Healing Word Seeds From Your Bible Packet of Seeds

We talked about healing seeds yesterday. Let’s open our Bible, God’s seed packet, and plant healing seeds with our mouths today.

Psalm 107:20 KJV
He sent His Word and healed me and delivered me from destruction.

Isaiah 53:4,5 KJV and Amplified Bible
Thank You, Jesus, that you bore my sicknesses, diseases, distresses, weaknesses and carried my sorrows, pains. You were wounded for my transgressions. You were bruised for my guilt and iniquities. The chastisement of my peace was upon You and with those stripes that wounded You, I have been healed and I have been made whole.

Romans 8:11 and 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 KJV
Holy Spirit, You dwell in me. My body is Your temple, Holy Spirit. You are the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead. Thank You, Holy Spirit, that You quicken, give life to my mortal body. I will glorify You, God, in my body and in my spirit, which are Yours.

Psalm 103:1-5 KJV
I bless You, Lord. My soul blesses You. All that is within me blesses You. I bless Your holy name. I remember all Your benefits. You forgive all my iniquities. You heal all my diseases. You redeem my life from destruction. You crown me with loving-kindness and tender mercies. You satisfy my mouth with good things so that my youth is renewed like the eagle’s, strong and power and soaring like the eagle’s.

Psalm 23:1 KJV
Lord, You are my Shepherd. I do not want for any thing. Health and healing is mine because I do not want for any thing.

3 John 2 KJV
Lord, I am Your beloved. I prosper and I am in health even as my soul prospers.

Psalm 107:2, Galatians 3:13,14 KJV
I am the redeemed of the Lord and I say so. I have been redeemed from the curse of the law that the Blessing of Abraham might come on me. I have been redeemed from sickness and disease so that the Blessing of healing and health might be mine. Thank You, Jesus, for redeeming me, rescuing me, delivering me from sickness and disease.

Romans 8:2 KJV
The law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free, set me free from the law of sin and death. Sickness and disease is under the law of sin and death. I have been set free from the law of sin and death through Christ Jesus. I am under the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus, where there is healing and health.

Healing and health are mine today because I am a child of God. I have all the benefits of the Kingdom of God and life and health is one of those benefits.

Ephesians 6:10 Amplified Bible
I am strong in You, Lord. I am empowered through my union with You. I draw my strength from You, that strength which Your boundless might provides. I put on the whole armor of God and I stand in the victory that Jesus Christ has purchased for me.

Psalm 91:16 KJV With long life will You satisfy me, Lord, and You will show me Your salvation in every area of my life.

Healing Seed

God’s Word is seed. The Bible is God’s seed packet of seeds to plant. And the seeds are every scripture that is in the Bible. There is such a variety of seed. And it is there to plant. We plant with our mouths. We speak the Word out of our mouths and the word seed is sown. As we continue to speak, read and meditate on that specific Word seed, it takes on form and substance and shape and grows into a plant and keeps on growing until fruit is produced. That fruit is the result of the Word seed that was sown. We cannot have results from just a seed. The seed must take on form, substance and become a mature plant. Many people try to harvest a seed instead of the full-grown ear of corn. And they are disappointed and grow weary and quit before their crop ever grows to maturity. Impatience and frustration are two of the greatest hindrances to word seed growth. God’s Word is True and it will not return to Him without producing the results it was sent to do.

Let’s plant some healing seed today.

Proverbs 4:20-22 tells us that we are to pay attention to God’s Word, listen to it, keep it before our eyes and keep it in the middle of our hearts or spirits. Why? His Word is life to us and health or medicine to all our flesh.

We must take this Word, take this medicine. Unlike many medical prescriptions (and I don’t have anything against doctors or medicine), the Word of God has absolutely no bad side effects. When you take His Word by reading, speaking and meditating on it, it produces positive results.

Let me ask you something. When a doctor gives you a prescription, do you just take it home and say that it won’t work so you are not even going to get the prescription filled? That is what many people do with the Word of God. Or how about this? You pay big bucks for the prescription and take it home and put it in your medicine cabinet without ever taking it. How much sense does that make? Once again, that is what God’s people are doing with His Word. But almost everyone I know is very diligent to take the prescription they are given, and they follow the instructions explicitly. They even go back for refills until the medical condition is taken care of. Well, God’s Word is medicine to all our flesh. It has a remedy for every sickness and disease in our bodies. It has a 100% cure every time, all the time, if taken according to directions.

God has sent His Word to us (Psalm 107:20) and His Word will produce what it says it will produce. It will produce. God’s Word produces every time it is put to work. That Word is full of life, energy, power, God Himself, Life Himself.

We must feed on that energy, that power, God Himself, Life Himself until the very essence of God’s Word that we are feeding on becomes more real to us than the sickness or disease which is attempting to wrap itself around our body and bring us down.

You know, if most people ate as often as they eat the Word of God, they would starve to death or be so emaciated looking that they were literally nothing but skin and bones. That is the way so many of God’s people look in the spirit realm. When is the last time you only ate one meal a week? That is what a lot of people do; they have a quick drive through on Sunday morning and expect that to hold them until the next Sunday. I guarantee that from that one Sunday morning to the next, they will not miss any meals of food for their physical bodies. And yet their spiritual lives are so important. Their spirits need feeding also.

Just as it takes time for food to assimilate in our bodies or for medicine to have its effect, the Word of God takes time to develop our spirit man until we are able to receive the healing that God has already provided for us.

Let the Word work for you and don’t give up. Keep on taking in the Word of God for your healing. Jesus has already purchased healing for you. What you have to do is to receive it. And you can do that. Keep on taking it in. His Word will produce results. Let it do its work and don’t give up.

Words, Manifested Sound

I heard a quote from Phil Driscoll which I have been pondering concerning sound and words. It has impacted my spirit. This is what he said. “Nothing ever happens to manifest from the spirit realm into the earthly realm until sound is applied to it.”

Sound is obviously God’s idea because there are so many variations of sound in our earth. But the most remarkable use of sound is that which is applied to languages, the words mankind speaks. And don’t you find it interesting that there is not just one language any more but many, since the tower of Babel when God divided sound into many languages.

Words frame and form the images in our mind and create ideas which take on form in this earth. Our words are designed to withdraw from the realm of the spirit by the connection called faith. Words, empowered by faith, create. That is how we were designed as humans. We are exactly like our Father God. He creates by words, as demonstrated in Genesis 1, the very first introduction to God that we have.

When you add sound to or speak a word, that word, filled with sound, changes a picture. You adjust the picture in your mind, based on what the words you are hearing are framing. For example, let’s do a test. When I say dog, you see one picture. And I might add, you will each see a different picture in your mind, based on your knowledge and experience. When I say big dog, the picture changes. When I say big black dog, the picture changes. When I say big black curly dog, the picture changes. Do you see from this exercise what words do for us?

