Great Faith can be yours

What is faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

—Hebrews 11:1

Moffatt's translation of this verse reads,
"Now faith means that we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see."

"Faith is just acting on God's Word irrespective of what we feel, think or see." Faith is an act. That's what faith is.

Importance of faith

We cannot please God (Satisfy God/make God happy) without faith:

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

—Hebrews 11:6

How to receive faith

Rom 10:17
So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.


People often pray for faith, saying "What I need is faith." But actually what they need is knowledge of God's Word( i.e hearing
Gods Word).
When they hear Gods Word, faith automatically comes. You could pray for faith forever, but if you didn't get any hearing/knowledge of God's Word, you would never get faith. This is because "... faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Removing the comma, it could be read this way: faith comes by HEARING AND HEARING the WORD of GOD. Faith does not come by I have heard the Word of God before but later turning your minds from it. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God continually.

Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein DAY AND NIGHT, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Greatest hindrance to faith

The only way the bible records to get faith is by hearing the Word of God.  If you could get faith in any other way, the bible would have stated it. Therefore we can see that the greatest hindrance to faith is a lack of understanding of the Word of God. Our faith is held in bondage because we lack understanding of how to act on God's Word.

Faith Ingredients – Confession and Perseverance

• Confessing Gods word and holding fast to your confession

Our confessions rule us. Confessing without doubt in heart.
That is a spiritual law which few of us realize.
Jesus said, "... whosoever shall say ... and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith" (Mark 11:23).

Read further: what we should not confess
                   what you say is what you get

Great faith

What is great faith?
This is the type of faith that has total (100%) trust in God.
It is an unwavering/unshakable faith.
Matt 8:10,26; Matt 15:28; Luke 7:9.

How to get great faith

By constant hearing of the Word of God and acting on it with all your heart - irrespective of what you think, feel or see.

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God is watching over us (Protection)

Gods angels are watching over us

Ps 91:11 ​​​​​​​- NET
For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

Matt 18:10
“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Ps 34:7 ​​​​​​​
The LORD’s angel camps around the LORD’s loyal followers and delivers them.

Heb 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Dan 6:22 – NET BIBLE
My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Zech 1:10
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about (patrol) on the earth.”

2Thess 1:7
 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

 Heb 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assemblyHave we ever pondered on the above scriptures about God protection over us.

So don't be dreadful of evil: sickness, accident, death, terrorist assaults, or natural disasters in light of the fact that your Heavenly Father adores you and watches over you. 

Don’t just read this and say it is for those in the previous generations before us or those in the bible days. No Gods Word is eternal. This promise is for us.

Angels are one (not all) of the ways by which God does this. God has declared that no malicious, plague or mischance will come upon you or even draw close to your home "for He should give His holy messengers charge over you, to keep you in all your ways".

What's happening in our environment (sickness, disasters, attacks) is not enough proof for us to take our minds off the Word of God. Beloved there are one thousand and one (innumerable) testimonies of God’s protection over us even in this generation.

Let me illustrate this with a genuine story that happened not long in our generation:

A Christian was in his home one day when at the middle of the night, hired assassins/armed robber came to attack him at home. He was terrified then remembered the Word of God (That God’s Angels are guarding/protecting him as a Believer) and then screamed, Oh God, where are my Guardian angels! Suddenly he heard a strange sound on his roof. The sound was so scaring that all the bandits fled for their dear life.

This is a real life testimony that happened in Nigeria. God’s angels are everywhere protecting us. Let us put our trust in his word. He shall give his angles charge over us - Ps 91:11

Confession:

My faith is strong in Jesus, God's Angels are watching over me at every time. No plague shall come near my dwelling.

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The DNA OF GOD (PROTECTION)

The DNA OF GOD (PROTECTION)

What is DNA

DNA is a self replicating molecule that holds the genetic code for our life, health, and for the unique physical features of our bodies. DNA has the divine blueprint for our body, programming our cells to maintain optimum health from birth to death.

Adam’s DNA

Adam had the spiritual DNA of God (Perfect health, no lack/want, sin-free etc).

Gen 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…

The Hebrew word tselem (image) also means “likeness,” “resemblance,” or “representation.”

In Genesis 3, Adam sinned and this resulted in an imperfect DNA
Gen 3:6  (KJV)
And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Gen 3:9 -19 (KJV)
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.



Unfortunately Adam transferred this DNA OF sin, sickness, poverty and death to every man. Every man is a biological son of Adam and so we inherited this IMPERFECT nature (SIN nature)
Every man needs Jesus irrespective of who you think you are.

CHANGE OF DNA

A DIVINE DNA

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

- 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

To be in Christ (To accept Jesus as Lord) means you are part of a DIVINE household – the royal family of God.
If a man accepts Jesus as his Lord, he becomes a new creature and has received the life and nature of God so he has a new Spiritual DNA.

