$ reate$ he him9 male an$ %emale reate$ he them( 8od created us with the same Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 99 capa!ilities of speakin/ spirit wordsH :hen Adam sinned, he !ecame spirituall. dead" He lost the a!ilit. to put spirit life into his words" 8od sa.s that the wa. to /et words to work for .ou is to put His words in .our mouth" This is the onl. wa. He could /et spiritual life !ack into man9s words" :or verily + say unto you, "hat 'hosoever shall say unto this mountain, .e thou remove$, an$ be thou ast into the sea9 an$ shall not $oubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things 'hih he saith shall ome to pass9 he shall have 'hatsoever he saith( !ar& 1102/ The 6ord once told me, II ha5e told A. people the. can ha5e what the. sa., and A. people are sa.in/ what the. ha5e"I This statement is so simple, it9s almost foolishC .et so profound, it9s astoundin/" As lon/ as .ou sa. what .ou ha5e, .ou will ha5e what .ou sa. and no more" ;ou will ne5er ha5e more than what .ou 100 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ are sa.in/, and .ou will ne5er /et out of the position .ou are inH >esus9 words are spirit life" The. are spiritual forces, sent out from .ou, which will draw the !lessin/s of 8od to .ou" Remem!er what 8od told IsraelF IIf .ou will hearken dili/entl. unto the 5oice of the 6ordDdeclare wholl., completel., louder and louder what I ha5e saidDall those !lessin/s will come upon .ou and o5ertake .ou"I This is the lan/ua/e of the <in/dom" If !lessin/s ha5en9t o5ertaken .ou in the past, ma.!e it is !ecause .ou were declarin/, louder and louder, what the =e5il said" The onl. chance the =e5il has to /et .ou to radiate the wron/ spiritual forces is throu/h .our words" If .ou radiate the forces of 8od in a/reement with His :ord, .our circumstances will chan/e and the =e5il can9t stop it" ;ou could walk into the middle of a !ad situation, and the spiritual forces would cause the !lessin/s of 8od to surround .ou" That will draw attentionH Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 101 1eople will stand around and sa., I;ou are the luckiest /u. who e5er walkedHI The. call it luck, !ut it9s the :ord of 8odH Spea+ ,undance 'e$ore the 3eed rises Aeditate the :ord to set 8od9s s.stem in motion !efore a maBor crisis e5er comes alon/" 8od9s principles will not onl. /et .ou out of trou!le, !ut the. will keep .ou out of trou!le" It9s e2tremel. difficult to pour a foundation when the flood is on" ;ou must la. the foundation da.s and weeks !efore .ou start !uildin/" Start now to proclaimF IA. 8od supplies all m. need accordin/ to His riches in /lor." I ha5e a!undance"I Start sa.in/ it now be%ore the need arises" efore sickness comes, sa., IThank 8od, I9m healed !. >esus9 stripesH I9m deli5ered from the powers of darkness"I The time to !e/in makin/ .our confession is not after e5er.thin/ has /one wron/" It takes lon/er to work these 102 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ principles if a pro!lem is alread. upon .ou, !ecause .ou ha5e to com!at thou/hts and ima/inations" It also takes time to !uild the :ord into .our spirit" It is much easier to !elie5e .ou are walkin/ in di5ine health when .our !od. is not hurtin/" If .ou are sick, it9s all ri/ht for .ou to ha5e hands laid on .ou or /o to a doctorC !ut 8od9s !est for us is to walk in di5ine health" 8od9s will in hea5en is that there !e no sickness or disease" ;our faith won9t eliminate sickness and disease from the earthC !ut !. continuall. speakin/ the :ord of 8od, it is possi!le to eliminate it from .our house" >esus tau/ht His disciples to pra., "hy 'ill be $one in earth, as it is in heaven( A5oid /oin/ throu/h a Iwilderness e2perienceI !. la.in/ the foundation of the :ord be%ore pro!lems arise" Use .our faith on the front end of thin/sH Speak out .our confession of faith when .ou ha5e no sickness or financial pro!lems" IThank 8od, m. 8od meets Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 10/ all m. needHI ;ou are !uildin/ stren/th into .our inner man" If .ou see a pro!lem comin/, speak to it and command it to !e remo5ed" Resist it like .ou would resist the =e5il" -onfess 8od9s :ord concernin/ prosperit. re/ularl." If .ou drift alon/ thinkin/ thin/s are /oin/ so well that .ou don9t need to keep up .our confession, .ou ma. wake up one mornin/ and find .ourself suddenl. facin/ a financial crisis" If .ou start speakin/ to the pro!lem then Eas .ou should ha5e !een doin/ all alon/G, .ou ma. ha5e to li5e with the situation until the laws ha5e time to work" How lon/ should .ou keep confessin/ the :ord of 8odK Until >esus comesH Con%ess it $aily( Aake it a wa. of life to speak forth a!undance !efore a need arises" . continuall. speakin/ what 8od sa.s, .ou are continuall. keepin/ His :ord workin/ in .our finances and in .our ph.sical !od." Prosper your Soul 101 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Aeditatin/ the :ordDspeakin/ a!undance !efore a need arisesDcauses .our soulish man to prosper which, in turn, !rin/s it in line with .our spirit man Ethe inner manG" ;ou will so esta!lish the prosperit. of .our soul that .ou will resist the first s.mptom that hits .our !od. as .ou would resist the =e5ilH ;ou will automaticall. sa., INo, in the name of >esus, .ou stopH I don9t allow that in m. !od."I The same principle holds true for lack" At the first s.mptom of lack, speak out !oldl.F IIn the name of >esus, I command .ou to depart" A. 8od supplies m. needHI ;ou ma. find .ourself seein/ the truth in these areas, !ut not actin/ on them" If .ou meditate on them and on the #or$ on 'hih they are base$, .ou will !e moti5ated !. them" Words Will 0eal or *ill E5en those in medical science ha5e found 1ro5er!s *%F'* to !e trueF @eath an$ li%e are in the po'er o% the tongue( Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 104 Recentl., I heard of a doctor who told of a situation that occurred in his practice" :hen he told one of his patients that she must ha5e an operation, she said, IIf .ou operate on me, I9ll dieHI ecause of that, he would not perform the needed sur/er." He dismissed her from the hospital" 6ater, a .oun/ collea/ue approached the doctor and said, II heard .ou dismissed that patient whom .ou said must ha5e an operation" :h.KI The doctor said, II wouldn9t touch her !ecause she was speakin/ thin/s that would !rin/ deathHI That doctor was aware of the power of words" There is a neurosur/eon in :isconsin who treats people !. word therap." He has patients do what he calls mental eAerises for fifteen minutes a da." ?or e2ample, someone with hi/h !lood pressure sa.s for fifteen minutes a da.F IA. !lood pressure is one hundred and twent. o5er ei/ht."I The doctor said, I:hether or not that patient understands what he is sa.in/ makes no differenceC 105 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ his !od. knows and will o!e. himHI A person with su/ar dia!etes sa.s for fifteen minutes e5er. da.F IA. pancreas secretes sufficient insulin for this !od."I The neurosur/eon stated that the patient does not ha5e to know what his pancreas is or doesC his !od. knows and will o!e. his 5oice" He said, II don9t know 'hy it works, !ut it doesHI The wh. is !ar& 1102/- It has taken medical science two thousand .ears to find out that >esus knew what He was talkin/ a!outH The doctor /a5e as an illustration a hopeless caseDa lad. who had terminal cancer" The doctors had done all the. could for her" She had !een in terri!le painC !ut after three weeks of word therap., all the pain left her !od.H Three months later , ra.s showed no si/n of cancer" She was totall. healedH This is not mind o5er matterC it is 8od9s :ord o5er all matter" 8od told Adam to ha5e dominion, and that dominion was throu/h his words" Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 106 -onfess dail. that e5er. disease /erm and 5irus that touches .our !od. will die instantl.H Su!due it and ha5e dominion o5er it" Some people ma. sa., I;ou must think .ou9re 8od,I Bust !ecause .ou will not !ow to all the circumstances of lifeH >esus said, +% ye ha$ %aith as a grain o% mustar$ see$, ye might say unto this syamine tree, .e thou plu&e$ up by the root, an$ be thou plante$ in the sea9 an$ it shoul$ obey you( :ords created .our !od." :ords created e5er.thin/" >esus said the s.camine tree would o!e. .ouH The s.camine tree isn9t smarter than .our !od.C it is an inanimate o!Bect" +t will o!e. .ou" -ircumstances will o!e. .ou" :ords will affect .our !od." The. will cause .ou to !e healed or remain sick" Aedical science disco5ered .ears a/o that a!out se5ent. percent of all sickness comes from what people sa. or do" Aan. sicknesses are spiritual" ?or e2ample, /ettin/ into strife or har!orin/ unfor/i5eness are spiritual pro!lems, !ut 108 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ the. can cause ph.sical pro!lems" Medical Cures Through Words In the da.s to come, the medical profession is /oin/ to find cures for dreaded diseases like !one disease, and the cures are /oin/ to come predominatel. from the !ook of 1ro5er!s" Aan. of these diseases and pro!lems will !e cured onl. when people strai/hten out their lan/ua/e and put per5erse lips far from them" "he heart o% the 'ise teaheth his mouth, an$ a$$eth learning to his lips( Pleasant 'or$s are as an honeyomb, s'eet to the soul, an$ health to the bones E1ro5" *3F'+,')G" 2 merry heart $oeth goo$ li&e a me$iine0 but a bro&en spirit $rieth the bones E1ro5" *(F''G" The words .ou speak are powerfulH The. can !e healin/ forces" The. can minister to .ou life or death" Things To Remember Spea&ing King$om 7anguage 109 Success comes as .ou meditate and speak 8od9s :ord" ;ou are the one who determines .our success" 8i5in/ 8od9s :ord first place in .our life !uilds a shield of faith around .ou" Speakin/ faith$filled words attracts 8od9s !lessin/s to .ou the same wa. a ma/net draws metal" Speak a!undance be%ore the need arises" If .ou see a pro!lem comin/, speak to it and command it to !e remo5ed" Resist lack like .ou would resist the =e5il" <eep 8od9s :ord in .our mouth until >esus comesH Aake this a wa. of lifeH @ @ Dominion Through the *ingdom Adam had the knowled/e of all /oodC he tapped into re5elation knowled/e of 8od9s Spirit" All that he /ained !. eatin/ of that tree in the 8arden was knowled/e of calamit. and how to produce it !. the words of his mouth" Satan failed to tell AdamF IThe da. .ou eat of the tree of !lessin/ and calamit., .ou9ll not onl. /ain knowled/e of how to produce calamit. !. the words of .our mouth, !ut .ou9ll lose control of .our ton/ueH ;ou9ll !e ruled !. an e5il forceHI The Tongue Governs the 0eart !y brethren, be not many masters, &no'ing that 'e shall reeive the greater on$emnation( :or in many things 'e o%%en$ all( +% any man o%%en$ not in 'or$, the same is a per%et man, an$ able also to bri$le the 112 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 'hole bo$y( James /01,2 The perfect Eor matureG man is one who doesn9t offend in 'or$( The 8reek sa.s, IIf he does not stum!le in his words, he is a perfect man, and a!le to !ridle the whole !od."I "he 2mpli%ie$ .ible sa.s he will !e a!le to Icur! his entire nature"I .ehol$, 'e put bits in the horses* mouths, that they may obey us9 an$ 'e turn about their 'hole bo$y( .ehol$ also the ships, 'hih though they be so great, an$ are $riven o% %iere 'in$s, yet are they turne$ about 'ith a very small helm, 'hithersoever the governor listeth( James /0/,1 The heart is the /o5ernor, !ut the ton/ue is what pro/rams the /o5ernor" :ords are e2tremel. powerful !ecause .our ton/ue /o5erns .our heartH >ames is sa.in/ that a !it in a horse9s mouth will turn his whole !od." A !it puts pressure on the ton/ue" The words .ou are sa.in/ will turn .ou a!out" ?inanciall., .ou could !e on the !rink of @ominion "hrough the King$om 11/ disaster" If .ou will strai/hten out .our wordsDput pressure on .our ton/ueD .ou will chan/e .our courseH The heart produces what .ou plant in it" ;our ton/ue is the rudder of .our ship" If .ou don9t like where .ou are headed, turn the rudder" 3o Man Can Tame the Tongue :hen Adam sinned, he !roke that communication link of the word !etween 8od and man" ?rom m. stud. of !oth Old and New Testaments, I am con5inced that Adam9s fall was directl. connected to his ton/ue" :hen Adam ate the for!idden fruit, it poisoned his ton/ue" Bven so the tongue is a little member, an$ boasteth great things( .ehol$, ho' great a matter a little %ire &in$leth- 2n$ the tongue is a %ire, a 'orl$ o% ini>uity, so is the tongue among our members, that it $e%ileth the 'hole bo$y, an$ setteth on %ire the ourse o% nature9 an$ it is set on %ire o% hell( James /04,5 111 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ >ames +F% states that the ton/ue is an unruly evil, an$ %ull o% $ea$ly poison( 8od didn9t set it on fireC the =e5il didH Aan was capa!le of tappin/ the tree of life with his ton/ue in the 8arden, and he is still capa!le of doin/ that toda." The :ord sa.s, 2 'holesome tongue is a tree o% li%e0 but perverseness therein is a breah in the spirit E1ro5" *4F)G" "he 2mpli%ie$ .ible states >ames +F3 this wa.F IThe ton/ue sets on fire the wheel of !irthDthe c.cle of man9s nature""""I In other words, if .ou inherited /ood health from .our parents, more than likel. .ou will !e health.Dunless .ou don9t control .our ton/ueH ;our ton/ue can chan/e that nature .ou inheritedH There is healin/ power in .our !od.C 8od created man that wa." If .ou cut .our fin/er, .ou don9t ha5e to sta. up all ni/ht pra.in/ and hopin/ to 8od that it will heal" ;ou don9t know how it does it, !ut it will heal itself" All those 5essels will knit to/ether and healin/ will come unless .ou start sa.in/, II !elie5e it9s /ettin/ infectedH It9s @ominion "hrough the King$om 114 lookin/ worse e5er. da.H >ust watch and seeH I9ll pro!a!l. end up /oin/ to the doctor"I . speakin/ that wa., .ou can stop the healin/ power that is in .our !od." Speakin/ those words into .our heart will shut off the healin/ power" The inner man sends out an impulse that sa.s, IShut off the healin/ powerC he9s /ettin/ an infectionHI >esus said whate5er a man sa.s and !elie5es will come to pass if he doesn9t dou!t in his heart" ;our !od. was created to o!e. .our words, and it knows how" If the ton/ue is an unrul. e5il, full of deadl. poison, set on fire of hell, who can !e wholesome in their ton/ueK No man can tame itH ut to prosper ph.sicall. or financiall., the ton/ue must !e controlled" God's Spirit and the Word Tame the Tongue Aan !. his natural a!ilit. has tamed the !irds, the !easts, and the fish of the 115 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ seaC !ut no man with natural a!ilit. can tame the ton/ue" It takes supernatural a!ilit., and the :ord of 8od is supernatural a!ilit." It takes the Spirit of 8od to tame the ton/ue" It takes the 8od within .ou for .ou to sa., IA. 8od has met m. need accordin/ to His riches in /lor.,I when it looks like .our need !ein/ supplied is the farthest thin/ from the truthH It takes the Spirit of 8od within .ou to rise up for .ou to sa., IIn the name of >esus, that child pla.in/ in the street will not /et run o5erH In the name of >esus, that man9s tire will not !low out !efore he /ets to a fillin/ stationHI ;ou95e heard people sa., I6ook at that /u.H He9s /oin/ to !low that tire off the rim !efore he /oes another mileHI =o .ou reali@e wh. 8od has not turned up the power on .our wordsK If He had, .ou would ha5e !lown that man9s tire off the rimH Then if .ou had said, IThat car is /oin/ to fall apart !efore it /ets off the freewa.,I .ou would ha5e caused a serious accident" @ominion "hrough the King$om 116 This is the reason we must de5elop our faith in a creati5e manner" :e must learn to use our words creati5el." It takes 8od within us to control our ton/ues" Idle Words Bither ma&e the tree goo$, an$ his %ruit goo$9 or else ma&e the tree orrupt, an$ his %ruit orrupt0 %or the tree is &no'n by his %ruit( O generation o% vipers, ho' an ye, being evil, spea& goo$ things3 %or out o% the abun$ane o% the heart the mouth speað( !atthe' 120//,/1 >esus was addressin/ people who were speakin/ a/ainst Him" :hen .ou stud. these 5erses in conte2t, .ou will disco5er that He is tellin/ them the. will not !e let off on earth or in the world to come" Some ha5e taken this passa/e out of conte2t and ha5e misinterpreted it, thinkin/ that >esus said these men were eternall. damned to hell" He wasn9t sa.in/ that" 118 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Idle Words 'laspheme the 0oly Ghost >esus had Bust finished tellin/ the people that He would for/i5e all manner of !lasphem. e2cept that which was a/ainst the Hol. 8host" #hosoever speað against the 8oly )host EAatt" *'F+'G is !lasphemin/ a/ainst the Hol. 8host" In this scripture >esus is sa.in/F If .ou speak a/ainst the :ord of 8od, which is authored !. the Hol. 8host, .ou are !lasphemin/ Espeakin/G a/ainst the Hol. 8host and .ou won9t !e let off for thatC .ou will ha5e the results of what .ou said" There is a sin unto death" ESee * >ohn 4F*3C He!" 3F)$3C He!" *#F'3$'&G" ut the !lasphem. a/ainst the Hol. 8host mentioned in Aatthew *'F+' won9t necessaril. send .ou to hell" E5er. -hristian has done it at some time" ut if .ou contradict the :ord of 8od continuall., .ou are walkin/ in dan/erous territor." >esus said in Aatthew 4F'', #hosoever shall say, "hou %ool, shall be @ominion "hrough the King$om 119 in $anger o% hell %ire( Traditionall., we ha5e thou/ht this 5erse referred to the unpardona!le sin in which .our soul is damned to hell" ut later >esus Himself said, O %ools, an$ slo' o% heart" " " E6uke ')F'4G" So !. most interpretations of that scripture, >esus was headed for hell" No, what >esus was sa.in/ in Aatthew 4F'' was that .ou won9t !e let off for speakin/ a/ainst what the Hol. Spirit has authored" The !lood of >esus was shed for our for/i5eness" " " " 2ll manner o% sin an$ blasphemy shall be %orgiven unto men EAatt" *'F+*G, includin/ !lasphem. a/ainst >esus" Accordin/ to what >esus said in Aatthew *'F+', #hosoever speað a 'or$ against the Son o% man, it shall be %orgiven him( In 5erse +* He statesF .ut the blasphemy against the 8oly )host shall not be %orgiven unto men( >esus said blasphemy against the 8oly )host?not sin" The 1harisees were speakin/ a/ainst >esus" The. said >esus had a de5il and 120 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ that He cast out de5ils !. the prince of de5ils" EAatt" &F+)"G The 1harisees could not ha5e !een /uilt. of sinnin/ a/ainst the Hol. 8hostC the. didn9t e5en know the Hol. 8host e2isted" To !e /uilt. of that, the. first would ha5e had to ha5e knowled/e of the Hol. 8host" ut the. were speakin/ contrar. to 8od9s :ord" >esus said, I;ou won9t !e let off for that"I The 1harisees recei5ed none of the miracles that others recei5ed !ecause the. didn9t !elie5e in them" ecause of what the. said, the. recei5ed no healin/ or deli5erance" >esus is simpl. sa.in/ that speakin/ contrar. to