Being in Faith

Being In Faith
Victory Ministries
Walter Kambulow
June 1, 2008
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hearty spiritual food and give you new strength to live your faith in
Jesus. He is Jesus centered and saturated with the Word of God and
strong in the Spirit of the Holy Ghost. He is a great fighter for His
King and an encourager of the true Saints. –
He is a man of God with a sincere burden for the Body of Christ and
its attack from these wolves in sheep’s clothing.
He spends his time trying to warn the sheep that the Wolves are not
coming into the sheep pen, they are already there and ravaging God’s
people with their horrible witchcraft powers.
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Content
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
The Lord Will Deliver Me
CHAPTER 2
My Expectation Is From God
CHAPTER 3
You Are My King, O God
CHAPTER 4
I Give You Power
CHAPTER 5
Greater Works
CHAPTER 6
Perseverance And Prosperity
CHAPTER 7
He Will Save Us
CHAPTER 8
A New Covenant
CHAPTER 9
Because You Did Your Part?
CHAPTER 10
The Wiles Of The Devil
CHAPTER 11
He Healed Every One of Them
CHAPTER 12
Fight the Good Fight of Faith
CHAPTER 13
Prosperity or Perish
CHAPTER 14
The God Of Restoration
CHAPTER 15
God Is Awesome in Works
CHAPTER 16
And He Healed Them
CHAPTER 17
I Give You The Authority
My Jesus is a Man of War
CHAPTER 18
In Paths of Righteousness
The Winds Of Change
CHAPTER 19
They Will Cast Out Demons?
CHAPTER 20
"Brood Of Vipers!
CHAPTER 21
Praying Always
CHAPTER 22
Love Never Fails
CHAPTER 23
Where are all God‘s miracles?
CHAPTER 24
Sanctify You Completely
CHAPTER 25
My Cup Runs Over
CHAPTER 26
Great Things From A Great God
CHAPTER 27
Signs And Wonders
CHAPTER 28
He Healed Them
CHAPTER 29
Grace To You And Comfort
CHAPTER 30
In The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
CHAPTER 30
The LORD Of The Breakthrough
CHAPTER 31
Joy Comes In The Morning
Introduction
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have
confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6;12
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. By faith the
harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with
peace. And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and
Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued
kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the
violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became
valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Hebrews 11:30-34
Running away from a battle or a problem doesn‘t give victory or solve anything. The problems or
battles will still be there! But in Christ Jesus through faith we have at our disposal all the unlimited riches
and riches of heaven which are far greater than what can be seen or know with our natural senses! As a
result through faith we can subdue kingdoms, work righteousness, obtain promises, stop the mouths of
lions, quench the violence of fire, escape the edge of the sword, out of weakness be made strong,
become valiant in battle, turn flight the armies of the aliens, be set free, be healed and be made whole
body, soul and spirit.
For believers we are walking on the highway of holiness that was paved by the blood of the Lamb,
Jesus Christ. Walking on this highway there are blessings to be received, promises to be claimed and
deliverance out of all of our tribulations. We will have tribulations in this life, but God promised to deliver
us out of them all. We know from God's word that nothing is too hard for Him or impossible and He is able
to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Hence we can believe like Joshua and Caleb
did, when others did not, and receive all that God has promised to His obedient children.
When the Hebrews sent twelve spies into the Promised Land, the majority returned with a negative
report that had no faith in it. These ten spies said, ―We can‘t enter into that land. It‘s full of giants. We are
like grasshoppers to them. If we go in we will die.‖
But two of the twelve, a clear minority, Joshua and Caleb said, ―Yes, we can make it. If we go into the
Promised Land we can occupy it, in spite of the giants. God said He would fight our battles for us and we
believe Him.‖
Unfortunately, Moses and the people believed and acted on the anti-faith report of the majority and
they decided to not enter into the Promised Land. Instead they wandered in the desert for forty years.
Then, the people under Joshua and Caleb went into the Promised Land. And the bible tells us:
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and
they took possession of it and dwelt in it. The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all
that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the
LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. Not a word failed of any good thing which the
LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass. Joshua 21:43-45
"Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in
all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke
concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed. Joshua 23:14
Note – This book also evaluates some teaching material The Possibilities of Prayer by E.M.Bounds;
from Todd Bentley Fresh Fire Ministries (http://www.freshfire.ca/); from Kobus Van Rensburg of SPIRIT
WORD MINISTRIES (http://www.spiritword.org.za/); from Dr. Peter Tan of Eagle Vision Ministries
(http://www.eaglevision.com.my/); J. Edwin Orr (International Revival Network: www.openheaven.com);
from The Great Dream (Http://Apostasynow.com; and from others.
Chapter 1
The Lord Will Deliver Me
"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said,
and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19
Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also
deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." Isaiah 31:5.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21
Surely the Lord, Who doesn‘t lie (Titus 1:2), will cover His trusting ones under His mighty wings. He
will do for them what He did for a woman called Ruth who lost everything in her life. She caught hold of
the living Lord whom her mother- in- law worshipped. And when she came under the shelter of God, she
was blessed. We can cling on to the Lord like Ruth did and a full reward will be given us by the Lord God
of Israel, under whose wings we have come for refuge."
Ruth turned out to be a blessed woman in the latter part of her life. A rich man called Boaz married
her and the people in the town loved her. She gave birth to Obed. She found a place in the genealogy of
our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Since she loved the Lord with all her heart and came under His shelter, God
blessed her abundantly. And since there is nothing impossible for God, if we believe, we shall see the glory
of God and His great and wonderful miracle working power. God‘s word is unchanging:
"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong
on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered? But
thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the
terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your
children. I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, And they shall be drunk with
their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know That I, the LORD, am your Savior, And
your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." Isaiah 49:24-26
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his
works. You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words. At my first defense
no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them. But the Lord stood
with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that
all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord will
deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory
forever and ever. Amen! 2 Timothy 4:14-18
The promises of God are true for those who believe and accept them and are not true for those who
don‘t believe and reject them. It‘s that simple! You don‘t need to graduate with five PhD‘s from a
seminary to claim the promises of God but just have simple childlike faith. Promises such as:
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. He
catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon
them. Job 5:12-13
He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed
with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. Revelations 13:10
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in
judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their
righteousness is from Me," Says the LORD. Isaiah 54:15-17
Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you," says the LORD. Jeremiah
1:8
They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you," says the
LORD, "to deliver you."Jeremiah 1:19
The God, the King of kings and the LORD of lords, who had given David him rest from all his enemies
all around (2 Samuel 7:1) as well Saul's house and Saul's wives into his keeping, and gave him the house
of Israel and Judah (2 Samuel 12:8), has not and doesn‘t change. Whatever He has done for one He can
and will do for another. He is no respecter of persons and shows partiality to no one. The words of
prophets such as Isaiah never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit. And the manifestations of a prophecy is given for the profit of all (1 Corinthians 12:7, 2
Timothy 3:16).
Yes, God has promised double honor and great blessings including financial for those who trust Him,
obey His voice and walk in His ways! In all circumstances we can look up to the Lord and hold on to Him.
He will be beside us and be very close to us. Whatever we have lost, He will give us in double measure
and bless us exceedingly. We are not strangers and foreigners. We belong to the household of God. We
are kings and priests and sons of God! The Lord is dwelling amongst us.
He dwells amongst in our loneliness and problems. We can cast our burdens and cares on Him. He will
sustain us. He will be with us in moments of trials and tribulations. He will deliver us from all afflictions as
promised. He will dwell amongst us when we pass through days of hardship. He will strengthen and make
us rejoice many times more than our period of distress and misery. He will dwell amongst us always and
will continue to bless us more and more.
Because of Jesus death and resurrection and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the unsearchable
riches of Christ, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things
through Jesus Christ, are now made available to us who have become the sons and daughters of God,
kings and priests unto God. All that belongs to God now belongs to Jesus and hence belongs to us who
walk not after the flesh or after our senses but after the Spirit. God‘s word is unchanging:
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk
according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
has made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did
not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give
us all things? Romans 8:31-32
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,
all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Yes, God is unchanging and is a miracle working God who not only supplies the Spirit to us but works
miracles amongst us by the hearing of faith! So if people are not seeing and receiving miracles it‘s
obviously they don‘t have faith or have the wrong kind of faith? They don‘t have faith that through faith in
Jesus name gives men perfect soundness including physical and emotional healing.
Because Jesus Christ is alive and well and has overcome the world including sin, demons and death
and has won the victory, He gives the victory to His trusting children to achieve great things for His honor
and glory. The size of their mountain or enemies is not a problem because their God, friend, provider and
Lord, is bigger than anything that they face or will face. He is still in the mountain moving and miracle
working business and none can stand against Him and the power of Jesus name. Everything must bow at
the name of Jesus including sickness, poverty, disease, demons, loss and governments. God‘s word is
true:
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and
of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11
So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be
pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. Luke 17:6
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome
the world-our faith. 1 John 5:4
'Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall
bring forth the capstone With shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" ' "Zechariah 4:7
Chapter 2
My Expectation Is From God
Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life. He will repay my
enemies for their evil. Cut them off in Your truth. Psalm 54:4-5
My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and
my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour
out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah Psalm 62:5-8
King David, who was not a stranger to trouble and fought a big war with King Saul and the house of
Saul, always trusted in God and confessed He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I
shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in
God. He boldly proclaimed I will lift up my eyes to the hills- From whence comes my help?121:2 My help
comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth (Psalm 121:1-2). And because God Who made the
Heaven and earth was his refuge, he had victory in everything in life and obtained the wealth of his
enemies. The bible tells us:
Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'I anointed
you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 'I gave you your master's house
and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if
that had been too little, I also would have given you much more! 2 Samuel 12:7-8
So the Lord who took care of David troubles with Saul and gave him Saul‘s house and wives into his
keeping and gave him the house of Israel and Judah can be trusted to do the same for us no matter what
enemies we might face be it physical, spiritual, financial or whatever! Because of the new birth in Christ
where we became a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15), bible victory is now ours, and we
can believe God to give us victory in all ways needed spiritually, physically and financially. God‘s word is
unchanging:
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. "However, when He,
the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own
authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. "He will
glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. "All things that the Father has
are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. John 16:12-15
"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the
Father in My name He will give you. "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and
you will receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23-24
Yes God is in love with us--so in love, He's given us everything He has! He's given us all the healing,
all the wisdom, all the wealth, all the strength we could ever need. When we received Jesus as our Lord
and Savior, He took our name! Our name was sin. Our name was weakness. Our name was fear and
poverty and every other evil thing we inherited from Adam. Jesus took those names from us and gave us
His own in exchange. Ephesians 3:15 tells us that the whole Body of Christ has been named after Him
both in heaven and earth. That means we have been given Jesus' Name. Its authority is now ours! We
are named after "Jesus, Mighty God, Wisdom, Deliverer, Avenger, Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Word of Life,
Advocate, Provider, The Great I Am, Helper, Savior, Prince of Peace, Wonderful Counselor, Savior, Healer
, Deliverer, Lamb of God, Lord of Hosts, Root of David, Author and Finisher of our Faith, The Way, Healer,
Son of God, Man of War, The Truth, Judge of all the Earth, Advocate, Refuge, Rock, High Tower, Strength,
Friend, Brother, Chief Cornerstone, King of Kings, Light of the World, Chief Shepherd, My Strength and
Song, Righteous Judge, Son of Righteousness, Resurrection and Life, The Alpha and Omega."
Jesus is our Jubilee. He has restored me to all the benefits God originally planned for mankind.
Because of Jesus, we can walk in divine health, divine wealth, divine prosperity and divine victory. We
can have all our needs met-spirit, soul and body and financially! We can stand with God like David did in
our faith walk and we can declare and decree that there is nothing missing, lacking or broken in our
finances and every other area of our life! Because God‘s word is unchanging:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of
evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I
will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13.
"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will
have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."John 16:33
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians
15:57
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes
He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
Jesus Christ gave His precious life to give us life and more abundantly. He came to set us free
including free from all our worries and agonies. He became poor so that we through His poverty might
become rich He came to supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Whatever
needs we may have, the Lord will provide them to us and bless us and make us a blessing. We can rejoice
in the fact that the plans God has for us are for good and to give us a blessed future. When problems
surround us, we don‘t fear because God will see us through. He will grant us victory in life as He gave
victory to King David and God‘s blessings will flow into our life abundantly. God‘s word is unchanging:
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is
the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what
is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His
mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at
His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1:15-23
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole
family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His
glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to
comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height- to know the
love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
It‘s a fact that our Lord Jesus Christ, when He lived on earth as the son of man and the son of God was
continually spiritual rich! His wisdom and mighty works testify how spiritually rich He was. The bible tells
us of Jesus:
And when He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they
were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Matthew
13:54
And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I
suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen. John
21:15
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and
greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. John 14:12
Even though Jesus promised that His supposed spiritually rich disciples would do greater works than
He did, most of the so called spiritual Christians today make Jesus Christ to be a liar but their lack of
greater works!
Yes, we have to take the word of God literally Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your
sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. Rich in every sense of the word
spiritually, physically, and financially lacking nothing! God wants us to move from the area of being in
need, and move through the area of enough and beyond that into the area of true prosperity. He wants us
to press through to where we can pray and believe for our dream. Beyond that, He wants us to press
through to where we can live in divine health, divine prosperity and live walking in the glory of God – the
place where we give no thought to our needs.
We are never to seek to just get by, but always press in for all that God has for us. We are not to be
like the children of Israel who believed and acted on a bad report given by others and never went into the
Promised Land of plenty and prosperity even though they lived in divine health and divine provision
(Psalm 78:24, 95:8-11 & 105:37) although Joshua and Caleb did!
We are to believe the word of the Lord But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call
you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.
Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their
portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs. … All who see
them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed.
He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.
Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen upon them. He spread a
cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night. The people asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran
in the dry places like a river. For He remembered His holy promise, And Abraham His servant. He
brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness. He gave them the lands of the
Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations, That they might observe His statutes And
keep His laws. Praise the LORD! Psalm 105:37-45
Yes we were called to be blessed and to be a blessing just like Abraham was and the Children of Israel
were:
Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your
father's house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you
And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I
will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Genesis
12:1-3
"You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying
to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' ACTS 3:25
So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. For as many as are of the
works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue
in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." But that no one is justified by
the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith." Yet the law is not of faith,
but "the man who does them shall live by them." Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the
law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"),
that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:9-14
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. James 2:23
Chapter 3
You Are My King, O God
You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. Through You we will push down our
enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. For I will not trust in
my bow, Nor shall my sword save me. But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to
shame those who hated us. Psalm 44:4-7
And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; And they will fight against you, But
they shall not prevail against you; For I am with you to save you And deliver you," says the
LORD. "I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grip of the
terrible." Jeremiah 15:20-21
And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. Amen Romans 16:20
The LORD who is the King of kings and the LORD of Lords as well as the God of peace is more than
enough to give victory to His trusting ones over all kinds of enemies. He Who was with Moses, Joseph,
David, Daniel, Gideon, Samson, Mordecai, Joseph, Job, Jesus, Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat and Joshua has no
problem cutting off and dealing with enemies no matter who they are or who they think they are! God
plus one is a majority against any foe, mountain, problem, sickness or need!
We are Full Gospel people. We believe in life, healing, and prosperity and stand against death,
sickness, and debt. Life and The Blessing, death and the curse have been placed before us. And we
choose life and The Blessing and we choose to let God arise and His enemies be scattered. God‘s word is
unchanging:
Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered; Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. As
smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked
perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad; Let them rejoice before God; Yes, let
them rejoice exceedingly. Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the
clouds, By His name YAH, And rejoice before Him. A father of the fatherless, a defender of
widows, Is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who
are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Psalm 68:1-3
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD,
O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your
diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and
tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like
the eagle's. The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. Psalm
103:1-6
But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel
of Christ. Romans 15:29
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is
written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), that the blessing of Abraham might come
upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:13-14
Yes! All the benefits of the full gospel are ours including salvation, healing, deliverance, redemption,
wisdom, the blessing, the gifts of the Spirit, justice, blessing and the Spirit are ours! The Word tells us
that Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law. The curse, as described in Deuteronomy 28, includes
death, sickness and disease, and poverty. Jesus is our propitiation (substitute). He died so that we
wouldn‘t have to. He took on sickness & disease so we wouldn‘t have to. And He took on poverty so we
wouldn‘t have to. Jesus said, "If you can believe, all things are possible, to him that believes."We are
believers and as a result we can walk in the fullness of redemption that Jesus provided for us! Our LORD
is the King of kings and the Lord of Lords. Certainly, He will defeat all our enemies, crush Satan under our
feet and give us victory. Yes, for those who seek Him, our Loving Lord Who reigns over all, will fill them
with His Holy Spirit and protect them from all evil and bless them with all the blessings
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the
LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer
hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34:8-10
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. The face of the
LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The
righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is
near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the
afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be
condemned. Psalm 34:15-21
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will
He withhold From those who walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in
You! Psalm 84:11-12
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with
unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same
image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:17.
Yes, blessed, not cursed is the man who trusts in the LORD! Poverty, sickness, lack, debt, fear, and
any other negative thing is not a blessing but a curse for it limits the individual from living life and more
abundantly! And the bible clearly tells us that God is near to us in all that we call upon Him and He will
save us from our enemies. God‘s word is true:
"For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for
whatever reason we may call upon Him? Deuteronomy 4:7
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
2 Samuel 22:4
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." Psalm 50:15
As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me. Evening and morning and at
noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice. Psalm 55:16-17
In Hosea 4:6 God tells us His people perish for a lack of knowledge. And it‘s true because they don‘t
know or believe the Word of God at all or they would read it and believe and be saved, healed, or
delivered out of their negative situations or circumstances. They would cry out to God Most High, to God
who performs all things for those who believe. He shall send from heaven and save them. God‘s word is
unchanging:
Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous
to be moved. But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and
deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You. Psalm 55:22-23
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of
Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by. I will cry out to God
Most High, To God who performs all things for me. He shall send from heaven and save me; He
reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah God shall send forth His mercy and His
truth. Psalm 57:1-3
Chapter 4
I Give You Power
"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." Acts
1:8
So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this?
Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man
walk?... "And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and
know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the
presence of you all. Acts 13:12-16
Power that is no used has no value whatsoever? It has no value to anybody! But God through the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit and through the use of His name has given us unlimited mighty power that we
can use to see all kinds of changes in our lives, community and circumstances. Whatever we can believe
God for He will do because of the power in us and the power of Jesus‘ name! God‘s word is true:
"Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may
speak Your word, "by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done
through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." And when they had prayed, the place where they
were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they
spoke the word of God with boldness. Now the multitude of those who believed were of one
heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but
they had all things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Acts 4:29-33
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. ACTS
6:8
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about
doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38
God not only anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit but with power. Power that Jesus
obtained and kept recharged through prayer. Power that the early disciples received and had through
prayer! Power that gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and enabled them did great wonders
and signs among the people! Power that makes demons fear and tremble and flee! Power that is available
to each son of God! God‘s word is unchanging:
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in
hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and
round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Romans 15:19
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom
of God. 1 Corinthians 1:24
And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom
declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except
Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And
my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but
in the power of God. Acts 2:1-5
Nothing in the universe can stand against God‘s pure power that is in the Holy Spirit being in us and
upon us and through the use of the name of Jesus! And our speech and our preaching are not to be with
persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that the faith of the
believers should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. Power that is demonstrating but
cursing fig trees or moving mountains into the sea! And if we don‘t have that power see should seek it
until we do for the kingdom of God is not in word but in power !(1 Corinthians 4:20). God‘s word is
unchanging:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God
and not of us. We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed- always carrying about
in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in
our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus
also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And
since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I
spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will
also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 2 Corinthians 4:7-14
We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. But in all things we
commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by
knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word
of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on
the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as
unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet
possessing all things. 2 Corinthians 6:3-10
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ
may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according
to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead
and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and
might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is
to come. Ephesians 1:19-21
according to the power that works in us, Ephesians 3:20
and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:10
1THES 1:5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in
the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for
your sake. 1 Thessalonians 1:5
Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling,
and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, 2
Thessalonians 1:11
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Ephesians
6:10
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2
Timothy 1:7
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is
greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Chapter 5
Greater Works
"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to
you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the
works themselves. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he
will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. "And whatever
you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask
anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:10-14
Fleshly Christians, devoid of power, love and sound mind from the church of the flesh, have twisted to
word of God to say that Jesus didn‘t mean what He stated, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who
believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do,
because I go to My Father. Those who lie and twist the truth can never be successful and prosperous
in life except to deceive fools like themselves! They obviously don‘t have the Spirit of truth otherwise they
would have spoken the truth and agreed with Jesus‘ words! They would have noted what Jesus told them:
Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father
will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me
does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
"These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. "But the Helper, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:23-26
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. "However, when He,
the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own
authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. "He will
glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. "All things that the Father has
are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. John 16:12-15
Father in My name He will give you. "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you
will receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23-24
Those who are guided into all truth by the Holy Spirit and keep the Words of Jesus are the ones who
will have their prayers answered even speedily. They are the ones who can truly feed Jesus‘ sheep and not
lie to them or use them! They are the ones who love and obey the truth and the word of God. God‘s word
is unchanging:
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of
the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of
corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass
withers, And its flower falls away, But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the
word which by the gospel was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:22-25
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as
newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have
tasted that the Lord is gracious. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is
also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And
he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. 1 Peter 2:1-6
But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And
above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." 1
Peter 4:7-8
Yes, the word of God warns us that there will false teachers amongst us who will cause many to fall
from their own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked. But their judgment and
destruction will become a reality. God‘s word is unchanging:
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers
among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought
them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways,
because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with
deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not
slumber. 2 Peter 2:1-3
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse
for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way
of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit,"
and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire." 2 Peter 2:20-22
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! Philippians 3:2
Yes many walk amongst us who are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction,
whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame-who set their mind on earthly things
(Philippians 3:17-18). They look out only for their own interests, and ignore the interests of others. They
don‘t worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. They fail to
understand that deliverance and honor comes to those who set their love upon God. God‘s word is
unchanging:
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty. : I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust."
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall
cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your
shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by
day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at
noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not
come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Psalm
91:1-8
"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high,
because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him
in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My
salvation." Psalm 91:14-16
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, "teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew
28:18-20
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus who is now everything that we need. And
yes God is a good God and a God of plenty and abundance. He is a loving, gracious and rich Father who
does take cares of His own and cares about their needs. Abraham did not just get by-- God blessed him
with cattle and servants and every type of financial provision. Jacob did not just get by. Even when he did
not honor God or His ways, He provided for him. God took care of him when his father-in-law Laban tried
to take advantage of him. In fact, God transferred much of Laban's wealth to him. He also took care of
Joseph. He was a slave and possessed nothing of his own, so God prospered whatever he put his hands
to. When he was falsely accused, God took care of Him in prison. Then, in the fullness of time, He gave
him great wealth of his own, making him one of the richest men in Egypt. God blessed his family and his
descendents until they became so prosperous that the leaders of Egypt became jealous of them, forcing
them to be slaves and to live in poverty for a season.
When God brought His people out of Egypt, He didn‘t bring them out as penniless beggars? No, of
course not! He transferred the wealth of Egypt to them. He gave them favor so that each man and woman
received gold and silver and many good things from their Egyptian neighbors just before they left. The
tabernacle was made out of the overflow of the abundance of the good things He gave them. He provided