The life and nature of God equals the DNA of God. When you become a new creation (accept Jesus as Lord also known as being born again) the spiritual part of you receives the DNA of God. The DNA of God (the life and nature of God) is called eternal life. Eternal life is the life and nature of God that is imparted to a person’s spirit at the new birth making them a new creation.

We have been washed in the blood of Jesus, and in essence,
we became “re-gened.” We have a new DNA – THE DNA OF GOD

It is the life and nature of God that makes a person a new creation. This new creation person has spiritual union with Deity. The old sinful nature of spiritual death has passed away, and now this new creation person has a new nature of spiritual life called eternal life.

Eternal life is a present possession, not something that is obtained at a future date.
Eternal life does not begin after physical death. Eternal life begins at the new birth
and continues for eternity. Eternal life starts here on the earth the moment a person
becomes a new creation. Receiving eternal life is a supernatural experience that
occurs during the rebirth of every child of God. A born again Christian is one who
has received eternal life; one who has received the life and nature of God.
When you become a new creation, failure and defeat are replaced with success and
victory.

If a person is in Christ, poverty and lack are replaced with prosperity and abundance. When you become a new creation, sin and sickness are replaced with righteousness and health. Fear is replaced with faith. Worry and anxiety are replaced with peace. Depression is replaced with joy. Anger is replaced with love.  Bitterness and resentment are replaced with forgiveness. Death is replaced with life!

two of the characteristics of this new nature are faith and love.

Manifesting this new nature – DIVINE DNA
Now that we have a new DNA, we should set our mind on the Word of God. For the bible says:

Proverbs 23:7,
“As a man thinks within, so is he.”

Our life, our actions, our destinies are determined by THE WAY WE THINK. So, let’s get to the root, thinking in alignment with God’s Word, and we will experience the God-kind-of life—superabundant in quantity and superior in quality. (John 10:10)

As a new creation, we cannot be sick if only we believe it and confess right, now in a world where people are scared of EBOLA, HIV AND THE REST. WE CAN PLACE OUR TRUST IN GOD AND KEEP THE RIGHT CONFESSION.

I CANNOT BE SICK – I CANNOT BE INFECTED WITH EBOLA VIRUS
I CANNOT FAIL
I DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE TO FEAR
I AM A NEW CREATURE
I AM FROM ABOVE
I AM A SUCCESS
PROSPERITY IS MINE
EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES IS MINE
I AM BLESSED
I BELONG TO THE CLASS OF GOD
I HAVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS


Also Read:

1. If It Troubles You, God Wants To Take Care Of It!
2. Your Healing Is Part Of The Deal
3. Your Redeemer Has Delivered You From All Sicknesses
4.  Convert Your Worries into Prayers
5. God Is Able And Willing To Heal You
6. God So Loves You
7. GOD CARES
8. God cannot lie...
9.  The God who is more than enough  
10. The power of speaking Gods Word
11. Think about God Always - God's will for man 

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Sincere Apology

FAITHSUCCESS EXPRESS ITS SINCERE APOLOGY TO EVERY READER OF THIS BLOG

I (OLUSEGUN) HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH MY MSC PROGRAM WHICH HAS NOT GIVEN ME TIME TO POST NEW FAITH ARTICLES ON THIS BLOG FOR A WHILE

WE ARE SINCERELY VERY SORRY.

WE HAVE RESUMED UPDATES AGAIN

THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING

WE LOVE YOU

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Also Read:

1. If It Troubles You, God Wants To Take Care Of It!

2. Your Healing Is Part Of The Deal

3. Your Redeemer Has Delivered You From All Sicknesses

4.  Convert Your Worries into Prayers

5. God Is Able And Willing To Heal You

6. God So Loves You

7. GOD CARES

8. God cannot lie...

9.  The God who is more than enough  

10. The power of speaking Gods Word

11. Think about God Always - God's will for man 

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THE PLAN OF GOD FOR MAN

SEED OF DESTINY
Thursday, 14th August 2014 01:00

SCRIPTURE: 'O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!...  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? ... ? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: Psalm 8:1, 4-6.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Connection to God equals manifestation of excellence.

The plan of God for man is not little. In our anchor Scripture it says, 'Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour.Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.' Man was created as king of creation, crowned with glory and honour, not shame and reproach. You were created to dominate creation and not to be dominated. The force that God uses to take His people up, is called the force of excellence. The force of excellence is the force of eminence and prominence.  This is because God is an Excellent God. Our anchor Scripture says, 'How excellent is thy Name.' 

