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GOG - 18 - 233 - Faith: As Simple As ABC (Part 2)
FAITH: tá á|ÅÑÄx tá Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.) (Part 2) In the previous article we learnt that faith confronts mountains because it is the mountain that needs to move. Faith also works with words, that means that faith speaks. You should say what the Word of God says. Apart from the mercy of God and the gift of the Spirit, if you want to take control of a situation, speak to it. Speaking to the mountain is not only reserved for the pastor. When you are not in church or where the gifts of the spirit are not in operation, in your home or at work, you can take authority over situations by speaking the Word of God in the face of such situation. A lot of Christians are frustrated because they have been talking to God. You should take authority and speak to the mountain.
sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” Mark 11:22-24
what you say when you step out of that
The word “says” there is a present continuous
begin to act like the devil that moves around
tense. When you spoke to the mountain and
without a home, because there was word of
you didn’t feel instantly relieved, if the next thing that comes out of your mouth is, “This
meeting. If you don’t recognize your responsibility to speak life only, and so, you don’t see the manifestation of what the pastor said, you may be tempted to say, “That church thing didn’t work. I will look for a church where it works.” Then, you
knowledge and you were prayed for, but what did you say after then?
thing didn’t work. I thought I am to talk to the mountain? I have talked to it, but the mountain has refused to move,” you have killed what you said. In fact, you just gave the mountain a stronger foundation. The Word Of God In Your Mouth Speaks Only Life, Not Death What do you continually say? What
Faith works from inside out. Realize that what you believe in your heart is what gives credibility to your words. Your words are only as powerful as what you believe; so the power is not just in saying it. Don’t say something today and then say another tomorrow. Hanging around faith people doesn’t necessarily build your faith, you
declarations do you make? Are they
need to dig into the Word of God and _ind
In this article, we will look at more things
declarations of life or of death? Many people
out what the grace of God has provided for
that will show how simple it is to have the
believe that they will have what the Word of
God-kind of faith.
God says or what the pastor says; but that is
you and plant it in your heart.
prophetic anointing and prophesy, the
The Word Of God In Your Mouth Speaks Only Faith And Not Fear The Scripture says, “For we walk by faith, not
anointing could be so strong that one could
by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). Sight is your
Apart from speaking to the mountain, you
almost smell it and you scream, “Amen!”
outer senses or your outer man. So, if faith
must continually say what the Word of God
Why do you say amen with so much gusto?
works from inside out, then, fear works from
says, in spite of the mountain or in the face
Most likely it’s because you genuinely
outside in! Fear sees, feels and touches
of the mountain.
believe that you will have what the pastor
things. It says, “My body is hot” or “My bank
has said; and that is not bad.
account is red,” and sends its signals from
not so. A pastor may preach with a strong
Faith Requires That You Always Keep The Word Of God In Your Mouth
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the
outside in. However, faith sends its signal Yet there is a key to seeing everything the
from inside out, so, where you need to look
pastor said under that strong anointing
at is inside your heart. Do not focus on what
come to pass; because it can be cut off by
you see on the outside.
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The human mind is wired to receive
such things because they don’t want to focus
Someone may ask, “Are giving, intercession
thought-bombs. I receive them too! However,
on the fact that there are no results, they
and praise not vehicles?” Yes they are; but
a thought-bomb doesn’t qualify as doubt
want to focus on the fact that they are doing
they won’t take you anywhere, if they are
until you give it the honour of receiving and
something. God forbid that my life should be
not riding on the wings of faith. It means
speaking it. A thought-bomb is not a sign
like that! I want to see victories in my life.
that you have failed in your faith until you register it, receive it and begin to amplify it.
When you are taught faith, you are given the
It is then it detonates to a doubt. No normal
key and what you need to pray and contact
person expects a mad man to go to a garbage
God. It’s the Word of God that will come to
heap, gather the rubbish and bring it in to
pass. What word did you stand on when you
decorate a garden. I have a garden built by
prayed? What Bible verse were you holding
my covenant with God, so, I won’t take any trash from the devil and litter my garden with it. What do you do with a thoughtbomb? You open your mouth and return it.
Faith Is Greater 24 “Therefore I say to you, whatever
on to? What do you really believe in your heart? Let your faith be the evidence that the mountain is lying. Some say, “But I can still feel the pain; so how can I say I am healed by the stripes of Jesus?” You are healed! They
your praise should be on the vehicle of faith Don’t praise God for mercy to receive something, praise God because you know He has done it. Why? Because in the spirit realm you’ve received it thus, when you give, you know that provision has been made for you and you are simply opening the windows and the doors of heaven wider, so that it can pour out with speed. You don’t give to bribe God to have mercy on you. The real you is your spirit man. If God is
say, “But I don’t feel like I am.” No! You are to
going to give you something, He will give it
work from the inside out; not from the
to the real you. God is a spirit and they that
outside in.
worship or talk to Him should do so in spirit.
things you ask when you pray, believe
When you pray, your spirit man catches the
that you receive them, and you will have
answer in the part of you that really matters.
them.”
However, you have to drive your vehicle to
Mark 11:24
the point where you will receive after praying. You have to enter the vehicle of faith
The King James Version says “desire” and it
and throw in your praise, your giving, your
means to ask. When you pray or speak to
prayers, your actions, your confessions and
God, believe that you have received and you
move. When you get to the end, it will come
will have them. It tells me that faith can
out of your spirit man and you will see it in
work without prayer, but prayer will never
the physical.
work without faith, because the greater of the two is faith. Prayer is not a religious exercise or something you do for the sake of
Faith Is Your Vehicle For Change
When you pray, believe! Don’t only believe
it. The one that needs to be there all the time
Faith is the evidence, the proof of what
that God can do it or that God will do it;
is faith, which is the substance of things
you’ve not yet seen. God would never ask
believe that you have received it. That is why
hoped for and the evidence of things not
you to believe a lie. If He says it; it means it is
when someone prays for you over a
seen (Hebrews 11:1).
true. Faith is your vehicle for change. What
particular situation in your body, the person
do I mean by that? Look again at Mark
doesn’t ask if the pain is there. More so, if it
So, it is more important to be in a church
11:23, “... Whoever says to this mountain...” is
is there, it doesn’t mean you were not
where faith is taught than to be in a church
present tense, “...but believes that those
healed. No! Chances are very high that the
that prays _ive times a week, but faith is
things he says will be done...” is future tense.
next thing the person will tell you is to do
never taught. I would rather be in a place
It means there is a time between when you
the things you couldn’t do before, because
where I’m being given the key and I can go
pray or when you speak to the mountain and
when you prayed, you received it.
home and pray if I need to, because I have
its ful_illment; there is a link between the
the key that will always make my prayer
present and the future and that time may be
Thought-bombs will hit you left and right,
work, than be in a place where the preacher
a minute, a year or even years. The word
but don’t allow them graduate into doubt.
wants me to feel that I am doing something.
“shall” is one of the strongest words in
Many times we are the cause of the long wait
You can sweat and pray _ive times a day, but
English language. To “come to pass” is the
for our miracles, because we think we
if there is no faith in your prayers; such
Greek word ginomai, which means to create.
should wait on God to answer our prayers,
prayers don’t leave the building. People do
If God needs to create that thing for it to
but He already answered it when you
come to tangibility, it will be done.
prayed. Your faith will make you whole.
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