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Word for Today:  December 28

What God has sown.

What God has planted in me is destined to come out of me.  It may be in seed form now, but it is time for the seed to grow into its fullest manifestation.

It’s there.  It’s time.  It’s happening.   Who will you be?  A King or a Kid?  A Seed or a Tree?

Name your dream.  Declare your intentions.  Speak with your mouth words that make things happen.  Faith words.  Word words.  God Words.  Heaven Words.

You and I will never exceed our declarations.  Our declarations determine our direction. Our declarations determine our destiny.  What we speak out of our hearts will create or destroy.  Words are instruments of creation or destruction.  Words make things.

There are Life Producing Forces (seeds) inside every believer.  These forces are put in us by the Work of the Holy Spirit at the time we are Born Again.  They are seeds destined to grow and produce.  They are forces that need to be released into the world.  Into our families.  Into our relationships.  Into the total experience of our lives.

They are in me.  They are in every Believer.  However, seeds are worthless unless they produce.  One seed is not sufficient to sustain life by itself.  It takes many seeds which are planted in good ground to bring forth a crop that is sufficient to sustain victorious living.

The real challenge is to grow these seeds into maturity.  As God plants these Seeds in us, the enemy plants weeds. The purpose of the weeds is to choke out the seeds.

These seeds are the building blocks of the Kingdom of God.  Jesus prayed for the Kingdom to come and for the Will of God to be done ON EARTH just as it is presently being done in Heaven.  These Seeds will produce God’s Kingdom on earth when and if they are planted in good ground and if proper conditions for growth are present.

 “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth…”  Mark 9:2

God is a Miracle God.  He knows all about miracles.  God likes miracles and God performs miracles.  God delights in performing the IMPOSSIBLE for those who love Him.  God wants you to receive your miracle more than you desire to have it…  His desire for you to receive is greater than your desire to get…  Hallelujah…  God’s ways are miraculous ways.  He declares that “My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts…” (Isa 55:9) 

satan hates miracles.  Miracles have done him in in the past and they will overcome him in the present.  Miracles prove God and reveal His power.  Miracles always defeat the devil and prevent him from fulfilling his mission.  Healing is a miracle.  Deliverance is a miracle.  Salvation is a miracle.  The Holy Spirit Baptism is a miracle.  All these defeats the devil and make an open show of his weakness and helplessness. 

The Church needs miracles…  To long we have operated in our own strength and our own ability.  We have manufactured the machine, kept it well oiled and repaired, spent our efforts in lowering empty buckets into empty wells and we have grown tired of bringing nothing up…  The church has, in many cases, become nothing more than a man-made organism functioning in the limitations of man’s strength and human ability.  THE CHURCH NEEDS MIRACLES…  The church needs CHALLENGES that will shake it out of its self-sufficiency and mediocrity…  If we are not doing the MIRACULOUS, we are doing no more than General Motors or Chrysler or Ford or IBM.  Thank God…  The Church is growing to the place to EXPECT MIRACLES because we have reached the limits of our strength and our ability.  Miracles are to be the NORM and not the EXCEPTION…  We are talking MIRACLES TODAY.

You NEED MIRACLES.   There are things you can not accomplish in the natural.  There are goals you cannot reach in the natural.  There are desires in your heart that you cannot attain in the natural.  There are Mountains you cannot move and Oceans you cannot cross and Circumstances and Situations that you cannot change in the natural.  YOU NEED A MIRACLE…  You have needs you are unable to meet and hurts you are unable to heal and bills you are unable to pay…  YOU NEED GOD and YOU NEED A MIRACLE FROM HEAVEN IN 2023…

God spoke to me over 10 years ago and gave me specific instructions regarding MOVING into the MIRACULOUS.  When GOD speaks, I LISTEN…  God does not waste words and He does not waste effort…  He told me what to do and how to do it…  He instructed me to teach you how you can GET YOUR MIRACLE.  Many of you have listened and learned and acted on what I have taught by the anointing of God.  Today, you are living in the MIRACULOUS.  You have received many miracles and God has been honored in your life.  You have begun to walk in great success and prosperity, and you have lived in healing and health.  You have seen God meet your needs and you have become a powerful witness to the Greatness and Power of God.    You are LIVING PROOF that GOD is FAITHFUL to His Word… that He is a COVENANT-KEEPING and a PROMISE-KEEPING God…  I am EXCITED as I consider what God is going to accomplish in your life in 2023.