for them even though He knew they would make wrong decisions; even though He knew they would
misuse some of the resources He gave them. They had enough gold and silver to spare that they could
afford to waste some of it on building a golden calf when He took Moses up into the Mountain of His
presence. Even though he knew they were going to sin against Him, He still took care of them financially.
God has shown Himself over and over throughout history to be a God who is both able and willing to take
good care of His own.
God‘s dear Son Jesus said that He came to give us abundant life? Abundant life is not a life that barely
gets by. It is not a life that is tormented with many great and unfulfilled needs. That is not what
"abundant" means. It means that our God will take very good care of us if we only learn to trust Him.
Jesus told us that any time you need something, we should come to God and ask Him for it, and He will
give it to us? God‘s word is unchanging:
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
"For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be
opened. "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
"Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? "If you then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to
those who ask Him! Matthew 7:7-11
Yes, God is the giver of good gifts and He loves to give good gifts to His own dear children. They can
learn to trust Him with their finances. He will take are of their needs. He is both willing and able to take
very good care of them. His word is unchanging:
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency
in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you
have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 1 Peter 5:10
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of
lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17
Chapter 6
Perseverance And Prosperity
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that
tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope
does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
who was given to us. Romans 5:1-5
The word of God teaches us that in order to have true prosperity we must have perseverance. You
could not have one without the other. As a matter of fact Jesus taught in the parable of the sower that
perseverance and prosperity were related. The bible records for our instruction:
"Therefore hear the parable of the sower: "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and
does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his
heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
"But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and
immediately receives it with joy; "yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For
when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
"Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this
world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
"But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." Matthew
13:18-23
The heart of man is like the soil of the earth. Each soil is different and has different characteristics.
Poor soil allows the devil to come and steal the word of God that is sown in the heart. Stony soil doesn‘t
have a heart that is persevering when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word. Soil with
thorns allows the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches to choke the word, and he becomes
unfruitful. But good soil with patience bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty.
Faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, and brotherly love are also interrelated
and are part of prosperity. For God‘s word is unchanging:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His
divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge
of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and
precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
the corruption that is in the world through lust.
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness
brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you
will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:1-8
While men look at riches, wealth and power as signs of prosperity, God considers faith, virtue,
knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, and brotherly love as the true elements of prosperity.
For God‘s word is unchanging:
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and
gold. Proverbs 22:1
"I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And
remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Acts 20:35
We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. But in all things we
commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by
knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of
truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by
honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and
yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet
always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
2 Corinthians 6:3-10
In the kingdom of God things are not like they are in the kingdom of men. It‘s the givers who are
truly blessed, it‘s the humble who are great, a good name is to be chosen rather than great riches and
God‘s loving favor is to be sought above silver and gold. For God‘s word is unchanging:
And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. Now all the
acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king
advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well
received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to
all his countrymen. Esther 10:1-3
"Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy
Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; "but we will give ourselves
continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and
the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from
Antioch, whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.
Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith
and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Acts 6:3-8
"The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ-He
is Lord of all- "that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from
Galilee after the baptism which John preached: "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by
the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:36-38
The greatness and prosperity of a man is not measured by what a man possesses but by being like
Jesus whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, and who went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. It is measured by being like Stephen,
a man full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom and faith, who did great wonders and signs among the people. It
is measured by like Philip the Apostle about whom the word of God states:
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes
with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he
did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and
many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there was great joy in that city. Acts 8:5-8
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom
of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe
in the gospel." And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I
will make you become fishers of men." They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Mark
1:14-18
There is no sickness, disease, poverty, lack, defeat, failure or unmet need in the kingdom of God. For
those who live and walk in the kingdom of God demons and circumstances don‘t determine their success
and prosperity and well being but God Himself through the presence of the Holy Spirit, which brings both
the manifestation of the kingdom of God and the nature of the God who is a good God, a creative God, a
miracle working God and a God of restoration. When God‘s comes on the scene through the presence and
personality of who the Holy Spirit is miracles come forth, miracles are manifested and God‘s creative
power is unleashed to change things in and around the live of the believer.
Most Christians are waiting for the kingdom of heaven to happen when they die—―absent from the
body and present with the Lord‖ (2 Cor. 5:8). But Jesus said, ―… the kingdom of heaven is at hand.‖ And
from the beginning of the time that Jesus first began to walk on this earth in His earthly ministry and He
released the dynamic and the presence of the Holy Spirit, He ushered in the kingdom of heaven. AND IT‘S
STILL HERE!
We don‘t have to wait until we die or for another time to experience the kingdom of heaven! We can
come into the realm of the kingdom of heaven now by experiencing what Jesus meant when He said:
―Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven‖ (Matt. 6:10). The kingdom of heaven
is the manifestation of the kingdom of God on the earth, as it is in heaven. The reality is this: as it is in
heaven means that there is no sorrow, or pain, or sickness because such conditions do not exist in
heaven. So we can pray that as it is in heaven so let it be done in the earth. We can bring ‗as it is in
heaven‘ to the earth not only in the area of miracles, glory and angelic activity but into our hearts and
lives. As a result we will have no more sorrow, no more pain, no more sickness, into the earth and know
and experience the comfort of God in all our tribulation. God‘s word is unchanging:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all
comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in
any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the
sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 2 Corinthians
1:3-5
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God
and not of us. We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed- always carrying about in
the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have
the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also
believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up
with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having
spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward
man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working
for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which
are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but
the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Yes, we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power that is God and not of
us. We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which
are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal! We need to focus on what‘s eternal
because what‘s eternal is going to last forever and it‘s in the Spirit realm. We bring heaven on earth into
our lives. The eternal is the unseen substance of what‘s in heaven. In fact, the eternal overrules the
material or physical realm, the physical symptoms of the sickness that are in our body, and the physical
circumstances of our life. And we do this by saying ―Come Holy Spirit; so as it is in heaven, it will begin to
be on earth.‖
As we invite the kingdom of God and as we say, ―Holy Spirit come,‖ He brings the realm of God, He
brings the activity of God. When the Holy Spirit shows up, a superior order shows up, and it breaks the
law of science, it breaks every doctor‘s report and what every person has said about you concerning what
you can and cannot do. It breaks the law of physics and the realm of the impossible. It begins to open up
the impossible! It begins to open up the eternal! It begins to open up the supernatural! People get healed!
Sickness, diseases, poverty and lack leave our bodies and leave our lives to the dismay of the unbelievers
as God‘s kingdom is manifested in our lives. As it is in Heaven so is not now on earth in our hearts and
lives.
Through being born from above means that we not only experience life on the earth with our natural
senses but we experience the heavenly realm with our spiritual senses. We can now live in that heavenly
realm and to walk in the spirit is to live and believe as it is in heaven so it is to be done on earth (Matt.
6:10). Just like Jesus demonstrated and manifested the kingdom of God bringing the creative power out
of the heavens to override the natural and the impossible in the earth and to release the supernatural of
God we can do the same. We can walk in a great measure of miracles, signs and wonders like Jesus did
for we now live by another set of rules. We live by a superior order. We are in the realm of God where
miracles are the natural order of things through the power and anointing of the Holy Ghost. God‘s word is
unchanging:
greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. "And whatever you ask in My
name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything in My
name, I will do it. John 14:12-14
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ
from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors-not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live
according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you
will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Romans 8:11-14
The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing
and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. The
right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. Psalm 118:14-16
When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our
mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them." The LORD has done great things for us, And we are
glad. Bring back our captivity, O LORD, As the streams in the South. Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:1-6
Chapter 7
He Will Save Us
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:5
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, To
deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the LORD; He
is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy
name. Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, Just as we hope in You. Psalm 33:18-22
(For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save
us); Isaiah 33:22
Christianity is not a religion but a relationship with a mighty God who is a Savior and everything that
His trusting ones need! As a result God‘s true children don‘t have to accept any negative thing in their
bodies, lives or circumstances be it sickness, disease, infirmity, poverty, bondage, lack, oppression or
depression. God is more than enough to be all that they need and to deal with each one of their enemies.
His word is unchanging:
"Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with great judgments. Exodus 6:6
O LORD, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our
salvation also in the time of trouble. … The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled
Zion with justice and righteousness. Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. Isaiah 33:2-5
Sooner or later trouble comes to everyone! But for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their
Savior and are filled with the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19) the Lord is their salvation also in the time
of trouble as well as the strength of salvation. The LORD who is our Judge, the LORD who is our Lawgiver,
the LORD who is our King, the Lord who is our all; He will save us. God‘s word is unchanging:
The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and
blossom as the rose; It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and singing. The
glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the
glory of the LORD, the excellency of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the
feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God
will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you." Then the
eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame
shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the
wilderness, And streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty
land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass with
reeds and rushes. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing
shall flee away. Isaiah 35:1-10
Yes, the Lord who makes the desert rejoice and blossom abundantly as the rose, even with joy and
singing, will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save His trusting
ones! They have His word on it. The Word of God of a God who doesn‘t and cannot lie! Yes, He who
opened the eyes of the blind, unstopped the ears of the deaf, made the lame leap like a dear and the
tongue of the dumb sing, has not changed and is the same yesterday today and forever. He is still the
great and powerful and wonderful miracle working God who can do anything but fail His trusting ones! As
a result the ransomed of the LORD shall return with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They
shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10, Ephesians 3:20-21).
We are to remember that poverty is not the will of God for any believer. Despite this truth, some
people have taken a "vow of poverty." Some Christians believe that poverty is part of being holy and
righteous. This is far from the truth. Poverty has nothing to do with godliness. To be poor or impoverished
means, "to be without; in lack; deprived." You and I don't serve a God of lack and insufficiency. He's the
God of the exceeding and abundant who wants to lavish us with His goodness. From Genesis to
Revelation, the Bible proves that poverty goes against everything God desires for believers. Poverty is a
spirit designed to keep believers in financial bondage. The devil uses this spirit to hinder Christians from
prospering and ultimately fulfilling their destiny of being a blessing to the entire world (Genesis 12:2-3).
God favors prosperity. According to Psalm 35:27 and 3 John 2, He is pleased when we prosper in our
spirit, soul and body. His desire is that we prosper economically, socially, emotionally, mentally and
physically
Unfortunately for them, many believers accept debt, financial hardship, substandard living, sickness
and troubled relationships as a part of life. They settle for less than God's best, unaware of their covenant
rights with Him. As Christians and as King‘s kids we have the right to prosper or succeed in every area of
life-financially, emotionally, socially, mentally and physically. We have the right to total life prosperity!
We can increase our knowledge base of what our covenant rights are by studying what the Bible has to
say concerning God's people. From finances to owning a successful corporation, we can learn how to lay
hold of our inheritance of a life of prosperity now! We can overcome the devil through our testimony and
confession as greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world. We can tell the devil:
Satan, our Jesus is bigger than any disease or problem you might give us. You are overcome by
the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of our testimony! (Rev. 12:11). We are washed clean by the
blood of Jesus and by His stripes we are healed, and we refuse to accept the curse of sin and sickness
and poverty and lack. We bind you right now by the Spirit of God in Jesus' name. You foul devil of
cancer, liver or diabetes or any other incurable disease, we command you to take your hands off our
family and us right now in the name of Jesus. We curse the seed and we curse the root of every
cancer, liver, diabetes and bad cell in our bodies and we command them to die in the name of Jesus.
We speak a new immune system or any other system into our being and we speak a new blood system
into our bodies, a blood system that will not accept cancer or foul cells. And in the mighty name of
Jesus which is above every name, we command all of the electrical and chemical frequencies in every
cell in our body to be in harmony and in balance and to digest the bad cells. We command everything
in our bodies to be healed and made whole and to function properly for the reason it was created and
to stay functioning until Jesus returns. In Jesus name we come against and rebuke anything evil,
wicked, wrong, sick or negative thing in our bodies, hearts, circumstances and lives and command it to
go away and never come back, in Jesus name. Amen and amen!
We are redeemed from the curse as Jesus had become a curse for us, Galatians 3:13, and His
blood is flowing in our blood stream. It flows to every cell of our body, restoring life and health. (Mark
11:23; Luke 17:6.) The life of First Peter 2:24 is a reality in our flesh, restoring every cell of our body
for by Jesus stripes we were healed. We have presented our body to God for it is the temple of the
LIVING GOD. And God now dwells in us and His LIFE permeates our SPIRIT, SOUL and BODY so that
we are filled with the fullness of God daily and preach the whole counsel of God. (Rom.12: 1,2; John
14:20, Acts 20:27.) Our body is the temple of the HOLY GHOST and not our own. In Jesus name we
make a demand on our body to release the right chemicals, to be in perfect chemical balance and for
our pancreas to secrete the proper amount of insulin for life and health. (1 Corinthians. 6:19.)
Satan we speak to you and in the authority of Jesus' Name and we say to all your principalities and
powers, your master spirits that rule this present darkness, and your spiritual wickedness in high
places they are all totally and completely bound here as they are already bound in Heaven. We are
loosed from all your power according to Colossians 1:13, as God has delivered us from the power of
darkness and conveyed US into the kingdom of the Son of His love which is above every thrones or
dominions or principalities or power, past, present or future. We are saved, healed, delivered and filled
with the Spirit of God through the name and blood of Jesus. We command that you take your hands
off all that touches and concerns us especially our finances and to restore in Jesus name seven fold
everything that you have stolen from us for we are God‘s property!
We also can use our angels and release them to make real our blessings:
Man was created a little lower than God, and angels were created lower than man. In Christ, we have
a right to all that is God's and all that is at His disposal, including angels. Angels are ministering spirits
assigned to minister to and for the heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:13-14). As a born-again believers, that
means us!
The terms of our covenant with God are administered, managed, supplied, executed, superintended,
dispensed, distributed and furnished through the ministry of angels.
Praying in the name (authority) of Jesus. "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it (John 14:14).
Declaring that we are heirs of salvation and God. (ROM 8:17, GAL 3:29, EPH 3:6, 2TM 3:9, TI 3:7 HEB
6:17, HEB 11:9, JMS 2:5)
Declaring that they have been sent to minister to our needs. Are they not all ministering spirits sent
forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:14).
As long as we remain in the will of God, angels are charged with our protection and deliverance (Psalm
91:11, AMP; 34:7; Daniel 3:28-29; 6:22; Acts 12:7-9; 27:22-23).
For God's promises to be established in our life, we must decree them (You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28). We also decree that have
a covenant with God and the anointing to get wealth. "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it
is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your
fathers, as it is this day. (Deuteronomy 8:18)
Angels only respond to the voice of God's Word that we decree (Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who
excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You
ministers of His, who do His pleasure. Psalm 103:20-21). Then, they can carry out His pleasure in our life-
-our prosperity (Psalm 35:27). We can command them to hearken to the voice of God's Word that we
speak. We can command them to go to the north, south, east and west to divinely clear the path to our
wealthy place. We can rejoice, knowing that our covenant is established with God. Concentrating on
circumstances rather than on God's promises causes many people to struggle. Our situation may seem
impossible, but we focus on our covenant instead. Walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
We rejoice in the fact that angels are available even when things seem impossible. Example: The
prophet Elisha and his servant were surrounded by the enemy's army but were delivered through the
ministry of angels. God‘s word is unchanging:
Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and
surrounded the city. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there
was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas,
my master! What shall we do?" So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are
more than those who are with them." And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes
that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, "Strike this
people, I pray, with blindness." And He struck them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha. 2 Kings 6:14-18
Chapter 8
A New Covenant
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel and with the house of Judah- "not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My
covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. "But this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My
law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My
people. "No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know
the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the
LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." Jeremiah 31:31-34
The bible is full of accounts of kings making decrees and they would become laws and reality. For
example, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God
(Ezra 5:13). In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at
Jerusalem: "Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it
be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, with three rows of heavy stones and one
row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king's treasury. Also let the gold and silver articles
of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to
Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit
them in the house of God" (Ezra 6:3-6). King Ahasuerus was advised to issue royal decree be recorded in
the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it will not be altered, that Queen Vashti shall come no
more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. As
a result he made the decree and the Queen was replaced with Esther who later caused the king to write
other decrees to protect the lives of her people, the Jews. The bible records:
On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews.
And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. So the king
took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther
appointed Mordecai over the house of Haman. Now Esther spoke again to the king, fell down at
his feet, and implored him with tears to counteract the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the
scheme which he had devised against the Jews. And the king held out the golden scepter toward
Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king, and said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have
found favor in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it
be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he
wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. "For how can I endure to see the
evil that will come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen?"
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, "Indeed, I have given Esther
the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he tried to lay his hand
on the Jews. "You yourselves write a decree concerning the Jews, as you please, in the king's
name, and seal it with the king's signet ring; for whatever is written in the king's name and
sealed with the king's signet ring no one can revoke." So the king's scribes were called at that
time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was
written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and
the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in
all, to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in
their own script and language. And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the
king's signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses bred from
swift steeds. By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather
together and protect their lives-to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or
province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their
possessions, on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. Esther 8:1-12
King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, and had hanged him
on the gallows because he tried to lay his hand on the Jews. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the
house of Haman. King Ahasuerus also told Queen Esther and Mordecai, the Jew, to themselves write a
decree concerning the Jews, as it pleased them in the king's name, and seal it with the king's signet ring.
And Esther and Mordecai did just that. The decree in the king‘s name permitted the Jews who were in
every city to gather together and protect their lives-to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any
people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their
possessions. Later Esther also requested and received a decree Haman's ten sons be hanged on the
gallows (Esther 9:13-14). Decrees are very important in the life of Kings and those in authorities. The
bible also tells us:
"Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have
prescribed. To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless. What will you do in the
day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for
help? And where will you leave your glory? Isaiah 10:1-3
Jesus Christ also defeated our prime enemy Satan, and has given us, His brothers and sisters, all his
spoils and wealth as well as the riches of heaven. He has also given us the right to make any decree that
we desire in His name. God‘s word is true and unchangeable:
"And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they
will speak with new tongues; "they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will
by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." Mark 16:17-18
"And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:13-14
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit,
and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give
you. John 15:16
The Holy Spirit whom the Father sent in Jesus name, not only teaches us all things, and brings to our
remembrance all things that Jesus taught but He also helps us make proper decree that affect and change
our world, society and life by removing people or mountains or kingdoms in our lives. God‘s word is
unchanging:
Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: "Behold,
I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the
kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant."
Jeremiah 1:9-10
"And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will
be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:19
"For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the
sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will
have whatever he says. Mark 11:23
Yes, God has given His true anointed ones, the power of decree and proclamation to use to their
advantage and that of the Kingdom. Under the new covenant Jesus gave us His blood, He gave us His
name and He gave us His Word. He gave us the authority to rebuke the devil ourselves. Under the old
covenant, you would do what you were supposed to do and God rebuked the devourer. Under the new
covenant we are not to wait for God to rebuke the devourer. God is waiting for us to act on the
authority He has given as a result of the blood. God has given you the name of Jesus and the power
and authority to do it yourself. When the devil gets in your face, you say, ―I rebuke you devil in the
name of Jesus.‖
Jesus said, ―You say to that mountain ‗be removed and be cast into the sea.‘‖ Many times in the
Bible the word ―mountain‖ means kingdom. Under the old covenant you did what you were supposed
to do, and then you waited for God to move the mountain (kingdom). Under the new covenant Jesus
said, ―Say to the mountain ‗be removed and cast into the sea‘ and believe in your heart that those
things you say will come to pass and you will have whatever you say.‖ To me it‘s a greater covenant
and a greater promise, but with every greater promise comes greater responsibility. Under the old
covenant you do what you are supposed to do and just wait for God. Under the new covenant you do
what you are supposed to do, take authority yourself, and stand in faith without wavering. i
Chapter 9
Because You Did Your Part?
Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling
place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give
His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young
lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore
I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me,
and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long
life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation." Psalm 91:9-16
God has promised great and wonderful things for those who have made the Lord, even the Most High,
their dwelling place. God makes such as these mighty warriors. He places within them His strength and
His authority that they might overcome all things and be more than conquerors. He sets them on high
places and gives them complete victory. In God‘s eyes they are already overcomers and He has already
given them the victory. All they have to do is to see it with the eyes of faith and take the victory because
Jesus Christ has already defeated their enemy on Calvary. He has Baptized them with His own Holy Spirit
and has given them power including power and authority over the enemy. Their power is so much greater
than the power of the devil for greater is He that is in them than he that is in the world. God‘s word is
unchanging:
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:10-11
They are to fight not in their own strength or in their own power, but in power of God‘s might. And
God is mighty and through the Spirit that He has place within them He is able to make them mighty and
to strengthen them. As they listen to His voice and see what He sees He will lead and guide them to
victory. He will pour out His presence and His strength and His authority and wisdom and His love into
them. He will enable them to do great and mighty feats not only in battle, but for the people around them.
He is after all the God of all power, the God of Breakthrough, the God of miracles and that God of victory.
His word is unchanging:
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For
all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as
head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is
power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. 1 Chronicles
29:11-12
name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything in My
name, I will do it. John 14:12-14
have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 14:12
Knowledge without action has no value. They must by faith tap into this knowledge that all that God
has and is belongs to them and that His plans for them are good not evil. And what God has promised He
will do for those who believe and trust in His name. As a result His trusting ones will do the works that
Jesus did and great works than these as they love Him and obey Him with a willing heart. He will bless
them and bring prosperity to them and make a way before them as He has promised to do. His word is
true:
"Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock
from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. Look to Abraham
your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased
him." For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her
wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found
in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. Isaiah 51:1-3
"For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do
wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD of
hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun of
Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-
fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On
the day that I do this," Says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3
Yes, God will bless and increase them. He will comfort all their waste places. He will release health and
healing over them. He will make their wilderness like Eden, and their desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. For those who fear His name
the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and they shall go out and grow fat like
stall-fed calves. They shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of their feet. God‘s
word is true:
Your sandals shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be. "There is no
one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the
clouds. The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust
out the enemy from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!' Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The
fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew. Happy
are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the
sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high
places." Deuteronomy 33:25-29
"Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
"From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land
of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
"No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will
be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. "Be strong and of good courage, for to this
people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
"Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which
Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you
may prosper wherever you go. "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you
shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.
For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. "Have I not
commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the
LORD your God is with you wherever you go." Johsua 1:3-9
"Therefore the LORD God of Israel says: 'I said indeed that your house and the house of your
father would walk before Me forever.' But now the LORD says: 'Far be it from Me; for those who
honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Samuel 2:30
Those who choose to obey God and His word and honor Him in all they do, He will honor them and
give them the gifts of abundant life and peace and joy and contentment. He will cause them to grow
strong and mature, and will place a greater measure of His anointing on their life. And when the enemy
comes in, like a flood the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59:19) For God is a
God of promise who keeps all His promises and performs His word for those who do their part including
trust God and taking Him at His word. They need to trust Him with all their heart and believe the
promises that He gives them for then they will be success and prosperous. His word is unchanging:
Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His
commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be
blessed. Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever. Unto the
upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Psalm 112:1-4
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your
ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear
the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. Honor
the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will
be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. My son, do not despise the
chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction; For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just
as a father the son in whom he delights. Proverbs 3:3-12
The Lord‘s chastening comes to all of God‘s true children to purify them, to refine away the impurities
from their life and to remove the pollution of their carnal nature, where God purge away the lusts of the
flesh and the sinful attitudes and thinking patterns that so easily beset them. In the fires of tribulation by