Whether we like it or not, and whether we believe it or not, words create our world-----words we say, words others say, words we hear from whatever we see and listen to. This earth and everything in it, including you and me, were formed with words originally.

Jesus is even called the Word in the first chapter of John. The Word was in the beginning. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. When our words are spoken by the direction of the Holy Spirit, they are full of the anointing of God to create what we say. I think one of the greatest challenges that most people face is that they are depending on words which are not anointed to do the job in their lives. It is the Word of God that you have in your word bank that the Holy Spirit anoints which will produce results. That is why it is so important to fill ourselves with the Word of God.

I hear much opinion and discussion about the Word of God. Does it do this? Does it do that? What about this? What about that? Well, why don’t we just accept what the Word says, read it, speak it, confess it, and let the Lord Himself do the rest. We can’t work the Word. Only God Himself has the capability of causing that Word to come to pass. Why don’t we do our thing and let the Holy Ghost do the rest? And we will enter into the rest of the Lord that way. So many people I know are trying to work the word to produce in their lives and are frustrated to no end as they see nothing in the natural for all their hard work.

Let’s just take God at His Word. Let’s believe what He says in His Word. And He will take care of it for us. Meanwhile, we continue to do what we need to do in the natural to take care of ourselves, whether it be financial situations or health or relationships. God will do His job. What we need to do is allow Him to do so without complaining about how much time it is taking. The time is not on God’s part. It is on our part as we learn to believe and to receive. God has it ready for us. We just don’t always know how to tap into it.

His Word says He hastens to perform His Word and that His Word will not return to Him void, empty or without producing results. We must believe that and act accordingly. Continue in His Word until faith comes. And you will know when you have faith. Remember that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.

We have faith from what we have been hearing, whether from the world or from the Word.

Psalm 23, Part 3

Continuing Psalm 23 today we look at verse 5.

The Lord prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies. What is on that table? All the bounty of heaven, all the abundance of the Lord; everything that God has is ours. He has given it to us. We have healing and health. We have prosperity of spirit, soul and body and finances. We have life more abundantly, His life, zoe. We have everything from our Father’s household.

He anoints our head with oil. This shows favor. We are highly favored of the Lord. He pours out His anointing on us to do what He asks us to do. In hot climates, when someone anointed His guest with oil, it was considered a mark of courtesy for the guest. The oil, mixed with perfume, was poured over the body. He anoints with oil from an overflowing cup, a cup overflowing with His Blessing. This oil had a wonderful fragrance and created an invigorating sensation on the skin. It had a cooling effect. Athletes were also anointed with oil to refresh them, give them vitality and get them ready for action. The Lord anoints us as His sheep to get us ready for action, for His service, doing His work as He directs us, fellowshipping with Him all the time. The anointing is the Holy Spirit Himself, the Lord of Love.

And finally let’s look at verse 6.
Surely, most assuredly, definitely, God’s goodness and His unfailing love, His agape hesed love, the love of the covenant will pursue us all the days of our lives, every day of our life. And we will dwell, live in the house of the Lord forever. His presence shall be our dwelling place. Psalm 91:1 We dwell in the secret place of the Most High God. 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. He dwells in us as Love. He is Love. His nature is love. He is all love. That is all He is. So we are dwelling in Love Himself forever and He is dwelling in us forever.

This is good news for us. This psalm is one we need to take another look at. It is about living in the here and now, with the power of Almighty God operating through us. It is about resting in the Lord and in the Word of His covenant. It is about no worries or cares because our Good Shepherd is leading us and guiding us and feeding us. It is about a life without lack in any area of our lives. It is about trust and confidence in God’s provision for us in every area of our lives. He is a good God and a great provider. We can trust Him completely.

His goodness and unfailing love are following us everywhere we go. We have two constant companions. They are with us forever. They are following us. Isn’t that good news! Love never ever fails. And love is following us all the time. Goodness is the fullness of the essence of God, His nature. So, we could say that God is following us wherever we go, all the time. He is with us forever. The Word of God says that He will never leave us nor forsake us. We are His. He takes His care for us very seriously. He is our Father and He will do what He has to do to give us what we need and also what we want. He puts wants in us so that He can supply them. Always remember that He is following us forever. And we need to remind ourselves that we are well fed and provided for in a mighty way forever and ever and ever and ever. Focus on that for a period of time and watch your attitude change regarding your present situation. Yes, He is with us and surrounds us. What I want is to walk beside Him so that He doesn’t have to follow me. But He is simply reassuring us of His Presence when the statement is made that goodness and love (mercy) will follow us all the days of our lives.

What is it you need today? Look to your Good Shepherd. He has everything you need. Philippians tells us that my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory. In the glory there is no want. The glory is manifested as we spend time in His presence. He comes and rests upon us and in us and through us. He is waiting to make His presence known.

Psalm 23, Part 2

New Living Translation
The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need.
He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.
He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies.
You welcome me as a guest, anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

Let’s take a closer look at this Psalm.

This psalm contains 57 words, the numerical equivalent of nourishes; 227 letters, the numerical equivalent of blessing. Those who recite this psalm and live by its message will always be blessed with ample provisions.

Through David, the Lord is telling us what He is to us.

Jesus is our Shepherd, the supreme provider of all our needs. He is the One Who watches over us. We have everything we need. We do not want for anything or lack anything. He leads us and guides us and feeds us. Remember Jesus tells us in John 10:11 and 14 that He is the Good Shepherd. He gives His life for His sheep. He knows His sheep and He is known of them. They hear His voice and the voice of a stranger they will not follow. Jesus is caring for us as the Good Shepherd. He leads us; He guides us; He shields us; He provides for us; He cares for us; He leads us. He truly cares for His sheep with tender mercies and loving-kindness.

We see here the image of Christ as our Shepherd in intimacy, a personal Friend Who desires not only to meet our needs but also to overflow His Blessing, His abundance on us, His beloved ones. He is pictured as One Who takes care of everything and thus develops with us a trusting peaceful relationship.

In verse 2 we see our Lord gives us the best of food—His Word and leads us beside waters of quietness and rest, peaceful waters. Again His Word is referred to as water---the washing of water of the Word.

In verse 3 He revives life in us. He is restoring our souls. He is guiding us, leading us along right paths bringing honor to His name.

In verse 4 even if we pass through a dark, deep ravine that looks like death (That is many times where the Shepherd was with the sheep as they went from one place to another.) Actually the valley of the shadow of death, I believe, is earth. Because of Adam’s sin, death came into this world. Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse of sin and death. It is not a part of us when we accept Him. Nevertheless, death still is in this world. It is no longer king to rule and reign. Jesus has conquered death for us forever. It does not rule over us as His children. According to Psalm 107:14 the Lord has brought us out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held us. Also, we see in Colossians 1:13 that the Father has delivered us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son, the Son of His Love, Jesus Christ. And we see in Hebrews 2:14,15 that Jesus Christ took on our flesh and blood that through death he might render powerless the devil, who had the authority of death. Notice this is past tense. The devil had the power of death, but not anymore.

