Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Confessions

Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Therefore, I forbid any sickness or disease to come upon this body. Every disease germ and every virus that even touches this body dies instantly, in the name of Jesus. Every organ and every tissue of this body functions in the perfection to which God created it to function, and I forbid any malfunction in this body, in the name of Jesus.

This confession I make every day. It was written by Charles Capps. This confession is based on Galatians 3:13, Romans 8:11, Genesis 1:31, and Matthew 16:19.

It is important to speak God's word always. Speak it when you "feel" well and even when you don't "feel" well. God's word is always true, not matter what the circumstance. And the only way to change your situation for the better is to stop complaining, and start confessing God's word. God calls the weak people strong, He calls us victors in the midst of defeat, He called Abram the father of many nations years before he even had a son. God does this for the express purpose to get us, His children, to say what He says about our situation. Because when we do that, our life will come into alignment with the words we speak. This is how God does things, it is His way of operating, if we want His results then we must do it His way.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. ~ Proverbs 17:22

A broken heart dries up the bones. Your immune system is located in your bones. Any immune system disorder or disease including auto-immune diseases, like arthritis, MS, chronic fatigue, and many others, are stemming from a broken heart. God can and would love to heal your broken heart. It doesn't matter how long ago it occurred, even if it was in your childhood. God is Love. He wants to fill you with His love. His love heals your bones, it heals your broken heart. Mending your broken heart, with God's supernatural love, will bring healing to all immune diseases.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Thank You

I love you Lord. I have the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You, God. The eyes of my heart have been enlightened. I am created in the image of You. I walk in the light as You are in the light. I am the branch, You are the vine. I am one with You, dear Lord. You have already provided everything I will ever need. You have provided all the healing my body will ever need. Before I even existed You had provision for me. And I abide in You, Father, every circumstance and every situation in my life transforms to the likeness of You, Who is in the light. Thank you, Lord that you loved me and knew me, even chose me before the foundation of the world. Your love is the grace that is a gift to me. Your faith is given to me, as I walk with You. I will forever be in awe of Your trust in me. I will forever serve You. I will forever seek You. I will forever be transformed by your Word. I have entered into Your rest, because You are on my side. Thank you, Father, thank you. In Jesus name, Amen.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Got Peace?

May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom form fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him. Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. ~ 2Peter 1:2-4

Let's break up what Peter is saying here into bite sized pieces. First of all I want to mention how both Peter and Paul address all of their writing in the Bible, except for the book of Hebrews. They always write that grace and peace be multiplied towards the people. The people that they are wanting and asking grace to be multiplied towards are the people that are believers, believers in the personal knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. In the book of Hebrews there is not this greeting. The reason for this is because the book of Hebrews was addressed to the Jewish people, who didn't have have the knowledge of Jesus as the messiah and Lord. So because they didn't have this knowledge they could not enter into nor obtain the grace and peace that comes form God.

Now, let's look at the second letter of Peter. He says may grace and peace be multiplied to you. And the way that the grace and peace that comes that from God and is multiplied to you, is through the full and personal knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The more knowledge that you have about God. The more you know who He is, and what He is like, the grater your grace and peace becomes. The more you invest your time in seeking God, and trying to develop your relationship with Him the more peace and grace you have. If you don't seek, if you don't gain personal knowledge, you will not be able to enter into into God's grace and His supernatural peace.

The Bible tells us that faith comes by hearing. Hearing the word of God over and over brings you personal knowledge and this gives you faith. This brings to you the faith of God. Through this faith or personal knowledge you can now have God's grace, and you will have His supernatural peace, that will keep you free from fear regardless of your situation.

Next, Peter says that God has already given us all things, not a few things, not many things, not even most things, but ALL THINGS that we need for life and godliness. We have been given everything we need for a successful life right now. We also have been given all things for godliness. These are not things that God is going to some day give us when we are "good enough" but that God has already given them to us. So someone might say, "No, I don't have that." But, if you have asked Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, God says you do have it. And if God says it's true, than it is true. But, the thing that is stopping you from seeing the evidence of this in your life is the lack of knowledge of this truth. You have the divine power of God Himself, He has already deposited His divine power in you, when you were born again. But, it will not show it's self just because it is there. It takes an effort on your part to gain knowledge through the Word of God to bring this power out and into your life.