There are three root causes for failure and defeat in the Christian Life.  All your failures and disappointments and defeats can be traced to these root causes: 

(1) Ignorance of the Word  (2) Disobedience of the Word  and (3) Doubt and Unbelief.  In this study we will consider FAITH which is the opposite of doubt and unbelief. 

FAITH is the Key.  A Kingdom Key.  Faith is Believing.  Faith is Believing when there is no evidence.  Faith is believing when there is no obvious reason to believe.  Faith is reaching out into nothing and holding on until nothing becomes something.  Faith is the “substance” of things hoped for and the “evidence” of things not seen… (Heb 11:1) 

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

Faith is the key to SALVATION.  You cannot be saved without it.

Faith is the key to VICTORY  “and this is the victory which overcometh the world even our faith…”  You will never be a winner without it.

Faith is the key to HEALING.  You will stay sick without it.

Faith is the key to PROSPERITY.  You will always be broke without it.

Faith is the key to RECEIVING from God.  You will never receive “anything” from God without it

Faith is the key to PLEASING God.  “For without faith it is impossible to please Him…”  You cannot please God without it.

Faith is a POWERFUL SPIRITUAL FORCE.

Faith is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY For MIRACLES.

Faith will change FACTS.

Faith will MOVE MOUNTAINS.  (At least that is what Jesus said.)

Faith will quench ALL THE FIREY DARTS OF THE enemy.  “Above all take the shield of faith wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the enemy…”  (Eph 6:16)

Faith will BELIEVE God in spite of what it “looks like.”  It never budges or wavers.)

Faith is a WAY OF LIFE  “The just shall live by faith…”

Faith never SEES an IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE or a HELPLESS SITUATION

Faith is ALWAYS POSITIVE and OPTIMISTIC

(Doubt and unbelief are always negative and pessimistic)

Faith elevates the believer into the realm of the SUPERNATURAL

Faith will never BELIEVE ANYTHING that IS CONTRARY TO THE WORD

Faith TALKS. 

Faith SPEAKS…. “Says.”

Faith EXPECTS.

Faith SEES.  “We walk by faith, not by sight…”

Faith HEARS.  “Faith cometh by hearing…”

Faith LOVES.  “Faith worketh by love…”

Faith GIVES.  God is a Faith God and God Gives…

There are some FUNDAMENTALS or PRE-REQUISITES to understanding and operating in Victorious Faith. 

1. KNOW GOD

Our concept of God has been limited and incorrect in the past.  We have been taught that God is mad and mean.  We have often lived in great fear and anxiety because we were told that God was going to GET EVEN…  He has been presented as a GOD of JUDGMENT and a GOD of REVENGE and a GOD of GREAT WRATH.  At the same time, we were told how UNWORTHY we are and how we are nothing but WORMS and under CONSTANT CONDEMNATION.  The main MESSAGE from the pulpit was FEAR ORIENTED and it continually emphasized how HOT HELL IS and how LONG ETERNITY IS.   Thank God, times have changed…  Our level of Revelation has increased, and we have discovered the true nature of God…

God is a GIVER.  God is a GIVER because He is a LOVER.  God us a LOVER because He is a FATHER.  God does not Kill, murder, take away, hinder, hurt, test, try, make sick, give cancer, cause poverty, or “get even”.  God is GOOD and He LOVES, GIVES, MULTIPLIES, HEALS, DELIVERS, SETS FREE, MAKES RICH, FIXES, HELPS, STRENGTHENS, PROVIDES, PROTECTS…

It is the dirty devil that KILLS, STEALS, ROBS, DESTROYS, MAKES SICK, HINDERS, HURTS, BINDS, SUBSTRACTS, BREAKS, TAKES YOUR MONEY, YOUR HAPPINESS, YOUR JOY, and YOUR PEACE.  If it is GOOD, it is GOD if it is BAD, it is the devil…

