God Of The Small Things Too

John 21:9, 12 9Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread… 12Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Like many parents, Wendy and I pray for our daughter Jessica every night before she sleeps. When Jessica was two years old, we decided to pray that her diapers would not overflow during the night. Her diapers not overflowing might be a small thing, but we knew that it would give our little girl a comfortable sleep every night. And after we started praying for this, we noticed that her diapers did not overflow. That incident made me realize that our God is not just interested in the big things that affect us. He bothers and cares about the minor things that affect us too. There is nothing too insignificant for Him. So don’t be like some religious people who have this idea that God only wants us to bring the big issues to Him, and that He doesn’t want us to bother Him with small issues. Nothing could be further from the truth. God cares about everything that you experience, from the small ulcer in your mouth to your concerns about the world’s economy. Even when you tell Him about the inconvenience that might arise if the bus is late, He takes note of that too. In fact, when you come to Him often about anything and everything in your daily life, you compliment Him because you are telling Him that He is your Daddy God who watches over you. Jesus represented the Father’s heart and will when He was on earth. (John 5:19) He cared when His disciples were out at sea the whole night, cold and shivering. He cared when they caught nothing that night. (John 21:3) He cared that they would not have fish to sell. So He gave them a huge catch early the next morning. (John 21:5–6) He knew that they were cold and hungry, so He prepared breakfast for them, served over a fire of coals to keep them warm. Jesus showed us that God is our loving heavenly Father who cares about the big and small things that happen every day in our lives. Nothing escapes God’s eyes because He loves you!

I Can’t Stop Sinning!

Romans chapter 7, verse 19, states, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” How many of you can relate to this? You have a heart for God. You genuinely love Him and desire to serve and please Him wholeheartedly. But you find yourself habitually mired down by some type of sin or disobedience. You can’t seem to break that bondage or stronghold no matter what you do.

Many Believers are captive, suffering one defeat after another in life. Why? They don't possess knowledge of the power of God’s grace. Hosea 4:6tells us, “My people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge.” The Hebrew word for destroyed literally means “cut off.” Instead of accessing grace to overcome their weaknesses and shortcomings, many Believers try with their own human efforts to live a victorious life. They try to keep all of the laws and commandments. When people don't have knowledge of certain things, they become captive.

But, ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news for you today!Sin’s dominion has been destroyed! “Well, Brother Dollar, if it’s been destroyed, why am I still being dominated by it?” Look with me at Hebrews 12:28, “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.”

Did you see that? The way you're going to serve God acceptably is going to be by grace. Now, I'm always digging. When I read a scripture like that, I’m always asking, “Yeah, but what does that mean? How practical is that?”

Listen, before we became born again, we were children of the devil. We had his sin nature (Ephesians 2:3). We sinned because it was the “natural” thing to do. But when we became born again, we received the nature of Christ (2 Peter 1:4). We received the very likeness, image, and nature of God, on the inside. Now that we have Christ’s nature, we can produce righteousness rather than sin. However, if that’s true, why do so many Christians still struggle with the same sins they struggled with when they possessed the devil’s nature?

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof”(Romans 6:11-12). This scripture is showing us our responsibility.Don't let sin rule in your mortal body! How? By grace! Through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus has presented to you His grace, His power, His ability, His name, everything you need to overcome in this life!

You're a free moral agent. You can stop sinning! You can choose to submit to sin, or you can choose to walk in grace, free from sin. Begin to put all your faith and confidence in Christ instead of your own self-effort. Stand up in front of temptation and sin and say “Thank You, Father, that I have the grace to overcome this thing! I'm depending on the grace of God!” What are you doing? You're acknowledging His grace, by faith, which is how we access grace (Romans 5:2). That's when grace can begin to empower you to overcome in areas you didn't think you could ever get out of. Even in the middle of whatever you’re doing that’s wrong, open your mouth and confess what you have a right to, because of grace! Declare, “I'm the righteousness of God! God loves me so much that He’s enabled me to overcome this! God has graced me to win over this!” Submit to, believe in, trust in, and receive, His great grace! Amen!