His Spirit God builds and forms His character and His nature within them as they look only to Him and
walk by faith, not by sight. God‘s word is unchanging:
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it
yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore
strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your
feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all
people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall
short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many
become defiled; lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of
food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he
was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
Hebrews 12:11-17
God takes all of His servants through His refining process to cause them to grow and mature. He
teaches them in the storms and troubles of life to walk by faith and not by sight and to look only to Jesus
Christ, the author and finisher of their faith. Even the very hairs of their head are numbered and it‘s their
Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom- all of it. God‘s word is unchanging:
"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. "If then God so clothes the grass,
which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe
you, O you of little faith? "And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor
have an anxious mind. "For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father
knows that you need these things. "But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be
added to you. "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom. Luke 12:27-32
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by
various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that
perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of
Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing,
you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith-the salvation of
your souls. 1 Peter 1:6-9
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due
time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him,
steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in
the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and
the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:6-11
Chapter 10
The Wiles Of The Devil
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having
put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the
gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being
watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints Ephesians 6:11-18
Concerning the devil there are two extremes that many of God‘s people take. One is to see the devil in
every bush! And the other is not to see him at all. But he is a real adversary who walks about like a
roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Apostle Paul used the terms ―the wiles of the devil‖ and ―we
do not wrestle.‖ The American Heritage Dictionary defines wile and wrestle as:
wile (wºl) n. 1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare. 2. A disarming or
seductive manner, device, or procedure. 3. Trickery; cunning. --wile tr.v. wiled, wil·ing, wiles. 1.
To influence or lead by means of wiles; entice. 2. To pass (time) agreeably.
wres·tle (rµs―…l) v. wres·tled, wres·tling, wres·tles. --intr. 1. To contend by grappling and
attempting to throw or immobilize one's opponent, especially under contest rules. 2. To contend
or struggle.
Wile also means ―A clever, often devious means for achieving an end: trick, maneuver, bluff,
contrivance, device, beguilement, feint, gimmick, ploy, ruse, sleight.‖ In sport to wrestle implies direct
bodily contact with the opponent. It means to struggle hand to hand against an opponent: grapple, fight,
scuffle, tussle. One of the wiles of the devil with results in real contact is to bring sickness upon a person
and financial losses just like he did to Job. The bible records for our profit and instruction:
Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like
him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" So Satan
answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? "Have You not made a hedge
around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed
the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. "But now, stretch out Your
hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" And the LORD said to
Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." So Satan
went out from the presence of the LORD.
Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
oldest brother's house; and a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the
donkeys feeding beside them, "when the Sabeans raided them and took them away-indeed they
have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!" While
he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned
up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands,
raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword;
and I alone have escaped to tell you!" While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
"Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, "and
suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house,
and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD
gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:8-21
The devil, who is a believer and believes God‘s word and what He does, told the Lord ―Have You not
made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have
blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.‖ He acknowledged that the
Lord was the source of Job‘s blessing, protection and even health. So when he did his evil things and Job
didn‘t curse God, he told the Lord ―But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and
he will surely curse You to Your face! The bible records:
Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like
him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he
holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause."
So Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for
his life. "But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse
You to Your face!" And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole
of his foot to the crown of his head. And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape
himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes. Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast
to your integrity? Curse God and die!" But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women
speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job
did not sin with his lips. Job 2:3-10
It‘s to be noted that no matter what Job went through he held on to his faith in God that God would
deliver him and heal him! And he was not put to shame. It‘s also to be noted that God‘s power is greater
than the devil and He has to power not only to heal and deliver but to restore. The Word of God records
for our profit and instruction:
And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job
twice as much as he had before. Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been
his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him
and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him
a piece of silver and each a ring of gold. Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than
his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of
oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. Job
42:10-13
The other important term that Paul uses concerning our bout with the devil is ―Stand therefore, having
girded your waist with truth‖ for the devil loves to play mind games as well as use different tricks, bluffs,
beguilements, ploys or ruses such as bringing real fear and affliction to a person. Many Christians are
seduced in their minds by the devil‘s wiles! But God‘s word is unchanging:
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2
Timothy
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we
have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love
abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in
love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not
been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us. 1 John 4:15-19
Yes, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind and we are to
swing the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, against the devil telling him what God‘s word says about a
matter and not what things appear to be like. When he brings sickness upon us we tell him ―by Jesus
stripes we are healed and God is our healer.” When he brings troubles and problems upon us we tell him
―the Lord is our deliverer and a very present help in time of trouble.” When he brings fear and doubt upon
us we tell him “God has not given us the Spirit of fear and He makes our way perfect.” As a Christian,
there are fights of faith we must fight in this life by declaring that what we have not seen is ours (Romans
4:17.) Despite the pressure, we must make a confession of faith and maintain our confession,
that we are a success, we are the healed of God, and we are rich in Jesus Name and live our life
to the fullest in victory. Hence are some suggested confessions:
Lord, in the name of Jesus, I thank You for my deliverance from blindness, sickness, diseases,
debt, oppression, shame, sin, lusts, lack, poverty, defeat, despair, failure and unbelief and that
you have given me faith, hope, prosperity and love which is wrapped up in Jesus Christ. Your
Word says that I am to owe no man anything but to love him. Your word says you have become
unto me all things. As I continue to build my faith in this area, I fully expect to receive much
unexpected income(s), answers, miracles and debt cancellation and great and wonderful healings
and miracles and deliverance and blessings including financial breakthroughs. I confess for the
glory of God in Jesus name I am wealthy and prosperous and victorious and more than a
conqueror in every area of my life. I confess that all my needs are met and my storehouses
overflow with abundance and that I am a great and true and holy man of God.
In Jesus name I come against all oppression in my life and declare that I have supernatural
protection against the onslaughts of the enemy. In the name of Jesus I command the angels of
God to go now and bring to pass my financial and physical soundness and wholeness and
blessings and provisions and prosperity. I confess I am a wise and faithful and good steward;
therefore, I walk in manifested abundance and debt-freedom daily. Your Word says that You
delight in the prosperity of Your servants. As I serve You with my finances, I declare that I have
my harvest of debt-deliverance right now. Amen!
In the name of Jesus, I confess that right now I'm out of debt, my needs are met and I have
plenty more to put in store. I walk in abundance and good health daily. Lord, Your Word says that
it is Your will for me to prosper and excel in every area of my life. Because I am a faithful and
wise steward over my finances, the wealth of the wicked is being transferred into my hands. I
know what to do with it because I place You first in all things. You direct my path and give me
wisdom to manage what You have placed in my hands. As a believer, I am blessed to be a
blessing until all families of the earth have been blessed. I am a distribution center. I am a
money magnet. Money cometh to me now! I command unexpected and expected income to come
my way. Lord, I receive Your blessing-Your power to get wealth-right now. In Jesus' name, Amen!
In the name of Jesus, I declare that I have a blood-bought right to answered prayer. The
Word of God is my guarantee. Father, by prayer, supplication and with thanksgiving, I can make
my requests known to You. You hear the prayer of the righteous and answer them. Your eyes are
on me and Your ears are open to hear my prayers. I am connected to Christ Jesus, and I am
anointed. In everything I do I am more than a conqueror. Because I abide in You, and Your Word
abides in me, I see the manifestation of answered prayer. When I speak Your Word, it does not
return without accomplishing what it was sent to do Amen and amen.
Lord, I thank You that I walk in favor with man and with You. Wherever I go and whatever I
do, Your favor goes before me. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much.
Therefore, I believe I receive what I pray for right now. In Jesus' name, Amen!
In the name of Jesus, I do not neglect my great salvation-soteria. I declare that I am
established in "protection, preservation, prosperity, promotions, provisions, soundness, healing,
deliverance and the ministry of angels." I do not fear. No weapon formed against me shall
prosper. Every tongue that rises up against me, I will condemn, for it is my heritage. I loose my
angels to bring me great wealth, perfect health, great anointings, total victories, houses, lands,
cars and boats and every good thing and especially my miracle ministry.
Thank You, Lord, for being my help in the time of trouble. When I call, You answer me. You
are always with me. You deliver and honor me. No evil ever comes near my dwelling. With a long
and prosperous life You will show me Your salvation.
I declare that the healing power of God is flowing through my body right now. I declare that
every organ, tissue, cell and system in my body functions in the perfection to which God created
it to function. I command all infection and abnormality in my body to cease and die and pass out
now never to return in Jesus Name. Divine health is restored into my body in Jesus Name. I
rebuke every ear deafness blindness sickness disease and spirit of infirmity and command it to go
away and not come back in jesus name I speak the Word of God in Jesus name that by Jesus
stripes I am healed and it will not return to me void.
I am established in Your Word. I declare that I am preserved from trouble. I overcome trouble
by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. I am established in righteousness
through Jesus. As the redeemed of the Lord, I declare this to be so right now. In Jesus' name, I
command and loose Your angels to go forth now and bring these confession to pass in my life. I
believe and I have received the manifestation of these promises and your great and wonderful
miracle working power.
Chapter 11
He Healed Every One of Them
Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was
sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. So He stood over her and
rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. When the sun
was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and
He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. And demons also came out of many,
crying out and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" And He, rebuking them, did not allow
them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ. Luke 4:38-41
Jesus healed all who came to Him out of whatever made them sick or afflicted them be it natural or
supernatural! He never had any lack of healing in His ministry and didn‘t have to blame the lack on their
lack of faith, unconfessed or hidden sin, or some other things?
It always amazes me that we have so called men of God in our midst, who cannot work miracles or get
instant answers to their prayers, assure us that they have the right theology and are qualified to teach
others. They would tell us that a Christian cannot be demon possessed even if he is ravaged and
destroyed by a demon of infirmity such as cancer! But Jesus never made a distinction between natural
sickness and demonic sickness? He just healed them and cast out spirits with His word.
When Simon Peter's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, He stood over her and rebuked the fever
and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. Jesus rebuked the fever because it was a
spirit and not a natural sickness which would have caused Him to lay hands on her!
When all those who had any that were sick with various diseases were brought them to Him, He laid
His hands on every one of them and healed them. And demons also came out of many, and He rebuked
them. But we have so called men of God today who cannot heal the sick in their midst, never mind cast
demons out of people whether they be Christian or non Christian. And then they would tell us they have
the answers to life and about God? Hogwash! They are just the blind leading the blind! But God‘s word is
unchanging:
Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He
will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. Zechariah 10:1
hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun of
Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-
fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On
the day that I do this," Says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3
In answer to the prayers of His people God who isn‘t deaf has promised sends showers of the Holy
Spirit and brings healing to the land and to His people. As a result people with cancer, arthritis, high blood
pressure, back pain are touched, healed and delivered by the power of God. Marriages are restored,
family members are saved and finances are healed.
Yes, Jesus Christ cared and cares for the whole man body, soul and spirit. So many preachers care
only about the souls of men or money and not about what has caused hurt and pain to people or the
issues of integrity and character. Many brow beat the sheep from the pulpit with words and don‘t heal and
deliver them. They say bad things about them and are afraid to entrust them with things in the church.
But Jesus Christ was not like that at all He even allowed Judas who would betray him to be a disciple and
heal the sick and cast out demons.
In many churches, when a Christian makes a mistake, other Christians condemn them, criticize them
and gossip about them. However, God has commanded His people to love one another, cover one another
and protect one another. He told us to humble our heart to pray for a fallen brother or sister and speak
the truth to them in love knowing that we ourselves are temped. When we help them find their way,
through repentance, back into the will of God, we will save their soul from death and we will please the
Father. It is not only important to lead people to Jesus, but also to support them as they run their race
and to help them to finish their race and cross the finish line. God‘s word is unchanging:
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
Philippians 2:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does
not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that
no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, because He laid down His life
for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world's
goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God
abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1
John 3:14-18
The house of God should not only be a house of prayer but a house of healing where all of God‘s
children can find help and healing and encouragement from the sickness, diseases, battles and lacks. It
should not be a place of social gathering or a vehicle for the pastor‘s vision but a healing and deliverance
center where God‘s people can be healed and delivered any time of the day or night. God‘s word is
unchanging:
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds
of Israel, prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds: "Woe to the
shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? "You eat the
fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock.
"The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up
the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force
and cruelty you have ruled them. "So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and
they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. "My sheep wandered
through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face
of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them." Ezekiel 34:1-6
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and
the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your
trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective,
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:14-16
Jesus Christ has not changed. He is a healing and miracle working Jesus who delights to do great and
wonderful things for those who believe. And we are people who believe. We are people of faith who move
in the anointing. We believe in healing by faith and in healing by the anointing. We teach faith and
encourage people to exercise their faith. But to minister by the anointing and to see instant healing the
way Jesus did it, we have the same Jesus walking, living and talking in our midst. To minister healing we
must have a relationship with Jesus. We must hear Him. We must reach out to Him.
Every healing Jesus did was out of His relationship with the Father. He heard the Father. It is good to
pull Jesus around and let Him do the healing still. We must wait until water inside is stirred. Jesus did His
works by His relationship with His Father. Likewise, we do the works by our relationship with Jesus. He is
the vine and we are the branches. Without Him we can do nothing. And the Holy Spirit is our lifeline. He
brings Jesus presence into our heart. He is the line through whom we can hear from Jesus. We have to
wait and be still until He decides to manifest His healing anointing, for the power of the LORD to be
present to heal all. God‘s word is unchanging:
Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and
teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem.
And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Then behold, men brought on a bed a man
who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. And when they could not
find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let
him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus. When He saw their faith,
He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." And the scribes and the Pharisees began to
reason, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" But
when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning in
your hearts? "Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise up and walk'?
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"-He said to the
man who was paralyzed, "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his
own house, glorifying God. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with
fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today!" Luke 5:17-26
In the healing presence of Jesus Christ Jesus is present in person. Why does healing manifest so much
in His life? Because His name is Jesus which means Jehovah is my salvation. Salvation for the spirit, soul
and body. His very name means healing. So when Jesus is present His healing presence comes. We
cannot divide the presence from the person. We have to have the person before we have the presence.
And it‘s so important that we worship Jesus the person before His healing presence manifests. And it is
only when a group of believers worship and extol the person of Jesus, that His presence comes.
The Holy Spirit is only the channel by which Jesus Christ Himself comes. Jesus is omnipresent and the
Holy Spirit is present in our midst to lift up Jesus. The Holy Spirit wants you to worship Jesus and to extol
the person of Jesus. When we extol His presence, His presence comes. The anointing is the presence and
a Person who came and walked in our midst brings that presence. And while the healing anointing was
there, the scribes were arguing away and reasoning among themselves. Jesus told the paralytic man,
―Your sins are forgiven.‖ So they asked, ―Who can forgive sins but God alone?‖ Jesus said some of the
most marvelous things which we must take heed if we need a touch from God. ―Which is easier to say,
„Thy sins are forgiven,‟ or to say, „Rise take up your bed and walk?‟ “Which is easier? Nobody answered.
Nobody knew the answer. And Jesus turned around and said, ―That you may know that the Son of Man
had power to forgive sins, rise, take up your bed and walk.‖ And the man walked. Jesus was saying that
for Him to forgive sins and for Him to heal bodies are the same.
The same presence of Jesus whose name means Jehovah is my salvation can be a reality in our lives.
Salvation is for spirit, soul and body. When we love Jesus and heed His words, the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit will come to us and make our home with us. God will manifest Himself on this earth and where God
is miracles happen. The works of Jesus and the greater works of Jesus are only being done by a few
because not many people love Jesus with true love. People don‘t live with Jesus the way He wants us to
live with Him. Jesus is lovely and so beautiful, beyond description. God‘s word is unchanging:
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be
done for you. "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My
disciples. "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. "If you keep My
commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and
abide in His love. "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that
your joy may be full. "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. "You are My friends
if you do whatever I command you. John 15:7-14
The late Rev. Smith Wigglesworth strongly believed that "cancer" was an out and out attack of the
Devil upon people's bodies. And he fought it with the "sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God" and
the "power of the Holy Ghost." Thousands of people were healed through this one man's ministry of faith
throughout the whole world. He would walk up to people and lay his hands on them and the cancer(if it
were on their face or outward body) would just fall off on the floor. If it were inward, it would completely
die and dry up.
We might say, "I could never do something like that!" This man was no more special than any other
child of God and he read the Bible and did what it said. God is looking for us to just take Him at His Word
and step out in simple childlike faith to speak to the sick, lay hands on them and He will heal them,
PERIOD.
The late Rev. John G. Lake was a businessman turned preacher. He had several members of his own
family die prematurely BEFORE he learned from the Word of God to STOP PRAYING and START
COMMANDING demons and sickness to go "in Jesus name". He studied the Word and began to put
together a training manual in which he taught those called to be saints of God like you and I to step out in
simple childlike faith and BELIEVE that God would honor His Word and heal, deliver and set the captives
free! Thousands of people were healed through his ministry in Africa. When he moved to Spokane,
Washington, in the early 1900's, he began to train "faithful" men and women how to "minister healing"
instead of "praying and begging God to do something!" In a four year period, Rev. Lake's ministry team
recorded over 100,000 people being healed, delivered and set free from every known disease in the name
of Jesus through their simple "healing rooms".
We should be so sick and tired of the Devil being perceived as a formidable foe, when in reality, he is
NOW a DEFEATED FOE, and we are here to ENFORCE that DEFEAT in the powe of the name and through
the blood of Jesus. The demons of sickness and disease are NO MATCH for the name of Jesus and the
"blood of the Lamb." At His name, "EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW" (sickness, disease, demon possession,
addictions, etc.) and at the applying of the blood of the Lamb, the "captives" will be set free. Satan and
his demons know that if we get this information from our heads into our spirits and we begin to step out in
simple childlike faith, that the Lord will honor His Word and be with us, continuing to place His foot on the
serpents neck and bring freedom and deliverance! Many are tried and tested like Lazarus was but Jesus
told His discples "this sickness is NOT unto death!" God's Word tells us :
"Though you walk though the valley of the shadow of DEATH, I am with you!"
"I AM the resurrection and the Life, through he (or she) were DEAD, yet shall they LIVE!"
"The Holy Spirit GIVE STRENGTH to our mortal bodies".
"The Word of God is MEDICINE to our bones".
We know from the book of Job that not all sickness and disease is caused by our sins. In the case of
Job, he was allowed by God to be "afflicted by the Devil" for a period of time to prove to himself and all
those around him "what he was made of!" Yes, sometimes, the Lord will allow "bad things to happen to
(God's) people" and we have to endure hardship until the victory comes. But our God who is a good God
will not leave them there if they trust Him like Job did. He will accomplish the work that He wants to work
within them and He will heal them and restore to them what He allowed the Devil to take from them.
God‘s word is unchanging:
Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and
seen the end intended by the Lord-that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. James 5:11
Chapter 12
Fight the Good Fight of Faith
have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world John 16:33
confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12
The bible is very clear, with God on our side Who has overcome the world, it‘s always too early to quit
until we see the victory. We have an excellent example of this of a gentile woman whose daughter was
severely demon possessed and whom Jesus called a dog and gave her much trouble. Most people even
Christians would have given up expecting for God to do something about a severely demon possessed
person but this woman of Canaan did not until she received her miracle. The bible records for our profit
and instruction:
Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a
woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O
Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." But He answered her not a
word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us."
But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Then
she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" But He answered and said, "It is not good
to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even
the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus answered and said
to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was
healed from that very hour. Matthew 15:21-28
While most people quit at the sign of trouble or problem and don‘t go to God about it refusing to take
no as an answer, this woman about whom Jesus said ―great is your faith‖ didn‘t let go of Jesus no matter
what He said until He would help her. So the good news people with life threatening or mild sickness such
as cancer, arthritis, high blood pressure, back pain, etc, marriage breakup, wayward sons or daughters,
addictions, besetting sins, financial debt, huge lawsuits, demonic problems, or terrible enemies can
through their faith in God see victory, miracles and deliverance by the power of God because Jesus Christ
is the same, yesterday today and forever. And God‘s word is unchanging:
"And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, 'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your
God has done to these two kings; so will the LORD do to all the kingdoms through which you
pass. 'You must not fear them, for the LORD your God Himself fights for you.' Deuteronomy 3:21-
22
I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my
stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my
enemies. Psalm 18:1-3
The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals
of fire. He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He
vanquished them. Psalm 18:13-14
King David, whom God took from following the sheep be ruler over God‘s people, over Israel, knew
from firsthand experience that the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty
belongs to the LORD and all that is in heaven and in earth is His included the kingdom, and He is exalted
as head over all. He knew from experience that both riches and honor come from the Lord who reigns
over all. And in whose hand is power and might; in His hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
Hence David the anointed one, before he became king, told cowardly and fearful king Saul about the
mighty Goliath "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
King Saul said to him, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a
youth, and he a man of war from his youth." But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his
father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and
struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard,
and struck and killed it. "Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will
be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God." Moreover David said, "The LORD,
who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand
of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!" (1 Kings 17:33-35). David
made his confession of faith and put his faith in God and went and took on the Philistine in the name of
the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom he had defied. The bible records:
And the Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air
and the beasts of the field!" Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword,
with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of
the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. "This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand,
and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the
camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth
may know that there is a God in Israel. "Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does
not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hands."
So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David
hastened and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and
took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank
into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with
a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand
of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its
sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their
champion was dead, they fled. 1 Samuel 17:44-51
Victory comes from the LORD through the method of His choosing for those who confess and stand on
His word. David used one stone, not a sword, and brought the mighty enemy down. He then had to take
Philistine‘s sword to kill him and cut off his head with it. David‘s vanquish over Goliath was only one of
many battles that he was to fight in his life until the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all
around (2 Samuel 7:1); as well Saul's house and Saul's wives into his keeping, and gave him the house of
Israel and Judah (2 Samuel 12:8). David discovered the secret of victory for himself. The bible records:
Then the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of
God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?" And the
LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand." So they went up to Baal
Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, "God has broken through my enemies
by my hand like a breakthrough of water." Therefore they called the name of that place Baal
Perazim. And when they left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned
with fire.
Then the Philistines once again made a raid on the valley. Therefore David inquired again of
God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon
them in front of the mulberry trees. "And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the
tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to
strike the camp of the Philistines." So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the
army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. Then the fame of David went out into all
lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. 1 Chronicles 14:9-17
David secret was that in time of trouble he would inquire of God what to do. And God would tell him
what to do to have the victory. As a result of his obedience and faith, something supernatural happened
on that battlefield. David described it as the power of God or the anointing of God coming on the scene
like the breaking forth of waters. It was like a flood that could not be contained.
And similarly if we will inquire of God what to do in the time of trouble and distress, He will tell us and
He will be for us the ―God of Breakthrough‖ for just like Jesus was for others. Jesus told the blind man
"Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" and to his Simon, Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a
catch" and they received their needed breakthrough. The bible records for our profit and instruction:
When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He
anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of
Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. John 9:6-7
So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the
Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from
them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and
asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the
boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down
your nets for a catch." But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and
caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." And when they had done this,
they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners
in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they
began to sink. Luke 5:1-7
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your
faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no
doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not
that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man,
unstable in all his ways. James 1:3-8
Chapter 13
Prosperity or Perish
"Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. He
does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed. He does not
withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated
them forever, And they are exalted. And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of
affliction, Then He tells them their work and their transgressions- That they have acted defiantly.
He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity. If they obey
and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. But if
they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. Job
36:5-12
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders
will be in danger of the judgment.' "But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall
be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire. "Therefore
if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against
you, "leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother,
and then come and offer your gift. "Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way
with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer,
and you be thrown into prison. "Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till
you have paid the last penny. Matthew 5:21-26
The word of God tells us that is mighty in strength of understanding and despises no one. He also
does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the oppressed. And He does not withdraw His
eyes from the righteous. If they are bound in fetters, held in the cords of affliction, then He tells them
their work and their transgressions- that they have acted defiantly. He also opens their ear to instruction,
and commands that they turn from iniquity. If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword. In other
words men by their actions to God and to others determine what their latter end shall be. God‘s word is
unchanging:
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I
will look up. For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with
You. The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. You shall
destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. Psalm
5:3-6
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed
to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own
conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods
which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 1
Timothy 4:1-3
Yes, God hates all workers of iniquity. He shall destroy those who speak falsehood The LORD abhors