Psalm 23

Psalm 23 is a beautiful psalm which has so much assurance to us as God’s children while we are here on this earth. It should not have ever been a funeral scripture because it is about God’s care for us while we are living here on this earth. Let’s read it in different translations. I love this psalm.

KJV
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures (pastures of tender grass): he leadeth me beside the still waters (waters of quietness).
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever (to length of days).

Amplified Bible
The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide and shield me], I shall not lack.
He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures. He leads me beside the still and restful waters.
He refreshes and restores my life ( my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him—not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake.
Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.
Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and his presence] shall be my dwelling place.

Moffatt’s Translation
The Eternal shepherds me, I lack for nothing; he makes me lie in meadows green, he leads me to refreshing streams, he revives life in me.
He guides me by true paths, as he himself is true.
My road may run through a glen of gloom, but I fear no harm, for thou art beside me; thy club, thy staff—they give me courage.
Thou art my host, spreading a feast for me, while my foes have to look on!
Thou hast poured oil upon my head, my cup is brimming over; yes, and all through my life Goodness and Kindness wait on me, the Eternal’s guest, within his household evermore.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai is my shepherd; I lack nothing.
He has me lie down in grassy pastures, he leads me by quiet water, he restores my inner person.
He guides me in right paths for the sake of his own name.
Even if I pass through death-dark ravines, I will fear no disaster; for you are with me; your rod and staff reassure me.
You prepare a table for me, even as my enemies watch; you anoint my head with oil from an overflowing cup.
Goodness and grace will pursue me every day of my life; and I will live in the house of Adonai for years and years to come.

Let’s continue this tomorrow.

Cleanse Me, Lord

As I was reading in Hebrews last week, I saw some beautiful truths about the cleansing power of God’s Word and the blood of Jesus. You know, today, everybody is talking about cleansing for health reasons. We are told by most natural doctors that we need to fast periodically not just for spiritual reasons but also for physical reasons. Our bodies need cleansing of all the toxins that build up in them.

Today we are going to talk about spiritual cleansing, one of the most awesome works of God that I see in the Word of God. When we are purified and kept clean before the Lord, the things of the spirit realm are so much sharper, so much clearer. There is not a lot of junk interfering with our seeing and hearing in the spirit.

If you read 1 John 1:7, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 9:22 and Hebrews 10:1, you see that the blood of Jesus continually cleanses, purifies, purges our spirit man of things contrary to God’s Kingdom, cleanses our body of sickness and disease, cleanses our soul of thoughts and emotions contrary to God’s way of life. And the Word of God continually cleanses, purifies, purges us of all that is contrary to God’s thoughts, laws and ways of operating.

We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. If we allow Him, He will continually cleanse us of fleshly contamination, those things that lead us away from the spirit-led life. Doubt, unbelief, fear contaminate us and harden our hearts. The remedy for that contamination is the Word of God, the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit. All points to God. He is the Word. He is Life. He is Love. He is the Light. He is the Anointing. He is the Holy Spirit. He is pure power. He is everything.

When I looked in the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary, I saw that the word "purge" is probably a derivative from the root of the word “pure.” It means to cleanse or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, foreign, or superfluous. It means to sweep away impurities, carry off impurities. I add to that---make a clean sweep.

In Strong’s Concordance purge means to cleanse, clean, purify, prune.

In John 15:1-3 we see the word “purge or cleanse” used as the word “prune.” Every branch that bears fruit, He purges it, prunes it, cleanses it, purifies it, so that it may bear more and better fruit. Of course, if something is removed from your life that is blocking the fruit producing, then more and richer fruit is produced---the fruit of the spirit, with Love being the foundation fruit out of which all others grow. Galatians 5 lists the fruit of the spirit-----love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.

So, when we are cleansed, agape love, which is perfect love, Who is God (God is Love.), is allowed to be the essence of our lives; He goes to work on our behalf and casts out fear.

When I give Agape Love permission to indwell and direct my life, He does just that.

I yield to Agape Love Himself and Agape Love Himself will take care of me.

I would like to end the Pearls today with 1 John 1:7b and 9 in the Amplified Bible.
…the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, God’s Son, cleanses (removes) me from all sin and guilt, keeps me cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations. Jesus Christ is faithful and just, righteous, to forgive my sins and continuously cleanse me from all unrighteousness, everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought and action.

We see from these scriptures that Jesus Christ in our lives continuously cleanses us of sin in thought, word, action, motive. He does this as we yield to Him and allow Him to be in charge of our lives, directing us into the abundance of His promises.

Words, Words, Words

The words we speak over ourselves determine our destiny and the words we speak over others influence their destinies. Words are powerful. God designed us as human beings to be speaking spirits. We have the ability to think and to reason. Our thoughts produce words. What is inside us in abundance will come out. The Bible tells us that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. That is a much more powerful statement than any of us realize. What we have put in our hearts in much thinking and meditating is what will come out of our mouths. As much as we attempt to restrain it, eventually we will speak what is in our hearts, what is in our thoughts, what we have been pondering and chewing on.

In Deuteronomy 30:19,20 we read these statements which are God’s instructions to us today, as well as the Israelites. He doesn’t change what He says. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. In my paraphrase, here is what the Lord was saying.

I call heaven and earth to record this day as a witness to you of the following facts of My Kingdom. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, you make the choice. I am strongly advising you to choose life so that you and your seed may live. Love Me with all your heart, your mind, your soul and your strength. Obey My voice. Cleave, cling to Me. Why am I advising you to do that? I AM your life. I AM the length of your days.
When you love me, obey me, cling to me, you are choosing Life for I AM Life; I AM Love.

God never tells us something to take things away from us. He is making every effort to get things to us. But we cannot receive what He is giving, if we are full of other things. We make the choices of what we believe and what we receive.

We must choose life and the way we choose the Life of God is through choosing to meditate on His Word and speak His Word. His Word must become our priority and our way of living. We must meditate, speak and do His Word.

Listen to these scriptures concerning words.
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.

Psalm 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Hebrews 4:12 Amplified Bible
The Word that God speaks (and I speak) is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Psalm 119:89
Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens].

Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

John 6:63
Jesus said: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Words are important to God. He is The Word. Let’s follow Him, the Word. Keep the Word ever before you, night and day, day and night. His Word will not return unto Him void, empty, without power. It will produce results.