what the Hol. 8host has authored will not !e for/i5en .ou on this earth" >esus confirms this in Aark **F'+, #hosoever shall say " " " an$ shall not $oubt in his heart, but shall believe those things 'hih he saith shall ome to pass9 he shall have 'hatsoever he saith( In other words, .ou will reap the results of what .ou sa." Satan has !linded the minds of people as to the <in/dom9s operation, !ut @ominion "hrough the King$om 121 i/norance won9t e2cuse .ou in earth or in hea5en" ;ou will suffer the consequences for what .ou said !. losin/ thin/s .ou could ha5e had on earth and, as a result, will lose rewards in hea5en" E5entuall., .ou will ha5e what .ou sa., whether ri/ht or wron/" :hether .ou reali@e it or not, .ou are operatin/ a di5ine principle of the <in/dom" :ords are seeds in the spirit worldC and the. will !rin/ to pass the thin/s spoken" 2 goo$ man out o% the goo$ treasure EdepositG o% the heart bringeth %orth goo$ things0 an$ an evil man out o% the evil treasure bringeth %orth evil things EAatt" *'F+4G" :hen >esus used the term evil man, He wasn9t necessaril. talkin/ a!out a wicked man" He was referrin/ to a man who allows his whole !od. to !e full of darkness !. /ettin/ an e5il e.e" ;ou can do that !. speakin/ ne/ati5e thin/s" EAatt" 3F'+"G n #vil !eport In the ook of Num!ers, we find an e2ample of what 8od called an e5il 122 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ report" The ten spies, who were sent into -anaan to sp. out the land, came !ack with this reportF I:e can9t take the land" There are /iants there"I ENum" *+F'($++"G 8od called what the. said an evil report( In God's eyes anything spo+en contrary to God's Word2 or Covenant2 is an evil report: The ten spies descri!ed what the. saw, felt, and heard" Their report was e5il !ecause it was !ased on the sense realm" Aan. church mem!ers do not understand the principles of confession of faith" The. sa., II9m !ein/ truthful when I sa. it like it isF I9m takin/ the fluC I can9t pa. m. !illsC I can9t understand the i!leC I9ll ne5er ha5e an.thin/"I ut an. statement like that is an e5il report !ecause it is contrar. to what 8od said" He said .ou are redeemed from the curse of the 6aw, and the !lessin/ of A!raham is .ours" You Will 'e 0eld ccounta,le 8od considers an. report that disa/rees with Him to !e e5il" @ominion "hrough the King$om 12/ >esus sa.s, + say unto you, "hat every i$le 'or$ that men shall spea&, they shall give aount thereo% in the $ay o% =u$gment EAatt" *'F+3G" +$le means Inon$workin/"I An idle word is an. word .ou speak that doesn9t work %or you( Idle words usuall. contradict 8od9s :ord or /i5e place to the =e5il" If .ou make statements like, II95e pra.ed, !ut it9s not workin/,I or I:e9ll ne5er /et out of de!tHI .ou won9t !e let off in this world or in the world to come !ecause .ou are speakin/ words contrar. to the Scriptures" The :ord sa.s in 1salm *F+, #hatever he $oeth shall prosper( :hen we /et to hea5en, there will !e those who ha5e lost rewards, !ecause the. did not !elie5e the :ord of 8od to recei5e the thin/s 8od pro5ided for them in this life" The. will sa., I6ord, I didn9t ha5e mone. to /i5e to that missionar. !ecause I could ne5er hold a Bo!" No matter what I did, I alwa.s lost m. Bo!" I ne5er had enou/h to /i5e"I >esus will sa., IThat was .our 121 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ pro!lem while .ou were on earth" The 5er. words .ou are sa.in/ will testif. a/ainst .ou"I ;ou will /i5e account and lose reward for sa.in/ words which weren9t 8od9s wordsH He will sa., I;ou could ha5e said thin/s like thisF #hatever + $o 'ill prosper( Co 'eapon %orme$ against me 'ill prosper( +*m $elivere$ %rom the po'ers o% $ar&ness( + have overome the 'orl$, the %lesh, an$ the @evil, %or the )reater One $'ells in me( !y )o$ meets my nee$ aor$ing to 8is rihes in glory by Christ Jesus(F Iut, 6ord, it didn9t look like it was true"I IOh, so .ou walked !. si/ht and not !. faith"I Re5elation (F*( sa.s that 8od is /oin/ to wipe awa. all tears %rom their eyes( :hen man. see what the. could ha5e had, and what the. /et, the. will cr.H 8od will wipe awa. the tears and the knowled/e of what .ou missed, !ut @ominion "hrough the King$om 124 on >ud/ment =a. .ou will /i5e account of e5er. idle word .ou e5er spoke" 6earn to put a @ipper on .our mouth until .ou learn the lan/ua/e of the <in/dom" The 5oca!ular. of silence will win man. !attles" I ha5e !een in situations in which I couldn9t sa. an.thin/ /ood, so I Bust /ritted m. teeth and didn9t sa. an.thin/" ;ou will /i5e an account of e5er. non$ workin/ word" 6earn to speak e5er. word in a manner that will work for .ou" .y thy 'or$s thou shalt be =usti%ie$, an$ by thy 'or$s thou shalt be on$emne$ EAatt" *'F+(G" ;ou will !e Bustified or condemned on the !asis of the kind of words .ou decide to speak" Seed is sown !. speakin/ words" Remem!er, the law of faith also works in re5erse" E5er. idle word .ou speak works against .ou, not for .ou" The ?a) Will Wor+ in !everse Some people sa., II !elie5e I can ha5e what I sa. if I speak /ood thin/s" Surel. 8od wouldn9t let Aark **F'+ 125 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ work in re5erseHI The 5er. principle of it tells .ou it will work either wa., Bust like the forward and re5erse /ears of .our car" :hen .ou put the car in re5erse, the car /oes !ackward" If .ou had wanted to /o forward, .ou will find out wh. .ou didn9t when .ou see that the indicator is pointin/ to Ire5erse"I :e wouldn9t intentionall. put a car in re5erse when we want to /o forward, .et man. people operate the faith principle in a similar wa." The. pra. the pro!lem, talk the pro!lem, and keep it !efore them da. and ni/ht, e5en wake up in the middle of the ni/ht thinkin/ a!out it" Then the. wonder wh. the. can ne5er find a solution to the pro!lem" The. are tr.in/ to /o forward with the principle in re5erseH =oolish Tal+ Con$uses the Spirit Keep thy heart 'ith all $iligene9 %or out o% it are the issues o% li%e( Put a'ay %rom thee a %ro'ar$ mouth, an$ perverse lips put %ar %rom thee( @ominion "hrough the King$om 126 Proverbs 102/,21 Perverse lips means Iwillful and contrar. speech"I 1er5erse lips is speech contrar. to what 8od9s :ord sa.s, such asF INo matter what I do, nothin/ e5er works out an.moreHI This talk is contrar. to what 8od9s :ord sa.sC it9s an e5il report" 8od sa.s of the person who deli/hts in 8od9s :ordF #hatever he $oeth 'ill prosper, and he shall have 'hatsoever he saith( E1s" *F+C Aark **F'+,')"G :e ha5e a5aila!le to us the promises and a!ilit. of 8od" :e are a!le to use these a!ilities to cause His :ord to come to pass" 'e Care$ul When You (o+e5 e careful what .ou put into .our heart" E5en thin/s .ou sa. Bokin/l. will /et into .our spirit" Aan. people are confusin/ their inner man !. speakin/ out opposites of the truth" ?or e2ample, someone ma. sa., IAan, isn9t it cold toda.HI when it9s actuall. *#'O" ;our faith will !e less effecti5e 128 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ !ecause of confusion in the spirit man" ;ou must ha5e continuit. !etween what .ou are speakin/ and !elie5in/" Resist makin/ statements such as, IIsn9t that a !i/ do/HI when it is a little do/" These statements can confuse the heart and e5entuall. cripple .our faith" Sa.in/ it9s hot outside when it9s reall. cold, referrin/ to a little do/ as a !i/ one, sa.in/ nothin/ e5er works for .ouDall are e2amples of speakin/ with per5erse lips" Control your /oca,ulary The little thin/s people sa. and do /et them into trou!le" The. are hinderin/ their faith !. sowin/ the wron/ kind of seed" 8od9s :ord is His will for .ou" ;our word should !e .our will toward 8od" Ne5er speak an.thin/ with .our mouth that is not .our will" ;ou were desi/ned to speak what .ou desire" Aost people don9t ha5e an. faith in their words" ;ou must de5elop .ourself to control .our 5oca!ular." If .ou talk all @ominion "hrough the King$om 129 kinds of foolishness continuall.$sa.in/ per5erse thin/sD.ou will ha5e no faith in .our wordsH :hen it comes time for .ou to speak a word of faith, nothin/ will happen" @evelop .ourself in itC sa. only what .ou !elie5e shall come to pass" E2ercisin/ dili/ence o5er .our words puts the law of faith in motion" +% any man among you seem to be religious, an$ bri$leth not his tongue, but $eeiveth his o'n heart, this man*s religion is vain( James 1025 If .ou don9t !ridle .our ton/ue, it will decei5e .our heart into !elie5in/ that what .ou sa. is what .ou want" Once .ou are hi/hl. de5eloped in !elie5in/ what .ou sa. will come to pass, and .ou sa. somethin/ in Best, .our spirit will search for a wa. to cause what .ou said to come to passDe5en thou/h .ou reall. didn9t want it to come to pass" If .ou are alwa.s sa.in/, I:e9re /oin/ to /o !ankrupt for sureHI .our spirit will search the wisdom of 8od to 1/0 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ find a wa. to !rin/ it to pass" ;our heart EspiritG takes .our words as final authorit." ;our words will decei5e .our heart to !elie5e that !ankruptc. is what .ou ordered" The seed has !een planted" Things To Remember As .ou speak wordsDwhether /ood or !adD.ou are operatin/ a di5ine principle of the <in/dom" :ords are seeds in the spirit world, and the. will !rin/ to pass the thin/s spoken" :ords are powerful !ecause .our ton/ue /o5erns .our heart" To prosper in an. area, .ou must practice ton/ue control" 8od9s :ord is supernatural a!ilit.H To speak a/ainst the :ord of 8od is to speak a/ainst the Hol. 8hostH 8od considers an. statement that disa/rees with His :ord to !e an e5il report" Idle words usuall. contradict 8od9s :ord" @ominion "hrough the King$om 1/1 ;ou will /i5e account for the idle words .ou speak" Ne5er speak an.thin/ that is not .our will" E2ercise dili/ence o5er the words .ou speak" 6earn the 5oca!ular. of silenceH 1A 1A So)ing Seed in the *ingdom The <in/dom of 8od operates on the principle of sowin/ and reapin/" The <in/dom of 8od within is the production center or source" In the para!le of the sower from Aark9s 8ospel, chapter ), >esus tells us the heart is the soil which produces whate5er .ou plant in it" 8ear&en9 .ehol$, there 'ent out a so'er to so'0 2n$ it ame to pass, as he so'e$, some %ell by the 'ay si$e, an$ the %o'ls o% the air ame an$ $evoure$ it up( 2n$ some %ell on stony groun$, 'here it ha$ not muh earth9 an$ imme$iately it sprang up, beause it ha$ no $epth o% earth0 but 'hen the sun 'as up, it 'as sorhe$9 an$ beause it ha$ no root, it 'ithere$ a'ay( 2n$ some %ell among thorns, an$ the 1/1 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ thorns gre' up, an$ ho&e$ it, an$ it yiel$e$ no %ruit( 2n$ other %ell on goo$ groun$, an$ $i$ yiel$ %ruit that sprang up an$ inrease$9 an$ brought %orth, some thirty, an$ some siAty, an$ some an hun$re$( 2n$ he sai$ unto them, 8e that hath ears to hear, let him hear( 2n$ 'hen he 'as alone, they that 'ere about him 'ith the t'elve as&e$ o% him the parable( 2n$ he sai$ unto them, Gnto you it is given to &no' the mystery o% the &ing$om o% )o$0 but unto them that are 'ithout, all these things are $one in parables( !ar& 10/<11 After >esus had shared this para!le with His disciples, the. asked Him wh. He spoke to them this wa." He said, Gnto you it is given to &no' the mystery o% the &ing$om o% )o$( >esus spoke in para!les in order to hide the re5elation knowled/e of 8od9s truth from the people of the world who were not seekin/ after it and would not understand it" So'ing See$ in the King$om 1/4 He hid these truths in the :ord so that we could find them" He is tellin/ us to seek out the <in/dom and learn how it operates" :hen we do, it will cause all these other thin/s that 8od hath /i5en to !e added to us" >esus9 interpretation of this para!le !e/ins with 5erse *+F 2n$ he sai$ unto them, Kno' ye not this parable3 an$ ho' then 'ill ye &no' all parables3 In other words, IIf .ou don9t /et this one, .ou9re not /oin/ to understand an. of them" ;ou won9t understand a!out the <in/dom !ecause this para!le la.s the /roundwork for all the others"I Words re the Seed In 5erse *) >esus sa.s, "he so'er so'eth the 'or$( There is a twofold application of thisF >esus is talkin/ specificall. a!out sowin/ the :ord of 8od, !ut .ou can draw a parallel from that and sa., IThe sower sows words"I The person >esus was speakin/ of was not sowin/ natural seed at allC he was sowin/ words" 1/5 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 'y the Way Side 2n$ these are they by the 'ay si$e, 'here the 'or$ is so'n9 but 'hen they have hear$, Satan ometh imme$iately, an$ tað a'ay the 'or$ that 'as so'n in their hearts E5" *4G" Aatthew9s 8ospel sa.s it this wa.F #hen any one heareth the 'or$ o% the &ing$om, an$ un$erstan$eth it not, then ometh the 'i&e$ one ( " " EAatt" *+F*&G" If .ou hear the :ord of 8od, !ut don9t understand it, then Satan is capa!le of comin/ in and stealin/ it from .ou" I am con5inced also that if .ou don9t act on the :ord, Satan will steal it from .ou" :e ha5e to !e $oers of the :ord, not Bust hearers( E>ames *F''"G >esus said, Satan ometh imme$iately, an$ tað a'ay the 'or$ that 'as so'n in their hearts( Immediatel.H :here was the :ord sownK In the hearts of the people" Stony Ground So'ing See$ in the King$om 1/6 2n$ these are they li&e'ise 'hih are so'n on stony groun$9 'ho, 'hen they hear$ the 'or$, imme$iately reeive it 'ith gla$ness9 2n$ have no root in themselves, an$ so en$ure but %or a time0 a%ter'ar$, 'hen a%%lition or perseution ariseth %or the 'or$*s sa&e, imme$iately they are o%%en$e$( !ar& 1015,16 Here we ha5e people who heard the :ord, recei5ed it with Bo., and walked in it for a while" ut then affliction and persecution showed up and the. quit" The word a%%lition means Ipressures of life"I It could mean two dollars a /allon for /asoline and fi5e dollars a pound for coffee" It could !e sickness or disease" These are the pressures of lifeH >esus said, " " " imme$iately they are o%%en$e$( The. thou/ht that 8od would chan/e the prices for them" A person hears, I:hen .ou /i5e, 8od will /i5e to .ou in return"I He /ets e2cited and suddenl. decides to /i5e awa. his carC then later he sa.s, II /a5e awa. m. car" :h. didn9t 8od /i5e me a 1/8 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ new oneKI 8od is not necessaril. o!li/ated to /i5e .ou a car" He ma. /i5e .ou the mone. to !u. one" If I am !elie5in/ for a hundredfold return in m. /i5in/, I wouldn9t /i5e awa. m. watch and e2pect to /et a hundred watches in return" I wouldn9t /i5e awa. a car and !elie5e for a hundred cars" elie5e 8od for the finances" ;ou don9t need a hundred cars" <eepin/ up a hundred cars could drain .our !ank account" It could !e a curse instead of a !lessin/" Sometimes, I think, we tr. to put 8od in a !o2" If .ou /i5e somethin/ awa., !elie5e 8od for the finances to replace the item or to !u. .our own car" =on9t lock 8od in a !o2" In doin/ so, .ou ma. miss it alto/ether" Notice 'hy afflictions and persecutions ariseF %or the #or$*s sa&e? not to make .ou stron/, not to cause .ou to /row, !ut to /et that :ord out of .ouH mong Thorns So'ing See$ in the King$om 1/9 2n$ these are they 'hih are so'n among thorns9 suh as hear the 'or$, an$ the ares o% this 'orl$, an$ the $eeit%ulness o% rihes, an$ the lusts o% other things entering in, ho&e the 'or$, an$ it beometh un%ruit%ul( 2n$ these are they 'hih are so'n on goo$ groun$9 suh as hear the 'or$, an$ reeive it, an$ bring %orth %ruit, some thirty%ol$, some siAty, an$ some an hun$re$( !ar& 1018<20 :hen the :ord was sown amon/ thorns, the thorns spran/ up and choked it" The thorns were alread. there, which tells us we need to do some thorn pulling( If the thorns in .our heart choke out the :ord of 8od concernin/ prosperit., then .ou must /et rid of the thorns" 8et rid of those ideas which cause .ou to !elie5e, IAa.!e it9s not 8od9s will for me to prosper in a particular area"I Aeditate on 8od9s :ord concernin/ prosperit. in the particular area .ou ha5e a need" 8et rid of the thorns, di/ up the stones, men allow 8od9s :ord to take root in .our heart" 110 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Good Ground Aatthew *+F'+ descri!es the man who recei5ed the seed into the /ood /round as one who hears the :ord and un$erstan$s it" Onl. one plantin/ sur5i5ed and !rou/ht forth fruitF the soil EheartG that recei5ed the seed" In other words, that soil was preparedC it had no thorns or stones in it" The Soil The sower is sowin/ words" >esus said the soil that these words are sown into is the heart of man or the human spirit" The heart is the pro$ution enter( It is the soil that will produce what .ou plant" The sower sows the seed of the :ord of 8od" ;ou are a sower" ;ou sow 8od9s :ord into .our heart !. speakin/ His :ord" =aith Comes ,y 0earing The first time .ou heard .our 5oice on a tape recorder, .ou pro!a!l. said, IThat can9t !e meH It doesn9t sound like So'ing See$ in the King$om 111 me"I ut it 'as .ou, and it $i$ sound like .ouH It sounded e2actl. the wa. .ou sound to e5er.one else" ;ou were pro!a!l. em!arrassed !. the wa. .ou sounded to .ourself" :h. is thatK The reason .our 5oice does not sound the same to .ou on tape as when .ou are speakin/ is that on tape .ou are hearin/ .ourself predominantl. throu/h the outer ear" ;ou ha5e two sets of earsF the outer ear and the inner ear" The inner ear is a !one structure inside .our head" :hen .ou talk, .ou /et some sound throu/h the outer earC !ut most of the sound .ou hear comes throu/h the inner ear" :hen .ou plu/ .our ears and talk, the sound is louder !ecause .ou are stoppin/ up the outer ear" That should tell us somethin/" 1aul wroteF .ut the righteousness 'hih is o% %aith speað " " " .ut 'hat saith it3 "he 'or$ is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, an$ in thy heart ERom" *#F3,%G" Notice the :ord is in .our mouth first, then in .our heart" 112 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ I am con5inced that 8od desi/ned the ph.sical !od. in such a wa. that the words .ou speak are picked up !. the inner ear and fed directl. into the human spirit" This is wh. the words you speak are so powerful" :ords spoken !. someone else don9t ha5e that kind of effect on .ou" If I preached the :ord of 8od to .ou and confessed what 8od said, .ou would /et some faith from it if .ou accepted it into .our spiritC !ut .ou would /et it much faster if you started speakin/ it .ourself" The words you sa. ha5e more effect on .our spirit than the words of another person" :aith ometh by hearing, an$ hearing by the 'or$ o% )o$ ERom" *#F*(G" One of the maBor ke.s to confession and faith is that what .ou hear .ourself speak produces faith inside .ou" -hapter *% of 1ro5er!s statesF "he 'or$s o% a man*s mouth are as $eep 'aters E5" )GC 2 %ool*s mouth is his $estrution, an$ his lips are the snare o% his soul E5" (GC 2 man*s belly shall be So'ing See$ in the King$om 11/ satis%ie$ 'ith the %ruit o% his mouth9 an$ 'ith the inrease o% his lips shall he be %ille$ E5" '#G" As we ha5e alread. seen, belly means Ihuman spirit"I