Healing in Communion

The Resurrection Is The Proof

John 14:1 “Don't let your heart be troubled, you believe in God believe also in Me.”

Healing is freely given to followers of Jesus. Jesus said repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Repentance frees us to receive the blessings from God. The teaching on Communion explains that no repentance is the reason for not receiving from God the promise of healing. Come to God with pure motives and judge yourselves that you are right before God..

Repentance is not only turning from what we have done and instead to follow God. Repentance also is being active in our faith and accept what God has given to us. Don't neglect the gift of healing given to all believers. Remember what Christ has done for us. It was no small thing which He did. Accept and believe the hard work of Love Jesus did for us. We are invited to accept His work on the cross.

Remember what God has done for us at the cross. His body was broken for our healing and His blood was shed for our Spiritual healing. “This I recall to mind , therefore I have hope.”Lam 3:21 Remember what has been done for us on the cross and then hope will arise. Faith takes hold of hope and receives from God. Receive healing from Jesus.

Psalm 91

Psalm 91 7 Actions
v1
dwells and Abide
in the shelter of the Most High
in the shadow of the Almighty
Say
in the Lord
My refuge and my fortress
My God in whom I trust

Made the Lord
my refuge
my dwelling place
Jer 17
Tread  upon; Trample down
The lion and cobra
the young lion and the serpent
Loved Me
Know My name
Call upon Me

The 7 actions of Psalm 91

The promises of Psalm 91 are not given to all. They are given to the people that are described in the Psalm. Reading the Psalm shows what we can do to become part of this protection God is offering.

 It is not because I keep all the requirements that God answers me. It is because I have faith in the righteousness of Jesus Philippians 3:9 that His promise is sure. I have faith in Jesus that he will keep His word to me. His promises are guaranteed.

 Romans 4:16 “For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,”

Where we live speaks volumes about us. It talks about our values our personality our ability and our life and how we live it.

Where we live shows where we work. We are identified with that part of the country. A person living in Indiana is called a Hosier.
Israel's tribes lived in different parts of Israel.

4 areas of abiding
1 Read/Study
Daily devotions. Reading the Bible and listening to the Holy Spirit in your reading.
2 Pray/Seek
Stay in the Word with an attitude of prayer. John 5:39,40; Eph 6:17,18
 Pray. Commune with God about your day and about your needs.
Seek God for His direction for you. Eph 2:10
3 Worship God for His goodness.
4 Serve God by bearing fruit. 1 Cor 15:58

In the shadow speaks of being right next to God. Where He goes we go. When He stops we stop. We are right with Him. To stay in His shadow is to know His movements. To know His plans for us.
Ps 23 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil. For God is with us. We don't go through the valley alone. God is walking right with us, we are under His shadow when we go through the valley.

God's light causes a shadow. There can be no shadow if there is no light.


What we say reveals what is in our heart.
A slip of the tongue is a look into the heart.
We can change our heart by what we say. We can set the tone of our life by what we say if we believe and desire what we say.


Benefits of Psalm 91
1 abide under God's shadow
3 delivered of snare and deadly pestilence
4 God covers you. Count on His faithfulness
5 Not be afraid of:
-terror by night
-arrow of the day
- pestilence in darkness
- destruction during the day
7 you will not fall
10 No evil will befall you
- No plague will come near you.
12 Angles will keep you from striking your foot on a stone
13 lion, cobra, young lion , serpent you will trample down
14 God will deliver you
- set securely on high
15 God will answer your call
God will be with us in trouble
We will be rescued and honored
16 Given long life
- see the salvation of God

Quotes

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but do it like you love it.
 - MIke Tyson

The meaning of life it to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away."
Pablo Picasso

They were younger faster, stronger and more sophisticated. But there is one thing they lacked that I had, good old hunger. George Forman

Spiritual strength

Joel 2:10 Let the weak say I am a mighty man.

Zech 12:8 Those who are feeble among them will be like David.

Zech 4:6 Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord.

Lev 26:8 Five of you will chase a 100 and a 100 of you will chase 10,000, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

Josh 23:10 One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your 'God is He who fights for you, just as He promised you.”

Deut 28:7 “The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you be defeated before you, they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.”

Micha 7:8 “Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.”

2 Sam 23:11,12 A man takes his stand in a lentil patch and fights off a troop of Philistines. He was not a mighty man because he was stronger then all of them. He was a mighty man because he had the courage to fight against impossible odds!

1 Samuel 17:45,46 “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. 46 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.”

Gideon with 300 against over 100,000 Judges 6 :11 - 7:25

God does not take pleasure in the legs of a man. God favors those who wait for His lovingkindness. Ps 147:10,11

Neh 8:10 The joy of the Lord is your strength.

2 Cor 12:9 Power is perfected in weakness.

Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Dan 11:32 The people who know their God will display strength and take action.

Isaiah 30:15 Quiet and rest is your strength

Josh 14:11 I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me,as my strength as then , so my strength is now for war and for going out and coming in.

Joel 2:11 Strong is he who carries out His word.

Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield
My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults,
And with my song I shall thank Him.