Let's Make A Good Confession

It’s time for us to make some good confessions of the Word of God and general confessions based upon the Word of God.

Psalm 143:8-10
Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean and in You do I trust.
Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my inner self (my soul) to You.
Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I flee to You to hide me.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Holy Spirit, lead me into a level country and into the land of uprightness.

Psalm 108:1; Psalm 57:7; Psalm 112:8
My heart is FIXED, (ESTABLISHED, STEADY, STANDS FAST, IS SUSTAINED, IS STEADFAST) in the confidence of faith, confident in the Lord.
A fixed heart sings and makes melody. My heart is FIXED and makes melody unto the Lord.
Psalm 111:7b
…all Your decrees and precepts are SURE, FIXED, ESTABLISHED and trustworthy.
Psalm 119:80
Let my heart be SOUND, SINCERE, WHOLEHEARTED, BLAMELESS in Your Word.
Psalm 119:112
I have inclined my heart to perform Your Word.
Psalm 119:133,134a
ESTABLISH my steps, direct my steps by means of Your Word.
Let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Deliver me from the oppression of man.

I am led of the Spirit of God.
I am a person of faith.
I am righteous. I am healed and healthy. I am rich.
I am renewed in my mind and body.
I have the mind of Christ.
My youth is renewed as the eagle’s, strong and powerful and soaring as the eagle’s.

Wisdom Himself, Jesus, Who has been made unto me Wisdom, dwells in me.
In Him, Wisdom, is length of days, long life and riches, wealth.
He, Wisdom, is the Word of God.
The Word of God gives me Wisdom, Wisdom to live a long life, wisdom to get wealth, to establish His covenant on the earth.
I choose Wisdom.
I choose to believe.
I choose to believe I receive.
I choose faith.
All things are possible to him who believes.
I choose to believe.
Therefore, all things are possible to me.
I believe I receive.
And I act on my belief as the Holy Spirit directs and guides me.
His Word is alive, full of His life.
I choose the Word of God with His life, zoe, pulsating through it to me.

I am strong. He is my ever-sustaining strength.
My Father loves me as much as He loves Jesus and His love is in me now.

The unseen forces of the realm of God are working on my behalf all the time.

Confession Of Love

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone. This is the day that human love is displayed in all kinds of ways. Every day should be a day when we display God’s love in all kinds of ways. Today, tell the Lord how much you love Him and tell your spouse and children and parents how much you love them. But purpose in your heart that you will do this every day, not just on one special day designated as a day to express love.

We must remember that God’s love is not a feeling or a warm, fuzzy set of goose bumps. God’s love is a decision we make to love someone else, regardless of what they do. His love is not based on what others do or do not do to us or for us. His love just IS. GOD IS LOVE! In fact, the more others mistreat us, the more God’s love should be pouring out of us for that person. I know this is something all of us must work on every day, but it is possible to walk in love. Bro. Kenneth E. Hagin is the greatest example I know of anyone who walked in love. His ministry was truly an example for all of us. He was mistreated and persecuted, but he never retaliated. He simply loved everyone, regardless of what they did to him. If you are having difficulty loving someone today who is not very loveable, I suggest you purchase his book on Love, The Way to Victory and read it, along with the confession of the love scriptures.

As you may have surmised, I am going to give you scriptures on love to confess today and every day. Most of you already know them but it is good to refresh ourselves with the Word of God. Actually, these are scriptures we should be meditating on every day of our lives. I personalize them for our benefit.

Romans 5:5
I know how dearly God loves me because He has given me His Holy Spirit of love in my heart to pour forth His love everywhere I go and to everyone I see.

John 17:23,26
Father, I thank You that love me as you love Jesus and that You have made Your love available to me, that you have opened the way for Your love to be in me.

1 John 4:7,8 and Matthew 22:37-40
God, You are Love and with Your love I love You and I love others. I love You Lord my God with all my heart, and with all my soul, and with all my mind, and I love my neighbor as myself. Thank You for giving me Your love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Amplified Bible
Lord, because Your Love is in me, I endure long and am patient and kind. I am never envious nor boil over with jealousy. I am not boastful or vainglorious and I do not display myself haughtily.
I am not conceited, arrogant and inflated with pride. I am not rude and unmannerly. I do not act unbecomingly. Because Your love is in me, God, I do not insist on my own rights or my own way for I am not self-seeking, touchy, fretful or resentful. I take no account of the evil done to me nor pay any attention to a suffered wrong.
I do not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but I rejoice when right and truth prevail.
I bear up under anything and everything that comes. I am ever ready to believe the best of every person. My hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and I endure everything without weakening.
I never fail, fade out or become obsolete or come to an end.


The love of God is in me and His love never fails or comes to an end. When I am walking in love, I am walking in God, and God, Love, never fails. He, Love is never defeated and does not quit but always wins. I will walk in love and I will not be defeated or fail.

Consecration

We don’t hear much about consecration these days. I used to hear a lot about it, but it was preached in the wrong way. I do believe what happened to consecration is that many of the generation who heard it all the time got “turned off” by the word and let go of it altogether. As the old expression goes: “We don’t need to throw out the baby with the bath water.”

Jesus was the epitome of consecration. When He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, He didn’t want to have to go to the cross. It was an agony He absolutely did not want to face, to be separated from His Father. They were One. He had never been without that relationship. Nevertheless, for the joy that was set before Him, He consecrated His life for the purpose for which He was called. He was called to become sin and set mankind free.

We are not called to become that, but what we are called to become is this. We are to completely surrender our lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We are to be so in love with Him and so submitted to Him that we joyfully live for Him. I’ll go where you want me to go. I’ll do what you want me to do.

I believe that the reason some people do not pray that prayer of submission is that they don’t know their God. They are afraid that He will tell them to go to the farthest reaches of the end of the world to be a missionary. They are afraid of a loving God. The God of Love created you for the very destiny that He has for you. You were born with the desire already in you. You were born with the desire to do exactly what He has called you to do. He has not called you to do something you detest. That is not the way He works. He loves you. You are His child. What you desire to do is what He has placed within you. If you don’t have a desire to go to another country as a missionary, that is not what He is asking you to do. You know in your heart where you are to go and what you are to do. Do you know that the place of greatest joy and peace and satisfaction is in the perfect will of God? He will never call you where He has not already prepared you to go. What a joy to serve Him, to dedicate our lives to Him.

It is a true love relationship between us and Him. He loves to use us. He loves to lavish Himself upon us. We should do the same for Him. That is what a covenant relationship is. It is about loving the other person so much that we want to give them pleasure; we want to give them joy. We love doing things for them.

There is a place of dedication, reverence, awe, consecration that we need to get to in our journey with the Lord. It is a place of peace and tranquility. It is a place of joy. It is a place of total trust, a place of faith. It is a place where we can truly speak Galatians 2:20 and mean it, without being full of the “martyrdom” mentality. This particular scripture is one of rejoicing for the child of God. It is a place where we all need to go.

