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What you call yourself, say about yourself, is important. What you say about yourself can either be a blessing to you or a curse to you. Notice, Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. That word power is translated as - a hand the open one [ indicating power, means, direction, etc. ]. So, the tongue/your words have power and that is they produce fruit/manifestations. Jesus said words are seeds in Mark 4:14 and what do seeds do, they produce fruit. I'm writing this because I keep seeing the results of what I say about my hands. The Bible says we have the power to bless and curse. Luke 6:28 says, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Romans 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. I have a tendency of calling my hands "The Blessed Hands" and I noticed that my hands gets things done that other people's hands don't. Just yesterday my sister was trying to do something and wasn't having any success and was about to give up when I said give it to me and when I tried it worked. I've seen that happen over and over again.

When some sickness attacked my body, I read this article called, How To Receive And Keep Your Healing, and it talked about the word being seed and your heart being ground. And it talked about sowing/saying God's word as seed. So, I started calling myself according to God's word, 1 Peter 2:24 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. So, what did I start sowing/calling myself-"By Jesus stripes I am healed," and in the process of time, in a few months I received that fruit of healing. Just like in Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Why do you think called told the weak to call themselves strong, because you can't get new fruit calling yourself where you are. A quick note, remember one of the meanings of the word power in Proverbs 18:21 is direction. In James 3:1-4 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Notice, in verses 3 and 4 he's making a connection with the tongue of the horse and the helm of a ship determining the direction they go. In verse 4 make the connection- the ship is your body, the governor is you(spirit man), and your tongue is the helm. One power of the tongue is it determines the direction your body goes. I can attest to that, I've told this before that one time I ate a banana and got sick even though I was eating them just fine before. And from that time on I started saying, "I can't eat bananas" and from that time on they made me sick. But, then I was watching TV and this man was preaching on the power of the togue and your words and he said, "Some of you ate something one time and got sick and started telling people you can't eat it. If your words got you there they can get you out." So, I started saying, "I can eat bananas" and in a matter of months I heard a voice on the inside of me to go ahead and take one because my father always kept fruit in the house and when I did it had no ill effect on me. Notice, my tongue/words determined the direction of my body just as Proverbs 18:21 says. Nobody will ever convince me that our words don't have power.

Just like Abraham and Sarah before God changed their names in Genesis 17:4,5,15,16 in verses 4 and 5 God said, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And in verses 15 and 16 it says, And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Abraham means father of a multitude and Sarah means princess of nations, God had them call themselves in line with his word even though his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead. It's important that you use your words/power to speak in line with God's word. In Psalm 107: 2 it says, Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. What the word says about you is what you should be saying about you.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In receiving healing a lot of times people overlook something that seems so simple and yet are so powerful. And that is words, they play a huge role in receiving healing. And we can see that because the scriptures says that words are health-medicine/remedy/healing/cure to your flesh. In Proverbs 16:24 it says, Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 12:18 says, There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Understand, that's when your words are in line with God's word for Proverbs 4:20-22 says, My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. The tendency is to seek healing from the outside-in, but it starts on the inside and works it's way to the outside. Words have effects on your body, Proverbs 15:30 says, The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. You see in Psalm 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Notice, God satisfieth thy mouth, He gives you something to say to renew your youth (have an effect on your body). When Abraham and Sarah bodies were dead God gave them something to say, He changed their names to match his word for Abraham means father of a multitude and Sarah means Princess of nations. For in Genesis 17:5 God said, Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And about Sarah in Genesis 17:15,16 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Notice, their bodies were dead, but God's word is life. So, God's word brings healing, life, and renews your youth, WORDS. In the four gospels several times Jesus made statements like, "Your faith has made you whole," "According to your faith be it done unto you," "As thou hast believed so be it." How does faith come, by hearing WORDS. And how is faith released, by WORDS. Matthew 17:20 says, And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. How did Jesus heal people with WORDS.

In Mark 4:24 Jesus said, And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. Whose words will you expose your heart to. Whose words will you believe. Whose words will you speak. All of those things are important for 2 main reasons (1) Proverbs 4:23 KJV says, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. That word issues means boundary or borders. Don't let other people tell you or set your boundaries, let God tell you. (2) Matthew 12:34 says, O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Notice, Jesus didn't say it was a good chance the mouth will speak, he said it will speak. So, you have to watch what you fill yourself with. And what you speak is important for James 3:1-4 says: My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Notice, he is making a connection between your tongue(words) and your body. In verse 3 he makes the point that you control which way the horse body goes by his tongue. But, verse 4 takes it even further he says a ship is controlled by the helm whichever way the governor turns it. In that verse understand that your body is the ship, you(spirit man) is the governor, and your tongue is the helm. I like that because he says, even though it's driven by fierce winds it goes the way the governor directs it not the winds. So, what are you saying in that sickness, are you just going along with what everyone reports. See, guard your heart because out of it you will speak. God spoke to me one time and He said, "Understand one ship, one wheel, one captain and that's you." See, nobody can move your tongue for you, but they can influence you to move it. Nobody else is the captain of your ship, but you. Other people can tell you what's happening with the body for sure, but telling you what's going to happen that's the captain's job. Once you start speaking it now it's legal for the ship to go there because the captain has given the command. If you look up the word body in The Strong's Concordance it is the Greek word soma which means slave. What do slaves do, follow commands.

In Isaiah 53:1 it says, Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? I'm not saying anyone is wrong or shouldn't be listened to, what they are telling you about your body maybe fact, but God's word is truth. It was a fact that Abraham's body was dead, but in that fact God spoke the truth that He had made him a father of many nations. And by Abraham putting his faith in God's truth and not the fact of his body he received God's report. Jesus said in John 8:31,32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. How do you receive God's truth over your fact, Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. That word salvation means healing, deliverance, preserve, to save, do well. And notice it says that with the mouth confession is made unto those things. God knew what He was doing when He changed their names. Number one, faith comes by hearing, WORDS. And two, by WORDS you confess unto salvation. That word confession means to say the same thing.

In Hebrews 10:23 it says, Let us hold fast the profession(confession) of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised. Why is it so important to speak God's word, because God said in 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. The word will accomplish for you when you believe it in your heart and confess it with your mouth. That's what happened with Abraham and Sarah, they believed and spoke God's report. For Hebrews 11:11 says, Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. And about Abraham in Romans 4:20 it says, He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

God's report (spiritual) supersedes all other reports of the (physical). 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. Your affliction works for you when what God has done becomes your focus and not what's happening with the body. Romans 4:19 says, 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 Sarah's womb. Notice, he only focused on what God did and said. In 1 Corinthians 1:27,28 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are. When it says God uses things which are not it means things not manifested.

And He uses things which are not manifested through you by Romans 10:10. And when God's report manifests it will supersede your report of the natural. Notice, in Joel 3:10 it says, Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Notice, God is not denying circumstances, but He is making a distinction between what is manifested and what is not manifested. Weakness was manifested, but He said say you are strong because there are scriptures that says The Lord is your strength, and He has no weakness. Why do you think God told them to say that, because with the mouth confession is made unto it. That's what the scripture calls calling things that be not(manifested) as though they were(manifested). You are speaking a reality of the spiritual that is not yet seen physical, not denying circumstances. Abraham's dead body was manifested, but God told him to call himself-father of a multitude and he became a father of a multitude. If he didn't call himself what God told him to he probably would have never become a father of a multitude.

Understand, God's word is truth (John 17:17) and in James 3:14 it says, But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. When do you lie against the truth every time you speak contrary to what God has said. Because, Romans 3:4 in the first part of that scripture it says, God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar. So, speak the truth into your heart, Romans 10:8 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. So that, you can do Matthew 12:34,35 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. When something is in your heart and you speak it out you bring that thing forth. If it's the truth, when it's in your heart in abundance speak it out and that truth will make you free from that contrary fact.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

People have a lot of different ideas about healing that are not scriptural. And sometimes people hold fast to ideas because of tradition, but what good is a tradition if it's not based on the word. Mark 7:13 says, Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. So, let's see what The Bible shows about healing so we all can be on the same page. Some people actually think it's wrong to go to God for healing, people have told me that's just using God, if He wants to do it then He will just do it. OK, let's look at that theory because if you think it's wrong to go to God for healing then it could be a hindrance to you receiving. In Psalm 103:2,3 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. Look at that the scripture calls healing a benefit, not something that's wrong to receive.

In Matthew 15:28 Jesus made a statement to a woman that still holds true today, But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. He called healing the children's bread, it's every child's right to be fed, you shouldn't have to beg to be fed. If God is your father, if you are a child of God then healing is your right. In Acts 10:38 it says, How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. So, whoever came to him he healed, he never turned anyone away. In Luke 13:16 after Jesus healed a woman on the sabbath day and the ruler of the synagogue was upset Jesus said, And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Notice, Jesus didn't mention anything about her church attendance, nor her character, all he mentioned was her being a daughter of Abraham. Her being a seed of Abraham entitled her to healing. That's good news to everyone that has received Jesus, because Galatians 3:29 says, And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. So, that's still God's attitude today, so be encouraged for He is not holding it back. God wants you to have it that's why James 5:14,15 says, 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: 15 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. Look at that Paul said, "Is any sick among you," he didn't put a limit on it, it's for every child of God. Understand one of God's covenant names is Jehovah Rapha-The Lord our healer, healing is not just something He does it's His nature.

That's not just a name it's what's in Him to do. When Jesus came to the earth he went around healing, but then he commissioned the 12 disciples to go out and heal and then he commissioned 70 others to go out and heal. It looks like to me healing is a big deal to God. And even now in Mark 16:17,18 it says, And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. It still looks like healing a big deal to God and still his will. So, if God doesn't see it as an issue why would anyone else see it as an issue, that doesn't go with the scriptures. He even has supplied us with medicine for our healing. In Proverbs 4:20-22 it says, My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. That word health is translated as-medicine, healing, remedy, cure. Notice, find out what the word says and keep it in your eyes, ears, and mouth and it will bring healing to your body, it did for me so I know. God is a healer, He always has been and always will be because it's His nature, a good father.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Let's look at some statements Jesus made to prove a very powerful point, Matt. 8:13-As thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee/Matthew 9:29-According to your faith be it unto you/Mark 5:34- Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole/Luke 18:42- Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. For Jesus to say such statements means the condition in not in charge, it doesn't determine the outcome. If the condition is the determining factor why did Jesus emphasize the faith of the people. If the condition was the determining factor he would have said according to your condition be unto you. For you to have faith there has to be an answer already prepared for you, otherwise what is your faith the substance and evidence of. Because, in Hebrews 11:1 it says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. How can you have the substance and evidence of something that does not exist. Isa 46:9,10 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, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. Notice, He declares the end from the beginning so the end is set at the beginning. So, what God declares is made from the beginning in the spiritual.

God told Abram in Genesis 17:4,5 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And He told him that when his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead. For in Romans 4:19 it says ,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 Sarah's womb. Notice, he only considered the answer and not the problem. What you consider is important, what are you putting your attention on. 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 says, For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. So, there are things not seen that God has already laid up for us. And the substance of those things is faith because in Romans 10:8 it says, 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. And when you release the faith you are entitled to receive that thing. Matthew 17:20 says, And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Notice, if you have faith as a seed you shall say(release) Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove(you shall receive).

That's why it's hard for a carnal person to receive from God because they only go by their senses. The Bible says to live by the flesh is death, that does not mean to cease from living. Death is separation-spiritual death is separation from God and physical death is separation from your body. Romans 8:6-8 says, For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. A carnal mind is hard to receive from God and when you can't receive from God you can't please God because He made it for you and wants you to have it. It pleases God when you receive what He made for you. So, it's not a matter of if God wants to He will, He already has now you by faith receive it. Mark 11:23 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. Notice, you will have not God will do. That's what Romans 10:10 shows us, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation, with your heart you believe and with your mouth you release and receive. Isn't that what Jesus shows us in Matt. 17:20. Faith is a spiritual substance that can manifest physically. Faith as a seed, a seed becomes the thing itself.

Look at what it says in 1 Cor 1:27-28 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: . Did you see that, God uses things that are not to bring to nought(nothing) things that are. Now, when it says things that are not, it's referring to things that are not manifested. Because, how can God use something if it doesn't exist, that's those same things in 2 Cor. 4:17,18 that we should be focusing on. They are spiritual first and have to be brought forth into the physical. Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. That's what Jesus is talking about. If you notice in the above examples if you look at the whole picture they believed and spoke. Notice, with the woman with the issue of blood it says Jesus turned to see her that had done this thing (Mark 5:32), she did Luke 6:45, she brought that forth. It says she heard of him(Mark 5:27), well, obviously she knew the scripture Mal. 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings. And that's what she focused on for the AMPC version says, For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health. So, that's what she focused on and in turn that's what she believed and in turn that's what she spoke, because when you believe you speak. 2 Cor 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. And when you believe and speak then you release and receive. That's why the condition is not the determining factor and how God uses what is not(manifested) to bring to nought what is(manifested), through you. Because, for God to use things which are not manifested to bring to nought things that are means there is already an answer. And when you receive the answer of His the thing will have to go. That's what Jesus meant in John 8:31,32 when he said, Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. God's word is the truth (John 17:17).

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In Genesis chapter 1 you see the phrase, "God said and it was so or God said and He saw." Here's the thing what God says is so whether you see it or not. And just as sure as God said and made this physical (visible) realm, God said and made the spiritual (invisible) realm. There is an invisible realm. Notice, in Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. An invisible God created all things. In 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 it says, For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. So, there are things that are not seen that does not mean they are not real just unseen. And the only way you can walk in the invisible things of God is by faith. That's why the Bible says in 2Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith and not by sight". You see in Heb. 11:1 faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. In Hebrews 11:3 notice how the worlds were framed, 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.

Things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. What were things made of? They were made of God's word, which Romans 10:8 calls the word of faith. In Luke 6:45 Jesus said, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Notice, he says the person brings forth. When you speak what's in your heart you bring that thing forth into the physical realm. In the natural when you see something you like in a store and you want to buy it there's a method of exchange. If you have the money, you give them the money and they give you the product. In the spiritual there's a method of exchange. If you get a revelation of the spiritual and it's something you want to receive, faith is the currency of the spiritual. And sometimes people think just having faith is enough, no, it has to be released. In the natural if you just have the money in your pocket does just having it in your pocket permit you to take the product with you, no, that's illegal. That's why once you believe the word over what you see to bring the thing into physical manifestation/to receive it the next thing to do is to speak. In 2Corinthian 4:13 it says when you believe you speak. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak.

And when you believe and speak you receive (Mark 11:23) 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. Notice, you don't receive until you release. When the word becomes your faith and you speak it that word will work to bring to pass what's spoken. God said in 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. Notice, God said that it (his word) will accomplish when it's returned to him so that's not out of his mouth that's out of ours. But, you will most likely never get there if all you focus on or all you know is your circumstances. Like in 2 Kings 6:12-17 when the king of Syria sent his army to capture Elisha for telling the king of Israel his battle plans that God told him. By night they surrounded the city and when the man of God servant saw them he panicked, but Elisha told him fear not for there is more with us than be with them. Physically, it was two against thousands, but then the man of God prayed, "Lord open his eyes that he may see and The Lord opened his eyes and he saw them surrounded with chariots of fire. When you put your focus on the problem you loose sight of the power of God. Like Peter when Jesus told him to come to him out on the water, he got out of the boat and walked on the water until he saw the waves boisterous. Notice, when he changed focus from Jesus to the waves he began to sink.

That's the opposite of what Abraham did, when he was 100 years old and his body was dead and his wife was old and barren, but God said they would have a son. Romans 4:19 says, 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 Sarah's womb. There may be situations and circumstances in life where things don't look like what God has said, but that don't change God's word. John 17:17 says, Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. God's word is truth whether it appears to be or not. Your senses can't tell you the full story of the matter. 1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. So your natural man(senses) can't tell you the truth, but your spirit can. Magnify God over your circumstances, you can't make God bigger than what He is, but you can magnify him in your sight. For instance the children of Israel when they came back from spying out the land 10 of the 12 spies came back with a report based on how they saw themselves. They said they were as grasshoppers in there own sight and in the sight of the inhabitants of the land. But, two of them had a report that magnified God above the circumstances. Numbers 14:6-9---- 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

What you focus on you magnify. And the more you focus on your problems the more you shrink God in your sight. If you change your outlook you will change your outcome. Your faith and your words are based on how you see things. How each one saw things is how they believed and spoke. And how each one believed and spoke is what they got. In Numbers 14:28 God told them, 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you. That was not God's will for them, Deuteronomy 1:6-8 says, 6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. God said go in and possess the land, 10 of the spies said they were not able and the rest of the people agreed with the 10 spies. Always agree with God, for the word says, In the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses shall every word be established. So, when the people agreed with the 10 they established that for themselves. What you establish is what you walk out, that's why it's best to agree with God. So you establish the word in your life when you voice your agreement with God.