Confidence in Prayer

God answers prayer:

1 John 3:22
Keep the commands of God which are tied up in loving God and loving your neighabor.
Do the things pleasing in His sight. And what is that? It is effective faith. Hebrews 11:6

2 Cor 5:7 We are to walk by faith and not by sight. Do this and you will please God. To ignore this and you stay a child in the faith. A child in the faith does not overcome obstacles. 1 John 2:12,13

Solid food is for the mature but milk of the word is for babies. What is the difference in the Word? It is not the specific Scripture but our actions with the Scripture that determines if it is milk or meat. We are babies if we don't take the Word and use it with faith. Grown men and women will take the Word and use it. We overcome by faith and faith takes the Word and overcomes with it. 1 John 5:4

Sometimes I read the Word just to be soothed in my soul. But other times I read the Word for direction. It is at these times I'm eating meat. We need to obey the Word if we are to walk in victory.

1 John 5:14,15
“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.”

Ask according to His will. Are the promises of God His will? Yes. 2 Corinthians 1:20 “
20 For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.”

God's will is the promises of the Bible.

 1 For as many as are the promises of God,
 2 in Him they are yes;
 3 therefore also through Him is our Amen
 4 to the glory of God
 5 through us.

There are 5 parts to this verse, 5 parts to thus promise.
 1 All the promises of God are given to us according to the Scriptures.

 2 In Him they are yes. Are we in Jesus? 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creation. If we are saved we are in Jesus. So yes we are in Him. WE are in Him when we are cooperating with Jesus and His direction for us. Yes we are in Jesus. John 6:21 When Jesus got in the boat, immediately the boat was at the other side. When we have Jesus we have the answer.

 3 Therefore also through Him is our Amen. Can we say the amen to the promise? Can we say the promise is going to happen? For amen means so be it. Are we sure the promise will happen? For that is what amen means. Can we say as Christians this amen? Then the answer will come.

 4 To the glory of God
We can's seek glory for ourselves and believe at the same time. John 5:44 If we seek glory for ourselves it nullifies the faith and we lose out place of belief. God will not share His glory with another. Isaiah 42:8 “"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.”

 5 Through us. It is through Him through us. We work with God and God works with us.

How does power from God come?

Wait and be clothed with power from Holy Spirit Luke 24:49

Go and preach gospel and signs will accompany you as you believe Mark 16:15-20

Receive power when Holy Spirit has come on you as you plan to go witness. Acts 1:8

Eyes of your heart opened. To the surpassing greatness of God's power who have believed. Ephesians 1:19

Know the love of Christ to be filled with the fullness of God. Which God will do greater than we can imagine. Ephesians 3:19-20

Live in our salvation, and God will testify to our testimony with power. Heb 2:3-4

Teach with Testimony

It is not what we know but what we can testify to.

Our learning is not as much book learning as On The Job Training.

If we don't do what we learn, we won't really know it. In fact, if we fail to do what we are learning, what we think we know will soon only be a deception. James 1:22 NASB “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.”

Everyone has a foundation to their life. To some, fun is purpose of their life. Others make a career or job their foundation. And others' foundation is a political philosophy. Matthew 7:24-25 NASB “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.”

The Bible must be our foundation. We can base our lives on the Bible, not just knowing it and how it flows from Genesis to Revelation. If we base our life on the Bible, we can rely on it through the storms. Notice that the foundation is built before the storm comes. If we wait until the storm comes before attempting to build, the foundation will be washed away as we are building. That is not to say we can't build our house in the storm, but it will take much longer with heartache.

John 8:31-32 shows the key to freedom through what Jesus taught. “So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

I have heard it taught 100s of times that freedom comes from knowing the Word. The Bible teaches that we know the Word by remaining in it throughout life. Continuing in the word means we will stay in it through the storms of life. This  brings us freedom. When we remain in faith through the storms of life,  it testifies to the goodness of God. When we give up on the Word in a trial, we didn't believe it would work.

Other aspects to continuing in the Word is to make Jesus Lord and carrying our cross daily. Luke 9:23; Romans 10:9-10; Romans 12:1-2 If we don't make Jesus Lord and carry our cross, the trials of life will cause the promise of the Scriptures to become bitter. Many reject the Bible because they don't make Jesus Lord and fail to carry the cross of Christ. It is the Lordship of Christ and willingness to suffer in service to Him that brings the stability, even through all the world throws us.

There are many disagreements in the Christian walk. Churches split over doctrinal differences. Jesus led me to not present Scripture without a testimony whenever it is a point of contention. Christian forums have shown the problems we have when sharing spiritual truth. The teaching of James 3:13-18 shows the importance of letting our testimony be the teacher, especially when there is a point of contention. 

“ Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. 18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”

1 Corinthians 8:1-2 explains the problem of knowing something without living it with love. When we live out the Scriptures, we are humbled by our weakness when we don't rely on the Holy Spirit to help us. To live out the Scriptures pushes us to love because there is no effective faith without love. Galatians 6:7 says faith works through love. Without love, faith is ineffective. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 explains the problem of faith without love. When we talk to someone who knows Bible teaching but hasn't lived it, it comes across as arrogant and unpleasant. It is refreshing and encouraging to learn from someone who lives out what he is teaching.

Kenneth Hagin was a preacher who knew what he was teaching. Every page of his books have examples of how he lived out what he had learned from the Bible. You can't argue with a testimony. A testimony will give glory to God and how He provided the solution to the problem.