I am crucified with Christ.
Nevertheless, I live.
Yet not I, but Christ lives in me.
And the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.

I used to despise this scripture because I had heard so many people of God preach on it as being the scripture that stripped us of all we had so that we could be in a place of humility. What most of these people missed was the utter beauty of surrender to the One you love intensely. “Crucified” just simply means I am out of the way. I am not trying to control the circumstances and “call the shots” for my life.

I trust the Anointed One, Christ, with His anointing to live through me. He loves me. He gave up His life so that I can live, really live. We have not lived until we live through Him. It is such a life of joy and thanksgiving and love and peace. What a life! I love this life! My old nasty self is dead and the wonderful, beautiful Son of God, Christ, lives in me. He has total access to my life, to my mouth, to my hands, to my feet. My feet travel where He determines. My hands do what He knows is good. My mouth speaks what He speaks. His life is my life. I am no longer deciding what is best for me. How can I, who knows so little, dictate to One Who knows all, the way I am to conduct my life. What an ego that takes.

He Who is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-present has presented Himself to me and asked me to open the door of my life that He may come in and abide in me. The God Who created everything wants to live in me. All I can say is, Wow! That is remarkable. I consider it a pleasure, an honor to consecrate my life to Him. Lord, I invite you to live in me and determine my life. You are welcome! Thank You for extending the invitation to me. Now I extend the invitation to You. Take my life, Lord, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to you. What a freedom this is.

My prayer for every person who reads this Pearls is that you will come to experience the freedom of consecration and dedication to the Lord God Almighty. Once you do, your life will be one of excitement and joy, wanting to know what the next adventure is in Him. I urge you to learn what true consecration is.

Adam, Where Are You?

After Adam and Eve had sinned, they hid from God. They were afraid of Him. Sin puts dark glasses of fear on us so that we are afraid of God. People have fear because they don’t KNOW God. They don’t know His character. They don’t know His love. They don’t know His utter abandonment to us as His children, His complete devotion to His children.

Fear was not present before sin came into the world. Why is that? Fear is the nature of satan, who is the opposite of God. He is fear, death, uncertainty, sickness and disease, lack, want, poverty. Everything God is, satan is the opposite. God is love, goodness, mercy, faithfulness, compassion, health, abundance, prosperity, assurance, life, faith.

Today, as I was sitting at my computer, I was a little “down” because of the place where I am right now. Then my spirit man took over and I started thanking the Lord for all the things I could think of for which I had a heart of gratitude. Gratitude is a wonderful attribute that God has built into each one of us.

What I am saying to you today is that when oppressive thoughts and oppressive events attempt to hinder your relationship with God, exercise gratitude. Oppression leads to hiding from others and from God. And God has to call your name and say: Where are you? Are you in Me or are you in self? Are you feeling sorry for yourself or are you grateful that you know Me?

Where are you today? We all have those moments and even longer than moments when we “feel like” we are alone or that nobody cares what happens to us. Those are not God moments. Those are “poor me” moments. Gratitude is the quickest cure I know that takes care of those kinds of thoughts. And don’t look at me in that tone of voice and say that you never have those moments. I don’t care what kind of faith person you are, every person has had those thoughts at one time or another. We live on this earth and we have an enemy. He sends thoughts our way all the time. What we do with those thoughts determines where we are. Why do you think that part of the armor of God that we are to wear is the shield of faith to quench all the fiery darts of the enemy. Why do you think 2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us to cast down vain imaginations and every high thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. We are to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing.

The Lord has made provision for the times when we are bombarded with the wrong thoughts. He has made a way out with His Word and His Spirit and His name and His blood. Jesus shed His blood so that we could receive escape from the kind of life that is full of heartache and hardship. God is so good. He has given us His Word that we might offset the fiery thought darts of the wicked one. He has given us His name that we might command those thoughts to bow their knee to the name of Jesus. He has given us His Spirit, the precious Holy Spirit, that He might lift us into His place of authority out of our weakness. It is a win, win situation.

I love the scripture in Deuteronomy 28:47 Amplified Bible. I turn it around for a wonderful faith confession.
Let’s confess it together.
I serve You Lord my God with joyfulness of mind and heart in gratitude for the abundance of all with which You have blessed me.
I couple that confession with this one in John 1:16 in the Amplified Bible.
Out of Your fullness, Lord, our of Your abundance, I have received, had a share in, been supplied with one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift heaped upon gift.
Oh, thank You, Lord, for the fullness of Your blessing in my life. Thank You for giving me favor where and when I need it. Thank You for giving me so many wonderful gifts. And Your grace for me is overwhelming. Oh, Lord, thank You for blessing me beyond anything I ever dreamed or thought possible. It is so good to live in the Land of The Blessing. I am so blessed. Thank You, Lord. I am grateful for Your many blessings. But most of all, I am grateful that I know You, that You are my God, my all in all. Thank You, Lord.

Now, don’t you “feel better” because you have confessed His Word. His Word is full of life. His Word is Him. His Word is Love. And the Holy Spirit makes His Word alive in our hearts and minds. The Holy Spirit is our wonderful Standby, Who is always there. He is everything we need.

Today and every day practice being grateful. See yourself in the land of abundance. On purpose, deliberately, see yourself in the land of milk and honey. What you see and what you say is what you become over a period of time. It is not the short term that counts but what happens in the long haul that will stand. Where you are now is not where you have to stay. Do something about moving out and moving up into heavenly places where you truly are seated. And God won’t have to call you up there with Him by saying: Where are you? You will be there already.

What Is Your Destination?

If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there? How can you know where you are going if you don’t have a destination? The Lord just told me to ask you that. I am also asking myself that question.

What are your goals for 2008? Do you have a vision? What is it? Is it specific? Do you have personal goals as well as ministry or career goals? If you have a vision, is it written down? Have you written down what you expect to achieve specifically in 2008?

You may not think vision is important for you personally, but you will never achieve your full potential without a plan. So many times when we ask people what their goals are, they say, nothing in particular. If your goals are nothing in particular, that is exactly what you will get-----nothing in particular.

God has placed in every one of us a dream, a destiny. It was part of the imprint of His DNA which He placed in us at our birth. It lay there dormant until we were born again, became His child by spiritual birth. If you are born again, you need to stir up the gift that is inside you. How do you do that? By praying in tongues. If you don’t have your prayer language, if you don’t believe in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues, then you need it. Praying in our native language can be very limiting. It is limited to our head knowledge when God has so much more in the spirit realm for us to access. The Holy Spirit knows our destiny and He will reveal it to us as we pray in the spirit.