Faith comes by hearing the word of God. But, not just by hearing it once and saying, "Ok, I have heard that already, I don't need anymore. I have it all." No, the Bible doesn't say faith comes by heard. It says faith comes by hearing and hearing. Personal knowledge about God comes by hearing and hearing. Relationship with God comes from hearing and hearing. This is what God said, and He is God, and He gets to decided how life works. I come across so many people that think that they have decided who Gods is and what He is like. But, God is who He says He is, and that's it. He told Moses, "I AM that I AM." And the only way to have peace and grace, power and authority, that supersedes every circumstance in your life is through the personal knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. Every other means to try to obtain peace, grace, power, authority, and especially salvation will fail. It may keep you afloat for awhile but when a circumstance comes against you in life you will sink.

Peter goes on to say that you can avoid, and that there is a way to escape the trials of life and only have the promises of God. He says that you are able to be a sharer or participator in God's divine nature. And He states that it is through the means, or through knowledge of God.

For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises] employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy) and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence). ~2Peter 1:5

Here Peter is encouraging people to seek God, to learn about God, to put your whole self into the pursuit of knowing God. This will develop your faith in God, and this is the only way to have God's peace. This is the only way to have God's grace. This is the only way to have God's blessings. This is the only way to have God's victory over anything that comes against you. This is the only way to receive the salvation that is a gift of God.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Redeem (ri dEm)

Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified) To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy Spirit.~Galatians 3:13-14 Amplified KJV





Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. That the blessings of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.~Galatians 3:13-14 KJV

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree." He redeemed us in order that the blessings given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. ~Galatians 3:13-14 NIV

But Christ has bought us out from under the doom of that impossible system by taking the curse for our wrongdoing upon Himself. For it is written in the Scripture, "Anyone who hanged on a tree is cursed" [as Jesus was hung upon a wooden cross] Now God can bless the Gentiles, too, with this same blessing He promised to Abraham; and all of us Christians can have the promised Holy Spirit through this faith. ~ Galatians 3:13-14 Living Bible


REDEEM Definition
re·deem (ri dēm′)
transitive verb
1. to buy back
2. to get back; recover, as by paying a fee
3. to pay off (a mortgage or note)
4. to convert (paper money) into gold or silver coin or bullion
A. to convert (stocks, bonds, etc.) into cash
B. to turn in (trading stamps or coupons) for a prize, premium, discount, etc.
5. to set free by paying a ransom
6. to deliver from sin and its penalties, as by a sacrifice made for the sinner
7. to fulfill (a promise or pledge)
8. to make amends or atone for to redeem a blunder
9. to restore (oneself) to favor by making amends
10. to make worthwhile; justify

1. Jesus bought back our blessing and our ability to have a relationship with God

2. Jesus paid the fee with His own life to buy us the blessings and relationship with God.

3. Jesus completely paid of the amount due that the Law required, and now that it has been marked "paid in full" all the blessings of God belong to us.

4. Jesus turned His own life in for the prize, His life was turned in or exchanged for all the blessings of God.

5. We were set free from sin and all its forms and manifestations because Jesus paid the ransom with His life.

6. Jesus became the sacrifice for us all, He took on all the sin of the world, He took on all the sin in all it's forms including sickness, guilt, fear, pain, sorrow, grief, so that we would be delivered from the penalties and sufferings of these things.

7. Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses for us.

8. The blunder that Jesus redeemed was that man gave up his authority over the earth to Satan and Jesus gave it back to us, His creation.

9. Jesus restored us to right standing with God, by making amends through Him keeping every commandment perfectly.

10. The blood of Jesus has justified us, in God's eyes. Now God can see us as the righteousness of Christ, and He only gives us His blessings.

As you can see by Galatians 3:13-14 Christ became the curse of the Law so that we His children could have all the blessings that God gave to Abraham. Maybe you wondered why I gave so many definitions and different bible quotes. The scripture tell us that God's people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge. Godly knowledge is the first step towards freedom. If you study the blessings and the cursings you will find that you were blessed only if you kept the laws perfectly. And if you didn't keep them, you were cursed. Now that we have a new covenant with God and understand that Jesus achieved all the requirements of the laws, and that we are now covered with the blood of Jesus, God only sees us through the blood. God looks at us, when we come to Him in prayer only seeing His beloved son, that kept all of the commandment, and is not angry but only wants to give us what ever we ask for. God took all of His anger out on Jesus, on the cross. He cursed Jesus with all of the curses. God is not mad anymore. He doesn't see your faults, Christ payed for them. God isn't angry, He isn't even in a bad mood. He wants to bless you, He wants to heal you, He wants to deliver you.