How To Use Faith Laws

How to use faith laws, and how to move from understanding to faith. 2 Peter 1:3,4

1. If there is a law you are struggling with, ask God to show you the answer. Meditate on listed verses.

2.  Repent of known sin, pride, unforgiveness. Have your heart pure before God. Isa 1:18-20; 1 Peter 1:22

3. Have as your purpose to love God and to love others. 1 Thes 3:8; John 14:23; 1 Pt 1:22

4. Always have as your purpose in all you do, to do it for Jesus. Romans 14:8

5. Put on the armor of God by using them and live for Jesus. Eph 6:10-18; Rom 13:12; 2 Chron 16:9; Ps 91

6. We are in a war and we overcome by the direction of these promises. Rev 12:11; Matt 11:12; Rom 8:37; John 16:33

7. God will give you promises in your devotional time. Work in believing (John 6:29) to make these real. Colossians 1:29; 2:1; 4:12

8. Meditate on the verse, think about them and speak them. Psalm 119:11; Joshua 1:8

9. Renew your mind to the promise, rejecting the doubt that is in the natural. Realize action and faith go together. So serve joyfully and sacrificially with faith and love. Rom 12:1,2; 1 Peter 1:22

10. Has God given the promise to you? 2 Cor. 1:20 Is this promise for you? Pray over the verse to have it come real in your life. Have confidence this promise is for you.

11. Decide to receive and believe with action. John 6:29 Keeping the promise before you, going over and over it. Pray over these promises in English and tongues.

12.  See with your mind, God enabling you to make use of the promise that you already have.
Philemon 6; Eph 1:3; Deut 2:24

13. Have the Scripture near by to quote often. Psalm 1:2

14. Believing God will back up His word, state God is backing up His promise to you, making it real in your life. Prov 18:20,21; John 6:63; Hebrews 3:1

15. State the promise with expectation. Zeph 1:12; Rom. 8:24,25; Psalm 91:2

16.  You can tell faith has arrived by confidence, peace, assurance, boldness, love for people, speaking about it and a true desire to do it. Romans 14:23

17.  Reject doubt with the instructions of 2 Cor. 10:3-6 and concern with Phil 4:6-9; Ps 110:3

18.  Respond to rejection by looking to Jesus and rejoicing. Matthew 5:11

19.  If you are doubting if you should be doing something then it is not of faith. Romans 14:23

20.  Ask yourself if you are eager to do what God has promised? Ps. 110:3

21. Test your faith. 2 Cor 13:5; Rom 12:2; 1 Cor 11:27-32; Mal 3:10; Ps 16:11; Ps 105:19

22.  Listen to God's direction when problems persist. James 1:2-8; Isaiah 30:21

23.  Then if you don't have joy and peace, return to seeking God. But by all means go. Go with joy and peace. Isaiah 55:12 Remember we are not led by feelings. If you don't have peace go in obedience with weakness, fear and trembling  1 Cor 2:3 Keep in prayer. Ask God if a lack of peace means it is not His will.

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Faith Steps

1 Make Jesus Lord. Romans 10:9,10; Romans 12:1-2

2 Accept Scripture as being from Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:16 It is sure, perfected, right, pure, lean, true. Psalm 19:7-9

3 Read the Scriptures every day, the same as you drink water. Because Scripture is water to your spirit.  John 4:14 And when you are in the heat, you need Scripture many times a day.

4 Have a mind set on the things of the Spirit and not the flesh. Romans 8:5-8

5  Commit your life to following Jesus teachings. John 8:31-32

6 Make note of promises that stand out to you. Meditate and confess they are real in your life.

7 Pray over those promises to make them effective in your life.
See them being real in your life as you pray about them. Mark 11:24

8 Remember to worship and thank God for His answer and care for you. Philippians 4:6

9 Bring all your worries and cares to the Lord in prayer. Follow Philippians 4:6-9, 5 steps.

10 Earnest and effective prayer. Rom 8:23 along with Rom 8:22,26

11 Use 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 to counter doubt.

12 Make plans to do what the Scriptures promise.

13 Fight off the mountain of problems with Scripture, prayer/command, praise and thankfulness.
Isaiah 41:15

14 Start working on the solution to your problem.

15 If you can't work as called, pray till you can and seek God for His direction. James 1:2-8

16 When you can work, do the work God has called you to do and shout victory. (Smith Wigglesworth)


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Faith Laws 126 to 141

126.  Making Jesus Lord, sets us on the path of faith. Romans 12:1 Without Jesus being Lord, Scripture becomes bitter.

127.  Faith is ineffective without the proper attitude of love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

128.  Faith will reap when doubt is removed by the work of prayer and sowing. Psalm 126:4-6

129.  Faith does not compromise its beliefs. Daniel 3:13-27

130.  Faith is not cast off by, testing, bad news or opposition. Matthew 14:28-31; Psalm 112:7; Mal 3:10

131.  Faith in what Christ has done, not our works. Philippians 3:9; Romans 5:1-5;3:28

132.  Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. Live by the words of Christ. Romans 8:2; John 6:63; Philippians 2:16

