Do you posses committed FAITH ?

This walk of faith for the believer is not for the faint - hearted, its not for those who say I tried that faith stuff, it doesn't work, no faith tried you and you didn't work! Its not for those with excusses!  Instead it should be "quit"is  not an option! Have you ever looked at someone who is walking with the Lord and say "they have something I desire", I have? The scripture makes it clear that we should follow men and women like that.Heb 6:12  Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.

The scripture also makes it clear not to desire or follow after those who don't stay with committed faith. Psa 78:10  They kept not the covenant of God and refused to walk according to His law

Faith is not a fad, or a movement, the bible says- Rom 1:17  For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

Who has it, "Faith" the born again believer Rom 10:8  But what does it say? "The Word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart"; that is, the Word of Faith which we proclaim;

Rom 10:9  Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

So committed faith is something that must be a quality decision you make, and say, even if it's not likely to happen tomorrow, I will continue to trust God for it! 

Jesus never fails and God never fails. If it didn't work, we failed. God does not change; our prayer does not change God. Faith changes things, not God. Faith is simple, its laying hold of something you desire, and bringing them into the realm of reality, by acting on what the word of God says! 

 Mark 11: 23-is a powerful verse to stand on, but 2 words in their are vital " BELIEVE AND RECEIVE " believing is an action word, act on what the word says, find out what the promises are and act on them. Results will materialize ! 

Faith will always say " ITS MINE, That's the receiving part, I take it now! 

Faith will never relent, or looks back, you have to make that decision to say "I am not moved by what I see, I am moved only by what I BELIEVE"! 

Faith without works is dead, healed people will act healed, I didn't say "deny", it may be a fact that your diagnosed with something but that is not the truth you want to stand on. Psa 107:2  All of you set free by GOD, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression,

 So whether you feel like it or not, tell it, speak it, declare it, shout it out!

Satan, your adversary will will challenge real faith, He will say to you look.......

So get busy and act on Gods word now. Don't just wait for something to arise in your life! 

Mat 8:17  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.

That verse is for us today, a statement of fact so believe it and receive it. 

Real bible faith simply says about you what the Word says about you- spiritually. physically, mentally, financially and socially. 

So I say make that decision today to be committed to faith in God, that His word will preform what it says it will. Heb 11:6  It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

2Co 5:7  (for we walk by faith, not by sight);  

Always remember how much he loves you, and what he has made available for us in his precious word !

So what is truth ?

How many believers go along in life and have their idea of truth, without letting the bible be their truth? I would say theirs a lot of them, I was one of them in some areas as well, but I prayed for answers and God showed me, Truth! If you want to know he will show you, if you don't his hands are tied. God will never move out of turn, But he will never fail to move when its his turn.  Oh sure we know the basic truth of salvation, baptism after getting born again. But it doesn't just stop their, how are we going to go onto great things for God, or overcome areas in our lives if that's all of the truth you settle on? Truth requires us to seek, to want answers, and for us to abide and learn what the word of God says.

Jesus put it this way in Joh 8:31  So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples.

Joh 8:32  And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

Don't you want to know the truth and let the truth set you free ? I know I want to experience all that God has for me. But you have to want to know it, you can't just believe something that doesn't go along with His Word, what does God say in that matter, its in the word!

The gospel of Jesus Christ brings to all salvation, but once you get saved we don't stop their. Their is a way to live in this gospel of the Kingdom to bring us VICTORY, and will bring us results from God every time!

Why do people create their own perception of what God would do, in a matter in their life? It brings them comfort, and puts all the weight of it back on Him. I heard this from a teacher of the word say this and it stuck with me " A no fault religion". Think about that we go about in life and we don't bother to find out truth, we just think God didn't want us to have it, or He took it from us, or He's trying to teach us hard lessons. So that puts it all  back on God and we have a no fault, no responsibility, to every do our part, which is to " seek first the kingdom of God"

I am passionate about this, and so much more for others to know truth. I know you can't be the word police and try and give a ticket every time they do and say things, but I have a heart to want to speak the truth in Love to others when I can. So what is truth, truth is being a disciple of his word, seeking it with all your heart, and you will find answers and the truth will make you free.