Keep your MIND RENEWED and RIGHT concerning the NATURE of GOD…

2.  KNOW ABOUT FAITH

There are a lot of FLAKY IDEAS about FAITH.  The reason there are a lot of FLAKY ideas about faith is because we have had a lot of FLAKY FAITH PREACHERS and TEACHERS…  Some have been hindered and hurt and disillusioned and even disgusted by some of the crazy things that have been taught as “faith”.  Some have died and some have backslidden, and some have quit God because of FLAKY TEACHING about FAITH.  “Charismatics” and “Word People” and “Faith Churches” have been slandered and attacked and abused because of the incorrect and unbiblical presentation of “faith”.  (I know we have in the past…) We MUST HAVE an UNDERSTANDING of what FAITH really is ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE…  According to the Bible:

(a) Faith is an ATTRIBUTE of GOD.  God is a faith God.  We are commanded to have “the faith of God” or to have “the God-kind of faith”.  God operates by Faith.  His Kingdom is a Kingdom that operated by Faith.  His New Creation is to live and function by FAITH. 

When you were BORN AGAIN, you received the NATURE and CHARACTER of your HEAVENLY FATHER.  His TRAITS and CHARACTERISTICS and NATURE came inside of you.  Just as you received certain characteristics from your earthly parents, you received GOD CHARACTERISTICS from your HEAVENLY FATHER…  They are in you RIGHT NOW.  They have been in you since you got BORN AGAIN.  God’s FAITH is in you RIGHT NOW…

(b) Faith is a SPIRITUAL FORCE.  It is a POWERFUL and SUPERCEEDING SPRITUAL FORCE.  It was present before there was a World or a Universe or a Human Race.  Faith existed before the natural world existed:  “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God…”  (Heb 11:3)  It is a FORCE that has more POWER than FACTS.  It is a FORCE of the FIRST ORDER…  Because it is, it has more power and more authority and more ability and more strength than anything in the Natural World…  Faith is stronger than disease…   Faith is stronger than poverty…  Faith is stronger than any bondage of the devil…  FAITH is the VICTORY that OVERCOMETH the WORLD (Cosmos)…

(c) Faith is the VICTORY…  (Nike) nee-kay.  “Conquest”… “The means of success”  Every area of weakness and lack is the result of a failure of your faith.  If you are living by and operating in faith, you will live in CONSTANT VICTORY and will always have a “means of success”…

(d) Faith works… but it works by LOVE…   “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love…”  (Galatians 5:6)

3. KNOW THE WORD

Who you are and what you have and what you can do as a Believer, are all clearly revealed in the Word of God.  The Will of God for you is revealed in the Word of God.  Jesus is the Word, and the Word is Jesus.  When you get in the Word you get into Jesus and when you get the Word in you get Jesus in you…   When Jesus is in you, and you KNOW IT you will be able to release your FAITH believe for the impossible…  Do you know why I act like I do?  Because Jesus is in me…  Do you know why this Church does what it does?  Because Jesus is in it…  In order to get FAITH developed and strong and mighty and great, you must get in the Word  “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God…”   (Rom 10:17)

It is important for you to KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE and WHAT YOU CAN DO as a BELIEVER.  satan constantly tempts you to DOUBT.  he wants you to doubt who you are (he tried to get Jesus to doubt Who He was.) or to wonder who you are or to be ignorant of who you are.  As long as you are NOT SURE of your POSITION in CHRIST and your AUTHORITY as a BELIEVER your faith will not work.  You cannot receive what you do not know KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW…  GOD has raised up CHURCHES like this one and PREACHERS like I am in order to instruct HIS PEOPLE of their PRIVILEDGES and POWERS and RIGHTS that are revealed in the WORD.  The POWER of FAITH working in your SPIRIT will change your SOUL and your BODY.  Your Spirit is FULL OF FAITH…  Your faith will fix your MIND and HEAL your BODY.  As you GET the WORD BUILT IN YOU faith is PRODUCED and DEVELOPED.  “Faith cometh by HEARING and hearing by the WORD of GOD….”  We are set in the Body as MASTER CRAFTSMEN to BUILD you up in the WORD.  You are “God’s Building,” and I am a Holy Ghost Craftsman equipped with the Proper Building Materials to make you STRONG in the LORD and in the POWER of His MIGHT…  HALLELUJAH…