133.  If you hope and believe for something that Jesus says, anything is possible. Mark 9:23

134.  Call into being that which does not exist. Romans 4:17; Job 22:28; Genesis 1:3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26; Ephesians 5:1

135.  Stand on the word. Ephesians 6:13; 2 Corinthians 1:24

136.  Faith is built up on the encouragement of the Scriptures. Romans 15:4; Psalm 34

137.  Remember past victories. Psalm 103:2

138.  Bask in God's love. Revelation 3:20; Isaiah 40:31-41:1a

139.  Faith will boast with confidence, what God promised. Hebrews 3:6

140.  Faith that God hears and answers prayer. John 5:15; Psalm 4:3; Micah 7:7

141. When you make it harder for God to answer, your faith is strong. 1 Kings 18:34-35


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How to Use These Faith Laws

Faith Laws 101 to 125

101. Start in the flesh and look for the Holy Spirit to help you, when God has already told you to do something in the Word. Smith Wigglesworth

102. Faith is based on the hope of the Scriptural promise. Hebrews 11:1

103. Faith will continue to the end, it will hold fast. Faith will remain. Heb 3:6; 3:14;James 1:2-4; Rom. 5:1-5; John 8:31

104. Faith thrives as you are in communion with God. John 15:1-7

105. Faith is NOW. Hebrews 11:1 Faith will act now.-

106. Faith is like a mustard seed. Faith starts small and grows with the right start and use. Matt 17:20; John 1:16; Romans 1:17; Romans 15:6

107. Faith is perishable Hebrews 2:1 Use it or lose it Roy Hicks

108. Faith is not presumption or denial. Faith comes from hearing the Word of God. Faith sees a deeper life in the spirit. Faith sees John 3:3. Denial hides and denies.

109. Faith is confident. Phil. 1:6; 1 Thes 1:5; 2 Cor 3:12

110. Scripture will not profit if it is not united with faith. Hebrews 4:2; Ps 106:24,25

111. Faith and fear can't co-exist. Faith believes and fear doubts Luke 8:50; John 14:1

112. Doubt will kill faith if left unchecked. 2 Cor. 10:3-5 So counter doubt with the promise of God.

113. Meditation enriches our understanding of the Word of God. Psalm 1:3;Josh 1:8; Revelation 3:20

114. Faith is maintained by keeping your mind on the Word and rejecting the worry about the problem  2 Cor 10:3-5 Phil 4:6-9

115. Faith does not fear death. Dan 3:16-18; Matt 10:28; John 14:1-3

116. Christ dwells in your heart through faith. Eph. 3:17

117. Faith works as we look to Jesus relying on the love of God. Galatians 5:6; Hebrews 12:2

118. Faith is given to us, but it is our responsibility to use it. Rom 12:3, 2 Peter 2:1;  Mark 11:22

119. Expectation & anticipation. Faith expects and anticipates God's answer. Zeph 1:12; Hebrews 9:28

120. Saying, "yes sir", to God's direction, will empower you with more faith to do it. 2 Corinthians 1:20

121.  Provide for your household. 1 Timothy 5:8; Lk 11:21

122.  Reprove unsound teaching brings sound faith. Titus 1:13

123. The better we know God, the more faith we have. John 17:3

124.  Faith is obedient to the direction of the Holy Spirit and His word. Romans 1:5; Acts 6:7; Romans 16:26

125.  If you are satisfied with your relationship with Christ, pride will rise up in your heart and your faith will recede. Hosea 13:6; Matthew 5:3


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Faith Laws 76-100

76. Faith believes God answers any prayer in Jesus name. John 14:14

77. Our fleshly desires void faith. James 4:3 Romans 8:7 Getting rid of them and allow faith to arise. Gal. 2:20

78. Friendship with the world voids faith. 1 John 2:15-17 James 4:4 Choose Jesus over the world makes faith  possible.

79. Faith grows mighty in the battle. To grow stronger we need to be in the fight. Heb. 11:34 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Deut 2:24

80. I must die to my fleshly desires if I am to live by faith. Galatians 2:20

81. Faith pleases God. We can't please God if we don't have faith. Heb.11:6

82. Faith believes, God rewards those who seek Him. Heb. 11:6

83. If you have faith you will live by your faith. Habakkuk 2:4; Matt. 4:4

84. Our faith overcomes the world. 1 John 5:4; Revelation 12:11

85. Faith is ours. 1 John 5:4 It's our faith.

86. Prayer and fasting builds faith, when we listen to the Spirit speak to us. Matthew 17:20,21

87. Faith lives by the word, has a dream, is adventurous, and is not affected by the world. Cho from S. Korea. Genesis 13:14

88. Faith needs courage  2 Cor 5:6-8

89. Faith does not go by what you see, taste, feel, hear or smell. Faith goes by the Word. 2 Cor 5:7; Genesis 13:14

90. Faith stands before God. Jeremiah 15:19; Heb. 4:16

91. Faith defeats Satan by our actions. Romans 16:19,20

92. Faith is strengthened by encouragement from others. Hebrews 10:25; Isaiah 35:3-8

93. Faith is bold. Eph. 3:12 And confident Acts 4:13; Proverbs 28:1; 2 Corinthians 3:12

94. Faith is not led astray by the enemies success of power. Deut 13:1-5 Instead, reject them. 1 Samual 4:1-11

95. Faith withstands a test from God. Judges 20:18f

96. Faith continues after defeat. Judges 20:18f

97. Faith trusts God. Proverbs 3:5,6

98. Your faith will be tested. 1 Peter 1:7; James 1:2-4

99. The alternative to faith is rational thinking. It is the mistrust of God's word. Prov 3:5,6

100. Faith starts with God not with works. Works won't build faith if faith is not there to start with. Ephesians 2:8-9
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Faith Laws 51-75

