Are You Accommodating Your Weaknesses?

Paul told us in Ephesians to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Ephesians 6:10 (KJV) 10  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

The word POWER in this verse is the Greek word kratos which means a power that is demonstrative, eruptive, and tangible and almost always comes with an external or outward manifestation. It’s the same word that is used in Ephesians 1:19-20:

Ephesians 1:19-20 (KJV) 19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

The power that raised Jesus from the dead is the kratos power of God – demonstrative, eruptive, tangible.

Romans 8:11 (KJV) 11  But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Do you see that the same power of God that raised Jesus from the dead is the same power of God that dwells in you! That’s awesome! 

When the power of God shot through Jesus’ body, it changed Him! And that’s what can happen to you. When the power of God shoots through you, it WILL change you!

We are told to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Too many times we succumb to the ways of the world because we’ve been in it for so long. If they say that by a certain age, eyes begin to change, hearing starts to go, memory lapses increase, and we get weaker physically, we agree with them. Then we fall into the same programming and end up getting exactly what we have confessed and believed for, but not what we truly want.

After all, people say, I’m just human! But that’s not true, if you’ve been born-again. You’re not just human. One-third of you is wall-to-wall Holy Ghost! and He’s perfect. You have the power of Almighty God residing in you to help you in every way.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say that you have to get weak and decrepit. Your eyes don’t have to dim, or your hearing subside, or your physical condition weaken making you susceptible to any number of available sicknesses, diseases, and afflictions. Moses is a prime example:

Deuteronomy 34:7 (KJV) 7  And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

Your organs don’t have to peter out, You can be strong in your senior years and continue to live a vibrant, full life ’til the Rapture or ’til you’re satisfied and ready to go home to Heaven.

Psalm 91:16 (KJV) 16  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

We, as born-again believers, need to stop making excuses for our weaknesses and focus on God’s power in us that’s available 24/7.

— Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s Power in Constistency

Being consistent is of the utmost importance if you’re ever going to succeed in what you’re doing. For example, exercising. If you want the full benefits of exercise, you have to do it on a regular basis. If you want the full benefits of dieting, you have to do it on a regular basis. Intermittent adherence to exercise – being a week-end warrior – or dieting once a week is not going to get you the desired results you want.

And so it is with the promises of God. Reading a promise verse daily is not going to build your faith for said promise. Listening to one short Sunday sermon is not going to cause you to develop strong faith. What you do on a consistent basis is what will have an effect on you. Unfortunately, it even works in the negative. Listening to negative things on TV will cause them to have an effect on you – fear, worry, anxiety.

Faith in God comes by hearing and hearing and hearing His Word. It doesn’t come by having heard! It’s a daily, 24/7 process – always keeping the Word of God before your eyes and in your ears. Everyone can do it. It’s a matter of choosing what’s important to you.

Am I saying you have to have your nose in the Bible every minute? No. I’m saying you have to get the Word into your heart and that will cause you to be able to meditate on it day and night. You’re always thinking about something. That’s not the problem. It’s what you’re thinking about that causes faith to develop or to be hindered.

Thinking on negative things will hinder your faith: things like fear, worry, anxiety. You are well able to choose to think on good things. God tells you to that and if He told you do something, then you CAN do it!

Purpose in your heart to give God more of your time by getting into His Word and studying it to develop your faith. Remember, you don’t get strong faith accidentally. It takes effort and diligence on a consistent basis. And when you do it God’s way, you will succeed!

Romans 10:17 (KJV) 17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Philippians 4:8 (KJV) 8  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

— Pamela

 

 

You Don’t Have to Fear!

Does fear have you in its grip? Are you constantly worrying about something? Does it seem like problems will never end?

 You don’t have to fear because you don’t have to look at what’s causing the fear! You can choose.

Everyone goes through these things but not everyone succumbs to fear’s terror. So, how do we overcome the fears, worries, and anxieties that continually plague us? 

1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV) 13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Many times when we’re dealing with something, it seems like we’re the “only” one who has ever been through this. But not so. Everything we go through is the same thing everyone else goes through. Just the outward appearance has changed. Fear is fear, terror is terror, and the enemy is no respecter of persons. He hates every one of us. There are no devil’s favorites. We’re all on his hit list. But God’s got us covered!