John 8:31,32 says, Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Your circumstances are fact, but God's word is truth. Fact is defined as-Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified. It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses. And truth is defined as-Truth can be described as the true state of a matter. We have accepted facts as truth. The truths of God has to be received by faith. Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. With the heart you believe and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Confession means to say the same thing, so the way to receive from God is to agree with God, in the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses every word is established. See, it's going to be hard to receive from God talking contrary to his word. So, what you speak is important. If you can look past your circumstances and get a revelation of the spiritual and put your faith in it and agree with it that truth will make you free from that fact. Notice, in John 1:14 it says, "And the word was made flesh" referring to Jesus. But, any word of God you believe and speak can become flesh/physical/manifested. Mark 11:23 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.

There are realities of the spiritual that are just as real as your circumstance in the physical, but they have to be received. Example Mark 5;25-34---25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. Where did she get if I may but touch his clothes from, Malichin4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings (referring to his clothes). Notice, God had healing for her already stored up and it was just a matter of her knowing how to receive it. It's in the spiritual where God has already laid up your answer, now it's just a matter of receiving.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In Genesis 1:11,12 it reads, And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. The earth and the seed was made to work together. God commanded the earth to bring forth, He put increase in the earth. Now, if you put a seed in the ground that seed will increase into the thing. Every seed only needs increase. A seed is the thing, it becomes the thing. Increase the seed to receive the thing. God put the provision in the seed and it only needs increase to receive. Like the seed was made to work with the ground of the earth your heart was made to work with the word of God. Heart is not referring to your blood pump, it's not referring to anything physical. It's referring to the spiritual, I've heard it taught it's where the soul and spirit connect. For in Hebrews 4:12 it says, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Soul and spirit can be divided so they must be connected.

First God’s word brought into manifestation now the seeds planted and watered brings into manifestation and his word is seed and your heart is the ground and He has commanded you to, “Be Fruitful “ which means to bring forth. That's what Jesus was talking about in Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. You bring forth from the inside-out. The words(seeds) you put inside is already ordained to produce outside. Notice, in Genesis 1 God made the trees and flowers, He spoke and it was so, but then He gave Adam the seeds. Why did He give Adam the seeds, because since He gave man dominion/authority now it’s his responsibility. Notice, how God created them, He spoke out what was in Him. It was inside first and He brought it outside by speaking. And the scripture says that He made man in his image and likeness. That’s what Jesus is telling us in Luke 6:45, if it’s inside and you speak it out you will bring it forth. In Hebrews 11:1 it says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is the substance of things in the spiritual, just as a seed is the substance of things in the natural. The substance has to go in the ground for the thing to come out.

That gives us better understanding of what Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. If you have the substance inside and you speak it that thing will be brought forth outside/ into manifestation. That’s our responsibility not God’s. Sometimes people say, “If God wants to do it then He’ll just do it”, no, did you plant the seed. Once God gives you the seeds it’s your responsibility. Every seed is the product of a finished work, so God has done His part, He has made and gave us the seeds. Understand, it’s made in the spiritual and faith is the substance of them and if you want to bring it into the earth/physical then you have to plant the seed. You have to get the substance of it in you. Faith comes by hearing and the best way to hear it is you speaking it. Romans 10:8 says, 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. In 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 it reads, I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

The scripture calls the heart of man ground and it calls God’s word seed(Luke 8:11), water(Eph. 5:26), and light(Ps. 119:130). Just like in the natural it works in the spiritual. That’s why God tells us to hold fast our confession of faith because those words are going through a process to become like Jesus, the word made flesh/physical/manifested. Notice, the word did not become flesh just out of God’s mouth, man gave voice to His word in the earth for it to be done legally, because He gave man the authority. Notice, what it says in Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Why, because it has to be spoken by man, because He gave authority to mankind and He will not violate it. So, it’s important that you give voice to God’s word. For God has spoken in Isa. 55:10,11 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. One meaning of the word void is “Without Fruit.” The word becomes fruit/a manifestation out of you. Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Notice, you will eat(have) the fruit of your lips.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance

There are some powerful roles your words have in you receiving healing, but they can't be words just out of your head, but out of your heart. Your heart also plays a important role in you receiving healing. First, your words work as medicine to your flesh when they are in line with God's word. Proverbs 16:24 says, Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. And Proverbs 12:18 backs that up, There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. That's when they are in line with God's word for Proverbs 4:20-23 says, My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. God's word is the ultimate medicine, that word health means-medicine/remedy/healing/cure. Notice, it's the word and your heart they work together and we'll see why in a minute.

A major message Jesus taught us is in Mark chapter 4 where he taught us that words are seeds and the heart of man is the ground that you sow the word into. Now, there's an important thing I think people haven't grasped with the heart being the ground that the seeds are sown into and that is your heart will give back to you in increased form the words you take into it. Jesus said in Mark 4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. Notice, the words that went in the heart sent out in increased form, fruit is something seen and it comes from the inside-out. That's why Jesus said in that same chapter, "Take heed what you hear." That's also why it says in Proverbs 4:23 to guard your heart with all diligence. So, the words I take into my heart is important because the first time I hear God calls that planting and each time after that is called watering and increase comes with watering. 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 says, I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. So, if all you take into your heart is the report of your body, what else does your heart have to send back to you.

In Isaiah 53:1 it says, Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? So, God also has a report in verses 4 and 5, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. And in 1 Peter 2:24 it says, 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. Whatever God says about my condition I need to put that in my heart and keep it there like Proverbs 4:20-23 says. For example take Abraham in Romans 4:17 it says his body was dead, but regardless of that God had another report in Genesis 17:4,5 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Notice, what God did He changed his name from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude. God changed his name into God's report because as his name he will continue to see it and hear it and keep it in his heart and God's report changed his body. The healing words you put in you are the words your heart will send back to you in increased form of healing. I know that from my own experience when something attacked my body I followed the same principles, I kept feeding my heart God's report, "By his stripes I am healed" and that which I fed into my heart my heart sent back to me in the increased form of healing. So, what are you going to feed your heart with. If you want to see healing make sure it is in line with God's word because God's word is the ultimate medicine. So, there is no confusion the word heart is not talking about your physical heart. I didn't come up with this myself, but I heard someone preach that the heart is where the soul and spirit connects. Because, Hebrews 4:12 says, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. If the word can divide them then they must be connected, I liked it so I thought I would share it.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Genesis 1:11,12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

By that Gen 1:11,12 God put a system or operation in effect. Leviticus 26:4 says, Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. That same process takes place in the realm of the spiritual in man. Genesis 1:27,28 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 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. Notice, the first thing God said was, "Be Fruitful" which mean to bring forth. 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Notice, the wording (it's the same process). Anytime you go over something in your mind or with your words The Bible calls that watering, and increase comes with watering. In John 14:1,27 Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled," that means it's in your hands. And one way to let not your heart be troubled is what Jesus also said, "Take heed what you hear." Because, hearing is as we just saw in the spiritual is planting and watering something.

So, whatever you continually hear there will be an increase of it either in faith or fear. That's why Romans 10:17 says, Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. But, also fear comes by hearing. Fear is just a negative form of faith. In 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 it says, (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds 5 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. Notice, at the root of every stronghold is a thought. How does a thought go from a thought to a stronghold, by watering it, by going over something in your mind over and over. We all have worried about something, did you choose to worry, no, you started off with a thought. And the more attention you gave to it the more it increased. Notice, the process- a thought if you do not stop it at the thought, when it comes into your mind and you keep giving it your attention the next step happens (it will exalt itself). In other words it will grow without your consent nor co-operation. If you continue to give it your attention it will grow into the next step (an imagination). It will produce an image in your mind. And if it continues to grow then it will become (a stronghold). When the stronghold is formed that's when that thought has captured your mind.

See, instead of you taking it captive it has taken you captive. And now you have to fight against it, but you have weapons that are mighty to fight against them and get the victory. Understand what's happening, God said, "Be Fruitful" which means to bring forth. Bring forth means bring from the inside-out. Whatever you allow to settle inside is going to seek expression outside/in your life. What's happening is what you have taken into your heart, is like a seed and the more you allow it to be watered the more it will increase. Remember, the same system in the natural works the same way in the spiritual. And just like in the natural if a seed goes in something is going to come out. So, when you take something into your heart it starts working to be seen in your life. The heart of man works just like the earth, Jesus said that in Mark 4 The Parable Of The Sower. He said a sower went out to sow (now this is on the spiritual side). And in verse 20 he said, And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. So, apparently what he took in his heart there was some seen evidence in his life. How else do you judge fruit except you see it. So, what this man took in his heart resulted in something being seen in his life.

When God said, "Be Fruitful/Bring Forth" that was not a suggestion it's what you have been empowered to do. So, when you take something into your heart it's working to bring that from the inside-out into your life. Back in Leviticus where it says, the land shall yield her increase, that's what your heart is doing. God put increase in your heart so what's planted and watered it will yield it's increase. That's why Jesus said, "Take heed what you hear" because hearing is planting and watering. That's why Proverbs 4:23 says, Guard your heart with all diligence. At one time man didn't know evil, that's what the scripture says. In Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. If he became that means he wasn't before. How could he know evil when everything God made was good. So, now wrong things are going into the heart of man that God never intended so now it can be a force against you instead of a force for you. Joshua 1:8 shows it on God's side, This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Notice, you walk in outside what you put inside. Rom. 10:8 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

See, if you get into that cycle of the more you think on something the more it grows and the more it grows the more you think on it and on and on, it can get to the point it's like you can't find the brakes for it because it has taken over. We all live by how we think. So, if that stronghold is your center point of thinking then you'll base your decisions and actions based on the stronghold, now it's running you. Now, you find yourself living according to the stronghold because it has become your fixed way of thinking. But, it can be changed, thank God. That's why Romans 12:2 says, 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. So, the mind can be renewed and it can be renewed to the word. Matthew 15:13 says, But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Everything that has been planted not in line with the word can be uprooted by the word. Notice, Jermiah 1:9,10 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

So, the word is what you can use to uproot that stronghold. Put the word on your mind, put the word in your mouth and it will get in your heart. Romans 10:8 says, 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. And the word has the power to save your soul, James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. That word engrafted means implanted, and the way the word is implanted is by hearing and the best way to hear it is out of your own mouth. Your thoughts are connected to your heart, Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. So, the words you take in your heart will affect your thoughts. That's why Proverbs 4:23 says, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. That word issues means boundaries/borders. Notice, the borders/boundaries are not outside they are inside. In Mark 9 a man came to Jesus to get help for his son and he said to Jesus, "If thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. And notice Jesus response, Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Notice, what Jesus was saying, It's not an outside issue, it's not about me, it's a heart(inside) issue. He had the ability so that wasn't the issue, the issue was what can you believe and that's a heart(inside) issue.

As you go about your everyday business, seeds are being sown in your heart, because you are constantly hearing something. Now, here's the thing you don't always know or feel when something has been planted. It can be unaware to you and if you keep hearing that seed is growing and the next thing you know you got this fear and don't know where it came from, something was planted. That's why Jesus said, "Take heed what you hear," watch what you give your attention to. The more focus you give something the more space you allow it to take up in your mind. And once you accept it as true you'll hold on to it. Because, nobody in their right mind wants to be wrong on purpose. So, you'll hold on to what you think is right. And you can be wrong as two left shoes. You'll start doing things based on that thought pattern, and think everybody else is wrong. Because, as long as you see something as true you can't see that you're wrong. One translation of Proverbs 4:23 is, Everything you do flows out of it. Well, everything starts with your thinking. If your thinking is off, your believing will be off, and if your believing is off your actions will be off. Then when people find themselves in a mess that they have made they look for outside solutions. No, the first place you have to start is inside. And sometimes people will try to fix somebody else and they are the one that's jacked up, but they don't see it. It's always the other persons fault. Because, you have accepted something as truth you can't see when you wrong.

The scripture says in the last days people are going to call good-evil and evil-good. One reason is people are going to accept lies and deception as truth so to them good will be evil and evil will be good. Lies and deception are going to be preached and taught so much that people are going to accept them. Not understanding the principle that seeds are being sown and if you keep hearing it it's going to have effect on you. And if you don't know how to counter it or cast it down then you will be open to deception. People get hooked on pornography because they sit there and watch that stuff not understanding seeds are being sown and the more you watch it/water it those seeds of perversion are growing. Now, just watching it at home is not enough, now you trying to watch it on your computer at work not knowing they are monitoring what's being done on their system. Now, you've put your job in jeopardy, and it's all a matter of the seeds you allowed to be planted in your heart. Your eyes and ears are gateways to your heart. And people think it's no harm, ya, until you get to the place where you can't stop. Until it becomes a stronghold and it starts leading you around. Until it's all you think about and imagine. What you continually allow your mind to think on and imagine is going to seek expression in your life. Look at Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Jeremiah 9:13,14 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; 14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart. Last Jeremiah 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. What you allow to settle inside is going to seek expression on the outside/in your life in some form, some word or deed. For instance we know the famous words of Jesus Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. What is that, that's what's in your heart being expressed in your life. Jesus didn't say it's a good chance that it will, he said it does it, it's an automatic response. What's in your heart will be known by what you speak, because there will be an expression of what's in your heart. That's what Jesus was talking about in Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad, and people have thought he was talking about keeping secrets. In a way that could be applied, but what he is saying is you can't hide who you really are. At some point the real you is going to come out, you can pretend for awhile, but in the end in the right circumstance people are going to see who you really are inside.

Your heart even has effects on your body- Proverbs 17:22 says, A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. See, your inside has effects on your outside. Proverbs 4:20-22My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. That word health is translated as medicine, healing, remedy, cure. God is endeavoring to get his word in you, in your heart. Because, God says his word is life and health and the way it's imparted to your flesh is the implanted word in your heart. When the word is implanted/when it enters your heart it will impart it's contents and manifest according to the word you take in. So look at that, what you put in your heart can bring healing to your flesh. Because, your inside shapes your outside, your inside effects your outside. So, sickness is not just about the body. The problem can be in your body, but the answer can come through your heart, by the word. For instance, Abraham the father of faith, God promised him that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars, but his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead. What did God do, He changed their names from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude and from Saria-my princess to Sarah-princess of nations.

Why, it says his body was dead and her womb was dead, but the word is life. So, they were to call themselves according to the word, because the word is life and for that life to be imparted the word has to be implanted in your heart and what you put in your mouth will get in your heart. And when that life was imparted it manifested according to the word they took in. And the word will still do that today. The scriptures calls the heart of man ground and the word of God seed, when a seed is planted it releases it's contents. In fact, that's the only way it releases it's contents, by planting. You see in Acts 14:7-10 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. The word brought healing to that man's body, the word that entered his heart imparted the healing. Healing can come through you, God sends his word and when you receive it into your heart it will work it's way to your body. He sent his word and healed them. Your heart is essential to your life. And a lot of your life is coming out of your heart. If it wasn't essential why would God tell you to guard it with all diligence. He tells you to guard it because your heart is the gateway into your life.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Cor. 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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.

Every circumstance has two sides, one side already in manifestation, that you can see(which is fact) and the other side is in spiritual form, unseen(which is truth). John 8:31,32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. And Jesus said in John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Truth in it's spiritual form doesn't profit you until it becomes manifested/physical/fruit. God has a life for you in the spiritual just outside of your senses that has to be received by us not done by him. Because, the scriptures talks about things not seen, well if there are things not seen that means they don't have to be done by God. Heb. 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The things you can see are made of physical substance, but the things you can't see of God are made of a spiritual substance called faith.