51. God opens a door for faith. Acts 14:27: Colossians 4:13

52. Jesus is the door to our life of faith. (John 10:7)

53. Serve with no thought of self, increases faith. Luke 17:5-10

54. Faith is assured of the promise. Hebrews 11:1

55. Faith does not consider a report or evil report against God's promise. Eph. 6:16; Instead he continues to trust God.Psalm 112:7 Isa 53:1

56. Praising God, defeats unbelief. Romans 4:20,21

57.  When you actively rest in trusting God for the answer, you have faith. Hebrews 4:1; Matthew 11:28-30

58. You have to fight for faith. 1 Tim. 6:12 If you can't rest, fight to get to rest in God. 2 Cor 10:3-6; Eph 6:10f Fight in prayer, confession and fight in action.

59. Faith works in Jesus with love, not the understanding of the promise. 2 Corinthians 1:20; Galatians 5:6

60. Faith is kept. 2 Timothy 4:7 you don't give up. Jude 24 God is able to keep you from stumbling. Luke 8:15 Hold fast the word.

61. Hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering. Hebrews 10:23 Speak what God has promised. Luke 8:15 Hold fast the Word.

62. Respond with confession, eagerness and act quickly. Ps 110:3; Luke 8:15 contrasted with shrinking back from walking in faith. Hebrews 10:38; Luke 1:38 Not like Zacharias Luke 1:18

63. The fear of man brings a snare. Proverbs 29:2  The solution is to fear God. Luke 12:5

64. Faith does not get disappointed. Faith continues to believe. Romans 10:11

65. Faith is required because, whatever is not of faith is sin. Romans 14:23

66. If you doubt if you should do something, don't do it, because it would not be of faith. Romans 14:23

67.  I would not suggest using a fleece. Many times a fleece is not faith. To use a flees is to walk by chance and sight. It would be like rolling the dice to find God's will. We now have the Holy Spirit to direct us. Rom 8:14; Judges 6:36-40

68. Faith is made strong in weakness. Heb. 11:34; 2 Cor. 12:9 From weakness was made strong. Hebrews 10:34

69. Find people that had a good outcome to their life and imitate their faith. Heb. 13:7,8

70. You can't try faith, you need to believe. Because the test of faith will cause those who try faith to quit. Stay in faith through all trials. Num 13:30-33; Heb 10:38,39

71. When we make Jesus Lord with belief is the beginning of faith. Romans 10:9,10

72. When faith is lacking, love is lacking. Galatians 5:6

73. Arrogance is not faith. 1 Corinthians 8:1,2 knowing the scriptures is not faith.

74. Oral Roberts 3 steps of faith. God is your source Phil 4:19. Sow into your need 2 Cor 9:8. Expect a miracle Mark 11:22-24.

75. Faith speaks about what you believe in. I believe therefore I speak. 2 Cor 4:13; Psalm 73:28


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Faith Laws 26-50

26.  Faith acts right away when we are given a promise from God. 2 Kings 2:12-14

27. Faith works through love. Galatians 5:6 The purpose of faith is to help us minister.

28. When you have love for a person in need, that is faith arising in you. Jesus having compassion for people. Mark 8:2,3

29. Hope does not disappoint because the Holy Spirit pours out love to us. Romans 5:1-5

30. Faith is sown in peace. James 3:18

31. Faith is content in your circumstances not contentious. Philippians 4:11

32. Faith is content in the present and believes for the future. Phil. 4:11

33. Faith has God's peace. John 16:33

34. Faith needs works. James 2:17

35. Do what you believe in, or what you do will change your belief. James 1:22

36. Faith is perfected by works. James 2:22

37. Faith goes out with joy and peace. Isaiah 55:12

38. Faith can't coexist with a double mind. You can have faith or double mind, but not both. James 1:5-8

39. Faith needs a pure heart. A divided heart voids faith. 2 Chron 16:9; 1 Peter 1:22; James 1:6,7

40. Faith works to prepares for the future. Noah Genesis 6:22

41. Faith works for what in the natural would be a waste or impossible. Noah Genesis 6

42. Faith endures. James 1:2-8

43. Faith understands authority.  The Centurion Luke 7:1-9; 1 Samuel 26:9 David and Saul

44. Faith does not give up with the lack of an answer. Matt. 15:21f;  Mark 4:24f

45. The poor are rich in faith. James 2:5

46. Faith fixes your eyes on Jesus. Hebrews 12:2

47. Jesus is the author of our faith. What He has written in the Bible brings faith. Hebrews 12:2

48. Jesus is the finisher of our faith.  We can trust Jesus to give us our faith. Hebrews 12:2

49. Pride and faith can't coexist Habakkuk 2:4 Faith looks to Jesus, while pride is looking at yourself.

50. If you seek glory for yourself you are not lifting up Jesus and belief is voided. John 5:44


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Note: These laws are for Kingdom use and not for self indulgence. John 10:10 says Jesus came to give us an abundant life. It also says in Luke 12:15 we are not to be greedy. Even when we have an abundance our life does not consist of our possessions. So, our abundant life is not talking about possessions. We can't believe in godly faith for our own pleasure. (James 4:3)

