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d has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you...’I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.” Acts 27
The real faith knows that God’s word is supreme over all circumstances.
This is the faith that pleases God. The believer just knows his God and rests in that knowledge. W...
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ame things. I am not saying novels and films are sins, but if they take more time from you than the word of God, then know that as a kingdom citizen, disaster is around the corner. You need to repent.
Spend your time and money acquiring and consuming books, tapes and other materials on the word of ...
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Have you ever heard the expression “the spirit of faith?” Let me tell you about it.
You see, when someone has an evil spirit, or like we say, is possessed by an evil spirit, that spirit makes him do things. Take the example of the madman of Gadara in Mark chapter 5, the spirit in him made him live ...
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“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the prince in Egypt. He preferred to suffer with God’s people… He reckoned that this was worth far more that all the treasures of Egypt…”
Now if that’s not crazy. I wonder what is. The man left the palace to commence living among slaves....
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appen and it is good we understand how they work.
Now, what does it mean then to be led by the spirit of God?
This is easy to understand when we understand the use of the word ‘spirit’ in the Bible.
A careful study of the scriptures shows that this word is generally used for invisible things and ...
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ming a believer in Christ, Paul said there was a law in his members that made him to break the law of God (Rom 7:23). The believer now has the law of Christ or the spirit of Christ in him (Rom 8:1-2).
So you see, it is not every time you see ‘spirit of God’ that it is referring to the Holy Spirit, ...
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a believer.
“However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.” Rom 8:9 NASB
That spirit is inside everyone who is a true believer, not just a nominal Christian. They may not ...
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s, and it showed in how he made his choices. Your spirit manifests in your values, your convictions, your desires, what you love and such attributes, and then it manifests in your choices and actions.
So we see that the kind of spirit you have is what ‘leads’ you. The unbeliever is also led by a sp...
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THE PRACTICE OF FAITHFULNESS
"He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much." Luke 16:10 NASB
"And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, be in...
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ated by the pastors.
On the first observation, we see disobedience
to clear instructions of Scripture. We have been
instructed in direct terms to persist in prayer,
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and anyone admonishing against clear
injunctions we have as Christians is speaking
for Satan.
Jes...
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m the choice and
sovereignty of God to our numerical ability to
decide, as a group, who will be elected. We err
when our prayer of “thy will be done” now
means “let the person we have decided on
win.”
What we see now is churches declaring PVC*-
Sundays, so that if you do not have your PVC,
you will...
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victims. Let us pray
like those who have the victory through
Christ.
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DI t shall be done to you according to your faith.
Mat 9:29
One principle we learn from the scriptures is
that it is only through faith that the plan and
bless...
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e body.
For this reason, when we are praying, we
should stop the habit of praying as if we are the
victims. No, we are not. We are the children of
the kingdom of God who all these things are
serving.
We must declare it loudly before God when we
pray.
“Thank you Father, because all things are ours....
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ay know their number.” Joab said, “May the Lord
add to His people a hundred times as many as they
are! But… Why does my lord seek this thing? Why
should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?” 1 Chr 21:1-3
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Please read about the consequences of the
action in the rest o...
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been called to do as
a child of God.
We are not called to criticize; we are called to
pray.
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You must not dishonor God or curse any of your
rulers. Ex 22:28 NLT
First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers,
petitions and thanksgivings, be made on beh...
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ressure groups or be members of civic societies.
I am just saying such activity is not the primary weapon of the
body of Christ.
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In the time of elections
T his message is about righteous
principles as it relates to democracy for
t...
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must
know this truth and pray according to it. He
says that the salt of the land must rise in prayer
and handle their words appropriately. They
should come with words of repentance and
plea for mercy.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm of the...
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ally to canvass
support. Churches should indeed teach
members righteousness in politics and
democracy. They should teach how to conduct
themselves when engaged in politics so as to
be pleasing to God.
Warning
I warn those who think they can use the pulpit
to campaign for any candidate to know that
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ger, sleepless nights, protests,
expenditure, etc., end with just one thing for
the student—a certificate. So it is with the
Father and the church of God.
For the Lord's portion is His people. Dt 32:9
Creation was for Christ and the body of Christ.