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Matt 17:20 people miss the meat of what God was saying. And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. ( Let's break this down, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed and some people say the size of a mustard seed, but the point He's making is faith works like a seed. So let's compare faith with a seed. First, faith in Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is the substance and evidence of things. And a seed is the same thing, it's the substance and evidence of something. When you have a seed there's two things we know, 1. there was a fruit before that seed. You can't have an apple seed unless there was first an apple. And 2. that seed will produce a copy of it. When you plant a seed and it comes up can you dig up the ground and find the seed, no, because you are looking at it. What you are looking at is that seed.

So, understand in order for you to have faith as a seed, there has to be a finished work first. Every seed is the product of a finished work of God. So, you can't say you have faith for something from God unless it's done first. Because, how can you have the substance and evidence of something that doesn't exist, you can't. Faith is not for something to be done in the future, it's for what already is, but in the spiritual, things not seen. If God has to do it, then it's not done, and if it's not done how in the world can you have the substance and evidence of it. So, the first point is for you to have faith for something from God He has to do it first. So, the finished work has to be first before the faith for it.) (Then it says, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; when you have faith in your heart your mouth will open. Because, the heart and the mouth are connected. Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Also in 2 Corinthians 4:13 it says, We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. It's just like eating natural food and drinking natural drink, what you take in at some point it's going to come out. So, you speak or release what's in you.) (And then it says, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. You will have outside what you had inside. Matthew 12:34,35 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Your treasure is whatever has been hidden in your heart. So, what's inside is brought forth to the outside by speaking. Luke says the same thing in Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. )

Faith in the heart and released out causes the thing unseen to become seen. What faith is the substance and evidence of, when it's in you and you release it by speaking it that unseen thing will become seen or manifested or fruit. And when the unseen becomes seen then what was seen will have to go. Notice, in 1 Corinthians 1:26-28 it reads, For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are. God uses things which are not (manifested)(spiritual) to bring to nought things that are (manifested)(physical). That's how the truth makes you free. That's how you override this worlds facts with God's truths. 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.

All this coincides with what Jesus taught in Mark chapter 4 that the heart of man is ground and words are seeds. And he said in verse 24 of that chapter, And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. Take heed what you hear, why, because faith comes by hearing. And if you keep hearing the wrong thing you will eventually start talking it and bring it forth. Notice, in James 1:26 it says, If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. How do you deceive your heart, when you speak something you don't want, you are sowing seeds of what you don't want, but ground grows whatever you put in it. So, you are bringing forth the very thing you don't want. You can't live this life just on the flesh side, when you are also spirit. You are more spirit than you are flesh. But, people have a tendency to only identify with the flesh. But, the spiritual is higher than the physical which mean the spiritual has authority over the physical. So, the greater reality is spiritual.

There are realities in the spiritual that will override the realities of the physical that you can bring forth and do like God use what is not manifested to bring to nought what is manifested. Someone might be thinking, well that was God, but in Matthew 21:21 Jesus said, Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. Gen. 17:4,5 it reads-- As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. When God said that his body was in no physical condition to be that, because in Romans 4:19 it says his body was dead. And a dead body can not be a father of many nations. So, him being a father of many nations was a spiritual reality while not yet manifested in this physical realm. Notice, what God did, He got him speaking in line with his word. Why, because faith comes by hearing, God knew he had to get that seed in his heart.

Because, you see back in Genesis 12:2 God told him, And I will make of thee a great nation. And in verse 7 of that same chapter it says, And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. But, as time passed he got impatient, you see in Genesis 15:1-4 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. God promised him a child out of his own bowels and then in Genesis 17 tells him that He has made him a father of many nations after his body was in no condition to be a father of many nations. So, when God changed his name, what He did is give him a word seed to sow in his heart, for Abraham means=father of a multitude.

So, let's track this (1st) faith comes by hearing,(2nd) then out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks,(3rd) and when the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart you will bring forth that thing, for he did have a child out of his own bowels. Somewhere along the way faith came because in Romans 4:20 it says that Abraham was strong in faith. Faith has a function, it's not some cute thing that you just keep in your heart. Faith starts in your heart, but at some point it is suppose to be released and it's released for you to see outside what you had inside. If you are going to get rid of a manifestation then you have to do it from the spiritual. And faith is going to be what you use to do it. Faith and the word of God is the same thing, in Romans 10:8 it's called the word of faith. So, the word is what you're going to use to change the manifestation. But, you have to release it in the spiritual, that's when the word is in you and when the word is in then faith is in you. Sometimes people come up with natural conclusions, but we are not subject to natural conclusions, because we can operate outside of the natural. Where natural conclusions have to bow to God's word. Natural facts have to bow to God's truths. But, to operate outside of the natural you are going to have to do by faith.

When something is working against you in this natural realm, you need something greater working for you in the spiritual, and that's faith. Notice, Jesus said if you have faith as a seed, you shall say, and it will do. He didn't say it was a good chance it would, he said it shall. That means it's already set, Isaiah 46:9,10 says, God calls the end from the beginning. So, God don't wait to see what's going to happen at the end, no. He establishes the end from the beginning, Psalm 119:89 says, For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. It's settled in heaven, now we have to establish it here. Because, since God gave man dominion, the heart of man is the legal entrance for the truths of God to enter this physical realm. Notice how God does it, Roman 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. He speaks it, you take that word in, and agree with it and bring it forth. With the mouth confession is made unto, so you can't wait to see it before you speak it. You can't confess unto if it's already there, so apparently you can't wait to see it before you speak it. We are made in God's image and likeness and God don't wait to see something before He speaks it, no, He speaks to see. God doesn't want you just speaking, He want you seeing. But, your speaking has to be with faith. Remember 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.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Someone might have the idea that they are too far gone, they have done so much that God's grace is not for them. But, you have to realize that whatever you have done is no longer the issue. The issue now is what Jesus has already done for you, yes you. Romans 5:6 reads, For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. And you clearly see in verse 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus died for the ungodly, while we were still sinners Jesus died for us in our place. He took the punishment that was due to us,for us. Understand what God has already done through Jesus, Jesus bore our sins in his own body on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). And through Jesus what he did it's recorded you did because the scripture says you were baptized/put into him. It's a principle, in Hebrews 7:9-10 it reads, One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor (NIV). Notice the principle, Levi was a descendent of Abraham and because he was in Abraham(he came from him) you could say that when Abraham paid tithes Levi did also because he was in him. And that's what God did, He put everyone that was there and was to come in Jesus so that's how God see's you. So, what Jesus did the scriptures says we did.

In Colossians 2:12,13 it reads, Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses. See, you don't have to be forgiven because God has already forgiven you. Notice, being dead in your sins is a before salvation phrase, because when you receive Jesus the scriptures says you are alive to God in Christ (Rom. 6:11). But, it's not applied to you until you receive Jesus as your Lord and savior. You don't get the benefits of it until you receive him. In Ephesians 2:4-6 it reads, But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Notice, something about God in 2 Peter 3:9 it reads, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Notice, something else about God in 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. So, please do not exclude yourself from God's goodness and salvation when He has included you.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

2 Corinthians 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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.

Matthew 7:17,18 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Notice, he said your afflictions work for you, not while you give your attention to what's happening, but just the opposite. It works for you while you look not at what is seen, but what is unseen, the finished works of God. So, that can not be a natural seeing, because he said things not seen. So, he's talking about something outside of the range of your senses. People have a tendency of thinking that this physical realm is the primary realm, but it's not. The spiritual is the primary realm and this physical realm is simply the manifestation. That's why Hebrews 11:3 says, 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. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (Notice, without him was not anything made that was made. Who is the him, the word, which is spiritual.) Colossians 1:15-17 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (By him who, the word, all things consist). And Hebrews 1:3 says, Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power. So, this physical realm was created by the spiritual. And by the spiritual all things consist. And by the spiritual all things are upheld, that makes the physical realm a product/manifestation of the spiritual.

That's why he says while we look not at the things which are seen, because it's only fruit. If you want to get down to the root, you are going to have to deal with the spiritual, anything else is fruit. And dealing with fruit keeps you dealing with the same issues, you get some relief and it pops back up again. Why, because the root is still active in the spiritual. For example weeds grow in your yard(the seen) you can cut them, but in just a matter of time what's going to happen, they will be right back. If you want to get rid of them, you have to dig up the roots or else you'll keep dealing with the same problem. Look at Job 14:7-9 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. (Notice, if it's cut down not dug up by the roots there's still hope for it or it still has potential to grow again) 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;(Notice, the root is still in the earth, old, but not dead) 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. Notice, he starts off with there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down and that's because the root is still in the earth and as long as the root is still in the earth there's hope for it. And a lot of times we deal with things on a surface level and wonder why this thing keeps coming back. It keeps coming back because of the root in the spiritual. Everything is rooted in the spiritual, has spiritual roots. Nothing originates in this physical material realm. Eph. 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Once it's cut off in the spiritual the manifestation will cease. How do you cut something off in the spiritual, by establishing something different in the spiritual. Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. Decrees are made in the spiritual, you are a spirit made in the image and likeness of God. So, even though you are clothed in flesh when you speak you are releasing words in the spiritual. Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. So, when you speak you are either giving life to something or death to something. And what you don't want to do is speak death to the things of God and life to the things of the devil. The spiritual is what keeps this physical realm operating, without the spiritual this physical realm would cease. We know the word says that the heavens and the earth are going to pass away and there will be a new heavens and a new earth, that's already been determined in the spiritual. And this physical material realm is subject to that, there's nothing in this physical realm that can stop that from happening. This physical realm was created by the spiritual (by God) and it will end by the spiritual (by God), because it's only a manifestation of the spiritual. So, you decree according to how God has said it, but the average person decrees and affirms according to the conditions. But when you do that you give it more life, more strength. Stop affirming the manifestation and affirm it as God has said it. That's one of the main reasons for calling things that be not as though they were, you are establishing it as God has said it. You cut off the old and establish the knew. Notice, in Genesis 17:4,5 God told Abram, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

But, in Romans 4:17 is says, And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old. Notice, God changed his name from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude. God had him call himself according to the spiritual, how God said it was. And by Abraham calling things that be not as though they were he cut off the old and established the new. When Jacob asked that angel to bless him, the first thing the angel asked him is what is your name. Because, back then names meant something, usually it described a characteristic of you. And Jacob means supplanter/one who takes the place of another or trickster and the first thing he did was change his name to Israel which means who prevails with God. You can't walk in the new calling yourself the old. You walk in what you establish. And even though he was praying for him, nobody's words have more weight in your life than yours. And even though he was not in a condition to reverse it, he established it so only he had the authority to reverse it, because God is not going to violate your free will. You can't keep speaking something over yourself or about yourself and think it's not having any effect on you, especially if you believe it. Jesus said in Mark 11:23 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. Can tell my account bananas-- I established it, I had the authority and ability to reverse it. I established something according to my flesh, but when I established something according to the spiritual that manifestation ceased. I spoke out what I believed.

Now here's the thing, there's another source of knowledge than the flesh/senses. God also is a source of knowledge and at one time that was man's only source of knowledge. But, it was man that choose knowledge other than God. When they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it says that their eyes were opened and that's when the creation fell. That word eyes means fountain which means source. It's the same word fountain in Mark 5, the woman with the issue of blood, where it says that the fountain(source) of her bleeding was dried up. Their source of knowledge changed from God to their flesh/senses. But notice, they were not suppose to eat from that tree, but nothing happened when she ate from it. Gen. 3:6,7 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Why did creation fall when he ate, because he knew what God said, Genesis 2:16,17 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. He got his knowledge straight from God, she most likely got her knowledge from Adam. Because, some how something got added that God didn't say. In Genesis 3:2,3 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. God didn't say neither shall ye touch it, He just said don't eat from it. When you get your knowledge straight from God there's no wiggle room, how can you debate what you hear straight from God. The problem comes in when you add to it or take away from it.

The problem with getting your knowledge from your senses is Romans 8:8 So, then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. God is a spirit so whatever He does it's done in the spiritual first. So, if you are carnally minded it's hard to receive from God if at all. That's why Hebrews 11:6 says, Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith deals with what is outside of the senses, so if you only go by what your flesh tells you then you cut yourself off from God's provisions. That's why Romans 8:6 says, For to be carnally minded is death, death mean separation. God has his finished works that are reality in the spirit, that's why it says, "By whose stripes ye were healed" "God has given us all things that pertain unto life and godliness" "God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings." Notice, God put them in past tense, because they are reality in the spiritual, while not yet manifested in this physical realm. Things have to be reality in the spiritual first before manifested in this realm. Understand God's word is truth, not fact--facts is defined as Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified. It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed empirically, or by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses. And truth can be described as the true state of a certain matter. And sometimes people mistake facts for truth and they are not. Facts deal with what you perceive by your senses, but the things of the spiritual can't be perceived with the senses. That's why you can't count on the flesh to tell you what the truth is, because flesh don't know. But, your spirit can know what the truth is, by God revealing it to you. Like, when Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do you say that I am," and Peter said, "Thou art the Christ." And what did Jesus tell him, "Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. God wants heaven and earth to work together, the natural with the spiritual. So, in all your doings, in all your circumstances of life don't forget the spiritual, see past this physical and into the spiritual.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Do you know the value and importance of speaking God's word out of a believing heart. The scriptures tells us about what God's word spoken out of us does for us and we need to know so we can speak it and get the benefits of it. In Hebrews 3:1 it reads, Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. That word profession is the same word confession which mean to say the same thing. So, Jesus has a ministry in heaven right now ministering for us based on our own words in line with God's word. Notice, he's not high priest of all our words, no, only our words in line with God's word. He presents our words to God the father that are in line with his words and in return you get the benefit of what was presented, those words carried out. In Hebrews 8:3 it reads, Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. So it’s necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer. And Hebrews 13:15 reads, By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. The fruit of your lips are your words, in the old covenant it was the blood of animals, but in the knew covenant it's our words. That's why Hebrews 4:14 says, Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession(same word confession). And since we are talking about the importance of speaking God's word out a believing heart we can't leave out Hebrews 10:23 that reads, Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.

In Titus 1:3 it reads, But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, don't be fooled by the word preaching, it simply means to proclaim or speak out. God works with and through his spoken word. In Mark 16:20 it read, And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. It's important that the word be proclaimed so when God confirms it people will put more trust in what you speak. And God loves for his word to go out so that He can back it. Isaiah 44:26 says, That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof. God confirms and performs his proclaimed word, in other words, what you say people will see the evidence of it. If you receive the word in you then you will get the manifestation of it. That's what Jesus taught in the entire chapter of Mark 4 when he taught that the word of God is seed and the heart of man is ground. So, if you keep receiving the word in your heart, the word you receive in your heart the manifestation will come out. Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested (Read Acts 14:7-10). Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. God never meant for you to hear the word just to be hearing it, no, He's trying to get something to you. You plant a seed to receive something, you don't put a seed in the ground without expecting to get something in the future. In fact, if you don't get something you know that's not suppose to happen. Understand, the word is to increase in you until what's on the inside increases until what's inside is seen outside. That's what Jesus meant when he said, For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested.

When you put a seed in the ground and it comes up, can you dig up the ground and find the seed, no, because you are looking at it. That thing that comes up is the seed in increased form. And that's what the word can do and Jesus is an example of that for he was the word made flesh. And as we just saw in 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 hearing is both planting and watering, so you speaking the word is planting and watering. The first time you hear is planting and each time after that is watering. Every seed only needs increase and God put increase in you. In Genesis 1:28 you see that God blessed man saying, "Be fruitful" which is translated as bring forth. The same thing God spoke to the earth to put increase in it He spoke to man putting increase in man. That's why Jesus said, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh (Luke 6:45). You see that, the man brings forth, it comes out of you by your words. So, you keep speaking it until you see it and God will get the glory. For then you will be a true witness when others see what you said in manifestation, they will take notice. So, Jesus said, Take heed what you hear, because what you hear is going into your heart. And Matthew 12:34 says, Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks and you will be bringing forth things God didn't intend for you to.

