dharma . devotion

Candlelight flickers across the worn pages, and the Sanskrit characters dance rhythmically, like graceful maidens chanting ancient hymns. Transfixed, the young boy follows their motion, and his soul sings in unison with them:

A mass of radiance, glowing all around,
I see thee, hard to look at, on every side;
Glory of flaming fire and sun, immeasurable,
without beginning, middle, or end of power.
Infinite arms, whose eyes are the moon and sun,
I see thee, whose face is flaming fire,
burning the whole universe with thy radiance.

Quietly another voice enters the song. It is a gentle, beloved voice, calling him, calling “Sundar,” drawing him out of the chant, away from the dance. Slowly closing his inner eyes, he looks up into the candlelit face of his mother. “Come, Sundar! It is past midnight already. Soon it will be morning. You are only eight years old, my son. You must rest.” Obediently, reverently the boy returns the holy books to their place and seeks his mat. The candle flickers one last time and dies. Later he remembers:

Although my family was Sikh, we had great reverence for the Hindu scriptures. My mother was a living example of the love of God and a devoted follower of Hindu teachings. Every day she awoke before dawn, prepared herself with the cold water of the ritual bath, and read either from the Bhagavad Gita or from one of the other sacred writings. Her pure life and her complete devotion influenced me more strongly than it did the other family members. From the time of my earliest memories, she impressed upon me one rule above all others: when I woke from sleep, my first duty was to pray to God for spiritual nourishment and blessings. Only then could I break the night’s fast. Sometimes I objected to this rule and insisted on having breakfast first, but my mother would never relent. Usually with coaxing, but when necessary with force, she impressed this rule deep onto my soul: Seek God first and only then turn to other things.

At that time, I was too young to recognize the true value of this education, and I resisted her. Later, however, I came to appreciate her example. Whenever I think back now on her loving guidance, I cannot thank God enough for her. For she planted in me, and tended in my early life, a profound love and fear of God. She carried a great light within her, and her heart was the best spiritual training anyone could have: “You must not be careless and worldly,” she would say. “Seek peace of soul, and love God always. Someday you must give yourself fully to the search, you must follow the way of the sadhu.”

With pleading eyes, the boy looks up at his father:

Please help her, Father! She is so old and the weather is turning cold. I spent all my pocket money to buy food for her, but I did not have enough for a blanket. Please give me money to buy her a blanket.

Sardar Sher Singh retorts:

Listen, Sundar! Over the years I have given that widow all manner of help. We are not responsible for her. The other people in town should also help look after her. They must also learn charity. You cannot be responsible for everyone all the time. Others must learn to play their part. Do not worry about her now. You have done more than enough for her.

Downcast, the boy turns away. Agony of conscience.

Has not Mother always said we should show compassion and pity? Has Father no heart? What if no one else helps her? She might freeze in the night. Is there nothing I can do? Maybe…No, I mustn’t! That would be wrong. But then again, Father has so much; he will never miss a few rupees. It is for a good cause; I’m not stealing for myself…

Sundar was wrong. Father does miss it. In the evening, Sardar Sher Singh calls together the household and announces that he is missing five rupees. “Has anyone taken money from my purse?” he asks, gently but firmly. Each one answers in turn. Sundar  quietly says, “No Father, I didn’t do it.” The day closes somber and unresolved.
Sundar sleeps fitfully. He tosses and turns. In his dreams, he sees the stern face of his father, hears the disappointment in his voice: “How could you steal from me, your father? How could you secretly disobey me? Even now, after I ask for the truth, still you lie to me.” Sundar knows this is not dharma – devotion. This is adharma – sin.

It is evil. The holy books speak of karma – the relentless cycle of sin and death by whose law every sinful act burdens the soul and carries painful consequences. The holy books warn that we will reap what we sow, in this life or the next. How can I escape this karma? How can I undo what I have done? What good is compassion for others in need if my own soul is burdened?

Sardar Sher Singh hears a quiet, frightened voice:

Father! Wake up, Father! Something terrible has happened. It was I, Father. I stole your money to buy a blanket for the widow. Forgive me, Father. I want to escape the karma; I am ready to accept punishment; I am ready to accept it as penance for this sin.

Now awake, Sardar Sher Singh sees the anguish in the boy’s face and sees the hours of anguish behind it. He takes hold of the boy – not to punish him, but to take him up into his strong arms; not with anger, but with love. Gently he says: “I have always trusted you, my child, and now I have good proof that my trust was not misplaced. Sleep in peace now, for you have shown courage to choose what is right. In this way, you have turned the wrong to good. I, too, am sorry that I refused you money for the widow. I will not refuse you such a request again.”

· May God the One, bless and keep you all, this day and every day to come! AMEN.

It’s hard to keep regret out of your life. No matter where you find yourself today, there’s a chance that you’ll have certain things you wish you did differently. When you strive to look at your situation with a different perspective, you’ll gain a better understanding about life and you’ll learn to live without regret.

While you won’t be able to completely eliminate regret in your life, you can take steps to reduce it. Strive to keep your life organized and live your life your way.

Establish Your Priorities

One way to begin living without regret is to sort out your priorities. Ask yourself what ultimate goal you’re working towards. Are you happy with where you are and where you’re going? If you’re living your life according to plan and you’re happy, then you have nothing to regret.

If changes need to be made, taking small steps may be of help to you. Once you’ve made decisions that you’re comfortable with, you may feel as if a weight has been lifted from your shoulders. This is regret leaving your life!

Live By the Golden Rule

Everyone can benefit by living his or her life with the golden rule in mind. The golden rule is known in all of the world’s religions. It’s special because it’s a concept that we can all agree on, despite our differences.

Simply stated, the golden rule is: “Treat people the way you’d like to be treated.” If you do this, you’ll definitely keep your regrets to a minimum. You’ll be learning how to treat people with kindness no matter what. You’ll be learning how to treat people fairly and you’ll gain empathy. When you put yourself in someone else’s shoes before you act, you’ll be less likely to engage in an act that you’ll regret later.

Take Swift Action

The next step is to take swift action in your life. You only have one life and the time is now. If your goals are clear and you know what you want, what are you waiting for? A common regret is not doing the things that are truly important to them. You need to do these things instead of putting them off until tomorrow!

