Senin, 06 Februari 2012

46) * THE PRAYERS & SERMONS OF OUR STANDING MINISTERS FOR PEOPLE TO READ - 25


San Davis

Sermon message for Monday February 6, 2012.

STRONG FAITH FOR THIS SEASON, LORD JESUS KNOWS WE NEED IT!

Brothers and sisters, thank you for another opportunity to share this word as inspired by HOLY SPIRIT. I count it a priviledge to be able to minister to you again and I pray the word will permeate your heart to receive. May you be strengthened, uplifted and encouraged by this word. I pray it inspires you to Trust God at His Word and Keep On Believing. Heavenly Father, thank You for Your help to share this word, I pray Your people will be edified and inspired to humble themselves before You and others, I pray they confess their needs in faith without doubting, remain strong in faith, trusting You at Your word and keep believing and not give up... Knowing without a shadow of a doubt that You have heard and answering accordingly. I ask in Jesus Name, Amen, Amen & Amen!!

I believe that in the whole body of Christ, there are a lot of people who are sick, because of discouragements, disappointments, worry, lack of faith or unbelief. Lord Jesus the great physician has diagnosed the lack of faith as a case of sick faith, and for that reason some are not getting healed, not getting delivered, and not getting their needs supplied. The devil suggests to a lot of people, “Your problem is too great, your sickness is too terrible, and your needs are too great. You don’t have any faith, and if you do, it is so little it won’t do.” Has the devil ever told you that? When people say that you don’t have faith, they are being used as a tool of the devil to further discourage you, but you must not listen to that, you have got to resist them.

YOU HAVE FAITH

I’m going to give the Bible cure for the symptoms of no faith and weak faith. I’m prescribing the prescription written in Romans 12:3: “God has given to every man the measure of faith.” So you tell the devil when he says you don’t have any faith, “he’s a liar, because God has given you a measure of faith.” He has given you the measure you need to live victorious. Some people need a greater measure because of their place and responsibility in the body of Christ. But God has given you the measure of faith that is adequate for you to have all your needs supplied, all your diseases healed, and for you to live victorious and be an overcomer!

Point your finger to yourself and say, I have faith! Then tell the devil: Devil, I have faith. Get out of here! I believe that was a good God pill that went down easy.J We are children of the most High God, made in His image and the enemy will stop at nothing to destroy us. He will taunt us about not having enough faith or our faith is so inadequate that it’s almost like no faith. So there is no use in your trying to believe for your miracle, because you don’t have enough faith. Has he ever told you that your problem is too great? Your need is too much?

Remember saints of God, satan is a liar and the truth of God is not in him. Father God has given us a measure of faith and our faith increases in proportion to our need. God is no respector of persons, if He has done it for others, He will do it for you but first we must ask and in asking, we must believe.

In James 4:2 “Ye Have Not, Because Ye Ask Not”

Romans 2:11 "For there is no respect of persons with God."

Hebrews 11:6 "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”

Matthew 21:22 "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

What’s the cure when the devil says that you have the smallest faith, and it’s no good? Let’s see what the Bible has to say about small faith. Faith is so powerful and so dynamic, you don’t need a whole lot. Faith is so explosive, like dynamite and some of those nitrogen explosives that are so potent, it only takes a couple of drops. Some are in little bottles, and if you shake them too much, what happens? Boom! That’s the way faith is. You shake your faith up and stir it up, and it explodes into miracles.

The cure for when the devil says your faith’s not big enough, when you think your faith is not adequate, is Matthews 17:19-20: “Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you”. Amen and glory to God.

Jesus had been up in the mountain with Peter, James, and John where He was transfigured before them. When they came down, a man brought his son who was demon possessed, and the disciples couldn’t cast them out. They asked Jesus, “Why couldn’t we cast them out?” Jesus said unto them, “Because of your unbelief”. Not because you didn’t have faith, but because you failed to use your faith.” In fact, unbelief is using your faith against yourself. You are believing against yourself saying, “God can’t do it, I can’t do it.”

