Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Faith, Love, and Hope (Part 2)

Yesterday, I summarized Faith in Salvation by concluding that we have to mature, and discover what Faith can really do.

In order for us to mature, we have to hear the WORD, read the WORD, and Pray in the WORD.

As I stated earlier, the LORD gave me seven manifestations of Faith for us to apply it in a practical way. This does not mean that you, per se, have not, but maybe someone else is struggling to make it applicable in their lives.


One thing is for certain, no two believers look alike, talk alike, or minister alike. We do not communicate with GOD the same way. We are unique, and distinguished by the call upon our lives, and temperaments. We were all set apart for a specific work for the same Boss. This uniqueness is something that should be honored and respected.


In life so many variables influence us: culture, upbringing, and social status, but the same LORD cares about us all. The rich are not regarded any less, nor are the poor regarded more in the eyes of GOD when it comes down to a revelation of who he is.


2 Peter 3:9 in part states: He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.


“Everyone”
is the word that stands out to me, and that means that GOD will appoint, and send out who he deems fit, not man, to reach everyone.

As always I prayed before I wrote this, and waited until the Holy Spirit said, “Write now, and I will speak to you.”


Faith in Deliverance is no different, and it is the second manifestation of Faith.


The biblical meaning for the number two is to divide, and we know that there is discord between good and evil, light, and darkness, freedom, and oppression.


From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah
Psalm 3:8


In the beginning we were separated from GOD by sin. Eve listened to the serpent, and Adam passively went along with it. But GOD had a plan to deliver us out of the hands of the enemy, and the sin nature, by sending his son to pay the price for it all.


Through him we have the Victory!


When you read the manual to life, which is the Bible, you will see how the LORD delivered the people out of Egypt, where they were oppressed by Pharaoh. He did not deliver them when Pharaoh first usurped his authority over them; he did it when he heard them crying out, because of their slave drivers.


The people were enslaved for forty years, but I believe they had to get to a point where they were sick and tired of someone else having dominion over them.


The Israelites were free to do as they pleased. They were not in bonds, they were not thrown in prison after a long, and hard day of work. They had families, and festivities, and lived a life without GOD that brought forth misery. But they hit rock bottom, and needed God’s divine intervention.


In order for us to be delivered we have to be sick and tired of being a slave to sin. We have to be sick of Satan’s influence over our lives by generational curses, and call out to GOD in Faith to be delivered.


Pharaoh was an enemy to the Israelites, and therefore he was an enemy to GOD. satan, and his little workers called demons are enemies to us, and an enemy to GOD.


The LORD brought the Israelites out in a supernatural way through the red sea, and provided for them in a supernatural way; manna fell from the sky.


Do you not perceive it? Do you have a revelation, and picture in your mind of how Faith can bring you out safely, provide for you, and restore you?


Friend, I’ve had those types of encounters with GOD. I received a revelation about Faith, and discovered what it could really do in me, for me, and around me.


The enemy will always oppress, or attempt to oppress you, to prevent you from becoming what GOD has called you to be while you were in your mother’s womb.


The bible says, in
Exodus 1 9-10 Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. 10. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”

Jesus is your red sea. He is waiting for you to call out to him where you are, and say “save me from this addiction, this lying spirit, anger, torment, demon possession, or sexual immorality.” He wants to deliver you from poverty in the natural, and in the spirit, as well as sickness, and any foe camouflaged as your friend.


Friend, the enemy knows that once you get a revelation of what Faith can do, and your GOD given potential, that you will join the army of GOD, and fight against him alongside your brothers and sisters.


That is why he has been dealing shrewdly with you.


There are many stories in the Bible about deliverance. The woman caught in adultery was delivered from her accusers.


And Jesus told her:
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin. John 8:11 NIV


Also, a man was delivered from an illness caused by sin, he was paralyzed for 38 years, but laid idly at the place known to heal people called the Bethesda pool.


I believe that this man was demonically oppressed. He expected assistance from others, but never asked for assistance, and was constantly overlooked, because of his physical state.


Friend, mature and listen to the voice of GOD, often he is speaking to you through his ambassadors that he called to do his will, and declare the Kingdom of GOD to you.


Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be well?”


The man did not answer the question directly; he tried to deflect the question by blaming someone else for his condition.


Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. John 5:8-9 NIV


We do that sometimes. It is always another person's fault for our grown-up behaviors, and consequences.


My father left me, my mother did not raise me right, or I was abused.


Beloved, I know they messed up. I know you were hurt. I know it affected you greatly, because it changed the course of your life, but Jesus wants to separate you from all that, and give you Love, and Hope in him.


Someone you loved dearly was snatched away through tragedy, or sickness, but even in death, life is still found.


Give it to him today, and leave it in Egypt.


When the Israelites departed from Egypt, they left with gifts from the Egyptians.


Beloved, when we are delivered, we are then rewarded with many gifts. We are restored, and provisions are made that exceed our wildest expectations, because the enemy has to give it all back.


The love one that passed away will never return to you, but GOD will give you someone to take their place.


Beloved, all of the years that were stolen from you, because of your addiction, or abuse you suffered, or being financially crippled, the devil has to release the goods to you, because you are now free.


Faith in Deliverance sets you free, but you have to maintain it by maturing in your relationship with GOD, because GOD delivers you every day from unseen and seen dangers.


In order for Faith to work, you have to renew your mind; to put on the new man or woman in Christ Jesus. You do this by staying in the presence of the LORD. His presence is in his WORD, which should also be found in your heart, mind, and will, because you are his temple.


Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16


John 5

14. Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” 15. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.


You may be wondering why people keep talking to you about the LORD, when you have made it clear by your actions that you do not want to live GOD's way.


It is because Jesus loves you, and you owe him your life, because your life is not your own. He desires to see you living the life he died for on Calvary. He is trying to prevent something far more tragic from happening to you.


When Faith in Deliverance has manifested in your life, you will not keep silent. You will not downplay your transformation; you will not be ashamed of your previous condition, because your Egypt is behind you, and you have been separated from the darkness, and received another gift from the Father through the Son.


GOD is always Faithful and just in his timing.


God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” Exodus 3:14


"I Am"
sent this WORD to you. Whatever you need deliverance from, it is yours today.

Agape


A Simple Prayer;

LORD, I cry out today with a sincere heart to be delivered, and set free from my Egypt (be specific). I cry out to be delivered from the enemy who seeks to destroy the plan, and purpose you have for my life. I am sick, and tired, and I want to be well, and whole in you. I want every gift that you have for me according to the riches found in Christ Jesus, and believe that Jesus died so that I would have eternal life and a rich life here on earth. I fall out of fellowship with my Egypt, and forgive my oppressors, including myself, and I thank you for your patience, Faith, Love, and Hope that you have in me, In Jesus’ name Amen!

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