Release The Anointing Into Your Situation

Leviticus 2:1 1‘When anyone offers a grain offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.

The grain offering in the Old Testament speaks of Jesus’ sacrifice, and oil in the Bible speaks of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. So the grain offering of fine flour, which had oil poured on it, speaks of Jesus’ humanity being anointed by the Holy Spirit. Jesus is fully God. But when He came to earth, He literally emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant. (Philippians 2:7) That is why He needed to be anointed of the Holy Spirit before He could begin His ministry. (John 1:33) Though fully God, He did things by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was anointed to bring the blessings of God into the lives of people. He first spoke of His anointing when He was preaching in His hometown—“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor…” (Luke 4:18) Today, Jesus’ anointing has come upon you. (1 John 2:20) The Bible says that “the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you”. (1 John 2:27) But how is this anointing in you released? My friend, it is when you call upon Jesus’ name. In Song of Solomon 1:3, the virgins, representing the church, love His name, which is like ointment poured forth when spoken. When they called upon His Name, His fragrance was released and the anointing was poured forth. So when you call upon the name of Jesus, you are releasing His anointing. Call upon His name when you are feeling down and His anointing will lift your spirit up. If you are feeling dry and empty, just say, “Jesus, Jesus.” Before you know it, a river of refreshing will gush forth as His anointing flows. Call upon His name when you need a breakthrough and His anointing will release it to you. Romans 10:13 says that “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved”. So call on Jesus’ name and watch His anointing release your deliverance, healing, protection and provision, and make you whole!

You Are A Son And An Heir Of God

Galatians 4:6–7 6And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”7Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Perhaps these questions have been popping into your head lately: “If You are a Christian, why are you sick? If your heavenly Father is so wonderful, why do you have so many problems? Doesn’t your God help you, His child?” And if you have been tempted to ask, “God, I am Your child. Why is this happening to me?” know that Jesus knows exactly how you feel because 2,000 years ago, the devil played the same trick on Him—“If you are the Son of God…” (Matthew 4:3) You see, the devil’s intention was to make Jesus doubt His Sonship, and the devil wants to do the same thing to you today. He wants to destroy the Spirit of sonship in you and in the body of believers. He knows that once you really believe that you are a son of God, something happens—you begin to live life as “an heir of God through Christ”. As a son and an heir of God, you inherit all the blessings of God which Jesus died to give you, including salvation, healing, provision, wholeness, favor, intimacy with God and answered prayers. And Jesus rose from the dead to make sure that what He died to give you, you get. He is alive today to enforce this rich, blood-bought inheritance in your life! My friend, you are an heir of God through Christ. This means that you are joint heirs with Jesus. (Romans 8:17) So His inheritance is your inheritance too! What is provision when you are an heir of God? He owns every beast in the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills. (Psalm 50:10) All the diamonds and gold came from Him. What is healing when you are an heir of God? He is your Creator and the very breath of your life. Beloved, enjoy every bit of your inheritance in Christ, not because you deserve it, but because it was paid for by Jesus’ blood!

Health and Healing Confessions

As you are trusting the Lord for healing today, it is so important for you to know that God wants you healed and well. My Bible tells me clearly that God is a God of love and that He is a good God (1 Chronicles 16:34; 1 John 4:16).

This means that if you are sick, God’s heart is and will always be to heal and restore health and life to you. He so desires for you to walk in health and life that He gave you His beloved Son, Jesus, so that you might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). God is for you to walk in abundant health and life. He does not want your body and life sapped, incapacitated or debilitated by pain, sickness and disease, and He will never withhold healing from you.

How important is your healing and health to the Lord? So important that He Himself paid the heaviest and most terrible price for your wholeness! At the cross, Jesus was judged, burnt, smitten and crushed. He paid the full price for your healing, health and wholeness so you could experience His abundant life. Today, there is no symptom in your body that is too insignificant for Him to care about, and no condition that is greater than what His finished work has accomplished.