A man9s spirit shall !e filled, or satisfied, with the fruit of his mouth" The wa. to fill .our spirit is to speak" :hat .ou speak will /et into .our spirit" :hen .our words /et into .our spirit, the. will /et !ack into .our mouth" E5er. time the. /o throu/h this process, the. will /et stron/er" Out o% the abun$ane o% the heart the mouth speað EAatt" *'F+)G" The confession of 8od9s :ord is necessar. to !uild faith" So) a SeedB!eap a 0arvest ;ou sow seeds Ewords .ou speakG into the soil of .our heart, into .our spirit man" E5er. time .ou speak, .ou sow either 8od9s words or the =e5il9s words" Each will produce after its kind" -oncei5in/ in the spirit is like plantin/ seeds into soil" >ust as a particular t.pe of seed will !rin/ forth 111 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ that same kind of plant, so will a particular t.pe of word produce after its kind" This is the 6aw of 8enesis" It has ne5er chan/ed, and it ne5er will, for 8od made a promise to creation" In 8enesis %F'*,'' the 6ord said in His heart, + 'ill not again urse the groun$ any more %or man*s sa&e " " " #hile the earth remaineth, see$time an$ harvest, an$ ol$ an$ heat, an$ summer an$ 'inter, an$ $ay an$ night shall not ease( In the co5enant 8od made with Noah and the animals of the earth, He said that as lon/ as the earth remained, the process of sowin/ and reapin/ would ne5er cease" Throu/h the para!le of the sower, 8od is tellin/ us ho' the King$om o% )o$ operates, settin/ the sta/e for understandin/ how 8od9s <in/dom works inside us" +t 'or&s by the so'ing o% 'or$s( :e plant words in the <in/dom of 8od which is in us" Seeds Produce $ter Their *ind So'ing See$ in the King$om 114 ;ou don9t sow radish seeds in a /arden and hope for cucum!ersK :hen I was farmin/, I didn9t plant cotton and e2pect to reap so.!eans or rice" It Bust doesn9t work that wa." :hile I was plowin/ the soil to plant cotton or so.!eans, the /round ne5er .elled at me and said, II9m not /oin/ to raise so.!eans this .ear" I95e decided that .ou need cucum!ers, so I9m /oin/ to raise cucum!ersHI It couldn9t do thatC it had to produce whate5er I plantedDwhether it was cotton, so.!eans, ra/ weeds, or oak treesH The soil had no choice !ut to do what the seed demanded" A!out si2 months after a so.!ean seed is planted, it will produce a handful of so.!eans that look Bust like the one planted" ;ou can9t plant so.!eans and /et apples, or plant cockle!urs and /et roses" The soil was not desi/ned to decide what should !e produced" 8od desi/ned it to react to the demands of the seed that is planted and to !rin/ forth an e2act duplication of its kind" 115 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ The 0eart Produces The *ind Planted So is the &ing$om o% )o$, as i% a man shoul$ ast see$ into the groun$9 an$ shoul$ sleep, an$ rise night an$ $ay, an$ the see$ shoul$ spring an$ gro' up, he &no'eth not ho' EAark )F'3,'(G" >esus is tellin/ us that the heart, or spirit, of man was desi/ned to operate in the same wa. that the /round produces crops" Accordin/ to the 6aw of 8enesis, e5er.thin/ produces after its kind" :e are seekin/ first the <in/dom !. findin/ where the <in/dom resides, then how it works" :e don9t ha5e to understand all the reasons wh. it works" :e need to know how to plant the :ord in the heart EsoilG, then once planted how to care for it to keep it from !ein/ choked" The soil will do the producin/" ;our human spirit was desi/ned to search the a5enues of 8od9s wisdom da. and ni/htDfor .ears, if necessar.Dto lead .ou to the thin/s or position .ou ha5e !een confessin/" So'ing See$ in the King$om 116 Don't So) Seed o$ Trou,le :hen .ou understand that .our spirit continuall. produces what .ou speak, .ou reali@e wh. some !ad thin/s happen in .our life" ;ou can see that !. sa.in/ thin/s like, I6ord, we won9t e5er /et these de!ts paidC we9ll ne5er ha5e the mone. !. the end of the .ear to make the house pa.ment,I .ou open the door to the =e5il and allow that 5er. thin/ to come to passH Some people sa., ITrou!le and sorrows follow me all the da.s of m. life" I Bust /et out of one, and another comes alon/" E5er. time I /et ahead a little, somethin/ !ad happens and it takes all our finances"I These people don9t reali@e that the. ha5e !een sa.in/ this same thin/ for twent. .ears and the =e5il has had a he.da." ?or se5eral .ears >ohnson /rass was a pro!lem on a portion of m. farm" >ohnson /rass is a real pro!lem to farmers and requires special attention" Suppose I had said to m. workers, ISince we95e had trou!le with >ohnson 118 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ /rass in this field, we9re /oin/ to plant some more >ohnson /rass" It would !e foolish for me to plant more /rass or weeds Bust !ecause I had !een ha5in/ trou!le with weeds and /rass" That doesn9t make an. sense at all, !ut man. -hristians are doin/ that 5er. thin/F pra.in/ and talkin/ the pro!lem" :hen .ou sa., I6ord, I pra.ed and it9s /ettin/ worse" :hat are we /oin/ to doKI .ou are sowin/ weed seed in the soilDand those seeds will produce" :aith ometh by hearing( The. are hearin/ trou!les and pro!lemsC therefore, the. will ha5e faith in the pro!lems and trou!les" Some people continuall. sow seeds of dou!t, fear, and un!elief" The. talk sickness and disease, then wonder wh. the. can9t walk in prosperit. and health" The. ma. !e cr.in/ out to 8od to chan/e their situationC !ut as lon/ as the. continue to sa. the same thin/s, 8od can9t help them" E5er.thin/ produces after its kind" If the. would speak accordin/ to the :ord !. makin/ statements such as, IAll the !lessin/s in =euteronom. '% are comin/ So'ing See$ in the King$om 119 upon me and o5ertakin/ meC /oodness and merc. are followin/ me all the da.s of m. life,I the. would chan/e the direction of their life" To turn .our ship, .ou must turn the rudder" To chan/e the har5est, .ou must chan/e the seed .ou are sowin/" The Spirit 3ever Sleeps The Apostle 1aul said, "he Spirit itsel% beareth 'itness 'ith our spirit, that 'e are the hil$ren o% )o$ ERom" %F*3G" ;ou can9t contact 8od with .our !od." 8od is a SpiritC therefore, we commune and fellowship with 8od throu/h our spirits, e5en while we are asleep" ;our spirit can commune with 8od twent.$four hours a da." :hether .ou sow ri/ht seeds or wron/ seeds, the principle of sowin/ and reapin/ will produce in .our life" 6earn the principles of how the <in/dom operates and appl. them dail." The. will not work for .ou Bust !ecause .ou know a!out these principles" ;ou must !elie5e them and put them into action" 140 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Things To Remember 8od9s <in/dom operates on the principle of sowin/ and reapin/" ;our heart is the soil" The words .ou speak are the seeds" ;ou sow 8od9s :ord in .our heart !. speakin/ it out .our mouth" Each time .ou speak, .ou are sowin/ wordsD8od9s words or the =e5il9s words" ;ou will reap the har5est of .our words, whether /ood or e5il" ;ou plant the :ordC the soil will do the producin/" If .ou sow seeds of po5ert. and sickness, the soil cannot produce prosperit. and health" To chan/e the har5est, .ou must chan/e the seed .ou are sowin/" 11 11 Supernatural 0elp ,y the Spo+en Word The first chapter of He!rews descri!es two supernatural ministries that are a5aila!le to us toda.F the ministr. of >esus and the ministr. of an/els" >esus9 ministr. is much /reater, !ut the an/els pla. an important part in .our life" 6et9s take a look at the ministr. of an/elsF "o 'hih o% the angels sai$ he at any time, Sit on my right han$, until + ma&e thine enemies thy %ootstool3 2re they not all ministering spirits, sent %orth to minister %or them 'ho shall be heirs o% salvation3 8ebre's 101/,11 In this last 5erse, 8od was definin/ the role of the an/els" The. are ministerin/ spirits" :e are the heirs of sal5ation" 142 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ -ontinue now into chapter ', 5erse *F "here%ore 'e ought to give the more earnest hee$ to the things 'hih 'e have hear$, lest at any time 'e shoul$ let them slip( =on9t let this truth slip from .ou" The angels are ministering spirits2 sent $orth to minister $or you: :or i% the 'or$ spo&en by angels 'as ste$%ast, an$ every transgression an$ $isobe$iene reeive$ =ust reompense o% re'ar$9 ho' shall 'e esape, i% 'e neglet so great salvation E55" ',+G" The word salvation means Ideli5erance, preser5ation, healin/, and soundness"I This 5erse refers to the deli5erance that comes !. the an/els" :e shouldn9t let it slip that the an/els are ministerin/ spirits sent to minister for us" How are we /oin/ to escape the thin/s the =e5il has set for us if we ne/lect the deli5erance that comes !. the an/elsK The. are here to minister for us" ?or instance, se5eral .ears a/o in =allas, Te2as, I was e2itin/ off the Supernatural 8elp by the Spo&en #or$ 14/ freewa. when I came upon a car that had stopped and !locked the wa. I was to turn, so I stopped" Another car, comin/ off the freewa., hit the !ack of m. car" The /as tank !urst and /asoline went e5er.where, !ut there was no fire" :hen m. car was hit, I felt as thou/h pillows were all around me" The an/els were surroundin/ me as in 1salm &*F**F He has /i5en His an/els char/e o5er me to keep me in all m. wa.s" Nerse ( sa.s, 2 thousan$ shall %all at thy si$e, an$ ten thousan$ at thy right han$9 but it shall not ome nigh thee( e/in to !elie5e and confess this dail." Appl. this promise from the :ord of 8od to .our situation dail." Notice what the an/el said to >ohn in Re5elation ''F%,&F + John sa' these things, an$ hear$ them( 2n$ 'hen + ha$ hear$ an$ seen, + %ell $o'n to 'orship be%ore the %eet o% the angel 'hih she'e$ me these things( "hen saith he unto me, See thou $o it not0 %or + am thy %ello'servant(((( This an/el said to >ohn, + am thy 141 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ %ello'servant( The literal 8reek sa.s, IThe fellow sla5e of .ours I am"I He said, I=on9t worship me" I9m .our ser5ant"I " " (+ am thy %ello'servant, an$ o% thy brethren the prophets, an$ o% them 'hih &eep the sayings o% this boo&( The an/els are here to ser5e us and !rin/ us deli5erance in time of dan/er" How are .ou /oin/ to escape the snares of the enem. if .ou ne/lect so /reat a deli5erance that came !. an/elsK :hen =aniel was in the lion9s den, the an/el shut the lion9s mouth" E=an" 3F''"G :hen 1eter was in prison, the an/el woke him up and led him out" EActs *'F("G "he 7or$ hath prepare$ his throne in the heavens9 an$ his &ing$om ruleth over all( .less the 7or$, ye his angels, that eAel in strength, that $o his omman$ments, hear&ening unto the voie o% his 'or$ E1s" *#+F*&,'#G" The an/els do 8od9s commandmentsC and 8od9s commandments are His statutes, Supernatural 8elp by the Spo&en #or$ 144 His :ord" The an/els are also in5ol5ed in the Aark **F'+ faith principleF 8e shall have 'hatsoever he saith( If .ou are sa.in/, !elie5in/, and not dou!tin/ in .our heart, then the an/els are helpin/ !rin/ to pass .our desires that a/ree with 8od9s :ord" The an/els can9t work on .our !ehalf if .our words don9t line up with 8od9s :ord" ;our words either !ind or loose .our an/els" :hen .ou sa., INothin/ e5er works for meC I ne5er will /et out of de!t,I .ou are !indin/ .our an/els" The. don9t !rin/ prosperit. to .ou" The. $o his omman$ments, hear&ening unto the voie o% his 'or$, !ut .ou didn9t /i5e 5oice to 8od9s :ord" If .ou hold .our i!le up to .our ear, .ou can9t hear a sound" The an/els hearken to the voie of 8od9s :ord, and .ou are the one that must /i5e it 5oice" ;ou can /i5e 8od9s :ord 5oice !. sa.in/F Ilessed !e 8od, I ha5e /i5en and it is /i5en unto meD/ood measure, 145 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ pressed down, shaken to/ether, and runnin/ o5er" I ha5e a!undanceC there is no lack" A. 8od meets m. need accordin/ to His riches in /lor." The 6ord is m. Shepherd, and I do not want" I sa., in the name of >esus, that e5er. disease /erm and e5er. 5irus that touches m. !od. dies instantl." No weapon formed a/ainst me will prosper, and whate5er I do will prosper"I >ust remem!erF :hen .ou speak these words, the an/els that ha5e !een waitin/ for .ou to /i5e 5oice to 8od9s :ord will hearken to .our 5oice" ;es, .ou ha5e supernatural help a5aila!le toda. !. speakin/ 8od9s :ord" Things To Remember An/els are ministerin/ spirits, sent forth to minister for .ou" The. are here to ser5e .ou and !rin/ .ou deli5erance in time of trou!le" The an/els of 8od do His commandments" The. hearken unto the 5oice of His :ord" ;our words will either !ind or loose Supernatural 8elp by the Spo&en #or$ 146 .our an/els" Noice .our desires in a/reement with 8od9s :ord" ;ou must /i5e 8od9s :ord 5oice" 1& 1& Do the Sayings o$ (esus No one will !e reall. successful in life unless he puts >esus9 sa.in/s into action" >esus saidF #hosoever ometh to me, an$ heareth my sayings, an$ $oeth them, + 'ill she' you to 'hom he is li&e0 8e is li&e a man 'hih built an house, an$ $igge$ $eep, an$ lai$ the %oun$ation on a ro&0 an$ 'hen the %loo$ arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, an$ oul$ not sha&e it0 %or it 'as %oun$e$ upon a ro&( .ut he that heareth, an$ $oeth not, is li&e a man that 'ithout a %oun$ation built an house upon the earth0 against 'hih the stream $i$ beat vehemently, an$ imme$iately it %ell9 an$ the ruin o% that house 'as great( 7u&e 5016<19 >esus is not talkin/ a!out housin/ proBects" He has re5ealed secrets that will make .ou successful in life" The :ord 150 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ sa.s, "he seret things belong unto the 7or$, our )o$0 but those things 'hih are reveale$ belong unto us E=eut" '&F'&G" ?ay the =oundation )ith The Word If we do the thin/s >esus sa.s, we will ha5e a firm foundation laid on a rock" :hen the stream !eats upon our li5es, the storm will not !e a!le to shake usH Howe5er, >esus said that if we don9t do His sa.in/s, we will !e like the man who !uilt his house on the sand" :hen the stream !eat 5ehementl. upon that house, imme$iately it %ell9 an$ the ruin o% that house 'as great( Some people ha5e thou/ht this scripture meant one of the men was sa5ed and the other wasn9t, !ut !oth men could ha5e !een sa5ed" oth knew the truth, !ut onl. one did what >esus said to do" The stream !eatin/ a/ainst his house oul$n*t shake itH He did not sa. it $i$n*t shake itC He said it oul$n*t( It was @o the Sayings o% Jesus 151 impossi!le to destro. the one who was doin/ what >esus saidDhe was restin/ on 8od9s :ord" =oin/ the sa.in/s of >esus will transform .our lifeH :hen floods and streams come a/ainst .our life, .ou will remain immo5a!le" The floods could !e inflation, hi/h prices, sickness, or an. other pro!lem" ut 8od9s promise isF No weapon formed a/ainst .ou will prosper" EIs" 4)F*("G 8od9s :ord is eternal" If .ou plant the incorrupti!le seed in .our heart and do the thin/s >esus said, .ou will not failH ct on the Whole Word In order to act on all of the principles, .ou ma. ha5e to do a few thin/s .ou don9t want to do, such as pra.in/ for .our enemies" E6uke 3F'%"G If .our enemies are hun/r., feed themC if the. are thirst., /i5e them a drink" ERom" *'F'#"G If we !e/in to pra. for our enemies, it won9t !e lon/ !efore we won9t ha5e an.H #hen a man*s 'ays please the 7or$ he mað even his enemies to be at peae 152 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 'ith him E1ro5" *3F(G" The man who !uilt his house on the earth was tr.in/ to work on the surface" Aan. people tr. to use the :ord as a formula without di//in/ into the principles" The wise man du/ deep to la. the foundation" ;ou need to di/ in the :ord of 8od to find the principles and do the whole :ord" Dig a Deep =oundation "he man 'ho buil$s his house on his on%ession only 'ill get 'ashe$ a'ay( ut the man who di/s deep and la.s the foundation on what >esus said will remain" This man takes the time to find how the <in/dom works" He knows that it has to work !ecause 8od9s power and :ord are !ehind it" He will !e a!le to stand on it and !elie5e it when the flood comes" :hen the flood comes, the doer of the :ord will stand, and the other man will pass awa." 1eople seein/ the other man9s house floatin/ downstream ma. sa., IHe !elie5ed and he /ot washed @o the Sayings o% Jesus 15/ awa.HI ut the. didn9t know all the circumstances" He was washed awa. !ecause he didn9t di/ deep and la. the foundation" The foundation is $oing the :ord" Trials Come $rom the Devil Some people !elie5e that the storms and trou!les of life come from the 6ord to make us stron/er" 6uke % /i5es a classic e2ample of wh. that can9t !e true" e/innin/ in 5erse '' it sa.sF Co' it ame to pass on a ertain $ay, that he 'ent into a ship 'ith his $isiples0 an$ he sai$ unto them, 7et us go over unto the other si$e o% the la&e( 2n$ they launhe$ %orth( .ut as they saile$ he %ell asleep0 an$ there ame $o'n a storm o% 'in$ on the la&e9 an$ they 'ere %ille$ 'ith 'ater, an$ 'ere in =eopar$y( 2n$ they ame to him, an$ a'o&e him, saying, !aster, master, 'e perish( >esus didn9t sa. the. were /oin/ to perishC He said, I:e are /oin/ to the other side of the lake"I 151 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ The disciples had let the :ord depart from them" Satan stole the :ord ri/ht out from under their noseH :hat did >esus doK ((( 8e arose, an$ rebu&e$ the 'in$ an$ the raging o% the 'ater0 an$ they ease$, an$ there 'as a alm( 2n$ he sai$ unto them, #here is your %aith3 Their faith left on the win/s of un!elief when the. said, I:e9re /oin/ to drownHI The. came to >esus and told Him what the =e5il saidH ?irst >ohn +F% /i5es the reason >esus came to earthF :or this purpose the Son o% )o$ 'as mani%este$, that he might $estroy the 'or&s o% the $evil( "he 2mpli%ie$ .ible sa.s that he mi/ht Iundo Edestro., loosen and dissol5eGI the works that the =e5il has done" >esus stood in the !ow of the !oat and destro.ed the storm with His :ord" =id the =e5il send the storm, or did 8od send the storm to perfect their faithK The storm didn9t per%et their faithC it @o the Sayings o% Jesus 154 stole their faithH >esus said, I:hat did .ou do with .our faithKI The =e5il stole their faith !ecause the. let his words /et into their mouths" >esus spoke to the wind and stopped itC He spoke to the sea and stopped the wa5es" +% the storm 'as %rom the :ather, Jesus 'as $estroying the 'or&s o% 8is :ather( ut we know He didn9t destro. the works of His ?ather" If it were true that trials and financial trou!les are sent to make us stron/er, then 6uke 3F)% would read this wa.F IThe man who heareth A. sa.in/s and doeth them is like unto a man that !uilt his house on the sand" And when the stream !eat upon it, and the trials came a/ainst it, and the flood arose a/ainst it, the windows !roke, the roof !lew off, and part of the sidin/ came offC !ut, finall., the storm !lew the house into the air, Bust hi/h enou/h until a firm concrete foundation formed under it" And when the storm was o5er, his house was stron/er"I This paraphrase is a little ridiculous, 155 