Don't look at these laws with condemnation. This would be looking at yourself. Instead look to Jesus to bring these to completion in your life. Set your mind on the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5-6)

1. Faith laws are active each time we believe. Romans 3:27; Romans 8:7 Laws work each time or they would not be laws.  Note: see the steps to walking in faith on back. John 3:16; Mark 5:25-29

2. Repentance is required for faith. Repent and believe the gospel. Mark 1:15;Acts 17:30; Luke 13:1-5 with fruit Matthew 3:8

3. Each of us are given faith. Romans 12:3; 2 Peter 1:1; Ephesians 1:3

4. There is power in forgiveness. Forgiveness enables faith to work, while unforgiveness cancels faith. Mark 11:25,26

5. Our speech has the power of life and gives rise to faith. Prov 18:20,21

6. Our speech has the power of death, killing faith. Proverbs 18:20,21; Prov 6:2; Psalm 5:9

7. Faith is a decision. We decided to have faith. Or we continue in the natural. Mark 11:22

8. Our part to play in God's plan is belief and faith, or it won't happen. John 6:29

9. Choose life by loving, obeying and holding fast to Christ. We can respond to the command to have faith by a choice. Deut 30:19,20; Mark 11:22

10.  Faith takes God's promise and acts on it. 2 Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 44:3

11. Command the problem to go. Mark 11:23; Job 22:28

12. We can believe what we command or doubt our command. Mark 11:23 The answer will come for those who command with belief. Mark 11:23 Job 22:28 Even when you are knocked down. Job 22:29

13. Believe when you ask for something you receive it. The answer comes for those who believe they have received. Mark 11:24

14. Believe you have already received it before you see it. Mark 11:23,24; Genesis 13:14

15.  See yourself, in the spirit, having the promise that God gives.  John 3:3; Deut 2:24; Ephesians 1:3; Philemon 6; Rom 8:6; 1 Peter 2:24; Matt 6:10

16.  Faith is seeing (with the eyes of your heart Eph 1:18)  the answer given to you before it happens. Mark 11:23,24; 1 John 3:22; Matt 7:8; Genesis 13:14

17. Faith is not half hearted. Search for God with all your heart. Jer 29:13; Phil 3:7f; 1 Peter 1:22; Hosea 13:6; Deut 8:10-20; Psalm 78:8

18. Faith is eager to get out and start doing what is believed for. Luke 8:15; James 1:22; Ps 110:3

19. Praying night and day with belief, builds faith. Luke 18:1-8

20. When your prayer of worry turns to praise. Your prayer is building faith. Philippians 4:6-9

21. Humble prayers bring the answer while self righteous prayers are useless. Luke 18:9-14

22. Praying in the Holy Spirit (tongues) builds faith. Jude 20; 1 Corinthians 14:14

23. When we allow the Holy Spirit to fill us, our prayers build faith. Jude 20

24. Faith comes by hearing the word of God. Romans 10:17

25. Spiritual hearing is facilitated by an eagerness to obey what we hear. Luke 8:15 2 Kings 5:1-14


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Pre-Planned Resistance Against Attack

Steps to build your wall of resistance. 1 Peter 5:8-9

1 Spend time with God in the morning. Psalm 5:3
2 Spend time feeding your spirit from other sources. 1 Peter 5:9 Books, mp3, sermons etc.
3 Spend some amount of time in quietness. Isaiah 40:31-41:1a
4 Spend some amount of time with those who strengthen you. By phone, text etc. Phil. 4:9
5 Every day spend time throughout your day to stop and acknowledge God. Psalm 119:164  7 times
6 Every day say no to the things are not supposed to do. Every work is not for us to do. James 3:16
7 Every Day be refilled with the Holy Spirit Eph 5:18-21
8 Every day confess what you are believing God for. Hebrews 3:1,6

Much of this came from Rick Renner

Healing Notes

Psalm 107:20 Sent His word.

Isaiah 53:5 By Jesus stripes.

1 Peter 2:24 Already established.
All the promises are established and are for us. Ephesians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:20

Ephesians 2:7 God is eager to show us the surpassing riches of His grace.

Acts 10:38 Jesus always heals, He heals all.

Healed because of our faith. Mark 5:34; Acts 14:9-10

(Woman with issue of blood) Heard, believed, spoke, acted and received. Mark 5:25-34

Mark 11:23 Believe when you command you will receive.

Mark 11:24 Believe when you pray you will receive.

Job 22:28-29 Believed with confidence even when you are knocked down you will receive.

Salvation and healing go together. - Jesus forgave sins to heal. Matthew 9:2

Didn't take no for an answer or be offended. Syrophonician woman. Mark 7:24-30

Psalms 84:11 God does not withhold grace and glory and good things.