Three things about the excellence of God are:

God has an identity of Excellence.  When you talk of products from the USA, Japan, and the United Kingdom, you talk of quality. But when you talk of products from some other countries or parts of the world, you talk of inferiority or mediocrity. That is how it is when you mention the Name of God; God is identified with Excellence. It is an abomination to be identified with the Excellent God in mediocrity. 
 God is Excellent in working. His works are first class works and products. He doesn't have inferior material or quality. Isaiah 28:29 says, 'This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.'  
God has Excellent Greatness (Psalm 150:2).
The meaning of all of the above is that first, identifying with God is identifying with excellence. Secondly, connection to God equals manifestation of excellence. Thirdly, excellence is the birthright of the children of God. Once you walk with God, you are entitled to excellence.

Remember this: connection to God equals manifestation of excellence.

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Study the life of Daniel and find out how he walked with God.

2. Do what Daniel did to get to where he got to.
Excellence for the Top.

PRAYER: Lord, I identify with You today, so that I can attain the glory and honour that is meant for me, in Jesus' Name.

DAILY READING:    
MORNING: 2 Chron. 31-33  
EVENING: Ps. 16:1-23

QUOTE: Don't only believe Him to be the Alpha, also believe Him to be the Omega. Allow Him to 'omega' what He has 'alphaed.'

www.agapeembassyministries.org

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STRONG AND BOLD DECLARATION

STRONG AND BOLD DECLARATION.

Rhema Encounter Daily Devotional. 08.08.2014.
SCRIPTURE: 'We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;'  2 Corinthians 4:13 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Faith that does not speak is fake and a mere wish.

Operational faith is a declarative faith. Faith that does not speak is fake and a mere wish. A man of faith must talk; he must make revelation-based utterances based on convictions from the study of the Scripture. This is not just trying to repeat promises from the Scripture. What is the difference between a declaration and a confession?  A confession says, the Bible says, 'By his stripes I am healed,' so by His stripes I am healed. That is not bad; it is good for people to have regular confessions, and there is a place for it. The Bible says, 'No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly and he that findeth a wife findeth a good thing.' So, a wife is a good thing, a husband is a good thing and God will not withhold good things from me, therefore, I must be married.'  That is a confession.

But this is declaration- out of the passage of the Scripture you saw something like, 'Give and it shall be given to you, good measure, pressed down shaken together and running over shall men give unto your bosom.' 'I am giving and it is being given to me, so forever I cannot be poor.' Your own conclusion out of the revelation is your declaration. 'He took my infirmity,' is a confession; 'I can never be sick,' is a declaration. So, this is where the nursery school differs from the University of Faith. A man making declarations is talking from a depth of conviction and has made his personal conclusion based on what he read. Let your revelations move you into declarations, in Jesus' Name.

Remember this: faith that does not speak is fake and a mere wish.

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Always spend time to meditate on the Scriptures you have read.
2. Learn to ask God questions based on what you have read.

PRAYER: I declare that I cannot be poor for life, I can't beg, I can never borrow, in Jesus' Name.

QUOTE: What you will harvest tomorrow is a product of what you say now.

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YOUR FAITH WILL TRIUMPH

Your Faith Will Triumph ·
TUESDAY 06·

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith (1 John 5:4).

Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Imagine that as a Christian parent or a minister of the Gospel, your son or daughter isn't living according to the training that you gave him or her in the Word. There may be some who'd be quick to judge and say, "So-and-so's parents are Christians, yet he behaves like a sinner." If this happened to you as a parent, don't be moved by what others may be saying.

Challenges come to everybody; so at the time you're facing your own challenges, stay focused on God's Word, and put your faith to work. Soon enough, that child will come into the right place and be all that God destined for him to be. Even the time others might have thought he lost will be regained, because God said, "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer worm…" (Joel 2:25). So in such matters, don't allow the negative sentiments of others dissipate your faith.

God gave us His Word so that no matter what we see or hear, we're not distracted; we stay focused. After all, as students, we were not Doctors, Lawyers, and Architects whilst in the university. We were in school, being trained for what we were going to be. If someone saw you while still in school and said, "Hey, you don't look like a Doctor, Lawyer or Architect," you'd probably have replied, "I don't look like it yet, because I'm in training for it."

In like manner, we're all still being trained by the Spirit of God through the Word to be all He's destined us to be. If you already have children, keep training them in the Word. Even when it looks like they're not imbibing the culture of the Word, keep at it. Recall what we read in Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Give some time; the results of the training will be evident.

Never give up your faith because of the negative opinions of gainsayers; learn to live by the Word. No matter what you see or experience, your faith will triumph. Glory to God!

Prayer

Dear Father, my faith increases as I give myself to the study of your Word. Teach me to take advantage of the grace that's in Christ Jesus, and to live a life of faith that is based on your Word, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

Further Study: 2 Corinthians 2:14; Mark 9:23

: Romans 8:18-39 Psalms 70-73
: Ephesians 6:1-9 Isaiah 56

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