Author: Pamela Moyle

James 2:17-18 (KJV) ¹⁷  Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
¹⁸  Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

James 2:17 (AMP) ¹⁷  So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).

Did you ever notice that your actions follow your words? We almost always express what we’re going to do before we do it. Think about that! We get an idea and then we talk about it – usually to ourselves at first and then to others.

James says that even though we say we have faith, if our actions don’t go along with what we are saying, then our faith is dead. And who wants dead faith!

Just as confession is the voice of your faith, actions are the proof of your faith. Faith is an action word but just what does that mean? Let me use love as an example.

If you say you love someone but your actions don’t show it, then why would that person believe you? Anyone can say, “I love you” but do they really mean it and how would you know? You would know by their actions and how they treat you.

It’s the same with faith. If you’re standing in faith for something, it will be evident in how you act. That bulldog tenacity will show!

There’s so much lying going on in this world that it’s a wonder we believe anything people say! It seems that many people will lie at the drop of a hat and think nothing of it. Why? Most likely because they really don’t value their words and therefore are not people of their word. They’re not reliable and can’t be counted on to follow through with what they say. I think we all know people like that.

And so it is with faith. Anyone can say they have faith but faith for what? Faith to get saved? Faith for healing? Faith for provision? Faith for what? If your actions don’t demonstrate your faith, then you don’t have operative faith. You have dead faith! And that’s not good!

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

Romans 12:3b (KJV) ³  …  according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Those that have been born-again have overcoming faith residing in them but how do you draw it out? Simply by doing what I’ve been teaching. You have to be persuaded that the faith of God that you received at the New Birth actually resides in you. Then you have to feed it and exercise it to develop it.

When you have done that, you can use your faith and see results. However, as I’ve said so many times, all this takes time and effort and many people are not willing to put forth the time and effort to develop their faith so they keep running to others who have put in the time and “bootleg” their faith to get answers to their situations.

Now I’m not talking about baby Christians and young Christians who are just starting out. They need to hook up with older mature Christians to get in agreement with them and help them get their prayers answered. This will boost their faith when they get their desired results. But those that have been born-again for some period of time but have neglected to develop their faith need to repent and get back on track.

Regarding overcoming faith, let’s talk about what it is that you are to overcome. Any attack of the devil is a prime example for something to overcome. That means anything that comes against you: fear, failure, depression, anxiety, debt, sickness, etc., you can overcome! If God says we’re more than conquerors and that we can overcome, then that’s what we are well able to do. We can’t just fold up and let the devil and his evil cohorts run rampant over us and then make us think we’re being so humble. Hogwash!

Romans 8:37 (KJV) ³⁷  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

What does it mean to be “more” than a conqueror? It means that the victory is already yours before the battle even begins! But you still have your part to do and that’s to fight the good fight of faith by continuing in God’s Word that will deliver you through faith in His Word.

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Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV) ⁷  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
⁸  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

God said that if you’ll ask, it shall be given. If you seek, you’ll find. If you knock it will be opened to you. But some might say they did ask but it wasn’t given. Here’s where you need to know the other scriptures:

James 1:6-8 (KJV) ⁶  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
⁷  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
⁸  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

James 4:3 (KJV) ³  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

As I have been saying all along, everything we do must be done in faith. If you’re praying for something that’s not in line with God’s Word, don’t expect the answer because you can’t pray in faith if it doesn’t line up with God’s Word. And, as we’ve already discussed, you can’t pray in faith if you don’t know what God’s will is in that situation.

Likewise, if you start out in faith according to God’s Word but you get weary and start wavering and vacillating in your stand, don’t expect the answer. You have negated your faith-filled prayers. You have to have bulldog faith and determine not to give up or quit if you want to see your desired results!

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Too many times Christians think that they don’t have to use their faith because “they’re trusting God” but what does that actually mean? Unfortunately it often means that they’re doing nothing and letting it all up to God. What’s wrong with this? Plenty!