It's very interesting that the scriptures says that your words are medicine to your flesh. Proverbs 16:24 says, Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 12:18 says, There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Those things are in connection with God's word for Proverbs 4:20-23 says, My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. That word health is translated medicine, remedy, healing, cure. Notice, it says to keep the word in your heart, why do you think it says that. And how do you keep it in your heart, by continuing to hear it and look at it because that's what is going into your heart. And the word needs to go in your heart to get the manifestation of it. Take Abraham God promised him that he and his wife would have a son and through him Abraham's descendants would be a numerous as the stars. But, there were some problems his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead so God changed their names from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude and from Saria-my princess to Sarah-princess of nations. Notice, God had to get that word in them to get the manifestation out of it and they did have a son and through him came the 12 tribes of Israel. They got the manifestation out of the word that they put in their hearts. Notice, they had to speak in line with the promise of God to get the manifestation of it. It was God in Isaiah 5510,11 that says, For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void(without fruit), but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In Romans 1:16 it say, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Don't limit the word salvation to just mean being born again. It means much more than that, it means healing, deliverance, preservation, safety, wholeness. Notice, it's not the power of God unto salvation to everyone, it's the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth. What makes the difference, 2 Corinthians 4:13 says, We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. And what makes it the power of God for you is Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Notice, you confess unto salvation, so salvation comes from the spoken word of God by you. It's the word that you speak out of your heart(not your blood pump) that makes the difference. Notice, in Proverbs it backs that up, in Proverbs 12:6 it says, the mouth(words, in line with God's word) of the upright will deliver them. In Proverbs 12:6 it says, the tongue(words) of the wise is health and Proverbs 14:3 says, the lips(words) of the wise will preserve them.

Because, God said in Isaiah 55:11, So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void(empty, without fruit), but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Notice, his word will not return to him without fruit, fruit represents a manifestation. And one of the main teachings of Jesus is words are seeds. In the parable of the sower in Mark 4:14 Jesus said, the sower soweth the word and Luke has it recorded as, "The seed is the word of God." And Jesus said the place where the seed is sown is the heart of man. When a seed is planted it releases what's in it, so the thoughts of God, the life, the health, whatever is in it is released and you receive it. As Abraham received the word in him the life in it was released and he received that word manifested. Names have meaning with God, Abram means high father and Abraham means father of a multitude. In Genesis 17:5 God said, Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. God told him that when his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead (Rom. 4:19). So, as he received that word in him the life in it was released and he received that word manifested, he confessed unto salvation. God's word did not return to him void(empty, without fruit), but it accomplished what God pleased and prospered in the thing whereto He sent it.

Notice, God did the work first in the spiritual, because his body was dead in the physical and He gave Abraham the seed to manifest it in this physical realm. His name was a seed. Did he reap what he sowed, yes. God promised him that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. And in Deuteronomy 1:10 Moses speaking to his descendants, The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. Now, what did that, the seed Abraham sowed. Naturally he had no way of making that happen, but the seed had the ability. And as the man in Acts 14 received the word in him the healing in the word was released and he received a manifestation. Every seed produces after it's kind, whatever the word says is what it will produce/become. Jesus is the word made flesh, the word(spiritual) is designed to manifest (physical). A seed is designed to become something, a seed does not stay a seed once it's planted. If you plant a rose seed and that rose comes up can you dig up the ground and find the seed, no, that rose is the seed. 1 John 1:1,2 says, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us, what was with The Father in the beginning, John 1:1 In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. What was with God was spiritual and it manifested physical, how, the word.

Jesus talked about that in Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. Understand, he is talking in the context of seed being sown, that's what the whole chapter is referring to. What he is saying is there is nothing (no word or seed) hid (planted) which shall not be manifested (seen). How does that happen Luke 17:21 says, Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. And back in Mark 4:26-8, And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. And the seed should spring and grow up, he knowth not how, in Mark 4:11 Jesus said, And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables. Notice, Jesus calls it a mystery, how the kingdom of God transforms words/seeds into things is a mystery. Romans 10:8 says, 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. In Hebrews 10:23 the scripture says to hold fast to your profession(confession) of faith.

Why, Matthew 12:34,35 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. So, you speak the word in your heart and when it is in your heart in abundance it will come out. And that's the word in Isaiah 55:11 where God says, his word will not return to him void(without fruit). Because, it says you will bring forth what you speak in it, that's the fruit. That's the word that will become flesh/manifested. What a man soweth that shall he reap. The woman with the issue of blood, it says, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. When it says she said in the concordance it says she kept saying. She spoke that in her and out of the abundance of her heart she spoke it out and brought forth that fruit. Because, it says, And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. You see in Genesis 1:11,12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

But, then in Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. After God did the work He gave Adam the seeds of his finished works. In other words, if anymore trees are going to come into the earth it's going to be by man by the seeds. A lot of people are waiting on God to do something and He's waiting on them to sow something. The works are finished and He has given us the seeds. Now, it's up to us to receive the seeds, the implanted word. And as a man soweth that shall he reapeth. It's the implanted word that produces the fruit.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God's word is an expression of his wisdom, his knowledge. Before God speaks He has done all the computations, all the reasonings and they are in the word. So, as I receive his word I receive those thoughts, reasonings, computations. That's how you renew your mind to his word because his thoughts are in them so as you receive his word you receive his thoughts. That's what light is, it's his way of seeing things, his thoughts that's light. Ps 119:130 The entrance of thy word giveth light. It's his thinking, his way of seeing things. So, when his word enters light enters, what is light, the true way of seeing it. Another word for light is revelation. That's why He told Joshua in Josh 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Notice, keep the word in your mouth, why, Romans 10:8 says 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. It's first in your mouth then it gets in your heart. And as you receive it you are receiving his thoughts so you will observe to do, know how to do because you're receiving his thoughts, his knowledge, his wisdom. So, you will know what to do and how to do and by that you will prosper. I don't see how Christians can neglect the word when the scripture says you're suppose to live by it. Maybe, that's why so many are failing because they don't give respect to the word.

See, there is a difference between old testament people and new testament people. Old testament people had to be changed from the outside. God gave them rules, regulations for them to follow. But, new testament people are changed from the inside-out. The word goes in you and by the word going in you it changes you from the inside-out. That's why the people of the old testament kept failing because they were trying to do it in their strength, in their power. In the new covenant the word empowers you. Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 1 Peter 1:23 says Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. You and I were remade/made a new creation by the word. That's why God promised the people in the old testament He would put the word in their hearts and minds, because He know that's how you change from the inside-out and not outside-in. Jer. 31:33 reads, But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. The word has the power to change you, transform you. It renews you from the inside-out if you receive it. The key to any victory is to first of all get God's view of it, in other words how God says it is. The first key to the woman with the issue of blood victory was getting God view of it, she got a revelation of something according to God's word Mal. 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

She knew by the word Jesus had her healing in the hem of his garment. Until you see it(not outside) it's harder to receive it, but once you see it you can receive it. Notice, in Joshua 6:2 God told Joshua, And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. That could not have been an outer seeing because the battle hadn't even started, so there was nothing to see with his eyes. The word you receive inside effects every part of you soul/spirit/and body: (Soul) ----James 1:21 says, Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. That word engrafted means implanted so it's back to the word in you. Sometimes your soul might need saving, there might be some strongholds that might need to be cast down 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 5 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. Notice, at the root of every stronghold is a thought and every thought can be brought to the obedience of Christ because when you receive the word of God in you that thought will have to bow to it. Because, the anointing comes with the word. And the anointing is designed to destroy yokes, it doesn't matter what it is.

Philip 4:8 says, 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. To think on those things you are going to have to receive his word in you because without the word you don't know what's true, good, honest, of good report. Isa 26:3 says, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. So, peace is based on what you keep your mind on so you are going to have to have the right thought, God's thoughts.
(The word effects your Spirit)----We know the word effects your spirit because Romans 10:17 says, So, then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. (The word effects your body)----Proverbs 4:20-23 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Notice, again it's the word in your heart that has an effect on your being. The word is life and health to all your flesh. Notice, Abraham and his wife Sarah God promised Abraham that his descendants through his wife would be as numerous as the stars, but his body was dead and her womb was dead.

In Genesis 17:5,6 God said about Abraham, Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And God said about his wife in verses 15,16- And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Notice, what God did, He gave them something to call themselves. Well, his words are life to the flesh so as they called themselves and heard others call them, that word of life was going into their hearts and imparting the life, because their bodies did come alive. You see the same thing in Acts 14:7-10 and it reads, And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. Notice, the word is health to all your flesh, so as he heard the word and the word entered his heart the healing in it was imparted into him and he leaped and walked. When the word enters into you, your hear it will impart.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

(Proverbs 4:20-23)

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

(2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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.


Even though people are most aware of the natural side of life, but actually life proceeds from the spiritual side. Notice, it says life proceeds from your heart(spiritual side) not the natural side. In Matthew 7:17,18 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. What he is saying is, what you see as fruit is dependent on something else. Fruit is never the source, it is only a result of something. And what fruit is dependent on is a root, which is unseen. So, what he is saying is that what you see is always the product of something you can't see. So understand, whatever the condition is it is not operating on it's own. There is something in the unseen/spiritual behind it. That's why your heart will determine the outcome and not your flesh. Notice, the scripture Proverbs 4 talks about words and your heart. Words(spiritual) and your heart(spiritual) has an effect on your body(physical). In Proverbs 18:14 it reads, The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit? In Proverbs 17:22 it reads, A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. And how about Proverbs 15:30 it reads, The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy.

Everything of physical substance originates from the spiritual, Hebrews 11:3 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. Notice, what is seen did not come from what is seen, it's the product of the unseen. Jesus said in Matthew 15:18,19 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Notice, what you see physically there is a spirit side behind it. And without that spiritual side you would not see the physical side. The physical can not exist without the spiritual. Hebrews 1:3 says, Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, the spiritual is upholding the physical. Notice, spiritual is upholding physical, which means the physical is dependent on it. So, the physical can not operate on it's own. So, whatever the issue, condition, situation is it is not operating on it's own. It must have a spiritual side or a spiritual basis( the underlying support or foundation).

You could say it like this everything physical springs forth from something spiritual. That's why 2 Cor. 4: 18 says, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. Notice, he says don't put your focus on what is seen, but what is not seen and that's because if it is seen then it is only fruit. Which means it is not operating on it's own, it has a root that it is dependent on. And if you cut it off at the root the fruit will cease. In Numbers 16 When the people came against Moses and Aaron a plaque broke out and the people started dyeing. And Moses told Aaron to hurry and make atonement for the people and when he did the plaque stopped. The people came against Moses and Aaron (remember, what a man does physically comes from his heart/spiritual). So, that was actually a spiritual act, and by that spiritual act something manifested physically. So, where did that plaque spring forth from, the spiritual(nothing originates in the physical). And when Aaron made an atonement for the people(which was a spiritual act) that plaque stopped. Notice, that plaque sprang from the spiritual and was cut off from the spiritual. It makes no difference how bad the condition is if you cut it off in the spiritual it will cease.

So, you have the ability to operate from your heart/spiritual to cut off something working in your body/physical. Actually, you have the advantage, because flesh can't operate in the spiritual, but you(spirit) can. Remember, there is an inner man(spirit) and an outer man(flesh). Your outer man resides in this physical realm, but you inner man/spirit resides in the spiritual. You reside in the realm where things spring forth from and are cut off. Your outer man needs your inner man to defend it (Pro 18:14). It's your heart that determines the outcome and not your flesh. That's why what they see in that x-ray is not your limit, what they see under that microscope is not your limit. Notice, in Proverbs 4 the importance of having the word in your heart. Look at Acts 14:7-10 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

Suppose those words didn't go in his heart, do you think he would have received that healing. I know the word entered his heart because Paul perceived that he had faith, faith comes from hearing the word. The word in his heart brought healing to his body. The word(spiritual) was healing to his flesh(physical). That's why Proverbs 4 talks about the word in your heart being health/medicine/healing to your flesh. Determinations are not made in this physical material realm, because this is only the manifestation. What did Jesus say, "According to your faith be it unto you," "As though hast believed so be it done unto you," "Thy faith has made thee whole." Faith deals with the spiritual, so the determinations where made in the spiritual. People have separated the spiritual and physical as if they are two separate realms, but even though they are 2 they are more like 1. Just like man they are 2 flesh man and spirit man and yet the 2 are 1. And flesh man can't do anything without spirit man.

God said it's like this just look at yourself, you and your reflection in a mirror or your shadow. They are not you, but a product of you and as such they are dependent on you. In other words, they can't do anything independent of you, but only according to you. For instance, how many times have you looked in a mirror and smiled and your reflection frowned, never, and you can be sure that it never will. Because, it can not do anything apart from you. In John 8:31,32 Jesus said, 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. And in John 17:17 Jesus tells us that God's word is truth. Understand, there's truth and there's facts and God put truth over facts. So, God has established that truth will win over facts. If something is happening in this physical material realm/fact it can not stand against the truth of the spirit realm/what God has established by his word- Numbers 21:7-9:
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

Notice, people were getting bitten and dyeing, it was a fact if this thing bites you then you are dead. But, God established a truth in the spiritual, if you look at that serpent of brass you will live. And it came to pass anyone that was bitten when they looked at that serpent of brass they lived. Notice, once a truth was established in the spiritual the fact of the physical had to cease. So, if you are in an unwanted fact, get your heart fixed on the truth. Look at Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. The issue is what are you going to fill your heart with truth or facts. Truth based on God's word or facts based on the circumstances. That's the issue, because what's in your heart is the determining factor. It's easy to get focused on what's happening I know, because you can see it or feel it, but that's the trick of the devil to keep you operating out of your flesh instead of your heart/spirit. Because, when you operate out of your spirit now you are going to the root of the issue and not just dealing with fruit.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Your heart will determine the outcome not your flesh, your flesh has no authority. Notice, if you put the right words in your heart they are healing to your flesh. What you have working in your heart is more important than what's working in your flesh. You have to be careful about reading and doing research about your condition because those words are going into your heart. And whatever words you are more full of that's what your faith will be in, so whose words are going to have 1st place in your heart. Now, I'm not saying it's wrong to be knowledgeable, I'm just saying watch what words you allow into your heart. You can look up for yourself, there's a condition called Medical Student Syndrome. It's where medical student's bodies start carrying out the symptoms of the sicknesses they are studying. Well, where do you think those words are going, in the heart. And sometimes they act like it is a mystery, but if they sought The Bible they would see it's not a mystery. Your heart has powerful effects on your body and so do words that goes in your heart. In Proverbs 18:14 it reads, The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit? In Proverbs 17:22 it reads, A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. And how about Proverbs 15:30 it reads, The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy. And a lot of times people only focus on the body, but let me show you something about your body, it's only a follower. You see in James 3:1-4:
1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Notice, the tongue in relation to the body, he says the body of the horse goes whichever way the tongue directs. He further goes on about a ship, understand, the ship is your body, the helm is your tongue(words), and you (spirit man) is the governor/captain. Each time you speak in line with the conditions you are directing your ship. In fact, if you look up the word body in the concordance it is the word-soma- which means slave. Your body is a slave, it follows orders/directions. Let me tell you what happened to me, I've told this before and it's so relevant. When I was a child and even now I love bananas and what happened one time is when I ate one I got sick to my stomach terribly and from that time on I decided I could not eat bananas and whenever someone offered me something with bananas I was quick to tell them I can't eat them. Even as an adult I figured maybe that it had passed so I tried eating them and again I got sick to my stomach. But, then something happened when I was watching TV, I was watching this man teaching on the power of the tongue. And he said, "Some of you ate something one time and got sick and started telling people you can't eat it, if your words got you there then your words will get you out of it." It was like God was speaking right to me, I thought to myself that I had done that exact thing. So, what did I do I started speaking, "I can eat bananas" and in maybe a few months I heard a voice on the inside of me, "Go ahead and take one" because my father kept fruit in the house and when I did it had no ill effect on me. Notice, in both instances my body followed my words, it only did as I said. Look at the effect my words had on my body. Don't tell me words don't have power. The problem was never bananas, the problem was my words. The words I was putting in my heart.