Truth will bring you true success in life, truth will bring you Joy, when all around you might be despair. Truth will bring you peace of mind when you lost something or someone. Truth will bring you healing when sickness has been diagnosed over you. Truth will give you desires of your heart, for God loves us and wants to bless us with! Truth will bring you prosperity if your broke, and cause you to rise above and be able to provide for your family, and be a giver into the kingdom of God.  True prosperity is to know Jesus Christ, and have your soul prosper in all your emotions, thoughts and thinking right!
Joh 14:6  Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.

 So if you thought you had truth and its not bringing you success in any of these areas ask yourself where am I missing it, God will show you through his word! Always remember He loves you so much, and has the best for you!

Ambassadors for Jesus !

Our highest priority in this life as a believer is to seek first the Kingdom of God, those are the words of Jesus! 

Mat 6:33  But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.

Mat 6:34  So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.

We have been brought out of darkness and into the light of His Kingdom. Do you know the bible refers to us as ambassadors for Christ? Think about in the natural what an ambassador does, and his role. They are sent to foreign nations to be representatives at meetings, will smooth relations between countries, they act as a figure head for their country of origin, etc. That is a pretty big responsibility, and we have been called that!

2Co 5:20  So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

We are called ambassador's to represent our King Jesus, we don't have to say I think its so, we can say " Jesus said" we are to take over not take sides, making a Godly nation! 

Col 3:17  And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.

That is our position in the Kingdom of God! We will have to choose whom we serve in this life Jesus said it this way in Mat 6:24  No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).

This world system is all about storing up treasures, its not about saving souls it all about saving money! Do we need money, absolutely, money in its self is not bad, its the love of it that will entice you. It will cause your eye not to be single and full of light like Jesus said again in- Luk 11:34  Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar.

All that is saying is having a single eye will keep you full of revelation to live this Kingdom life! Without Jesus this sense realm is the boundary of life. If it feels good, taste good, looks good, then I want it. That is a trap to many, and the down fall to many believers. Do we get to experience all those feelings "Yes" but its not at the cost of stepping outside the Kingdom of God ! God wants to give us all things richly to enjoy! 

In the Old Testament Danial was a true representative an "ambassador" for God. He never changed his belief or lifestyle because of laws that the king issued. He knew whom he served, and was under Gods Kingdom! He prayed with his windows open when he was told not to, and he never backed down from what God showed him. For that, he was thrown into the lions Den, BUT, lived to tell about it!

Dan 6:22  My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong. [II Tim. 4:17.]

Have you been thrown into something that you believe you can come out of- rise above- and live to declare about? 

Do you know that Jesus also said he knows what we have need of  in Mat 6:32  For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.

Isn't He such a great Father God, I tell you every time I read and meditate on these kind of verses I am so thankful my Heavenly Father is so good to me! 

Jesus also said not to store up treasures here on this earth where thieves break in and steal!

,Mat 6:19  Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.

Mat 6:20  But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal;

So what that's saying is we are to deposit our treasure on a higher plane " heaven" because their ain't going to be any thieves or any kind of any thing come and break into heaven and steal from you!

So seek first the kingdom of God and everything will be added to you, not taken from you! Go fourth as an ambassador for Jesus and know who you are in Him!

Who's in Control ?

Have you or do you work hard at something in your life only to come up empty handed, struggling,toiling with frustration? That day that Jesus got onto Simon's boat changed his life! These were fisher men who made their living from catching fish, and Simon came up empty handed with his catch! Jesus took the liberty of just climbing into his boat, and then said put out a little from the shore. Jesus then just sat and taught the people from the boat, I'm sure Simon was hearing it all while he was busy cleaning his nets! I believe Jesus had a motive for Simon that day!  His life was about to change for ever, and he didn't even know it!  INCREASE ALERT on every level !

So the word says that when Jesus finished speaking, he said to Simon " Put out into the deep water, and let down your nets for a catch". Simon called him "Master"  we have worked hard all night and haven't caught one fish! BUT, because you say so I will let down my net! Don't we do the same thing today to Jesus, we want to say to him I've tried it, its not working!

Jesus was their that day to minister to many people, but it was in preparation  for Simon that day. The first request he asked Simon that day was, let out a little from the shore, and then he said now put your nets into the deep. I'm sure Simon had all kinds of thoughts running through his mind like "MASTER YOU ARE NOT A FISHERMAN" and I'm sure Simon was tired in his physical body with working all night, and frustration was trying to take over! We have all been their! But he obviously showed respect, he knew  their was something special about this man Jesus, he had healed his mother in- law in the previous chapter.  BUT when he"sowed" his boat into Jesus ministry that day, he reaped a huge change on every level. Its all about trust and putting  principals in the word of God into motion!