Vision is extremely important. The Word of God says that without a vision the people perish or run wild. Vision sets the boundaries of our pathway, keeps us on the right path.

What is vision? It is what you dream about doing. It is the passion of your life. For example, your vision may be to marry and raise a family of God-loving, God-fearing children. Or your vision may be to become the best farmer that has ever been in your area. Or your vision may be to have your own business and become a multi-millionaire. Or your vision may be to train up leaders in the Body of Christ to take the gospel around the world.

The vastness of the vision must be narrowed down to bite-size pieces. This year you may specifically set your goal as mentoring one person in the ministry and training them to become a leader in your church. Sometimes we can have as many as 100 little goals for that year. Not all of them may be accomplished for the year. Carry them over to the next year. You will eventually be able to check them off. You may have a personal goal to clean out the attic this year. One of your goals may be to cook at least several home-cooked meals for the family a week. A definite goal should be that the family will eat dinner together and discuss their day, with the television turned off. You see, goals don’t have to be big and fancy. There are many goals that all of us need to be thinking about for our lives.

Once again, I have been impressed to be specific this year regarding my goals for my personal life and my ministry. When a person starts writing down goals, other goals come to mind and the list grows until it is complete.

If you have not already done so, sit down today and make a list of goals you want to accomplish this year. These are not New Year’s resolutions. These are part of the vision God has for your life. If you are dissatisfied and unsettled, it may be that you have not defined your vision and written goals to accomplish it. We were all designed by God to have purpose and pursue it.

Habakkuk 2:2,3 Amplified Bible
And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to ] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish (is made naked)….
Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish….

What we see here is that we are naked without an understanding of what the Lord has redeemed us from and into. Many people dwell on the “from” and not on the “into.” What is God’s plan for your life now that you have accepted His redemption, His freedom? He has redeemed you, set you free for a purpose. You have purpose. Yes, you do have purpose. God has a dream for you. Find out what His dream is for you and get right in the middle of it. It is the place of great joy and pleasure, the place of complete contentment. Not there yet---don’t despair---pray much and get God's vision. His is the vision that satisfies. He has great plans for you.

Ah! Peace!

Ah, peace-------what a joy it is to walk in the peace of God.

Jesus told us that He was giving us His peace, and that it was a peace that the world could not give. He told us that He gave us His Word that we might have peace. He said to His disciples: These things have I spoken to you, that you might have peace.

The peace of God is ours, in the midst of life’s most tranquil times and in the midst of life’s most tumultuous times. You see, God’s peace is not dependent on how we feel or what things look like. As with everything else in God’s Kingdom, peace is ours by faith, because He said so. Have you ever had your parent say to you something like this or have you as a parent said this to your child? “You do it because I said so.” That is what God is saying to us where His Word is concerned. “Do it because I said so.” Why should we do it because He said so? He knows what He is doing and He knows what will work for us. Here we stand in a tiny little slice of time with total dependence on the Lord, looking to the One Who is omniscient, all knowing. You would think that we have figured it out by now. He knows more than we do and always will. So if it says it in His Word, let’s do it.

Here is what the Word of God says in Philippians 4:6,7 in the Amplified Bible.
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything,; but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

What is the requirement for God’s peace to reign in our hearts?
Do not fret, worry or have anxiety about anything. If we don’t do this part, then that does not release God to do His part. That is pretty simple, isn’t it. Then why aren’t people doing that. And there is every excuse in the book why people are not letting go of worry and fretting. No excuses necessary. We either are doers of the word or we are not. Not a whole lot of choice there, as I see it. We do what the Word of God says and He does what He says He will do.

If we do not fret and worry, the peace of God will surround us and keep us steadfastly peaceful in our hearts and minds.

The Lord tells us to let our requests be made known to Him concerning our situation(s); thank Him and leave it in His hands. You know He will do a much better job of taking care of the situation than we can ever possibly do.

In John 16:33 Jesus told His disciples and those of us who would live after them: We are to be of good cheer; we are to be comforted; we are to be confident; we are to be bold. We are to be that way because He has overcome the world with all of its pressure and distress. Why can we be this way? Jesus has overcome the world for us. He has subdued it. He has conquered it for us. He has gotten the victory for us. He has deprived the world of its power to conquer us because He has conquered the distresses of the world for us.

1 John 5:4 tells us that we who are born of God overcome, conquer the world and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. We must believe, have confidence in what Jesus has done for us. If we believe that Jesus has taken care of things for us, then why are we taking on “care”? There can only be one answer. We don’t trust Him. We don’t think what He did for us will work for us. It may work for everybody else, but not us. Isn’t that a rather prideful and presumptuous train of thought! Let’s stop and analyze that statement that it won’t work for us. Whatever God says, that is the way it is. If He said it in His Word, then it is for you and me. It is for everyone who will believe. Whoever said that believing would be easy while we are here on this earth. We labor to enter into the rest of the Lord. That labor involves being both hearers and doers of the Word of God. The greatest victories come from standing on God’s Word when times are the toughest.

I know that we are entering into the greatest time in the history of the church, and I don’t want to miss out on it because I am so tied up, entangled with my own affairs of life that every bit of it passes me by while I am fussing and fuming over my circumstances. I have a secret for all of us. Circumstances must always bow their knee to the Word of God and the Spirit of Truth Himself. Resistance of life’s circumstances doesn’t affect God and His Word. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. What He did yesterday, He will do today and tomorrow. What He did for one person, He will do for all. He is no respecter of persons.

I want to encourage you today to stand firm on what God’s Word says and allow the Holy Spirit to guide you through every step of your life, in the good times and in the trying times. He will never fail you nor forsake you. He is with you always. He has already won the big battle. All we have to do is win our little personal battles.

Trust God To Move You Out Of Your Past

Once again, today I have been reminded of the faithfulness of our God. He never leaves us nor forsakes us, even when there are areas in our lives that He knows need fixing.

For 34 years I have been challenged with situations that involved my family’s lives and the medical community---situations where I had to extend mercy and forgiveness. Time after time I thought that I had allowed God to take care of all of it. Then something would come up which would trigger a sore spot in me. And I did not like it. The Lord would help me over the hump and I thought I was finished with it. Then something else would come up and there I would go again.

Do you have something in your life that is like that? Well, this is the year that things of long-standing challenge will be defeated forever. Strongholds that have been holding you back will come down.

Today, my dear Pearls of Wisdom readers, I was set free, totally and completely.

Let me tell you my story.

My husband was scheduled for hernia surgery today at our local medical hospital, which has been the source of my challenge for years. In spite of my much prayer and time in the Word, I was very on edge and I admit that I had to fight fear from the very onset of the initiation of this whole process. I had prayed and prayed and prayed and seemingly got nowhere. That is, until today, the day of the surgery.