Here’s another one of God pill of faith, in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Are you having trouble with unbelief? Jesus said, “Because of your unbelief: for verily, truly I say unto you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, and that’s the smallest amount of faith, and Romans 10:3 says you have at least that “ye shall say unto this mountain.” the devil says, “You only have a little bit of faith,” I say, “That’s right I have mustard seed faith and when you plant that, or release, or activate that faith, that mustard seed becomes a great plant. When you activate that small measure of faith, it explodes like an atomic bomb. In other words, if you put your faith into operation, even though it’s as small as a grain of mustard seed, you can say unto this mountain, “Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

HEAVEN!

Do you believe you are going to Heaven? Have you ever seen it? Have you seen your mansion? Probably not. But you are believing it anyway, aren’t you? You’re “keeping on believing.” You have it settled in your heart, “I’m going to Heaven.” You keep on believing, and you don’t accept anything contrary to what you believe about Heaven. You don’t accept sense knowledge that says, “If I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.” Sense knowledge is opposite of faith knowledge. The things which are spiritual that are not seen, are more real than the things which are seen in the natural, because they are only temporal!

2 Cor. 4:18 “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal”.

When you look at a mountain of trouble, faith can remove the mountains in your life, but the devil wants to get you dwelling on the mountain instead of using your faith. I believe the bigger the mountain, the greater the victory when it moves. Like the saying, “The bigger the enemy, the harder they fall.” The bigger the mountain, the greater the explosive power of faith comes into operation. How do you think this vast universe came into existence? By God’s faith. He spoke the word of faith, because that’s the way the gift of faith usually works. So you speak the word of faith with boldness.

God spoke, “Let there be light, let there be... let there be...,” and His faith went out to nothingness and created burning worlds. God spoke this universe into being! And Jesus said to speak to the mountain, and nothing shall be impossible to you! When you speak the Word of God, you release your faith. Paul said in Romans 10:17, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Brethren, don’t just read the Scriptures, but quote them to yourself. Read them aloud until they become quickened or alive in your spirit. The main reason for doubt, unbelief, and little faith is ignorance of what God’s Word says about a situation. If you don’t know, how can you have absolute faith and unwavering faith…When you don’t know the Word, that opens the door for the devil to come in and sow doubt in your heart, because you have nothing to resist him with.

James 4:7 “Resist the devil, and he will flee you”

You have to have something to resist him with. The thing to resist him with is “the sword of the Spirit which is the spoken rhema Word of God” (Eph. 6:17)

THE MOUTH OF FAITH

The word of faith is first birthed in the heart. It’s not just a matter of speaking a formula, it must be first settled and believed in your heart. This is how we received salvation, and how we received every other promise of God’s Word.

Romans 10:8-10: “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

We speak with the mouth of faith, that is, we confess what we believe in our hearts, the Word of faith preached to us. Brethren we hear, we believe, we confess then we receive! You see, every element is necessary for us to receive. If we confess without faith, we won’t receive. And if we believe, we must confess it!

Another illustration of speaking the word of faith is Mark 11:20-23:

“And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”

The day before Jesus saw a fig tree afar off and desired its fruits, but when He came near, it was only leaves, and He cursed it saying, “No man eat fruit of thee hereafter forever!”

When He cursed it, there was no immediate manifestation that it was dead. There was no physical manifestation at that time, but when the disciples looked, it stood up just as strong as ever. When Jesus and the disciples came the next day, they saw the tree dried up from the roots. It was dead as soon as Jesus spoke it: “Henceforth no man eat fruit of thee.” He cursed it at the source of its life, and it began to die at the root. Peter said, “Look, the tree that you cursed is dead.” Jesus could have said, “Sure, it died yesterday when I spoke to it. You didn’t have to see the physical manifestation immediately, because I destroyed it at its root.”