Beloved, if you’re facing challenges in your body today, I encourage you to meditate on the love and finished work of our Lord Jesus through the healing scriptures below. These Bible verses pertain specifically to your healing. In them, you will see the Lord’s heart to heal you and your loved ones, and how your healing has already been paid for at the cross. When you see also how willingly and compassionately Jesus simply healed all who came to Him, as long as they had a physical need, faith will rise in your heart to know that He wants to, and can do the same for you.

You may find some of the verses familiar, but I pray this will not stop you from soaking yourself in these healing scriptures, chewing on them and trusting the powerful and living Word of God to bring healing and life to your body. The Bible tells us that God’s Word is “life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh” (Proverbs 4:22). So as you immerse yourself in God’s healing promises and speak them over your body, expect to receive an abundance of His divine healing and resurrection life!

Apart from these healing scriptures, you will also find a prayer at the end of the verses that you can pray or speak over yourself or your loved ones. I pray that through these avenues, you will keep receiving the healing and wholeness you are trusting Jesus for, and keep walking in an increasingly greater measure of His health and life!


God Wants You Healed And Whole

Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
— Isaiah 53:4–5 (AMP)

But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
— Isaiah 53:5 (NLT)

… 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.
— 1 Peter 2:24

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.
— Romans 8:11

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 8:32

Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached Him and knelt before Him. “Lord,” the man said, “if You are willing, You can heal me and make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” He said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.

— Matthew 8:2–3 (NLT)

“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent out His word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.
— Psalm 107:19–20 (NLT)

For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
— Psalm 91:3 (NLT)

He also brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes.
— Psalm 105:37

Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
— 3 John 1:2 (NASB)

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly.”
— John 10:10

Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.

— Psalm 91:5–7 (NLT)

With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.
— Psalm 91:16

“…I am the Lord who heals you.”
— Exodus 15:26

“I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,” says the Lord.
— Jeremiah 30:17 (NLT)

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.
— Psalm 103:2–3

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


Everyone Who Came To Jesus Was Healed

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

News about Him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to Him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon-possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—He healed them all.
— Matthew 4:24 (NLT)

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.”
— Matthew 8: 5–7 (NIV)

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore [our] sicknesses.”
— Matthew 8:16–17

…Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!” And the man jumped up and went home!
— Matthew 9:6–7 (NLT)

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 had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed Him.
— Matthew 20:34 (NIV)

And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. And He said to the man who had the withered hand, “Step forward.” Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent. And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
— Mark 3:1–5

A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind Him through the crowd and touched His robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch His robe, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.
— Mark 5:25–29 (NLT)

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. “What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
— Mark 10:49–52 (NIV)

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.
— Luke 4:40

And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed [them] all.
— Luke 6:19

A funeral procession was coming out as He approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. When the Lord saw her, His heart overflowed with compassion. “Don’t cry!” He said. Then He walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up.” Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
— Luke 7:12–15 (NLT)

And a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, He called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then He put His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
— Luke 13:11–13 (NIV)

One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, He asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.” Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking!
— John 5:5–9 (NLT)

“…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

Faith Confessions

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
- Romans 4:19–21

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
- Hebrews 10:23

By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.
- Hebrews 11:11

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
- Hebrews 11:1

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
- Isaiah 55:11

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

Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
- Psalm 119:89

Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.
- 1 Kings 8:56

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

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
- Mark 11:24

For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- 2 Corinthians 5:7

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
- Galatians 5:6

...God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did...
- Romans 4:17

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- Hebrews 13:8

...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 11:32–34

 

 

Jesus’ Priesthood Never Curses

Hebrews 5:9–10 9And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”