Look at Acts 14:7-10 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. Suppose those words didn't go in his heart, do you think he would have received that healing. I know the word entered his heart because Paul perceived that he had faith to be healed. Nobody prayed for the man, nobody laid hands on him, nobody called on the name of Jesus, it was his heart and the word that worked that healing. Jesus said something very powerful in Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested. That word hid means inward(in your heart) and the word manifested means visible/clearly seen (that's in your life/body). If you follow that chapter what's hidden is words and they are hidden in the heart of man/not your blood pump. Notice, words went in the man's heart and a manifestation came out. We have to learn to take words seriously, because words have effects. Notice, words went in my heart each time (Romans 10: and a manifestation came out each time. Well, Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. You will have the fruit of your lips. Your heart is very important in receiving healing. What did Jesus tell the 2 blind men that came to him to heal them, according to your faith/heart so be it done unto you. What did Jesus say to the woman with the issue of blood, your faith/heart has made you whole. And if you read the rest of that account you will see her words were very important in her receiving her healing and her words matched what she received. And you see the same thing with the centurion in Matthew 8 his words and heart matched what he received.

People give the focus to what is seen and felt, but what does 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 say, For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. Things not seen(spiritual) have effects on things that are seen(physical), Hebrews 11:3 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. Well, your words and heart (not seen) have effects on your body (seen). You know words have effects because the scripture says, words are health to your flesh. How can words be health to all your flesh, by manifesting. Proverbs 4:22 says, God's word is health-medicine/remedy/healing/cure. Notice, it says to keep the word in your heart, like what Jesus said, if you hide the word in your heart it will manifest. John 1:14 says, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. The word manifested a full flesh body, what makes you think it can't manifest the healing of the flesh. Do not neglect the word and your heart, they are an unbeatable combination.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Matthew 9:27-30

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

I want you to notice something, because often times people think if I can just get enough faith to get God to do, but the truth is God doesn't need your faith to do anything. God doesn't wait on your faith to do something. That's not what faith is for, it's not for God to do, but it's for you to receive. Notice, Matthew 9:29 According to your faith be it unto you, so that would have to mean he's not determining. Notice, Jesus said the men's faith was determining the outcome not him. How can the men's faith determine the outcome, because God had already decided and provided the answer ahead of time. How do I know that, because Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It's according to your faith, because it's already done and faith is a means of you receiving not getting God to do. Because, if it's not already done you can't have faith for it. How can you have the substance and evidence of something that doesn't exist, you can't. The only way you can have faith is because God has already decided and provided. And your faith determines whether you will receive it or not. Look at Hebrews 4:2,3 For indeed we have had the good news \[of salvation] preached to us, just as the Israelites also \[when the good news of the promised land came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith \[in God] by those who heard. Notice, what they heard did not benefit them because they didn't have the faith to receive.

Look at verse 3 For we who believe \[that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest \[so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, “As I swore \[an oath] in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,” \[this He said] although His works were completed from the foundation of the world \[waiting for all who would believe]. Look at Acts 3:6-8,13,16:
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Notice, what Peter said, his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong. God did not decide to do that miracle when the man got it manifested. Jesus said before hand in John 14:12-14
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Notice, it was decided and provided by God ahead of time and by faith that miracle took place physically. Because, someone knew how to receive a miracle and not sit and wait for God to do one. God doesn't wait for you to have a problem to provide a solution, no, He provides a solution long before you have your problem.
Miracles are decided and provided long before the miracle is manifested. Look at Isaiah 7:14 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Do you think God didn't already know what virgin it was going to be. So, when the angel showed up and told Mary that it was her it was already decided and provided long time before. And Mary had the faith to receive it Luke 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Look at Malachi 4:5,6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Who is that referring to, John the Baptist. In Luke 1:17 it says, And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. This is the angel talking to Zacharias John's father. He and his wife had been praying for a child and the angel showed up and told him, God heard his prayer verse 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. But, Zacharias didn't believe verse 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. What did the angel do to Zacharias, made him mute. He had to shut his mouth because had he spoken something out of his unbelief he would have cancelled God's plans. Just like the children of Israel did when God told them to go possess the land, but they said that they were not able. And notice God's response,
28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.
30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein.

Notice, they cancelled God's plans for them when they spoke out of their unbelief. So, no matter what God has decided/provided if you speak out in unbelief, notice what Hebrews 4 said, what they heard didn't benefit them not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Notice, where things are decided and provided in the spiritual. God considers a thing done once He establishes it in the spiritual, not just when it shows up in manifestation. But, what people do is wait until they see to believe. In Genesis 17:4,5 it reads- As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. When did God make him a father of many nations, when He established it in the spiritual. In 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. That word look means to take aim at, regard, consider, take heed so it can't be referring to your physical eye sight because it says things not seen. Notice, the things which are not seen are eternal or spiritual. He tell us to regard/consider the unseen things, why.

Because, understand whatever you can see is only the product of something you can't see. Notice, Hebrews 11:3 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. What you can see was made of things you can't see. And Hebrews 1:3 says, Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power. The seen was made by and is upheld by the unseen. God shows us in Jeremiah 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? So, the waves of the see come in and go back out because God made a decree setting it's boundary. Job 38:11 shows what God decreed, ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’? Notice, what you can see there's something behind it that you can't see that's keeping it functioning. So, if all you know is the natural then you are only left with what the natural dictates. But, there is another realm that God says to consider, a realm that's unseen. How can you consider something you can't see, by God giving you revelation. By God opening the eyes of your understanding.

Ephesians 1:17,18 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. So, where are you getting your knowledge from that's important. Are you just relying on what your senses tells you about the matter or are you allowing God to give you knowledge/revelation. The word revelation mean-to pull the cover off. To pull the cover off what, so there has to be something there in the unseen that you can't see until God removes the cover so you can see. God wants you to consider what He shows you because that's your answer. The word of God rules in the realm of the spirit where the physical material world is birthed from. Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy. See, God lives in the eternal realm so when He releases a word it's released in the spiritual. And once it's established in the spiritual God calls it done. Now, understand this in the realm of the eternal there is no time, 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Now, here's the thing what is done in the eternal/spiritual where there is no time has to be received in this realm of time. So, even though it's done there it might take time for it to manifest here in the physical realm.

So, when I call things that be not as though they were I'm not denying what is present, I'm just calling what's in that other realm waiting for it to manifest here. Because, that's what the scripture says, Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. That word confession means to say the same thing. That word salvation means far more than only being born again. Notice, it says you confess unto so the implication is when you first start confessing the thing is not there in manifestation. But, the scripture says to hold fast to your confession of faith, why, because it's working it's way into this physical material realm. And when people don't see physically what you're saying they are going to think you are crazy. But, if you stick with it at some point you will see what you are saying because it's already done, that's why you confess unto. It didn't say anything about God doing, it says you confess unto. God said in Isaiah 55:11 that his word will not return to him void (without effect), but it shall accomplish that which I please. You have to remember you are spirit so you are capable of operating on a higher level than the natural. But, to operate on a higher level you first have to see/understand on a higher level.

God enlightens you/spirit, that's why Proverbs 20:27 says, The spirit of man is the candle of The Lord. Psalm 18:28 says, The Lord will enlighten my darkness. He enlightens you by his word, Psalm 119:130 The entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. The things of the spirit are foolishness to the natural mind- 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. You have to operate out of your spirit not out of your flesh, flesh has no idea about the spiritual. Because, it's outside of the senses where the natural man gets his information. When God does something in the spiritual, that thing is done, but not detectable by the senses, and you can't let present circumstances in the physical sway you away from what God has done in the spiritual. What you need from God is already done, and you receive it/take it by faith.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

A lot of people don't really know what Jesus has done for them. In Isa. 53:4,5 it says, 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs(sicknesses and diseases), and carried our sorrows(pains and afflictions): yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. God has taken your sicknesses and diseases and laid them on Jesus. When Jesus was being scourged he was atoning for our sicknesses and diseases. God was placing our sicknesses and diseases on Jesus. That word borne means to lift and carry away, so God lifted them off of you and placed them on Jesus. And since Jesus was bearing ours he made it illegal for it to be on you. Because, even though we did the sin he took our punishment and just like in our society when the penalty for a crime is satisfied it is illegal for anyone else to be punished for it, it's called double jeopardy. Once the penalty for a crime has been satisfied even if they find the guilty party he can't be punished for it because the punishment has been satisfied. Jesus bore our sicknesses and diseases just like 1 Peter 2:24 says that he bore our sins. That's what has been done because it's what God has declared. Just like in Leviticus 16 God declared the scapegoat that when the High Priest laid his hands on the head of the goat and confessed the sins of the people then the sins of the people would be put on the head of the scapegoat. It's what God declared and that made it so.

Leviticus 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness. Likewise, God has declared what Jesus would bare for us and that's how He see's it. That's why it says, in 1 Peter 2:24- 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. Sickness was never God's will for mankind. But, once Adam sinned that opened the door to sickness, but what Adam opened the door to and brought on humanity Jesus came to undo. 1 John 3:8 AMPC [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done]. Jesus came to take off humanity what Adam loosed on humanity by his sin. And one of the main things is sickness that Adam opened the door to. Notice, Psalm 103:1-3 1 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits—3 Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases. Notice, God calls healing a benefit of his and yet some people think it's wrong for a person to go to God for healing, well if not to God who else.

Notice, in Luke 13 when Jesus healed a woman on the sabbath day and the religious leader came against him and Jesus answered him in verse 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? So, according to Jesus it's God's will that every seed of Abraham be healed, because God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). So, that doesn't just apply to her that's for every seed of Abraham and Galatians 3:29 says, And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. So, it should never be a question of it being God's will because God wants everyone blessed not just a select few. Look at what God told Abraham in Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Notice, all families of the earth, does that sound like God is excluding anyone. But, the way you get the benefits of what Jesus has done for you is to receive him, that's why he told Nicodemus, You must be born again. The Blessing is in Christ Jesus so you have to receive him as your Lord and Savior. And once you receive him then what he did for you is credited to you. Jesus came and was willing to be sacrificed to bring man back to God, don't let what Jesus has done for you be a waste.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Mark 4:3,4,20

3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4 The sower soweth the word.

20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

1.) There are some aspects of the word I think we have over looked and have not gotten the full benefit of. Just from those verses right there we can draw some conclusions. 1.The sower went out to sow, that means he's talking about seed. 2.What is the purpose of sowing seed, to see or have something in the future. What you sow you will see or have in the future. 3. He tells you what the seed is, the word of God. So, when the word of God is sown, at some point I'm suppose to see or have what was sown. And to a large degree people have been satisfied with hearing, but never seeing. Getting happy over the word, but never experiencing the word. Notice, when the seed found good ground it brought forth fruit, fruit mean manifestation. The ground is the heart of a man, it refers to the inner man. In that same chapter Jesus made a statement that I think has been overlooked, but if you ever get a hold of what he is saying. In Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested. He's still talking about sowing seed. When you put a seed in the ground you can't see it, but in a matter of time the seed you put on the inside you will have the actual thing on the outside. In Matthew 9:27-30 Two blind men cried out to Jesus to have mercy on them. And Jesus asked them, Do you believe I am able to do this, and they said yes Lord. And he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith be it unto you," and their eyes were opened.

2.) Notice, Jesus made reference to whether they believed he could or not. Anytime you refer to what a person believes you are referring to the heart of the man. Because, Romans 10:10 says, For with the heart man believes. And Jesus touched their eyes and said unto them, "According to your faith be it unto you," and there eyes were opened. What he was saying is according to what you have on the inside(Heb 11:1) be manifested outside. This is the same man that said, There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested. Notice, he didn't say to the men be healed or receive thy sight like he told blind Bartimaeus. Jesus was making a point, he said what's inside be manifested outside, because the evidence of what's on the inside of a man is a manifestation outside or in his life. Now, why is that. We have to go back to the beginning Genesis chapter 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. The word fruitful means to bring forth. He's not just talking about having babies. Just like God commanded the earth to bring forth, that's why the whole world doesn't doubt if I put a seed in the ground I'll have the thing in manifestation. If I put a rose seed in the ground, give it water and light at some point I will see or have an actual rose.

3.) That's the same way it works on the spiritual side except the seed is the word of God/the water is the word of God Eph 5:26/ and the light is the word of God Psalm 119:130/and the ground is the heart of man. Notice, in that 28th verse it says, God blessed man. What did God bless man(spirit) man with the power of increase, God put increase in you. Notice, Leviticus 26:4 this is on the natural side: Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. So, when seed is sown when water hits the earth then the land will yield her increase and the increase will cause the seed to yield it's fruit. Now, see if you see the comparison on the spiritual side 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. God put increase in you, but it's up to you to work it. Every time you hear something it is either being planted or watered and increase is on the way, that's why Jesus said, Take heed what you hear. And in Proverbs 4:23 God says to guard your heart will all diligence. Guard what's being planted and watered, what's going in it.

4.) Look at what God says in Joshua 1:8: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Success is tied to the word because the word can't fail. Notice, He said that the word shall not depart out of thy mouth. Why, Romans 10:8 says, the word is nigh you even in your mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith which we preach. He says to keep the word in your mouth because that's how it gets in your heart and whatever gets in your heart God has already commanded to be brought forth. That's why He said to guard it with all diligence. A lot of times we are looking for God to do a miracle and God is saying why don't you release it. Notice, the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:25-34 the first thing she did was she heard of Jesus. The second thing she did based on what she heard was to say, If I may touch, but his clothes, I shall be whole. The Amplified Version says for she kept saying, what's happening it's getting in her heart. The third thing she did was act according to what she said, because the scripture says faith without works(corresponding action) is dead.

5.) And when she touched virtue/power flowed out. It had no choice, but to flow out. Because, in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established. God was the first because He commanded man to be fruitful/bring forth and Jesus was the second he backed him when he said, there's nothing hid which shall not be manifested. She had it in her heart and when she said it she released it. Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. It says the person brings forth, isn't that what God commanded. And The Holy Spirit carries out what God's word says. In Genesis 1:1-3-

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Notice, the Spirit of God was there, but didn't do anything until God said. The Holy Spirit also carries out what Jesus words says. John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. And also when the word is preached The Holy Spirit is the one who confirms it. Mark 16:20 says, And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. The word preach simply means to proclaim, speak out.

6.) So, the power had no choice, but to flow and heal her. And in verse 32 it says, And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. Wait a minute, her that had done this thing. What thing did she do, she brought that forth out of her like Luke 6:45 says and so can we. Why do you think Proverbs 4:20 -23 says: 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Look at Acts 14:7-10 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. Wait a minute, Paul didn't pray for him, he didn't lay hands on him, he didn't call on the name of Jesus. Notice, Paul perceived that he had faith to be healed. So, Paul perceived what he had in his heart/spirit and simply gave him an instruction because he was due a manifestation. And the man leaped and walked because there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested. So, if you get it in your heart from the word God has already given his stamp of approval.

7.) The tendency is to think that you have to wait on God to do a miracle, notice what Jesus told the woman with the issue of blood in verse 34-"Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. How can you have the substance and evidence of something that doesn't exist. So, before you can have the substance and evidence of something it has to exist first, but it's in the spiritual. In Matthew 17:20 Jesus said, "If ye have faith as a seed." Well, a seed is always the product of a finished work. You have to have the fruit first before you can have a seed of it. And a seed only produces a copy never an original. So, God has to do the miracle, in the spiritual, before you can have the faith for it and receive in the physical. She could not have had the faith for it if it was not reality in the spiritual first. Faith deals with what is not what will be, but it is in the spiritual. Before I can have faith to receive something here in the physical it first must be there in the spiritual. It has to be reality in the spiritual before it can be reality in the physical. If it doesn't exist in the spiritual first how in the world could you ever have the substance of it. If it doesn't exist then there is no substance of it, so you couldn't have the faith for it.

8.) In 1 John 1:5 it says, God is light and James 1:17 says, God is the Father of lights. And the lights He is the Father of is us, all that are born again. Well, Ephesians 5:13 says, Whatsoever doth make manifest is light. That word manifest means visible/clearly seen/appear. Now, he is not talking about like when you go into a dark room and you turn the light on and see what's there. No, that word manifest is the same word in 1 John 1:1,2 - That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us What is he talking about, he's talking about something spiritual taking on physical form. He's talking about Jesus, he was the word(spiritual) manifested in flesh(physical). Notice, as a child of light we should be taking the word and making it a physical manifestation. And God has given us the tools to do it His word and our heart. Notice, what the word calls Jesus (the word made flesh). So, Jesus was manifested word, but he was not manifested word out of God's mouth. No, he was manifested word out of man's mouth.