Have you always wanted to start your own business? Start one! Would you like to get back in touch with your father? Do it! Yes, it’s difficult, yet it’s also simple once you’ve made the commitment to act.

Spend Time with Loved Ones

Spend all the time you can with your loved ones. If they live far away, visit when you can and call often.

Make time for your immediate family by scheduling dinners together or family nights out. Delve deep into the relationships you have with your family. A common regret is sticking to surface topics when it comes to your family. Find out the hopes, fears and even regrets of your family members. Sharing your regrets can be another way of coming to a resolution!

Forget Regret

Ultimately, it always comes down to the fact that you can’t change the past no matter how hard you try, nor how often you think about it. All you can do is take action now to change what happens in the future.

Regret clouds our current thinking and stands in the way of a happy future. But you have the power to blast through regret and move forward with your life!

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All actions start as mere thoughts. When you set out to reach your goals, negative thinking pretty much ends your journey right there. You end up losing your drive, which you need in order to get anything done.

Thinking optimistically can be the difference between easily reaching success and falling short.

But how can you start thinking optimistically? There are certain actions you can take that will help you shift your core beliefs.

Try these steps in order to set yourself up for success with optimism:

1.    Expect the best. You should know your desired outcome for your ultimate goals and believe that the best case scenario can prevail. You may tend to drift into the “what if” thoughts from time to time, but you also have the power to fight them. If you catch yourself thinking this way, immediately shift your focus onto something positive.

2.    Take immediate action. Reaching your ultimate goals can be intimidating. There might be many things holding you back, including the fear of failure. But when you take immediate action, you leave no time for pessimistic thoughts to arise. You’ll plough forward in a positive direction.

3.    Seek the silver lining. No doubt there will be situations that present challenges to you. You must believe that everything happens for a reason and that there’s a silver lining somewhere in this challenge. Do your best to learn from the situation and then actively seek the best direction forward.

4.    Write down your thoughts. You can certainly benefit from a brain dump every now and then. Write down your thoughts, including your fears, in order to vent. Take note of your positive thoughts as well. By writing everything down, you’ll gain clarity about your goals.

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In this article we will look at the importance of using creative thought (yes, imagination) as a God-given ability to “create” or receive what we have prayed for.  So many believers pray, but complain that they do not see results.

Many discoveries on the level of quantum physics, the study of subatomic particles, proved that we influence our world with our thoughts.  No wonder that the greatest “physicist”, the Creator of the universe wrote in His Book, the Bible, “For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Pro 23:7). Our thoughts can play a powerful role in our wellbeing, health and prosperity as I will explain below.

We can influence our destiny, create opportunities and change circumstances by practising positive thought as an underlying principle of faith.  In fact, I will show you that this is exactly how we are instructed in the Bible to practise our faith:

Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]–(Eph 3:20)

Faith is a spiritual power that operates from a higher dimension as thought and physics. The laws of nature and the power of creative thought function on a lower level of authority than spiritual power, and should therefore be practised in support of faith and not as the ultimate level of authority as propagated by many under the title “The Law of Attraction” etc. It is positive an powerful principles, but we should remember that there is a higher level of control, a higher will and purpose that governs the universe. We should get “in tune” with the Spirit of God to really guarantee results.

What is the role of positive thinking when it comes to practical faith?

Our thoughts, words and actions must be in agreement to be able to create a supernatural outcome. We cannot apply faith for the supernatural, while believing (thinking with the mind) something to the opposite. Our thoughts must support our faith and the will and purpose of God to be effective.

Visualisation can, and should play a vital role in our practising of faith. I call this ‘Creative Faith’.

* How can a person have faith for something, if he cannot define what exactly it is that he wants?

* How can someone define what he wants, without first forming a clear picture of it in his mind?

* How can a person think positively and creatively, if his words and actions are negative and destructive in nature? Our words portray our inner believes and thoughts.

Everything that you would like to ‘create’ or receive in your life by means of faith starts out from an original thought. Once you have created a mental picture, the idea should be meditated upon until you could clearly visualise the details and even experience the outcome in your mind. How do we do this? By using a very unique capability given to man – imagination.

Once you have completed the mental picture, and know exactly what you want, you can use this mental picture as the seed and substance for your faith and trust the Creator to transfer it into reality from a spiritual dimension. We ‘sow’ or ‘plant’ this spiritual prototype (seed) by means of words (prayer).

The spoken word (the prayer of faith), is the seed that will take this spiritual prototype (creative thought) into the dimension of the Spirit where faith cultivates it, protects it and grows it into reality. Once the seed has become full-grown in the spiritual dimension, it also becomes reality in the visible world. Sometimes the result can be instantaneous (a miracle) or it may take a while (spiritual interference in the natural processes, it might take time).

A fact that should always be kept in mind is the sure knowledge and conviction of heart (faith), that whatever the need was, the blueprint for the solution is immediately created in the spiritual realm. You have received the answer to your prayer of faith the moment you have spoken the words.

This is why Jesus, once He has formed the outcome in His mind by faith and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, would never confess anything else. On His way to heal Talita, Jairus’ little daughter, the report (natural or medical fact) reached them that she was already dead. Jesus didn’t listen to the negative reports they received along their way to Jairus’ house. Jesus kept on confessing that she was only “asleep”. Not once when Jesus was on His way to heal the sick or raise the dead, would He confess the natural facts. Jesus always kept the original thought alive and demonstrated that the spiritual dimension overrules the laws of the natural. We can see this also in the case of Lazarus.

How does this kind of works?

The Bible defines faith as follows:

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 Bible)

If you have real faith for something, your words and conversations will portray that believe, even if it is not visible in the physical yet. Real Biblical faith always comprehends the outcome as something already obtained.

I once stood outside the ICU unit of a hospital. A friend has called me to pray with her alongside the bed of a man that was already declared brain-dead by the doctors. This was the second time I was requested to minister to this man. Three weeks earlier I have also stood alongside his bed, praying the prayer of faith, but his situation just seem to deteriorated. This time, they have decided to turn off the life support systems.

I remember while I was waiting outside, the family members that came to say their last good-byes were standing outside and they were sadly discussing his funeral arrangements.

You can imagine how shocked they were when I suddenly remarked: ‘He is not that sick you know… Lazarus was much sicker; he was dead for three days when Jesus healed him.’ I was getting out of the boat with this statement, walking on the water!