When they wheeled my husband through the surgical wing doors, satan whispered that I would never see him again. All sorts of tormenting thoughts were being hurled my way. I resisted. I stayed in the Word. I took authority over fear. Finally I went out into the main lobby to call my good friend and ask for a prayer of agreement. I could not get a signal on my cell phone, so I had to go down this little hallway to get a good signal. After she prayed with me, I looked up from the bench where I was sitting. And right there was the chapel.

I went into the chapel and could feel the fear coming up my legs and attempting to overtake me, with memories from the past attempting to flood me. I was by myself so I was able to pray in tongues in earnest. The Lord spoke to me and these were His exact words: Don’t you think it is time to deal with this situation forever? I said: Yes, sir, it is time. I give it all to you once and for all. And just like that, in a moment of time, it was all gone. All the symptoms of bitterness, the anger, the unforgiveness, the anxiety, the concern were gone. I want to make a point here. I had already dealt with the bitterness, the anger, the unforgiveness, the anxiety, the concern. It was the symptoms that were still lingering like symptoms of illness that attempt to linger. Symptoms are lies of the devil, whether they come in your physical body or in your finances or in any area of your life. Many times, after we allow the Spirit of God to deal with the problems, satan attempts to bring symptoms back again and again and again.

I am telling you that God is faithful. If we will keep coming to Him, He will show us how to step out of the areas of defeat and turn them into areas of total victory. But the key is being faithful to Him and to His Word, even when it looks like time after time we still are in the same place of not quite making it over the top. And once again, we face the giant, who taunts us.

God is so good. He will take you over the top. Give Him your hand. He will do the rest. I am a free woman tonight as I sit here writing this Pearls of Wisdom. You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. What I must emphasize to you is that I am free because I stayed in the Truth of the Word and stayed with the Spirit of Truth. I didn’t give up, nor did I quit. I knew that the key was there. All I needed to do was to open myself up to the Lord time after time until I was able to go over the top. Today is my day. It has been an awesome day. This can be your day as well.

God never gives up on us. Let’s never give up on Him and His goodness. Let’s never lose our faith in Him when it looks like it is not working. God’s Word always works, regardless of what it looks like in your life. It is not because of God that it doesn’t seem to work in your or my life. It is the roadblocks that we have allowed life to erect in our minds. These mental and emotional roadblocks keep the Spirit of God from operating as He so desires to do in our lives.

I have been walking with the Lord for a long time, and my life has been tough at times because of huge disappointments and disillusionments from the past-----prayers seemingly unanswered, loved ones dying for no apparent reason, children going in a different direction. Whatever it is that has been tough in your life, let it go. Let that old person of the past go forever. That is what happened to me today. I have no past. It is history. I only have NOW. God is always NOW. NOW faith is!!!!!!!!!!! Eternity is always now. There is no time in the eternal life of God. Live for Him. He will bring you into heights you have never experienced before.

God's Plan, My Plan

Today I would like to share some scriptures regarding God’s plan for our lives, which I am presently meditating and confessing over my own life. We all need God’s guidance, don’t we, whether we are in the right place now or seeking God for our direction? He has shown me once again that it is a daily partaking. I get up in the morning and look to Him for my day. My time is in His hands, from the little daily seemingly inconsequential repetitive things I do to the massive lifetime job that I am to do while I am here on this earth.

Just recently the Spirit of God reminded me that I am to lay all the plans I have before Him for His refining and sometimes eliminating. Yes, we do from time to time pick up our own ideas and agenda concerning what we are to do. The one truth we must hold fast to is this: I must be about my Father’s business. The Father’s business may be exactly what we are doing or it may take an entirely different look as He reshapes our thinking and remolds our path.

I love it. With God, it is so exciting. And do you know what the best part is? I don’t have to worry about it. I can enjoy my life while He is keeping things in order for me. I have but one truly dominant job to do; I am to love Him, adore Him, fellowship with Him, worship Him. We really don’t get it, do we? We keep trying to do all these things, believing we are really working for the kingdom, and He is whispering: Come aside with me, my beloved. And we say: Oh, no, I don’t have time for that. I am developing the plan for Your Kingdom. Whose kingdom, did you say? Let me hear that again----His kingdom. Well, if it is the plan for His kingdom, why are we fretting and worrying so much about what is happening and frenetically scrambling to find our niche.

Believe me, this Pearls comes from a lifetime of scrambling in my own life. I always know when I am getting “uptight” that I have taken on the responsibility of planning my own life and manipulating it to “happen” the way I believe it is supposed to happen. Only recently the Lord reminded me once again that it is not my agenda nor my responsibility. I must follow the pattern of Jesus. He spent time with His Father in prayer where He would draw aside after He had completed what He had seen His Father doing and saying through Him. He never did anything except He had gotten it from His Father in prayer. I have strayed far from that pattern many times in my life and spent unnecessary hours and hours trying to make it work. And always, when I would relax and stop pushing so hard and getting “stressed out,” it is remarkable how quickly things would line up.

Psalm 16:11
The Lord will show me the path of life. In His presence is fullness of joy. Joy is strength. The joy of the Lord is my strength (Neh. 8:10). I am at His right hand and at His right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Jeremiah 29:11
I know the thoughts I think toward you, and the plans I have for you, says the Lord. My thoughts are thoughts of peace. My plans are plans for good. They give you a future, a hope, an expected end.
Lord, I choose Your thoughts. I choose to think Your thoughts. And Your thoughts become my thoughts.

Ephesians 2:10
I am God’s workmanship.
I am His poem.
I am His own handiwork.
I am recreated in Christ Jesus.
I am born anew that I may do those good works God predestined, planned beforehand for me.
I take paths which You, God, prepared ahead of time that I should walk in them.
I am living the good life which you prearranged and made ready for me to live.

Hebrews 13:20,21
The God of peace, the author of peace, Who gives me peace----
Thank You for strengthening me.
Thank You for completing me.
Thank You for setting me free.
Thank You for perfecting me and that which concerns me.
Thank You for making me what I ought to be.
Thank You for equipping me with everything good because You are good. God, You are good and Your mercy endures forever.
So that You may carry out Your will in me, for my life while You work in me and accomplish that which is pleasing in Your sight through Jesus Christ to Whom be the glory forever and ever.

Philippians 1:6
And I am convinced and sure of this very thing----
God, You began a good work in me.
You will continue that good work until the day of Jesus Christ, right up to the time of His return.
You will develop that good work.
You will perfect it.
You will bring it to full completion in me.

Romans 4:20,21
No unbelief, no distrust makes me waver, doubtingly question concerning the promise of God but I grow strong and am empowered by faith as I give praise and glory to God.
I am fully persuaded, fully satisfied, fully assured---God, Mighty God, You keep Your Word; You will perform, do what You have promised.