the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. These, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed.
So that is why the latter end is worse for them than the beginning because God unlike the others doesn‘t
lie and His word is true – all of it:
These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness forever. For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they
allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from
those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of
corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if,
after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them
than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But
it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a
sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire." 2 Peter 2:17-22
But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people
out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. Jude 1:5
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you
walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 1:2-4
God desires that His beloved children prosper in all things and be in health, just as their soul prospers.
But in order for this prosperity to become a reality in their lives they must walk in truth, in all of the truth
of the word of God and not just some of it! They must be led and guided by the Holy Spirit into all truth.
They must walk in the Spirit not in the flesh and as a result they shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Since
they are in Christ they have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. They love their neighbor as
themselves. They demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. They do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God but have put away from
themselves all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking with all malice. And they are kind to
one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave them. God‘s word is
unchanging:
This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the
Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated
from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness
with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have
been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct,
the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of
your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness. Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with
his neighbor," for we are members of one another. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun
go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather
let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who
has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and
evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:17-32
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking
to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. Wives, submit to your own husbands,
as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He
is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to
their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of
water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to
love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are
members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. "For this reason a man shall leave his father
and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This is a great
mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you in
particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 5:18-33
Chapter 14
The God Of Restoration
For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,' says the LORD, 'Because they
called you an outcast saying: "This is Zion; No one seeks her." ' Jeremiah 30:17
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust,
The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. Joel 2:25
For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the
emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches. Nahum 2:2
It‘s natural for man when he thinks about the God of Restoration to think of how God will restore
things to him just like He restored to Job not only his health but double all his material losses (Job 42:10-
17)! Man doesn‘t think much about or enjoy God‘s greatest restoration of man back to himself because of
Calvary where God gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life. And as far as God is concerned He got the better part of the deal fellowship with man who
created to live and walk with God! The bible records:
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. "God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:23-24
And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-
giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The
first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the
man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are
those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear
the image of the heavenly Man.1 Corinthians 15:45-49
Some people believe that God restored only spiritual things not physical including dominion over all
things! But Jesus Christ the last Adam who was born of the Spirit, led by the Spirit and lived in the Spirit
wasn‘t sick a single day in His life and didn‘t have a problem of dealing with all things including sudden
storms that arise in life. The bible records:
Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose
on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples
came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" But He said to them,
"Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea,
and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds
and the sea obey Him?"
When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two
demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass
that way. And suddenly they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of
God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?" Now a good way off from them there
was a herd of many swine feeding. So the demons begged Him, saying, "If You cast us out,
permit us to go away into the herd of swine." And He said to them, "Go." So when they had come
out, they went into the herd of swine. And suddenly the whole herd of swine ran violently down
the steep place into the sea, and perished in the water. Then those who kept them fled; and they
went away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to the demon-
possessed men. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him,
they begged Him to depart from their region. Matthew 8:23-34
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. "He who
believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. "And
these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak
with new tongues; "they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no
means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." So then, after the Lord
had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the
word through the accompanying signs. Amen. Mark 16:15-20
Jesus Christ demonstrated power over the physical and demonic elements of life and so should every
true child of God who has received from Him power from on high! Miracles should be the norm in a life of
a Christian not the exception! Through the power of Jesus‘ resurrection, we have a living hope of all that
Jesus paid for. Jesus paid the price for our total redemption. What the enemy took from man when Adam
sinned, Jesus (the second Adam) bought back when He became our sacrificial Lamb. Yes, He was
sacrificed us, but thank God, He arose. He won over death, hell and the grave. He did it all for us.
On the cross of Calvary when Jesus said, "It is finished!" He had achieved everything that we need for
our redemption and salvation, be it spiritual, physical, and financial. He has removed from us all the
curses the Adam and Eve had brought upon us by their transgression as outlined in Deuteronomy 28:15-
66. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in
Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith (Galatians 3:13-14). By our
works we cannot add or remove on thing that Jesus had done for us, except to enter into the rest God‘s
has prepared for us since the foundation of the world by mixing with faith the good news of the gospel
(Hebrews 4:1-12).
Because of Jesus death and resurrection we now enjoy great benefits. Jesus was punished in our
place, because of that, we are forgiven. Jesus became a sin offering; we are made righteous. Jesus
became a curse; we are blessed, Jesus was beaten and whipped; we are healed. Jesus died in our place;
we have been given life eternal. Jesus was rejected by man and was also rejected by God; we have been
accepted in the Beloved and we will never be forsaken by God. Jesus suffered unbearable trauma; we
have been given peace. Jesus was resurrected; we were made a new creature. Jesus became poor with
our poverty and we have become rich with His riches. Jesus bore our shame and we now share His glory.
Jesus endured our rejection and we now have His acceptance as children of God. .
The good news is that the stone at Jesus‘ grave site was miraculously rolled away for us as we now
serve a resurrected glorious Christ whose power and glory and riches and victory has been restored to
Him. Through the power of His resurrection and the use of our faith, we can have divine overcoming
power against all the powers of the enemy. We can have divine peace and contentment every day of our
life as well as healing, blessings and prosperity. Healing is the children's bread; it's on the table all the
time. God is able to move for us and supply all things needed today. He has all power so we can trust Him
and receive daily that which is needed. God‘s word is unchanging:
In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. Trust
in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the
scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor. Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in
robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them. God has spoken once, Twice I have
heard this: That power belongs to God. Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to
each one according to his work. Psalm 62:7-12
Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.
Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying,
"What shall we drink?" So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he
cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance
for them. And there He tested them, and said, "If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your
God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I
will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD
who heals you." Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy
palm trees; so they camped there by the waters. Exodus 15:23-27
Jesus Christ, who is God manifest in the flesh, demonstrated God‘s will for us by healing all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. When they brought to Him all sick people who were
afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and
paralytics, He healed them (Matthew 4:24). Sickness, disease, demons, poverty or lack are not our friends
but our enemies and Jesus came to destroy these things!
Yes, God who is the same yesterday, today and forever wants to give His people the victory over all
this enemies just like He gave the children of Israel victory over the Egyptian enemies, spoiled them with
the wealth of Egypt and brought the out of all their bondage and afflictions. God‘s word is true:
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying: "I will
sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into
the sea! The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God,
and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him. The LORD is a man of war; The
LORD is His name. Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains
also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a
stone. "Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has
dashed the enemy in pieces. And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those
who rose against You; You sent forth Your wrath; It consumed them like stubble. Exodus 15:1-7
"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe
carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you
high above all nations of the earth. "And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake
you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God: "Blessed shall you be in the city, and
blessed shall you be in the country. "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your
ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
"Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. "Blessed shall you be when you come in,
and blessed shall you be when you go out. "The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against
you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you
seven ways. "The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which
you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:1-8
Chapter 15
God Is Awesome in Works
The works of the LORD are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them. His work is
honorable and glorious, And His righteousness endures forever. He has made His wonderful
works to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and full of compassion. He has given food to
those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. He has declared to His people the
power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of His hands are
verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in
truth and uprightness. He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant
Psalm 111:2-9
When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our
mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them." The LORD has done great things for us, And we are
glad. Bring back our captivity, O LORD, As the streams in the South. Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:1-6
The Lord, Who is a great King over all the earth, is awesome in His works for those who trust Him and
He does mighty things in their life so their mouths can be filled with laughter, and their tongues with
singing. God, who is no respecter of persons, rich to all who call upon Him (Romans 10:12) and does all
things by His word, restored to Job double what he had lost, will restore to His trusting ones what will he
bigger and more glorious than what they had lost! Everything God does the second time around He does it
better and bigger. His word is unchanging:
"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: 'Who is left among you
who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this
not in your eyes as nothing? 'Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says the LORD; 'and be strong,
Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,' says the
LORD, 'and work; for I am with you,' says the LORD of hosts. 'According to the word that I
covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!'
"For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth,
the sea and dry land; 'and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All
Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. 'The silver is Mine, and the
gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts.'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the
former,' says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the LORD of hosts."
Haggai 2:5-9
God promises to do better to them then at their beginnings. He is going to make things and their life
better than when they begun at the new job, moved into the new town/city/house/flat, etc, started the
new relationship, when they got married, when they started working with money, etc. He will do better to
them than at their beginnings! For after all He is the God who turned the water into wine, and it tasted
better than the wine that was served (John 2:1-11)
And when He had done these things they would know that He is God! God will do such a work in their
life that there will be no doubt that He did it and that He alone could do it as God! No one else will be
responsible for the ―better‖ that God will bring to and in their life! And no one can take the glory for it but
God! His word is unchanging:
In that day the LORD of hosts will be For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty To the
remnant of His people, For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, And for strength to
those who turn back the battle at the gate. Isaiah 28:5-6
glory of the LORD, The excellency of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the
reeds and rushes. Isaiah 35:1-7
God has no problem making all things new for His trusting ones. As the LORD of hosts He has no
problem to be a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the remnant of His people. He has no problem
to make their desserts blossom like a rose! He has not problem to make waters burst forth in the
wilderness, and streams in the desert or the parched ground to become a pool, and the thirsty land
springs of water. He has no problem to make their enemies or contenders to become a nonexistent thing!
He has no problem to save, heal, and deliver them and make them whole! He has no problem to bless and
prosper them and to make them head, not tail, above not beneath. His word is unchanging:
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I
will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.' "Behold, all those who were
incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who
strive with you shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them- Those who contended with
you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing. For I, the LORD your
God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.' "Fear not, you worm
Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel. "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh
the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff. You shall winnow them, the
wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the LORD,
And glory in the Holy One of Israel. "The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their
tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I
will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the
wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the
cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree
and the pine And the box tree together, That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
created it. Isaiah 41:14-20
"And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him "and
delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh,
king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. Acts 7:9-10
God, who was with Joseph after his brothers sold him into slavery into Egypt and delivered him out of
all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and He made
him governor over Egypt and all his house, can do everything that needs to be done for His trusting ones
to save, heal, deliver, bless, comfort and prosper them! Yes, those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He
who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him. His word is true:
in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let
your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the
guard. Genesis 37:36
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but
willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but
being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of
glory that does not fade away. Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders.
Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the
proud, But gives grace to the humble." 1 Peter 5:2-5
It's interesting that many pastors or so called Apostles believe in controlling people including their own
sheep! But true Christians don‘t lie and they don‘t control or manipulate people. Rather they lead by
example and trust in God and acknowledge Him in all their ways to direct their paths!
Joseph who was sold a slave into Egypt didn‘t play the game of control with Potiphar‘s wife or with his
associate prisoners the butler or baker. Rather he was straight forwards and honest and trusted in God no
matter what! And the LORD who kills and makes alive; brings down to the grave and brings up; makes
poor and makes rich; brings low and lifts up in due season instantly promoted Joseph from a prison to a
palace and made him ruler over all.
It‘s to be noted that God Who rules over all had ordained that the Midianites would sell Joseph in Egypt
to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard so he might be put into prison to befriend the
butcher and the baker and be brought to the attention of Pharaoh. Some arrogant and proud religious
leaders still need to learn what King Nebuchadnezzar learnt the hard way:
The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my
mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?" While the word was still in the king's mouth, a
voice fell from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed
from you! And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the
field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you
know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses."
That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven from men and
ate grass like oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like eagles'
feathers and his nails like birds' claws. And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my
eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised
and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His
kingdom is from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No
one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?" At the same time my reason
returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and splendor returned to me. My
counselors and nobles resorted to me, I was restored to my kingdom, and excellent majesty was
added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of
whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.
Daniel 4:30-37
Chapter 16
And He Healed Them
Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and
many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. Matthew 15:30
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8
It amazes me how so many so called ―Bible believing Christians‖ don‘t believe the word of God and the
fact that great multitudes followed Jesus and He healed them all (Matthew 12:15). When they brought
to Jesus all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were
demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics, He healed them (Matthew 4:24) for after all He is the same
yesterday, today, and forever who told His people ― For I am the LORD who heals you" (Exodus 15:26)
While liars lie and deceivers deceive, healing of all manner of sickness, be it physical or emotional, is
the birthright of each child of God because God‘s word is true and unchanging:
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD,
O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all
your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness
and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed
like the eagle's. The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. Psalm
103:1-6
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is
beautiful. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. He heals
the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars; He calls
them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. The
LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground. Psalm 147:1-6.
Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Mark
9:23
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the
sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. James
5:14-15
Yes Great is our Lord, and mighty in power and "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who
believes." So whose report are we to believe the report of men or of the word of God? Yet God‘s word is
true:
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. Romans 10:10
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are
just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things.
confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6;12
God has done everything for us and all we have to do is to believe it, accept it, confess it and enter
into all that He has for us!
The Blessing
Thank You, Lord, that the blessing is working in me, on me and around me. I declare that I am blessed
when I come in and blessed when I come out. Jesus came to the earth to restore the blessing that Adam
lost in the Garden of Eden when he sinned and because I am a child of God, I have a covenant right to the
blessing! I declare that like Abraham, I am blessed to be a blessing until all families of the earth are
blessed. Because of the blessing of God on my life, I am empowered to prosper in every endeavor that I
take on and every project that I begin. I am blessed on my job and all my relationships are blessed. Like
Joseph, those in authority over me see the blessing of God on my life and I have favor as a result. Thank
You, Lord, for blessing me with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. I am powerful, wealthy,
influential and blessed! In Jesus‘ name I pray. Amen.
Deliverance From Trouble Declaration
In the name of Jesus, I will not neglect my great salvation-soteria. I declare that I am established in
"protection, preservation, prosperity, soundness, healing, deliverance and the ministry of angels." I will
not fear. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. Every tongue that rises up against me, I will
condemn, for it is my heritage.
Thank You, Lord, for being my help in the time of trouble. When I call, You answer me. You are always
with me. You deliver and honor me. No evil ever comes near my dwelling. With a long and prosperous life
You will show me Your salvation.
I am established in Your Word. I declare that I am preserved from trouble. I overcome trouble by the
blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. I am established in righteousness through Jesus. As the
redeemed of the Lord, I declare this to be so right now.
In Jesus' name, I command Your angels to go forth now and bring this confession to pass in my life. I
believe and I have received the manifestation of these promises.
Angel Power Confession
Because I am the righteousness of God, angels have been sent to minister to me. They respond to the
Word of God which I speak. Therefore, I loose angels with the words of my mouth.
I say today, let the Lord be magnified who takes pleasure in my prosperity. In the name of Jesus, I
command the angels to bring to me prosperity in my spirit, in my home, in my body, in my family life, and
in my finances.
I declare promotion and command the angels to bring promotion into my life. I have a blood-bought
covenant promise from God Almighty to multiply exceedingly. Therefore, I confess I am exceedingly
fruitful and blessed, right now, in Jesus‘ name! I command the angels of God to go and bring this
covenant to pass in my life now! I have the power to get wealth, and release the angels to bring wealth
into my life.
I declare right now that I am healthy, healed, delivered, and freed from the bondage of sin. I am the
head always, and never the tail. I am above only, and never beneath. I lend, not borrow, and everything I
put my hands to prospers.
I walk in the favor of God and my favor is increased even as I am speaking. I have more than enough
money to pay every bill that comes in, and I declare I am totally debt-free now! I have the authority of
Heaven and in the name of Jesus, I declare that whatever I bind on the Earth, is bound in Heaven, and
whatever I loose on the Earth, is loosed in Heaven.
I am free from unforgiveness and I set my will to forgive anybody for anything, no matter what! I walk
in the love of God toward everyone, no exceptions! I send my angels forth right now, to do God‘s pleasure
and bring these words to pass. Angels, go now, and minister prosperity unto me, in Jesus‘ name!
Father, I thank You in advance for all You have done on my behalf. Like You, I‘ve declared what will be
and am committed to calling those things that be not as though they are. Right now I rejoice, and I‘m
exceedingly glad that you have granted to me the petitions I have requested, while I am yet speaking. My
total life prosperity is settled now, and with great expectation, I will continuously speak faith-filled words,
and allow my every word and thought to confirm what I believe I have received, in Jesus‘ name. Amen.
Answered Prayer
In the name of Jesus, I declare that I have a blood-bought right to answered prayer. The Word of God
is my guarantee. Father, by prayer, supplication and with thanksgiving, I can make my requests known to
You. You hear the prayer of the righteous and answer them. Your eyes are on me and Your ears are open
to hear my prayers.
I am connected to Christ Jesus, and I am anointed. In everything I do I am more than a conqueror.
Because I abide in You, and Your Word abides in me, I see the manifestation of answered prayer. When I
speak Your Word, it does not return without accomplishing what it was sent to do.
Lord, I thank You that I walk in favor with man and with You. Wherever I go and whatever I do, Your
favor goes before me. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much. Therefore, I believe
I receive what I pray for right now. In Jesus' name, Amen!
My Right to Answered Prayer
As the righteousness of God, we don't have to beg God to hear and answer our prayers. We have a
right to stand boldly in His presence and get all the answers you need. Begging does not motivate Him.
Many believers have a case of "mistaken identity." They mistake their relationship with God as a
Master-to-slave, rather than a Father-to-child, relationship. They relate to Him like a slave relates to his
owner. A slave begs and accepts whatever crumbs fall off of his master's table. A child, on the other hand,
knows he has every right to live well, just like his father.
God can't and doesn't find pleasure in faithless prayer. Your prosperity and faith please Him (Psalm
35:27; Romans 1:17; Hebrews 11:6). Therefore, go into His presence with confidence knowing that you
are His child and have every right to the best in life. As the righteousness of God, you deserve all He has
to offer. You have a divine inheritance of good health, wealth and total life prosperity!
Discipline and Healthy Living
In the name of Jesus, I declare that my body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and I glorify God with it.
I present a healthy body to God and discipline myself not to overeat. I only eat food that promotes health.
The life of God flows through my spirit, soul and body, and brings healing to every fiber of my being. I am
redeemed from the curse of the law, and no weapon of sickness or disease formed against me will
prosper. Amen!
Declaring War on Lust and Greed
In the name of Jesus, I declare right now that I am free from lust and addiction to pornography and
form greed. Lord, Your Word says that whom the Son sets free is free indeed. I am led by Your Spirit;
therefore, I do not fulfill the evil desires of the flesh. I will never again be entangled in lustful thoughts or
actions or pursue any form of Greed.
Your anointing-Your burden-removing, yoke-destroying power-has released me from these sins for
good. I declare that no weapon formed against me will prosper or keep me from fulfilling my divine
destiny. You began a good work in me and are faithful to complete it. As the redeemed of the Lord and as
the righteousness of God, whatever I say in faith is so. Lord, be it unto me according to Your Word. Amen!
Receiving the Wealth of the Wicked
In the name of Jesus, I'm out of debt, my needs are met and I have plenty more to put in store. I walk
in abundance and good health daily. Lord, Your Word says that it is Your will for me to prosper and excel
in every area of my life.
Because I am a faithful and wise steward over my finances, the wealth of the wicked is being
transferred into my hands. I know what to do with it because I place You first in all things. You direct my
path and give me wisdom to manage what You have placed in my hands. As a believer, I am blessed to be
a blessing until all families of the earth have been blessed.
I am a distribution center. I am a money magnet. Money cometh to me now! I command unexpected
and expected income to come my way. Lord, I receive Your blessing-Your power to get wealth-right now.
In Jesus' name, Amen!
Developing Confidence in God
In the name of Jesus, I declare that my prayers are earnest and heartfelt. They connect me to the
supernatural power of God. I seek after Him and experience His power in my life. In faith I humble myself,
pray continually and turn from wickedness. I am confident that when I pray according to God's Word, I am
praying in line with His will and that He hears me. I believe I receive the manifestation of my confessions
now!
Taking Authority over Emotions
Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me healthy emotions. I declare that negative emotions will not
impact my decisions, neither will they dictate my responses to difficult circumstances. I will submit my
feelings to You in every situation that I encounter in life. You have given me authority over the power of
the enemy, and I declare that nothing shall by any means hurt me, including people and situations that
try to negatively influence my emotions. When I feel overwhelmed by life, or troubled by negative
emotions, like Jesus, I will pray and keep moving forward. I bind depression, anxiety, worry, fear, doubt,
anger, rejection and any other negative emotion that tries to attack my mind. I possess power, love and a
sound mind. I thank You, Father, that I walk in peace, joy and the comfort of the Holy Ghost. I have the
mind of Christ and my emotions are controlled by the Word of God. In Jesus‘ name I pray. Amen.
The Inner Image of the Covenant Confessions
Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I make a decision today to refuse to allow my life to be
governed by Satan and his negative images. I take authority over my imagination, and purposefully use it
as my architectural center. With it, I draw the blueprint for my life as it is outlined in Your Word. Today, I
spoil, disrupt, uproot, and utterly abolish negative images. In the name of Jesus I declare that I see
myself exactly how You see me. I have a prosperous inner image that mirrors your Word, and I only see
what Your Word says. Never again will I imagine death, corruption, lack, poverty, or anything else that
contradicts Your Word.
Because You‘ve given me hope through Your Word, I am now using that hope to draw a blueprint for
success. And because I‘ve seen it, I‘ve conceived it; because I‘ve conceived it, it shall be born.
Power and authority have been given unto me, and I step into it, now! In Jesus‘ name, I declare that I
am not an ignorant Christian, for people have been destroyed for lack of knowledge. What I‘ve obtained
today, I will now use against Satan and the kingdom of darkness.
Lord, from this day forward, I operate in my authority. Satan, I bind you. You are bound in the name
of Jesus Christ! Your ploys against me are useless. I am a child of the Most High, and you can‘t touch me!
With boldness and confidence I declare I will not be defeated, and I will not quit. For with patience and
earnest expectation, I am apprehending my destiny! I am victorious, and declare victory in all that I do!
The days of failure, lack, insufficiency, sickness, and depression are over! This is the day that the Lord
has made, and marvelous things happen on the day of the Lord. Send now prosperity! Send now victory!
Send now blessings! Send now success! Send now miracles, healing and deliverance! I receive it all, and I
see myself having it all, now! Everything the Word of God says I have, is mine, and has been since the
day Jesus died for me! I am blessed, prosperous, healthy, and rich! And that‘s exactly how I see myself!
Chapter 17
I Give You The Authority
"Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18
"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
Jesus has given us all the weapons we need to walk in victory over every enemy including the devil.
He has given us the authority. He has given us the Word. He has given us His blood. He has given us His
name, and He has given us faith. Yes! We have been given authority over Satan and his entire kingdom
of darkness. We as Christians have been given, by Jesus, the authority to remove the forces of darkness
from our path anytime, anywhere. Of course, there are limits to our authority and conditions to our
authority, but nevertheless we have been given authority and as Christians, we are a major threat to
Satan‘s kingdom. And God‘s word is unchanging:
Your sandals shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be. "There is no
one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the
clouds. The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust
out the enemy from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!' Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The
fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew. Happy
are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the
sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high
places." Deuteronomy 33:25-29
Yes, in times when a great tempest comes against God‘s trusting ones, it‘s wonderful to know that a
vessel with Jesus in it cannot sink for even the winds and the sea obey Him as well as everything else,
including demons. Jesus will bring them safely to the other side of plenty and prosperity and
victory. But this is something that some of God‘s people do not seem to understand that no matter what
is going on the miracle working God of all power and unlimited riches and resources is on their
side. He is for them and with them and not against them and wants to see them get safely
through to the other side. His trusting ones must not be fearful but are to faithful to stand against all
the wiles of the enemy who seeks to destroy them by any means. For the enemy walks about like a
roaring lions seeking whom he may devour by any means.
God has not and doesn‘t change one single bit. He is the same yesterday, today and forever! He is
the living God, steadfast forever and a great miracle working God as well as the Judge of all the earth and
a man of war. His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall endure to the
end. He still delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth.
Signs and wonders which bless some and destroy other. There are no sickness, famine, pestilence,
poverty, suffering and lack in heaven and should not be on earth. The LORD who IS A GREAT MAN OF
WAR AND UNCHANGING will bring His trusting ones into abundance of prosperity and give them every
victory. His word is unchanging:
"When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people
more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who
brought you up from the land of Egypt. "So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that
the priest shall approach and speak to the people. "And he shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel:
Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be
afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; 'for the LORD your God is He who
goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you' (to give you victory,
KJV). Deuteronomy 20:1-4
The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He
shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies. "I have held My peace a
long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant
and gasp at once. I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will
make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools. I will bring the blind by a way they did not
know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And
crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them. Isaiah 42:13-16
hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun
of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow
fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet On the day that I do this," Says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3
My Jesus is a Man of War