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Acts 5:16 “Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.” NOTE – Even after Jesus had been crucified, rose back to life again, and ascended into heaven, we see the very same work that Jesus performed, while on the earth, still taking place through the hands of His disciples, and with the very same intensity – all being healed. And why not? Hebrews 13:8 tells us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever!”

Hebrews 7:25 Because Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant (verse 22), “Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” Take a look at this scripture in the Amplified Version: “Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God and intercede with Him and intervene for them.” NOTE – It’s important to remember that the word “save” in the Greek is the word “sozo” which literally means to heal, preserve, save, do well, be (make) whole. It means deliverance in the present as well as in the future or in eternity, physical as well as spiritual. Jesus used this word to denote healing of the body as well as forgiveness of sins. Always translate this word as “save – heal” when you come across it in the Word. Now you know where we came up with the domain name for our website www.savedhealed.com

Acts 13:38-39 “Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man [Jesus] is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified [declared righteous] from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.” NOTE – I love this. From now on you need to train yourself to translate the word “justified” as “declared righteous.” That is the literal Greek translation. This will really help you when you read the book of Romans. You can remember it with this phonetic, literal breakdown: just-if-i’d never sinned! That’s the true meaning of biblical righteousness – to be in right standing with God.. 2 Corinthians 5:21 tells us plainly that as born-again believer’s we have become the righteousness of God in Christ. Because of the forgiveness of sins, through His shed blood, we are redeemed and declared righteous from ALL THINGS which we could not be declared righteous, apart from His redemptive work.This is our position in Christ and it’s more than just spiritual. The effects of this right-standing or righteousness pertain to the soul, the body and our life here on this earth.

Romans 8:11 “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal (Natural, Earthly) bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” NOTE – Take a close look at this Scripture. This is talking about your body that you have now, not the one you’re going to receive one day in heaven! Allow the Lord to impart His life into you by placing faith in His Word. Begin to praise Him for this promise.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11 “Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus (which was for our victory), that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.” – Bodily Health!!!

Matthew 6:9-10 “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven.” NOTE – Jesus always prays the will of God, and He prays that the will of God be done here on the earth just as it is in heaven. People in heaven are not sick, so we can clearly see it is God’s will that we also be free from sickness and disease.

Deuteronomy 11:21 (If a believer honors God and lives according to the Word, He says…) “That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” NOTE – God’s plan is that His children begin to experience the inheritance of the heavenly life while here on the earth. We’re already His children, and we have been given special rights. Learning to walk in the Word of God, brings the benefits of the Word of God into a living, functioning reality.

Deuteronomy 7:15 “And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.” NOTE – If this was a promise to God’s covenant people under the Old Covenant, how much more does this benefit of health pertain to us today; as we are under the New Covenant which is based upon the precious Blood of Jesus Christ!

Romans 8:32 “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” NOTE – Surely this includes healing!!!

Mark 16:17-18 “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name . . . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” NOTE – Find someone who believes God’s Word regarding healing and have them lay hands on you and pray for you in faith based on the promises of God. James 5:16 says “that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”

Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.” NOTE – The word “wait” in this verse implies a positive action of hope, based on knowing that the Word of God is a true fact and that it will soon come to pass – waiting with earnest expectation!

Psalm 34:19 “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.”

Jeremiah 30:17 “For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, saith the Lord.”

Isaiah 53:4-5 “Surely He hath borne our griefs (Hebrew: sicknesses) and carried our sorrows (Hebrew: pains) yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and by His stripes we are healed.” NOTE – The last part of this verse,”by His stripes we are healed,” is not talking about spiritual healing, as some have taught, but definite physical healing. God does not “heal” a human spirit, he recreates it. He does however, heal our bodies and minds. This clearly shows that your healing was paid for at the cross!

Jeremiah 33:6 “Behold, I will bring you health and cure, and I will cure you, and will reveal unto you the abundance of peace and truth.”

Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on Earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.” NOTE – The prayer of agreement is powerful – have someone agree with you for your healing!

Mark 11:24 “Therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” Surely this includes healing!

Isaiah 58:8 “Thy light shall break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee: the glory of the Lord shall be thy rear guard.”

Psalm 41:3 (Amplified Version) “The Lord will sustain, refresh, and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change, and transform in his illness.” NOTE – I love how the Amplified Bible brings out the fullness of meaning in the original language. The phrase “all his bed” in the Hebrew, has the meaning of; all that he is afflicted with, or all of his condition that he is lying with” It is always His will to turn, change and transform our mourning into dancing – Psalm 30:11

1 Thessalonians 5:23 “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly [completely]; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless [sound, complete and intact] unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” NOTE – It is very clear in this passage that wholeness, wellness, and health is for the complete make-up of man, spiritual, mental, and physical.

1 Peter 2:24 “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness– by whose stripes you were healed.” NOTE – Past tense “You were healed”. Jesus paid it all for your total deliverance – spirit, soul and body!

Psalm 103:2-3 “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases” NOTE – Notice it doesn’t say some, it says all! It also states that healing is one of the benefits that belongs to the believer along with the benefit of having our sin forgiven. See our article Two Gifts of Grace

3 John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

Jeremiah 17:14 “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.” NOTE – Once a person finally understands that healing is a part of the finished work of grace along with salvation, paid for at the same time with the same healing Blood, then you can get excited about this verse saying; “You did it Lord for me! Then according to this verse I will agree and say, I will have healing just as I have salvation, it’s mine NOW!”

James 5:14-15 “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:8-10 “But let us who are of the day [in Christ] be sober [Word minided], putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath [the curse], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him [share in His life].” NOTE – While this block of Scripture is talking about end times and the rapture of the Church, it is important not to miss the heart of God toward us the Church, which is constant and never changing. The curse does not belong to us, we were not appointed to it, we are appointed to the blessing which is the life of Christ given to us. The Word salvation always implies healing, mending, health as well as deliverance. One should always translate the word salvation as saved-healed! Don’t miss this great truth, the Lord wants you to obtain healing, both now and in the glorious completeness of it when we go to be with Him.

Use Your Authority and Resist Fear!

Matthew 18:18 “Verily I say unto you, whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” NOTE – The word “bind” means to forbid, the word “loose” means to let go or to allow to go free. Do not allow sickness, pain or disease run free in your body, bind it or forbid it to stay there any longer because of your rights as a believer.. Put your foot down and command it to leave in the Name of Jesus!!!