When Jesus died and rose again, He became our High Priest. But notice that Jesus’ priesthood is “according to the order of Melchizedek”. Why the Melchizedek priesthood? The Melchizedek priesthood gives to man (whereas the Aaronic priesthood takes from man). We see this when Melchizedek gave bread and wine to refresh a tired Abraham after his battle with the enemy kings. (Genesis 14:14–20) So if Jesus’ priesthood is according to the Melchizedek order, then it is one in which we can come boldly into His presence to receive from Him! (Hebrews 4:16) Moreover, the first word from Melchizedek’s mouth was “Blessed”—“Blessed be Abram…” (Genesis 14:19) The Melchizedek order is just that—blessings. In other words, Jesus’ priesthood is one which blesses and never curses us! So are we conscious of Jesus our High Priest giving to us every day? Are we alert to all His blessings coming from heaven toward us on earth? Now, it is easy for us to believe God for His blessings in creation. For example, we have no difficulty believing that the sun will rise every morning. But while we have no problems believing the work of creation, we have problems believing the work of redemption. We sometimes find it hard to believe God for healing, provision, favor, protection or restoration—blessings that Jesus died to give us. We don’t really believe that every day, the Lord will take care of us, keep our bodies healthy and provide for all our needs. Yet, creation is fallen. It can be a blessing as well as a curse. Sometimes, a storm arises, and powerful winds and rains destroy thousands of homes and lives. Sometimes, dark clouds hide the sun and make the whole day gloomy. My friend, we can’t put our trust in creation, but we can certainly put our trust in redemption. And unlike creation, the blessings of redemption are all good! The work of Jesus is not subject to the weather or anything else. The work of redemption is as sure as Jesus Himself. He died and rose again to be our High Priest who daily showers us with blessings!

Dead or Alive?

Have you ever read the scriptures in the Bible that talk about how we were crucified with Christ, how we died with Him, and how we’ve been resurrected with Him? (Romans 6:4; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3). You may have read them from a religious standpoint and thought, “That’s nice, praise the Lord,” but it didn’t really resonate with you, or mean to you what it should mean. Well, I spent some time studying those scriptures out, and I tell you, it just blew up in me—what it really means to “die” and be “alive” in Christ.

The Bible says we were born into sin and shaped in iniquity (Psalm 51:5). So, how do we cut off that sinful nature we inherited when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden? (Genesis 3:6-19). Check this out. If we were born into something, the only way out of it is through death. Since we came in by birth, we must go out by death. Death is the secret of emancipation. Emancipation is freedom or liberation from something.

  In order to do away with our sinful nature, we must do away with our life. What life? The life we were born with. Now, God didn't remove sin, He just removed the sinner. Romans chapter 6, verses 2,3 states, “How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”

Notice it says dead to sin—past tense. We are not going to die to sin; we died to sin. So now God deals with us in Christ. Okay, a question for you: Did Christ die? Yes. So if you're in Christ—meaning you’re born again—did you die? Yes! You’re dead to sin and alive in Christ (Romans 6:11). What we couldn’t do for ourselves, God did for us. God put us in Christ. It’s a divine work. First Corinthians 1:30 (NIV) plainly states, “It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus.”

Christ was crucified. Since we're in Him, so were we. Christ was resurrected; we're in Him, so we were also! Christ rose with all power in His hand; we're in Him, so we have all power in us! (Matthew 28:18-20). You can’t separate what Jesus did from you, because you're in Him.

You might say, “But wait, Christ went to heaven after He rose from the dead” (Acts 1:9, 10).” Yes, but He didn’t go to heaven without us, because we’re in Him! The Bible says God has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus! (Ephesians 2:6).

What God wants you to get a revelation of is this: stop trying to “die to yourself” and realize that you're already dead to sin and alive in Christ. “Yourself” has already been nailed to the cross. What will happen when you get this revelation? It will catapult your faith and confidence in the finished works of Christ to a whole new level. The question will no longer be, Can God do this? Your faith will say, God has already done it! You’ll realize that whatever you need to manifest in this natural world, whether it be healing, deliverance from some addiction, or financial provision, is already done because you’re in Christ! When your faith is in His finished works, you’ll begin to reach out and grab hold of everything you need.