9.) 2 Peter 1:21 says, For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. God gave them the word, but they had to speak it because mankind has the authority in the earth. In the beginning God spoke, but He handed that over to man when He said, Let them have dominion. Now, the word has to come out of us. Back in the beginning when God said, Let us ..., who was He referring to. It was God the Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit. It was all three working together. So, when God said, "Light be," all of the Godhead was involved-The Father, The word, The Holy Spirit. Notice, word had to go forth, God didn't think "Light Be." The difference now is God has included us, it's still the three working together. The word comes from God the Father, but man has to speak it because God gave man the authority, and The Holy Spirit carries it out if you believe it. So, it's still-The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit. The word is waiting on you (good ground), The Holy Ghost is waiting on you just like in Genesis, because He can't act on his own, He needs some word from who has the authority. First it was God, then it was Jesus, now it's us. God's word and your heart is a unbeatable combination. Those two are a force against anything. Let the word be made flesh out of you.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Just as there are natural laws and natural forces there are spiritual laws and forces. Notice, those forces do things, they are designed to do things. If you jump up what will happen, you will come back down. Because, there is a force of gravity that is designed to pull you back down. There is a law and force of gravity by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. But, even though it's a law and force of gravity there is a higher law and a greater force called lift. That's how air planes can stay in the air because of the law and force of lift. But notice, gravity is still working, gravity doesn't stop working, it's just that the higher law and greater force of lift supersedes the law and force of gravity. Gravity is still there because if you don't keep up the proper speed gravity will take over and work to pull it down. So likewise, there are spiritual laws and forces that if you operate in them you can live above what everyone else is going through. In Genesis 26 there was a famine in the land, famine is under the curse. And Isaac was going down to Egypt, but God told him, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father.

And in verses 12-14 it reads-

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Why did they envy him, because he was living far above how they were living. Well, that's because they were living under the curse and Isaac was operating in the blessing. The force of The Blessing was able to supersede the operation of the curse even though they were in the same place. And in the case of Hana in 1 Samuel 1, she was barren. Bareness is under the curse because God blessed man to be fruitful. So, anything less than that is under the curse. And people overlook the role Eli played. Eli was a priest and in Deuteronomy 21:5 it says, And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord. So, he had the authority to bless in the name of The Lord. And that's what he did in verse 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. Barrenness was not God's will because Exodus 23:26 says, None shall lose her young by miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. Eli blessed Hana, he put a more powerful force to work to supersede what was working in her life and body. Just as God has spiritual forces, Satan has spiritual force and we see that in Exodus 7:10-12

10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

God's forces are always greater than Satan's forces. But, those forces works through man, because man has the authority in the earth. And what people do unknowingly is authorize Satan's forces to work instead of God's forces, how, by their words. Words are spiritual, they come from the inside Matthew 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. By your words you release spiritual forces, Matthew 12:34,35 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Notice, he's releasing something, he's bringing forth something. And that something is designed to work to bring to pass what was spoken. Notice, Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. You will either assist life or death, how, with your words. Words also impart, you release things with your words. Whatever you release words out of is in them. And when you receive them you receive what's in them. You transfer from heart to heart with words. When the 12 spies came back from spying out the promised land 10 of them came back with an evil report, verses 31-33

31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

And you see in the first verse of the next chapter, And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. The fear of the 10 spies that was in them was imparted into the people, how, by their words. Roman 10:17 says, Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The word comes from God, when you receive them into you the faith in them is imparted into you. There is also life and health in the word, in Proverbs 4:20-22 it reads: 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. And you see in Acts 14:7-10 where the word imparted the healing in it in a man that could not walk and healed his body:

7 And there they preached the gospel.
8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

Notice, Paul perceived that the man had faith to be healed so he received what he was hearing and the faith in the word was imparted into him. And when the faith was imparted into him, now the healing could be imparted into him/his heart and bring healing to his body. Because, you receive from God by faith. God has some things He has done for you in the eternal, and when you believe with your heart and speak them with your mouth you will bring them into this physical realm-that's Matthew 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. That's the same thing as Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:10 confession is made unto salvation, so the implication is the thing is not there when you start speaking it, but if you keep speaking it at some point it will be there in manifestation. Because, if the thing is already there then you are not confessing unto. Unto is the manifestation of your confession. Like what John 1:14 says, And the word was made flesh. Because, man was made in the image and likeness of God. Romans 4:17 says, God calls things that be not as though they were and that's what God has empowered man to do.

Isn't that what God told Abraham and Sarah to do when He changed there names. He told them to no longer call yourselves Abram-high father, but Abraham-father of a multitude and no longer Saria-my princess, but Sarah-princess of nations. Because, He promised them that their descendants would be as numerous as the stars, but his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead, but God told him that He had made him a father of many nations. Notice, God had them to call things that be not as though they were or you could say He had them confess unto salvation. Because, there was a manifestation of what they spoke. We've been taught naturally to speak according to what our senses tells us and anything contrary is a lie or a denial, but there is another realm outside of the senses. 2Corinthians 4:17,18 says, For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. So, you have the temporal and the eternal. Your flesh is in the temporal realm, but you are spirit and you reside in the eternal.

In 2 Kings 6 when Israel and Syria was at war and the man of God, Elisha, was telling the King of Israel Syria's battle plans. So, the king of Syria sent his army to go capture the man of God, in verses 13-17 it reads:

13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Now, if you looked at that naturally you would say that was a lie. But, then he prayed, "Lord, open his eyes" and he saw. Now, where were those angels in the temporal or the eternal, the eternal. Notice, the man of God spoke according to the eternal not the temporal. If you just speak according to your flesh you are going to be limited. The word of God is designed to take you beyond this temporal realm. So, it's about which realm are you looking at. And when you start talking according to the eternal/spiritual people will look at you like you are crazy, or like you are denying circumstances. You are not denying anything, you are simply saying what you are seeing. You are just seeing two different things. One is seeing inside and the other is seeing outside. Notice, in Mark 4 in the parable of the sower in verse 15 to 17 it reads:

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

Why is Satan so interested in the word in your heart, because he wants to get the word out of you. He wants you speaking circumstance instead the word. He knows Matthew 12:34,35 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 a good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. He knows if the word stays there #1 you will start seeing past this temporal realm. And #2 you will start speaking according to the eternal. You will break out of this temporal realm into what God has for you in the eternal. So, Satan knows he has to get that word out of your heart to keep you tied to this temporal realm where he can dictate, because the scripture calls him the "god" small g of this world/the world system. It's kind of like the Matrix, which pill do you want the red pill or the blue pill. One pill awakened you to the truth and the other kept you in the reality you were in where you were asleep going along with the program. See, in the Matrix where humanity was unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality created by sentient machines. And whenever someone awakened to the truth they had to fight against the agents—sentient programs that maintain control over the simulation.

Notice, in Mark 4:17 it says persecution and affliction arises for the words sake, see that's just like those agents. Notice, when you start to wake up to the truth the devil sends persecution and affliction. He wants to keep you in check and to make you give up on the word. The devil doesn't want you awakened to the truth. John 17:17 says, 7 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. In Romans 3:4 it says, Let God be true, but every man a liar. Notice, what they were fighting against, programming. They were programmed to think something was real when it wasn't. And that's what we have to fight against that's why Romans 12:2 says, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Notice, it says be not conformed to this world, which means there is another. What is God saying, Get out of the programming, wake up. And a lot of people are conscious and yet sleep. In 2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

The choice for us is not a red pill or blue pill, the choice for us is choosing between facts and truth. Notice in John 8:31,32 Jesus said, 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Satan knows he can't afford to let people see into that other realm, because if people see it they will go after it and that's his defeat. Notice, where was Elisha's deliverance, in that other realm. And that's were your deliverance is, that's where your victory is in that other realm. Where was David's defeat over Goliath, in that other realm. Notice, he said this day will The Lord deliver you into my hands. That's where your stuff is, that's where your inheritance is. It's in a realm where no one can steal it. Because, it's accessed by faith, Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And faith involves what is done in the spirit, Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So, if it's not yours in the spirit then there's no faith you can have for it, so you can't steal what's not your in the spirit. Only the owner can have the faith to access it.

In closing:
The time is coming where it is going to be crucial that you know what's yours and how to access it. Because, like Isaac you will stand out when you live far above how everyone else is living. Your light will shine best when you live different than everyone else. You will not need to convince people about your God. Your best witness will be your life. When they can see your God through you they will come to you. That's how the end time harvest is going to come in. The goodness of God leads man to repentance. You can tell people about God, but seeing is different. Notice, when Jesus sent out the 12 disciples, he didn't just send them out to convince people. He told them to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. In other words don't just try to convince people of God's goodness, show them. And in some places you see when there was great miracle thousands came to God. Back in Genesis 26 further down in that chapter the king asked Isaac to depart from them and he departed. But, then they came to him, verses 26-28:

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

Notice, when they saw he didn't have to do a lot of talking. And when they see now you will not have to do a lot of talking, they will come to you. So, let people see your God through you.



It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Hebrews 4:12 says, For the word of God is quick(alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

When God releases the word He also releases the power. And the natural/physical realm can not resist the power of the word, you see that in Genesis chapter 1. Everything God said He saw because when He said He released the power to see. And understand that the word of God can do whatever it says and it will do whatever it says for you when you release your faith in it. Take Mary for instance, when the angel came to her and told her that she was going to have a child that had already been spoken by Isaiah hundreds of years before in Isaiah 7:14 when he said that a virgin shall conceive and have a son. And Mary spoke out her faith in agreement with the word when she said, "Be it unto me according to thy word." And we know that because in Luke 1:45 Elisabeth said, "Blessed is she that believed : for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. There shall be a performance of the word she believed and spoke. Didn't Jesus say in Mark 11:23 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. Did she have what she believed and spoke, yes. Notice in John 1:14 it calls Jesus the word made flesh. In other words the word that is spiritual is capable of becoming physical, it's capable of manifesting whatever it says, even a human being, God in the flesh.

1 John 1:1,2 That which was from the beginning(in the beginning was the word), which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us. So, the word which was in the beginning was manifested in the flesh. But, the word could only manifest in the flesh because man spoke it. Men on earth released their faith in what God said. Because, God gave man the authority. Notice, what the scripture says about faith in Hebrew 11:1, that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Where does faith come from, the word of God (it's in the word that comes out of God's mouth). That's what Romans 10:8 says, 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. So when you are hearing the word you are hearing faith. That's how his faith is transferred into you by hearing, that's how faith comes. Rom. 10:17 says, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So, when the word enters your heart/spirit faith enters your heart and when you speak now what's in your heart(the faith) is released out. And when that happens Jesus said in Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

So when your mouth speaks out of the abundance of your heart you will see outside what you have inside. Didn't Jesus say in Mark 4 that the word is seed and the spirit of man is like soil. So, the word that goes inside is the word that you should see on the outside. Every seed contains something. The Holy Spirit said to me it's just like when a woman conceives God has made it that the body is designed that once conception takes place growth takes place and the life that's on the inside will be seen on the outside. In fact the inside is working to get what's inside outside to the point where you can't stop it, that baby is coming out. So likewise, there is spiritual conception once the word is conceived in your spirit or heart, when the word and your spirit/heart comes together a growth process begins and the life in the word on the inside of you starts making it's way to the outside. Didn't Jesus say out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak. Now, when the word comes out faith is in it. The word is alive, the word has life and we know from Genesis that everything that has life has the ability to reproduce after it's kind. Notice, in Isaiah 55:11 God said that his word would not return to him void(empty, without fruit) but it shall accomplish that which He pleases. How does his word return to him when you speak it. So, the word when it comes out of the abundance of your heart and mouth will accomplish for you.

That's because God gave man dominion so those with the authority has to be the one speaking it. Notice, in Genesis 17:4,5 God told Abram that He had made him a father of many nations, but when God said that Romans 4:19 says that his body was dead and his wifes womb was dead. So, what did God do? He changed their names from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a great multitude and from Saria-my princess to Sarah-Princess of nations. He got them to speak in line with his word and that word accomplished, how did that happen by their speech and their faith. You must mix faith with the word. Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Romans 4:20 says that Abraham was strong in faith and Hebrews 11:11 says, that by faith Sarah received strength to conceive. So, it's not just speaking, but is there faith in what you are speaking. Notice, the change came when they put the word in their mouths, when it was mixed with faith. The word even says that the word of God in your mouth is medicine to your flesh as in Proverbs 12:18, But the tongue(words) of the wise is health(medicine, remedy, healing, and cure). That word health you also see in Proverbs 4:20-22

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

When you speak the word and that word gets in you it will change your body. Like Abraham and Sarah they went from having bodies that were dead and could not have a child to having bodies alive that brought forth a child even in old age for she was past child bearing age. Mary, naturally speaking you need something from a man to conceive and have a child, but the word can accomplish what can't be accomplished naturally. Notice, in Romans 3:3,4, Let God be true, but every man a liar. God speaks truth, but man speaks facts. What's the difference? Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified. It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed empirically, or by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses. But truth can be described as the true state of a certain matter. Like in 2 Kings 6:13-17 when the king of Syria sent his army to capture the man of God Elisha. And by night they surrounded the city and when the man of God servant saw them he panicked saying, "Alas, my master! how shall we do" and the man of God answered, "Fear not: For they that be with us are more than they that be with them."

Notice, looking at it physically there were only 2 of them standing there against hundreds if not thousands. But, then the man of God prayed, "Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see." And the Lord opened his eyes and he saw the mountain covered with chariots and horses of fire around Elisha. What did the young man see first, the fact(what he saw with his senses). But, after the man of God prayed what did he see, the truth(the actual state of the matter). Notice, doesn't Psalm 34:7 say, The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. The young mans focus was on the fact of the matter, but the man of God focus was on the truth of the matter. And Jesus said that the truth will make you free (John 8:32). But, free from what? Contrary facts. Which means that truth wins over facts. Notice, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen(that's the facts), but at the things which are not seen(that's the truth): for the things which are seen are temporal(subject to change); but the things which are not seen are eternal(everlasting).

A lot of times people only identify with the flesh side, but you are spirit. We need to identify with the spiritual side. The word takes you out of your flesh and into the spirit because you have to believe something your flesh has no way of verifying. Walking by faith is walking by the word. And if you are going to walk by the word you are going to have to be speaking. What did God tell Joshua in Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Notice, for him to prosper and have good success the word had to be in his mouth, because the word he got on the inside would make him prosperous on the outside. So, it's not about what's going on around you, the word is not limited by circumstances. That's a lesson for us today. God works through his word Titus 1:3 says God manifests his word through preaching. Don't let that word preaching fool you, to preach simply means to proclaim, speak out, announce. God backs his word. And you see in Mark chapter 4 that Jesus likens preaching to sowing seed and the heart of man as ground/soil. Now, I see why God told Joshua not to let the word depart out of his mouth. So, with seed(the word) and soil(your heart) you can make your way prosperous.

In Joshua 23:14 when Joshua was dying it says, And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Not one thing failed. That reminds me of something Jesus said in Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested. That word hid means inward (that's in your heart) and the word manifested means visible/clearly seen(that's in your life). Remember, this is in the context of sowing seed, and we know the seed is the word of God and the soil is the heart of a man. So, the word in your heart will be seen in your life. What's inside will be seen outside. That is a law. Proverbs 4:20-22 where God says to keep the word in your heart, so you might have an issue in your body, but if you get words of healing in your heart then what's inside will be seen/manifested outside in the body. The woman with the issue of blood, she had a condition in her body, but what she had in her heart was clearly seen/manifested. Didn't Jesus tell her your faith has made you whole. Notice, faith deals with the heart, so what she had inside(in her heart) made her whole outside(in her body).