John 10:10 “The thief (satan) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” NOTE – Here we see the desired will of the Lord for every believer – that we experience abundant life. According to this verse He came for this very purpose. We also see clearly that it is not God who afflicts us. The word here for life is the Greek word “zoe.” One highly respected commentator describes the true meaning of the word life in this verse as: “life being the highest and best of which Christ is.” In light of that meaning, you can easily see the wonderful gift of life the Lord wants for each of us. Sickness and disease are truly not in His plan for us, simply because He has none to give.

Luke 10:19 “Behold, I give unto you power (authority) to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” NOTE – This is an exciting verse as Jesus said He has given us authoritative power over ALL, not some of the enemy! Command Satan to take his hands off of you. Command sickness and disease to leave you now in the Name of Jesus.

Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment YOU shall condemn. This is the heritage (birthright) of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,” says the LORD.” NOTE – Sickness is judging you falsely, it’s your birthright to live in health. You condemn it, with the Word of God, and command it to leave your body.

Psalm 102:19-20 ” For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary, from heaven did the Lord behold the earth, to hear the sighing and groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death.” NOTE – If you are born-again, then YOU are not appointed to death but unto life in Christ Jesus. The Word tells us that He who the son sets free is free indeed!!! Take hold of and insist upon your covenant right of freedom today in Jesus Name. Command the devil, sickness, disease, pain and suffering to GO in Jesus Name – you have another appointment in Him, and that appointment is supernatural, overflowing, and abundant life in Jesus Christ our Lord. You may feel like a prisoner because of your circumstance, but rejoice because God’s will IS to LOOSE you from it. Begin to praise Him for it.

You Are An Overcomer Through Jesus Christ!

1 John 4:4 “. . . . greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”

1 John 5:4 “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” NOTE – In John 17:14 Jesus states that we as believer’s are not of the world. Sickness, disease and failure belong to the world. As a believer, we are given the right to overcome that which comes against us by holding fast to the Word of God. While we do not deny that the problem or circumstance exists, we do however deny it the right to stay through our faith in God and His Word!!! Know this: Faith in God is victory all of the time!!!

Romans 8:31 “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us” NOTE – You are a winner, you are victorious through the Lord Jesus Christ. Begin to see yourself the way God sees you.

1 John 4:17 ” Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.” NOTE – Not only can we have boldness in the day of judgment, but we can have boldness now in this life, in the face of adversity, knowing who we are in Christ, knowing what belongs to us in Him and tenaciously holding onto it, refusing what the enemy wants us to have. As this verse says so clearly, as He is, so are we in this world. Think about that for a moment, how is He now? He is not sick, He is not diseased – it can’t touch Him, and we are His body – the body of Christ. Insist on having the blessing of the Lord manifested in you – praise Him for it now, worship Him!!!

1 Corinthians 6:15-17 “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” NOTE – I can’t say it any clearer than this verse – we are one with Jesus Christ now. Sickness has no right to Him, so it has no legal right to us. It is illegal and off limits, it has no right to stay. Take a firm stand and run off the attack and the lies of the enemy. You belong to the Lord, you are washed in His precious Blood, the covenant Blood. Command sickness, disease to leave and insist on your covenant rights now, and don’t quit until it changes and becomes just as the Word says it should be!!!

2 Peter 1:3-4 “As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” NOTE – Notice the past tense use of “has” given us all things that pertain to life!!! The blessing of health was purchased for us at the cross, it belongs to you now. Notice the importance of the Word of God – the precious promises. Your healing must be rooted steadfastly on the Word, not on what you see or how you feel. Also, did you take note of the fact that we are partakers of His divine nature! I guarantee you that His nature is total health and well being. Expect it!

1 Corinthians 1:9 “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” NOTE – The word “fellowship” is a strong covenant word in the original Greek text. It means: intimacy, partnership and participation, and is also the word for communion. In other words, because we are born-again, we have been given the right to share intimately, in partnership and participation in His life. Know that He is life, the purest form of life, and He’s called us to share intimately in it with Him. It’s a place where sickness and disease have no right. This is your birthright, count on it and expect it. And I love how this verse starts out – God is faithful. He’s faithful to His Covenant Word, and to His covenant people, He’s faithful to YOU!

Romans 5:17 “For if by the one man’s offense [Adam] death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.” NOTE – I love this verse! Did you notice, it did not say you might or you possibly could, it says you will reign in life (this life in the here and now). Are you reigning in life or are you being rained on? If you are not experiencing victory, know that it is a breech of the Word of God for it to remain and become the norm. Get mad, with a righteous indignation, and command the circumstances to leave and take hold of the victory that is yours through the Word. For this is the will of God!

Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” NOTE – The red blood cells of your body already obey this verse, as they are being multiplied and replenished every 80 – 120 days! Look at the rest of what God said to mankind – subdue and have dominion… over every living thing! Wow! That includes cancer, bacteria, parasites, viruses and all microorganisms that cause sickness and disease. He gave the blessing, He gave the command, He gave you the right – now do it. Put your foot down on sickness and disease and command it to go – it has no right to stay, You are a blood bought child of God!!! Don’t put up with it another minute, subdue and take dominion!

Colossians 1:13 “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” NOTE – To be conveyed is to be transferred, removed out of one and placed into another. The power of darkness which includes the curse, no longer has a hold on us as we are now members of a different kingdom – the Kingdom of God, which is the Kingdom of Life! There is no sickness and no disease in the kingdom of God.

Make Jesus The Lord Of Your Life, Reverence Him By Closing All Doors To The Enemy, Giving Him First Place!

Proverbs 3:7-8 “Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones.” NOTE – The term “fear the Lord” means to reverence and worship the Lord in all things.

Exodus 15:26 “If thou will diligently harken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put (permit) none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.”

Exodus 23:25 “So you shall serve (worship) the Lord your God and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.” NOTE – True worship from the heart is a key to walking in divine health. It brings forth humility of heart and opens the door for His life to flow. Close every door to the devil that you are aware of. Take time each day to worship and love on God from your heart.