Now, begin to wake up with this thought every day: that you’re dead to sin and alive in Christ. It’s time for you to start grabbing everything that's been made available to you. This world ought to start freaking out over you! They ought to be looking at you like, How in the world are you doing all this? And you’ll say, “Well, I reckon it’s already done! I'm just receiving what He’s already done.” Hallelujah!

“For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord”(Romans 6:10-11).

Healthier, Stronger Each Day

Acts 2:46 46So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, Back then in the early church, Christians would meet each other every day, either corporately in the temple or from house to house in smaller groups. And when they met in their homes, the Bible tells us that they would break bread. That’s the Holy Communion, and they took it every day! Now, I am not saying that you must take the Holy Communion every day. But if you feel led to and you want to, go ahead! The thing about taking the Holy Communion daily is this: If you are sick, you can be made well on a gradual basis. This means that you get healthier and stronger from day to day—first thirtyfold, then sixtyfold, then a hundredfold! You see, while you can receive healing through the prayer of faith (Mark 11:24), it sometimes puts pressure on you because it requires you to believe that you receive it all—complete healing—the moment you pray. There is nothing wrong with the prayer of faith, but you may find yourself saying, “I must believe I receive it all, now! I must believe I have it all, now!” But the Holy Communion allows you to receive a measure of healing every time you partake in faith, so that you get better and better. The more you take it, the better you become. There is no pressure to believe that you receive it all at once. Isn’t God good? He meets you at your level of faith! Now, there are cases I know of in our church, in my family and in my own life, where the manifestation of healing is immediate and complete. If it happens that way, praise God! But if not, don’t worry. The more you partake, the better you will become. I know of people who take the Holy Communion three times a day, just like they would medicine! Why not? My friend, if you are very sick and you are diligently taking your medication three times a day, why not give the Lord’s Supper the same amount of attention? Why not boost your recovery rate? And the next time you eat the bread and drink the cup, you may just find your disease totally gone!

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Grace in Rome

Paul had a deal with God. He would prove that the grace of Jesus Christ was sufficient. Paul knew that the people in Rome didn’t know much about this grace; therefore, preaching this Gospel would not be easy for him. However, he proclaimed that he wasn’t ashamed to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He went on to write one of the greatest masterpieces ever—the book of Romans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- God is a God of Justice; therefore, He required payment for the sin debt. He was at war with man’s sins after Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden. The Israelites experienced God’s grace under the Abrahamic covenant. However, they begin to arrogantly believe they could be judged based on their performance (Genesis 4:1, 23, 24; Exodus 19:3-8). Mankind began to live under the Law of Moses, which was burdensome because no one could keep the Law except Jesus. The Israelites were plagued with curses and death as a result of not being able to keep the Law. Jesus was the perfect Lamb of God. His sacrifice paid for the sin debt of mankind. Jesus’ followers began to live under the covenant of grace, after His death and resurrection. Paul proclaimed that he was not ashamed of the Gospel (the Good News about grace). He was ready to preach his message in Rome (Romans 1:1-16). Paul had a deal with God; he would prove that His grace was sufficient. However, preaching the message on grace in Rome would be a challenge. It was a sensitive issue there. He wrote the book of Romans, which is a great biblical masterpiece. The grace of Christ is the Gospel (or the over-the-top good news); it is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16; Galatians 1:6). Salvation comes from the Greek word sozo, which includes healing, deliverance, prosperity, and peace. These are the finished works of Jesus Christ; it is what His grace produces. This righteousness (or right standing with God) is not revealed from law to law but from faith to faith (Romans 1:17). The just live by faith. We need faith to take possession of the finished works of Jesus Christ. Scripture References Genesis 4:23, 24 Exodus 19:3-8 Romans 1:1-17 Galatians 1:6