What she had in her body was a fact, but what she had in her heart was truth. And that truth made her free from that fact. That's what Jesus said John 8:31,32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. When I was a child and even now I love bananas and what happened one time is when I ate one I got sick to my stomach terribly and from that time on I decided I could not eat bananas and whenever someone offered me something with bananas I was quick to tell them I can't eat them. Even as an adult I figured maybe that it had passed so I tried eating them and again I got sick to my stomach. But, then something happened when I was watching TV, I was watching this man teaching on the power of the tongue. And he said, "Some of you ate something one time and got sick and started telling people you can't eat it, if your words got you there then your words will get you out of it." It was like God was speaking right to me, I thought to myself that I had done that exact thing. So, what did I do I started speaking, "I can eat bananas" and in maybe a few months I heard a voice on the inside of me, "Go ahead and take one" because my father kept fruit in the house and when I did it had no ill effect on me. This is what I want you to see, the problem was never bananas, the problem was my words. The words I was sowing in my heart was the manifestation I got in my flesh. So, the word you want seen in your life first has to be planted in your heart. So, plant what you do want and not what you don't want.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Notice, a key point you might have an issue in your flesh, but the answer can come through your heart(not your blood pump)/spirit. That word health is translated as medicine, remedy, healing, cure. He said keep the word in your heart so the healing can come through your heart to your flesh. Sometimes people have a tendency to focus on what's happening with the body, but the scripture says in 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. Your spirit gives life to your flesh, that's why when it leaves the body ceases to function. So, the life comes from your spirit to your flesh, and the word of God is life. The life and health of the word can be transmitted to your body from your heart/spirit. Example, Abraham and Sarah God changed their names from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude and from Saria-my princess to Sarah-princess of nations because God promised them that their descendants would be as numerous as the stars. But, his body was dead and his wife's womb was dead so God gave them a word of life to keep in their heart and that life was transmitted to their body. Notice, Proverbs 15:30 says, 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. So words you take in have an effect on your body, Jesus said take heed what you hear.

So, God says to keep his word in your heart so that the life and health of the word can be fed to your body. Notice, in Proverbs 18:14 AMPC The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear? The spirit of a man will sustain him based on what he has fed his spirit with. So, what words are you taking into your spirit, that's what's important. What words are you exposing your heart to. Are you exposing your heart to words of healing or words of sickness. Notice, in Acts 14:7-10 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. The word brought healing to that man's body. Well, John 1:14 says, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. If the word can become flesh the word can fix flesh. So, the victory is won in the spirit/heart. I think people don't know about the ability/power God has given the human spirit. Notice, in Proverbs 4:23 it say to guard your heart with all diligence, guard what words goes in it. Why is that important because it says, for out of it are the issues of life(some translations says, for out of it is the source of life.) You guard what goes in because as sure as something goes in something is going to come out and into your life.

Jesus did a lot of teaching about the heart of man, in Mark 4:20 Jesus teaches that the words you allow in your heart will bear fruit. It says in Mark 4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. So, Jesus is teaching that words are seeds for in verse 14 of that same chapter he said, The sower soweth the word. And verse 15 shows that the seed is sown in the heart of man and back in verse 20 you clearly see that Jesus refers to the heart of man as ground. So, if words are seeds then they produce fruit, fruit represents a corresponding manifestation. Because, just like in the natural every seed produces after it's kind. So, words of healing that goes in the fruit of healing will come out in manifestation. Jesus taught that same principal in Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested. That word hid means inward and the word manifested means visible/clearly seen. So, the words you hide in your heart there will be something seen/manifested. Isn't that what happened with Abraham and Sarah and the man in Acts 14:7-10. Words went in their heart and healing came out in manifestation. If you think words are not important you have missed the whole point. Notice, in 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 speaking of words, I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. They are talking about the word they were preaching and teaching. The first time you hear something is planting and each time after that is watering and God gives the increase. If a seed keeps increasing what is going to happen, you will see the fruit of it.

I know because I experienced healing myself, when I had something attack my body I learned about Proverbs 4:20-23 and the word being medicine. I learned about the word being seed and my heart is as ground that was the first time I ever heard of anything like that, but decided to believe it and not just believe it, but also do it. I kept that word in my eyes and in my ears, I kept it in my mouth (Romans 10:8,10). I did like what God told Abraham to do, I kept saying what God said about me, "With Jesus stripes I am healed." I kept taking God's medicine, I kept planting and watering that seed and in time I reaped that fruit, my healing. The word I put on the inside I got manifested outside. God works with and through his word that you speak. Now, I may not know any other person's experience with their words, but I know my experience with my words. And I can tell you my experiences, when I was a child and even now I love bananas and what happened one time is when I ate one I got sick to my stomach terribly and from that time on I decided I could not eat bananas and whenever someone offered me something with bananas I was quick to tell them I can't eat them. Even as an adult I figured maybe that it had passed so I tried eating them and again I got sick to my stomach. But, then something happened when I was watching TV, I was watching this man teaching on the power of the tongue. And he said, "Some of you ate something one time and got sick and started telling people you can't eat it, if your words got you there then your words will get you out of it." It was like God was speaking right to me, I thought to myself that I had done that exact thing. So, what did I do I started speaking, "I can eat bananas" and in maybe a few months I heard a voice on the inside of me, "Go ahead and take one" because my father kept fruit in the house and when I did it had no ill effect on me. This is what I want you to see, the problem was never bananas, the problem was my words. The words I was sowing in my heart was the manifestation I got in my flesh. Now, if my words had that kind of effect on my body how much more God's word it's life and health to all your flesh.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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.

1.) How can you look at something not seen, it can not be something done by with the physical body. Because, he just said it's not seen with the natural eyes, so it's a function of the inner man. A lot of times we identify with the flesh man, but you are also spirit. And just like there's a reality the physical man can see there is a reality that the spirit man can see. The flesh man perceives his reality by his senses and the spirit man receives knowledge of the spiritual by revelation from God.

2 Corinthians 2:9-14:

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean there's nothing there. My first experience with that is when I was just a kid, my father took us to amusement parks and they stamped your hand so if you left the park you could get back in without paying. But, when they stamped your hand you didn't see anything until you put your hand under a light then you could see it. Just because I couldn't see the stamp didn't mean there was nothing there. But, it had to be in the light to see and the things of the spiritual it's the light of the word. Psalm 119:130 says, The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. And God can also speak to you directly, Ephesians 1:18,19 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. God can open the eyes of your understanding to see the things of the spiritual, that's an inner seeing. Those things are realities of the spiritual, now what God shows you inside is just as real if not more real than what you see outside. Because, the scripture says that the things which are seen are temporal, subject to change and the things which are not seen are eternal, everlasting.

2.)What God says is reality in the spiritual and is not limited to the natural order of things. For example in Isaiah 7:14 God said, Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. That goes totally against what we know about reproduction. Somebody might think that's impossible, but no, once God speaks it's reality in the spiritual. Once God releases it, it is reality in the spiritual. And you have a choice to make, go with what your senses tell you or what God tells you.

For example in 2 Kings 4:38-41

And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.

Notice, his servitor knew he didn't have enough for everyone to eat, but God said all shall eat. So, the situation wasn't limited to what the man had in his hands, because the man of God had a word from God. The situation was then under new order. If you can't think or see outside of the natural, you are going to be limited in receiving from God. If you are going to work with God you are going to have to think/see outside of the natural. Because, what God does is first spiritual, but in order for you to have faith in it you first have to see it with your inner man. God has to reveal it to you. A revelation which means to pull the cover off, so God shows you something that is already there, in the spiritual. And if He can show you something then it can not be impossible.

3.) If you are in a situation that seems impossible and God gives you a revelation/a word, that situation is under the authority of what God shows you because the spiritual is higher than the natural. For example in 2 Kings 7:1,2 this is when there was a great famine and the people were doing everything they could to survive. They were eating pigeon poop, boiling babies, so the king of Israel goes to see the man of God to get a word from God. Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. In other words he didn't believe it, he didn't see any way of that happening, but what happened. You see in verse 16, And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. And what happened to the man that didn't believe, verses 17 & 18 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.

4.)As impossible as it may have seemed, but if God said it that settles it. Once it's released out of his mouth it is reality, in the spiritual. And when you act on it you get the benefit of it, but never take sides against it. Take Zacharias in Luke chapter 1 for instance, verses 11-20:

11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

18 And Zacharias said unto the angel(he's about to mess up), Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.

20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Notice, he put his focus on the wrong thing, he put his focus on the condition of his flesh and not God's word. But, Abraham did just the opposite, in Roman 4:19 it says that Abraham considered not the deadness of his body neither the deadness of Sarah's womb. He only considered what God said. Take note, why do you think the angel told him that he would be unable to speak until the day that those things shall be fulfilled, because if he would have started talking against the word he would have counted himself out. Just like that king's officer, he would have put himself in a position of not being able to receive from God what He said.

5.) Take the children of Israel for example in Deuteronomy 1:6-8 The Lord spoke to them:

6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

Now, God told them to go in and possess the land, but watch what they said Numbers 13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. But, God said, "Go in and possess the land," so again we have people putting the focus on the wrong thing, flesh. Except for 2 of them that had their focus on the right thing, the word as we see in Number 14:6-9:

6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

And you see in Numbers 14:28-30 everybody got whatever side of the word they were on--

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.

30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

You can count on whenever your focus is more on flesh/physical than the word you are going to miss out on something. How you see things is important, because how you see things is how you will speak them. Like, Caleb said in Joshua 14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. And how you speak it is how you will have it. Jesus said in Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Notice, the heart and mouth is connected, whatever it is full of will get in your mouth. And when it comes out you have just established something. What does Job 22:28 say, Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

6.)When you get a revelation or a word from God it's up to you to establish it. Since, God gave man dominion it's not up to him to establish it in the earth. The spirit or heart of a man is the gateway between the spiritual and the physical realm in your life. That's why Proverbs 4:23 tells us, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Some translations says the source of life.
Notice, keep thy heart which means guard- you guard against what goes in, why, for out of it-something is going to come out and into your life.

In full context Proverbs 4:20-23:

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

So, what are you guarding your heart against, the words that goes into it. Because, out of the abundance of it the mouth will speak. And what you speak you will bring forth into your life. But, it all starts with how you see things. Life is spiritual, life proceeds from the spiritual. Jesus said in Matthew 15:18,19--- 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. What you have inside will be seen outside. So, if you want to change what's outside you first have to change what's inside. If you keep what's inside you will keep getting the same thing outside. And even though people are most aware of the natural side of life, but actually life proceeds from the spiritual side. That's why he says, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things not seen. Because the unseen is the root of everything seen. So, the physical realm is just the fruit of the spiritual realm. So, if you want lasting change you have to do it at the root. Even in the natural if you , just deal with things on a fruit level, fruit grows back, that's when you have to keep dealing with something over and over. But, if you deal with things at the root they can't come back. So, if you want lasting change or different fruit you are going to have to deal with the unseen more than the seen, the root more than just the fruit.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

1 Peter 2:24 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.

Notice, the phrase by whose stripes ye were healed, so that is not a promise. A promise is something to be done in the future, but that is a statement of truth that is already done. So, there is healing available right now, it's not a matter of having to wait for something to be done because something has already been done. Now, what has been done has to be received for it to do you any good. For instance, God told Abraham that him and his wife would have a son and through his son his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. And then in Genesis 17:4,5 it reads, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Notice, the phrase for a father of many nations have I made thee. But, in Romans 4:19 it says, 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 Sarah's womb. Wait a minute, God told him that He had made him a father of many nations when his body was dead(not functioning to have a child) and Sarah's womb was dead(she was barren and past child bearing age). So, him being a father of many nations was not something God had to do and yet their bodies were in conditions contrary to what God said. If God said, He had made him a father of many nations then it was not something to wait for God to do, but something to be received. When it's received that's when you see the change in your body. When God said, For a father of many nations have I made thee, that was reality in the spiritual realm.

Now, understand spiritual realities are just as real as realities in this physical, material realm. For instance, in 2 Kings 6 when Elisha was telling the king of Israel the plans of the king of Syria to ambush the army of Israel, the king of Syria sent his army to get him. And you read in verses 15-17: 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. Those spiritual angels were just as real as those physical soldiers, doesn't the scripture say in Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. That spiritual reality was just as real as that physical reality, if not more real. So, when God told Abraham that He had made him a father of many nations that reality was just as real as his dead body and his wife's dead womb. So, when the scripture says, By whose stripes ye were healed, you can't just judge that by your flesh. You have to take what God says by faith and if it's by faith flesh is never the evidence the word is. (The spiritual reality of your healing is just as real as that manifested condition and the word can become flesh/manifested.)

Notice, in 1 Peter 2:24 it says, 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. Jesus bore our sins in his own body and because of that there is forgiveness of sins. Jesus also bore our sicknesses and diseases and because of that there is healing. Isaiah 53:4,5 says, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Notice, Jesus bore our griefs(sicknesses and diseases) and carried our sorrows(pains and afflictions). So, if there is forgiveness because he bore our sins then there is healing because he bore our sicknesses and diseases. I think people have a problem believing the healing side because it involves the senses. But, you have to do like Abraham in Romans 4:19, 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 Sarah's womb. Notice, God established them first and Jesus carried them out, and 1 Peter 2:24 is Peter telling you what has already occurred. Notice, in Isaiah 53:12 it says, NKJV Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. And Isaiah 53:4 says, Surely he hath borne our griefs(sicknesses and diseases), and carried our sorrows(pains and afflictions). So, if you can believe that there is forgiveness because he bore our sins then you also have to conclude that there is healing because he bore our sicknesses and diseases and our pains and afflictions. Because, for him to bare ours that would have to mean they have been taken from us, leaving us healed.

Understand, all that is reality in the spiritual realm, just like Abraham being a father of many nations was reality in the spiritual. And they had to receive it by faith as the scripture says, Hebrews 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. And Romans 4:20 says about Abraham, He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. God doesn't need your faith to do something for you, you need faith to receive what He has done for you. Because, faith is based on what is done and not what will be done. Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. How can you have the substance and evidence of something that does not exist. It does exist, it's just in spiritual form. And people think spiritual means not real or less real than physical. But, think about this in John 4:24 it says, God is spirit and yet in 1 Timothy 3:16 it says, God was manifest in the flesh. Is God any less real as spirit as He was in the flesh, absolutely not. But, people think that as long as they have that condition that means God needs to do something, no. Let me show you an example God showed me, Let's say a homeless man takes his last dollar and buys a lottery ticket and he plays the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6. And the man come on TV and calls out the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6, the first thing he will say is, "I'm rich." And most likely everyone would agree with him, but the fact is he doesn't have a dime of it in his possession. It belongs to him, but he has not yet taken possession of it. Notice, what is his will not change his state until he takes possession of it, until then he stays hungry, he stays homeless, he stays without a dime in his pocket. His state only changes when he takes possession of what's his. Notice, he didn't need anyone to do anything to change his state of being homeless, he just needed to take possession of what was legally his for his state to change. You need to take possession of the healing Jesus shed his blood for you to have.

When you play the lottery the rules are established first and when the rules are met then the prize is legally yours. Well, God established the rules first that Jesus would bare the sins of many and bare our sicknesses and diseases. He bore our sicknesses and diseases when he was scourged/beaten. That's why it says and with his stripes we are healed and 1 Peter 2:24 is Peter confirming that when he said by whose stripes ye were healed. God set the rules and Jesus met them so healing is legally ours. Now, we have to take possession of it before it changes our state. Just as people would call that homeless man rich without a dime in his pocket, because of what was legally his. You can call yourself healed even with a condition in your body because of the healing that is legally yours. Isn't that what God had Abraham and his wife Sarah to do. He changed their names from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude and from Sarai-my princess to Sarah-princess of nations. Notice, what God said in Genesis 17:5,15- 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Notice, God changed their names in line with what he promised so that they would speak what He promised. What God had them to do is confess what He said and that's what the scripture says to do in Hebrew 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession(confession) of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.) And let's take possession of our healing.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

hank you People think that God will do things when they get the faith, wrong. Let's see, Hebrews 11:1 says Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. That kind of thinking is actually backwards. Because, if faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, that means you can't have the faith unless it's already done by God. Think about it, how can you have the substance of something if it doesn't exist. By the very scripture itself tells you that. So, it's not that you have to have the faith for God to do it, you have to have the faith to receive it. When Jesus said, "According to your faith so be it unto you", he's not determining. Look at the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:25-34:

25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Number 1) Jesus did not determine the healing, she came up from behind, he didn't even know who did it. Number 2) The scripture says he turned to see her that had done this thing, how did she do it. Number 3) Jesus said, "Your faith hath made you whole," so faith had a role in it. Number 4) You see the first thing she did was she said, "If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole." That's where a lot of people miss it, faith is not something you keep in your heart, no, faith should be released or spoken. Faith has to be released and the main way is by speaking it.