Psalm 91:9-10 “Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”

Malachi 4:2-3 “But unto you that fear (reverence, worship) My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. You shall trample the wicked for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this says the Lord of hosts” NOTE – I love this scripture! This verse is a great promise and even tells us when it became a reality for us. “On the day that I do this,” was at Calvary. Now the enemy is as “ashes” under our feet and healing and protection belong to us. See Luke 10:19 also.

Know That When You Ask The Lord For Healing, It Is Already His Will And He Hears You And He Agrees. Know He Has Already Settled It In The Atonement Of The Blood Of Jesus Christ – He Says “Yes”!

Psalm 30:2 “O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.”

Psalm 107:19-20 “Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”

Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” NOTE – The word “ask” in the Greek has the meaning of insistent asking with a knowing of what belongs to the one making the request. Presenting a solid requisition to God, knowing He longs to distribute what He has to the one in need. Look at James 1:5-8 – we must ask in faith, and faith always knows, it never wishes!

I John 5:14-15 “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” NOTE – The Word of God is the will of God. If you can find it in the Word of God then you can be assured that it is the will of God. The Lord is not trying to keep healing from you, He is trying to get it to you – Just Believe!

2 Corinthians 1:20 “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.” NOTE – Notice that according to God all of His promises towards us are “YES” and amen (so be it!) or it is settled! There aren’t any “no’s” from the Lord toward us when it comes to performing His Word in our behalf. – Now that’s good news!

Psalm 35:27 “Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, “Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.” NOTE – At first glance you may think this scripture refers only to prosperity or wealth. The word in the Hebrew for prosperity here is “shalom” and we know it as the word for peace. However, in the Hebrew this word literally means health, prosperity and peace – wholeness, welfare. So you can clearly see the mind of God who takes pleasure in the health, wholeness, prosperity and peace of we His children! He’s excited for us to have it. Once you get ahold of this, praise and adoration will naturally flow forth in pure appreciation for who He is to us and all that He has already done for us. Fear and doubt will no longer have a place in your thinking. What an awesome God He is!!!

The Will Of God Is His Blessing Of Goodness That Is For You Now!

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (an expected end).” NOTE – Again, the word for peace here in the Hebrew is the word shalom and implies the meaning of health and prosperity, which is obviously His will as it is the end or goal that the Lord is expecting for us. Begin to expect it – yes, that’s right – get your hopes way up!

Luke 12:32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” NOTE – Along with the kingdom, come all of the kingdom blessings and benefits! Realize that it gives God pleasure to give to you, after all He is a giver – He is love and love gives. So cast of fear, and put a smile on your face- you are rich in Him. Just receive it.

Psalm 121:7-8 “The Lord shall preserve (keep) you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul (life). The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and even forevermore.” NOTE – Notice He said He would keep or preserve us from all evil. This surely includes sickness and disease. The word for preserve means to guard, to keep, to hedge about, to protect, to attend to. Praise the Lord! His will is to do this now and forevermore. Begin to thank Him and praise Him for it.

Hebrews 13:20-21 (Amplified Version) “Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament), strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages). Amen (so be it). NOTE – I love how the Amplified Version brings out the truth and clarity intended through the original Greek language. The author of Hebrews is praying a blessing in accordance with the will of God for completeness and wholeness which is intended through the Blood Covenant. May you be strengthened, be made complete and be perfected, be made what you ought to be (because of the shed Blood) and equipped with everything good so you can accomplish His will! Wow! This absolutely includes healing, health and wholeness. Our God has a purpose and a plan for you and He wants you to accomplish it now in Jesus Name! That is His will, rise up and believe it, receive it and act upon it!!!.

Psalm 68:19 “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation!” NOTE – This is the heart of the Father toward us. Daily it is His will to bring us to the place of the realization of His benefits for us. And if we don’t realize them today, He loads us up again the next, and the next and so on. Notice it connects the benefits to salvation. The word here for salvation is the Hebrew word Yeshuwah, and it means delieverance, to give aid to, prosperity, victory and even includes health! It is interesting that this is a similar Hebrew word for the Name Jesus – Yashua, which means He shall save. And that is exactly what Jesus purchased for us on the cross – salvation, deliverance and wholeness.. Insist upon and receive your benefits today, they belong to you. Put your foot down on sickness and disease and command it to leave, it does not belong to you, it definitely is NOT a benefit and as such is not yours.

The Word Of God Brings Healing!

Psalm 119:50 “This is my comfort in my affliction, for your Word has given my life.”

Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” NOTE – Faith for healing comes by hearing God’s Word concerning healing. So just as you may be taking medicine two or three times a day, do the same thing with the promises in the Word of God regarding healing, and allow your faith to be built up! You’ll be amazed at the change that will take place.

Proverbs 4:20-22 “My Son, attend to My words; incline thine ear unto My sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health (Lit. medicine) to all their flesh.” NOTE – Here it is as plain as it can be: the taking of God’s Word is life and medicine to your flesh. So just don’t take your prescribed natural medicine alone, add the Word of God along with it. Prescribed medicine can heal and help some things, but God’s medicine can heal all.

John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” NOTE – The Word of God is truth see John 17:17. Once you know the truth concerning healing in God’s redemptive plan, then you can begin to exercise faith and expect the promises of God to manifest in you – and they will – REJOICE!!!

Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like a fire? says the LORD, And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” NOTE – Get this fact down deep into your heart. The Word of God IS an all consuming fire that will melt away and burn off that which is not of God, and a powerful crushing force to break apart even the toughest and most stubborn circumstances. Continue taking the hammer of God’s Word and continue to hit the situations in your life that are not of God, until they give way and become exactly as the Word says they should be. Persistence breaks down resistance! See article: Don’t Stop Swinging That Hammer

2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” NOTE – Does your body and or mind need correction? God’s Word is just the medicine. According to this verse, we see that it is His will that you may be complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work. If you are sick you cannot fully do the work of the ministry- know that God wants you to be able bodied, a living example in every area of His grace, mercy and power.

John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” NOTE – God’s Word is healing, it will bring health to your flesh. See Proverbs 4:22. That’s why it is so important to continue to go over the healing scriptures daily, therefore building your faith in the area of healing, imparting the very life of God into your cells as well as your mind. Fill up on God’s Word!

John 15:7 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”

Isaiah 55:11 “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” NOTE – God’s Word on healing will accomplish healing in you.