1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV) ¹²  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

We are told to fight the good fight of faith. That’s because we have an enemy and we need to hold onto what God has given us. As you will recall, there are always two parts to getting answered prayer: God’s part and man’s part. But too many times people throw it all off onto God and think that they don’t have to do anything because “ you never know what God will do because He’s sovereign and He will do whatever He wants to do!” This is not true!

We actually can know what God will do: He will do what He has said in His Word! He doesn’t just come into our lives and do whatever He wants to do. We have our part to do because of our free will. God has set it up this way and He won’t violate His Word.

So what should we do? We should do exactly what He has told us to do: speak His Word in faith and expect results! Remember, you can’t pray in faith unless you know what God’s will is for the situation you’re praying about. God expects us to know His will because He tells us to understand it.

Ephesians 5:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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Faith is a spiritual law, as we have discussed. [Romans 3:27] But in order for faith to operate, it must be activated. How do we do that? By our words. Our words are what activate our faith and set spiritual law into motion.  Remember, because faith is a spiritual law, it always works when we do our part because God has already done His part.

And remember, if words can change your eternal destiny, words can change your present circumtances!

James 2:17-18 (KJV) ¹⁷  Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
¹⁸  Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

I want you to see that faith without works is dead faith. What does this mean? James is not talking about works to ensure your salvation. He’s talking about faith without corresponding action to that faith. Let me explain.

As I’ve said before, faith is like a muscle that has to be exercised in order for it to develop. Without exercise and proper nutrition, muscles will not develop the proper way. It’s the same with faith. If you don’t exercise your faith, it won’t develop into the faith that God intended for you to walk in and you won’t be the victorious overcomer you’ve been ordained to be. So how do we do that?

First of all there are two things about faith that you need to know. First, it has to be fed just like your muscles. And it has to be exercised just like your muscles. We need to feed our faith by the Word of God and we exercise it by using it. Don’t wait for the big problems. Start using your faith on the little things.

James is talking about using your faith to effect change. That’s what he means by works. Our salvation is already settled when we accepted Jesus as our Savior.

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We’ve been discussing how important the words are that we speak. It’s not just the words we speak in our prayer time but the words we speak all day long – 24/7. Our words frame our future because we gravitate toward what we believe.

Romans 10:8-10 (KJV) ⁸  But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
⁹  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
¹⁰  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

I want you to notice that the Word is first in your mouth and then in your heart. That’s how you believe. But how does it get into your mouth and into your heart? By confessing it over and over and over. Then when it’s in your heart in abundance, it will come out with the dunamis power of God to effect a change in your circumstances.

As I’ve said, faith is a choice. We believe what we choose to believe, whether it’s true or not, whether it’s right or wrong. It’s our choice because we have a free will to make our own choices. Hopefully, we’ll get God’s Word into us and believe what He has said so that we can be the overcomers He’s called us to be.

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

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2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV) ¹⁸  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

We’ve been discussing how words and faith are connected. I want to dig a little deeper and talk about the two realms that we deal with: the spirit realm, where God operates, and the physical realm where we operate. What’s so exciting about this topic is that it explains so many things.

First of all, the spirit realm created the physical realm. Therefore, the spirit realm is the parent force of the physical realm. Before anything was, God was. God has always been and will always be. Everything we need or ever will need is in the spirit realm first and then in the physical realm. Everything you see in this earth came out of the spirit realm. So that’s the first part.

Next, I want you to see that everything in the physical realm is temporary. It won’t last forever. Everything as we know it is decaying and disintegrating. Think about a new car. When it leaves the lot, it depreciates immediately! Not a pleasant thought but true none the less.

This brings me to the opening scripture that the things we can see are temporary and the things we don’t see are eternal. This is speaking of the physical and spirit realms. Now hold onto your seatbelts…

Having said all that, let me reiterate that the things we see were created by the spirit realm, by words, and are temporary. Therefore, I submit to you that if the temporary things we see were created by faith-filled spirit words, they’re still subject to spirit words and can therefore be changed by faith-filled spirit words that we speak. This is awesome!