We are effective when we know God. Daniel 11:32; Acts 4:13

Romans 8:11  Recognize the Holy Spirit is within.

Obey God's direction. Naaman the leper. 2 Kings 5:1-14; Acts 5:32

Blind Bartimaeus did not stop crying out to Jesus. Mark 10:46-52

Don't let others failure detour your devotion and faith. Psalm 91:7 Psalm 3:2

Our Inheritance in Christ

What does the inheritance consist of?
The promised land, (the promises of God), are our inheritance.
Ps 105:11; Heb 6:12 the promises.
Heb 1:14 Salvation
Isa 54:17 No word or weapon will prosper against us.
Matt 25:34 the Kingdom.
2 Cor. 1:20 All promises are ours in Christ.
Matt 19:29; Titus 3:7 Eternal Life
Matt 5:5 Meek will inherit earth.

How do we qualify for inheritance?
Gal 3:29; Col 1:12 Rom 8:17 We qualify if we belong to Christ. If we belong to Christ we are of Abraham's family and heirs according to the promise. And suffer with Jesus.

How do we come to believe we have the inheritance?
Eph 1:18 The Holy Spirit will enlighten us of the things we have in Christ.
Acts 20:32 God's word of grace.

How to see in the spirit to acquire this inheritance?
Acts 26:18 Our spiritual eyes can be opened to see what we have in the spirit. Preaching and teaching of Scripture will open peoples eyes.

Is inheritance promised to us?
Zech 8:12, Isa 49:8  it is promised to us.

Who inherits the Kingdom?
Matt 25:34 The Kingdom is inherited by sheep.
Rom 8:17 Children of God.
Rev 21:7-8 He who overcomes inherits.

Who gives us the inheritance?
Col 3:24 God gives it to us.

When is the inheritance available to us?
Heb 9:15-17 When Jesus died, the inheritance became available.


What makes it easier to gain the inheritance?
James 2:5 Being poor. Matt 5:3 The poor in spirit gain access to the inheritance. Taking an attitude that we are not sufficient in ourselves and Jesus is our source.


How do we receive the inheritance?
Acts 20:32 Word of His grace.
Psalm 2:8 Ask for it.
1 Treat your wife right. 1 Peter 3:7-9
2 Be harmonious
3 Sympathetic
4 Brotherly
5 Kindhearted,
6 Humble in spirit.
7 Give a blessing for evil or insult. 1 Peter 1:7-9
Suffer with Christ. Rom 8:17
To not do these things will keep us from the inheritance.
Matt 19:29 Leave all for Jesus.
Matt 5:5 Gentle, meek

How could we lose our inheritance?
Heb 12:14-17
Not spiritually minded.
Not pursuing peace.
Root of bitterness
Being immoral or godless
Having no place for repentance.
Not being the kind of person that God can bless.

Eph 5:5 immoral, impure, idolater, covetous.
Gal 5:19-21 Deeds of the flesh.
Rev 21:8  Lists those who won't inherit.
1 Cor 6:9,10 Unrighteous won't inherit.

God's grace does not fail. But we can fail to depend on God's grace.

Why are we worthy for this inheritance?
Titus 3:7 Grace makes us heirs of eternal life.

What is required to receive the inheritance?
Rom 8:17 suffering with Christ. If you are not willing to lay down your life you won't succeed. Gal 2:20

2 Corinthians 1:20
In Jesus.
When we believe.
When it is to the glory of God.
As we work the promise in faith.

Be Aware you have the Inheritance.
The older brother had received the inheritance, at the same time as the of prodigal son, but didn't realize it and didn't use it. Luke 15:11-12

Romans 8:15 From Slavery to Family

“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!”

What would hinder us from being led by the Spirit of God? Slavery to sin and fear. We are not slaves (For sin will not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace Romans 6:14)   Romans 7:24-8:2 shows the way out of slavery to sin.
-We are now in the family of God. 2 Cor 5:17 We are born again into God's family. Rom. 8:29
-We are sons and fellow heirs with Christ. What Jesus gets we get! Not to consume it on our lusts but to live in God's kingdom. Col 1:13 and to accomplish what God has for us to do. Ephesians 2:10

Abba Father
What the passage is trying to convey is that we can have a close relationship with our Daddy Father.
John 14:23  “Jesus answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him.” Amplifed Our body is a temple for the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor 6:19

2 Cor 6:16 “Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.”

We are now not a servant or slave, We are sons and have the right to speak to God using the term Abba.

Romans 8:15
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again.

The spirit of slavery speaks to our inability to do what we want. Romans 7 talked of this. The spirit of slavery dominates, by keeping our mind on the flesh. Making provision for the flesh Rom 13:14. We are not to make provision for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

The flesh is a task master, not joy. Many do not turn to the Lord because they want to enjoy the flesh. Yes there is pleasure in sin for a season Hebrews 11:25 but in the end it turns bitter. Why not look beyond the present hour and be involved in things that will provide life healing and joy for the future.

Where is life? Is it from having fun, or serving Jesus? Jesus allows us to live. His words are life and guide us.

