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Date Posted: 06:11:54 09/14/08 Sun
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tim
's message, "Creative Kingdom Concepts" on 14:49:10 05/14/08 Wed
The testing continues. There are days when I just want to throw in the towel and say it is just too hard to be faithful! But then I think, what a lie from satan! What would I go back to? The only thing I knew before was doubt and unbelief and it leads to death. The Lord says 'choose life' and 'follow me' and so by faith I choose to believe Him over the lies of the evil one and in so doing I have access to a benefit package that is beyond compare! The Psalmist describes it best in Psalm 103:
"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 all good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."
Eternal life is a promise too, but it isn't something we have to wait for, it starts now, today! Will you believe it and start receiving this amazing benefit package from God today? So much of Christianity puts these benefits off in the future, in the 'sweet by and by', but they are for now, for today, because faith is a NOW WORD! "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen." Heb 11:1
The benefits of salvation don't have to wait till we die folks! WE can enjoy the fullness of the Spirit; divine health, awesome relationships, prosperity in finances and every good thing in this life. We can start practicing for heaven in the here and now. How do we do it? By believing God and taking His Word at faith value.
Are all these things things perfect in my life today? Not in the natural, no! But in the spirit I have them all! How do I know this? Because the Word of God declares it. In John 6:63 Jesus says: "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life."
And in John 10:10 Jesus speaking again says, "It is the thief who comes but to steal, kill and destroy, I have come that they (we) may have life and have it more abundantly." Jesus came to give us a more abundant life!
Because I walk by faith and not by sight I can have everything that is promised even though I can't see it. I know it's there in the spirit and God is just waiting for me to speak faith filled words so that He can perform it in my life! When it comes to pass, I no longer need faith to believe it.
It takes more than wishful thinking though. It takes speaking faith filled words and to walk it out day after day. Don't give up! Don't let go of the promises. Hold on! Be strong!
I am rich, I am strong, I am healed and I belong to the One who is greater in me!
Don't let the facts of life right now get you down. The devil is a liar! He wants to cheat you out of the blessing of God. He wants to steal your joy and kill and destroy your family members. The good news about facts, especially facts that are not good is that they are all subject to change by God's Truth. And the Truth, the Bible clearly says, doesn't change. "For I am the Lord, I do not change." Mal 3:6 and "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." Heb 13:8 We have a solid rock in Christ that doesn't move and we can cling to that rock no matter what comes.
Remeber this, what you feel, what you are experiencing today, if it is of a bad report, it has to go! If you are a child of God it has no right to be in your life. Speak your faith. Tell the devil who you are and resist his lies and he has to flee. In the meantime, be encouraged and know that feelings change. Your love may wax and wane, but God's love remains the same!
Praise God!
T.O. 9/14/2008
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