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ !ut it re5eals the error of that kind of thinkin/" If trials and trou!les of life were to perfect us, >esus would ha5e said e5er. time a storm is throu/h !lowin/ and a stream is throu/h !eatin/, .our house will !e stron/er" Satan doesn9t come to make .ou stron/er or to help .our faith" In the fourth chapter of Aark, >esus said that Satan came to steal the :ord of 8od" Satan ma. !e a!le to steal the :ord from some peopleC !ut if .our foundation is firm, he won9t !e a!le to steal it from .ouH The foundation is doin/ the sa.in/s of >esusDnot !ein/ sa5ed, or !ein/ filled with the Hol. 8host, or /oin/ to church, or pa.in/ .our tithesC althou/h these thin/s are important" @oing 'hat Jesus sai$ to $o is 'hat buil$s the %oun$ation- You Must So) the Seed The 1salmist =a5id said, + ha$ %ainte$, unless + ha$ believe$ to see the goo$ness o% the 7or$ in the lan$ o% the living E1s" '(F*+G" @o the Sayings o% Jesus 156 He is sa.in/, II would ha5e fainted unless I could ha5e seen 8od9s /oodness manifest here in this life, instead of Bust when I /et to hea5en"I 1aul made this statementF +% in this li%e only 'e have hope in Christ, 'e are o% all men most miserable E* -or" *4F*&G" If our onl. hope was in this life, we 'oul$ !e misera!le" Howe5er, if our onl. hope was when we /et to hea5en, we a/ain would !e misera!le" >esus /i5es us the ke. to understandin/ how to operate in the <in/dom of 8od Ehow to recei5e 8od9s !lessin/sG when He sa.s in Aark )F*), "he so'er so'eth the 'or$( If .ou ha5e !een sa.in/, II95e Bust left it all up to 8odHI .ou ha5en9t left it up to 8od" :hat .ou ha5e done is to open the door to the =e5ilH Then whate5er Satan does, .ou will think it was 8od doin/ it" 8od will not assume .our responsi!ilit." ,ou must at on Jesus* 'or$s( ,et a little sleep, a little slumber, a little %ol$ing o% the han$s to sleep0 158 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ So shall thy poverty ome as one that travelleth, an$ thy 'ant as an arme$ man( Proverbs 5010,11 If .ou fold .our hands and sa., I6ord, do whate5er ;our will isC I9m /oin/ to lea5e it all in ;our hands,I po5ert. will come as one that travelleth ?as a roadrunner" ;ou are, in essence, doin/ nothin/H It9s dan/erous for .ou to sa., I6ord, Bust whate5er ;ou will, let it come to me"I :hate5er !ad thin/s the =e5il !rin/s .our wa., .ou will then accept as !ein/ the will of 8od" To pra. specificall. and accuratel., .ou need to know the will or the :ord of 8odC otherwise, .ou can open the door to tra/ed. and circumstances that will destro. .ou" Resist the =e5ilH If .ou don9t, 8od won9t" 8od will allow an.thin/ .ou allow" ?ind the will of 8odC then make .our stand on it and proclaim it" 8et knowled/ea!le in the :ord, then you speak to the situation" :hat .ou speak @o the Sayings o% Jesus 159 will determine to a /reat de/ree what will happen" ut it is .ou, not )o$, who must !e moti5ated to act" Spea+ to the Pro,lem 2n$ the 7or$ sai$, +% ye ha$ pith as a grain o% mustar$ see$, ye might say unto this syamine tree, .e thou plu&e$ up by the root, an$ be thou plante$ in the sea9 an$ it shoul$ obey you( 7u&e 1605 The s.camine tree in this scripture is the pro!lem, the circumstance, the situation that stands !etween .ou and .our destination" >esus and the apostles were pro!a!l. walkin/ down a trail or a pathwa. and came upon a s.camine tree in the middle of the trail" It was an o!stacle !efore them which the. had to deal with in some wa." >esus used it as an o!Bect lesson" He did not sa., IIf .ou had faith as a seed, .ou would pra. that 8od would mo5e that o!stacle !efore .ou" Then if .ou pra. and cr. and !e/ lon/ enou/h, if 160 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ .ou promise to !e /ood, and pa. .our tithes, then 8od will pluck it up for .ou and cast it into the sea"I No, He said, ISpeak to it, and it will o!e. you(F The King James Version sa.s, I;ou might sa. to the tree " " " "I The 8reek New Testament sa.s, I;ou 'oul$ sa."I A stron/er word is used in the 8reek 5ersion, and it is the more accurate renderin/ in this instance" If .ou had faith as a seed, >esus said .ou 'oul$ speak to that s.camine tree Eto that o!stacle, that pro!lem, that difficult., that financial crisis .ou ha5e !een !e//in/ 8od to do somethin/ a!outG" So quit !e//in/ and cr.in/, and speak to that thin/" Sa. what .ou want done with it" Tell it to !e plucked up !. the rootH >esus said it would o!e. .ouH There is no /reat theolo/ical reason wh. >esus said to speak to the treeC He simpl. said to do itH He is tellin/ .ou e2actl. how to /et the <in/dom principles to work for .ou" ;our 5oice is the 5oice of authorit. in .our part of the @o the Sayings o% Jesus 161 earth" :hate5er .ou !ind will !e !ound" :hate5er .ou loose will !e loosed" The power of !indin/ and loosin/ is on earth" It is a <in/dom principle" EAatt" *3F*($ *&"G Spea+ your Desire Since e5er. word that comes out .our mouth is a potential seed and can !e either a !ad seed or a /ood seed, practice speakin/ onl. what 8od sa.s, and onl. what .ou desire to come to pass" ;ou will de5elop a ha!it in .our spirit of releasin/ faith in e5er. word .ou speak" Continue Spea+ing the Solution Se5eral .ears a/o I !e/an to sa. that e5er. disease /erm and e5er. 5irus that touches m. !od. dies instantl., that I was redeemed from the curse of the 6aw, and that I for!ade sickness and disease to operate in m. !od." Thou/h I said these thin/s, I reall. didn9t !elie5e these statements were true in me" I knew the words were true" The :ord of 8od said the. would !e true if I could /et them in m. heartC !ut I was 162 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ sa.in/ them to /et them into m. heart" As =a5id said, m. ton/ue is as the pen of a read. writer" E1s" )4F*"G ;our ton/ue will write 8od9s :ord on the ta!le of .our heart" :hen I /ot sick, someone said, IIt didn9t work, did itKI I said, I;esH It9s workin/" ?aith is comin/"I I Bust kept sa.in/ it" There9s a difference !etween !ein/ a doer and Ia tr.er"I If I had !een Ia tr.erI of the :ord, I would ha5e /i5en up the first time I was sick" I wasn9t trying the :ordC I had set out to $o the :ordH I knew it would workH >esus said it would" ;ou can alwa.s find some Iun!elie5in/ !elie5ers,I who don9t !elie5e the :ord will work" >esus said, 2ll things are possible to him that believeth( Are .ou a him that believeth3 :hen .ou sa. .ou are healed !efore the circumstances look that wa., some people sa. .ou are l.in/" ut if .ou stud. the i!le from 8enesis to @o the Sayings o% Jesus 16/ Re5elation, .ou will disco5er that 8od called thin/s that were not as thou/h the. wereDand He e2pects us to do the same thin/" David De$eated the Devil in the Giant :e see in the se5enteenth chapter of * Samuel that =a5id told the 1hilistine /iant what he was /oin/ to do to him fi5e times !efore he did itH He was usin/ the principle of Aatthew *(F'#F +% ye have %aith as a grain o% mustar$ see$, ye shall say to this mountain, Eemove hene to yon$er plae9 an$ it shall remove( ;ou can !e sure of one thin/F That /iant looked like a mountain to =a5id, who was onl. a se5enteen$.ear$old !o." ut =a5id said !oldl., " " " 'ho is this unirumise$ Philistine, that he shoul$ $e%y the armies o% the living )o$3 E* Sam" *(F'3G" Then he went after him without e5en a sword in his hand" The onl. sword he had was the one in his mouthH ERe5" 'F*3"G =a5id killed the /iant !. speakin/ his faith" 161 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ :hen thin/s look !ad, continue to sow seed" elie5e the !est of the situation" Then if thin/s /row worse and it looks like e5er.thin/ is a/ainst .ou, Bust keep .our mouth shut" =on9t speak ne/ati5e words" Rest in what .ou ha5e alread. esta!lished !. .our words" ;ou see, .our words set the cornerstones of .our life" ;our faith is not alwa.s the same e5er. da." There are times when .ou ha5e the faith to !elie5e the thin/s .ou speak" The :ord le5el is hi/h" ;ou ha5e !een meditatin/ the :ord" ;ou !elie5e what .ou sa. will come to pass" Then there are da.s which seem like all hell has !roken loose" Nothin/ is workin/ out and .ou feel like e5er.thin/ and e5er.!od. is a/ainst .ou" Thou/h .ou made such /reat faith statements when .our faith was hi/h, it seems now that it will ne5er come to pass" Those are the da.s that .ou need to put a @ipper on .our lipH =on9t sa. an.thin/ at all" =on9t e5en tr. to make a faith confession when .our faith is low !ecause most of the time it will !e done @o the Sayings o% Jesus 164 out of fear in that situation" (airus Spo+e the Solution In the fifth chapter of Aark, we read a stor., !e/innin/ in 5erse ''F 2n$, behol$, there ometh one o% the rulers o% the synagogue, Jairus by name9 an$ 'hen he sa' him E>esusG, he %ell at his %eet, an$ besought him greatly, saying, !y little $aughter lieth at the point o% $eath0 + pray thee, ome an$ lay thy han$s on her, that she may be heale$9 an$ she shall live( 2n$ Jesus 'ent 'ith him9 an$ muh people %ollo'e$ him, an$ thronge$ him( Here, >airus has made a /reat faith statement" His dau/hter is not dead, !ut she is at the point of death" >airus esta!lishes that when >esus la.s His hands on his dau/hter, she shall !e healed and she shall li5e" He esta!lished this !. his faith$filled words" It is this faith which caused >esus to lea5e the multitude and follow >airus" 165 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ ut on the wa., a woman with an issue of !lood comes on the scene" She touches >esus9 /arment, recei5es her healin/, then /i5es her testimon." All this could ha5e taken an hour" Aeanwhile, >airus is still waitin/ for >esus to heal his dau/hter" There has !een a dela.Da costl. dela.Dand I9m sure that >airus was /ettin/ quite an2iousH Then >esus e2plains to the woman that it was her faith which made her whole" Nerse +4 sa.sF #hile he yet spa&e, there ame %rom the ruler o% the synagogue*s house ertain 'hih sai$, "hy $aughter is $ea$0 'hy troublest thou the !aster any %urther3 Thy daughter is dead. The 5er. thin/ that >airus knew could happen had happenedH It couldn9t ha5e !een an. worse" His dau/hter was deadH Re/ardless of all he had !elie5ed, re/ardless of all the faith statements and confessions he had made, he /ets the !ad newsF IIt9s too late, >airus" ;our dau/hter is alread. dead" =on9t trou!le the Aaster an. lon/er"I @o the Sayings o% Jesus 166 Thou/h >airus had spoken /ood thin/s, !ad thin/s had come his wa." Nerse +3 sa.sF 2s soon as Jesus hear$ the 'or$ that 'as spo&en, he saith unto the ruler o% the synagogue, .e not a%rai$, only believe( >airus was o!edient to the instruction of >esus" If >airus had allowed fear to come and had spoken what was on his mind, he pro!a!l. would ha5e said, I>esus, if ;ou hadn9t stopped to heal that woman, ;ou would ha5e !een there in time to heal m. dau/hterHI >airus would ha5e /otten into strife, and the. would ha5e held a funeral a few da.s later" ut notice that >airus didn9t speak one word" Not one word proceeded from his mouth" :e can learn from this" :hen thin/s /o wron/, when it looks like it9s not /oin/ to work, when .our faith is low, when all hell has !roken loose a/ainst .ou and a/ainst .our confession of faith, Cust Dip your lip5 That is not the time to tr. to make some faith confessions" It is the time to rest in what .ou ha5e alread. saidDthe 168 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ words .ou spoke a few da.s !efore when .our faith was hi/h, when .our :ord le5el was hi/h, when it looked like it was impossi!le for .ou to dou!t that what .ou were sa.in/ would come to pass" :hen the pressure is on, when the trou!le and !ad news ha5e come, when it looks like nothin/ will help, when it seems that all hope is lostDthat is the time to e2ercise the 5oca!ular. of silence" Speak nothin/H Aore than likel., if .ou tr. to make a confession at that point, .ou will speak words of fear instead of faith" >airus, a few hours !efore, had his mouth filled with the solutionDthe answer to his pro!lem" He had esta!lished it in faith" ut !. this time, if he had asked some!od., I:hat will I do nowK :hat9s .our opinion of this situationKI the. would surel. ha5e told him, IIt9s too late, >airus" ?or/et itH ;ou95e lost the !attle" It9s all o5erHI ut, thank 8od, >airus didn9t ask for an.one9s opinion" An.thin/ that he spoke in his situation would ha5e !een to @o the Sayings o% Jesus 169 affirm the solution instead of the pro!lem" ut the people around him wouldn9t ha5e understood, so he chose to !e silent" The end result of the whole matter was that his dau/hter was raised to life a/ain" The words >airus esta!lished in the !e/innin/ were fulfilled to the 5er. letterH :hen .ou speak the solution, callin/ those thin/s that are not as thou/h the. were, people in the world won9t understand" >ust keep .our e.es on >esus, not on people9s opinions" =isre/ard people9s opinions and continue to speak the solution" ?et ll Your Words 'e ccepta,le Speak to the pro!lem in pra.er and in .our con5ersations with other people" =e5elop .ourself to the point that .ou don9t let ne/ati5ism come out .our mouth" Start !elie5in/ that every word .ou sa. will come to pass" Since .ou ha5e a choice, wh. not sa. 180 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ the /ood thin/s instead of the !adK :hen .ou see a child run into a !us. street after a !all, don9t prophes. e5ilF IThat kid9s /oin/ to /et run o5er" >ust watch and seeHI Instead, sa.F IIn the name of >esus, that child will not !e hurtHI Release .our faith on the positi5e side of life" Changing the Image The fifth chapter of Aark descri!es a woman who had a ne/ati5e ima/e" The wa. she chan/ed her ima/e is a classic e2ample of speakin/ the answer to the pro!lem until the pro!lem 5anished" 2n$ a ertain 'oman, 'hih ha$ an issue o% bloo$ t'elve years, an$ ha$ su%%ere$ many things o% many physiians, an$ ha$ spent all that she ha$, an$ 'as nothing bettere$, but rather gre' 'orse, #hen she ha$ hear$ o% Jesus, ame in the press behin$, an$ touhe$ his garment( :or she sai$, +% + may touh but his lothes, + shall be 'hole( 2n$ straight'ay the %ountain o% her bloo$ 'as $rie$ up9 an$ she %elt in her @o the Sayings o% Jesus 181 bo$y that she 'as heale$ o% that plague( 2n$ Jesus, imme$iately &no'ing in himsel% that virtue ha$ gone out o% him, turne$ him about in the press, an$ sai$, #ho touhe$ my lothes3 2n$ his $isiples sai$ unto him, "hou seest the multitu$e thronging thee, an$ sayest thou, #ho touhe$ me3 2n$ he loo&e$ roun$ about to see her that ha$ $one this thing( .ut the 'oman %earing an$ trembling, &no'ing 'hat 'as $one in her, ame an$ %ell $o'n be%ore him, an$ tol$ him all the truth( 2n$ he sai$ unto her, @aughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peae, an$ be 'hole o% thy plague( Gro)"Worse Image This woman mi/ht ha5e !een rich when she started tr.in/ to /et rid of her condition, !ut the i!le sa.s she ha$ spent all that she ha$( After twel5e .ears of /ettin/ pro/ressi5el. worse, spendin/ mone. on 182 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ doctors who could find no cure, she had de5eloped a gro'<'orse image( This woman !elie5ed what she heard a!out >esus" E5identl. she had heard that >esus was healin/ people" 8od had told the children of Israel to sew a hem around the !order of their /arments as a s.m!ol of the -o5enant the. had with Him" ENum" *4F+%"G This woman was reachin/ out for that hem as she said, I:hen I touch His clothes, I9ll !e restored to health"I ;ou can see her faith in action" "he 2mpli%ie$ .ible sa.s, IShe &ept saying when I touch his clothes, I 'ill !e whole"I E5" '%"G :hat was she doin/K She was speakin/ the solution rather than the pro!lem" She was speakin/ words and chan/in/ her ima/e inside" To mo5e from po5ert. to prosperit., or from sickness to health, .ou must first chan/e .our inner ima/e" ;ou ma. use the :ord, medicine, or another method, !ut in order to recei5e whate5er .ou desire, .ou must first chan/e .our ima/e" =i5ine healin/ is a spiritual cure" @o the Sayings o% Jesus 18/ ;our spirit chan/es the ima/e on the inside" "he 'oman 'ith the issue o% bloo$ hange$ her image 'ith the )o$< given plan o% spea&ing 'hat she $esire$ 'ith the 'or$s o% her mouth( ;ou ma. ha5e tried e5er.thin/ .ou knew to make .our !usiness succeed to no a5ail" :ithin these pa/es, .ou ha5e heard a!out >esus and that His <in/dom is within .ou" If .ou take hold of the principles of the <in/dom and appl. them, the gro'<'orse image inside .ou will chan/e and .ou will ha5e a success ima/e" Positive Image If .ou ha5e had sickness and disease in .our life for .ears, it ma. take a while for the ima/e to chan/e" Results won9t come o5erni/ht, !ut a positi5e ima/e will !e/in to form inside .ou if .ou will speak 8od9s :ord" ;ou can9t e2pect to walk in prosperit. and health if .ou talk po5ert. and sickness" -onfession of 8od9s :ord keeps His answer !efore .ou" It will !ecome a point of contact to chan/e .our 181 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ ima/e" :hen .ou confess what 8od said, .ou will !e/in to see a new ima/e" In the world s.stem, salesmen /o throu/h trainin/ sessions to de5elop a positi5e self$ima/e" A salesman will ne5er rise a!o5e his self$ima/e" If he sees himself a M'##,###$insurance salesman, he will sell M'##,### worth of insurance where5er he is" If .ou put him in a position where he should sell M+,###,### or where he should sell M*#,###, he will still sell M'##,###" If .ou will /et the ima/e of 8od9s :ord within .ou, .ou will raise .our si/hts" ;ou will !e/in to talk wealth, life, and healin/Dinstead of po5ert., sickness, and death" =on9t talk a!out my sickness or my heart attack !ecause the. are the =e5il9s, not .ours" =on9t claim themH The. will cause .ou to ha5e a /row$worse ima/e" <eep the answer !efore .ou" =on9t dwell on how .our uncle died with some disease or how he was crippled in a car wreck" If .ou think continuall. a!out such !ad thin/s, the. @o the Sayings o% Jesus 184 will fasten their claws upon .ou" ;ou will draw them like a ma/net" The more .ou talk a!out them, the more .ou will !elie5e in them rather than life and health" Talk instead a!out how .our hea5enl. ?ather redeemed .ou from the curse of the 6aw, how He deli5ered .ou from the powers of darkness, and how .ou are healed !. His stripes" Talk a!out how >esus was made poor that .ou mi/ht !e made rich, how 8od will suppl. a!undantl. if .ou will /i5e and put the laws of prosperit. to work" Use 8od9s :ord as .our point of contact to chan/e .our ima/e" Release .our faith as the :ord of 8od chan/es the ima/e inside .ou" Talk a!out the :ord and think a!out it" If .ou sow the ri/ht kind of seed, .ou will reap the ri/ht kind of har5est" 8et the ima/e formed inside .ou, and e5entuall. .ou will walk in health and prosperit." This is a principle of the <in/dom" Words Created #verything 8enesis *F* sa.s, +n the beginning 185 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ )o$ reate$ the heaven an$ the earth( >ohn *F*,+ sa.s, +n the