4.  ACT

We are not to be “hearers only” but DOERS of the Word…  Acting on what you know in faith RELEASES the POWER Of God…  Doing the Word is making the WORD FLESH.  Burn your bridges…  Leave yourself no “way of escape”…  Forget about “what if” or “just in case” or “plan B”…  Go past the “point of no return.”  COMMIT…  GO FOR IT…  Reckless, bold, and daring FAITH pleases God…  Without faith (this kind) you cannot please Him…  If it is not of faith (this kind) it is sin…  Stand on the Word and Decree the Promises of God…  Grab hold of God and refuse to let go…  Hide His Word in your heart and never let it slip…  DO THE WORD…

 How do you release your faith and get it out where it will work miracles  for you? 

(1) Knowing God

(2) Knowing about Faith

(3) Knowing the Word

(4) Acting… Doing the Word

Word for Today:  December 24

The Word Became Flesh.

Tomorrow, the whole world will recognize and celebrate the Miracle of the Ages.  Nothing in time or eternity can match the significance of what happened on a Judean hillside nearly 2000 years ago.

All of time has been divided into “before” and “after” because of this Divine Visitation.  Jesus came.  Jesus came from heaven.  Jesus was sent by God into the earth.  He came in the form of flesh and was born of a virgin.  This had never happened before and it will never happen again.

This is the Miracle of the Ages.  God became Flesh.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.  John 1:14

The Incarnation is the most significant, awesome and overwhelming work of God since the Creation of all things.It (the Incarnation) is the crowning achievement of the Work of God and is the most complete expression and revelation of His Nature and Character.

This is the Real Christmas

“And the Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth…”  John 1:14

“For God so loved the world that He gave…”  John 3:16

Somewhere under all the hustle and hurry of this Holiday Season, there is a real meaning to Christmas.  Most of what we see, and experience is superficial and meaningless.  It must be more than spending money, buying things, decorating trees, giving gifts and feasting.  It must be more than what most people make it.  I believe we can discover the real meaning of Christmas.  What is it all about?  What does it all mean?  Why did Jesus come?

FIRST:  Christmas is all about JESUS.  It is a season to celebrate and commemorate His Birth.  It is a time to remember the Greatest Thing that ever occurred on Planet Earth.  God was Made Flesh and came into this world to dwell among us!  What a Miracle!

SECOND:  Christmas means God so loved that He gave.  God is the First and Ultimate Gift Giver.  He saw a world He loved and wanted.  He sowed His Only Son, and He reaped a Family… a Family of Sons and Daughters who are Alive with His Life and Full of His Power!

THIRD:  Christmas means that Jesus came to earth.  This message has to do with WHY He came.

Going back to the first Christmas and the 30 years that followed it brings us to a remarkable and miraculous time in Human History. 

(1) Jesus, the Promised One, came to earth in the most uncommon manner.  He was born into a poor family.  He was deprived of the privileges that Royalty usually enjoyed.  His nursery was a barn, His bed was a feed trough, and his blankets were grave clothes.  His first visitors were farm animals and poor shepherds.  He came into the world, and no one noticed!

(2) As He grew in wisdom and stature, He lived among the poor and oppressed.  He was a carpenter… He worked with His hands.  Leaders ignored Him and religious people misunderstood Him.  He was befriended by the common people… the lepers looked for Him.  The blind called for Him.  The sinful sought Him.  The demon possessed cried out to Him.  The poor and forgotten and the hurting and the helpless received Him, Believed Him, Loved Him, and Worshipped Him. 

(3) Jesus was never popular with the Religious Crowd.  He was too radical and revolutionary.  He did not think like they thought, act like they acted or talk like they talked.  He broke tradition and challenged custom.  He did not fit into their mold.  He was Different.

(4) Jesus lived a life like no man had ever lived.  He loved His enemies.  He prayed for His critics.  He forgave His tormentors.  He took time for the little children and confounded the wisest of the wise.  He worked miracles.  He stopped storms.  He healed the sick, raised the dead and cast out devils.  He fed the hungry and visited the poor.  He would not bend to the opinions of men nor seek popularity by compromising His ministry.