See brothers and sisters, often that’s the way it works for healing. God destroys sickness at its root. Whether you still have the symptoms, whether you still have the pain, it is dead at the root. Sometimes the pain may become more acute, but do not doubt in your heart.

I remember years ago, a friend called to say that she wanted to bring her mother by the church for prayer. She had a cancerous tumor, and she didn’t want the doctors to operate on her. She had been hearing that God was healing in our midst, and wanted to bring her mom for healing. Her mom was of a religious persuasion that did not teach healing and miracles. We prayed for her and with them both, and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God did the miracle. Sometimes there is no immediate manifestation or feeling when faith is in operation.

When the gift of healing comes into operation, you feel the power, but with the gift of faith, you may not see any immediate manifestation. Just keep the faith and trust that since you have cursed the disease at the root and have others come into agreement with you in prayer, knowing it is Gods will to heal you, it is done!

Early in the morning, that same friend called me on the phone, and said, “My mom has severe pain. We are rushing her to the hospital. Please pray!” I said, “We have prayed with faith already and cursed it and I believe Lord Jesus the great Physician heard our prayers and was already moving on her mom’s behalf. I prayed to comfort her but I believed without a shadow of doubt the first time, and I knew God touched her. When they got to the hospital, they rushed her to the ER and operated on her, they found the tumor had broken loose, and she was passing it through her bowels. She was feeling the pain from the bowels...not because the cancer had spread but because the tumor had burst. God healed her brethren. What a mighty God we serve.

When you have prayed the prayer of faith, you don’t accept the symptoms. You don’t look for a feeling, because that’s not faith. You don’t look for a manifestation that the symptoms are gone or that the disease is gone, or the healing is come, because that is sense knowledge. You believe whether you see or feel anything. The devil is the master of bringing symptoms. He is going to try to make you feel worse. He will even have the health officials doctors, nurses etc have you believe things are not looking good, but faith sees the evidence in the spirit before it is manifested in the natural, Allelujah…

Just recently my mom was ill with pneumonia, stroke and respiratory failure and was hospitalized. The enemy was busy planting doubts through negative diagnosis given by the health officials; though she took a turn for the worst, we never gave up hope of her recovery. Even with every negative word spoken over her, and negative prognosis that she was at deaths door, we rejected the negative and proclaimed Gods promises of life and healing with boldness. After much tears, and much prayer of faith from friends, prayer partners and relatives, continual around the clock. Words of healing were played constantly in her ear. To the doctors and nurses amazement, against all odds, mom made a full recovery and is now resting peacefully at home! To God be the glory, Allelujah!

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

Peter said to Jesus, “Look, the fig tree is dead.” Jesus could have said, “Of course it’s dead. I cursed it yesterday.” Because whatever the Lord speaks, it’s done then, whether or not anything is immediately manifested. And He said, “If you will maintain your faith and not doubt, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if you say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea: it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever you ask in prayer, believing you shall receive” (Matt. 21:21-22).

That doesn’t limit it to anything! Everything you ask in prayer, believing and turning your faith loose, you shall receive. Now, that’s the cure, and I don’t care what the devil says.

In conclusion, Brethren, don’t be discouraged just “KEEP ON BELIEVING” for with God all things are possible except to fail.

When you get up from prayer, 99 times out of 100, you won’t see the answer to that prayer then. If you’re asking God to give you an automobile, an automobile doesn’t appear in your driveway right away; however you walk away with the assurance of the Word that you have whatever you believed in prayer. The word believing is a present participle which means continuous action. Your faith is in action. In the Greek, it means to keep on believing.

Matthew 21:22“And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive it.”

Brothers and sisters, as a child of the most High God, you already have experience in FAITH IS ACTION. You are presently in a position of “keep on believing” for something significant that has not manifested yet; that is, you have never seen it, but you wholeheartedly believe in it…SO KEEP ON BELIEVING!!

Much love to each of you brothers and sisters. Abundant blessings to you and yours!

Your sister in Christ
San

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