 

What you look at is what you pursue. What you think on is what you follow after. You have a choice about what you think about, good or evil. Worry and fear are evil and meditating on the problem only serves to establish it in your life.

Meditating on the promises of God keeps you focused on the solutions. That’s what Abraham did. He didn’t consider his own body, nor Sarah’s. Being past the child-bearing years, they had to stay focused on God’s Word in order to produce the promised child. They did and they received. 

Romans 4:19-21 (KJV) 19  And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
20   He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21  And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Instead of focusing on the problems and the fears, we need to consider what God has told us in His Word and receive the promises. It’s only in the light of God’s Word that we get the victory that Jesus already paid for so that we don’t have to pay.

Matthew 6:22 (KJV) 22  The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Psalm 36:9b (KJV) 9   … in thy light shall we see light.

It’s in the light of God’s Word that we get more light, more revelation, that brings the answer to us. Stay with what God has promised and keep focused on Him. Shut the door to fear and worry and watch your faith grow!

— Pamela
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are You Praying or Just Complaining?

How’s your prayer life working? Are you getting the answers you want? Let’s take a look at how you’re praying and see if it can be tweaked.

Are you aware that your Heavenly Father already knows what you need before you ever ask Him? He is well aware of everything about you. How ’bout that!

Matthew 6:32 (KJV) 32  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Do you pray and then go about your daily business, feeling no better than before you prayed? Why? Are you complaining to God, reciting all the gory details of just how bad the situation is that’s confronting you, problems day in and day out?

Why are you doing that? Maybe it’s because you’ve heard others pray that way and you’ve learned to do it that way also. But it won’t work to get you the desired results. Praying the problem only serves to establish it in your life. The more you pray the problem, talk the problem, and think the problem, the more you believe the problem. That’s destructive because faith comes by hearing  – either good or bad. 

The more you hear the problem the more faith you’ll have in it and establish it instead of getting rid of it.

 

Romans 10:17 (KJV) 17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith in God’s Word comes by hearing God’s Word. But, faith in the devil also comes by hearing, hearing the devil’s words. It works both ways. So what do you do? Pray the answer. God has so graciously provided everything we’ll ever need to be victorious by giving us His great and precious promises in His Word. Praying the promises and standing on His Word will open the door for the Lord to manifest the answer and you’ll get your desired results.

2 Peter 1:3-4 (KJV) 3  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Declare the promises over whatever your need is and expect results!

Romans 4:17b (KJV) 17  … even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If You Wait ’til You Have the Need, You Waited too Long!

How many times have you been in a situation when you  knew your faith wasn’t strong enough to overcome? Unfortunately for many, it’s way too often. My pastor says if you wait ’til you have the need, you waited too long.

Let’s look at some examples. If you wait ’til you’re sick to start confessing healing scriptures, it’s too late. If you wait ’til the rent is due before you start confessing financial scriptures, it’s too late. So, what do you do?

Instead of waiting ’til you get sick, start confessing “health and healing” scriptures and speaking to your body now: No weapon formed against me shall prosper. God always causes me to triumph in Christ Jesus. With long life will He satisfy me. By the stripes of Jesus I have been healed. My youth is renewed as the eagles.

By confessing what God has to say, you’re fortifying yourself before the attack and in most cases, your faith-filled positive confessions will ward off the attacks.

God’s Word always works but you have to build up your walls ahead of time. Faith in God’s Word comes by hearing God’s Word. You can’t build your faith in the middle of a storm.

Building and developing strong faith takes diligence and effort, doing it on purpose. You don’t get strong faith by accident! Get into the Word and let the Word get into you. God is faithful, faithful, faithful and He is always looking for someone who will stand on His Word, believe it, and see it come to pass.

Isaiah 54:17 (KJV) 17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
2 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) 14  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Psalm 91:16 (KJV) 16  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
1 Peter 2:24 (KJV) 24  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Psalm 103:5 (KJV) 5  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Romans 10:17 (KJV) 17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
2 Chronicles 16:9a (KJV) 9  For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

— Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

If You Want Tomatoes, Plant Tomato Seeds!

It seems obvious that if you want tomatoes, you should plant tomato seeds. But what if you plant lettuce seeds and expect tomatoes? How smart is that? I’m not being facetious. People do that all the time.