(Exodus 15:3, . Revelation 19:11, Author Unknown)
Some think of Jesus calm and shy

And quite as a mouse.
But I see Jesus as my Lord
And guard of all my house.
Some say He‘s tender, meek and mild

And doesn‘t raise His voice.
But I can see Him charge through Hell
To give to man his choice.
Some say His hands are always clean

He won‘t let His feelings show.
But I can see Him roll His sleeves
And fight off every foe.
My Jesus walks through Hell itself

To set the captives free.
My Jesus upturned the table tops
To gain His victory.
He bore my sins upon a cross

My sorrows in His hand.
My whipping for unrighteousness
My pain He did withstand.
He took my stripes to make me well

My crown of thorns He wore.
And all my fears He crucified
And all my shame He bore.
My Jesus is a Man of men,

A Warrior brave and bold.
My King of Kings and Lord of Lords
Yes, He all Victory gives and holds.
Chapter 18
In Paths of Righteousness
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He
leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake. Psalm 23:1-3
Many claim that the Lord is their shepherd but they are in want and are not walking in the paths of
righteousness. Something is wrong because God‘s word is true though every man is a liar. That is the
problem with Christianity is that it‘s all head knowledge and very little heart experience with the Shepherd
who is the Lord. It‘s not the Shepherd who has moved or needs to be changed but it‘s the foolish and
dumb sheep. They are not blameless! They do not have clean hands or a pure heart! And they don‘t love
the Lord their God with all their heart, soul and might and are deceitful about it! Hence they do not
receive a blessing from the Lord. They are not victorious in the presence of their enemies but have
brought a reproach to God‘s name, integrity and character. As a result justice is turned back,
righteousness stands afar off, truth is fallen in the street, equity cannot enter and truth fails and goodness
and mercy do not follow them but yet they say that they are called by God‘s name and are His people.
These are things that people do not want to hear about themselves because everybody always has a
better and nicer point of view about who they are and where they are. They seek God daily, and delight to
know God‘s ways as do they did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God. But ask
them how they apply the Word of God including:
"When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives,
nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. "But when you give a feast,
invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. "And you will be blessed, because they cannot
repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just." Luke 14:12-14
―Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the
law.‖ Romans 13:8
The bible doesn‘t say to bless the rich and use one another? Everyone pays the price for how they
ministered to one another, whether it be out of a heart of love for the brethren or whether is was from a
heart of seeking after gain. They lose and pay when they strive to get ahead using worldly measures and
don‘t keep their heart right and live righteously. They lose and pay for their mistakes when they seek
after worldly gain by using the brethren to make a profit. They lose when they follow after the multitudes
who lust after riches, and use God‘s word and the gifts He has given them as the tools in which they wish
to profit by. They lose when they don't repent of using God‘s people for their own gain. They need to turn
from mammon to God once again. They need to return to their first love. They need to draw near to God
and keep their eyes on Him. They need to cast all their cares upon Him. They need to check their heart,
their motives and their love for one another. For without love they will not prosper in anything that they
do.
Many Christians and ministries use the words ―we love and care for you‖ so flippantly. But God so
loved that He gave His only son. Love and care are words that if expressed with out action are not only a
clanging cymbal but hypocritical. To say that ―I love God‖ but not express it in deeds to His people is
hypocritical. No wonder the churches in America are mostly empty because the hearts of the people are
empty and devoid of true meaning and demonstration of the word love. Again strong words but true ones!
Until we recognize this to be true, we will not be delivered or healed but will continue to go in our
wilderness ways and experiences.
There are many in the house of God today seek the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit but they also
miss out the first and second commandment which is:
Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD our
God, the LORD is one. 'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. "And the
second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment
greater than these." Mark 12:29-31
True revival will come to America when each individual understands and puts into application the
meaning neither of the apostolic creed nor the catechism of the church nor doctrines of their denomination
but the first and second commandment of God. Until then all the laughter movements and other revival
movements, as well as any form of Evangelism are just a waste of time. For those who do not obey and
demonstrate the most important commandments of God, do not know nor Love the Shepherd. Anything
that is done with out love profits nothings. God‘s word says it:
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become
sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but
have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I
give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 1Corinthians 13:1-3
If all of God‘s people obeyed and did the first two commandments of loving God and their neighbor
there would be no more need of preaching in churches and this world would never be the same. For most
of God‘s people to confess Psalm 23 is not only a waste of time but a mockery of God and His kingdom for
they pay Him lips service and their heart is far from Him. Actions speaks louder than words and true
active love, the kind Jesus showed and talked about, is very rare to find in the house of God never mind
America. Many of God‘s people will have to confess and pray another psalm:
Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight- That You may be found
just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the
hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You
have broken may rejoice.
Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not
take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your
generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to
You. Psalm 51:4-11
While others who think that they have arrived will have to confess and pray:
O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For You do not desire
sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart- These, O God, You will not despise. Do good in Your
good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You shall be pleased with the
sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer
bulls on Your altar. Psalm 51:15-19
They will have to seriously consider and understand the words of Jesus about them who said:
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not bear
fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. "Abide in Me, and I in
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless
you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears
much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather
them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide
in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. "By this My Father is glorified,
that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved
you; abide in My love. "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have
kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. John 15:1-10
But the winds of change are blowing across the land and nothing will be the same any more.
The Winds Of Change

The winds of change are blowing--all across the land.
The sea winds are whirling like a great white funnel.
The path it takes may seem random but don‘t be fooled.
The hand that moves the gale is the Hand of the Lord!
The winds of the seas are blowing--all across this land.

The path they travel are going--all across this land.
The ship is tossed to and fro but the ship and crew are never lost.
Because I the Lord protect my own.
The road to life‘s purposes may seem misty.

The path to my purposes may seem unclear.
But the footsteps in the sand are not yours--their mine.
So trust in your Master, He is carrying you further.
The future is hopeful full of the bounty of the earth.

The promises are full of the bounty of the Lord.
The world is beautiful because of who He is.
It‘s His free gift to all who love Him.
Don‘t be concerned for tomorrow, it‘s in the palm of the Lord.

Don‘t be concerned for plenty, He promised in His Word.
Don‘t live without Him, there is no purpose.
Just surrender to Him and all is yours.
Life may seem painful, but He is in your pain.

It may seem hopeless, until He‘s given first place.
It may seem lonely, but never the same.
It may seem cold, but His warmth heals that place.
Don‘t give up the struggle, it‘s just warming up.

Don‘t give up the fight, the Battle is the Lord‘s!
Don‘t give up the attack, the enemy will retreat.
Don‘t give up brave soldier, the enemy is at your feet.
The battle is almost over.

The victory almost won.
The enemy is defeated.
The spoils of war will come.
The LORD is our Redeemer.

The LORD is our Friend.
The LORD is our King.
The LORD is our Victor
Let no man deceive you. The battle is won.

The victory is yours, keep the faith in Him.
Don‘t let anyone deceive you. You are a conquering hero.
Don‘t let anyone tell you what the Holy Spirit has already said.
The enemy is gone. The battle is over.

