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1. Now You Shall See The Glory Of God Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2. Whatever Is Not From Faith Is Sin Romans 14:23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin. 3. Faith Pleases God Hebrews 11:5,6 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death, and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. 4. Faith Heals M

When it comes to belief the most important thing is to find a way to get the word of God so rooted and grounded inside of us that we cannot be shaken. This supersedes everything. We have to come to an understanding of God’s Mind concerning us and the world around us. It’s not enough to just get the word inside of you though, you must train the word of God in you by putting it into practice! The word removes deception when we work out the word! If you want the word to work in you then you must first of all believe the word for yourself. You have to apply the word to your own life and circumstances. Jeremiah 23:29 NASB ““Is not My word like fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer which sh

“Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God.” Ephesians 1:1. Here in the opening of his Epistle Paul starts out by emphasizing his position and how he happened to come into it. Paul had an encounter experience on the Damascus Road. In this Epistle Paul is addressing people from the root of his supernatural experience. It is a truth that you will minister out of the depth of your experience. You can only raise people up to the level of your own experience. This principle also existed with Moses. He first encountered God on Mt Horeb and after the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt Moses brings the people back to Mt. Horeb. He brought them to the same place of his own exp

It is vital for the believer to understand the Holy Spirit. To understand from beginning to end what it means for the Spirit of God to be upon you. John 16:13 NASB says: “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” We have to start by understanding that the Holy Spirit is the eternal Spirit of God. God is essentially a spirit being. John 4:24 “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Spirit is not just an aspect or attribute of God, it is God. Two words come into play when looking at the root of

The voice of God can be seen and heard in many different ways. Aspects of perception, tuning, sounds, similitudes, dreams, and thoughts all carry a voice. Even feelings sway perception. At times I have felt that something was absurd, that it lacked harmony. This is a voice telling us something. When Stephen was speaking to the crowd in Acts Chapter 7 we read in verse 54 that: “When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.” Stephen was saying one thing but they were likely hearing more than just his words. Sometimes someone can be saying something but you don’t want hear what they are saying. Remember Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are hig

In each long running revival, prayer produced great momentum. It electrified the atmosphere for great liberty and flow in the Spirit. In long running revivals with the greatest results, a minimum of one hour of prayer went up to the Lord before each service. For many years I traveled in Africa with a full time intercessor. Even while preaching on the stage in huge tent crusades, he would be in intercessory prayer. The effects of his prayers and the ability to open the windows of Heaven for greater manifestations were clearly felt. Remember James 5:16 “The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available – dynamic in its working.” In one of the many lo

The enemy’s greatest tool is distraction. If he can keep us away from our focus then we will fail to accomplish what the Lord has for us. There is something very powerful in the sense of the idea of looking at the leadership skills we see in the life of Jesus that can empower us to remain focused. His style was certainly different from some of the models that we see in the world today. I remember years back when I was studying ‘Hebrew Thought’ in college and the Rabbi explained to us the cultural background of Luke 9:59-60 “And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for

There are countless revelations when we visit the Ark of the Covenant in the book of Exodus. Truly the entire tabernacle and temple layout holds prophetic/spiritual significance to believers as it points to the “I AM” or “In Christ” realities of the New Testament gospel of Jesus Christ. “They shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. You shall overlay the ark with pure gold, overlay it inside and out, and you shall make a gold border (frame) around its top.” Exodus 25:10-11 AMP Here we start to read very specific instructions concerning the construction of the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark is particularly relevant

1. 2 Cor 10:11 – “Let such a person consider this that what we are in Word by letters when absent, such a persons we are also in deed when present vs12 for we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who command themselves by themselves, comparing themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.” In Eph 1 vs 4 God made very clear that we where “chosen from the foundations of the world”. This word in root implies origin word, indiction your origin comes out of the Word! John 1 vs 1 “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God!” Remember John 1 vs 12 “to many as received Him (Word) the them He gave right to become children of God