Have you ever heard someone complain about how sick they are or how badly they feel? Or,  how about someone complaining about how much they hate their job or how they never seem to have enough money?

We’ve all heard it – people griping and complaining about any number of things. Maybe you’ve even heard yourself say these things! So, I ask you, do they ever get exceedingly blessed? No – why? Because they’re planting the wrong kind of seeds. They’re planting what they don’t want and expecting what they do want! They’re doing the same wrong thing over and over and expecting different results. Isn’t that a definition of insanity?

God says you can have what you say and you’ll reap what you sow. So what do you do? You sow what you want and the way you do that is with the words of your mouth. That’s what you’ve been doing all along and that’s the results you’ve been getting, but on the negative side.  And in addition to this, you’re building and developing faith for all those negative things.

What you need to do is speak crop failure to all that negativity and begin speaking what God says. Put God’s Word in your mouth. Feed your spirit continuously with God’s promises. As you do this, faith for the promises will begin to develop. And over a period of time, you will begin to see changes in your circumstances.

All this effort takes diligence. You need to get into the Word of God and find the promises that pertain to your situation and begin sowing the incorruptible seed of God’s Word. Then you’ll reap a harvest that’s worth shouting about!

Mark 11:23-24 (KJV) 23  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.
24  Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Galatians 6:7 (KJV) 7  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

— Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It Takes Patience to Grow in Patience

Patience – we all need it, we all want it but how do we get it? It seems so elusive at times, especially when we’re angry, upset, or in a hurry, which is much of the time these days.

First of all, patience, the God-kind of patience is a fruit of your re-born spirit. And, as you know, fruit has to grow and develop. When you got born-again, your spirit came alive to God and you were endowed with godly fruit.

Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) 22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. [Longsuffering is patience.]

Throughout the scriptures, God uses natural things to explain spiritual things. So, just as natural fruit has to grow, develop, and mature, so does your fruit, patience being one of them.

You have the seed of patience but the way it develops is to USE it.  Who would have guessed that’s how it works! Does that mean you have to actually practice patience to grow in patience? Yes! It might seem odd but that’s the way it works.

Hebrews 6:12 (KJV) 12  That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Patience is necessary when you’re praying about something and waiting for the answer. It takes patience to wait for the manifestation. We all want instant results but it doesn’t always happen that way. Enter the fruit of patience. If there was no need for patience on our part, God would not have given it to us. But there is and He has.

Developing patience is the same as developing all the other fruit – practice. It’s like developing strong muscles. If you want strong muscles, you actually have to use and exercise your muscles. Just praying about strong muscles doesn’t get it. So it is with patience. Just praying for patience won’t work either. You already have the patience in your spirit. Your part is to exercise it so that it grows, develops, and matures.

One of the ways I practice patience on purpose is when I’m in line at the grocery store. (You know how that is!) I make myself be patient and wait my turn – joyfully. Besides, getting upset or frustrated doesn’t make the line go any faster! Sometimes I’ll even let someone else go in front of me. It’s a practical exercise and I feel good afterwards. 

As you practice patience, you’ll find that it gets easier and you’ll begin to notice a change in yourself. But as I say, it will take effort on your part. You can do it. Go for it!

— Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scared prayers don’t work!

Sometimes we confess the right scriptures over and over but then wonder where the deliverance is. I want to address this issue and hopefully shed some light on it.

When there’s a crisis, do you go right to the Word and start confessing the appropriate scriptures, praying fervently? Good! But why, you might ask, isn’t it working? It could be that you’re praying in fear. Praying and confessing the Word in fear doesn’t get the promises to work in your life. Scared prayers don’t work. What do you really believe?

When you’re praying in faith, there’s a peace that ensues. God’s Word always works but you have to work the Word. God’s Word has enough power in itself to cause it to come to pass. When God released His Word into the earth, His faith, the dunamis power of God, was released. Our part now is to establish that Word by speaking it out of our mouths in faith to effect a change.  As God told Charles Capps, His Word is not void of power, His people are void of speech.

Mark 11:23-24 (KJV)
23  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.
24  Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Yes, we must confess the Word of God in every situation, but not in fear. Get rid of the fear by binding it and casting it out of your life and continue to stand on the Word for your deliverance.