Jeremiah 1:12 “. . . . I am alert and active watching over My Word to perform it.” Amplified Bible NOTE – God is looking, searching eagerly for someone to take Him at His Word so that He can perform it on their behalf.

Joshua 21:45 “Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.” NOTE – How much more sure is this promise to us since our covenant with God is based upon the shed Blood of Jesus Christ!

Leviticus 18: 4-5 “You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God. 5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.” NOTE – Here we see the importance of walking in obedience to the Word of God, which if a man does, he shall live by them… The key phrase here is “he shall live” and it’s actually just one word in the Hebrew language: chayay. This word just doesn’t mean to sustain life, barely getting by, but literally means to live prosperously, with vibrancy, being free or revived from sickness, faintness, discouragement, and even death. It carries with it the implied meaning of restoration, revival, and even growth or increase of well being. If we had to apply a single word to this, it would be to flourish or to thrive in life to its full. Now you can see the true meaning of this passage. If a man applies himself to the Word in obedience, he will flourish in all areas of life and thrive and increase! This not only includes healing and health but all other areas of our life as well, financial, emotional, relational, intellectual, etc.

Healing Is A Good Gift From God!

James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” NOTE – Healing is a wonderful gift from God, and here again is another proof that He does not change. What He did yesterday He will do again today – Praise the Lord, He is still the Healer!!!

1 Corinthians 3:21-22 “Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come–all are yours.” NOTE – This says it so clear; the Lord is holding nothing back from us. Surely healing is included in the claim of “all things” and certainly is included in the word “life.” Begin to praise the Lord for your healing which is a gift to you from the Lord, and the manifestation that will come as you receive the promise by faith.

Romans 11:29 “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” NOTE – He’s the giver of gifts and He doesn’t take them back, they cannot be canceled out!

Philippians 2:13 “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for his good pleasure.”

Matthew 11:28 (Amplified Version) “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]” NOTE – The word ‘rest’ here literally means to cease from toil or labor in order to recover and collect his strength, and implies a feeling of wholeness and well being. Place your focus onto Jesus and all that He has purchased for you. Take the focus off of the circumstances, and begin praising Him for all that He has done for you. As a child of God, you are highly favored by God – He’s given it all to you. Spend time each day just loving on God. Come to Him through intimate worship, and experience this rest.

Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. NOTE – This Scripture makes it so clear that healing and health belong to you and your posterity – your family line. Healing has been revealed to us through the Word of God – declared to us through the shed covenant Blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. Every Scripture on this page is declaring your revealed covenant right. Dig in and take hold of it by faith and refuse to let go of your birthright!!!

Isaiah 33:24 “And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell in it (Zion) will be forgiven their iniquity.” NOTE – While this chapter in Isaiah is dealing with impending judgment with God’s people (Zion) for repentance, notice that the forgiveness of their iniquity also provided for the healing of their bodies. How much more does this apply for us now in this time, having Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, who has redeemed us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us (Gal. 3:13) who by His stripes we were healed (1 Peter 2:24), has made this scripture a reality to us (spiritual Zion) through His shed Blood on the cross!!!

We Have Been Redeemed Out From Under The Bondage Of Sickness & Disease!

Galatians 3:13-14 “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.” NOTE – The curse of the law includes sickness and disease and is found in Deuteronomy 28:15-68. The first 14 verses of the chapter pertain to the blessing, and the rest of the chapter describes the curse! By the shed Blood of Jesus Christ we were purchased out of or out from under the curse!!! Especially look at verse 61, it states: “all sickness and all disease in the world, even those not written in the Book, (is included in the curse)” – so therefore we are redeemed from it all!!!

Proverbs 26:2 “Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause shall not alight.” NOTE – As we continue in Christ, the curse has no right to take root in our lives. Take a firm stand against it, and command its effects to leave in the Name of Jesus! You are a child of the King.

Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” And the effects of death and the curse!

Colossians 1:13 “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” NOTE – Remember there is no sickness or disease in the kingdom of God! Here again is another wonderful scripture proving your birthright of healing.

1 John 3:8b “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” Take a look at this same verse in the Amplified version – “The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].” NOTE -There is no doubt that sickness and disease are works of the devil, introduced to mankind through the fall as part of the curse. This Scripture is very clear that Jesus came to undo the works of the devil. Be assured that He accomplished His task- further proof that sickness and disease have no legal right to remain in your body as a child of God! Command it to go in Jesus Name!

2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” NOTE – If you are born-again, if you’ve asked Jesus to come into your heart, then you are saved, you are a child of God and the Spirit of God dwells within your heart – make no mistake about it!!! Therefore, according to this Scripture, freedom and liberty from bondage in any form belong to you, and you should expect it. It’s your covenant right. Receive this personally as the truth that it is for you right now!!! Lift your hands to the Lord and begin to praise Him and worship Him for His goodness to you.

John 8:36 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” NOTE – The Greek thought here is not just free, but undeniably and unquestionably free. The Amplified version reads: “So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.” Let this truth of victory soak down deep into your heart and dispel all thoughts of doubt and fear. Praise God, sickness and disease have no right to be in us, they cannot stay, they have to go! Shout it out – “I’m a free man!!!”

Snap Out Of That Depression, Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude!

Hebrews 12:12-13 “Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.” NOTE – Real faith rejoices at the promises of God as if it were experiencing them already. Get the focus off of your problem and on to the answer which are the promises of God – His Word. REJOICE! Get happy, it’s all yours!

Psalm 42:11 “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.”

We Can Have Confidence In Him, For God Cannot Lie!

Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)” NOTE – Remember Hebrews 6:18 says that it is impossible for God to lie!

I John 5:14-15 “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” NOTE – It’s easy to know the will of God. The Word of God is the will of God! Jeremiah 1:12 says that He watches over His Word to perform it. So when you ask Him, and believe the Word of God, you are asking and believing according to His will and you will receive, just as it says!

Hebrews 10:35-36 “Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” NOTE – Remember that the will of God is the Word of God!

Long Life Belongs To You – Don’t Give up!!! Base Your Faith On The Promises Of God.

Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” NOTE – Did you see it! The promise of God is that you live a good long life, even to 120 years if you so desire!. Speak to that mountain of death and command it to be removed. Begin to grab hold of this promise of long life and lay claim to it with your spoken words.. Don’t settle for less than what God has promised, don’t let the devil steal from you – go on and live a long life fulfilling your days, calling and ministry upon this Earth!