But these are not the real reasons He Came to Earth.  I think I know why. 

I.  JESUS CAME TO HEAL A HURTING WORLD

“For God so loved the World He gave…”  Jesus loved so much He left heaven and came to earth. 

At the time He appeared as a Babe in Bethlehem, Israel had been without a Prophet for more than five hundred years.  There had been No Word from Heaven.  No Fresh Revelation.  No Holy Ghost Visitation.  There was No Vision and No Visitation.  Human hearts were stricken with barrenness and emptiness.  God seemed to be gone and heaven appeared to be brass.  Prayers were prayed in vain, and religion had lost its life.  Spiritual Desperation had swept over Israel.

Godly people were at the mercy of a Political Monster.  Rome was in power, and Caesar was their god.  Humanistic philosophers and unbridled immorality ruled.  The Roman Army was cruel, savage, and merciless.  Poor people were the pawns of injustice, slavery, oppression, and fear. 

The sick remained sick until they died.  The lame remained crippled, and the blind remained sightless.  The bruised and broken and found NO ANSWER.  People were hurting and hearts were crying.  Jesus came to HEAL and HURTING WORLD.

TODAY the world is hurting.  Some of you are hurting.  This is not a time of “great joy” and “celebration” it is a time of heaviness, sadness, grief, and despondency.  Some of you are bruised and wounded and lonely and forgotten.  Sin and satan have taken their toll and despair has set in.  Suicide seems logical and quitting is easier than coping.  All the lightheartedness and celebration only send you deeper into despair.  I have news for you GOOD NEWS!  Jesus came to HEAL YOUR HURT!  He is more than a BABE in a MANGER…  HE IS THE LORD GOD WHO REIGNETH FOREVER!  He is here NOW to WORK ON YOUR HEART!

II. JESUS CAME TO BREAK THE SHACKLES OF DEAD RELIGION

At the time of His Birth, Religion had a strangle-hold on the People of God.  It had become their god and it had hidden the One True God.  The Law had become a merciless taskmaster and fear and condemnation had set in.  The Law of Moses had been added to and no less than 613 separate Rigid Rules and Regulations had been imposed on innocent people.  Jesus said of this system:  “They bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born, and lay them on men’s shoulders…” 

Religion is what is the matter with the world!  In the name of God religion is killing and slaughtering and murdering in Lebanon, in Iran, in Central and South America.  It is building walls and barriers, and it divides and separates men from each other and from God.  It is worshipped in the place of God, and it is served in the place of Jesus.  It has caused deception, and it has given place to the devil.  Millions are religious and are religiously going to hell.  Religion Binds… Jesus sets Free!  Religion kills… Jesus gives Life!  Religion separates…. Jesus Reconciles!

Even today, men are known by Religious Titles and Religious Names.  Denominational designations… others are Charismatics and non-Charismatics… still others are denominational and non-denominational…. then we have the Catholics and the Protestants…  then the Jews and Pentecostals and Dispensationalists.   Jesus makes us ONE.  When He is declared LORD, we become HIS BODY!  No matter what nationality, race, creed, religion, or color!  Hallelujah! 

Jesus sets men free from the shackles of dead religion.  When He died, the Veil of the Temple was torn from the TOP to the BOTTOM and God Got Out!  “I’m so Glad Jesus set me free… satan had me bound, but Jesus set me free!”

III.  JESUS CAME TO REVEAL GOD TO THE WORLD

His birth answered the question once and for all:  “What is God really like?”

He told those around Him:  “If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father…”  Jesus Condescended…. made Himself of “no reputation” and took on the “form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men”  and was “found in fashion as a man…”  Jesus wants the World to Know how WONDERFUL GOD REALLY IS!  He reveals His Nature and shows forth His Glory.  He is LOVE and He is Loving.  He is Kind and Just and Compassionate.  He is Strong and yet Gentle.  He is Truth and He is Life.  He is Powerful and Authoritative.  He is a Giver and not a taker.  He is a Healer and not a bearer of sickness.  He is a Multiplier and not a Divider!  He is Abundance and not lack!  If you want to Know God, you will have to first Know Jesus!  “No man cometh unto the Father except by me…” 

Jesus “emptied” Himself of His God-Qualities and His God-Characteristics and came to earth to show us how Wonderful God really is!