This is a lot to think about!

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Notice the Amplified version of Hebrews 11:1:

Hebrews 11:1 (AMP) ¹  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].

Faith is what we hold onto until we see the manifestation of what we’re believing for. Since everything we need is in the spirit realm first, and we can’t see it with our physical senses, we have to trust our faith to be the evidence that we will get it. It’s the title deed to what we want. It’s the proof of the things we don’t yet see but we know that they’re just as real as if we could see them. That’s faith!

If you can see it with your physical eyes, you don’t need faith for it. That’s why seeing is not believing. Once you see it, you don’t need faith for it.

Hebrews 11:3 (KJV) ³  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

God framed the worlds by His Words. He actually spoke the worlds and the whole universe into being! That’s so awesome! And where did those faith-filled words come from? From inside God! It’s almost too much to wrap you head around!

But what I want you to see is that since God framed the worlds with His Words, that’s what we’re to do. We’re to frame our world with our words. That means that our words are so important even to the point of life and death.

Proverbs 18:21 (KJV) ²¹  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Make no mistake, whether or not you’re speaking in line with God’s Word or in line with the devil’s words, you are framing your world with your words – for good or for evil! It should make you want to keep your mouth shut for a long time until you can trust what will come out.

Remember, even though you might not mean the evil words you say, it still opens the door for the devil to come right in and beat your spiritual brains out! You need to pray for crop failure on those evil words.

Psalm 141:3 (KJV) ³  Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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Isaiah 46:9-10a (KJV) ⁹  Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
¹⁰  Declaring the end from the beginning

Romans 4:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

By speaking the end from the beginning and calling things that are not as though they were, we’re actually pulling the answer from the spirit realm into the physical realm where we can use it and it can do what it was called to do. Let me give you an example.

If your body is sick with some disease, what you need is healing, right? But if all you do is get on the phone and call everyone you know and tell them how sick you are and continually complain and bellyache about your sickness or disease, guess what? There’s no faith in that and all you’ve done is to confirm and establish what you already have. And that’s what you’ll keep. Where’s the power in that? There is none.

But on the other hand, start confessing that by the stripes of Jesus you’ve already been healed and no weapon formed against you shall prosper. Then rebuke the sickness/disease and command it to dissipate in the Name of Jesus and command the healing power of God to manifest in your body. Then you have some power working on your behalf. Jesus, the High Priest of your confession, now has something to work with.

Just because healing is part of the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ, doesn’t mean it will automatically happen. Just like salvation won’t automatically happen unless you do your part and receive salvation.

It’s the same with the healing package. God has already done His part. You have to do your part and receive what’s already been freely given. It works the same way with deliverance, provision, protection, etc.

If the only thing you’ll believe is what your five physical senses tell you, you’ll never enter into the fullness of what God has for you. Believe God and His word and watch the supernatural happen!

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Genesis 1:26 (KJV) ²⁶  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

We are made in God’s image and we are to act like He would act. That’s the way He has set it up to work and if we’ll get on board, it will work for us and we’ll see the manifestation of God’s glory in the earth. Why do you think He has commanded us to take dominion over the earth? Because that’s what He wants. He wants His people ruling and reigning, not the devil’s evil cohorts.

So just how are we to do this? We’re to use our faith-filled words to effect change in our circumstances and be the overcomers God has ordained us to be.

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

It’s with our faith that we overcome the world and it’s with our words that faith is released.

Remember, we are three parts: spirit, soul, and body. We are called speaking spirits. No other created being has what we have: the ability to choose what we believe and speak faith-filled words to change things.

Faith-filled words create, restore, and change circumstances in our lives. That’s how God does things and that’s how He expects us to do things. The God-kind of faith is proactive not reactive. We’re not called to follow the devil around cleaning up his mess. We are to speak forth the end from the beginning and then see the manifestation of what we’ve called into being.

Speak what you want, not what you have!

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