Adam was actually made in the image of the
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e
must be careful to take heed.
All things are possible to him who believes. Mk 9:23
Truly, truly, I say to you, if you shall ask the Father
for anything, He will give it to you in My name.
Jn 16:23
According to Derek Prince, the most
influential persons on earth are not heads of
states, politicia...
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ri en that
the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; in the
name of Jesus.”
Let the church invoke the wisdom of God and
prophesy it over the rulers of the land.
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Let the church ask of God that He would send
wise counsellors into the courts of whoever
comes int...
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I have written many times about the will of God (including books on the subject*), and I have preached dozens of sermons on the subject, but today I feel impressed upon to emphasize something again about the will of God.
Most Christians view the will of God as a decision at a critical moment. They ...
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he will of God, we are not to start with specific decisions but to seek to learn the life of consecration in that aspect of life.
Consecration (or sanctification) is the thing called the will of God.
Let me explain practically. If a man comes to me and asks, “What is the will of God concerning mar...
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prayers.
"But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and
who trembles at My word.
Isa 66:2
Please do not forget:
“…blessed are those who hear the word of God
and observe it”
Faith
Blessed is the man who trus...
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fe. Thinking
about it, he remembered once when he and his
brothers and sisters ganged up against their parents
and had a heated disagreement over an issue. It
must have been a serious event because he
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recollected that after the whole thing was over he
was deeply troubled in his hea...
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He understood
the value of the blessing of God and lived a life full
of the expectation of the release of that blessing.
This was why he could refuse what looked like an
opportunity.
A small caution
There is something we need to know about the
riches that you get in life as a believer that do not
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lso the tongue is a small part of the body,
and yet it boasts of great things.
Behold how great a forest is set aflame by such
a small fire!
James 3:4-5
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When the above portion of the scriptures says
that the tongue boasts of grea...
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nerations after you.
This is why you need to be careful to ensure that it is
the blessing of God that is making you rich.
Anything produced from the struggles of the
flesh will not stand testing.
…All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like
the flower of the field.
The grass withe...
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e little God-bless-you’s you get here and
there will amount to a great thing in your life. It will
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deliver you in time of trouble; it will give you favour
before men.
Bless yourself
The words you speak over your life are just as
important as the words spoken by others, if not mor...
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Words like these are better words to speak
than words of complaining about the wrong things in
life. They impart blessings into your surroundings.
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THE RELEASE
Having said all we have so far, I believe the
importance of blessings should have become clear
to everyone...
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t us labour therefore to enter into that rest…
Heb 4:10-11 KJV
Friends, our pursuit must be to enter into this
rest where we are truly blessed.
Labour to enter
Mike Murdoch made a statement that the proof
of desire is pursuit. That means that there are thing...
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water,
That extends its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes; But its
leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of drought
Nor cease to yield fruit.
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Like we mentioned sometime earlier, it is vital
to note...
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The devil will make you rich quick if you strike a
deal with him but this will come with an unusual
amount of sorrow and a propensity for an early
grave. The Lord, on the other hand, will only give
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you a promise; that promise will guide you in your
planning and actions for life; it...
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of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord…
that I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection…
Phil 3:7-10
This is why faith in God appears to be easier
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for those that do not have much to trust in the flesh;
they do not have rich pare...
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loves
The Lord pours His blessing on those who
know they need Him and live like they do. He has no
time for the Esau type of people who feel they are
okay and are able to succeed by themselves. I met
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a man once who was doing fairly well in his medical
practice ...
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, Acquire Life
8. Grace to live by
9. Grace to Prosper
10. How to Work for God
11. So, Who Will Pay For This?
Minibooks by Pastor Bankie include
1. The Righteousness of God
2. Prophesy!
3. Your Greatness Has Been Prepared
4. What is God’s Will Here?
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hat our actions by
themselves invoke blessings or curses on us. In
fact, it seems to me that the words of a man only
affirm those blessings or curses. We can see this
from the life of the sons of Eli.
For I have told him that I am about to judge his
house forever for the iniquity which he knew,
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e to get it because you
understand it is the most precious thing that a
person can ever hope to possess.