IV.  JESUS CAME TO STOP THE  devil.

“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested (born), that He might destroy the works of the devil…”  I John 3:8

The devil has three purposes:  (1) to kill  (2) to steal and (3) to destroy.  Jesus has stopped him in all three counts!  Jesus came to give us Life and to give it to us MORE ABUNDANTLY.  Where satan kills, steals, destroys, makes sick, gives diseases, breaks up homes and marriages and takes away strength and happiness… where he enslaves, binds, and restrains….  JESUS CAME to STOP what the devil does.  He has delivered us from the hand of the enemy and set us free from the snare of sin.  satan is defeated and hell is conquered. 

Jesus… the Babe of Bethlehem  is now the LION of the TRIBE of JUDAH!  Get into the real meaning of Christmas… Understand it is more than trees and tinsel and flashing lights… more than gifts and Santa Claus… more than hilarity and revelry…. IT IS GOD’S GIFT TO THE WORLD! 

JESUS IS GOD’S PRESENT TO YOU TODAY  

Word for Today:  December 23

Proper Praying

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7

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

When we meet the condition of these verses we do not even have to question the possibility of our prayers being answered.  It is ALWAYS God’s will to answer any prayer that is prayed in faith for anything that is covered by the promises of God.

It is the Will of God for you and me to get what we pray for.  And we will  IF we abide in Him and His Words abide in us.  As long as you and I are in harmony with the Word of God we will not ask one thing that the Word forbids.

There are absolutely no limitations to what Believers can receive from God according to His Promises.  It is tragic that many of God’s Children are easily satisfied with falling short of so many good things when they could enjoy  a super abundance.

We have settled to a level far below what God has provided.  We have accepted a “hit or miss” and a “hope so” and “shot-gun” approach to our praying.  We have been satisfied with far less than what God has fully promised.

The Grace of God is frustrated any time we accept less than that which God has freely given us.

I do not frustrate the grace of God…  Gal. 2:21

Word for Today:  December 22

God has restored to the believer that which Adam lost

Notice:

• Righteousness: right standing with God
• The Image of God in complete perfection
• Authority and dominion over the earth and all life forms on earth
• Communion and Fellowship with the Father
• Perfect and perpetual health
• Prosperity: Adam had no needs that were not met
• Protection: Adam never had an accident or suffered a loss

The believer has the same privileges and rights that Adam had and enjoyed before he sinned!  After Jesus conquered death, satan’s legal right to rule over the believer was destroyed.  satan now has no legal right to touch any believer.    Whatever satan succeeds in doing to the believer he does through deception and lies.  If you know your legal rights and privileges, you can always conquer satan.

If you are born again take a look at what is in you:

• The Life of God: Zoe
• The Love of God: Agape
• The Faith of God
• The Holiness of God
• The Creative Power of God
• The Goodness of God
• The Mercy of God
• The Forgiveness of God
• The Generosity of God
• The Patience of God
• The Power – Ability – Authority – Right of God
• The Optimism of God
• The Truth of God
• The Justice of God
• The Honesty and Integrity of God
• The Compassion of God
• The Strength of God
• The Joy and Gladness of God

If you are Saved, you are a New Creation, If you are a New Creation you have all New Creation Privileges… and you have them right now.

They are yours.

And they are yours forever

Word for Today:  December 21

Christ hath…

Christ hath (past tense) redeemed us from the curse of the law… that the blessings of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ (Gal. 3:13; 29)

• The Believer is redeemed from the curse of the Law.
• The Believer is redeemed from Guilt and Condemnation.
• The Believer is redeemed from Sickness and Disease.
• The Believer is redeemed from Failure and Poverty.
• The Believer is redeemed from satan’s control and dominion.
• The Believer is redeemed from the penalty of sin (hell).
• The Believer no longer lives under the law of sin and death but has been redeemed and empowered to live by the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 8:2)

“Redeemed” means purchased or ransomed in order to set free.  Therefore, the Believer is a Purchased Possession of the Father.   We are bought with the Precious Blood of His Dear Son Jesus Christ.