The spoils of war go to the soldiers of war.
All is being restored, what the cankerworm has eaten.
The promise has been kept, the inheritance has been restored.
Don‘t be afraid of tomorrow. The Lord would never let you down.
He has great things for you as He promised in His Word.
The peace and joy you‘ve been seeking are all yours.
Don‘t believe the world, to the victor goes the spoils!
Chapter 19
They Will Cast Out Demons?
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and
subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living
thing that moves on the earth." Genesis 1:28
"And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they
will speak with new tongues; "they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will
by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." So then, after the
Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of
God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming
the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. Mark 16:17-20
Deception and demonization of Christians today is the norm rather than the exception. Because they
are not walking in the power of God's might and His truth and are not putting on the armor of God, or
standing in all the promises of God, today's Christendom is demonized, anemic, impotent, incompetent
and fearful just like the children of Israel were when they came out of Egypt and never went into the
Promised Land. They are more full of fear than they are full of faith and that is a fact!
It's also a fact that Christians who are demonized and have familiar spirits living in them including the
spirit of infirmity and deception, cannot deliver others until they themselves are delivered. It's a fact that
Jesus spent fifty percent of his ministry time casting out demons, and today's Apostate Christians allow
familiar spirits to run rampant in their own lives, churches and society. Sickness of any kind in God's
people should not be tolerated but dealt with including the spirits that cause cancer, diabetes's, mental
breakdowns, etc. You cannot give others victory until you have victory yourself but God‘s word is
unchanging:
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes
I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a
new name written which no one knows except him who receives it." ' Revelation 2:17
"He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from
the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. Revelation
3:5
"He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no
more. And I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New
Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
Revelation 3:12
Demons are living things that move on the earth and we are commanded to subdue them and have
dominion over them because God's word is unchanging:
on earth." Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
28:18-20
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about
doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38
Casting out demons is a command of Jesus and many churches like have demons operating freely in
them and around them and they cannot do anything about them but just pray. They cast out Christians
instead of demons! How stupid can you be and still breathe? Very stupid! But God's word is unchanging:
"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received,
freely give. Matthew 10:8
"But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 12:28
Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to
preach, 3:15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: Mark 3:14-15
Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1
Casting out demons by the Spirit of God is a sign that kingdom of God has come upon us not just
empty preaching devoid of truth and power! God's power includes healing sicknesses and casting out
demons which is something that the majority of Christians including dumb fundamentalist evangelical
pastors don't do and then they say they are Christians? Hogwash! They are disobedient rebels, carnal
fleshly ones, who are out of the will of God.
The other serious problem with many Christians in North America is that materialism has overtaken
and choked God‘s people in North America to the point they are hardly recognizable as children of God
and pure light. They are walking in their fleshly desires and don‘t count the cost of their service to self. It
is a dear price, greater than if they served God in righteousness and truth. Many of them pay Him lip
service but their hearts are far from Him. The bible clearly tells us:
"Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this
world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. Matthew 13:22
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith
in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:10
Dr. Paul Dhinakaran of Jesus Calls Ministry told a story of a certain policeman had no children.
Therefore, he adopted his brother's son as his own son. It so happened that after this incident, his wife
conceived and gave birth to a son. As the days passed by, the adopted boy thought that if the real heir
lives then his adopted parents would give all the money to him. They would not consider him as their
child.
With this wicked thought in mind, one day he strangled the little boy and blood came gushing out.
When his parents returned and saw this horrifying scene they lamented saying, "Could you not tell us that
you wanted money? Why did you do this? We would have willingly given it to you" to the adopted son.
Even at a very small age the lure for money had entered and corrupted the mind of that boy.
In the Bible, we see that just for the pleasure of money one of the chosen disciple of our Lord Jesus
Christ, Judas Iscariot betrayed Him. For a paltry sum of thirty silver coins he betrayed the innocent blood
and killed Him. Yet God‘s word is unchanging:
The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. Proverbs 10:22
The word of God promises conditional blessings to all of God‘s people based on obedience to heeding
God‘s voice and walking in His ways just like Abraham and Joseph did. The bible tells us:
Now the LORD had said to Abram: ―Get out of your country, From your family And from your
father‘s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And
make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will
curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.‖ Genesis
12:1-3
So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that
the LORD blessed the Egyptian‘s house for Joseph‘s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all
that he had in the house and in the field. Genesis 39:5
But the other side of this truth is that disobedience brings the curses of God upon our lives, not His
blessings. God‘s word is unchanging:
―Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe
carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you
high above all nations of the earth. ―And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake
you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God: ―Blessed shall you be in the city, and
blessed shall you be in the country. Deuteronomy 28:1-3
―But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe
carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these
curses will come upon you and overtake you: ―Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall
you be in the country. Deuteronomy 28:15-16
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Galatians 6:7
For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you
walk in the truth. 3 John 1:2-3
When the blessing of the LORD comes upon a person it includes according to the word of God
everything about that person including the work of his hands and his possessions as well as His body, soul
and spirit. Hence the sly old devil brings deceivement upon many of God‘s people so that they will not
walk in the truth of God‘s word but in the lies of others who have corrupted, added to or removed from
God‘s word ―the blessing.‖ For this reason it‘s important that everything that we hear that is supposed to
be the truth is checked by us with the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of truth and our Counselor, Guide,
Teacher and Friend. We need to pray:
Loving Lord,
As You have told, "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall
be added to you" help me also to sincerely seek the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In Your mercy and grace,
let not my mind be set upon the love for money which is the root of all kinds of evil. May I discern to
use the wealth that You have given me to glorify Your name and spread Your good news to those
whom I come in contact with. May Your thought become my thought so that I execute only Your will in
this world.
All glory and honour belongs to You alone.
Amen.
Chapter 20
"Brood Of Vipers!
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to
them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? "Therefore bear fruits
worthy of repentance, "and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.'
For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. "And even
now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is
cut down and thrown into the fire. "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who
is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and fire. "His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out
His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire." Matthew 3:7-12
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24
Today we have a Christianity, a false gospel, that is not only devoid of bearing the cross of Christ but
also doesn‘t bear fruits worthy of repentance never mind restoration unlike Zacchaeus. Jesus told us that
Zacchaeus who was a rich chief tax collector demonstrated his salvation by making restitution to the poor
and to those whom he robbed. The bible tells us
Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named
Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was,
but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up
into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the
place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for
today I must stay at your house." So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.
But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is
a sinner." Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the
poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold." And
Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;
"for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:1-10
In today‘s false gospel all you have to do is make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and you are once
saved always saved! You don‘t have to display a change of behavior or that you are a new creation except
you have to give ten percent to your local church or favorite ministry otherwise you will be cursed by God
and they will not pray for you to have your covenant blessings but will pray curses upon you!
In the false gospel that we have today we have people who are lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ―Without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ―Traitors, heady,
high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; ―Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away‖ For of this sort are those who creep into households and make
captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never
able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ( 2 Timothy 3:2-6).
The reason why this false gospel of carnal Christianity has been so widespread and so widely received
is because it makes no demands upon an individual. It gives only a ―form of godliness,‖ a covering, which
allows its converts to indulge in any of the sins enumerated in 2 Timothy 3:2-4, and yet claim they are
saved and on the road to heaven. And we know that the Holy Spirit is here describing these so-called
―Christians‖ and not the world, because He says, ―Having a form of godliness ‖ and ―always learning and
never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.‖
And there are those who preach a false easy gospel of no suffering and getting rich, or those who
receive this false gospel are unfruitful and will be cast into Hell, because only a fruitful tree will be allowed
to enter Heaven, and the unfruitful tree will clearly be thrown into the fire as Jesus taught us. God‘s word
is true:
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not
bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more
fruit. "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. "Abide in Me, and
I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you,
unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast
out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are
burned. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall
be done for you. "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My
disciples. John 15:1-8
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for
pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot
obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not
receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Adulterers and
adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever
therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that
the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"? But He gives more
grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." Therefore
submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near
to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament
and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:1-10
Jesus Christ the author and founder of the Christian faith is very clear If anyone does not abide in Me,
he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they
are burned. And James uses very strong language in stating Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not
know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the
world makes himself an enemy of God.
And then we have those of the false gospel who are heavy into miracles, signs and wonders and even
the worship of angel especially in the Third Wave with people like Todd Bentley and Patricia King about
whom Jesus stated:
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness!' Matthew 7:21-23
Yes we know and see that demonology and witchcraft is alive and well in Third Wave Churches
especially with Patricia King. The bible tells us of Church of the False Prophetess Thyatira:
―Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman
Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit
fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her
fornication; and she repented not. Behold I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit
adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repented of their deeds And I will kill her
children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and
hearts and I will unto every one of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto the
rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine and which have not known the depths of
Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden,‖ (Rev. 2:18-24).
The Prophetess led members into practices of immorality and idolatry. The things of Satan: Twice we
read of ―the synagogue of Satan‖ (Rev. 2:9; 3;9) at Pergamum was ―The throne of Satan‖ (Rev. 2:13); In
the letter to Thyatira mention is made the ―deep things of Satan‖ (Rev. 2:24). Well Patricia King teaches
a different Gospel, different Jesus, a different spirit including:
1. Inspired witchcraft
2. False signs and wonders
3. False Prophecies
4. Desires control of people‘s lives
5. Ambitious for power
6. Usurps authority (If you can find any this day and time).
7. Serves other gods: Seducing Spirits (1 Tim. 4:1, 2; 2 Tim. 3:1-9).
―Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils: Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience
seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath
created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth," (1 Tim. 4:13).
Seducing Spirits: Bewitches from truth (Gal. 3:1):
1. ―O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you.‖
2. Removes to another gospel, Gal. 1: 6
3. Preaches error, (Gal. 1:8-12).
4. Hypocritical lies (1 Tim. 4:1)
Turns you to the works of the flesh with deception, (Gal.5:19- 21).
―Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like; of the which I tell you before, as I have also
told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God,‖ (Gal. 5:19).
Attractions Fascination by false prophets, false, signs and wonders, etc, (Mk. 13:22)
1. Seared Conscience, (1 Tim. 4:1).
2. Deceived, (1 Jn. 2:18-26; 2 Tim. 3:13).
3. Wander from truth, (1 Jn. 2:18, 26; 2 Tim. 3:13).
4. Fascination to evil ways, objects, or persons, (Prov. 12:25).
5. Seduced, enticed, (1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 3:13).
Means of seduction
1) Divination
2) Psychology
3) New Age ~ Witchcraft
4) Magic, Sex and Fantasy
Means of operation
1) Spirit of the Antichrist
2) Personal ambition
Chapter 21
Praying Always
"and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight
of God. Acts 10:31
Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.
Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw that it pleased the
Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers
to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover. Peter was therefore kept
in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. Acts 12:1-5
Because of constant pray offered to God for Peter by the church, the Lord has sent His angel, and has
delivered him from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people, even though he
was bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards were also before the door keeping the
prison. God did the impossible and when they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came
to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and
went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. The bible tells us the people who
were gathered at the house of Mary didn‘t believe that Peter was released :
And when Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent
His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the
Jewish people." So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of
John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. And as Peter
knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized
Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that
Peter stood before the gate. But they said to her, "You are beside yourself!" Yet she kept
insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel." Now Peter continued knocking; and when
they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. But motioning to them with his hand
to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said,
"Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren." And he departed and went to another place.
Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had
become of Peter. But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the
guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to
Caesarea, and stayed there. Acts 12:11-19
Jesus Christ who prayed constantly about everything encouraged men to pray continually and not lose
heart:
"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will
your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:11
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying:
"There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. "Now there was a
widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, 'Get justice for me from my adversary.' "And he
would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard
man, 'yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she
weary me.' " Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. "And shall God not avenge His
own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? "I tell you that He
will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on
the earth?" Luke 18:1-8
The key to the release of the power and authority in the life of Jesus and the other disciples was
prayer:
 Before Jesus went out to the frontlines, He spend time in His Father‘s presence where the
Father revealed His will to Him. Through prayer He penetrated the enemy lines, fought the
battle and won it.
 Before Jesus began His ministry, He spend 40 days in fasting and prayer and returned in the
power of the Spirit into Galilee (Luke 4:14).
 Before feeding the five thousand by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish Jesus went
into a solitary place where He prayed (Matthew 14:13).
 Before a great healing campaign in Gennesaret where the people brought the sick to Him, Jesus
went up on a mountainside by Himself where He prayed ( Matthew 14:22-23).
 Before choosing the 12 apostles Jesus ―went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all
night in prayer to God‖ (Luke 6:12).
 Before He began His ministry throughout Galilee where He preached and cast out demons,
Jesus prayed. Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and
departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed (Mark 1:35).
 Before going to the cross on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus knowing that He was going to be
taken and crucified, went up onto a mountain where He prayed (Luke 9:28).
 Before Jesus was arrested, beaten, mocked and crucified, He went into the Garden of
Gethesemane where He prayed – where He wrestled and agonized in prayer (Matthew 26:36-
46)
Before God‘s people do anything significant in their lives that will bring ever lasting and concrete
results in their lives, they must pray and seek the will of God and win the battle and then they will see the
manifestation of their victories. Just dancing and praising the Lord for an hour is not enough! King David
danced before the Lord as an expression of his joy and faith and not to accomplish something. God never
intended that dancing and praise replace good old fashion effectual fervent prayer! I have been to
churches where God‘s people have danced for hours and nothing changed. They were no different when
they left from when they had first come in!
The same is true about being slain in the spirit and even barking like a dog. Many pastors and
preachers were slain in the Spirit for hours and days and there was not change at all in their ministry or
character. They were like a wet sponge where a lot of water went through but only a bit was retained.
They rest of the water goes through many people because they are full of holes and are not able to retain
the shower of blessing that comes upon them when they are touched by God. It all leaks out just as fast
as it came in!
Miracles exist because God exists, but God's marvelous, miracle-working times have been preceded by
times of marvelous, miracle-working praying. Jesus constantly prayed during the ministries. And the
disciples prayed after Jesus left for the Holy Spirit and His power and they received it to do miracles.
Prayer is simply asking God to do for us what he has promised us he will do if we ask him. The answer is a
part of prayer, and is God's part of it. God's doing the thing asked for is as much a part of the prayer as
the asking of the thing is prayer. Asking is man's part. Giving is God's part. The praying belongs to us.
The answer belongs to God.ii
Man makes the plea and God makes the answer. The plea and the answer compose the prayer. God is
more ready, more willing and more anxious to give the answer than man is to give the asking. The
possibilities of prayer lie in the ability of man to ask large things and in the ability of God to give large
things. God's only condition and limitation of prayer is found in the character of the one who prays. The
measure of our faith and praying is the measure of his giving. As our Lord said to the blind man,
"according to your faith be it unto you," so it is the same in praying, "According to the measure of your
asking, be it unto you." God measures the answer according to the prayer. He is limited by the law of
prayer in the measure of the answers he gives to prayer. As is the measure of prayer, so will be the
answer.
If the person praying has the characteristics which warrant praying, then the possibilities are
unlimited. They are declared to be "all things whatsoever." Here is no limitation in character or kind, in
circumference or condition. The man who prays can pray for anything and for everything, and God will
give everything and anything. If we limit God in the asking, he will be limited in the giving.
Praying men and God's providence go together. This was thoroughly understood by the praying ones
of the Scripture. They prayed over everything because God had to do with everything. They took all things
to God in prayer because they believed in a divine providence which had to do with all things. They
believed in an ever-present God, who had not retired into the secret recesses of space, leaving his saints
and his creatures to the mercy of a tyrant, called nature, and its laws, blind, unyielding, with no regard for
anyone who stood in its way. If that be the correct conception of God, why pray to him? He is too far away
to hear them when they pray, and too unconcerned to trouble himself about those on earth.
These men of prayer had an implicit faith in a God of special providence, who would gladly, promptly,
and readily respond to their cries for help in times of need and in seasons of distress.
The so-called "laws of nature" did not trouble them in the least. God was above nature, in control of
nature' while nature was but the servant of Almighty God. Nature's laws were but his own laws, since
nature was but the offspring of the divine hand. Laws of nature might be suspended and no evil would
result. Every intelligent person is conversant every day when he sees man overruling and overcoming the
law of gravitation, and no one is surprised or raises his hand or voice in horror at the thought of nature's
laws being violated. God is a God of law and order, and all his laws in nature, in providence and in grace
work together in perfect accord, with no clash or disharmony.
God suspends or overcomes the laws of disease and rain often without or independent of prayer. But
quite often he does this in answer to prayer. Prayer for rain or for dry weather is not outside the moral
government of God, nor is it asking God to violate any law which he has made, but only asking him to
give rain in his own way, according to his own laws. So also the prayer for the rebuking of disease is not a
request at war with law either natural or otherwise, but is a prayer in accordance with law, even the law of
prayer, a law set in operation by Almighty God as the so-called natural law which governs rain or which
controls disease.
The believer in the law of prayer has strong ground on which to base his plea. And the believer in a
divine providence, the companion of prayer, stands equally on strong granite foundations, from which he
need not be shaken. These twin doctrines stand fast and will abide forever.
In every condition, in sickness, in health, In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth; At home or abroad,
on the land or the sea, As thy days may demand shall thy strength ever be.
God is not now so evident in the world, so almighty in manifestation as of old, not because miracles
have passed away, nor because God has ceased to work, but because prayer has been shorn of its
simplicity, its majesty, and its power. God still lives and miracles still live while God lives and acts, for
miracles are God's ways of acting. Prayer is dwarfed, withered, and petrified when faith in God is
staggered by doubts of lies ability, or through the shrinking caused by fear. When faith has a telescopic
far-off vision of God, prayer works no miracles, and brings no marvels of deliverance. But when God is
seen by faith's closest, fullest eye, prayer makes a history of wonders.
Think about God. Make much of him, till he broadens and fills the horizon d faith. Then prayer will
come into its marvelous inheritance of wonders. The marvels of prayer are seen when we remember that
God's purposes are changed by prayer, God's vengeance is stayed by prayer, and God's penalty is
remitted by prayer. The whole range of God's dealing with man is affected by prayer. Here is a force which
must be increasingly used, that of prayer, a force which all the events of life ought to be subjected. Many
miracles ought to be worked by our praying. Why not? Is the arm of the Lord shortened that he cannot
save? Is his ear heavy that he cannot hear? Has prayer lost its power because iniquity abounds and the
love of many has grown cold? Has God changed from what he once was? To all these queries we enter an
emphatic negative. God can as easily today work miracles by praying as he did in the days of old. "I am
the Lord; I change not." "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"
He who works miracles by praying will first of all work the chief miracle on himself. Oh, that we might
fully understand well the Christian's trade of praying, and follow the trade day by day and thus make for
ourselves great spiritual wealth!
All natural forces are under God's control. He did not create the world and put it under law, and then
retire from it, to work out its own destiny, irrespective of the welfare of his intelligent creatures. Natural
laws are simply God's laws, by which He governs and regulates all things in nature. Nature is nothing but
God's servant. God is above nature, God is not the slave of nature. This being true, God can and will
suspend the working of nature's laws, can hold them in abeyance by His almighty hand, can for the time
being set them aside, to fulfill his higher purposes in redemption. It is no violation of nature's laws when,
in answer to prayer, he who is above nature makes nature his servant, and causes nature to carry out his
plans and purposes.
This is the explanation of that wonderful prayer miracle of Old Testament times, when Joshua, in the
strength and power of the Lord God, commanded the sun and moon to stand still to give time to complete
the victory over the enemies of Israel. Why should it be thought a thing incredible that the God of nature
and of grace should interfere with his own natural laws for a short season in answer to prayer, and for the
good of his cause? Is God tied hand and foot? Has he so circumscribed himself that he cannot operate the
law of prayer? Is the law of nature superior to the law of prayer? Not by any means. He is the God of
prayer as well as the God of nature. Both prayer and nature have God as their maker, their ruler and their
executor. And prayer is God's servant, just as nature is his servant.
The prayer force in God's government is as strong as any other force, and all natural and other forces
must give way before the force of prayer. Sun, moon and stars are under God's control in answer to
prayer. Rain, sunshine and drought obey his will. "Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling his
word." Disease and health are governed by him. All, all things in heaven and earth are absolutely under
the control of him who made heaven and earth, and who governs all things according to his own will.
Prayer still works miracles among men and brings to pass great things. It is as true now as when
James wrote his epistle, "The effectual fervent, prayer of a righteous man availed much." And when the
records of eternity are read out to an assembled world, then will it appear how much prayer has wrought
in this world. Little is now seen of the fruits of prayer compared to all that it has accomplished and is
accomplishing. At the judgment day, then will God disclose the things which were brought to pass in this
world through the prayers of the saints? Many occurrences which are now taken as a matter of course will
then be seen to have happened because of the Lord's praying ones.
The work of George Muller in Bristol, England, was a miracle of the nineteenth century. It will take the
opening of the books at the great judgment day to disclose all he wrought through prayer. This godly man
never asked anyone for money for running expenses at his orphanage where hundreds of fatherless and
motherless children were cared for. His practice was always to ask God for just what was needed, and the
answers which came to him read like a record of apostolic times. He prayed for everything and trusted
implicitly to God to supply all his needs. And it is a matter of record that never did he and the orphans
ever lack for any good thing.
Of a holy man who has done so much for Christ and suffering humanity, it was said at the grave about
him:
He prayed up the walls of a hospital, and the hearts of the nurses. He prayed mission stations into
being, and missionaries into faith. He prayed open the hearts of the rich, and gold from the most distant
lands.
Our prayers are too little and feeble to execute the purposes or to claim the promises of God with
appropriating power. Marvelous purposes need marvelous praying to execute them. Miracle-making
promises need miracle making praying to realize them. Only divine praying can operate divine promises or
carry out divine purposes. How great, how sublime, and how exalted are the promises God makes to his
people! How eternal are the purposes of God! Why are we so impoverished in experience and so low in life
when God's promises are so "exceeding great and precious"? Why do the eternal purposes of God move so
tardily? Why they are so poorly executed? Our failure to appropriate the divine promises and rest our faith
on them and to pray believingly is the solution. "We have not because we ask not." We ask and receive
not because we ask amiss.
God's promises are dependent and conditioned upon prayer to appropriate them and make them a
conscious realization. The promises are inwrought in us, appropriated by us, and held in the arms of faith
by prayer. Let it be noted that prayer gives the promises their efficiency, localizes and appropriates them,
and utilizes them. Prayer puts the promises to practical and present uses. Prayer puts the promises as the
seed in the fructifying soil. Promises, like the rain are general. Prayer embodies, precipitates, and locates
them for personal use. Prayer goes by faith into the great fruit orchard of God's exceeding great and
precious promises, and with hand and heart picks the ripest and richest fruit. The promises, like
electricity, may sparkle and dazzle and yet be impotent for good till these dynamic, life-giving currents are
chained by prayer, and are made the mighty forces which move and bless. God‘s word is unchanging:
greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. John 14:12
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be
done for you. "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
John 15:7-8
Father in My name He will give you. "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you
Chapter 22
Love Never Fails
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed
up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not
rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether
there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 1 Corinthians
13:4-8
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
At the end of time, when the scales of life are weighed by God for each individual the deciding factor of
success in life will remain to be love, not works or material possessions! Now love is not one of the nine
gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12) and it doesn‘t come by perspiration or any other physical effort! It is a
fruit of the Spirit and it comes as we are filled by the Spirit and walk in the fullness of the Spirit! Yes it‘s a
byproduct of the Spirit of God as well as joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. It is freely given to us by God as every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of
turning (James 1:17). Mind you it‘s also a command because God‘s word is true:
Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind.' "This is the first and great commandment. "And the second is like it:
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "On these two commandments hang all the Law and
the Prophets." Matthew 22:37-40
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you
also love one another. John 13:34
"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12
"These things I command you, that you love one another. John 15:17
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the
law. Romans 13:18
But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves
are taught by God to love one another; 1 Thessalonians 4:9
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, Ephesians
5:18
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of
the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 1 Peter 1:22
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 1
John 3:11
And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ
and love one another, as He gave us commandment. 1 John 3:23
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was
manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be
the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No
one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been
perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of
His Spirit. 1 John 4:8-13
And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that
which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. 2 John 1:5
True success in life and even for eternity is found in how we love one another! Failure in this area
results in failure in any other area of life because if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love
has been perfected in us! Otherwise we are murderers as God‘s word is unchanging:
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does
not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that
no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, because He laid down His life
for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world's
goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God
abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1
John 3:14-18
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each
esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but
also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being
in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death,
even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:3-8
We sing in many of our churches ―to be like Jesus. All I ask is to be like Jesus?‖ And then we go out
and look out only for our own interests and leave out the interest of others. We ignore God‘s word that
states:
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?" So
he answered and said, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.' " And He said to
him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live. " But he, wanting to justify himself,
said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Then Jesus answered and said: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell
among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half
dead. "Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by
on the other side. "Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed
by on the other side. "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when
he saw him, he had compassion. "So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil
and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. "On
the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to
him, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.'
"So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?" And
he said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." Luke
10:25-37
It‘s possible to know and believe everything about the bible including all its doctrines and not to obey
the first and second commandment of God and to go to hell. Fools do it all the time including the devil.
You can believe that God is the Eternal, infinite, unchangeable, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness,
justice, power and love and still not obey Him? You can believe that from all eternity He exists as the One
Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in
power and glory and still murder, lie and steal? Why there are even pastors and preachers who do these
kinds of things and yet they believe and say the different Christian creeds.
You can believe that God's kingdom is everlasting and that from His throne, through His Son, His
eternal Word, God created, upholds and governs all that exists including the heavenly places, the angelic
hosts, the universe, the earth, every living thing and mankind and that He created all things very good
and still not trust Him to get your needed miracle?
You can believe that Satan, originally a great, good angel, rebelled against God, taking a host of
angels with him and He was cast out of God's presence and, as a usurper of God's rule, established a
counter-kingdom of darkness and evil on the earth and still be deceived by Him and accept unknowingly
doctrine of demons, such as ―Once saved, always saved!‖
You can believe that God created mankind in His own image, male and female, for relationship with
Himself and to govern the earth and that under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from
grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth and through the fall, Satan and his
demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation and live in defeat and failure and not manifest the
victories of the cross in your life?
You can believe that Jesus came into the world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin as
fully God and fully man in one person, was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit,
to resist temptation, preach the good news of salvation, heal the sick, cast out demons and raise the
dead and not do the works that Jesus did?
You can believe what ever you want to believe about the bible, the Old and New Testament and not
love your neighbor as yourself? You can graduate from Seminary, call yourself a Christian and reject the
―Baptism of the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit‖ and be a blind one leading the blind?
You can be very sincere and religious and still go to hell for not obeying the teachings of Jesus on
certain matters as being reconciled to an offended brother or not being a respecter of persons?
The things that people believe are one thing and the things that they say and do, as Christians, are
another thing! This dichotomy or contradiction is very common in the lives of many people who call
themselves Christians. And yet they think that somehow God will make all things right for them because
after all they are sincere and presumptive on His grace and they are His children? But God‘s word is
unchanging:
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the
cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all
ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual
Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God was not well
pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things
as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, "The
people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as
some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us tempt Christ, as some of
them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor complain, as some of them also
complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. Therefore let him who thinks he stands
take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but
God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the
temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. Therefore, my
beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:1-14
Chapter 23
Where are all God‘s miracles?
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you
mighty man of valor!" Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all
this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did
not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into
the hands of the Midianites." Then the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours,
and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" Judge 6:13
A survey of some of the top evangelical leaders in the nation found that while there is
overwhelming optimism on the growth of Christianity in the world, there is mostly pessimism
when it comes to the future of the faith in America. Michelle A. Vu Christian Post Reporter Jun.
03, 2009
I believe there‟s a great need for spiritual fathers. That‟s one of the greatest lacks we have in
the Body of Christ. That is why there is so much immorality, unethical behavior and corruption.
Families are disintegrating, divorce is skyrocketing, rebellion is in the Church, and congregations
are splitting. I am certain this is the result of a lack of fathering. We have many great preachers,
fantastic singers, awesome teachers but very few fathers. Fathers are difficult to find because
fathering has more to do with care than with charisma. It has more to do with responsibility than
with performance. It has more to do with leadership, accountability and love than with fame,
exposure and glory. Fathering requires a commitment to nurturing and developing others rather
than using and benefiting from others. Dr. Myles Munroe
"God's greatest concern is not what Christians are falling into but what they are falling away
from! Multitudes of Christians including pastors, deacons, ministry people of all kinds are losing
their faith and confidence in the power of Jesus' name! They are turning away from Christ as the
answer to everything. They are falling away from a childlike faith in Him alone as the solution to
all life's problems. There is a wholesale turning to methods, to psychology, to human expertise, to
the philosophies and doctrines of men." David Wilkerson, The Great Apostasy!
Today‘s self centered unrepented so called spiritual leaders don‘t have the answers to life and to its
problems because they have been preaching a false gospel devoid of true miracles and power! True
preaching and ministering must be done in the power of the Holy Spirit devoid of the wisdom of men or
any fleshly concept like fathering just like Paul did and be centered on Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
God‘s word is true:
And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom
declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except
Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And
my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but
in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
"When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or
send pestilence among My people, "if My people who are called by My name will humble
themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:13-14
It‘s to be noted that God doesn‘t have any programs for the church of Jesus Christ to be used by them.
He is the Program and when He shows up in His power and glory He can and He does whatever He wants
including healing the sick, casting out devil and raising the dead! The real tricky part is to get God to
show up and minister to the people. But where two or three are gathered in His name, He is there! All we
need is people of faith to get God to move onto a particular need or situation by releasing our faith and
believing God for the impossible.
We don‘t need programs but we do need the Holy Spirit who is the other Helper, Guide, and Miracle
Worker, to come and do what He does best- miracles, just like He raised Jesus Christ from the dead after
the world did their worst to him and restored all things to Jesus including all power, glory, riches and
authority! We need people who know their God, and know how to pray and manifest the victory. Then we
will see the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit just like Jesus, Philip, Apollos and Paul did!
The problem of most Christians is that they stop at process of being born again or being filled with the
Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues as though this is all there is to the full gospel of Jesus
Christ, and don‘t go on to being made whole body, soul and spirit. They rob themselves of having
heaven‘s best in every area of their lives and being. And since God respects the will of each person He
doesn‘t force upon them all the blessings that He has for them. God‘s presence, mighty power, wisdom,
discernment, love, miracles should be a constant reality in the lives of God‘s people to meet whatever
need they have or face! They are to be filled with the knowledge of God‘s will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding so that they might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good
work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father.
Because of the mind and life of Christ in them, they also laborer fervently in prayers for other
Christians for their deliverance and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:19) that they