2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) 7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

1 Peter 5:8-9 (KJV) 8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

1 John 4:18a (KJV) 18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. 

God’s Word has a promise for every kind of situation you’ll ever encounter. He has already provided the solution. That’s His part. Your part is to believe and use your faith to activate that promise to cause the manifestation of what you desire.

If you need healing, search out the healing scriptures. If you need finances, search out the promises regarding financial prosperity. If you need deliverance, search out the promises regarding the fact that we’ve been delivered from the authority of darkness. Actually, Jesus, by His redemptive work, has already delivered us from every evil thing that comes against us. Our part now is to enforce the devil’s defeat and walk in the victory Jesus bought for us!

Colossians 1:13 (KJV) 13  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The secret sin that’s blocking your faith

As I’ve said many times: faith in God’s Word comes by hearing God’s Word, over and over and over. Faith doesn’t come by having heard! Everything you need from God comes by faith because faith is the access road to the promises. 

But, there are be numerous things that can block  and negate your faith and therefore, stop you from receiving the blessings you desire. The one I want to address today is unforgiveness.

Unforgiveness is in direct violation of God’s Word. And since God can’t bless rebellion to His Word, unforgiveness has to be dealt with and eliminated. Let’s look at what Jesus had to say:

Matthew 18:32-35 (KJV) 32  Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
33  Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
34  And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
35  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Matthew 6:14-15 (KJV) 14  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

 

Mark 11:25-26 (KJV) 25  And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26  But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

As you can see, unforgiveness is totally against what Jesus taught: that we should forgive one another, just as our Heavenly Father has so graciously forgiven us. But if we don’t forgive, we won’t be forgiven. However, this is not talking about the sins that Jesus paid for on the cross. What it means is that when we hold unforgiveness toward someone, it opens the door for the devil to beat our spiritual brains out and torment us. This is not a pretty picture! 

You can’t be in faith when you’re acting against God’s Word. It will short-circuit your faith and you won’t get anything. So how you forgive someone who’s really hurt you? By just forgiving! It’s a choice and it’s not base on feelings. Remember, if you only go by your feelings, you’ll be a spiritual cripple and never walk in the supernatural things of God.

Choosing to forgive is simply a decision to actually forgive! You decide. It’s an act of your will and you can do it. The Lord would be unrighteous to tell us to do something that we couldn’t do. If you wait ’til you feel like forgiving, you probably won’t do it. So, just do it and get on with your life. Living in torment is not a life worth living and you’re the one who’s being tormented, not the other person.

Too many times we brush unforgiveness under the ol’ proverbial carpet and hope we don’t have to deal with it. You’re an overcomer, so overcome and use your faith to please God and fulfill all the plans He has for you!

 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.

Pamela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t Sign for the Package!

Are you being bombarded with worry and anxiety in the form of nasty, horrible thoughts? Is your mind in a constant tizzy trying to figure out what you’re going to do about all the problems facing you? Well, hold on, there’s help!

In Matthew 6 Jesus told us not to take any anxious or worried thoughts about anything! He wants us to be at peace at all times. The devil wants us to be in a constant state of anxiety because if he can keep us there, he can hinder and eventually annihilate our faith.

Your faith can’t be effective when you’re worried or anxious. So, what do you do to stop all that nonsense?

First of all, you have to know and believe that it’s possible to “not think on the wrong thoughts” because Jesus told us not to. He would never tell us to do something that we couldn’t do. That would be unrighteous. 

You have thoughts running through your mind night and day. You’re always thinking about something. Therefore, you have a choice as to what you think.

Romans 8:6 (KJV) 6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

To be carnally minded means to be led by your flesh – your five physical senses. That only leads to death because it gives the devil an entrance into your life to steal, kill, and destroy.

John 10:10 (KJV) 10  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

When evil thoughts come knocking on your door, don’t sign for the package! You are the one in control. You’re the one who chooses what you think on, not the devil. But what if he keeps bombarding you with bad reports, diagnoses, temptations? Choose God’s solution:

 

Philippians 4:4-9 (KJV) 4  Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
5  Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9  Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

When you’re thinking on good things, you can’t think on the bad. Think on the blessings: things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of a good report, virtuous, and praise worthy. Then God’s peace will envelope you and you’ll be glad you didn’t sign for the devil’s package!

— Pamela