What Are You Wearing?

In Ephesians 6:10-18 we have very specific instructions concerning our clothing, our armor, which Romans 13:12 refers to as the armor of light. Adam and Eve were originally clothed with the Light of God and surrendered their protective clothing. Jesus Christ came and got it back for all of mankind. We will never have to be naked, uncovered again. Our armor is actually of the spirit and, therefore, inside. Humans are the only ones who are clothed on the outside. The animals grow feathers, fur, etc. from the inside outward to cover themselves. That is the way Adam and Eve were clothed. They were clothed with the Presence of God from the inside out. We now have the same privilege. We are instructed to put on our clothing ourselves. God provides it and tells us to wear it in our spirit man. When we are born again and then baptized with the Holy Spirit, we have God Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit (the power of God, the light of God, the love of God, the life of God, the anointing of God) residing inside us. We have all we need.

With the above information in mind, let’s look at Ephesians 6 regarding our armor.
Verses 10 and 11 begin this passage of scripture with commands:
Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
We are to be strong in God’s power, His ability, His provision of power which no foe can withstand.
We are to put on the total armor, not missing a piece, that we may stand (victoriously in the victory of the Lord) against any cunning deceit or strategy of the enemy against us.

In verse 13 we are given the reason to put on God’s armor. We are not in contention with physical opponents. We are standing against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high (heavenly) places.

Once again, in verse 14 we are commanded to put on God’s complete armor so that we may be able to resist and stand firmly in place, keep our ground, regardless of the crisis or the evil that is sent against us. Having done all, having overcome all, we stand in the victory that is already purchased for us. It is ours. We must have that mentality. The battle has already been won for us by Jesus. What we have to do is to stand, maintaining the victory, with God’s armor in place, the clothing we have been provided, His very Presence, His very power, His Life force and nature.

Do you see the many things that we are to do, are commanded to do? God makes the provision and then we have to take what He provides for us and accept what He has given us, believe that His power works on our behalf.

Taking the rest of the verses listed we could state our position like this:

Only the Truth of God’s Word creates in my life.
(having loins girt with truth)

In my heart I know that I am righteous, right with God. That’s all I choose to know.
(having on the breastplate of righteousness)

My walk is in the pathway of God and His Word has prepared my pathway. It’s a pathway of wholeness.
(feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace)

I am surrounded by the faith of God, which comes from the Word, to quench all satan’s thoughts.
(above all, taking the shield of faith)

In my mind I know that I am delivered.
(take the helmet of salvation)

I carry the Word of God everywhere I go and use it.
(take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God)

I pray in the spirit all the time.
(praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit)

The whole armor is about Jesus, the living Word, being alive in us and surrounding us all the time by the power of the Spirit of God.

I Have Moved

I have moved. I have a new address. Where am I going with this one? Get in the moving van and follow me.

This is the image of a man without God. I used to live in the land of the curse, in the state of continual anxiety because I lived in the city of (fill in the blank yourself) sickness, disease, fear, lack, want, poverty, sin. My president, governor and mayor was satan. There was no light where I lived. I could not see. I wandered about in misery, full of doubt and unbelief. My eyes were blind. My ears were deaf.

This should be every Christian’s image. But praise God! Hallelujah! One day this man whose name was Jesus came to the land of the curse where I lived and told me that there was another land over which He was President, Governor, Mayor, and His land was called The Kingdom of God, in the state of The Blessing, in the city of (fill in the blank yourself) health, wealth, well-being, completeness, wholeness, abundance, prosperity, faith, righteousness. And I said to Him, “But, sir, how can I leave? I cannot see. I don’t know where to go.” And He said to me: “Follow Me.” At first I was afraid to follow Him because I didn’t know Him or know that He was telling me the Truth. But there was something about Him that told me He would take me out of there. So I followed Him. And now my address is:
Victorious 1,
7 Redemption Lane
Prosperity Row, #3
Kingdom of God Forever

And, my friend, that is exactly what happened to each one of us who accepted Jesus as our Savior. He paid a price with His precious blood to purchase us from the curse of the law and made The Blessing of God available to us (Gal. 3:13,14). The Holy Spirit is now here on this earth to open our spiritual eyes to see The Truth and when we know the Truth, it sets us free, makes us free.

What a glorious opportunity every human being on the face of this earth has to become a child of God. We have been translated out of the darkness of satan’s realm into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son. Because of Jesus Christ, we have been delivered from the domain or authority of satan and transferred into God’s Kingdom where we have been given God’s authority over all principalities and powers and rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high, heavenly places. Our sins have been forgiven and we have become free men and women.

We are now free to worship the Lord. So let us do that very thing. Let us rejoice and be glad in Him. He is worthy to be praised and honored and revered and respected and worshipped. What are you waiting for? Praise Him. Worship Him. Extol Him. Exalt Him. Revere Him. Honor Him. We will spend all of eternity worshipping Him. Stop and do it right now. If you don’t have one earthly thing to praise Him for, that is OK. You are not a praiser because of what you have on this earth. Praise is not an earthly exercise. Praise is to the One Who purchased you and loves you and adores you. Praise is what you do because of Jesus and what He has done for you. Worship is what you do because you love Him and He loves you. It has nothing to do with what you have or don’t have on this earth. It is all about Him. When you become so deeply in love with Him that you finally see what He has done for you and why He did it, eternity will not be long enough to praise Him, worship Him and thank Him.

Become “unentangled” with this earth and its reasons for adoration or no adoration and become totally enveloped, immersed in the goodness of God, His grace and His mercy. He is to be worshipped. He is to praised. He is to be adored. Spend the rest of the day doing that, whether you feel like it or not, whether anything is going right or not, whether you think it will do any good or not. If you don’t have any feelings about it one way or another, do it because the Word tells you to do it and for no other reason. I guarantee you that by the time the day is over, you will be shouting it and knowing that He is in charge of your life.

Let me help you get started.
“Thank You, Father; thank You, Jesus; thank You, Holy Spirit for being with me. I praise You, Jesus, for what you have done for me. You have saved me, delivered me, set me free, healed me, prospered me. You love me, and I love You with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, all my strength. I know how dearly You love me. You’ve placed Your love in my heart. I love You, Lord. Thank You. I praise You because You are God. I worship You because You are God. You are my Lord. You are my God. You are my Savior. You are my everything.”

You may not feel a thing when you start and you may not believe a word of it is true or even looks like it is true in your life, but keep on doing it, doing it, doing it. You were born to do this. You were born again to be a worshipper. That is the fuel of your life. As you worship Him, you will release Him to take care of all areas of your life. Worship Him only because He loves you, not for what He is going to do for you. Worship Him in your native tongue and worship him in tongues. The end of your day will be much better than the beginning of your day.