Psalm 90:10 “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” NOTE – Many take this verse to be the cap that God has set for mankind’s lifespan upon the earth. But nothing could be further from the truth. This psalm was written by Moses and this verse pertains to the disobedient children of Israel that came out of Egypt being led by Moses who, because of their unbelief, were condemned to live out their lives wandering in the desert until each one had died. Only their children, along with Joshua and Caleb, would enter into the Promised Land. Moses went on to live to 120 years and the scripture says that his strength had not departed him and his eyes were not dim. He also was very able to climb the mountain God had commanded him to climb where he died. Joshua and Caleb also lived to be over 100. You’re not and unbeliever, you’re a believer! Expect long life – even to 120.

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.” NOTE – Just as it was when this was spoken to the children of Israel, it is true for us today – we need to make up our minds and choose life – it’s there for us. When we do, then we must adhere to the prescribed formula for that life: that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice (His Word), and that you may cling to Him. Fall in love with Jesus, fall in love with the Word – health and life will be a natural result!

Job 5:26 “You shall come to the grave at a full age, as a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.”

Psalm 91:16 “With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.” NOTE – Here God is saying live until you’re satisfied!

Psalm 118:17 “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.” NOTE – Agree with this right now! Declare it with your voice! God has a plan for your life here on the Earth. Don’t let the enemy steal it away. You can do what God says you can do, you can be what God says you can be!

Cast Down Those Thoughts and Imaginations That Don’t Line Up With The Word Of God!

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” NOTE – Keep your focus on the promises of God – you have to make yourself stay focused. Don’t allow your mind to stray – the manifestation of your healing is on it’s way!

State Your Case To God!

Isaiah 43:25-26 “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted.” NOTE – Your case was settled when Jesus went to the cross in your behalf! If you have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord then “It is finished!!!”

Your Words Are Important!

Isaiah 57:19 “I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.” NOTE – The word “fruit” here means produce. God creates what you produce from your mouth when we believe and speak out the Word of God.

Mark 11:22-23 “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; 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.” NOTE – What kind of mountains or obstacles do you have in your life right now? Obey Jesus and command that mountain of pain, cancer, disease etc., to go now out of your body in the Name of Jesus. Jesus said you can have what you say. Begin to call your body whole, healed, well – don’t stop, don’t listen to your body, don’t listen to doubt and fear, listen only to Jesus, listen to His Word!

Job 22:26-28 “For then you will delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; and you will pay your vows. You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; and light will shine on your ways. NOTE – Give voice to the promises in the Word, and lay claim to them as your inheritance. Decree that you are healed! “Lord, you said that by your stripes I am healed, so on the authority of Your Word, I decree that I am healed and that sickness and disease have no legal right or hold on me and they must go in the Name of Jesus!”

Remember To Give Testimony Of Your Healing!

Revelation 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony…” NOTE – When your healing manifests itself and you recover and have the opportunity to testify to the grace of the Lord – Do it!!! The Lord wants you to give glory to Him for what He has done and it will also serve to help build faith in someone else who has a need.

Hold On To Your Healing

Nahum 1:7,9b “The LORD is good, astronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him…. He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.” NOTE – After you’ve received the manifestation of healing, this becomes your stand of faith!

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Many have discovered and learned the principles of creating and attracting abundance by means of creative thought with great success and achievement. It is on this level where positive thinking, positive speech and visualization find their usefulness.

Many books and teachings exist on the subject of the power of positive thought and visualization, and with good reason. There is a lot of truth in the concept of creative visualization when combined with faith.

Unfortunately, hidden within many of these teachings is a great and dangerous flaw that will lead to many disappointments for the spiritually uninformed.

There are limits to our mental creativity and power of thought. The reason mental creativity is limited, is because it is not the ultimate level of authority and it is actually only a sub-activity or a gateway towards the higher dimension of spiritual power.

Many will practice the power of creative thought with an attitude of trial and error and they do not know why it is not as effective as advertised.

Many teachings on the Law of Attraction and mental power do not recognise the principles stipulated below:

Key Point

One level of authority and power supports the principles of a higher dimension.

The higher level of authority always supersedes the laws of all lower levels.

The Law of the Spirit is the highest law in control of the universe.

Today we know by the discoveries made in the field of quantum physics, that it is by thought that we can influence the laws of nature and even create reality with the quantum particles, the building blocks of all matter in the universe. Our minds have a direct influence on our environment, our bodies and social community. It is worthwhile to take note of these principles, for they are very useful in preparing your mind set for even a higher level of authority.

According to many New Age theories, man is the ultimate creator and “Master of the Universe”, the universe being like the genie who says, “Your wish is my command”. This egoistic, self-exalting principle is selling books like hot cake nowadays and has great appeal to the inherent egoistic nature of the carnal man. These teachings lead to ultimate disappointment for those uninformed readers, who are unaware that a higher more authentic Intelligence is actually laying down the boundaries and the rules from a higher spiritual dimension, not man during his insignificant fleeting moment of existence on earth!

Nevertheless, the theories on creative thought and the Law of Attraction do work when practiced within the guidelines of the higher Law of the Spirit, whether the practitioner of these principles is aware of the different levels of authority or not.

The physical universe originated from a thought, spoken into existence by the Creator who has first formed the prototype of the physical universe in the spiritual realm.

You were created in the image of God, mainly as a spiritual man, because God is a Spirit. Your mind is a hub for God’s thoughts to transfer form and order into this physical world. This means that whatever we create by method of thought and visualization will suggest images to the substance of virtual matter that is available throughout space in universe. These suggestive images can direct the flow of increase and substance into our personal “worlds” by means of naturally available channels on this level of authority.

The Creative Spirit created the universe with the capacity to contain the substance and “knowledge” to supply in all our needs by method of our authority on the levels of creative thought, visualisation and faith.

You are the representative of God in your world and sphere of influence. You can be a great source of abundance, blessing and increase to yourself, your family and every person that encounters you.

On the level of creative thought, mental science states the following:

“While the laws of the universe cannot be altered, we can direct the laws of the universe to work under certain conditions as proposed by our thoughts to produce results in advancement for the individual which would normally not be possible by the spontaneous workings of the law by nature”.