Fear comes from slavery. We don't need to fear if Jesus lives in us. There is nothing that will separate us from the love of God. With God we have all we need. He supplies all our needs. Philippians 4:19

Verse 14 talks of being led of the Spirit. It is this leading that brings us life. Fear comes from lack. The Spirit gives life and in this life there is no lack. John 10:10

Does that mean we can serve the flesh, repent and God will gives us whatever we ask? You can't serve God and your own desires at the same time. Make a decision to serve God and deny yourself. This leading of the Spirit allows us to live in the realm of the spirit and act in our position as sons of God. Yes God will forgive, but victory comes from faith not manipulating God. God is not mocked, whatever a man sows that will he also reap. Galatians 6:7 Instead yield to God and let His love fulfill your needs.

Then with this new understanding of living as sons of God, we can live free from fear and have that close relationship with our Daddy.

Being led of the Spirit and serving the flesh are opposed to each other. Which will you choose. Fear or life? Putting it that way is simple. Look beyond the moment to Jesus. Heb 12:2 just as Jesus looked beyond the cross to the joy set before Him after the resurrection.

Where the Spirit is there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Where fear is the flesh dominates. Decide, by setting your mind to move away from the flesh and into God's kingdom. The anxious thoughts will dominate as long as the flesh is served. Freedom comes from a mind set on the things of the Spirit.  So what should be the confession of a person who has his mind on the spirit? The Word of God. The hope that God promises. The life coming from the Word of God. Respond to your fears with the word of God. Praise God for His answer when fear comes. Praise in faith, that the answer will come, even when you don't see it now. Live in confidence that God will provide, even with a bad report. Psalm 112:7

2 Tim 1:7 God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power, love and discipline. Power love and discipline are contrasted with timidity/fear. Power, love and discipline come from a mind set on the Spirit. So a mind set on the flesh is weakness, inability, anemic, apathy and undisciplined life.

2 Tim 1:8 Therefore join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God. It is the power of God that flows from a mind set on the Spirit that will draw us to work that seems to bring suffering. Yet this suffering itself will bring power. It says in 2 Cor 12:9 Power is perfected in weakness. A mind set on the Spirit of God will draw us to work,(from a mind set on the flesh point of view), that is not in itself wonderful. But because of the Spirit of God, things will change. God will come into the situation and bring life to sickness, success to failure, hope to the hopeless, love to the unlovable.

We receive the spirit of adoption as sons. We cry Daddy Father. A father provides for his sons. God the Father will provide for us. And the best provision is God's love will keep us.

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Romans 8:14 Leading and Sonship

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

You can't be led by the Spirit of God if you don't do anything. It is not knowing but doing that shows sonship.

Does being led by the Spirit of God mean we don't do anything if we don't sense God leading us? One thing I have as a guide is the Holy Scriptures. I use these as a general guideline. God leads us by these. I don't have to have God tell me to have devotions. I know that by the Bible telling me to have devotions. It is a basic leading of Scripture. When I stop and have devotions I am being led of the Spirit because the Bible says to have devotions. John 6:63 says it is the words of God in the Bible that are of The Spirit and are God's leading generally. Then as I have devotions I will get a leading more directly from the Spirit of God. If I don't get a more specific leading, I still go by the general leading of the Scriptures.

I knew a guy who skipped work to have devotions. This is not the leading of the Lord. We need to fulfill our responsibilities.

Being led by the Spirit is being led by the word of God sensitive to further leading specifically by the Holy Spirit. We don't always need a specific word from God to do what He is calling us to do. Paul was led to go as a missionary in Acts 13 and as he was going the Spirit directed him more directly by a dream.

It also says in Isaiah 30:21 we will hear a word behind us saying go this way as we are moving.

It is important to be moving in obedience to the direction we have and it is by this obedience we will receive more direction of the Holy Spirit. Acts 5:32 Obedience brings direction. First wait and understand the will of the Lord. Then act on the will and the Holy Spirit will give us more direction as we are going in the light we have. If we wait for specific before we go we may never get started.

Link to my articles on God's will.


Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.” Notice it is a path that grows brighter and brighter not our understanding while we are sitting in a chair. It is our going in obedience that brings more light.

God leads His sons. When we become Christ's followers we are His sons.  God's sons are known by being led by the Spirit of God.  A person that is not being led by God, would not be known as a son of God. They could be God's son but they are not walking in it. They would be drifting away from God's leading. Hebrews 2:1

Lord, I ask for your leading and willingness to be led by you. Let us be effective in your kingdom. In Jesus name this will happen.

How can we tell the difference of our own desires and the Lord's desires for us? Walk in the light you have. 1 John 1:7 As you share your faith walk with others and they with you, encouragement will come. Philemon 6 The more you are in the light the more your light or direction will come. Stay in the word and relationship with the Lord and fellowship with others and direction will come.

Does the direction you think is from God, bring you closer to the Lord or further away? Do you want to share it or do you want to hide it. What is of God will bring eagerness to share it. John 3:19-21

Are you walking as a son of God? If you are you will be led. Live as a son. Talk to God as a son. Expect God to meet your needs and spiritual desires as a son. Learn what is your inheritance as a son and use this for His kingdom. What has God put on your heart to do for the Kingdom? Use the storehouse of your inheritance to accomplish and help you accomplish what God is leading you to do.

Notice that in verse 13 the context is to put away the deeds of the flesh. We are led in how to walk with God by hearing from His word.

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