may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God (Colossians 4:12).
People try all kinds of new things seeking health and happiness, but to no avail. Only Jesus can satisfy
the soul, calm the storms of life and establish our goings. Only God can supply all of our needs spiritually,
physically and financially and we can rest in Christ who changes not and enjoy His peace. His word is
unchanging:
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" Luke 11:13
"Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go
away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. John 16:7
The Holy Spirit, the Helper, has come to be to us all that Jesus was to His disciples. He has come to
guide us into all truth and to give us God‘s best in everything. He wants to be a friend and Helper to us
just like Jesus was to His disciples. He is the Third Person of the Trinity, the personality in the order of
the Godhead. He is in charge of the affairs of the kingdom of God and is the Chief Executor of divine
programs on the earth. He is the Motivator, Energizer and Operator of every revealed plan or vision from
God. He is the Revealer of the hidden treasures of the kingdom of God. He holds the key to the
inheritance of the saints of God. He is the most valuable asset to Christian living. He is the central figure
in any breakthrough in life. He is the only One worth leaning on. He has come to reveal wisdom,
knowledge, abilities, enablements and mysteries to us to show us our significance, value and power. He
has come to reveal our God-nature to us and cause us to live in a new dimension. He has come to
comfort us! He‘s our invisible Partner, who causes things to work for us that won‘t work for others. We
are to trust Him with everything big or small and aren‘t to do anything without Him! He gives us the mind
of Christ! God‘s word is unchanging:
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we
might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not
in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual
things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for
they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But
he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one For "who has
known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ. 1
Corinthians 2:12-16
The Holy Spirit uses the Word of God to instruct, minister and reveal truth to us. His wisdom is
supernatural and as we yield to His wisdom we become successful and prosperous and victorious. He
pours the love of God into our hearts (Romans 5:5) and enables us to live a life of love towards God and
others. However He can be grieved when there is envy, bitterness, strife or unforgiveness. He can be
grieved when we reject the truth or allow ourselves to be deceived. These things prevent Him from giving
us the answers we need for our life. Though His anointing and giftings we can do all kinds of things. God‘s
word is unchanging:
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given
the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same
Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to
another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another
different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 1 But one and the same Spirit
works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church
that you seek to excel. Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. For
if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the conclusion
then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the
spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. 1 Corinthians 14:12-15
God has promised in Joel chapter 2 that He's going to pour out his Spirit on all flesh and his sons and
daughters are going to prophesy, our old men shall dream dreams, our young men shall see visions. God‘s
word also tells us that we are all kings and priests (Revelation 1:6, 5:10)! so why shouldn‘t we bask in the
glory that is ours and flow in the supernatural anointing that God has given us including enjoying miracles,
signs, wonders, visions and dreams? We don‘t have to operate in the office of a prophet, to prophesy
when the Spirit of God moves us? Every Christian can have prophetic mantels and prophetic anointings
and that they can learn to exercise the eyes of their understanding according to Ephesians 1:18. God‘s
word is unchanging:
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered the seventy
men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle. Then the LORD came
down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the
same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they
prophesied, although they never did so again. But two men had remained in the camp: the name
of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they
were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the
camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the
camp." So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said,
"Moses my lord, forbid them!" Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that
all the LORD'S people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!"
Numbers 11:24-29
God has put His Spirit on all His people and they are all now prophets with Jesus Christ being the chief
prophet. Yes each Christian can receive revelation from God, get the interpretation and understanding
and then delivery and manifestation in due season. From the beginning to the end of the Bible, not just
prophets, but every day believers had extraordinary encounters with God. So why Christians should be
surprised when they have extraordinary encounters with God? They should not! Rather they should be
upset that the extraordinary things from heaven are not the ordinary events of each day! God‘s word is
true:
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like
ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three
years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its
fruit. James 5:16-18
A great host of men and woman in the Bible from Genesis through to Revelation experienced trances,
visions, dreams, angelic visitations, prophecy, visitations of the Lord and the audible voice of the Lord.
Gideon, Daniel, Joseph, Mary, Zacharias, the Father of John the Baptist, Peter and Paul had a visit from an
angel and why shouldn‘t all of God‘s children? They should! They can have whatever they desire because
they are King‘s kids! The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much and can have whatever
they pray for! There is no logical reason just to live in the natural world when we are living in the Spiritual
world at the same time! We should partake and enjoy of all that God has to offer us including trances,
visions, dreams, angelic visitations, prophecy, visitations of the Lord and the audible voice of the Lord. We
need to learn how to touch access and experience that invisible realm on a daily basis. God‘s word is true:
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said
to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote-Jesus of
Nazareth, the son of Joseph." And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of
Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said
of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" Nathanael said to Him, "How do You
know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the
fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You
are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under
the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Most
assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending
and descending upon the Son of Man." John 1:44-51
Chapter 24
Sanctify You Completely
'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your
mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. "And the second, like it, is this:
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
Mark 12:30-31
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul,
and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23
From generation to generation, God is God and He doesn‘t change. But He changes the times and the
seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who
have understanding. All of His works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is
able to put down. He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the
earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, "What have You done?" He rules in the kingdom of
men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men. But God knows things about men
that they don‘t know. He knows that if they don‘t love the Lord their God with all their heart, with all their
soul and with all their mind and with all their strength and their neighbor as themselves, they will not be
perfect, whole and complete! Hence He has given men in His word the solution to all their problems that is
found in Jesus Christ. His word is true:
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of
your heart, And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD
with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from
evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. Honor the LORD with your
possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine. My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD,
Nor detest His correction; For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom
he delights. Proverbs 3:1-12
love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to
Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever
and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21
Man who is born in sin and is full of egotism, pride and self sufficiency that comes from his father, the
devil, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, has an inflated
sense of one's own importance and is conceited. Man must come to a realization that he must trust in God
with all his heart and lean not on his own understanding but to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord, Savior,
Healer, Deliverer and Provider who will bring health to his flesh, strength to his bones, prosperity and
correction where needed. Man needs to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
that Christ may dwell in his heart through faith; that being rooted and grounded in love he may be able to
comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height- to know the love of
Christ which passes knowledge; so that he might be filled with all the fullness of God. Yes, man needs for
God, Himself, to sanctify him completely and to preserve his whole spirit, soul and body!
Just because a person is born again by the Spirit, that is his spirit is regenerated, doesn‘t mean he is
whole, body, soul and spirit! Many times because of sin and generational curses there resides real
sickness in his body, emotions, and spirit which Jesus Christ needs to heal and deliver from.
Most people are unaware that they have physical and spiritual sickness in their bodies but God‘s word is
unchanging:
Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were
afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics,
and paralytics; and He healed them. Matthew 4:24
3 John 1:2
The problem with many Christians is that they stop at process of being born again or being filled with
the Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues as though this is all there is to the full gospel of Jesus
Christ, and don‘t go on to being made whole body, soul and spirit. They rob themselves of having
heaven‘s best in every area of their lives and being. And since God respects the will of each person He
doesn‘t force upon them all the blessings that He has for them. Hence Apostle Paul prayed for Christians:
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1:15-23
For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ. And
this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense
till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the
glory and praise of God Philippians 1:8-11
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask
that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and
increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. Colossians 1:9-12
God‘s presence, mighty power, wisdom, discernment, love, miracles should be a constant reality in the
lives of God‘s people to meet whatever need they have or face! They are to be filled with the knowledge of
God‘s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding so that they might walk worthy of the Lord, fully
pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with
all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the
Father. Because of the mind and life of Christ in them they also laborer fervently in prayers for other
Christians for their deliverance and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:19) that they
may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God (Colossians 4:12).
People try all kinds of new things seeking health and happiness, but to no avail. Only Jesus can satisfy
the soul, calm the storms of life and establish our goings. Only God can supply all of our needs spiritually,
physically and financially and we can rest in Christ who changes not and enjoy His peace. His word is
unchanging:
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" Luke 11:13
away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. John 16:7
The Holy Spirit, the Helper, has come to be to us all that Jesus was to His disciples. He has come to
guide us into all truth and to give us God‘s best in everything. He wants to be a friend and Helper to us
just like Jesus was to His disciples. He is the Third Person of the Trinity, the personality in the order of
the Godhead. He is in charge of the affairs of the kingdom of God and is the Chief Executor of divine
programs on the earth. He is the Motivator, Energizer and Operator of every revealed plan or vision from
God. He is the Revealer of the hidden treasures of the kingdom of God. He holds the key to the
inheritance of the saints of God. He is the most valuable asset to Christian living. He is the central figure
in any breakthrough in life. He is the only One worth leaning on. He has come to reveal wisdom,
knowledge, abilities, enablements and mysteries to us to show us our significance, value and power. He
has come to reveal our God-nature to us and cause us to live in a new dimension. He has come to
comfort us! He‘s our invisible Partner, who causes things to work for us that won‘t work for others. We
are to trust Him with everything big or small and aren’t to do anything without Him! He gives
us the mind of Christ! God‘s word is unchanging:
he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one For "who has
Corinthians 2:12-16
The Holy Spirit uses the Word of God to instruct, minister and reveal truth to us. His wisdom is
supernatural and as we yield to His wisdom we become successful and prosperous and victorious. He
pours the love of God into our hearts (Romans 5:5) and enables us to live a life of love towards God and
others. However He can be grieved when there is envy, bitterness, strife or unforgiveness. He can be
grieved when we reject the truth or allow ourselves to be deceived. These things prevent Him from giving
us the answers we need for our life. Though His anointing and giftings we can do all kinds of things. God‘s
word is unchanging:
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given
the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same
Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to
another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another
different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 1 But one and the same Spirit
works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church
that you seek to excel. Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. For
if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the conclusion
then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the
spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. 1 Corinthians 14:12-15
Chapter 25
My Cup Runs Over
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My
disciples indeed. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." They
answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone.
How can you say, 'You will be made free'?" Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. "And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a
son abides forever. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:31-36
Those who are Christians abide in God‘s Word and they know what God in Christ has wrought for
them. They enjoy and walk in what God through the Word and the Spirit has wrought in them. They know
what they are to the Father in Christ and what power and authority they have in Christ including the
power of their words. They confess the Lordship of Jesus and that they have become the righteousness of
God and are saved. God‘s word is unchanging:
You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your
ways. Job 22:28
Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the
road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you
ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away. And when the disciples saw it, they
marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?" So Jesus answered and said to
them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was
done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it
will be done. "And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." Matthew
21:18-22
Yes, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will say to a mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the
sea,' it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive because you know
who you are in Christ, a son of god. Yes, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation‖ (2 Corinthians
5:17). He is a new creation created in Christ Jesus with the life of God, the nature of God, and the ability
of God in him. In Christ we have our redemption through His blood, the remission of our trespasses
according to the riches of His grace, which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence.
(Ephesians 1:7-8).
Satan‘s dominion has been broken. He lost his dominion over our life the moment we became a new
creation. We received a new Lord, Jesus Christ, to reign over us. Satan‘s dominion ended and Jesus‘
dominion began. Disease and sickness can no longer lord it over us. The old habits can no longer lord it
over us. We are a new creation created in Christ. Yes, He who is in us is greater than he who is in the
world. God‘s word is unchanging:
"But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My
friend. You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions,
And said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away: Fear not,
for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help
you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.' "Behold, all those who were incensed
against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with
you shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them- Those who contended with you. Those
who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing. For I, the LORD your God, will
hold your right hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.' Isaiah 41:8-13
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because
many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every
spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does
not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the
Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God,
little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in
the world. 1 John 4:2-4
Yes, if God be for us, who can be against us? God is in us now; the Master of creation is in us! Greater
is He that is in us than all the forces that can be arrayed against us including poverty, lack, bills, sickness,
disease, demons, and frail mortal men. We can with boldness proclaim ―You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. (Psalm 23:5)!
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy
comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5).
Yes, we are filled with joy and victory because God has taken us over; He is fighting all our battles.‖
We are not afraid of negative circumstances because we can do all things in Him who strengthens us. And
He is not only our strength but He is at our right hand. He is our salvation, our shield, our defender, our
rewarder, our all. He gives us light in the dark and songs in the night. He is our present help in trouble,
our salvation, our deliverance from every trap the enemy sets for us, from, every snare in which he
would enslave us. God is the strength of our life, of whom shall we be afraid?‖ We are not afraid of
anything! We have no fear because this God of Omnipotence is on our side.
We have a redemption that God planned and wrought in Christ. We are a new creation of which God,
Himself, is the Author and the Finisher. We have a righteousness that permits us to stand in His
presence as though sin had never been done. We have not only have righteousness reckoned to us we
have righteousness imparted to us in the new nature that we have received from Him. We have received
His nature His life. And in this life and nature is-the Life of God. This makes us righteous even as He is
righteous. God‘s word is unchanging:
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has
been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given
us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the
world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And
we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love
abides in God and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have
boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in
love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not
been made perfect in love. 1 John 4:12-18
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of
counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. His delight is in the fear
of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His
ears; But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the
earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He
shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His
waist. Isaiah 11:1-5
God abides in us and we abide in God. As He is, so are we in this world. We are fearless and
righteous and bold as a lion and do greater works than Jesus did. We are not hemmed in by
limitations because we are united with the Limitless One. He is the Vine and we are the branch.
As a branch we bear His fruit because the Vine is imparting to us the fullness of His life. We love because
He has shed abroad His love in our heart through the Holy Spirit. God‘s very nature in us is love. His love
ability has gained the mastery for now we can love in whatever circumstances we are placed especially the
brethren.
We have not only God‘s life in us and the great Holy Spirit who rose up Jesus from the dead in us to
give us wisdom, discernment, knowledge, understanding and power but we have the use of Jesus' name.
Jesus has given to us a legal right to use it. Hence whatever we ask of the Father in His Name, He gives to
us. He has given to us the power of attorney. And we can use that that power to help men. We can let
Jesus working His own work through us and live His own life in us. Our hands and mouths s become the
medium through which His life pours out through us. Our words are His words. His words ‗broke the power
of death, of demons, and healed the sick. They do the same things in our lips. God‘s word is unchanging:
"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good
tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the
LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, To console those who
mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the
LORD, that He may be glorified." And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the
former desolations, And they shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.
Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen
and your vinedressers. But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the
servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.
Isaiah 61:1-6
Chapter 26
Great Things From A Great God
And in that day you will say: "O LORD, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not
be afraid; 'For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.' "
Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation. And in that day you will say:
"Praise the LORD, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that
His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all
the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your
midst!" Isaiah 12:1-6
Through Christ Jesus we have received a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the
Lord, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy
Spirit, according to His own will! And great and wonderful miracles, victories, breakthroughs and blessings
are part of the great Gospel which we have received and preach! God‘s word is unchanging:
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers,
after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 1
Corinthians 12:28
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He
swore by Himself, saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:13-15
Christianity is not an intellectual religion built on perspiration but a relationship with a miracle working
Jesus built on inspiration and His unchanging words If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you
will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
fruit; so you will be My disciples (John 15:7-8). And there is no miracle that Jesus Christ cannot do or will
not do for His abiding ones!
The other fact of the matter is that Christianity is a miracle religion and everything about it is
miraculous including the virgin birth, the ministry of Jesus and His resurrection. We are to abide in a
stream of miracles that flow from God to us and from us to others! Miracles validate true Christianity but
there are no miracles unless we abide in Jesus for without him we can do nothing! And abiding in Jesus is
not hard work or stressful but an easy going thing out of which miracles become a natural thing! If we
don‘t have miracles we are not abiding in Jesus! And any method of confession including Word of faith or
doctrine is not abiding in the vine and having His words abide in us!
There is a natural outflow of miracles and love from us of a natural inflow when we are abiding in
Jesus! The mighty Holy Spirit moves in us and upon us and rivers of living water flow out of us! And
when we cut off the inflow from God by not abiding in Jesus and having His words abide in us miracle
cease! It‘s that simple! And the good news is there is no miracle that our Miracle Working Jesus cannot do
and no enemy that He has not defeated or cannot defeat through the exceeding greatness of His power
toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He
raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all
principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but
also in that which is to come.
And we rejoice in the fact that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us (Ephesians 3:20). The same power that made heaven and earth,
that parted the Red Sea so that the children of Israel could be delivered and their enemies destroyed, and
that raised Jesus Christ from the dead! God‘s word is unchanging:
"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by
miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also
know- Acts 2:22
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons
were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of
them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of
the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul
preaches." Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil
spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" Then the man in
whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that
they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Acts 19:11-16
Carnal knowledge and understanding devoid of the miracles of Spirit of God doesn‘t result in victory
and miracles but rather failure and defeat! Miracles and Victory come to those who are filled with the
Spirit of the Living God and believe God! Just because a man and a woman have sex doesn‘t mean it was
inspired or sanctified by God? Similarly just because a pastor or a preacher said some things based on
God‘s word doesn‘t mean it was inspired or sanctified by God!
Apostle Jesus and Apostle Paul knew what it was to walk in the fullness of God and to experience
victory and miracles and not just talk about it! God attested that Jesus and Paul were true men of God by
the miracles, wonders and signs which God did through them in their midst. And when the false ones
tried to imitate Apostle Paul, the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and
prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked.
Similarly many Christian religionists talk about miracles, victory and God but in reality are
overpowered and prevailed against by the world and its demons. They cannot say what apostle Jesus or
Paul stated:
"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are
spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For "who has
Corinthians 2:12-16
The natural man will be defeated and dismayed by the storms of life because he doesn‘t receive the
things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. But the spiritual man who is taught by the Holy Spirit and has the mind of Christ
walks in victory because he is filled with the fullness of God just like God‘s word instructs him too:
But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel
of Christ. Romans 15:29
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of
the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no
longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love,
may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ- from whom the whole body, joined
and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every
part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. Ephesians 4:11-16
Religious position in life doesn‘t give victory and miracles from God. We have an excellent example of
this in the lives of Hannah, a bitter, barren, angry, agitated second wife of Elkanah and Eli the high priest
of Israel. Hannah a nobody knew something about prayer that Eli a somebody didn‘t know. She knew that
God heard and answered prayer and a miracle from God would make a difference. So for years she would
go to the temple in Shiloah where Eli, and his two thieving and raping sons Hophni and Phinehas, were
the priests of the LORD. In the bitterness of soul, she prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish. The bible
records:
Then she made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of
Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your
maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor
shall come upon his head." And it happened, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli
watched her mouth.
Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore
Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away
from you!" And Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I
have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
"Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint
and grief I have spoken until now." Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace, and the God of
Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him." And she said, "Let your maidservant find
favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned and came
to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. So
it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name
Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the LORD." Now the man Elkanah and all
his house went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow. But Hannah did not go
up, for she said to her husband, "Not until the child is weaned; then I will take him, that he may
appear before the LORD and remain there forever." And Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do
what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him. Only let the LORD establish His word."
So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. Now when she had weaned
him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and
brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh. And the child was young. Then they slaughtered
a bull, and brought the child to Eli.
And she said, "O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you
here, praying to the LORD. "For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition
which I asked of Him. "Therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be
lent to the LORD." So they worshiped the LORD there. 1 Samuel 1:11-28
Self-righteous hypocritical Eli misjudged Hannah and thought that she was drunk! Hannah told him I
am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my
soul before the LORD. "Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of
my complaint and grief I have spoken until now." Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace, and the God
of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him." God heard and answered the prayer of
agreement between Hannah and Eli and gave a miracle and the victory to humble hurt Hannah through
the birth of Samuel whom she lent to the Lord and caused her by the Spirit of the Lord to pray and say
things that most proud and arrogant theologians don‘t know or understand:
And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD.
I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. "No one is holy like the LORD, For
there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. "Talk no more so very proudly;
Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him
actions are weighed. "The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are
girded with strength. Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry
have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has
become feeble. "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the
dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit
the throne of glory.
"For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He has set the world upon them. He will
guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. "For by strength no man
shall prevail. The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will
thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His
king, And exalt the horn of His anointed." 1 Samuel 2:1-10
Unreligious Hannah knew what religious Eli didn‘t know that God hates arrogance and pride and by
Him actions are weighed. She knew that The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and
brings up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the
dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the
throne of glory. She knew, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king,
And exalt the horn of His anointed." Ironically it would be her own anointed son, Samuel, who would
replace Eli and his thieving sons, who were later killed by God who told them through a real man of God:
… "Thus says the LORD: 'Did I not clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they
were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 'Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My
priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And did I not
give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 'Why do
you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling place, and honor
your sons more than Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My
people?'
"Therefore the LORD God of Israel says: 'I said indeed that your house and the house of your
father would walk before Me forever.' But now the LORD says: 'Far be it from Me; for those who
honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
'Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father's house,
so that there will not be an old man in your house. 'And you will see an enemy in My dwelling
place, despite all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your
house forever. 'But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your
eyes and grieve your heart. And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their
age. 'Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas:
in one day they shall die, both of them. 'Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall
do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall
walk before My anointed forever.
'And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to
him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and say, "Please, put me in one of the priestly
positions, that I may eat a piece of bread." ' " 1 Samuel 2:27-37
Chapter 27
Signs And Wonders
Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. But the unbelieving
Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren. Therefore they
stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His
grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. Acts 14:1-3
" And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ
may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in
persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2
Corinthians 12:9
You would think that in an ideal world people would be happy when signs and wonders which cause
sick people afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed,
epileptics, and paralytics to be healed would make all people rejoice. But Barnabas and Paul found out
that this wasn‘t the case! They were persecuted by Jews from Antioch and Iconium and Paul was stoned.
The bible records:
Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they
stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. However, when the
disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed
with Barnabas to Derbe. And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many
disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples,
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter
the kingdom of God." Acts 14:19-22
Apostle Paul was stoned by a group of Jews, taken out of the city and left for dead. Paul's human
strength had ended. He was absolutely powerless. But the disciples gathered around him and prayed, and
the Lord raised him up and he went on his way. In other words, when Paul didn't have enough human
strength to overcome, but God's miracle-working power was sufficient for him. It enabled him to be an
overcomer in spite of his weakness!
Now most Christians when they run into an impossible situation, a situation they simply don't have
the strength or the ability to handle, they are often tempted to simply give up and accept defeat and do
just that! They don‘t anticipate that God's strength is about to be made perfect in you. The word
translated "strength" in this scripture is dunamis. It means "God's miracle-working power." In other words
when their human strength ends, God has promised that His miraculous power will bring them through
and give them a breakthrough, a healing, a deliverance or a miracle. He has promised to meet and supply
all their needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19)! And God is definitely not
poor nor are His riches, power, or resource limited! And their Miracle Salvation or Deliverance will be a
sign and wonder that will get some people upset including the devil!
Just as there are physical laws to regulate nature, so are there spiritual laws too. Even some physical
laws have their spiritual equivalent e.g. the law of harvest. In all cases however, spiritual laws are
stronger and more powerful than physical laws. A miracle occurs, therefore, whenever God uses a spiritual
law to set aside a physical law. Since it is God who is behind the working of miracles, there is nothing like
―the days of miracles‖ which can pass away, instead there is the God of miracles who lives forever. God
may use natural means in performing miracle e.g. 5 loaves of bread and two fishes to feed over 5,000
people; or He may use supernatural means e.g. the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
We are all sick, hurting, or lacking in one thing or another but God has not changed one bit and He is
still a God of miracles. He has promised for those who are called by His name that if they will humble
themselves and pray and seek His face and turn from their wicked ways then He will hear from heaven
and will forgive their sin and heal their land. We have an excellent example of this in the life of King
Hezekiah:
In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,
went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and
not live.' " Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, and said,
"Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart,
and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And the word of the
LORD came to Isaiah, saying, "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your
father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen
years. "I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this
city." ' "And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which He has
spoken: "Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the
sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it
had gone down. This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had
recovered from his sickness: Isaiah 38:1-9
Yes, God still gives grace to the humble and He contends with the proud. Healing is still part of the
atonement but the method that God chooses to use as well as the timing for the healing is His business.
Nevertheless God‘s word is unchanging:
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live
for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but
have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2:24-25
Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive
to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the
humble." Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in
due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because
your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist
him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your
brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by
Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To
Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:5-11
Yes, God is able to perfect, establish, strengthen, heal and settle each one of His children if they will
turn from their wicked ways. It‘s is amazing what God considers to be wicked ways. Since every person is
different and God knows the heart and attitude on each one only God can define for each person what is
his ―wicked ways.‖ Both Peter and Judas betrayed Jesus by their actions and words but the Lord gave
Peter the grace to return back to him but not Judas.
It is a fact that some sins cause God not to hear the prayers of children for healing because He has
brought judgment against them just like in the life of David concerning his illegitimate son due to his
relationship with Bathsheba. The bible records:
So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The
LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. "However, because by this deed you have
given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you
shall surely die." Then Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's
wife bore to David, and it became ill.
David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night
on the ground. So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the
ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died. And the servants of David were
afraid to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, "Indeed, while the child was alive, we
spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He
may do some harm!" When David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that
the child was dead. Therefore David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "He
is dead." So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes;
and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and
when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate. 2 Samuel 12:13-20
But the good news is that God is still gracious and kind and He loves to hear and answer pray to
forgive the sins of the righteous and to heal the circumstances, bodies and hearts of those who are
suffering or are sick. His word is unchanging:
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is
anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the
Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses
to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer
of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed
earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. James 5:13-18
"I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to
come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. Ezekiel 34:26
Chapter 28
He Healed Them
He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalm 107:20
Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and
teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem.
And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Luke 5:17
There are many different vehicles that God uses to bring healing and miracles. They operate under two
umbrellas:
1) Faith Realm and the Word of Faith
2) Anointing and Sovereign Move of God.
In the Faith Realm and the Word of Faith we have the prayer of faith, predominantly the laying of
hands, demonstration of principles of faith and the teaching of the word of faith with a healing line at the
end of the meetings.
In the Anointing and Sovereign Move of God we have the word of knowledge and healing anointing
from an atmosphere of Worship. For our own profit and those of others we need to go deeper in the realm
of the God and understand the function of miracles and healing to bless God‘s poor and hurting people.
The good and great news is that we can see miracles through the Faith Realm and the Word of faith. We
can also see miracles through the Anointing and the Sovereign Move of God. When we are faced with an
audience of fifty thousand people we cannot minister to all of them? So we resort to the healing Word that
is in the presentation of gospel. As people hear the Word preached to them and even as they hear the
teachings of God‘s word miracles take place. But when there is a great anointing through a sovereign
move of God people are simply healed by demonstration of the now presence of God.
Healing comes by many methods including by the anointing, by the presence of God, by the word of
knowledge and by the preaching of the word. We are not to restrict healing by any method but are to
provide opportunity to heal the sick. Jesus healed at times because of the faith He had and because the
presence of the Holy Spirit was there.
The ―Word of Faith‖ is where healing comes by the preaching of the word. As we teach the word on
miracles and healing we get healing and miracles because healing is in the Word. Hence there is
predominantly the laying of hands and demonstration of principles of faith and the teaching of Word of
Faith with a healing line at the end of the meeting. Yes, the prayer of faith will save the sick. Healing is in
the word. He sent His word and healed them. Yes, we can preach on the principles of faith and healing
and miracles in the Word and the Holy Spirit confirms the Word with accompanying signs and wonders. So
if we preach about finances we get miracles in finances. If we preach healing we get miracles in healing.
Through faith God can use any of His children to do any kind of miracle and answer. The principles of
healing and miracles comes from God‘s word:
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart
from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:20 -22
The Word of God has power to bring healing. Faith comes by hearing. People who confess the word
stand on the Word believe on the Word meditate on the Word and are healed. But in the ―Anointing‖ an
―anointed healing vessel‖ can heal without presentation of the Word of God. The anointed man at will can
pray for people without an atmosphere.
God also heals in the anointing where a warm sensation comes on a person and they receive the
anointing and get healed by faith. Healing also comes through the word of knowledge. Unfortunately
many don‘t know how to keep the healing that comes through the anointing and the word of knowledge.
They allow the enemy to steal it. So there must be the ―Word of Faith‖ taught somewhere for people to
keep their healing.
In the sovereign move of God healing also comes through the gift of faith. God‘s gives a gift of faith to
believe for the impossible. He sends His word and heals us. As we accept and stand on the word that God
gives and with our own words we release what God has promised us. There is creative power in the words