This is true, but this statement on its own should not be viewed as the ultimate law for attraction. The aim of this statement is not to explain the higher spiritual laws and may even exclude the role of the Creator of the universe in its viewpoint. It does state something that should however be noted: on this level of authority, the principle of creative thought is dependent on existing available channels of provision in the natural.

There is a higher level of spiritual power available for us, and if we can understand the workings of this realm, not only will we effectively be able to attract provision and healing through natural available channels, we will start to function on the level of the miraculous.

What is the difference between the levels of mental creation and divine intervention?

• Creative thought is dependant on naturally available resources – i.e. the Law of Attraction

• Divine intervention can create and manifest in the physical if it is not available, it is called miracles, signs and wonders

In John 3, Nicodemus, a well-educated priest and leader of the Jewish community, came in the night to ask Jesus about His power to do miracles signs and wonders. He wanted to know exactly how Jesus was able to perform these demonstrations of supernatural power.

Jesus showed him the way to supernatural ability saying: If you are not born of Spirit and water, you will not enter the kingdom of God.

Let’s quickly do a logical calculation here:

Nicodemus asked: Miracles, signs and wonders

Jesus answered: The kingdom of God

Interesting is the fact that Jesus viewed the kingdom of God as something to be seen on earth and the way we will see it is by means of miracles, signs and wonders.

The Entrance to Power according to the most spiritually empowered Person ever, is to become renewed in the spirit by the empowerment of the Spirit of God, and then to be renewed (in the mind) by the washing of His Word.

Trying to master techniques that will result in supernatural outcomes without realizing its relation to the higher dimension of the Spirit of God, is why many teachings are so vulnerable and the results many times disappointing. Not seeing the bigger picture leaves the practitioner in the arena of trial and error on a mental plane of human philosophy.

Never forget that to be successful, you will need to learn about spiritual authority and where it originates.

Probably only one percent of the world’s population knows and applies the principles of creative visualisation with great success on the second level of authority. Of this one percent of people who have attained to the knowledge of higher dimensions of creativity, ninety percent of them will not proceed further into the 4th dimension and will be quite content to stay on the level of creative visualisation.

Having spiritual knowledge and understanding the elementary concept of the Way of the Spirit, will unleash a supernatural flow of provision and abundance into your life. It is a simple principle that we will look at in more depth in later chapters.

The Way of the Spirit is to think, live, act in a way and with the purpose to create increase, health or positive outcomes for others by means of supernatural interference. The law that underwrites this way of living is universal and states that when you live this way, increase will be given to you anyway, without you seeking or labouring for it. It is an infallible spiritual law that cannot fail.

Mathew 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.

Do you see the difference between our traditional way of thinking and the Way of the Spirit?

• We have been trained and pre-conditioned to think we have to do everything in our power and according   to our natural intellect to be successful in life.

• The Way of the Spirit teaches us that we have to do everything to expand God’s kingdom and His will, to   do well to others in order for   supernatural provision to flow into our lives.

Everything in the physical universe is subject to the spiritual principles of God, who has created and founded these universal laws.

The Bible clearly states the following: “God is Love”

The highest law in the universe and in heaven is the law of love.

The laws of the universe and the power of thought are subject to the Law of Love.

The nature of God is unconditional love.

Real love is recognised by the act of giving and sacrifice.

Giving can be in the form of time, effort, your presence, support, sharing knowledge, kindness, material giving or using spiritual power to supernaturally help others, to name a few.

There is only one Entrance to Spiritual Power and the higher dimension, with even more authority and power, a better and more excellent way…

Philip Smit
Entrance to Power
www.ezfaith.com

Think about heaven; there is no illness, no treachery, no crime, no death. In fact all good things that are available there in abundance – happiness, joy and fulfillment are the qualities of heaven, and we are actually instructed to request this to be manifested in our lifes. Jesus considered this to be so important, that He instructed His disciples that this should be one of the first requests to ask for in prayer, maybe it is because the answers for this life lies in the fact that heaven should be manifested in our everyday lives, here on earth.

In the Bible, Matthew 6:10, we read that Jesus instructed His disciples to pray the following words:

“your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Of course, like all promises in the Bible, we should take note of the prerequisites required. In this case the pre-requisite to receive this promise is: “your kingdom come”. Manifesting heaven on earth is dependent on the first requirement; the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth.

Many people might think that this has something to do with the second coming of Christ, but at several occasions Jesus said this: “The Kingdom of God is in you.” (See Luke 17:21, Mark 9:1, Mark 12:34, Luke 10:9, 11, 20, 28, Luke 18:17, John 3:5)

It seems that the first step in the manifestation of heaven in our lives would be to establish the kingdom of God in our hearts. Although many would testify that they have the kingdom of God within them, not everyone seems to experience the benefits and the power from heaven within the everyday circumstances of their lives. Why is this?

Let me explain it with a story:

We have unlimited capabilities as demonstrated by Jesus and by His words.  Our minds, lack of faith and understanding are the limitations we impose on ourselves.  The only thing that is standing between us and supernatural ability is our lack of spiritual understanding.

But can we have it?  Peter had the momentary faith to get out of the boat and walk on water.  A logical deduction from this is that it must then be possible for man to walk on water.

What prevents us from walking on water? Nothing, really!

You might argue that this miracle was only possible because Jesus was present and He told Peter to walk on the water, but the words of Jesus “..why did you doubt?” clearly shows that Peter actually walked on water by his own faith. Jesus also commanded us, His followers, to go and do supernatural miracles, signs and wonders:

Mark 16:17,20
And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well.

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it).

The Bible is full of examples of these miracles performed by ordinary people. The following scripture makes it quite clear that we are suppose to demonstrate God’s kingdom by means of supernatural signs, miracles and wonders (signs and miracles in nature, people’s lives and changing circumstances).

John 14:12
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.

Our preconditioned, objective minds are causing doubt and unbelief. We are so scientifically educated that our rational minds overrule spiritual truths. Science has convinced us that anything heavier than water will undoubtedly sink. What science teaches us, we have accepted as fact because this is how we have been taught from childhood. What the Spirit of God teaches us, originate from a higher realm. Speiritual power originate from a higher realm of authority than scientific facts, mental science or the Law of Attraction. Jesus has demonstrated it all the time and the Bible kept record of it.

What do you believe – natural fact or spiritual truth?

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