And we belong to and are the property of God.  We are literally God’s Possession, God’s Dwelling and God’s Building.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.  1 Cor 3:9

“For God so loved the World He gave…”  Jesus loved so much He took off His God suit and put on a human suit, left heaven and came to earth. 

At the time JESUS appeared as a Babe in Bethlehem, Israel had been without a prophet for more than five hundred years.  There had been No Word from Heaven.  No Fresh Revelation.  No Holy Ghost Visitation.  There was No Vision and No Visitation.  Human hearts were stricken with barrenness and emptiness.  God seemed to be gone and heaven appeared to be brass.  Prayers were prayed in vain, and religion had lost its life.  Spiritual Desperation had swept over Israel.

Godly people were at the mercy of a Political Monster.  Rome was in power, and Caesar was their god.  Humanistic philosophers and unbridled immorality ruled.  The Roman Army was cruel, savage, and merciless.  Poor people were the pawns of injustice, slavery, oppression, and fear. 

The sick remained sick until they died.  The lame remained crippled, and the blind remained sightless.  The bruised and broken and found NO ANSWER.  People were hurting and hearts were crying.  Jesus came to HEAL and HURTING WORLD.

Some of you are hurting.  This is not a time of “great joy” and “celebration” it is a time of heaviness, sadness, grief, and despondency.  Some of you are bruised and wounded and lonely and forgotten.  Sin and satan have taken their toll and despair has set in.  Suicide seems logical and quitting is easier than coping.  All the lightheartedness and celebration only send you deeper into despair. 

I have news for you… GOOD NEWS!  Jesus came to HEAL YOUR HURT.  He is more than a BABE wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a MANGER…  HE IS THE LORD GOD WHO REIGNETH FOREVER!  He is here NOW to bless, rescue and restore you.  He is here to fix your brokenness and bring you out of your slough of despair. 

At this special season HE is reaching out to you.  Everything you see that is about Christmas is a reminder from God that HE LOVES YOU and gave HIS LIFE for you.

Jesus changed things.   He made it possible for you and me to change things.  He gives us power to alter situations, change circumstances, and make things better.  satan makes things bad.  demons make life miserable.  YOU can change your situation…  Many today are living in situations that they would like to change.  Some have been convinced by the devil that they can do nothing about certain situations… “they are hopeless.”… they are “impossible”… he would say.  Others would confess “I can’t help it” or “there is nothing I can do about it…”  or “it is out of my hands…”  YOU MUST KNOW that God has given every BELIEVER the AUTHORITY and the POWER to change situations…

Jesus said: “Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free”  Literally: the Truth shall deliver you from the power of sin and sin’s consequences…  He also said: “I am come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly.”

God wants you: FREE…HEALED…SUCCESSFUL…PROSPEROUS…DELIVERED…VICTORIOUS…OVERCOMING…CONQUERING… SEEING THE INVISIBLE AND DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE…

Since God wants these things for you and since you want these things for you LET’S LEARN HOW YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR SITUATION…

1.  WE ARE BROUGHT INTO NEW COVENANT LIVING, and we live under the Law of THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS…  (Romans 8:2)  The law of the Spirit of Life has more authority and more power than the law of sin and death.  We are now living in the realm of Spiritual Laws that are superior to and more powerful than Natural laws.  SPIRITUAL LAW was here before NATURAL LAW.  TRUTH was here before FACTS were here…  TRUTH gives birth to FACTS… FACTS must submit to TRUTH…   I BELIEVE IN SUBMISSION…

     (1) Facts submit to Truth

     (2) Reason submits to Faith

     (3) Works submit to Grace

     (4)  Death submits to LIFE

     (5) Flesh submits to Spirit

     (6) hell submits to HEAVEN

     (7) Man’s will submits to God’s Will

     (8) The World submits to the Word…

2.  We are to live BY HEAVEN’S LAWS on earth and we are to ACCOMPLISH God’s Will in earth as it is in Heaven…  We are the Ones who will brings God’s Will to the earth as we operate by the Laws of the Kingdom of God…  If your situation is not in line with the will of God, THEN YOU CAN CHANGE IT…  If your circumstances do not agree with the WORD of God, then you can take TRUTH and make FACTS submit to it…