A Heavy Weight

The word honor means to carry weight, to weigh down, to make heavy. Now, the Bible tells us that God and His Word are one (John 1:1). So, honoring God means that His Word weighs heavy in your life. No matter what anyone else says, or what’s going on around you, nothing will influence you more than God's Word. His “logos” Word carries weight with you, and His “rhema” Word carries weight with you. Logos is His written Word, the Bible. His rhema words are those words spoken to you by the Holy Spirit. This means His Word weighs heavy upon the decisions you make, the actions you take, even in the words you speak. So when there's a decision you have to make, you honor God by saying, “Alright, Lord, in this decision, what does Your Word have to say about this?” Now, how is giving and tithing an act of honor to God? Proverbs 3:9 tells us: “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.” We’ve already established that we honor God when we allow His Word to weigh heavier than anything else in our lives. But this scripture instructs us to honor the Lord with our substance. I've heard many people try to skate around this word. They will say, “Well, that word “substance” is referring to spiritual substance.” No, it’s not! The word substance is referring to money or capital! Proverbs 3:9 in the Amplified Bible declares, “Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the firstfruits of all your income.” But, how do you honor the Lord with your capital or money? The same way you would honor your mother and father. You give them authority to speak into your life, and as an act of honor, you obey them. That's what honor means. When you honor God with your substance, you give Him the authority to speak to you concerning your money. I'll never forget when I got this revelation. I said, “I'm going to do it. Every time I give, Lord, I'm going to check with You first.” I was in the pulpit when I learned this principle. I said, “Lord, what would You have me to give today?” He said, “Ten thousand dollars.” I said, “Satan, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus! How dare you speak to me while the Lord is talking to me?” Then I said “Lord, was that me, you, or the devil?” He said, “Well, let’s check and see. Did you have that amount on your mind?” I said, “No, sir.” He said, “Do you think the devil wants you to sow $10,000 into the Kingdom?” I said, “No, sir. Okay, it was you, Lord.” I wrote that check out and put it in the bucket, but then I found I had another problem. I watched that bucket go down every aisle, just in case the Lord might say, “My bad, get it back!” And, man, God got me! He said, “Let me tell you something; you're about to lose because of your bad attitude. When you give grudgingly, and it becomes a burden, you’ll lose out on the harvest from what you’ve sown.” I said, “Oh, God, forgive me. I repent.” For Believers, giving and tithing is not done by the law. Tithing, for us, is done out of our hearts as an honor to God. It demonstrates our trust in Him. God is not ever going to tell you to do something you can't do. As you begin to obey and honor Him concerning what He instructs you to give, plenty and overflow will become your portion! So don’t be afraid to say to God, “Whatever you want me to give and sow, and however you want me to do it, Father, I will do it! You’ve given it to me, and I’ll cheerfully give it back to you, because I’m your faithful steward!” “Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you” (Luke 6:38, AMP).

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It’s a Fixed Fight

Ladies and gentlemen, if you’re a born-again Believer, you have an adversary, an enemy called the devil. His objective is to kill, steal, and completely destroy you. Ephesians 6:12 (AMP) declares, “For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.” You have an unseen enemy coming against you; an unseen enemy that will oppress others and work through them to try to come against you. That's what’s fighting against you, not flesh and blood. So, if someone is giving you a hard time, or is downright persecuting you, it’s not that person coming against you per se; it’s an unseen, wicked spirit operating through that person to get to you. You have to realize that this is a spiritual battle, and you have to fight it with spiritual weapons. Sometimes it may seem like the whole world is against you. You may think, “Dear God, I seem to take 10 steps forward, then 15 steps backward.” But I'm here to tell you there’s more working for you than against you! (Romans 8:31). You may be having battles in your family, battles in your marriage, battles where your finances are concerned. But praise God, you're not fighting for victory, you're fighting from victory! Now, the devil is going to come after you with a strategy, and his objective is to devour you! (1 Peter 5:8). But guess what? He can’t devour every Believer. Those being devoured are those trying to conduct spiritual warfare in their own strength. No! In order to stand up against his strategies, you must put on the whole armor of God, which is the Word of God. Ephesians 6:10 tells us to “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Those not being devoured are those who are submitted to God’s grace. In spiritual warfare, you fight by yielding to God’s strength, power, might, and ability—God’s grace. James 4: 6, 7 promised this: “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” The devil flees from the person who’s submitted to, and trusting in, God grace. That word “flee” means to run with fear. You put fear in the devil when you resign from trusting in your own ability and effort, and choose to trust in God. To that person, God will give more grace! Ladies and gentlemen, refuse to give up, cave in, and quit, when the devil attacks you. When you're under attack, God’s response is this, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9). His grace is sufficient for you. It may be hard right now. But one day you’re going to look back at whatever you’re going through and say, “I don't even know how I got out of that.” I’ll tell you how! It was a fixed fight! The battle was won before it ever got started! When it was all said and done, His empowering grace equipped you to overcome your shortcomings and your weaknesses, and emerge victorious. “Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10)