Please let me explain something that is
expressed in the above quoted passage of scripture:
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When the Bible says that something is reserved in
heaven for ...
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e Lord has created; it is like an extension of
the Spirit of God that maintains all that He made.
This life affects the environment around the one that
has it. It affects the very earth upon which you
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stand. It is the solution to all sicknesses and failures;
the...
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have financial security and the competitive spirit from your eyes. Mammon is the greatest contender with God for the attention of His children. He made them upright, but they sought out many devices.
Once your heart is cleansed of these things, those inner desires and gifting of God in your life wi...
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upon the soil…the seed sprouts up and grows- how, he himself does not know.
The second thing you must have in place is the eradication of the choking influence on the fruitfulness of the word of God.
“For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself f...
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s of faith; in the first verse of the 12th chapter they are called our cloud of witnesses who have left examples of faith for us. Now in verse 2 we are told not to focus on them but to focus on Jesus.
…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endur...
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these things are not peculiar to these people but that the same things apply to every one of God’s children; the difference is in how much each one fulfils what God wrote down concerning their lives.
It is important we realize the possibility of not fulfilling the written counsel of God for our liv...
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of God so much that we think like Him. And if we learn anything new by the special operation of the Spirit of God, then we are to seek to understand the wisdom therein and make that wisdom part of us. We are not to take pride in ‘God told me,’ but that ‘Yes, I have the mind of Chri...
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ter obeying God you are still not able to own the decision. Something is wrong if after supposedly obeying God, you still have to pass the buck over to the Lord as the reason why you did what you did. Maybe you actually heard God, but something is definitely out of place if you cannot see the wisdom...
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thing is what He would also do. The only difference was that as a human (having laid aside His glory), He had to accept limitations in knowledge, and so had to depend on the Father’s decisions. But the Father’s heart was His heart too. No difference. He is the radiance of the glory of Go...
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I SHALL NOT WANT
When the Lord desires a thing on the earth, He puts it into it as a seed. The seed then begins to grow and eventually produces the fruit, which was the goal. Now, the seed is the word of God.
In your life as His child, God has plans that He wants manifested on this earth and He ha...
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ou acquire some material things. That is deceitful because it is not true.
Hear the truth from the mouth of the Truth Himself: “ A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of things He possesses’
That is the truth. Believe it, what will make your life improve is not a fat account, money to thr...
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ld on to the opinion of the word of God in the face of unbelieving talk. When men say there is a casting down, speak up and say there is a lifting up. Speak your faith in the word of God all the time.
I cannot emphasize this enough. Every day we are being tested, like Job, to see what we will say w...
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t have made faith a habit. We must be walking by the faith of God all the time otherwise we will surely doubt in our hearts in the time of need. That is what we must address—how to make faith a habit.
This is a short teaching and so I will condense what should actually be a long teaching into a num...
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to yourself in the word. It means to recite it and to make it a song on your lips. In fact the Bible in Basic English (BBE) says, “Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts…”
What I want to advocate at this time in making the faith of God a habit is to put the word you have...
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and slow to anger.
What was the response of the Lord to the words of amazement from the disciples?
“Have the faith of God.” (vs 22, literal translation)
What does it mean to have the faith of God?
The Lord Jesus did not muster up faith at that moment; even though He spoke casually, His faith was...
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l zone. If you like to chat and talk online, get yourself into a chat group where the word of God is shared regularly. Anything that focuses you on the things of this world is not good for your faith.
Make listening to the word and reading your bible and faith building books a habit. That way the w...
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power failure or your back or the mattress; give thanks first and you will soon see those things change.
Give thanks for your food and your drink. Make it a habit to be truly grateful from the heart.
Give thanks for every little good thing you experience, and even for the ones that do not seem so ...
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A major killer of faith is a lying mouth. When your mouth tells lies, your spirit gets confused and cannot effectively store or release spiritual energy. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.
People who lie think they are gaining something by deceiving people, but in reality they are hurti...
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s spiritual operations. Notice that account in Jn 6:23; it clearly explains that the eating of bread was possible because the Lord gave thanks. The habit of thanksgiving is crucial to a life of faith.
What Satan tempts us with is to complain all the time against the Lord. That was what destroyed th...
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