beginning 'as the #or$, an$ the #or$ 'as 'ith )o$, an$ the #or$ 'as )o$(((2ll things 'ere ma$e by him9 E. whomK . the :ordHG an$ 'ithout him Ethe :ordG 'as not any thing ma$e that 'as ma$e( ?aith$filled words created e5er.thin/C so if faith$filled words created e5er.thin/, then faith$filled words can /et rid of it or rearran/e it" (esus Cursed the =ig Tree In 6uke *(F3, >esus esta!lishes the fact that inanimate o!Bects will o!e. wordsF +% ye ha$ %aith as a grain o% mustar$ see$, ye might say unto this syamine tree, .e thou plu&e$ up by the root, an$ by thou plante$ in the sea9 an$ it shoul$ obey you( >esus pro5es this principle !. killin/ a fi/ tree with ne/ati5e words" EAark **F*'$*),'#$'+"G He cursed it, and the 5er. ne2t da. it had dried up from the roots" @o the Sayings o% Jesus 186 There are man. people cursin/ their own Ifi/ treesI without reali@in/ it" :hen the. sa., I:e can ne5er afford the thin/s we need,I the. are cursin/ their own fi/ treeC and if the. continue, their finances will dr. upH It will o!e. them !ecause of the authorit. in their wordsD whether the. are faith$filled words or fear$filled words" oth faith and fear are spiritual forces" ?aith !uilds and fear destro.s" The mountain, the s.camine tree, or the fi/ tree in .our life ma. !e a ph.sical condition for which .ou need healin/, such as a tumor in .our !od." ;ou can speak to .our !od., and it will o!e.Dif .ou !elie5e and do not dou!t in your heart( ut it has to !e an operation of the spirit, not Bust speakin/ out of .our head" To de5elop faith in .our words, .ou must spend time" It doesn9t come o5erni/ht" ?aith comes !. hearin/ the :ord of 8od, so the speakin/ of 8od9s :ord is the wa. .ou de5elop faith in 8od9s :ord" 188 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Speakin/ in line with 8od9s :ord will cause .ou to de5elop faith in your 'or$s( This is the 'ay of life" It9s not a fad" It9s not somethin/ .ou use, once in a while, to /et out of trou!le" It9s a principle of faith that >esus tau/ht and operated in throu/hout His ministr." >esus tau/ht in this principleF I:hosoe5er shall sa. to the mountain,I9 and IIf .ou had faith as a seed, .ou would sa. to the s.camine tree " " " "I The conclusion of all His teachin/ is that it )ould o,ey you5 ut the ke. to all of it is believing that 'hat you say 'ill ome to passDnot Bust what .ou said to the mountain, not Bust what .ou said to the s.camine tree, !ut all the words .ou speak dail." In other words, .ou must have %aith in your 'or$s and spea& them 'ith authority an$( %aith( Then .our words !ecome spirit life" It takes time to de5elop .ourself in these <in/dom principles" Success in these principles do not come o5erni/ht" It takes weeks and months, sometimes e5en @o the Sayings o% Jesus 189 .ears, of dili/ent practice to /et hi/hl. de5eloped in !elie5in/ that what .ou sa. will come to pass" If .ou will spend the time and !e dili/ent to practice .our faith, to practice the <in/dom principles, the rewards are /reat" At this point, I want to share with .ou some illustrations of spea&ing to things( Se5eral .ears a/o !efore I quit farmin/, I had planted m. rice and it had rained and turned cold for se5eral da.s" Neither the soil nor the temperature was conduci5e to sproutin/ seeds" So I was walkin/ o5er m. rice field, di//in/ here and there to see what was happenin/ to the rice I had sown" It showed 5er. little si/n of comin/ up" I disco5ered that thou/h some of the seed had soured, some was still /ood" I said to the 6ordF I:hat am I /oin/ to do with this rice fieldK =o I need to plant it o5erKI 1ro5er!s states that when .ou ha5e the :ord in .our heart, it will talk with .ou" E1ro5" 3F''"G :hen .ou fill .our 190 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ heart !. speakin/ 8od9s words, .our spirit can !rin/ that :ord up for use at an. time" "he #or$ tal&s to you- The Spirit of 8od rose up in me and said, I:h. don9t .ou do what the :ord sa.sK Speak to the pro!lem" Speak to the rice and tell it what to do"I I thou/ht, "al& to my rie3 ,ou mean me3 Then I reali@ed that I was not doin/ what I knew to do" I had the solution all the time, !ut had not acted" So I walked around the rice field, pointed at the rice seed, and said, IIn the name of >esus, I am talkin/ to .ou, rie( 6isten to me" Sprout and come forth" rin/ forth an a!undant har5est"I I suppose I spent an hour walkin/ o5er that mudd. field, talkin/ to m. seed" Some!od. ma. sa., IThat9s ridiculousH I don9t understand how that could work"I Actuall., I didn9t understand it either, !ut >esus said, @o it- At times, .ou ma. appear ridiculous doin/ what @o the Sayings o% Jesus 191 >esus sa.s to doC !ut if .ou don9t, .ou will fail" Are .ou tired of failin/K >esus /a5e us the cure for failureF @o 8is sayings( I spoke to the rice" It o!e.ed me" There was a !eautiful har5est" I spoke to another field that had !een planted two weeks earlier, !ut it didn9t respond" :hen I asked the 6ord wh., He said that I waited too lon/Dthe seed was alread. ruined when I spoke to it" 8od9s :ord didn9t failC + failed" Wheat Crop 4,eys Words One .ear m. wheat crop looked so thin I wanted to plow it up for weeksC !ut the field sta.ed so wet that I couldn9t /et a tractor in it" Then m. wife 1e//. su//ested that we confess 8od9s :ord o5er the wheat" I told her there Bust wasn9t enou/h to lea5e, !ut she wouldn9t /i5e up" So I a/reed to talk to it and confess 8od9s :ord o5er it" In Aatthew *%F*& >esus said, +% t'o o% you shall agree on earth as touhing anything that they shall as&, it shall be 192 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ $one %or them o% my :ather 'hih is in heaven( So 1e//. and I a/reed, commandin/ the wheat to multipl., produce, and !rin/ forth a!undance" ;ou mi/ht sa. I took m. i!le and spra.ed the crop with Aalachi +F*#,**" I read the i!le to m. wheat, then saidF IA. /round is !lessedH Insects will not de5our itH The wheat will not cast its fruit !efore its time in the field, and it is blesse$ o% )o$-F That fall we cut fift.$fi5e !ushels per acre from the same field I wanted to plow upH 0ousing ProCect 4,eys Words I had started de5elopin/ a housin/ proBect near the town where we li5e, !ut !ecause the teachin/ ministr. required so much of m. time, I wasn9t a!le to handle all the details" So I decided to sell the proBect and put more time into the ministr." There were two houses in the proBect that hadn9t sold" I said, I6ord, I pra.ed and I !elie5ed" :h. ha5en9t those houses @o the Sayings o% Jesus 19/ soldKI His answer was similar to the one concernin/ the rice fields" He said, I:h. don9t .ou do what .ou95e !een teachin/K Speak to the mountain"I E5en thou/h I knew this i!le principle well and had tau/ht it man. times, I had not acted on it in this situation" So I dro5e out to the proBect, walked up to one of the houses, and saidF IHouse, listen to meF I9m talkin/ to .ou, and I9m tellin/ .ou to sellH Someone is impressed with .ou" I call .ou, Sol$- >esus said .ou would o!e. me"I I felt sill., !ut I didn9t let m. feelin/s stop me" I walked inside and said the same thin/s to the walls" Then I went to the other house and talked to it" A!out a week later, m. head Enatural mindG !e/an to /i5e me trou!le" It seemed to sa., INow, i/ Aouth, what are .ou /oin/ to doKI I remem!ered that the 6ord had said in one of our meetin/sF "ears o% sel%<pity an$ sorro' $o not release %aith( 7earn to release your %aith in laughter( 191 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ So, I dro5e to the proBect, stopped in front of each house, stuck m. head out the window, and Bust lau/hed at the houses and the =e5il" There were mort/a/es that had accummulated on the housin/ proBect for water lines, sewer, etc", so I put these notes Etotalin/ o5er M*##,###G on the ta!le and called in m. dau/hter, Annette, as a witness to what I was doin/" I pointed m. fin/er at those mort/a/es and saidF I6isten to me, I9m talkin/ to .ouH e paid, in the name of >esus" =isappear" =emateriali@e" I don9t care how .ou do it, !ut !e /oneH e paid in fullH >esus said .ou would o!e. me"I Two weeks later the houses sold" A few weeks later the proBect sold, and the land !ehind the de5elopment sold" The notes were paid" The houses o!e.ed" The mort/a/e o!e.ed" The land o!e.ed" All of them o!e.ed faith$filled words" Someone ma. sa., II tried it and it didn9t work for me"I That9s 5er. possi!le !ecause it won9t work if .ou Bust try it( @o the Sayings o% Jesus 194 ;ou must !e a doer of the :ord" Appl. the principles of the <in/dom and spend the time to de5elop .our faith in .our words" It won9t work Bust !ecause .ou sa. it, !ut sa.in/ it is in5ol5ed in workin/ the principle of faith" It takes weeks and months of !ein/ dili/ent in speakin/ 8od9s promises to de5elop .our faith to !elie5e that what .ou sa. will come to pass" The 0ouse in Minnesota =urin/ a meetin/ in Ainneapolis when I was sharin/ these e2periences, a lad. came to me after the ser5ice and said, I8lor. to 8odH Now I know how to sell m. house" I9m /oin/ to talk to it ri/ht nowH And when it sells, I9m /oin/ to /i5e the tithes into .our ministr."99 :ithin three weeks she sold her house" It had !een on the market for se5eral months, !ut it sold when she spoke to it" It o!e.ed her words" If .ou dili/entl. do what >esus said, these principles will work in .our life" ut .ou must come to >esus, hear His sa.in/s, then do them" 195 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Are .ou willin/ to do what >esus said, e5en to the point of appearin/ ridiculous to the worldK Some ma. sa., IThe rice fields, the wheat crop, the housin/ proBect, and the house in Ainnesota are Bust coincidenceHI ut the :ord worked for >esus, and He said, IIf .ou do A. sa.in/s, .ou won9t fail"I The har5est produced !. the seeds that your voie plants will cause the s.camine tree to remo5e or to remain" .ut it 'ill obey you( Things To Remember =o the sa.in/s of >esus and .ou will ha5e a house with a firm foundation" The floods and storms of life do not come from 8od" 1lant 8od9s :ord in .our heart and do the sa.in/s of >esus, and .ou will not failH =i/ in the :ord to find the principles, then do the whole :ord" @o the Sayings o% Jesus 196 ;ou must do 8od9s :ord .ourselfC 8od won9t do it for .ouH Speak 8od9s :ord to the pro!lem in .our life" 1ractice speakin/ what 8od sa.s a!out .ou" =e5elop the ha!it of releasin/ faith in e5er. word .ou speak" Start !elie5in/ that every word .ou sa. will come to pass" -onfessin/ 8od9s :ord forms a positi5e ima/e inside .ou" The ima/e of 8od9s :ord will raise .our si/hts" 8od9s :ord is .our point of contact to chan/e .our ima/e" Speakin/ in line with 8od9s :ord will cause .ou to de5elop faith in your words" The ke. is !elie5in/ what .ou sa. will come to pass" ?or these principles to work in .our life, .ou must come to >esus, hear His sa.in/s, then dili/entl. do what He sa.s" 1- 1- Esing the =aith You 0ave :hen the disciples !ecame afraid in the midst of a storm, >esus asked them, #here is your %aith3 E6uke %F''$'(G" >esus later spoke to them and said, O ye o% little %aith " " " E6uke *'F'%G" The. didn9t like that, so the. decided to ask Him to /i5e them more faith" 6uke *(F4 sa.s, "he apostles sai$ unto the 7or$, +nrease our %aith( The apostles couldn9t read Aark ) or Aark **F'+,') to find out how the <in/dom of 8od operates" Then a/ain in Aatthew *( the disciples failed to cast a demon out of a !o., so >esus had to cast it out" 6ater when >esus was alone with them, the. asked Him wh. the. couldn9t do it" 2n$ Jesus sai$ unto them, .eause o% 200 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ your unbelie%0 %or verily + say unto you, +% ye have %aith as a grain o% mustar$ see$, ye shall say unto this mountain, Eemove hene to yon$er plae9 an$ it shall remove9 an$ nothing shall be impossible unto you Hv( 20;( These words are similar to what >esus said in 6uke *(F3, +% ye ha$ %aith as a grain o% mustar$ see$, ye might say unto this syamine tree, .e thou plu&e$ up"""" oth of these e2amplesDthe mountain in Aatthew *(F'# and the s.camine tree in 6uke *(F3Drefer to the pro!lem, to the circumstance !efore them" >esus did not sa., IIf .ou ha5e faith the siDe o% a see$ (((,F !ut, IIf .ou ha5e faith as a grain of mustard seed " " " "I >esus is usin/ as an e2ample a t.pe of seed that is familiar to the apostles" EHad >esus !een in En/land, Arkansas, He would ha5e said, IIf .ou had faith as a cotton seed """"IG The si@e of the seed doesn9t matter" The point is that the seed is /ood for onl. one thin/F to plant" Gsing the :aith ,ou 8ave 201 >esus is sa.in/ .ou don9t need more faith, !ut .ou must !e willin/ to plant it, to put it to work, to sa. to the pro!lem, Ie remo5edHI In answer to the apostles9 request to /i5e them more faith, >esus said, I;ou don9t need more faith" ;ou Bust need to use the faith .ou ha5e !. speakin/ it"I Plant your =aith 6uke *(F3 and Aatthew *(F'# contain three /reat secrets of faithF *" ?aith works like a seed" '" ;ou must plant it to /et the !enefit of that faith seed" +" ;ou plant faith !. speakin/ it" The <in/dom operates !. the principle of sowin/ and reapin/F """ as i% a man shoul$ ast see$ into the groun$ EAark )F'3G" ?rom stud.in/ the teachin/s of >esus, 1eter, >ames, and others, I !elie5e seeds cannot !e planted in .our heart unless .ou first speak words" The. will ne5er /et in there unless .ou speak them there" 202 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ The. are in the mouth first, then in the heart" ERom" *#F%"G ?eave your Seed in the Ground There is somethin/ .ou should remem!er when plantin/ seeds of faithF Once the seed is planted, .ou no lon/er ha5e itC it9s in the /round EheartG" Often people use the phrase, II9m !elie5in/ for"""I EI ha5e said it m.self"G ut if .ou are believing %or it, .ou are in the processC !ut .ou ha5en9t !elie5ed .et" Once .ou ha5e !elie5ed it, it is settledH Once the seed is planted, .ou don9t /o !ack to di/ it upH It is the su!stance of what .ou desire" 1raise 8od for it, e5en thou/h it9s not in .our possession, !ecause you have believe$- 1ast tenseH ;ou shall recei5e" If .ou sa., F+ am believing for this,I .ou are in the process of !elie5in/C !ut when .ou sa., F+ have believe$ 8od for it,I then it is settledH The seed is planted" ;ou no lon/er ha5e it" ;ou95e traded faith for the thin/ .ou !elie5ed" :hen .ou /o to the store, .ou /ather Gsing the :aith ,ou 8ave 20/ .our /roceries, then take them to the cash re/ister" The cashier tells .ou the amount of the /roceries, and .ou la. .our mone. on the counter" After .our /roceries are !a//ed, if .ou pick up !oth .our mone. and the /roceries and start out the door, the cashier will sa., I:ait a minuteH ;ou ha5e to lea5e one of them here, either the /roceries or the mone." ;ou can9t lea5e with !othHI :hen .ou !elie5ed, .ou settled itH ;ou planted .our faith" =on9t di/ it up !ecause .ou can9t ha5e !oth the seed and the har5est" ;ou ha5e alread. !elie5ed" 6ea5e .our faith and confess the har5est" 6et9s look at the con5ersation !etween >esus and the centurionF "he enturion sai$, 7or$, my servant lieth at home si& o% the palsy, grievously tormente$( 2n$ Jesus saith unto him, + 'ill ome an$ heal him( "he enturion ans'ere$ an$ sai$, 7or$, + am not 'orthy that thou shoul$est ome un$er my roo%0 but spea& the 'or$ only, an$ my servant shall be heale$( 201 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ :or + am a man un$er authority, having sol$iers un$er me0 an$ + say to this man, )o, an$ he goeth9 an$ to another, Come, an$ he ometh9 an$ to my servant, @o this, an$ he $oeth it( !atthe' 805<9 :hen >esus heard these words, He stopped and preached a sermon" #hen Jesus hear$ it, he marvelle$, an$ sai$ to them that %ollo'e$, Verily + say unto you, + have not %oun$ so great %aith, no, not in +srael E5" *#G" This centurion was a 8entile, a Roman" He was not under the -o5enant that 8od had with IsraelC .et >esus said his was the /reatest faith He had seen in all IsraelH Then >esus said, )o thy 'ay9 an$ as thou hast believe$ Epast tenseG, so be it $one unto thee( 2n$ his servant 'as heale$ in the sel%same hour E5" *+G" The centurion released his faith when he said to >esus, Spea& the 'or$ only, an$ my servant shall be heale$( He was not !elie5in/C he had alrea$y !elie5ed" He planted the seed and left it in the Gsing the :aith ,ou 8ave 204 /round" >esus said to him, 2s thou hast believe$ Enot IAs .ou are !elie5in/IG, so be it $one unto thee( Words re your Servants .ut 'hih o% you, having a servant plo'ing or %ee$ing attle, 'ill say unto him by an$ by, 'hen he is ome %rom the %iel$, )o an$ sit $o'n to meat3 2n$ 'ill not rather say unto him, !a&e rea$y 'here'ith + may sup, an$ gir$ thysel%, an$ serve me, till + have eaten an$ $run&en9 an$ a%ter'ar$ thou shalt eat an$ $rin&3 @oth he than& that servant beause he $i$ the things that 'ere omman$e$ him3 + tro' not( 7u&e 1606<9 ;ou can state the point of the a!o5e passa/e in two different wa.sF ?aith is the ser5ant of the !elie5er, or faith$filled words are the ser5ant of the !elie5er" Actuall. .ou can sa. it three wa.sF The s.camine tree o!e.s you. The s.camine tree o!e.s your words. The s.camine tree o!e.s your faith. 