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Believing Is Receiving

1/13/2014

 
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Mark  5:28–29  For  she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately  the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was  healed of the affliction.                                  
  
You have heard people of the world say, “I will believe it only when I see  it.” Generally, that is the way the world thinks. But God’s ways are not like  the ways of the world. The world says, “If I can’t feel it or see it, I cannot  believe the miracle is here.” God says, “If you believe it before you feel it or  see it, you will see your miracle.”
Believing first before seeing the evidence of what we are believing for is  called faith. Faith is like a spark and Jesus is the dynamite powder.
In the story of the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, there  were many people who touched Jesus (Mark 5:31), but nothing happened to them. They didn’t touch Him in faith. But when the woman who had  been bleeding for 12 years came to Him and touched Him in faith, He felt power  leave His body (Mark 5:30), and it sparked  off an explosion of healing in the woman’s body!
Hearing about how good, kind and loving Jesus was fired her faith to  believe that He could and would heal her. So convinced was she (even when the  condition in her body was still evident) that she said, “If only I may touch His
clothes, I shall be made well.” Did she experience her healing first before she  believed? No, she believed first in Jesus’ goodness and power, acted in faith  and only then felt the healing in her body.
In the same way, God wants you to believe in His goodness and love toward  you. He wants you to know how willing He is to act on your behalf to bless you,  and how, with Christ, He will freely give you every good thing. (Romans 8:32)
He wants you to declare by faith that all is and shall be well with you,  and to expect to see just that. And then, no matter how long you have had the  problem, no matter how bad the experts say it is, an explosion of healing and  restoration will take place, and you will receive what you are believing  for!
 

When You See God’s Grace, He Sees Your  Faith  

1/12/2014

 
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Ephesians  2:8For  by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is
the gift of God,
     
Many a time, people ask me, “Pastor Prince, I know that God’s promises are  true, but how can I be sure that His promises will come true in my  life?”

My friend, if you want God’s promises to be sure in your life, you cannot  depend on yourself. If you depend on yourself—your obedience, goodness, service  and even faith—you will not be able to receive God’s promises. But when you
depend on God’s grace—His unmerited, unearned, undeserved favor toward you—that is when His promises become sure in your life.
This was true of the woman with the issue of blood. (Matthew 9:20–22) She didn’t go around saying, “I must have  faith…I hope that I have enough faith…I will have faith…I will not lose faith.”
No, she was only conscious of the grace of Jesus—how He always healed the sick,  how powerful He was in raising the dead and how willing He was to use that power  for her healing.
She just saw His grace abounding toward her, so much so that she said, “If  only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” And when she came behind  Jesus and touched the very hem of His garment, she was healed. At that same
moment, Jesus stopped, turned around and said to her, “Be of good cheer,  daughter; your faith has made you well.”
When the woman saw His grace, God saw her faith! And so it was by grace, through faith, that God’s promise became sure in her life.  God wants you to see His grace. And when you see His grace, He sees your  faith. God says, “For by grace are you saved through faith.” The Greek word for  “saved”, sozo, doesn’t just mean to save from hell, but also to heal,
preserve and make whole. So it is by grace that you are made whole, kept  healthy, preserved and blessed. It is by grace through faith that God’s promises  become sure in your life.
My friend, don’t worry if you feel that you lack faith. Begin to see God’s  grace in your situation and He will see that as faith. And because He sees your  faith, you will receive the breakthrough you  need!

Choose Not To Worry

1/8/2014

 
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Matthew  6:27 Which  of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?                        
     
Many Christians are familiar with Jesus’ rhetorical question, “Which of you  by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” But not many of us actually let  it get into our hearts and allow the love of God to free us from our habit of
worrying.
The truth is, no amount of worrying can lengthen your life or add anything  to your physical person. Instead, worrying robs you of sleep, health and many  good years. In fact, it is only when you are worry-free that God’s anointing
flows freely in you, strengthening, healing, restoring and adding to you.
A church member, after undergoing a mammogram, found that she had lumps in  her breast. Upon receiving the doctor’s report, she wrote this down on the  report: “Jesus is my healer. I receive my healing. I am healed. I rest in God
completely.”
 She was due back at the clinic later the same day for a biopsy to see if the  lumps were malignant. Her sister-in-law, who was having lunch with her that day,  witnessed her cheerful and worry-free attitude while she ate her  lunch.
Back at the clinic, this precious sister sat among other ladies who were  also there for their biopsies. They looked very worried, so she started sharing  Jesus with them and prayed for some of them. When her turn came and she had an
ultrasound scan done, the doctor was puzzled—her scan showed no evidence of any  lumps!
The doctor went back to consult her colleague who had first discovered the  lumps. Stunned, both doctors conducted their own investigations. They returned  to her only to say, “It’s a miracle!”
My friend, when you worry, you are actually believing that the devil has the  power to make inroads into your life that God cannot protect you from. But when  you refuse to worry, you are putting your faith in God. You have more confidence
in His love and power working for you than in the devil’s ability to harm you!
When you refuse to worry, but choose to rest in the finished work of Christ, you  will see the manifestation of your blessing. You will see your  miracle!

THE GOSPEL SAVES IN EVERY SITUATION

1/7/2014

 
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ROMANS 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes… 

Each time you hear the gospel of Christ, you are hearing God’s good news for you. And the Bible tells us that the gospel of Christ—the good news that God wants all men to hear—is the very power of God for your salvation, not just from hell, but also from illnesses, financial lack, harm, a failing marriage—every aspect of your life that needs saving!
You may say, “Pastor, I’ve heard the gospel of Christ, but it seems like I am one of those whom the power of God has missed.” My friend, when you hear the gospel of Christ, do you really believe it? You cannot just understand it in your mind. You must know andbelieve the good news in your heart, and then you will see that it isthe power of God for your salvation.
But what is the good news that God wants you to know in your heart, which will release the power and salvation of God into your situation?
“For in it [the good news] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith…” (Romans 1:17) The good news is that you are the righteousness of God in Christ, which you receive from faith to faith.
This means that this righteousness comes because you have faith in His blood, not your good behavior, to make you righteous. It is from faith to faith, not faith to works, or works to works.
The good news is not preached to show you what is wrong with you. It is preached to show you what is right with you because of Jesus’ work at Calvary, in spite of what is wrong with you!
There is nothing left for you to do to earn God’s blessings for your life. You only need to hear and believe the all-encompassing saving power of the gospel of Christ to heal you of diseases, preserve you from danger, bless your finances and bring well-being to your family.
The world may say that the good news is too good to be true. But for those of us who are the righteousness of God in Christ, the good news is so good because it is indeed true!
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