When Simon obeyed Jesus at his request to let down the nets, the miracle happened every fish in that lake came his way, INCREASE, their were so many fish that they had to fill 2 boats full with fish that the boats began to sink! Now that was great for Simon, as far as making his surplus for fish that day, but the greatest thing that happened that day was Simon was changed for ever! He had a revelation of who this man he called Master truly was, LORD, JESUS! Simon left that business of  catching fish and went on to be  called Peter and was a disciple of Jesus!
Luk 5:5  And Simon (Peter) answered, Master, we toiled all night [exhaustingly] and caught nothing [in our nets]. But on the ground of Your word, I will lower the nets [again].

Luk 5:6  And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were [at the point of] breaking,

Things have not changed for us today, Jesus still may ask you in your life to let out a little from the shore, and then ask you let out into the deep. That would tell me, LET GO, relinquish it all, cast your net out into the deep where it may seem like your taking a big risk! Its the self can make it happen, toiling hard and seeing no results attitude that has to be thrown out!

Listen our days of trying to make it happen ourselves has to go, We must start believing no matter what we are called to in our lives Jesus, is right their  with us! Simon had the choice to even let him minister in his boat, and then to tell him how to start doing things! He was teachable, he knew something was different about this man Jesus! Today Holy Spirit  lives in our hearts if your born again, he wants Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, We have the kingdom of God in us, we can take this and demonstrate the kingdom of God in every area of our lives!

We can miss the opportunity for Increase in our lives on every level, the rich young ruler missed it in Luke 18:25- Jesus answer to him was not what he wanted to hear, so that man went away sad and missed an opportunity of a lifetime! We try to bring Jesus down to our thinking what we want to hear, not what he may say, "let out a little from the shore, and now let out into the deep". It all has to do with fear, or loss, its about us being in control and not letting Jesus into our boats to minister the best for us, INCREASE ON EVERY LEVEL!

The word is full of these types of examples but I'm stopping for now here. Always remember he loves you so much!!

Are You Hungry for More ?

Lets shake ourselves out of this lie that we can fall prey to as Christians, that miracles, signs, and wonders are only for the the big Evangelist, or preachers of today! Or even that they are a thing of the past! Do you know that when you lack knowledge in an area of something it keeps you  dwarfed in your thinking, and will keep you from going forward ! It is for all the church, we might not all be in a ministry like the Evangelist or a pastor, but everyday we can see demonstrations, manifestations of the Holy Ghost in our own personal life!

Knowledge is the ingredient to think BIG!  Wisdom is the ability to use Knowledge, and Wisdom is Jesus! Jesus said come and learn of me. Mat 11:29  Walk with me and work with me--watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

Mat 11:30  Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

So knowledge of Jesus and who He is will keep life good, it will keep manifestation, demonstration, and visitation present in your life! It will keep us from falling prey to the lies that miracles signs and wonders are not for us in our everyday life! When I say this it might be the smallest of things to start in your life, He is the God who says cast all your burdens on me for I care for you! You might be in a position right now where you are in need of a manifestation, demonstration, or a visitation. I am here to say to you don't give up! A larger concept of Jesus will cause your thinking to think BIG, it will cause signs and wonders to follow you! We should be more surprised when we don't see it, rather than just settling for the "oh well I guess its not meant for today".

We have to create our world, don't let this world create you!" Don't adopt the suppose it won't work syndrome" - SAY ALL THINGS ALL POSSIBLE! Knowledge of Jesus will cause you to take the the right path in life, and to stay on it! When your thinking is small it will put you in a false relationship with the truth. 

The birth of the New Testament church came first because they preached the truth, it gave them knowledge of the truth, and then it produced signs wonders miracles, and thousands were added to the church! Act 2:41  Therefore those who accepted and welcomed his message were baptized, and there were added that day about 3,000 souls.

 The church operated with great power and favor we can have the same today! Act 4:33  And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all.

We are the church with great favor, a church with great power, and great grace! Eph 2:7  He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.