205 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ In i!le da.s, no master had his ser5ant rest or eat !efore ser5in/ him" As soon as the ser5ant came in from plowin/ or feedin/ cattle, he cooked the meal and fed the masterC then he ate the lefto5ers later" Don't !elaF $ter /ictory ?aith$filled words !ecome .our ser5ants, workin/ for .ou da. in and da. out" :hen the. !rin/ in the 5ictor., .ou don9t sa. to .our wordsF ISince .ou won that 5ictor., I9m /oin/ to let .ou rela2 a few da.s"I :hen the. are throu/h with one Bo!, don9t let them lie around and /et la@." After spendin/ a lon/ da. workin/, the ser5ant in 6uke *( came home to do more work" A/ain, I refer to Aatthew *'F+3 in which >esus said we will /i5e an account of e5er. idle word spoken" If .ou let .our ser5antDfaith$filled wordsDlie around idle, .ou will /i5e an account of them" As the master kept the ser5ant workin/ in 6uke *(, we must keep our Gsing the :aith ,ou 8ave 206 words workin/" :e do that !. speakin/ the thin/ desiredD/i5in/ them a new assi/nment" Things To Remember 6earn to use .our faith as a seed" 1lant .our faith !. speakin/ it" Once the seed is planted, don9t di/ it up" ?aith$filled words are .our ser5ants" The. work for .ou da. and ni/ht" <eep .our words workin/H 11 11 =aith Is 3ot ?aDiness ;ou must hear 8od9s :ord intelli/entl., then put some action to .our faith" Se5eral .ears a/o there was a couple in a cit. where I was teachin/ on a weekl. !asis who took hold of the faith and confession messa/e" The. had mo5ed to that cit. !ecause the man had taken a new Bo! there, !ut the compan. he was to work for went !roke a!out the time he and his wife arri5ed" The. were li5in/ in a 5er. e2pensi5e apartment, and since neither of them had a Bo!, !ills !e/an to pile up" The. learned a part of what the. heard a!out confession, !ut the. onl. /ot the formula" The. thou/ht all the. had to do was sa. it" So the. sat at home confessin/ that the. had the mone. to meet their !ills" 210 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ The man was offered a Bo! sellin/ cars for M3## a month, plus commissionC !ut he turned it down" He said he was Iwaitin/ for his ship to come in"I EOne thin/ should !e clearF If .ou ha5en9t sent one out, it won9t come inHG The :ord sa.s, """ 'hatsoever he $oeth shall prosper E1s" *F+G" This man wasn9t $oing an.thin/, and a hundredfold return on nothing is still nothing- -onfession didn9t work for the couple who onl. sat around confessin/" The. didn9t ha5e the principle of seedtime and har5est" The. didn9t use common sense, and the. weren9t !ein/ o!edient to 8od9s :ord, which sa.s, " " " 'hatsoever he $oeth shall prosper( The. weren9t doin/ an.thin/" -onfession and faith are powerful when coupled with doin/ the :ord of 8od" Sometimes people miss it in the walk of faith" The. /et Iturned onI to faith and sa., I8lor. to 8odH I9m /oin/ to quit m. Bo!HI 6et me share a few words of wisdomF If .ou can9t make it !. faith 'ith a Bo!, .ou certainl. won9t make it !. faith 'ithout a Bo!" :aith +s Cot 7aDiness 211 Ese Common Sense Some people act on the :ord !ut miss 8od !. tr.in/ to su!stitute faith for /ood !usiness practices" :hen the. hear a!out faith principles and learn the importance of confession, the. /o off on a tan/ent, throwin/ awa. all common sense and /ood !usiness practices" One time someone asked me, Irother -apps, do .ou use fertili@er on .our farmKI In response, I asked him, I=o .ou use /as in .our carKI Some people seem to throw awa. all common sense when the. start usin/ their faith" Some!od. ma. sa., IInstead of ad5ertisin/, I9m Bust /oin/ to !elie5e 8od"I If 8od tells .ou to do that, fineC !ut Bust !e sure 8od said it" Don't su,stitute $aith $or good ,usiness practices: Don't su,stitute good ,usiness practices $or $aith: 212 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ ;ou ha5e to put the two to/ether" Use faith in all .our !usiness practices" :hen .ou start sa.in/ /ood thin/s a!out .our work, the results will astound .ou" =ollo) Instructions 6et me /i5e .ou an e2ample of how to act on the :ord to sow the seed" The 6ord mi/ht instruct .ou to /i5e M4# to a particular person" The :ord of 8od concernin/ /i5in/ in 6uke 3F+% sa.s, )ive, an$ it shall be given unto you9 goo$ measure, presse$ $o'n, an$ sha&en together, an$ running over( In order to sow the seed, .ou must do what this 5erse sa.s" 6uke 3F+% will not work unless .ou o!ser5e the principles of the laws of prosperit." ;ou can9t Bust &no' what the :ord sa.s a!out /i5in/C .ou must /i5e in order to claim this promise" )ive, an$ it shall be given( The phrase shall be is future tense" The promise is !efore .ou" It doesn9t !elon/ to .ou until .ou do what 8od9s :ord sa.s" :aith +s Cot 7aDiness 21/ The instant .ou /i5e that M4#, .ou can speak that promise into .our heart !ecause .ou ha5e !een o!edient to 8od" Instead of sa.in/, IIt shall !e /i5en unto me,I .ou can sa., I?ather, ;our :ord sa.s, )ive, an$ it shall be given( Then !ecause I ha5e /i5en, it is given unto me ?goo$ measure, presse$ $o'n, an$ sha&en together, an$ running over(F That is present tenseF It is /i5en no'- efore .ou o!e.ed, the return from /i5in/ was shall be( After .ou o!e.ed !. /i5in/, .our confession chan/ed to it is given to me( Say 'e$ore You See Once .ou ha5e acted, .ou can take 8od9s :ord and put it in the present tenseF I?ather, !ecause I ha5e /i5en, it is /i5en unto meDgoo$ measure, presse$ $o'n, an$ sha&en together, an$ running over(F Someone ma. sa., I;ou don9t ha5e it .et"I ut .ou don9t ha5e to see it" Trust 8odC He wouldn9t lie to .ouH -ontinue to sow the :ord of 8od 211 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ into .our heart !. .our words" Sa., IThank ;ou, ?ather, it is /i5en unto me" I9m !elie5in/ for a hundredfold return, in the name of >esus, and it is comin/ to me" The !lessin/s are o5ertakin/ me !ecause I sow !ountifull. and I reap !ountifull." I ha5e all sufficienc. in all thin/s and do a!ound to e5er. /ood work" The 6ord is m. Shepherd, and I do not want"I Spea+ the Words loud As we ha5e seen, the wa. .ou sow the :ord of 8od is to hear .our 5oice utter what 8od said" This is one of the ke.s to operatin/ in 8od9s <in/dom" ;ou don9t ha5e to let .our 5oice echo off the walls, !ut .ou do need to sa. .our confessions aloud" 1aul said, :aith ometh by hearing, an$ hearing by the 'or$ o% )o$ ERom" *#F*(G" The 8reek for 'or$ in this 5erse is rhema or Ithe spoken :ord"I . rhema o% )o$, 1aul in this 5erse is referrin/ to a portion of Scripture" He does not mean the whole i!le, or logos( I am con5inced that 1aul was sa.in/, :aith +s Cot 7aDiness 214 I?aith comes !. hearin/ .ourself speak 8od9s :ord"I This is 8od9s principal wa. of causin/ faith to come" 8od uses it to transfer His faith to .ou, and it9s done throu/h His :ord" 8od9s :ord is filled with faith" Therefore, when .ou quote 8od9s :ord aloud, it imparts that faith to .ou" 8od has alwa.s used this !asic principle" He used it when He made His -o5enant with A!raham" God Spo+eB,raham Guoted In 8enesis *( 8od appeared to A!raham and said, II ha5e made thee the father of man. nations"I At that time, A!raham and Sarah didn9t e5en ha5e the promised child, !ut 8od said, II ha5e alread. done itHI Then 8od proceeded to set in motion the principle of faith to cause it to come to pass" A!raham was ninet.$nine .ears old and his wife was ninet., so there was no natural hope" ut the i!le sa.s when there was no hope, A!raham !elie5ed in hope" ERom" )F*%"G 215 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 8od set this plan in motion !. chan/in/ A!ram9s name to A!raham and chan/in/ Sarai9s name to Sarah" 2braham meant Ifather of nationsI or Ifather of a multitude"I Sarah meant Imother of nationsI or Imother of a multitude"I :hen 8od renamed them, He forced them into sa.in/, II am the father of nationsI and II am the mother of nations"I 8od had set in motion His !asic principles of transferrin/ His faith to A!raham and Sarah, so that what He had promised would surel. come to pass" E5er. time A!raham said, IA. name is A!raham,I he was sa.in/, II am the father of nations"I E5er. time Sarah said, II am Sarah,I she was sa.in/, II am the mother of nationsI or Ithe mother of multitudes"I It was the speakin/ of 8od9s :ord which had !een spoken to them that caused faith to come" E5er. time someone said, IA!raham, what are we to do nowKI he didn9t hear 2braham, he heard :ather o% Cations( :ith all the people who worked for :aith +s Cot 7aDiness 216 him, A!raham9s name was pro!a!l. called hundreds of times a da." -an .ou ima/ine what that did to his faithK He heard I?ather of Nations " " " ?ather of Nations" O ?ather of Nations """I =a. in and da. out, he heard what 8od said" Then in the same wa., all the maids who called to Sarah called her, IAother of Nations"I This was as if 8od had said, IThus saith the 6ord,I !ecause it was the :ord of the 6ord to A!raham and Sarah, and it caused faith to comeDfaith sufficient to cause the promise to come to pass" This has alwa.s !een 8od9s method" It is still 8od9s method toda." ?aith in 8od comes !. hearin/ the :ord of 8od" :hen 8od wants a har5est, He Himself plants a seed" The Seed 0as l)ays #Fisted The <in/dom of 8od has alwa.s worked in the same wa., !. sowin/ seeds, !ecause the SeedDthe :ord of 8od which is >esusDhas alwa.s e2isted, and alwa.s will" 218 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ As 8enesis +F*4 shows, >esus -hrist is considered Ithe Seed"I In this 5erse 8od said to the serpent, + 'ill put enmity bet'een thee an$ the 'oman, an$ bet'een thy see$ an$ her see$9 it shall bruise thy hea$, an$ thou shalt bruise his heel( The IseedI 8od is talkin/ a!out is >esus -hrist" 8od made the promise of the -o5enant to A!raham and his seedF Co' to 2braham an$ his see$ 'ere the promises ma$e( 8e saith not, 2n$ to see$s, as o% many9 but as o% one, 2n$ to thy see$, 'hih is Christ E8al" +F*3G" In 8enesis *(F( 8od said to A!raham, + 'ill establish my ovenant bet'een me an$ thee an$ thy see$ a%ter thee in their generations %or an everlasting ovenant( >esus is the SeedC and since >esus and the :ord are one, the Seed is the :ord of 8od" All throu/h the i!le from 8enesis to Re5elation, .ou will find that the :ord of 8od is considered to !e the Seed" Accordin/ to * 1eter *F'+, the :ord :aith +s Cot 7aDiness 219 of 8od li5es fore5erF .eing born again, not o% orruptible see$, but o% inorruptible, by the 'or$ o% )o$, 'hih liveth an$ abi$eth %or ever( Accordin/ to >ohn9s 8ospel, >esus and the :ord are oneF +n the beginning 'as the #or$, an$ the #or$ 'as 'ith )o$, an$ the #or$ 'as )o$( "he same 'as in the beginning 'ith )o$( 2ll things 'ere ma$e by him9 an$ 'ithout him 'as not any thing ma$e that 'as ma$e ( ( ( 2n$ the #or$ 'as ma$e %lesh, an$ $'elt among us( John 101</,11 If in the !e/innin/ the :ord was 8od, then the :ord is still 8od o5er every situation of life" Things To Remember ;ou must put some action to .our faithF #hatsoever he $oeth shall prosper( -onfession and faith are powerful 220 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ when coupled with doin/ the :ord of 8od" Use common sense" =on9t su!stitute faith for /ood !usiness practices" Sow the :ord of 8od into .our heart" ?aith comes !. hearin/ .ourself speak 8od9s :ord" 16 16 Ta+ing 3o nFious Thought A common enem. to success in an. indi5idual9s life is fearDthe fear of failure" ecause of this fear, man. people !ecome an2ious, fearful, o5erwrou/ht, and distressed" ut on almost e5er. occasion when >esus presented Himself to the disciples after He arose from the dead, His /reetin/ wasF :ear not or .e not a%rai$( E5en when >esus spoke of all the thin/s that were to come upon the earth, He said, See that ye be not trouble$ EAatt" ')F3G" On other occasions He said, 7et not your heart be trouble$ E>ohn *)F'(G" In Aatthew 3F'4 >esus admonishes us to take no an2ious thou/ht, !ut this is the first thin/ most people do concernin/ the thin/s of their li5esDfinances, housin/, and all the necessities of life" 222 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 6isten to the words of >esus as He tells .ou a !etter wa.F "here%ore + say unto you, "a&e no thought %or your li%e, 'hat ye shall eat, or 'hat ye shall $rin&9 nor yet %or your bo$y, 'hat ye shall put on( +s not the li%e more than meat, an$ the bo$y than raiment3 .ehol$ the %o'ls o% the air0 %or they so' not, neither $o they reap, nor gather into barns9 yet your heavenly :ather %ee$eth them( 2re ye not muh better than they3 #hih o% you by ta&ing thought an a$$ one ubit unto his stature3 2n$ 'hy ta&e ye thought %or raiment3 Consi$er the lilies o% the %iel$, ho' they gro'9 they toil not, neither $o they spin0 an$ yet + say unto you, "hat even Solomon in all his glory 'as not arraye$ li&e one o% these( #here%ore, i% )o$ so lothe the grass o% the %iel$, 'hih to $ay is, an$ to morro' is ast into the oven, shall he not muh more lothe you, O ye o% little %aith3 "here%ore ta&e no thought, saying, #hat shall 'e eat3 or, #hat shall 'e $rin&3 or, #here'ithal shall 'e be lothe$3 H:or a%ter all these things $o the )entiles see&0; %or "a&ing Co 2nAious "hought 22/ your heavenly :ather &no'eth that ye have nee$ o% all these things( !atthe' 5024</2 Now notice 5erse +*F "a&e no thought, saying"""" It9s all ri/ht to take thou/ht" It9s all ri/ht to make plans" ut don9t take thou/ht !. saying, I:hat am I /oin/ to doK Interest rates are '*PH =ear 8od, what are we /oin/ to doKI That will onl. produce fear, dou!t, and un!elief" It will ne5er produce faith" ?aith comes !. hearin/ 8od9s :ord" If .ou must sa. somethin/ in this situation, /o to the :ord of 8od and sa. what the Apostle 1aul saidF .ut my )o$ shall supply all your nee$ aor$ing to his rihes in glory by Christ Jesus E1hil" )F*&G" In the place where it sa.s, your nee$, Bust insert .our name" >esus said, I=on9t take thou/ht !. saying(F :ords are the most powerful force in the uni5erse" If the. are used ri/ht, the. will put .ou o5er in life" If the. are used wron/, the. will destro. .our faith and put .ou down in life" >esus is tellin/ .ou somethin/ here that is 5er. 221 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 5italF Don't ta+e thought ,y saying. ;ou ma. thin& those thou/hts sometimes, !ut don9t say them" ;ou can9t keep the =e5il from puttin/ dou!t in .our mindC !ut if .ou will refuse to speak it, it will die un!orn" Dou,t )ill die un,orn unless you spea+ it: Once .ou speak it, .ou /i5e !irth to it" Then it !ecomes un!elief" So /rit .our teeth and keep .our mouth shut" There is a time to speak and a time to !e silent" :hen .our :ord le5el is low and .our faith is low, don9t start tr.in/ to make a faith confession" ;ou will !e makin/ .our confessions in fear" Con$essions in =ear ;ou can /et !uilt up to the point where .ou confess the :ord of 8odF IA. 8od meets m. need accordin/ to His riches in /lor."I ;ou ha5e pra.ed" ;ou ha5e confessed 8od9s :ord" ;ou !elie5e .ou ha5e recei5ed" ;ou ha5e thanked 8od for it" There is no dou!t in .our mind at that point that .ou ha5e recei5ed" ;ou !elie5e it with .our heart" "a&ing Co 2nAious "hought 224 ut then fi5e da.s later when it hasn9t come to pass, the =e5il comes alon/ and e5er.thin/ seems to !e /oin/ a/ainst .ou" ;ou are on a low lim!H That is not the time to start tr.in/ to make a confession of .our faithH >ust rest on what .ou said in faith fi5e da.s !efore" It is possi!le to make ri/ht statements in fear" As we ha5e alread. seen from the fifth chapter of Aark, >airus came to >esus in faith" He said, !y little $aughter lieth at the point o% $eath0 + pray thee, ome an$ lay thy han$s on her, that she may be heale$9 an$ she shall live E5" '+G" Now that was a faith statement" >airus spoke those words when his faith was hi/h" He !elie5ed that >esus could heal his dau/hter" ut later someone comes and sa.s, I>airus, .our dau/hter is alread. dead" >ust for/et it" =on9t trou!le the Aaster an.more"I >airus had spoken in faith, !ut now the dr. winds of dou!t were !lowin/ a/ainst him" He was in a !ad situation" That was not the time for him to start makin/ faith confessions" He Bust 225 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ needed to rest on the statement he had made when his faith was hi/h" =on9t misunderstand me" ;ou an /o to the :ord of 8od and quote it in a situation like that, !ut there is a difference !etween makin/ a confession of 8od9s :ord as an e2ercise of faith and doin/ it in fear" I ha5e heard people sa. these thin/s in fear" The. were sa.in/ it, not !ecause of the faith that was in their hearts, !ut !ecause the. were afraid that 5er. thin/ was /oin/ to happen" The. started makin/ confessions in fear" ut >airus Bust kept his mouth shut" ;ou can quote 8od9s :ord in this kind of situationC Bust quote it o5er and o5er to .ourself" Then when .ou want to speak a word of faith to effect somethin/, .ou will !e filled with the :ord of 8od" ;our faith and .our :ord le5el will !e hi/h" There is a difference !etween sa.in/ 8od9s :ord to put it inside .ou and speakin/ the :ord out to effect somethin/" There are times when all -hristians ha5e some dou!t" =on9t tr. to "a&ing Co 2nAious "hought 226 speak the word of faith at those times" Start speakin/ it to put it in .our heart and cause faith to comeC or, Bust keep .our mouth shut as >airus did" Words Produce =aith or =ear >esus said, "a&e no thought, saying( :h. should >esus !e concerned a!out our takin/ thou/ht !. saying3 ecause sa.in/ will produce either faith or fear" Speak faith$filled words, and the. will produce faith" Speak fear$filled words, and the. will produce fear" I can sa. thin/s to .ou that will produce a de/ree of faith in .ouC or, I can speak words that will create a sense of fear in .ou" Statements like, I:hat are we /oin/ to doK How are we /oin/ to make this pa.mentKI produce fear" :hen .ou fear, .ou allow Satan to steal the :ord from .ou" E5er. time .ou sa. such thin/s, .ou are openin/ the door for the =e5il to speak to .our carnal mind" ;ou are to take no thou/ht !. sa.in/ an.thin/ that would open the door to the =e5il" 228 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ The =e5il cloudin/ .our mind with such thou/hts is a maBor area .ou must deal with if .ou e2pect to walk in 8od9s prosperit." >esus told us to ta&e no thought by saying !ecause the human spirit is desi/ned to produce in like kind from the seed .ou plant in .our heart" If .ou plant thou/hts !ased on worr., .our spirit will produceDand, in fact, lead .ou toDthe 5er. thin/ .ou fear" Remem!er thisF Satan is very limite$ in 'hat he an $o unless you %ear- ?ear releases his a!ilit. a/ainst .ou" He can no more pre5ail a/ainst .ou if .ou are without fear than 8od can mo5e in .our !ehalf without faithH ?aith !rin/s 8od on the scene, !ut fear is an in5itation to Satan" 6earn to control .our 5oca!ular. and harness .our ton/ue !ecause !. .our words .ou release the a!ilit. of Satan a/ainst .our finances, .our home, and .our ph.sical !od." Things To Remember ?ear of failure is an enem. to success" "a&ing Co 2nAious "hought 229 Resist fear as .ou would resist the =e5il" ;ou can9t keep the =e5il from puttin/ dou!t in .our mindC !ut if .ou refuse to speak it, the dou!t will die un!orn" ?aith$filled words produce faithC fear$ filled words produce fear" ?ear !rin/s Satan on the scene" ?aith !rin/s 8od on the scene" 18 18 !e$using Wisdom Produces =ear and Calamity 8od9s :ord instructs usF #is$om is the prinipal thing9 there%ore get 'is$om E1ro5" )F(G" Then it sa.s that wisdom comes out of the mouth of 8od" E1ro5" 'F3"G Too often when people are cau/ht up in pro!lems, trou!les, calamities, and failures, .ou will hear them sa., I:h. did 8od allow this to comeK :h. didn9t 8od do somethin/ a!out thisK :h. did it ha5e to happen to meKI :ell, let9s /o to the !ook of 1ro5er!s and see what 8od9s :ord sa.s a!out it" .eause + have alle$, an$ ye re%use$9 + have strethe$ out my han$, an$ no man regar$e$9 .ut ye have set at nought all my ounsel, 2/2 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ an$ 'oul$ none o% my reproo%0 + also 'ill laugh at your alamity9 'ill mo& 'hen your %ear ometh9 #hen your %ear ometh as $esolation, an$ your $estrution ometh as a 'hirl'in$9 'hen $istress an$ anguish ometh upon you( "hen shall they all upon me, but + 'ill not ans'er9 they shall see& me early, but they shall not %in$ me0 :or that they hate$ &no'le$ge, an$ $i$ not hoose the %ear o% the 7or$0 "hey 'oul$ none o% my ounsel0 they $espise$ all my reproo%( "here%ore shall they eat o% the %ruit o% their o'n 'ay, an$ be %ille$ 'ith their o'n $evies( :or the turning a'ay o% the simple shall slay them, an$ the prosperity o% %ools shall $estroy them( .ut 'hoso hear&eneth unto me H'is$om; shall $'ell sa%ely, an$ shall be >uiet %rom %ear o% evil( Proverbs 1021<// Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 