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Just
because it’s God’s will, doesn’t
mean it will automatically happen!
Three
verses say it’s God will that everyone be saved:
II Pet. 3:9, Matt.18:14, and I Tim.2:4.
Look at Heb.4:2 and you will see what makes it
work: “For
indeed, the Gospel was preached to us as well as to
them; but the word which they heard did not profit
them, not being mixed with FAITH in those who heard
it.” So
one has to hear the Word about salvation, and believe
it to be saved. The New Testament is full of similar verses.
John 3:16 is one: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten
Son, that WHOEVER BELIEVES in Him will not perish but
have everlasting life.”
Read on and you will see that faith is what
makes all the promises work!
If
you are expecting God to move sovereignly and take
care of your need, you may be waiting a long time.
You probably don’t realize it, but you are
actually expecting God to do something contrary to His
Word! Later,
there are six verses that say we are to live by faith.
God expects us to use our faith and win in
every area of our lives!
In my brochure, Faith Facts there are
more verses than in this one to verify these truths.
Faith
is the force that makes The Word work!
To
help you with this:
Eph.1:9--
(Paul prayed
that we
would know)
the exceeding
great power
for us WHO BELIEVE.
I Thess.2:13
…we also thank God without ceasing, because
when you received the word of God which you heard from
us, you welcomed it, not as the word of men, but as it
is in truth, the Word of God, which effectively WORKS
IN YOU WHO BELIEVE.
Mark
9:23, Jesus
said to him, “If you can believe, all things are
possible to him who believes.”
In
twelve out of nineteen healings in the gospels, Jesus
said, “Your faith has healed you”
or, “According to your faith be it
done to you.”
Faith
is a decision; not a feeling.
John 20:24-27
Now Thomas …was not with them when Jesus
came. The
other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen
the Lord!” (This is following the resurrection.) So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of
the nails, and put my finger into the print of the
nails, and put my hand into His side, I WILL NOT
BELIEVE.”
And after eight days, His disciples were again
inside, and Thomas with them.
Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst, and said, “Peace to you.”
Then He said to Thomas,
“Reach your finger here, and look at My
hands, and reach your hand here, and put it into my
side. Do
not be faithless, but believing.”
And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord
and my God!” Jesus
said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you
have believed. Blessed
are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Thomas
decided to not believe, and Jesus called that being
faithless.
Faith
is choosing To believe God’s Word; Not
circumstances.
I
Cor.5:7 “For
we walk by faith, not by sight”
It could be said, we are to live by believing,
and not by our five physical senses.
Heb.11:1 “Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.”
That last line in the Amplified Bible reads,
“… Faith perceiving as real fact what is
not revealed to the senses.”
Faith
must be in two places; in your heart and in your
mouth.
Rom. 10:8-10
But what does it say?
“The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.”
That is, the word of faith that we preach.
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart man believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation.
II
Cor 4:13 And
since we have the same spirit of faith, according to
what is written, “I believed and therefore I
spoke.” We
also believe and therefore speak.
Mark
11:23 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
what he says.
Words
are the steering wheel
Joel
3:10 (God
was trying to raise up an army from farmers.
He told them through His prophet,)
“Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’”
Rom.4:17 “…
God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those
things which do not exist as though they did.:”
That is how God created everything.
Read that in Genesis 1.
And in Eph. 5:1,
we are told to imitate God!
Jesus spoke to the wind and waves, a fever, and
a fig tree; and He said in John 14:12, “He that
believes in me, the works that I do will he do also
…” In
Acts, you’ll see that the disciples also spoke to
things and got results.
In
James 3:2-6, the tongue is compared to several small
things that direct very large things;
a rudder on a ship, a bit in a horse’s mouth,
and a spark to a forest fire.
In James 3:2,
“…if anyone does not stumble in word, he is
a mature man, able also to bridle (or control) the
whole body.”
Faith
obtains our Victory
I John 5:4
For whatever is born of God overcomes the
world. And
this is the victory that overcomes the world, our
FAITH. Read
the first three chapters of Revelation, and notice how
many promises are to overcomers!
Eph. 6:16 tell what part faith plays in our
spiritual armor to be victorious:
“Above all, taking the shield of faith with
which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts
of the wicked one.”
So, developing and learning to use your faith
is of utmost importance in life!
There are SIX verses that say we are to live
by faith! Hab.2:4,
Rom.1:17, II Cor.5:7, Gal.2:20, and 3:11,
and Heb.10:38.
The
Process:
1.
Find verses that promise what you need, or
state that what you’re wanting is God’s will.
2.
Write these down on 3x5 cards to keep with you.
Read them out loud as often as you can every
day! Faith
will come with time!
3.
Praise God for it as if you already have it.
This is not for other people to hear.
Mark 11:24 says to believe you receive it and
you shall have it. God has already done His part.
Your faith gets it.
4.
The more you speak it, the more you will
believe it in your heart that you have it.
When the thing becomes so real inside you, it
will manifest. You
must see yourself with it.
5.
Don’t quit no matter what it looks like or
what the dr. said.
Keep speaking faith, and God will change the
facts. You must bombard every negative thought with
the Word of God. How to Use Your
Sword and Shield will help you. My Faith Facts brochure gives
things that will make it not work.
6.
Speak to your problems:
“Heart; be healed, work right, be strong!
Mind; be quick, bright and sharp! Bills; you
are paid!” Babies and small children respond well to
your faith. You
can command healing or peace, or whatever is needed.
If an adult is your problem, keep your speaking
private. Tell God, “As long as it takes, I‘m
standing firm in trust and confidence in You, and he
is not too hard for You!”
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