If you want to understand what you have been blessed with. If you want to know what curses were placed on Jesus so that you wouldn't have to suffer. Than read the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy. That is a great place to start. If you find that you have sickness in your body. This is a direct violation of what Christ redeemed you from. But, you must take a stand. You must take authority over the sickness. Jesus said, "In my name you will cast out devils, you will speak with new tongues, you shall take up serpents, if you drink and deadly thing it shall not harm you, you shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover." It is our job to bring the blessings to ourselves. Jesus has provided the way but will not force anyone to receive anything. You must gain the knowledge, you must seek, you must have a relationship with God and understand who He says He is. You have to become so unhappy with your situation that you stop doing things your way and reach out to God, and do things His way. He has given us all the keys to a happy healthy life. He is standing at the door knocking, will you turn from your own destruction and let Him in? Will you read His word and understand that He is talking to you? Start by knowing that He became the curse so that you could have all the blessings. Begin to understand that God is Good.















Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Who's Faith?

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. ~Romans 12:3 KJV

This verse says that God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. So how has God dealt to me and all of us the measure of faith? He has given us His word. The faith of God, the same faith that God used to form the heavens and the earth He supernaturally placed into His word. The bible tell us that there is not one word of God that is without power. Every word He speaks has the power, or faith to bring it to pass. And that same supernatural power He placed into His word.
So, the measure of faith is the amount of faith that is found in the Bible.

But, the power, the faith, will do you no good stuck inside of your bible. The bible has to be opened, and read. Not just silently to yourself but, read aloud.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ~Romans 10:17 KJV

It says faith comes by hearing the word of God. It comes by hearing, and hearing, and hearing, and hearing. God has placed His supernatural faith in His words and when you hear them His faith comes to you. It is a gift to you, it is His faith for you that you can turn around and call it your own.

There is no such thing as ignorant faith. The only way you can have faith for any promise of God is to hear His word and receive it into your heart. The only way to obtain the gift of grace that God have given each and every one of us is through faith.

Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. ~Hebrews 11:1 Amplified KJV

This is saying that faith is the title deed. If you have every purchased real estate the title deed is a piece of paper that proves to everyone that you own the property. Faith is proof of the ownership of the promises of God. If you don't have faith you cannot receive any promises of God. You cannot receive any grace from God, you cannot receive any gifts of God. That does not mean He hasn't freely given, it just means you cannot receive them.

Picture this just for a moment. Every word in the Bible is a container. Each container is filled with faith. As you open the container (or hear the words) you receive the faith that God placed into the container. The more containers you open (or the more you hear the word of God) the more your faith will be built.

The good news is that God has given everyone the measure of faith. It is located in your bible. All the faith you will ever need to receive all the gifts of God is located in His word.

God is good. He has given all of us the gift of salvation, healing, deliverance, and all the help you will ever need in every area of your life. He has even given us His faith to receive His grace. But, He has also given us free will. If you desire to enter into God's gift of salvation. If you need healing. Open your bible. Read the word of God, aloud. Receive God's faith supernaturally contained in those words. Take it and call it your own. It will not fail. It will accomplish everything God sent it out to do.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Word check-up

A man's (moral) self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil]. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. ~Proverbs 18:20-21 Amplified KJV

This verse says that the power of life and death is in the tongue. This means that either you are speaking life giving words or words that bring about death. This verse didn't say there are some life words, some death words, and then words that don't really matter. No, the words you speak only fall into two categories, Life or Death.

But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement. ~Matthew 12:36 KJV

So, we can see that all words are important and all words contain power. And that we must be satisfied with the words we speak. I know that the words that God speaks are Life. I will have health, happiness, and peace, regardless of my circumstances if I speak these words. And I choose to speak those. I have learned that if I speak words of fear, sickness and disease, that these are death words. And these words will only bring those things which I fear most, just as Job discovered. I have made a choice to put God's words in my mouth. I choose the path of life. I am walking in health and healing, and will all the days of my life. No evil will befall me, neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling. For the Lord has given His angles charge over me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death.

If you are fighting sickness of any sort, I encourage you to check-up on the words you are saying. Speak life, speak health, speak peace, speak God's word for yourself.