Beloved

God wants us to know that we are deeply and greatly loved by Him. He wants us to know that we are His beloved. What does beloved means? It means you are the one loved. He wants you to know that you're valued. And I'm not talking about this Christian thing where we say, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so!”  

Whether you know it or not, everything the devil—your enemy—does is done to destroy your faith and confidence in the love that God has for you. He uses religious teachers to bring condemnation into your life; he brings accusations against you (Revelation 12:10); he brings up and harasses you about mistakes and failures from your past, all in an attempt to make you think that God is mad at you, and He doesn’t love you.

  

There is no doubt in my mind that God loves Himself some Creflo Augustus Dollar! I believe that with all my heart, mind, body, and soul! I’ve renewed my mind to the truth that God loves me just as much as He loves Jesus! And here’s what I've noticed: when people know they’re God's beloved, it’s personal with them. They know that God loves them just as much as He loves Jesus. So in the midst of trouble, they don’t give up, cave in, and quit! Instead, they boldly proclaim and announce their confidence in God's love for them! Miracles begin to happen for those who realize they are God's beloved.  

Listen to what I'm saying. When you believe and are confident that God loves you, no matter what’s going on, you can say, “I'm going to be alright, because God loves me. Because God loves me, I'm healed. I don’t care what the doctor has said. Because God loves me, these bills are going to be paid. God loves me, and He meets all my needs.” The peace that passes all understanding shows up when you know how much God loves you. 

Start noticing the number of times the Bible refers to us as God’sbeloved. Meditate on those scriptures. The devil has no defense against someone who knows they’re deeply loved by God.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for you to start enjoying your life. It’s time for you to start laughing, having a good time, going out, having picnics, and so on. Jesus came for us to have and enjoy the abundant life! (John 10:10, AMP). Stop trying to be so deep all the time! It’s time for you to know, that you know, that God loves you! The quality of your life will change and you'll begin to enjoy the blessings of God when you realize how much He loves you.

Begin to feed on this truth. Take time each day to meditate on the love of God toward you. God gave up His only Son for you! (John 3:16). He sent Him to die for you while you were yet dead in sins and trespasses (Romans 5:8). That’s what genuine, agape, unconditional love does! Look around at what you have, versus looking at what you don't have. That’s an expression of God’s love for you. Every time something good happens in your life, inhale and exhale and say, “That's an expression of God’s love for me!”

“But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.” (2 Thessalonians 2:13, New International Version).

Not mere man

When you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, the Holy Spirit moved in and became one with your spirit (Ephesians 1:13). Everything about the Holy Spirit is now true about you, because you're one with Him. 

Ephesians 3:16 says the Holy Spirit, Who now resides in you, released the spirit of might—the ability to do all things—on the inside of you. Ephesians 1:19, 20 says the very power that raised Jesus from the dead—that immeasurable, unlimited power—has been put on the inside of you. Zoë life has been put on the inside of you. Then, 1 John 4:17 says, “As he is, so are we in this world.”