2// If .ou hearken unto wisdom, .ou will !e quiet from fear of e5ilH Turn at the reproof of wisdom, which is the :ord of 8od that they may reover themselves out o% the snare o% the $evil E' Tim" 'F'3G" ,ou ha5e to reco5er yoursel% out of some thin/sC 8od can9t do it for .ou" =earB#nemy to Success >o! did not do all the thin/s descri!ed in the a!o5e passa/e, !ut he $i$ fear" EE5en thou/h a man walks upri/ht !efore 8od, he can still miss 8od"G :or the thing 'hih + greatly %eare$ is ome upon me E>o! +F'4G" >o! didn9t Bust fear, he greatly fearedH Remem!er all the times >esus said, I?ear not" Neither !e afraid" =on9t !e afraid" ?ear notHI He wasn9t Bust makin/ up scriptures to fill the i!leC He was re5ealin/ a secretF =ear )ill produce the very thing you $ear2 the same as $aith )ill produce the very thing you ,elieve: >esus said, I=on9t take an2ious thou/ht,I !ecause it will di/ up the :ord 2/1 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ that .ou95e sown" ;ou can pra. the most !eautiful pra.er, full of faith, then talk that seed ri/ht out of the /roundH =ear Dra)s 4ppression :hen .ou fear, the thin/ .ou are fearin/ will come upon .ou !ecause fear is a spiritual forceF )o$ hath not given us the spirit o% %ear9 but o% po'er, an$ o% love, an$ o% a soun$ min$ E' Tim" *F(G" ?ear is a spirit that will draw the 5er. thin/ .ou do not desireH In Isaiah 4)F*) 8od told Israel, """ thou shalt be %ar %rom oppression9 for thou shalt not fear: an$ %rom terror9 %or it EfearG shall not ome near thee( ?ear draws oppression" It draws all the ne/ati5e forces" :hen >o! greatly %eare$, he set in motion the formula for failure" He said, :or the thing 'hih + greatly %eare$ is ome upon me, an$ that 'hih + 'as a%rai$ o% is ome unto me( + 'as not in sa%ety, neither ha$ + rest, neither 'as + >uiet9 yet trouble ame E>o! +F'4,'3G" Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 2/4 In the first chapter of >o!, .ou will find that the indictment Satan !rou/ht a/ainst 8od was that He had put a hed/e around >o!" E5" *#"G >o! was safe until he !e/an to fear" He couldn9t rest for fear of what was /oin/ to happen" He was actuall. callin/ thin/s that were not, !ut he did it on the ne/ati5e side" He continuall. offered sacrifices to 8od" :e ha5e an ad5anta/e o5er >o! !ecause we can read the ook of >o! and find out that Satan was the one who caused >o!9s trou!le" >o! thou/ht 8od did it" He said, ""(the 7or$ gave, an$ the 7or$ hath ta&en a'ay9 blesse$ be the name o% the 7or$ E>o! *F'*G" This statement !. >o! is in the i!le, !ut is it the truthK As someone so aptl. put itF It is a true statement of >o!9s opinion, !ut it is not a statement of truth" The 6ord /a5e and the =e5il took awa." God's Word =rees You $rom =ear 2/5 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 1ro5er!s *F++ sa.s, .ut 'hoso hear&eneth unto me shall $'ell sa%ely, an$ shall be >uiet %rom %ear o% evil( As we ha5e alread. seen, hear&en means Ito declare,I so this 5erse means, IHearken unto AeDdeclare unto Ae what I ha5e said"I Speakin/ words such as, II am far from oppressionHI will set forces at work for .ou to keep fear and other ne/ati5e forces awa. from .our life" Accordin/ to 1ro5er!s +, puttin/ 8od9s wisdomDthe :ord of 8odDinto .our heart will free .ou from fearF !y son, let not them H'is$om an$ &no'le$ge; $epart %rom thine eyes0 &eep soun$ 'is$om an$ $isretion0 so shall they be li%e unto thy soul( ( ( "hen shalt thou 'al& in thy 'ay sa%ely, an$ thy %oot shall not stumble( #hen thou liest $o'n, thou shalt not be a%rai$0 yea, thou shalt lie $o'n, an$ thy sleep shall be s'eet( .e not a%rai$ o% su$$en %ear, neither o% the $esolation o% the 'i&e$, 'hen it Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 2/6 ometh( :or the 7or$ shall be thy on%i$ene, an$ shall &eep thy %oot %rom being ta&en( Proverbs /021<25 These words will do wonders for !uildin/ up the soulish man, as well as the spirit, and free .ou from fearH Some sa., I;ou9re Bust i/norin/ the pro!lems"I On the contrar., I9m doin/ somethin/ a!out them !. plantin/ seed in m. heart that will o5ercome the pro!lem" 6et9s look at 8od9s wisdom in 1ro5er!s" 2 man*s heart $eviseth his 'ay0 but the 7or$ $ireteth his steps( Proverbs 1509 "he 'ise in heart shall be alle$ pru$ent0 an$ the s'eetness o% the lips inreaseth learning( Gn$erstan$ing is a 'ellspring o% li%e unto him that hath it0 but the instrution o% %ools is %olly( "he heart o% the 'ise teaheth his mouth, 2/8 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ an$ a$$eth learning to his lips( Pleasant 'or$s are as an honeyomb, s'eet to the soul, an$ health to the bones( "here is a 'ay that seemeth right unto a man, but the en$ thereo% are the 'ays o% $eath( Proverbs 15021<24 A/ain, 5erse ') sa.s, Pleasant 'or$s are as an honeyomb, s'eet to the soul, an$ health to the bones( To some people it seems ri/ht to sa., I;ou Bust don9t know how !ad it is with me" ;ou Bust don9t know how the =e5il is destro.in/ m. home" ;ou Bust don9t know how mean m. hus!and is" ;ou Bust don9t know how poor we are" :e can9t afford thin/s" If I e5er /et a Bo!, I9ll lose it"I There is a wa. that seems ri/ht to a man, !ut the end is /oin/ to destro. him" It seems ri/ht for some!od. to sa., II9m not /oin/ to sa. I9m healed when I still hurt" If I was reall. healed, I wouldn9t hurt"I That ma. seem ri/ht to .ou, !ut the end result of it ma. kill .ou, Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 2/9 especiall. if .ou are in the position where the doctors ha5e /i5en .ou up to die" I am talkin/ a!out an indi5idual who has !ecome so pious that he thinks he is l.in/ if he doesn9t sa. what alread. e2ists" The indi5idual who continuall. sa.s what is, is alwa.s esta!lishin/ present circumstances" To operate in <in/dom principles D#hosoever shall say, believe, $oubt not in his heart, but believe 'hat he says 'ill ome to pass, he shall have 'hatsoever he says?.ou must speak to the mountain, not about the mountain" Some people wouldn9t dare to speak to the mountain or speak to the s.camine tree" The. wouldn9t dare sa. that it is remo5ed and cast into the sea" ;ou ha5e to learn to do what the :ord sa.s to do" This is the wa. 8od9s <in/dom works" Now let9s look at some of the thin/s 1ro5er!s sa.s a!out the ton/ue" "he %ruit o% the righteous is a tree o% li%e( 210 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Proverbs 110/0 "he 'i&e$ is snare$ by the transgression o% his lips0 but the =ust shall ome out o% trouble( 2 man shall be satis%ie$ 'ith goo$ by the %ruit o% his mouth0 an$ the reompene o% a man*s han$s shall be ren$ere$ unto him( Proverbs 1201/,11 "here is that speað li&e the pierings o% a s'or$0 but the tongue o% the 'ise is health( Proverbs 1/018 2 man shall eat goo$ by the %ruit o% his mouth0 but the soul o% the transgressors shall eat violene( 8e that &eepeth his mouth &eepeth his li%e0 but he that openeth 'i$e his lips shall have $estrution( Proverbs 1/02,/ "he tongue o% the 'ise useth &no'le$ge aright0 but the mouth o% %ools poureth out %oolishness( "he eyes o% the 7or$ are in every plae, behol$ing the evil an$ the goo$( 2 'holesome tongue is a tree o% li%e0 but Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 211 perverseness therein is a breah in the spirit( Proverbs 1402<1 A wholesome ton/ue is the nearest thin/ we ha5e to the tree of life that was in the 8arden of Eden" ;ou see, Adam could ha5e eaten of the tree of life" He could ha5e partaken of di5ine life pro5isions from that tree, !ut he didn9t" He chose to eat of the knowled/e of !lessin/ and calamit." The nearest thin/ to that toda. is the wholesome ton/ue" It !ecomes the tree of life to .ou, for with the ton/ue .ou sow seeds in the <in/dom" That9s the wa. the <in/dom works" Notice 1ro5er!s *4F) sa.s, " " " perverseness therein is a breah in the spirit( 1er5erseness of the ton/ue will cause a !roken spirit" 1ro5er!s *4F*+ sa.s, 2 merry heart mað a heer%ul ountenane0 but by sorro' o% the heart the spirit is bro&en( 1ro5er!s *(F'' sa.s, 2 merry heart 212 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ $oeth goo$ li&e a me$iine0 but a bro&en spirit $rieth the bones( 1ro5er!s *4F'+ tells usF 2 man hath =oy by the ans'er o% his mouth( If .ou don9t ha5e Bo., check up on .our mouthH "hrough $esire a man, having separate$ himsel%, seeð an$ interme$$leth 'ith all 'is$om E1ro5" *%F*G" ;ou must separate .ourself from some of the thin/s of the world and intermeddle with the wisdom of 8od" 2 %ool*s mouth is his $estrution, an$ his lips are the snare o% his soul E1ro5" *%F(G" A fool9s mouth is his destruction" There is an old sa.in/F ISticks and stones ma. !reak m. !ones, !ut words will ne5er hurt me"I That9s a lieH :ron/ words kill .ou, especiall. if you speak them" 2 man*s belly Einnermost !ein/G shall be satis%ie$ 'ith the %ruit o% his mouth(((E1ro5" *%F'#G" :hat a person speaks out his mouth is what he will /et in his heart" ;our heart will !e satisfied with it if .ou speak itDwhether it is Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 21/ ri/ht, wron/, or indifferent" " " " an$ 'ith, the inrease o% his lips shall he be %ille$( ;ou will !e filled with the thin/s .ou speak out .our mouth" @eath an$ li%e are in the po'er o% the tongue0 an$ they that love it shall eat the %ruit thereo% E1ro5" *%F'*G" ;ou are /oin/ to eat the fruit of .our mouth, either death or life" =eposit 8od9s :ord in .our heart !. speakin/ it" "he righteousness 'hih is o% %aith speað on this 'ise((( "he 'or$ is nigh thee, even in thy mouth an$ in thy heart ERom" *#F3,%G" 8od9s :ord will take care of inflation and recession if we are dili/ent to do what >esus saidDif we take no an2ious thou/ht !. sa.in/, I:hat am I /oin/ to doK :hat are we /oin/ to eatK :hat9s /oin/ to happen to usKI Program Yoursel$ )ith the Word ;ou must full. pro/ram .ourself with the :ord of 8od until .ou no lon/er take an2ious thou/ht and !ecome fretful o5er .our needs" 8od takes care of the lilies of 211 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ the field and the fowl of the air" >esus said He would clothe e5en those who ha5e Bust a little faithH Sow the :ord of 8od in .our heart and act on the faith that .ou ha5e" It doesn9t take much faith, Bust faith as a seed" Sowin/ seed for success is our responsi!ilit." Seein/ that the success comes to pass is )o$*s responsi!ilit.D once we ha5e done our part" :e don9t ha5e to !e/ 8od for it to come to pass" The /round is desi/ned to work" In Aark )F'3,'( >esus tells us that the <in/dom works as a man who casts seed in the /round, and then carries on life as usual 'ithout 'orrying( After plantin/ their crops, farmers don9t start pra.in/ that the /round will workH >esus said, "a&e no thought, saying, #hat shall 'e eat3 or, #hat shall 'e $rin&3 or, #here'ithal shall 'e be lothe$3 EAatt" 3F+*G" :e don9t ha5e to take thou/ht for these thin/s !ecause 8od is responsi!le for suppl.in/ our needs" All we do is sow the seed" Ee%using #is$om Pro$ues :ear an$ Calamity 214 To keep from worr.in/, de5elop an unchan/in/ trust in 8od" 1eople in the world ha5e natural faith" As -hristians, we ha5e a different kind of faith, a le5el of faith not learned from !ooks or from e2periences, !ut from 8od9s :ord" This faith is !ased on a knowled/e of 8od that He has created and de5eloped within us" To !uild and stren/then this faith, to sta. quiet from the fear of e5il, .ou must learn to keep 8od9s :ord in .our mouth" Things To Remember ?ear is a spiritual force that draws all the ne/ati5e forces" ?ear will produce the 5er. thin/ .ou fear, the same as faith will produce the 5er. thin/ .ou !elie5e" 1ro/rammin/ .ourself with the :ord of 8od !uilds a resistance to the force of fear" #hoso hear&eneth unto me EwisdomG shall $'ell sa%ely, an$ shall be >uiet %rom %ear o% evil( . hearkenin/ unto 215 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 8od9s :isdomDHis :ordD.ou will ha5e no fear of e5il" 19 19 !eaping the 0arvest :or the earth bringeth %orth %ruit o% hersel%9 %irst the bla$e, then the ear, a%ter that the %ull orn in the ear( !ar& 1028 It Ta+es Time $or =aith To Develop ;ou must de5elop .ourself in the <in/dom principles" As it takes time for seeds to /row, it also takes time for .ou to de5elop .ourself to !elie5e what .ou are sa.in/ will come to pass" ;ou ma. start speakin/ to thin/s, !ut that doesn9t mean the thin/s will o!e. .ou imme$iately( The woman with the issue of !lood descri!ed in the fifth chapter of Aark took four stepsF speakin/, actin/, recei5in/, and knowin/" Apparentl. this happened in a relati5el. short period of timeC howe5er, when .ou follow these 218 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ steps, results usually 'ill not happen overnight( efore an.thin/ chan/es on the outsideD!efore .ou feel !etter or look !etterDthe ima/e inside .ou must chan/e, and this takes time" =ili/ence to do what 8od9s :ord sa.s 'ill e5entuall. produce the results 8od said it would" The reason these thin/s manifested fast for >esus was !ecause He was hi/hl. de5eloped in His faith" It takes lon/er for some people to recei5e the manifestation of what the. speak !ecause the. are not as hi/hl. de5eloped in their faith as in their fear" :hen I first started appl.in/ the <in/dom principles in m. life, it took weeks and months !efore I saw an. results with the natural e.e" It took time to chan/e m. ima/e a!out finances" The. didn9t impro5e o5erni/ht !ecause operatin/ <in/dom principles is a wa. of lifeDa process, not a fadH 4perate the *ingdom Eeaping the 8arvest 219 6et9s summari@e what we ha5e learned so far a!out operatin/ the <in/dom" In Aatthew *'F+),+4 >esus said to the scri!es and 1hariseesF O generation o% vipers, ho' an ye, being evil, spea& goo$ things3 %or out o% the abun$ane o% the heart the mouth speað( 2 goo$ man out o% the goo$ treasure Hor $eposit; o% the heart bringeth %orth goo$ things( A /ood man who has stored /ood treasureDdeposited the /ood :ord of 8odDin his heart will !rin/ forth /ood thin/s" Aan. times people pra. for )o$ to !rin/ forth /ood thin/s when actuall. the :ord sa.s you must do it" In 6uke *'F+' >esus said, :ear not, little %lo&9 %or it is your :ather*s goo$ pleasure to give you the &ing$om( 8od desi/ned His <in/dom inside .ou to produce the 5er. thin/ .ou need, and >esus tells how it works" The seed is planted in the heart !. speakin/ it with 240 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ the mouth" A man speaks the :ord of 8od Ethe seedG into the heart, or plants it in the soil" Then, as he carries on life as usual, takin/ no an2ious thou/ht, the seed /rows up into the thin/ he needs" It !ecomes, as >esus said, the %ull orn in the ear( ;ou appl. the principles of 8od9s :ord !. !ein/ o!edientD!elie5e, speak, dou!t not, and /i5e" :hen .ou do, the <in/dom will produce for .ou" . sowin/ 8od9s :ord in 8od9s soil E.our heartG, .ou will e5entuall. reap a har5est of success" Things To Remember >ust as it takes time for seed to /row in the soil, it takes time for .ou to de5elop .ourself in <in/dom principles" efore an.thin/ can chan/e on the outside, .our ima/e inside must chan/e Dand that takes time" The more hi/hl. de5eloped .ou are in faith, the faster the manifestation of what .ou speak will come" . dili/entl. appl.in/ the principles Eeaping the 8arvest 241 of the <in/dom, .ou will e5entuall. reap a har5est of successH 1> 1> 0ope and =aith Co' %aith is the substane o% things hope$ %or, the evi$ene o% things not seen( 8ebre's 1101 ?aith is the substane, or the raw material, of thin/s .ou hope for" :hat do .ou hope forK Thin/s .ou desire" ?aith is the evi$ene, or the proo%, of thin/s not seen" This means .ou can ha5e proof of the thin/s .ou can9t see" 0ope Is a Goal"Setter Hope works in the mind" Hope will not produce the thin/ desired, !ut it is 5er. important" Aan. that are sick come to !e pra.ed for !ecause the. hope to !e healed" Hope will not heal them, !ut it will cause them to come for pra.er" Hope is reall. a /oal$setter" Aan. people ha5e hope in their heart, 241 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ where faith should !e, and faith in their head where hope should !e" Hope works throu/h the intellect" E5en thou/h a person is !orn a/ain, he must renew his mind to the :ord of 8od in order to keep his /oals in line with 8od9s /oals" ?aith, the su!stance of thin/s, works out of the heart Ethe inner man, the spirit manG" The heart, which >esus called the soil, will produce the 5er. thin/ that is planted in it" 1aul wrote, .e not on%orme$ to this 'orl$0 but be ye trans%orme$ by the rene'ing o% your min$ ERom" *'F'G" He wrote these words to the Roman church, who were !orn$a/ain" If the. needed to renew their minds, so do we" Hope works out of the headC faith out of the heart" 6et me /i5e .ou an illustration" A thermostat controls the temperature of .our house" In itself, that thermostat has no a!ilit. to heat or coolC !ut when the dial is set at a certain temperature, it sends an impulse, a /oal, to the heart of 8ope an$ :aith 244 the unit" The unit will work as lon/ as necessar. to produce that temperature /oal" If a hermit from the mountains comes to 5isit .ou, he will ha5e no understandin/ of how such a heatin/ unit operates" :hen he first enters .our house, it is hot" He sees .ou turn the thermostat to (#O, then he feels cool air !lowin/" In a few minutes, the house is cool" He asks, I:hat is that thin/KI IA thermostat"I I:here do .ou /et one of themKI IAn. hardware store sells them"I As soon as he lea5es, he finds a hardware store, !u.s a thermostat, carries it home, and nails it on his ca!in wall" :hen the sun comes up the ne2t mornin/, his ca!in /ets hot so he turns the thermostat to 3#O, sits !ack, and waits" In a little while, he starts to perspire" ?inall. he /ets up and !eats on the thermostat" 245 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ I:hat9s wron/ with .ouK :h. don9t .ou cool m. houseKI That thermostat has no su!stanceC it is onl. a /oal$setter" It is like a man that is dealin/ entirel. in the realm of hope" Nothin/ is connected to the heart of the unit" Hope has no su!stanceC it is onl. a /oal$setterH There is some power in the mental realm, !ut it is onl. a /oal$setterH It is the spiritual manDthe heart of the unit that will produce the thin/ .ou dial EplantG in it" Sometimes in the spiritual realm, we tr. to /et faith to work out of the head, when all the head can do is set the /oal" The i!le sa.s faith works in the heart" :ith the /oal$setter in .our head, !e/in to renew .our mind to what 8od saidF Ilessed !e 8odH I9m redeemed from the curse of the 6aw, deli5ered from the powers of darkness, translated into the <in/dom of the dear Son of 8od" ecause I ha5e /i5en, it is /i5en unto me, /ood measure, pressed down, shaken to/ether, and runnin/ o5er"I =ial .our /oal$setter to prosperit. 