3.  God wants you and me to BRING the KINGDOM of GOD to the EARTH.  If we are to do this, we must learn HOW TO CHANGE THINGS…  God has placed awesome POWER at your disposal.  You are on this earth to subdue it, conquer it, and overcome the prince of the power of the air…  You can.  But you must BEGIN SOMEWHERE…

I.  DECIDE RIGHT.

    Grab hold of Spiritual Truth and decide to DO SOMETHING about your situation.  If you do not like it… change it…  If it is not in line with the Word… change it…  You will never change things until you DECIDE TO…

II.  THINK RIGHT.

     Get your mind renewed by the Word… get your computer “re-programmed”.  What you think and how you think determines what happens to you…  If you can think right, you can be right.  If you will change your thinking, you will change your living…  “Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”  Romans 12:2   “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…”  Proverbs 23:7

III.  BELIEVE RIGHT.

    Get away from all doubt and unbelief.  Get around those who will believe Big, Think Big, and Talk Big…  Believe the Bible.  Do not be carried away with the “theological reasonings” and “compromise teachings” of modern-day man-managed churches and denominations…  “doctrines of devils” are any doctrines that deny the TRUTH of the WORD and the REALITY of the MIRACULOUS…`

IV.  TALK RIGHT.

   “Train your Brain and Tame your tongue…”  What you say is what you get.  Your confession is an indication of your Spiritual Growth or the lack of it…  Believe it… Think it… and then SAY IT…  That is the importance of the confessions we make in every service.  It builds our faith to hear our mouths confess who we are and what we can do…  To hear us say what God says about us…  To hear our tongues agree with God…

V.  ACT RIGHT.

    Deciding, Thinking, Believing, and Talking are preliminaries to DOING.  We are to be DOERS OF THE WORD… and not hearers only…  Walk out the Word.  Act out the Word.  Put the Word in your Shoes.  You are to be a LIVING EPISTLE according to the Word… DO IT…  (1) BELIEVE IT  (2) SAY IT  (3) DO IT…

VI.  EXPECT RIGHT.

    What you expect is what you get…  What you PLAN ON is what happens…  If you are planning on a “rainy day” that is what you will get.  Expect Miracles daily…  Put yourself in a position to allow GOD TO DO SOMETHING BIG FOR YOU…  Expect GOOD THINGS.  Resist the evil and the bad and the depressing.  Give NO PLACE to the devil…  Expect your situation to change when you apply these principles to them and plan on them changing. 

Never accept anything that does not line up with the WORD…

Word for Today:  December 19

One Factor.

There is only one factor that gives credibility to any legitimate ministry.    There is only one factor that guarantees the success of Kingdom work.  There is only one factor that makes preachers really preach and churches really produce lasting results.  Effectiveness and productiveness are not the result of man’s effort, ingenuity or education.   Success is not correctly measured by size.  Bigger is not always better.   And smarter is not always wiser.   Breadth is never as important as depth.

In Kingdom Ministry it is the Anointing that produces results.  Without the anointing all our efforts are but sounding brass and tinkling symbols.  Where there is no anointing, there is no Life.  It is the anointing that breaks the yoke and sets the captive free.  It is the anointing that brings revelation and produces conviction.  It is the anointing that moves the heart and rends the soul.

With all our getting, preachers, let us be certain we get unction.  Education is good, but it can never substitute for anointing.   Personality and popularity and acclaim are good, but they can never accomplish what the anointing can accomplish.  The coming Millennial Kingdom will operate in limitless anointing.  This anointing will change nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues.  The anointing will bring glory to God and honor to Jesus.

In all the years of ministry, I’m not so sure as to exactly what the anointing really is, or how to adequately explain it, but I can surely tell when I haven’t got it.  And so can you.

• The anointing gives credibility to ministry.
• The anointing eradicates human limitation.
• The anointing speaks the truth.
• The anointing breaks the stronghold of the enemy.
• The anointing ignites the hearts of complacent Christians and impregnates the barren church to produce children.

We must have the anointing