Ladies and gentlemen, that's a powerful thing; right now, you who are born again possess everything that God has on the inside of Him. I know it’s hard for some of you to grasp that truth, because the Bible refers to God as the Almighty God. So how can we, mere humans, be as mighty as God?

Might is the ability to do all things. We’ve already established that the Holy Spirit has released the Spirit of might on the inside of you. It’s in there!

Now, in the Old Testament, the Spirit of might was not on the inside of people; it had to come on them. Take Elijah, for example. The Bible says the hand of God came mightily upon him, and he outran Ahab’s chariots to the entrance of Jezreel (1 Kings 18:46).

It’s important that we discern Old Testament truth from New Testament truth. People in the Old Testament were not born again. Their spirits had not been recreated. They didn't have this injection of power, in the person of the Holy Spirit, on the inside. Study it out for yourself (1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Kings 3:15; Ezra 7:6, 28; Ezekiel 3:14). The hand of God, His might, came upon all of those Old Testament prophets. But today, it’s in us. It’s eternally residing in us.

You may be thinking, “But, I didn't deserve it.” That's my point. It’s in you by grace! If you live for one hundred years, you couldn’t earn or deserve it. The Bible says you’re saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8). Salvation is a free gift from God. So is grace (Romans 5:15).

You’re walking around with every answer to every prayer. Some of you are struggling financially, and you don't even know you've got millionaire potential inside you. You're sick, and healing power is inside you. You're not happy, and the joy of the Lord is inside you. But you’re satisfied with acting like a mere human, continuing to ignore this grace that richly abounds toward you! (2 Corinthians 9:8).

The key to withdrawing from your spirit, from the supernatural realm, is to renew your mind with the Word of God. All of your old thought patterns come from the world. If you don't renew your mind with the Word, you're only going to believe what you've believed all of your life, before you got saved. You will only believe what you can sense with your five physical senses. 

Mind renewal takes time; it’s a daily process. It’s an exchange process. You have to begin to allow God’s Word to change the way you think. It starts with reading the Bible on a daily basis so you'll know how to adjust your thinking. You exchange your old thoughts for the Word of God thoughts. You renew your mind so it agrees with your new, born-again spirit. If you want results, you can’t ignore this process. As you renew your mind, you’ll begin to see great, significant change in your life. You’ll pull proof over into the natural realm from the supernatural realm, and prove the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God for your life!

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2, NLT)

No death only life !

Proverbs 12:28 28In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

God does not want us to worry about whatever happens in the world. We don’t need to be affected by whatever is causing the world to be afraid because we are the righteousness of God in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21) And the Bible says, “In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.” The patriarchs of the Old Testament did not suffer during the famines that occurred in their lifetimes. Abraham remained very rich in livestock, silver and gold. (Genesis 12:10, 13:1–2) Isaac reaped a hundredfold in the land he sowed. (Genesis 26:1, 12–14) Joseph, with his entire family, was richly provided for in Egypt. (Genesis 47:11–13, 27) They weren’t just spared from suffering—they prospered exceedingly! So even if our nation or the world enters a recession, we need not suffer. As long as we keep our eyes on Jesus, our righteousness, we will thrive! This proved true for a church member whose boss told everyone to expect a substantial pay cut during an economic downturn. But while her colleagues received pay cuts, she received a substantial increment! As the righteousness of God in Christ, she saw provision in a time of lack. In the midst of fearful news such as terrorist attacks, deadly pestilences and natural calamities, God says, “In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.” In fact, He protected an entire coastal town in South India during the Asian Tsunami in 2004. A pastor who lived in that coastal town was praying that morning when he felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to plead the blood of Jesus over his entire town. So he did just that. When the tsunami struck, his town was untouched while five other towns, which were further inland, were wiped out by the devastating flood. My friend, God protects us when the world is experiencing evil because we are the righteousness of God in Christ. His Word declares that “in the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death”!