8ope an$ :aith 246 and keep it there" It will send an impulse to .our heart, the production center" !elease your =aith =urin/ the winter months, heat is the thin/ .ou hope for, and /as is the su!stanceDthe raw materialDof the heat .ou hope for" The raw material for heatin/ .our home is connected to the heatin/ unit at all times, !ut whether or not that raw material is used is another matter" ,ou ha5e to turn the dial of the thermostat" :hen .ou do, an impulse will !e sent to the heart of the unit, a little 5al5e will flip, the pilot li/ht will i/nite the /as, and heat will !e produced" The /as, the su!stance, is there all the timeC !ut until the /oal$setter si/nals the release, it is tied up" This is how some people are with their faithDthe. ha5e it, !ut ha5en9t released it" ;ou must learn to release .our faith" Turn the dial of .our renewed mind and set it on the /oal .ou want !. speakin/ 8od9s :ord concernin/ that particular 248 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ area" It will then release the impulse to .our heart and produce the desired results" As .ou /o a!out .our dail. acti5ities, speak words of healin/ and prosperit." E5en while .ou sleep, .our heart is workin/ to produce e5er.thin/ .ou need" Once the thermostat is set, .ou can rest assured that it will work da. and ni/ht until it produces what .ou pro/rammed into it" If .ou turn the thermostat to 3#O, then up to &#O, then !ack to 3#O, .ou will pro!a!l. !low a fuse somewhere" The unit is not desi/ned to function that wa." ;ou should set the thermostat at a certain temperature and lea5e it there" Dou,le"minded Man Gets 3othing $rom God +% any o% you la& 'is$om, let him as& o% )o$, that giveth to all men liberally, an$ upbrai$eth not9 an$ it shall be given him( .ut let him as& in %aith, nothing 'avering( :or he that 'avereth is li&e a 'ave o% the sea $riven 'ith the 'in$ an$ 8ope an$ :aith 249 tosse$( :or let not that man thin& that he shall reeive any thing o% the 7or$( 2 $ouble min$e$ man is unstable in all his 'ays( James 104<8 A dou!le$minded man allows circumstances to influence him and keeps chan/in/ his /oal" He ma. set his /oal on prosperit.C !ut if some!od. tells him, IIt9s not 8od9s will for .ou to ha5e riches,I he dials !ack to po5ert." After he /oes to an upliftin/ meetin/, he switches his /oal to prosperit.C !ut when he /oes !ack to his church and hears, I;ou9re ne5er /oin/ to /et an.thin/ in this life,I he turns !ack to po5ert. a/ain" He will ne5er !ecome prosperous" A certain minister tells the stor. of a paral.@ed man who came to one of his meetin/s in a wheelchair" 8od healed him, and he walked out of the meetin/ that ni/htH The ne2t da. his pastor came to see him Ito strai/hten him out"I Thou/h the 250 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ man walked to the door and let him in, the pastor wasn9t impressed" He said, Irother, all healin/ went out with the apostles" This is of the =e5il, and .ou would !e !etter off in a wheelchair than to !e healed this wa.HI :hen the pastor left, the man was una!le to mo5e from his chairF He had lost his healin/H The /oal$setterDthe impulse to that man9s heartDhad !een reset for sickness !. the words that pastor had spoken" :hen he thou/ht, "he pastor may be right( +t must be )o$*s 'ill %or me to be si&, he !ecame dou!le$minded and the paral.sis came !ack on him" ?earn the ?anguage o$ Success So man. times when people pra., the. onl. pra. the pro!lem" I=ear 8od, I don9t know what I9m /oin/ to do" I owe all this mone.H I95e lost m. Bo!H No mone. is comin/ in" 6ord, I9ll ne5er /et these !ills paidH This is a !i/ mountain in m. life, 6ord, and I pra. that ;ou9ll mo5e it out of the wa." 8ope an$ :aith 251 1lease do somethin/ a!out these pro!lems"I In a pra.er like this, the /oal is set onl. on the pro!lemC and as it is pra.ed, the impulse is released to the heart to produce that /oal" ut >esus said that the ?ather knows what we ha5e need of, e5en !efore we ask Him" EAatt" 3F%"G Our part is to pra. the answer" I?ather, in the name of >esus, ;our :ord sa.s that whate5er I desire, when I pra., !elie5e I recei5e it and I shall ha5e it" So I am doin/ that now" I ha5e /i5en, so I !elie5e that it is !ein/ /i5en unto me D/ood measure, pressed down, shaken to/ether, and runnin/ o5er" I proclaim that all m. needs are met accordin/ to ;our riches in /lor. !. -hrist >esus" I can pra. this, ?ather, !ecause it is accordin/ to ;our :ord, and I know that ;our :ord worksHI :hen .ou pra. such a pra.er as this, there will !e people around .ou who will tr. to talk .ou out of it" =on9t listen to them" Set .our /oal on the solution and 252 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ keep it thereH One lad. said she recei5ed healin/ for arthritis after hands were laid on her in the name of >esus" She was almost totall. well for se5eral months" Then people started callin/ her and leadin/ her into con5ersations like thisF IHow are .ou doin/KI IOh, I9m Bust doin/ fine"I I:ell, .ou know these thin/s come !ack sometimes" =on9t .ou feel an. painKI I:ell, .es, there is Bust a little !it"I I;es, that9s what I thou/ht"I That lad. said she !e/an to listen to that until she e5entuall. lost her healin/" :hen she started talkin/ a!out her pro!lems, her mind was soon !ack on the arthritis and it came !ack on her" I can ne5er o5eremphasi@e the importance of the words .ou speak" >esus said that we will ha5e whatsoe5er we sa." EAark **F'+,')"G :e cannot talk sickness and disease and e2pect to walk in health" The same is true of prosperit." 8ope an$ :aith 25/ :e cannot continue sa.in/ thin/s like, I:e ne5er can afford the thin/s we need,I and e2pect to walk in prosperit." It ma. !e true that .ou can9t afford 5er. much at that time, !ut don9t talk a!out it" Instead, keep .our words in line with 8od9s :ordF II ha5e /i5en, so I know it is /i5en unto me" It9s mine now e5en thou/h I don9t see it" It !elon/s to me" 8od said it is mine, so I am /oin/ to !elie5e 8odHI 8od9s faith will ne5er fail and 8od9s :ord will ne5er fail, !ut .ou can cause .our own faith to fail !. /ettin/ .our e.e on the pro!lem" 6earn the lan/ua/e of success and practice it" The Three D's o$ 'usiness 1: Don't curse your o)n $ig tree: =on9t speak a/ainst .our finances, .our car, or .our !usiness" &: Don't su,stitute $aith $or good ,usiness practices: There is an element of common sense that must !e included" =on9t for/et it" 251 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ -: Don't su,stitute $ormula $or principle: =on9t Bust speak .our desire, !ut !elie5e what .ou sa. will come to pass" elie5e everything .ou speak out .our mouth will come to pass" :hen .ou !elie5e what .ou are sa.in/, .ou are releasin/ spiritual forces" It won9t work Bust !ecause .ou sa. it, !ut sa.in/ it is in5ol5ed in workin/ the principle" Do These Things to Ma+e Your Way Prosperous. Set .our /oal on prosperit. !. knowin/ 8od9s will for .our success" Reco/ni@e the <in/dom as the Source of suppl." Seek the Source E<in/domG instead of thin/s" Sow /ood seed in the <in/dom" O!e. 8od9s :ord !. doin/ the sa.in/s of >esus" e a /i5er and not a /ra!!er" 8ope an$ :aith 254 =on9t take thou/ht !. sa.in/ wron/ thin/s" -ontinue to speak 8od9s :ord concernin/ prosperit." e/in to appl. these principles toda." Then .ou will make .our wa. prosperous and .ou will ha5e /ood success" Things To Remember ?aith is the su!stance of thin/s hoped for" Hope has no su!stanceC it is onl. a /oal$setter" ?aith works in the heartC hope works in the head" The heart produces that which the /oal is set on" Set .our /oal on the solution, not the pro!lem" 6earn the lan/ua/e of success and practice it" =ial .our /oal$setter to prosperit. and success, then keep it thereH 1@ 1@ Prospering or Poormouthing The world s.stem is a ne/ati5e stream /oin/ its own wa. to destruction" Aan. -hristians /et cau/ht in this ne/ati5e stream and ne5er seem to reco5er from the effects of it" One !ad thin/ leads to another" It is like a snow!all rollin/ down a hillC the further it /oes, the more destructi5e it !ecomes" "he rih man*s 'ealth is his strong ity0 the $estrution o% the poor is their poverty( Proverbs 10014 6et9s e2amine the li5es of two men descri!ed in this 5erse" One we will call 1rosperous >oe" He is 5er. positi5e and !ases his actions on the :ord of 8od" The other we will call 1oormouth >oe" He is 5er. ne/ati5e and !ases his actions on what he sees, feels, and hears" oth men ha5e /ood Bo!s at the same plant" 258 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 1rosperous >oe has !een confessin/ a!undance and no lack" Se5eral times a da. he proclaims, II ha5e /i5en, and it is /i5en to meC /ood measure, pressed down, shaken to/ether, and runnin/ o5er do men /i5e unto me"I He has put his faith out for dou!le his salar. ne2t .ear" He sa.s, II9m /i5in/, !ut I9ll dou!le m. /i5in/ !ecause I !elie5e I9m /oin/ to recei5e dou!le m. salar. ne2t .ear"I He is praisin/ 8od for his prosperit." His fa5orite Scripture is 1ro5er!s *#F''F "he blessing o% the 7or$, it mað rih, an$ he a$$eth no sorro' 'ith it( In his spare time, 1rosperous >oe attends seminars, listens to teachin/ tapes, and meditates on 8od9s :ord" 1oormouth >oe has come from a traditional church which teaches that 8od leads us Ithrou/h the fire and throu/h the floodI Ethen lea5es .ou in the mudHG" He has /rown up thinkin/ that 8od !rin/s po5ert. on .ou to teach .ou" His fa5orite Scripture is ' Prospering or Poormouthing 259 Timoth. +F*'F ,ea, an$ all that 'ill live go$ly in Christ Jesus shall su%%er perseution( 1oormouth >oe is sa5ed and filled with the Hol. 8host, the same as 1rosperous >oe" 8od lo5es 1oormouth >oe Bust as much as He lo5es 1rosperous >oe" He would do for him what He does for 1rosperous >oe if he would operate in the same principles" :hile 1rosperous >oe is confessin/ dou!le his salar., 1oormouth >oe is alwa.s speakin/ ne/ati5e thin/s" After he landed a /ood Bo! at the plant, his wife said, I8lor. to 8odH That9s the !est Bo! .ou e5er hadHI ut he onl. muttered, I;eah, !ut I9ll pro!a!l. !e the first one laid offH ;ou watch and seeH Nothin/ will e5er last for me"I ecause of their new income, his wife talked to him a!out !u.in/ a new car" His response was, IAs sure as we !u. that car, I9ll lose m. Bo!HI :ithout e5en reali@in/ it, he is !rin/in/ ne/ati5e thin/s on himself throu/h his words" 260 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Almost e5er. ni/ht after watchin/ the news, 1oormouth >oe tells his wife, IThis recession is reall. !ad, and people are !ein/ laid off" I9ll pro!a!l. !e the first one to /o at our plant"I One mornin/ he /oes to work, and his fear has come upon him" The !oss sa.s, I:e are cuttin/ !ack and we don9t need .ou an.more"I So 1oormouth >oe /oes home to ha5e a pit. part." He sa.s, IOh, 6ord, I knew it was /oin/ to happenH I told m. wife three months a/o that this was /oin/ to happenHI To/ether, he and his wife cr. half the ni/ht" The. e5en call the nei/h!ors who cr. with them and /i5e them a load of s.mpath.D!ut no :ord" 1rosperous >oe, who has !een confessin/ dou!le his salar., /oes to work that same mornin/ and /ets laid off alsoC !ut he knows what >esus saidF IIf a man will do A. sa.in/s, he won9t !e shaken when the ne/ati5e stream !eats a/ainst him"I 1rosperous >oe sa.s, I8lor. to 8odH I still !elie5e I will dou!le m. salar. this Prospering or Poormouthing 261 .ear" This ma. not !e the place where I9ll do it, !ut I will, for I !elie5e I recei5e"I :hen he /ets home, his wife sa.s, I:hat are .ou doin/ home so earl.KI II lost m. Bo!, hone.C !ut, praise 8od, I9ll /et a !etter one" This is our chance to pro5e that 8od9s :ord works" 8et the i!le and let9s confess what 8od9s :ord sa.s a!out this situation"I E6uke 3F)(,)%"G That ni/ht, after confessin/ the :ord of 8od, 1rosperous >oe sleeps well" He finds that the :ord of 8od has not chan/ed, e5en thou/h he has lost his Bo!" ut !ecause 1oormouth >oe had a pit. part. all ni/ht, cr.in/, I:h. me, 6ordKI it9s earl. in the mornin/ !efore he /ets to sleep" :allowin/ in miser. feels /ood to his flesh" He !elie5es that somehow 8od is /ettin/ /lor. out of his sufferin/" 1rosperous >oe9s spirit is filled with /ood wordsF Ilessed !e 8odH :hate5er I do will prosper" No weapon formed a/ainst me will prosper" I e2pect this situation to !less meHI 1ro5er!s *#F*4a descri!es 1rosperous >oeF "he rih man*s 262 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ 'ealth is his strong ity, and 8od9s :ord is his wealth" 1rosperous >oe has sown /ood seed into his spirit and has set his /oal on prosperit." :hile he sleeps, his spirit searches the a5enues of 8od9s wisdom" It takes se5eral ni/hts, !ut his spirit finds a wa. to !rin/ to pass the thin/s he has spoken in faith" oth men are operatin/ the same principle of seedtime and har5estDone positi5e, the other ne/ati5e" Notice the t.pe of seed 1oormouth >oe plants in his spiritF II9ll pro!a!l. !e the first one laid off"I After he loses his Bo!, he plants another seed !. tellin/ his wifeF F#e*ll probably lose our house( The note is due in >anuar." How can I pa. itK :e9re /oin/ to lose the house Bust as sure as the world" ;ou watch and see what I tell .ou"I 1ro5er!s *#F*4! sa.s the poor man9s po5ert. is his destruction" This perfectl. descri!es 1oormouth >oe" He Bust continues to !ecome more and more ne/ati5e as the circumstances worsen" Prospering or Poormouthing 26/ One mornin/ 1rosperous >oe sa.s, II feel impressed in m. spirit to /o downtown and look for work"I The 5er. same mornin/, 1oormouth >oe /ets an impressionF II need to /o downtown this mornin/"I So !oth of them start downtown" As 1rosperous >oe is dri5in/ down the !oule5ard, he is impressed in his spirit to ha5e a cup of coffeeC so at &F## A"A" he dri5es into the parkin/ lot of a local restaurant, /oes in, and sits in the second !ooth" At &F#+ A"A" >oe low, an old school !udd., walks in" The. /reet each other" I:ell, 1rosperous >oe, how are .ou doin/KI I>ust /reat, >oe"I I;ou know, .ou ha5e !een on m. mind for se5eral da.s" :hat are .ou doin/ nowKI II was workin/ at the plant until a few da.s a/o when I /ot laid offC !ut, thank 8od, I9m /oin/ to /et a !etter Bo!HI 261 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ >oe low sa.s, IThat9s ama@in/H I am !uildin/ a manufacturin/ plant in town, and I need a mana/er" ;ou are e2actl. what I need" :hen I was pra.in/ the other da., .our name came to me, !ut I had no idea where .ou were"I This meetin/ was no accident" >oe low hires 1rosperous >oe at twice the salar. he was makin/ pre5iousl." 1rosperous >oe9s spirit produced e2actl. what he had spokenH 2 man shall be satis%ie$ 'ith goo$ by the %ruit o% his mouth0 an$ the reompene o% a man*s han$s shall be ren$ere$ unto him E1ro5" *'F*)G" As 1oormouth >oe is dri5in/ down the same !oule5ard, he is ha5in/ a pit. part., thinkin/, 8o' am + ever going to get out o% this mess3 #hy $o these things al'ays seem to happen to me3 Suddenl., he /ets the desire for a cup of coffee" Instead of pullin/ into the parkin/ lot of the restaurant where 1rosperous >oe is, he dri5es to another restaurant down the street" >oe low was lookin/ for two men Prospering or Poormouthing 264 and would ha5e hired 1oormouth >oe if he had walked in, !ut 1oormouth >oe had decei5ed his heart with his wordsF #e 'ill lose our house( +*ll never %in$ a goo$ =ob again( He set the /oal and his human spirit led him to what he said" He was led !. his spirit to the wron/ place for coffee !ecause the seed was wron/" 2 'holesome tongue is a tree o% li%e0 but perverseness therein is a breah in the spirit( Proverbs 1401 :hile 1rosperous >oe9s spirit had !een searchin/ the a5enues of 8od9s wisdom all ni/ht lon/ to find how to /et him in a place to dou!le his salar., 1oormouth >oe9s spirit had !een searchin/ all ni/ht to find out how he could lose his car and his house" The question he posed for his spirit to answer was not, IHow will I prosperKI !ut 8o' 'ill + %ail3 The seed is planted and, in searchin/ for a wa. to /et him e2actl. what he had !een sa.in/, 1oormouth >oe9s spirit found a wa. to keep him from the restaurant where the /ood deals were" 265 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ Then as the waitress is !rin/in/ coffee to 1oormouth >oe, she trips and pours it all o5er himH His da. is ruined" It was his onl. clean suit, so he returns home to ha5e another pit. part." The ne2t mornin/ when he hears a!out 1rosperous >oe, 1oormouth >oe complains, IHe9s the luckiest /u. who e5er li5edH I don9t understand wh. 8od !lesses him, !ut won9t !less me" Nothin/ /ood e5er happens to me"I ( ( ( the $estrution o% the poor is their poverty( Proverbs 10014b 6ater while he is sha5in/, he /ets another impressionF II heard that the plant in the ne2t town is hirin/ now" I feel led to /o o5er there"I His spirit is leadin/ him there !ecause it is workin/ to !rin/ him what he has !een sa.in/" 8ood, !ad, or indifferent, the outcome depends on the seed that was sown" ?ollowin/ his impression, 1oormouth >oe /oes to the ne2t town and /ets a Bo! Prospering or Poormouthing 266 at that plant" His spirit led him to one of the few places in the nation where he could /et a Bo! and then lose it in thirt. da.sH A month after he starts, the plant /oes !ankrupt and la.s off all the help" . >anuar. his har5est has comeF He loses his car and his house" Still, he can9t understand itF #hy $i$ )o$ allo' this to happen to me3 8od wanted to !less 1oormouth >oe in the same wa. He !lessed 1rosperous >oe !ecause He lo5es !oth of them the sameC !ut so man. of 8od9s people are destro.ed for lack of knowled/e" ;es, this was a h.pothetical situation, !ut it has !een true in the li5es of so man. of 8od9s people" 8od wants .ou to take hold of His principles and !e a 1rosperous >oe" It is the law of seedtime and har5est" Start sowin/ .our crop toda.H I !elie5e the words of the Apostle 1aul make a 5er. fittin/ close to this stor.F 2n$ the servant o% the 7or$ must not 268 Suess !otivation "hrough "he #or$ strive9 but be gentle unto all men, apt to teah, patient, +n mee&ness instruting those that oppose themselves9 i% )o$ pera$venture 'ill give them repentane to the a&no'le$ging o% the truth9 2n$ that they may reover themselves out o% the snare o% the $evil, 'ho are ta&en aptive by him at his 'ill( 2 "imothy 2021<25 ;ou must reco5er .ourself out of the ne/ati5e stream" No one can do it for .ou" The first step to reco5er. is to reco/ni@e where .ou are and ha5e a desire to reco5er" ( ( ( 'hen the $esire ometh, it is a tree o% li%e( Proverbs 1/012 -harles -apps is a former farmer and land de5eloper who tra5els throu/hout the United States, teachin/ and preachin/ the truths of 8od9s :ord" He shares from practical, first$hand e2perience how -hristians can appl. the :ord to the circumstances of life and li5e 5ictoriousl." esides authorin/ se5eral !ooks, includin/ the !est$sellin/ "he "ongue, 2 Creative :ore, -harles also has a nationwide radio ministr. called I-oncepts of ?aith"I -harles and his wife 1e//. make their home in En/land, Arkansas" oth their dau/hters, Annette and e5erl., are in5ol5ed in full$time ministr." 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