that we speak under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We hear in our spirit the sound of the abundance of
rain and we speak it forth or prayer it forth until we give birth to what God has promised.
Healing also comes through a prayer of faith that is warring ministry where we contend for victories
and miracles like Jacob, David, Hannah, the persistent widow, and others did. God heals all our diseases
and we believe until we see it as a reality in our lives. God‘s word is unchanging:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the
elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the
Word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Hebrews 11:1-3
Yes, healing comes by the level of our faith. We are not to doubt the power of our mustard seed faith.
Jesus told us, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to
there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20).
In the realm of faith man is responsible to believe. It‘s according to ―your faith‖ or ―your faith made
you well‖ principle! But faith healing is limited by our ability to teach and make others believe. But the
Anointing healing works on the principle of sovereignty.
In the realm of faith man is responsible to believe. It‘s according to ―your faith‖ or ―your faith made
you well‖ principle! But faith healing is limited by our ability to teach and make others believe. But the
Anointing healing works on the principle of sovereignty. Jesus and the Apostles carried so much anointing
and presence of God that people were healed by it. The bible records:
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people.
And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch. Yet none of the rest dared join them, but
the people esteemed them highly. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes
of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds
and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a
multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who
were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. Acts 5:12-16
When the shadow of Peter fell on sick people out in the street on beds and couches they were healed.
Yes, there is a realm of healing that is determined by how much of the presence of God is manifested in
the life of a man of God, by how much of the presence of God is manifested in our life. As a result
unsaved, desperate people receive healing because of how much God is carried by one man of God. If we
carry God with us in a great and large way it doesn‘t matter if people believe or not, miracles and healing
will happen just like they did with Jesus. God‘s word is unchanging:
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Matthew
4:23
Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood
afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" So when He
saw them, He said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And so it was that as they
went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with
a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a
Samaritan. So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
"Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?" And He said
to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well." Luke 17:12-14
Everything in the kingdom of God comes in the form of a seed. Jesus sowed a seed in the lives of ten
lepers by sowing His word and saying, Go, show yourselves to the priests." Their miracle and healing was
not instant. As they received the Word of God and obeyed and went to show themselves to the priests,
they were cleansed. But only one was made well and he was a foreigner, a Samaritan. He returned to
give thanks and glory to God.
Physical healing is not the only thing that God wants to do for us. He wants to make us whole body,
soul and Spirit. He wants to take all sickness and diseases from us and make us whole from the top of our
head to the tip of our toes. He wants to bless just like He had blessed Abraham, David, Job, Joseph and
Jesus. And we by our faith limit Him as to what He can or cannot do in our lives. The Samaritan received
everything that God has for Him and as a result Jesus said to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has
made you well."
It‘s to be noted that not every healing is instant. Many times the healing has begun but it is not total
completed or manifested yet. Healing is a gradual process over time while a miracle is instantaneous but
sometimes it takes time to manifest itself. God heals by the word of faith, by the word of knowledge, by
the prayer of faith or the anointing. We cannot restrict the way God will move amongst us but only believe
Him and His word that in response to our faith He is moving and in due season we will see our healings or
miracles for God is able to make all grace abound towards us. God is God and He produces the harvest but
we are men and we plant the seed. His word is unchanging:
"While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day
and night Shall not cease." Genesis 8:22
in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: "He has dispersed
abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever." Now may He who
supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and
increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality,
which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 2 Corinthians 9:8-11
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For
he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the
Spirit reap everlasting life. Galatians 6:7-8
Chapter 29
Grace To You And Comfort
"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good
tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the
captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year
of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, To console those
who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting
of the LORD, that He may be glorified." Isaiah 61:1-3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts
us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the
comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in
us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. Now if we are afflicted, it is for your
consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also
suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. And our hope for you is
steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake
of the consolation. 2 Corinthians 1:2-7
But Jesus is not just the Deliverer. He‟s your Deliverer! He‟s your Deliverer from sin, sickness,
poverty— your Deliverer from anything the enemy can throw your direction. It doesn‟t matter
whether you‟re oppressed, distressed, or in trouble or whether the devil has been holding you or
someone you love hostage. No matter how rough it gets—no matter how high the water rises or
how hard the wind blows—Jesus is your personal Deliverer!
You can put your trust and confidence in the Lord! He will never leave you nor forsake you.
He‟ll protect you from danger. Even in the strongest storm you face in life, Jesus is still your
Deliverer! Sometimes we‟re waiting for our deliverance, but our Deliverer is here! Our Healer and
Protector is here!
Yes, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the
comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so so
our consolation also abounds through Christ. God doesn‘t waste anything in our lives but He works all
things together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose
(Romans 8:28). Through our trials and testings Yes, we learn not trust in ourselves but in God who raises
the dead, and is the one and only Deliverer.
By the Holy Spirit, We come to appreciate that as a result of what Jesus did on the Cross on Calvary,
by faith everything is ours now. Jesus Christ has substituted all things on the cross for us and exchanged
it there for us. Our death, defeat and poverty and curses have been nailed to the Cross. On the Cross
Jesus Christ not only won real victory and redemption over sin and death and the world, but also over the
wicked arch enemy Satan and all his angels who had made the Cross necessary by what he did to Adam
and Eve.
The enemy had deceived and entrapped Adam and Eve to sin against God and live a life that was
cursed and full of toil and trouble. But on the Cross Jesus Christ did the great exchange. He exchanged
His sinlessness for our sins, His righteousness for our unrighteousness, His strength for our
weakness, His boundless supply for our needs, His stripes for our healing, His riches for our
poverty, His victories for our defeats, His glory for our shame, His triumphs for our
disappointments, His Honor for our nothingness, His prosperity for our lacks, His joy for our
sadness, and His fullness for our emptiness. But all of this is also something that must be revealed to
us by the Holy Spirit before we can understand and partake of it fully. Yet it is all our birthright and the
blessing of the fullness of the gospel of Christ.
The message of the cross and the Gospel is not only that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures. He was buried and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. He is now is
seated at the right hand of the Father with all power given unto Him in heaven and earth waiting for His
enemies to be made His footstool. But the message of the cross and the Gospel is also that as a result of
the victories Jesus won on the cross, He has now given and shared all that He has with us (John 16:14)
and He is also with and for us continually (Matthew 28:18-20).
God in Christ Jesus has literally become our inheritance and great reward; as well as everything else
which we need, including our healer and deliverer. As result of the Cross, God said about Jesus and of us
who have become strong and overcomers:
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the
strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the
transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah
53:12
As a result of the cross, in Christ Jesus, we are rich, victorious and have a new life in Christ Jesus, as
we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh. The empty Cross now also stands as a reminder and says to the
world and to all the demons of Hell ―You did your worst, but God gave His best.” Now things are no longer
the same, because Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father waiting for His enemies to be submitted
to Him. He has also now given us the power to subdue all His and our enemies through the use of His
name and Word and dependence of the Spirit. Hence the Cross is also a real testimony of what God‘s
power can do no matter what the Hell or injustice that the world or the devil will throw at us. For Jesus‘
resurrection after a cruel and awful death signifies the real possibility of total and complete victory in our
lives, hearts and circumstances as well in the current time of life as we trust in God just like Jesus did.
The empty Cross of Christ at Calvary now says to you and I, that for every defeat there is victory
in its place, for every failure there is success, for every endeavor there is prosperity, for every
weakness there is grace, for every sickness there is healing, for every hatred there is love, for
every injustice there is justice and for every poverty there is riches. All of this and much, much
more belongs to each child of God because of what Jesus did and won on the Cross. Hence we can by the
Holy Spirit understand what the Lord said to Apostle Paul:
―My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.‖ Therefore most
gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I
take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ‘s
sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.‖ (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
Our strength and victory comes from God Himself and all the victories He had won for us on the Cross
of Calvary. Although in the annuals of time and history, our Creator God died on the Cross-on Calvary, but
He didn‘t stay there. He arose triumphant and victorious over everything, over the worst that the devil or
others could throw at or do to Him and to us. Because of the cross of Christ, God has reconciled all
things to Himself whether things on earth or things in heaven for Jesus having wiped out all the enemies
of His people and especially the requirements that were against them, He has taken it out of the way
having nailed to the cross.
The King of Kings and Lord of Lords with His unlimited and unimaginable power and riches was never
poor or debased. But He chose, because of us, to leave behind his infinite power and riches become a man
and identify and relate to humanity in all its sufferings and ways. God in Christ Jesus stripped Himself of
His royalty and Kingship. He then became an ordinary man and walked with men doing by faith and
dependence on the Holy Spirit the impossible such as healing the sick, raising the dead and cast out
demons. He did it all to show that we can do it also. Then the innocent Son of man and Son of God went
to a Cross-on a hill called Calvary where He bled and died for all of humanity. But the Cross-was not the
end of Jesus Christ or life, it was the beginning of something new, a New Covenant or New Testament. It
was the beginning of a new life and a new man and a new Spirit for those who would accept what Jesus
had done for them. It was the beginning of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all flesh. As a result God‘s
word was now true:
―But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ‗And it shall come to pass in the last days,
says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My
menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall
prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire
and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before
the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. And it shall come to pass That whoever
calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.‘ Joel 2:16-21
Now all flesh can be saved, healed and delivered and walk in the newness of life in the power of the
Holy Spirit. All men can prophesy, speak in tongues and be filled with the fullness of God. The good news
of the Cross-is that the different victories that Jesus won there, and the resulting New Covenant with all
its rights and privileges, is now ours to be claimed and accepted by faith. They will be true if we will only
believe, accept, confess and act on it and then allow the Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead to
change us. Jesus won for us, on the Cross, such a victory with such power and might that it made hell
tremble and Heaven sing with joy as the Triumph of Victory resounded from one part of Heaven to
another. Our ears will tingle and our hearts will sing, as the faithful and mighty Holy Spirit reveals this
victory to us.
The fact remains that Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith, is sitting at the right hand of
the throne of God, ready to use His power on behalf of the good of His true children; to make them more
than conquerors in all things that the world, the flesh and the devil would throw at them. For His word is
unchanging:
―And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the
Father in My name He will give you. ―Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you
―These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will
have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.‖ John 16:33
In the world lack of strength and dependence on others is considered weakness, but in the kingdom of
God weakness that causes us to depend on and trust in the Lord is great strength and blessings. For it is
when the power of Christ rest upon us, because of our weakness, that we are truly strong. As it is then
that we rest upon the Lord and walk in the power of His might and Spirit and not our own. As we by faith
tap into all the riches and resources of heaven which are now ours by Christ Jesus because of what Jesus
Christ did on the cross two thousand years ago we become more than conquerors. It is when the power of
Christ rest upon us, because of our weakness, that we are truly strong. For it is then that we rest upon
the Lord and walk in the power of His might and Spirit and not our own.
Yes, as a result of the victories Jesus won on the cross we are now delivered from the hand of our
enemies, and are able to serve the Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the
days of our life. Just like Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
stated about God and us:
―Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people, And has
raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David, As He spoke by the mouth
of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began, That we should be saved from our
enemies And from the hand of all who hate us, To perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant, The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: To grant
us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, In
holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. Luke 1:68-75
The name of Jesus Christ is far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And God has put all things
under His feet including sickness, defeat, poverty and lack and gave Him to be head over all things to the
church, which is His body. So if it is under Jesus feet and we are His body it is therefore under our feet!
And if it‘s under believers feet then why do we allow negative things to raise their ugly heads in our lives?
Because we really don‘t believe that is all under Jesus feet. We are like the prodigal son who ended up in a
pig‘s pen even if his father was filthy rich. But then he came to his senses and realized what his father had
and returned to his father and his negative circumstances changed.
How many of God's people suffer needless in poverty, want or lack and with sickness or disease? Too
many! How long before they will look at themselves and say as the prodigal son who when he "came to
himself" said, "I will arise and go to my Father!" God is waiting with opened arms to receive every
penitent child! God is waiting with opened arms to touch, heal, deliver, and bless His children. They can
can rely on Him to do what He has promised to do! We need to understand the reality of all the victories
that Jesus won on the cross of Calvary. God‘s word is unchanging:
Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat
down there. Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute,
maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. So the
multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame
walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. Matthew 15:29-31
Yes, the Word of God tells us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever and we can be
made whole through our faith in the finished work of Calvary where Jesus Christ wounded for our
transgressions, was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His
stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). Sin, sickness or any other curse doesn‘t have to rule and reign in our
lives because Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is
written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree") that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the
Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Galatians 3:13-
14).
Jesus has provided for our healing, Spirit, Soul and Body in the atonement. All of the provision of the
cross must impact the body of Christ. Jesus Paid the Price for our Healing - "By His Stripes" (Isaiah 53:5,
1 Peter 2:24) Hence we are anointed and sent to: Preach the Good News to the Needy, Bind up the
Brokenhearted, Proclaim Freedom for the Captives, Release the Prisoners from Darkness, Proclaim the
Year of the LORD's Favor, To Comfort all Who Mourn, To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of
ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
(Isaiah 61:1-3 and Luke 4:18)
God is alive and well and present today! Jesus is still healing people! The presence of God and the
power of the Holy Spirit is a precious gift that we can experience and see many lives are being changed as
desperate people come and find God's grace and mercy flowing to them bringing healing and
encouragement. The anointing increases as we are press in for more of God! Then we can see God save
people, heal people, deliver people, baptize in the Holy Spirit, bring encouragement and strength through
the gifts of the Spirit. Many can receive from the Lord healing for their physical, emotional and spiritual
needs and live lives that are whole and successful.
God is love and freely gives everything we need, both for our material and for our spiritual existence.
But because the blessings of God‘s spirit are so freely given, we often take them for granted. If all people
had open and receptive hearts, they could see and hear God‘s voice at all times and in all places. But we
have lost this awareness. Through prayer, we learn to appreciate spiritual gifts, gifts that are at least as
important for life as air and water, heat and light. Whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this
is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith. For when we have accepted Jesus Christ as Savior,
Lord and King by the faith God gave us, the victory now resides in us and God is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask, or thing. As God‘s word is unchanging:
love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
It is a fact that according to the power that resides and works in us, God is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or think and give us one hundred percent victory, one hundred percent
of the time, in one hundred percent of the situations. After all He is God, not man! It is also a fact that
Jesus, now as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, is no longer poor or weak anymore as He
was when He walked the earth as man. He is now once again unlimited in power, riches,
strength and might. But the best news is that God wants to use all of His power, riches, and
resources on our behalf and meet our needs: If we only will believe Him and trust Him to do it
for us; If we will only humble ourselves and on a bent knee give Him our all and ask for His all. Then we
shall know the truth of God‘s word which states:
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37
―Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the
fragrance of His knowledge in every place.‖ (2 Corinthians 2:14)
Chapter 30
In The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit
Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified.
And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
Acts 9:31
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life- the life
was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which
was with the Father and was manifested to us- that which we have seen and heard we declare to
you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and
with His Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:1-3
To be a true Christian we must not only know the word of God, the bible, but also Jesus Christ, the
Word, and to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit just like the New Testament church did. They walked in
the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, and were multiplied. Mind you they were not
drunk 100 % of the time with the Spirit as some I know. They didn‘t deny miracles, salvation, healing and
deliverance but experienced them. However we have today amongst us "Bible deists" who are guilty of
worshiping the Bible rather than God. They have no experience or very little with the Holy Spirit and are
deceived that they know Jesus Christ, never mind the Father God.
For Bible deists, Christ cannot speak or be known apart from the Bible. So they merge Christ into the
Bible and preach the Bible in the place of Christ. These people are also guilty of overemphasizing the
importance of knowledge. When we make the goal of our lives to know the Bible, we exalt knowledge over
experience—a tragic mistake. Yet, the truths of Scripture can only be fully known through experience.
God never said that “Intelligence was the basis for entrance into the kingdom of God‖? Rather Jesus told
us:
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. "God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:23-24
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the
vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. "If anyone does
not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw
them into the fire, and they are burned. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will
ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear
much fruit; so you will be My disciples. John 15:4-8
It‘s important to abide in Christ to hear and obey His audible voice in our inner man or by dreams and
visions. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had supernatural encounters with God that were outside of the bible
but became part of the bible? Similarly not all experiences with God are recorded in the bible or can be
discounted as invalid! The Bible is not "a book of abstract truths about God," but "a guide into the
supernatural realm of God‘s power" , "a guide to dynamic encounters with a God who works wonders." It
was given to us that we might "hear God‘s voice and respond to that voice with life-changing faith." We
should have the experience of people in biblical times, who heard God speak "through an audible voice,
dreams, visions, circumstances, fleeces, inner impressions, prophets, angels, and other ways as well as
through scripture." The book of Acts represents normal Christianity, and it is filled with accounts of
supernatural communication. Accordingly, the very same things should happen to us.
Bible deists believe that production of the Bible was the Spirit‘s greatest work. They believe that the
Holy Spirit exalts Christ by composing a book." They believe that the central message of the Bible is not
the Holy Spirit and his gifts, but Jesus and his resurrection. Accordingly, the Bible defines the scope of
God‘s revelation to us, and provides the means for us to achieve knowledge of God. The Holy Spirit does
not communicate to men independently of the Bible. All of this is bunk because the Spirit‘s greatest work
was not only the creation of heaven and earth but the resurrection of Jesus Christ without which there
would be no need for a bible. Jesus Christ and His gifts including the Holy Spirit and His gifts inseparable
because the bible tells us:
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the
strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the
transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah
53:12
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers,
after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 1
Corinthians 12:28
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which
is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1:18-23
Christ divided His spoils of war at Calvary with the strong, His bride, the church, in whom He has
appointed first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,
administrations, and varieties of tongues. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, has put all
things under Christ feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the
fullness of Him who fills all in all. It‘s the church experiencing the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of Christ, having the eyes of understanding enlightened, knowing what is the hope of His
calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding
greatness of His power toward those who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which is
preeminent and important not a dead knowledge of the bible. Just like faith without works is dead so is
love without any experience with God. God‘s word is unchanging:
"To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ' These things says He who holds the seven
stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: "I know your
works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have
tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; "and you have
persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name's sake and have not become
weary. "Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. "Remember
therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you
quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent. Revelations 2:1-5
Bible deists believe that the New Testament itself supersedes the signs and wonders recorded in the
New Testament, including the "sign gifts" of the Holy Spirit. Since the Holy Spirit‘s primary work is to
create the Bible, the fundamental purpose of the dramatic events its records is to confirm the unique
value of the Bible, not to provide a precedent for further activities of the Holy Spirit. Vine is therefore a
"cessationist." The gifts were given to the church for a limited time, and for a very specific purpose—to
help launch the Christian church and provide a written guide for future generations. When the written
Word was completed, the sign gifts ceased. What bible deists believe is all lies that have no basis in the
word of God. The word of God doesn‘t say or teach that apostles, prophets and gifts of the Spirit have
ceased. Rather it states we are not to be ignorant of Spiritual gifts and are to pursue them:
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that
you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make
known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say
that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but
it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for
the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of
knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of
healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another
discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of
tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually
as He wills. 1 Corinthains 12:1-11
Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. For he who
speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in
the spirit he speaks mysteries. But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and
comfort to men. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the
church. I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who
prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the
church may receive edification. 1 corinthians 14:1-5
If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things
which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. But if anyone is ignorant, let him be
ignorant. Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with
tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Corinthians 14:37-40
Bible deists remove things from the word of God which in itself is sin. The truth of the word of God is
that there is revelation continues beyond the Bible just like Jesus promised:
away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. "And when He has
come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: "of sin, because
they do not believe in Me; "of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;
"of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. "I still have many things to say to you,
but you cannot bear them now. "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide
you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will
speak; and He will tell you things to come. "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and
declare it to you. "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of
Mine and declare it to you. John 16:7-15
Bible deists deny that God has further things to say to his people. But God continues to reveal
himself to human beings. The supernatural manifestations we read about in the Bible—prophecies,
dreams, miracles, and so on, extend beyond biblical times on into the Christian era and right up to our
own day. Accordingly, we should not be "Bible-bound." We should not limit our knowledge of God to what
the Bible says. Just as people did in biblical times, we too can hear "the voice of God" and do the greater
works that Jesus promised we would do. God‘s word is unchanging:
means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." So then, after the Lord
had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And
they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word
through the accompanying signs. Amen. Mark 16:15-20
name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything in My name,
I will do it. John 14:12-14
Chapter 30
The LORD Of The Breakthrough
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against
them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king, And exalt the
horn of His anointed."1 Samuel 2:10
The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. So David
inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my
hand?" And the LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your
hand." So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD
has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water." Therefore he called the
name of that place Baal Perazim. 2 Samuel 5:18-20
And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. Amen. Romans 16:20
There are those who want to hold man including Adam responsible for all the negative things in this
word but the fact is that when Satan entered the Garden of Eden, he brought sin, sickness, and poverty
with him. When Adam and Eve fell, Satan gained power over mankind, and mankind has been suffering
every since that day! Mankind has stood in great need of a Deliverer, a Savior. But thanks be to God—
Jesus‘ birth in a Bethlehem manger marked the moment the Deliverer had come! Jesus was born to set
men free. John 8:36 says, ―If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed!‖ And First
John 3:8 tells us, ―. . . For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works
of the devil.‖
Jesus the Victor came to destroy Satan‘s bondage! The story of Jesus life, death and resurrection is the
story of man‘s deliverance and Jesus victory over the devil and the world God‘s word is unchanging:
have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33
15:57
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we
ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are
pleasing in His sight. 1 John 3:32-22
Our personal faith in God and what He has done and will do for us give us the victory over all our
enemies whomever or whatever they might be! Our personal faith causes us to receive from God
whatever we ask because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
God‘s promises are for us today. When we ask God for something it should not be hoping He will hear
and answer it should be knowing He will answer because we know Him. Prayer is for God‘s glory, prayer is
to accomplish God‘s will in a situation in our lives or the lives of others.
When we made Jesus Lord of our lives we came into a Covenant relationship with Jesus we become
part of His family and we have a right to all the privileges in that family. We become one with Him, all He
has is ours and all we have is His. We had become a joint heir with Jesus and we are now heirs to all the
Father has. We have also been given authority to overcome every attack of the enemy and have victory.
Jesus defeated Satan and took away his power to harm us but he will still try to deceive us and if we
believe the deception of the devil instead of the Word of God we will be defeated. Knowing Jesus and who
He is in us and who we are in Him will give us victory every time. Instead of fearing a situation we take
the Word of God and apply it and watch the situation turn out for good.
Being in faith we can rejoice and thank our Father God that He has provided healing for us through His
Son Jesus. He is the Lord who heals us. He is "Jehovah Rapha", meaning "I am the LORD who is your
healer" (Ex. 15:26). He is our Physician (Numbers 21:6-10). No disease or affliction is greater than the
Name of Jesus. All infirmity must bow to the Name of Jesus. By faith we know that as we speak His Word
He is doing it. God honors His Word spoken by His children and brings r total health, healing and
restoration in Jesus. (Psalm 107:20 He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.)
Being in faith we that God that HE is our provider in all things and for His promise to supply all our
needs according to Your riches in glory, by Christ Jesus ( Philippians 4:19). We can thank Him for more
than enough. (2 Corinthians 9:8 And God can give you more blessings than you need. Then you will
always have plenty of everything—enough to give to every good work.) Yes, God desires us to be blessed
that we may be a blessing and bring Him glory and honor. Yes, God is not withholding any good thing
from us as we walk uprightly for Him. His word is unchanging:
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will
He withhold From those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:11
us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he
who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand
of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is
written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:31-37
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you
have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 1 Peter 5:10
God does send the devil sometimes so that we can learn to overcome evil but He also sends the devil
so that He can whip us when we are not in the will of God. What we need to do is look behind the devil,
who is only a vessel of dishonor, and see God who rules over all! In all circumstances God has promised
us victory over the devil. And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. (Romans 16:20).
If we are not having real victory over the devil it‘s because we have given room to the devil. We
cannot cast out unclean spirits from others if we ourselves have unclean spirits? God‘s word is
unchanging:
Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are
members of one another. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working
with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Let no
corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may
impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away
from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just
as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:25-32
28:18
Jesus has given us authority and power over the devil‘s power and all negative circumstances. And if
we are not observing all that Jesus has commanded us, including about not causing offenses to others, we
will not be able to overcome the devil but he will overcome us for God‘s word is unchanging:
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders
will be in danger of the judgment.' "But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall
be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.
"Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has
something against you, "leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be
reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. "Agree with your adversary
quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the
judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Matthew 5:21-25
God will use the demons to make us pay for a sin of the will of not observing what He has commanded
us to observe. The prison here is spiritual bondage to sin and the curse, administered by the demons.
Jesus came ―. . . to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to those who are bound; (Isaiah .61:1). Willful disobedience throws us back into the prison that
Jesus delivered us from. Jesus bore all sin; He also bore the penalty for all sin, except willful disobedience.
Notice that there is ―no more a sacrifice‖ for that sin. We should have ―a certain fearful expectation of
judgment.‖
Many of us have been lied to about the cleansing of the blood. If we say that we have fellowship with
Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
(1 John. 1:7) The blood cleanses the one who walks in the light of the Word, not in the darkness of willful
disobedience. Willful disobedience will bring certain judgment. We will pay the penalty for this sin here
and now.
David sinned willfully with Bathsheba. When he repented, Nathan the prophet said, ―The Lord also
hath put away thy sin,‖ but he also said, ―The sword shall never depart from thy house.‖ This proved
true, for David lost three sons and many people. His own son Absalom won the sympathy of the people
and usurped the kingdom. David had to flee for his life. We do not spank our children for failure or
mistakes, but for willful disobedience. God‘s word is unchanging:
"Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with
his servants. "And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him
ten thousand talents. "But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold,
with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. "The servant therefore
fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' "Then the
master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
"But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred
denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I
will pay you all.' "And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the
debt. "So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came
and told their master all that had been done.
"Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all
that debt because you begged me. 'Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow
servant, just as I had pity on you?' "And his master was angry, and delivered him to the
torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. "So My heavenly Father also will do to you
if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses." Matthew 18:23-35
Everything we need has been made available to us through Jesus who is our all sufficient one (Romans
5:1; Romans 6:23; Romans 11:36; Ephesians 2:7). We have power (authority) over the power (ability)
of demonic forces (Luke 10:19). Although we cannot stand against the Enemy in our own power
(Ephesians 6:10) but our authority is through Jesus. Hence we can command the devil to cease all His
attacks against us through our authority that is in the name of Jesus. We can demand the Devil submit to
the Word, to loose his hold and to stop his operations against us and our loved ones. The Enemy doesn‘t
want us to use our right of the New Covenant of Faith to demand, forbid and permit but God‘s word is
unchanging:
name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything in My name,
I will do it. John 14:12-14
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:11-13
Yes we don‘t have to tolerate sickness, diseases, poverty, lack, oppression or depression but we can
take authority over it. We can do what God‘s word commands us to do;
28:18-20
means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at
the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them
and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. Mark 16:15-20
Chapter 31
Joy Comes In The Morning
Sing praise to the LORD, You saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy
name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:4-5
15:57
As born again believers, filled with the Spirit of God, no matter what enemy we shall face in life be it
physical, spiritual, financial or other Jesus Christ has already defeated the enemy and has overcome the
world (John 16:33)! And God has no problem turning our mourning into dancing; putting off our sackcloth
and clothing with gladness.
Yes, the Lord who makes the desert rejoice and blossom abundantly as the rose, even with joy and
singing, will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save His trusting
ones! They have His word on it. The Word of God of a God who doesn‘t and cannot lie:
glory of the LORD, the excellency of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the
reeds and rushes. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing
shall flee away. Isaiah 35:1-10
Yes, He who opened the eyes of the blind, unstopped the ears of the deaf, made the lame leap like a
dear and the tongue of the dumb sing, has not changed and is the same yesterday today and forever. He
is still the great and powerful and wonderful miracle working God who can do anything but fail His trusting
ones! As a result the ransomed of the LORD shall return with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10, Ephesians 3:20-
21). God‘s word is true:
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. The face of
the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The
righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is
near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the
afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be
condemned. The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him
shall be condemned. Psalm 34:15-22
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O
my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all
your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness
and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed
like the eagle's. The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. Psalm
103:1-6
"Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God
besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. "And who is like Your people, like
Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make
for Himself a name-and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land-before Your
people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? "For You have
made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God.
2 Samuel 7:23-24
"And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this
goodness to Your servant. "Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant,
that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your
blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever." 2 Samuel 7:28-29
God is great and mighty! There is none like Him who has redeemed for His trusting ones for Himself
and has promised to bless them, keep them before Him filled with HIS blessing in everything and nothing
shall be lacking. The Lord says in Jeremiah 32:27, "Behold, I am the Lord; the God of all flesh. Is there
anything too hard for Me?"
He is a miracle working Lord, a Almighty God who is able to change any bitter situation in their life,
deal with all the negative things and turn all things around and give great victory and blessings just like
He did for Jesus on Calvary and grant them a happy and a peaceful life. Nothing is impossible for the
Almighty God and His word is unchanging‖
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let
not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
"For with God nothing will be impossible. Luke 1:37
" Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance
of peace and truth. 'And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return,
and will rebuild those places as at the first. Jeremiah 33:6-7
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:14
Jesus, the Word made flesh, abides with us. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ; it was not by any
works that we have done. Through grace He made us partakers of His life and of His promises and filled
us with the Spirit of truth! We are living in perilous times, but where sin abounds grace doth that much
more abound. As the days become more evil and people do not heed sound doctrine, we can be secure in
the grace and truth of God that was sent to us for healing of soul, mind and body. By faith we can receive
all that God has intended for us to have. We can believe God to supply all of our needs spiritually,
physically, and financially. He is able!
Yes, the Lord Jesus Christ shall bless them with goodness in abundance because they are precious to
Him. The Lord is a mother Who will bless them and He will build their family life. When they seek God,
blessings shall follow them. The Lord is concerned about the lonely and sets them in families. The Bible
says, ―God sets the solitary in families‖ (Psalm 68:6).
When they seek the Lord, He shall provide everything and there shall be no lack in their life. ―Your
barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine” (Proverbs 3:10). The LORD
Jesus Christ loves them and cares for them and says ―Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow
nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than
they?‖ (Matthew 6:26). They can be of good cheer! The Lord will love them like a mother loves her child
because they are precious to Him. As they hold onto the Lord and He will wipe away all their tears and
bless them.
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Life is in the Blood by Larry Ollison
ii The Possibilities of Prayer by E.M.Bounds

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