2 Corinthians 4:13 says, We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. So, when you believe you speak, your heart and mouth work together. Romans 10:10 says, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Notice, when you have something in your heart there should be corresponding words that match it. Matthew 17:20 says, And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Speaking what you believe is important in receiving from God. Because, what's in your heart is suppose to come out of your mouth. In Matthew 12:34 it says, O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The scripture even tells us, Let us hold fast the profession(confession) of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised). One of the main ways to get something in your heart is by speaking it. Notice, Romans 10:8 says, 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. So, if you don't believe it then speak it to believe it and if you do believe it then speak it to receive it.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

1.) God has invested a lot in your words, and I don't think people realize how important your words are. Especially, if you are a child of God. Romans 8:11 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. He's in there, but is he manifesting. Because, the thing is he needs your cooperation. He is a spirit and you are a spirit, but God has established that only a spirit with a physical body has authority on the earth. So, he needs you to speak to authorize him. So, he's limited to what he can do legally, because he's limited to what you speak. It has to be in line with God's word for him to act. Even Jesus said in John 14:10 0 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Notice, he did the work when Jesus spoke, so if he didn't speak then The Holy Spirit didn't move. Even back in Genesis 1:1-3:

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

He didn't move without the word, without being authorized. His job is to manifest the word. So, word has go forth for him to move. Once the word goes forth then he's authorized, without the word he's not authorized. Mark 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. To preach simply means to proclaim, so he manifests the word. Titus 1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching. So, without the word there's nothing for him to manifest.


2.) That's The Holy Spirit, and you see in Hebrews 3:1, Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession(or confession), Christ Jesus.
High priest of our confession-(confession to say the same thing). So, Jesus has a ministry in heaven over what you speak in line with the word. He doesn't minister for you based on your own words, he only ministers for you when you speak in line with God's words. So, if you spend all your time complaining about circumstances, he can't minister with that. That's why the scripture says, " Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)." Because, he can only minister for you in agreement with God's word, anything else he can't use. In Psalm 103:19 it says, The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. The word kingdom is defined as rule, reign, a dominion. And Jesus tells us how the kingdom operates, Mark 4:26-28:

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

And we know the scripture says, the seed is the word of God, so again we're back at speaking the word. So, God rules and reigns through his word. So, his rule and reign in your life is limited if you're not speaking the word. In Genesis 1:28 God said, Let them have dominion. So, God has invested authority in your words. And when you are dealing with authority you don't get what you want you get what you say. Matthew 8:8,9 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

3.) And you see Paul in Acts 16:16-18 when he was confronted by a spirit of divination his authority.

16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

Notice, he allowed that spirit to grieve him those many days, he didn't operate in his authority until he spoke. And once he spoke that spirit was cast out. What you say about your circumstances is important, like in Numbers 13 & 14 when 10 of the 12 spies that came back murmured against The Lord, that word murmur means to stay, abide, continue, dwell, remain, tarry. So, as long as you complain you stay in it. Numbers 14:28-30:

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.

30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

So, all those that complained stayed were they were. So, when you talk the circumstances you give them the right to stay there. And God is limited in what He can do for you because he would be working against himself.

4.) For him to give you the authority and then work against it He would be working against himself. And He can't do that, like when they accused Jesus of casting out devils by devils. Matthew 12:22-26

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

So, if God gives you the authority and then works against it he's working against himself, He can't do that. So, as long as you complain and grumble, you have a free will and authority and God will not violate them. I think that's why a lot of times people's prayers go unanswered, because they pray and then get up and start talking against it. Well, when you do that you cancel out your prayer. You can't talk against the thing you want God to do. Like, in 2 Kings 6 during a time of famine when the people were desperate and they were eating pigeon poop and boiling babies. After the king heard that he went to get a word from The Lord from the man of God, 2 Kings 7:1,2:

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

I like how The CEV translation puts it, The chief officer there with the king replied, “I don't believe it! Even if the Lord sent a rainstorm, it couldn't produce that much grain by tomorrow.” “You will see it happen, but you won't eat any of the food,” Elisha warned him. Notice, what kept him from partaking of what God said, his mouth. You cut yourself off when you speak against God's plans. God is serious about authority, so you have to use it wisely. When God gives authority He backs it.

5.) That's why David was so bold in 1 Samuel 17 when he came up against Goliath, he knew he had heavenly back up. 1Samuel 17:44-47:

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.

You can talk big when you know God is backing you. When you speak in his name/in his authority He backs you with his power. When God authorizes you to speak in his name that means you speak it and I'll do it. You see in Deuteronomy 21:5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried. Then God shows them in Number 6:22-27:

22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.

You say it and I'll do it. You see again in 1 Samuel 2:20,21 with Eli the priest:

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

6.) That was them in The Old Testament, but we have something in The New Testament. Didn't Jesus say whatever you ask in my name that will I do. One meaning of the word ask means to demand. Now, you are not demanding God, Acts 3:6,7,13

6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus.

Notice, again you say it and I'll do it. So, when you have authority from God make sure you use it in line with God and not against God. You see in Joshua 6 when Joshua and the children of Israel defeated Jericho God had Joshua pronounce a curse-Joshua 6:26 Then Joshua declared a terrible curse upon anyone who might rebuild Jericho, warning that when the foundation was laid, the builder’s oldest son would die, and when the gates were set up, his youngest son would die. And anywhere between 500 and 1000 years later, In his days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord, which He spoke through Joshua the son of Nun. Notice, in accordance with the word of the Lord, which He spoke through Joshua the son of Nun. So, when Joshua was speaking it wasn't just him speaking, God was speaking. So, when you are speaking with God's authority your mouth becomes God's mouth. Your words take on a whole new level of authority and power. So, when God gives you authority use it wisely.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

If you want to know how God is then look at Jesus, I want you to see God's true nature. Not what people think because of circumstances, but his true nature and character. First of all I want you to see what the scripture says about God and not peoples opinion. I want you to see this scripture in different translations: Hebrews 1:3

New International Version
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.


New Living Translation
The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

Contemporary English Version
God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

I just wanted to show you that, when you see Jesus you are looking at the nature and character of God. I want you to understand that because it amazes me how some people get offended when you talk about healing. But, let me tell you something, healing was God's idea first. That's why one of his covenant names is Jehovah Rapha The Lord that heals or our healer. People get offended, but I never read about Jesus getting offended when people wanted to be healed. I don't see Jesus coming up with excuses not to heal, in fact, I see just the opposite. He was more than willing, so don't let people talk you into believing like them that it's wrong to want healing. Let The Bible show you God's nature and character and people's opinions. Let's look at another Luke 4:18:

New International Version
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.

New Living Translation
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free.


New American Standard Bible
“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED.

Don't let people talk you into thinking everything is spiritual, that word blind is physical blindness in The Strong's Concordance it's #5185. And notice it talks about setting free those who are oppressed, well let's see who it is talking about. Let's look at Act 10:38

New Living Translation
And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. Wait a minute there's a key word there did you miss it, All. He didn't pick and choose who was worthy enough, that's not God. Jesus even said I and The Father are one and he also said when you see me you see The Father.

I just wanted to do this real quick to encourage people, because I hate it when people come with there negativity and unbelief against people looking for healing. Let The Bible show you God and not someone's uninformed opinion. You keep believing, you keep trusting because He is faithful. God Bless!

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God's word can handle your condition, no matter what it is. God works through his word, you see that when you see Jesus. You see him healing with his word, well Jesus said, "I only say what my Father tells me," so whatever he said was a word from God. And you see when a leper came to him to be cleansed he spoke, "Be clean." And the man was cleansed, that was God's word to the man. You see in John 5 a man had a condition for 38 years where he could not walk and Jesus commanded him, to rise, take up his bed, and walk and the man took up his bed and walked. Notice, when Jesus friend Lazarus was sick almost to death they sent word to Jesus and he told the messenger that his sickness would not be unto death. And Lazarus died, but the word was it will not be unto death so even though he was 4 days dead and his body decaying the word is still good. So, Jesus had a right to raise him up because that was the word. It makes no difference what we know the word can work far beyond what we have knowledge of. For instance, we now you need something from a man and something from a woman to produce a child. But, God being who He is declared, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bare a son." That goes against everything we know about reproduction, but God is not limited to what we know.

There's a very interesting portion of scripture I'm familiar with because it's how I received healing. In Proverbs 4:20-22 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Notice, his word is health to all your flesh and the word health is translated medicine, healing, remedy, and cure. Proverbs 12:18 says, the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. God's word in your mouth brings healing to your body. When the word is in your heart and you speak it out of your mouth it will bring healing to your body. Look at Abraham and Sarah, God told Abraham that through him and his wife his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. But, in Romans 4:19 it tells us that his body was dead and her womb was dead. So, what did God do He gave them a word to speak. He changed their names from Abram-high father to Abraham- father of a multitude and from Saria-my princess to Sarah-princess of nations. And through that word they became strong in faith, Rom. 4:19 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 Sarah's womb. And for her, Heb. 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Notice, how you receive from God in Romans 10:10 it says, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. With the heart you believe and with the heart confession(to say the same thing) is made unto salvation. The word salvation means healing, deliverance, safety, preservation.

The scriptures backs that up, Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. There's a reason for that Isaiah 55:11 says, 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. Abraham and Sarah their mouth was their medicine, a word from God in their mouth was their medicine. Nothing against doctors or medicine, but don't exclude God out of the equation. The one that can handle anything and everything with a word. There's nothing wrong with going to the doctor, but that's not all there is. There's another level where your flesh has no say in the matter, because God's word can not fail, if he spoke it the body is subject to it. He is Jehovah Rapha The Lord who heals or our healer. It's in his nature to do good, that's who He is and if someone has a problem with that then that's your issue. Don't judge God based on circumstances, just because somebody didn't receive healing doesn't means it wasn't his will for them to be healed. The Bible tells us it's God's will that all be saved and that nobody perish, but it also says in the day of judgement there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth and that people are going to be cast into outer darkness. We have to do our part just because it's his will doesn't mean it will just happen just because it's his will. You don't have to read far to see that, "Adam don't eat from this tree," but did Adam eat from the tree, yes. Was his will done just because it was his will, no. Don't put everything on God man has a part to play.

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I want to encourage you that you can trust God for your healing. In 2 Kings 5 there was a Syrian captain that had leprosy so the king sent him to the man of God for him to be healed. So, God through the man of God told him, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. Notice, the certainty that if you do as I said you will be cleansed. And what happened, Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. The healing wasn't in the water it was in the word. And you see again in Numbers 21 when serpents were biting the children of Israel and they were dying God came up with a remedy, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And what happened, And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Wait a minute, this thing was just killing people, now don't make the mistake they made and give the honor to the pole because it wasn't the pole that did it it was the word. The word overrode that venom, the power of God's word was greater than that venom just like God's word is greater than your condition. God's word is not subject to conditions, but all conditions are subject to his word. It was God's word that did it then and his word is what does it now. Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

That word health is translated-medicine, healing, remedy, and cure. And you see Jesus in Matthew 8 a centurion came to Jesus for him to heal his servant, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And I love Jesus response, And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. He didn't ask what symptoms he had, how long he had them, nothing about his condition. Don't overlook who Jesus is, he is the word made flesh. And when Jesus was on his way the centurion said to him, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Notice, it's about the word. And what happened, And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Now, you see in John 5 that there was a pool called Bethesda and there was something special about that pool, For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. Look at that, whosoever was healed of whatsoever. It didn't matter who you were or what you had if you stepped in that pool first after the water was troubled it was over. And God and his word are the same way now, it doesn't matter who you are nor what you have. God says in Malachi 3:6, For I am the Lord, I change not. God Bless!

It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Most people would look at the size of the mountain, but the size of the mountain is not the issue, the power of the word is the issue. Notice, it says, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove. Well, faith comes by hearing the word of God. So, the question is do you have a word from God, that word is the power of God. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. And God said in 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. That word void means without fruit, not sufficient to produce it's effect. What is the effect of the word, to produce a corresponding manifestation. Notice, you shall say remove and it shall remove. They had a word, "Cast out devils", and you cast out devils with your words. Now we know mountains can't move on their own, but the force of faith will. That force comes from the word, the word of faith. Romans 10:8 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. So, you can't separate faith from the word. So, if the word is in your heart then faith is in your heart. To the degree that the word is in your heart faith is in your heart. And when you release it, it is designed and powerful enough to produce a corresponding manifestation.

You see in Genesis 1 God said and it was so, he saw. So, the words He released produced a corresponding manifestation. Someone is probably saying, Well that was God. And it was also God that said that his word will not return to him void, but will accomplish. Accomplish what, a corresponding manifestation when it's released from your heart and out of your mouth. Just like Jesus in Mark 11 when he spoke to that fig tree, he said and it was so, he saw. Someone still probably thinking well that was Jesus. Yes, but look at what he said in Matthew 21:21 about that, Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. Now, watch this God himself made the earth, moon, and sun and set the earth in it's rotation. And you see in Joshua 10:12-14 a word from God out of a man's mouth stopped the earth. The earth rotates around the sun, what happened is the earth stood still. Now, which is bigger a mountain or the whole earth. So, don't get caught up on the size of the mountain, look at the power of the word you speak. It is always powerful enough to produce a corresponding manifestation, but it has to be released out of your heart and mouth.


It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Matthew 7:17,18 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Matthew 12:33 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Notice, Jesus kept talking about fruit, fruit represents a manifestation of something, it's the product of something. Notice a point he's making what you can see is the result or product of what you can't see. The fruit above ground is only the result or product of what's happening underground where you can't see. You can also apply that on a deeper level to the spiritual and the physical, Hebrews 11:3 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. Again what you can see is the result or product of what you can't see. So, the physical was made by the spiritual. The physical is upheld by the spiritual-Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. God uses the spiritual to change the physical 1 Corinthians 1:26-28 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are. Things that are not manifested and not things that don't exist, how can you use something that doesn't exist, by him calling it a thing means it exists just on another level. Like you there's flesh you (can see) and spirit you (can't see) and yet is just as real as what is seen if not more real because spirit you is eternal flesh you is not.

The physical is ruled by the spiritual-Psalm 103:19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Is his kingdom a physical kingdom or spiritual kingdom, spiritual. You overcome the physical by the spiritual- 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. Faith is based on the spiritual not the physical material realm. Everything about the physical is dependent on the spiritual. Everything seen (physical) has it's roots in the unseen (spiritual). So, the physical realm is only the fruit of the spirit realm, it is a product of the spiritual. And as fruit it is dependent on something in the unseen for it's existence, it's roots. Once you cut something off in the spirit then the fruit of it will cease. Just like a flower, if you see a nice pretty flower in someone's garden and you go and clip it you have just limited it's existence. At some point it will wither and die, because you separated it from what it was dependent on, it's roots. If you are going to get to the root of things you are going to have to deal with the spiritual. And because the roots are in the spiritual let's call the spiritual the source realm. And because the physical is the fruit let's call it the product realm. Now, understand the product can not do anything separate from it's source. God spoke to me, it's just like your reflection or your shadow they are a product of you. You are the source and according to what you do, the source they will do. Example-How many times have you looked in a mirror and smiled and your reflection frowned, never. Because, it can not do anything different. And if you take you away (the source) there can be no reflection. So likewise, if you take away the spiritual component there can be no manifestation or product of it.

Notice, Romans 4:17 (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. God establishes something in the spiritual to get a different manifestation in the physical. Something first has to be a spiritual reality before it can be physical reality. Example: In Genesis 17:4,5 God told Abraham, "Thou shalt be a father of many nations." But, when God said that Romans 4:19 says his body was dead and a person with a dead body can not be a father of many nations, but regardless of that in verse 5 God told him, for a father of many nations have I made thee. So, that was reality in the spiritual, but not yet manifested in the physical. So, God changed his name from Abram-high father to Abraham-father of a multitude. God had him to call things that be not as thou they were to establish the spiritual to get a different manifestation in the physical. In Joel 3:10 says, "Let the weak say, I am strong." Notice, God told them to call things that be not as though they were. The scriptures says, The Lord is our strength. So, God told them to establish the spiritual to get a different manifestation in the physical. Once you establish something different in the spiritual than what's present in the physical it no longer has a basis for being here in the physical and will have to cease. Once Abraham established, I am a father of many nations, when what he established manifested his dead body ceased and he had what he established. That's what 1 Corinthians 1:28 says, God uses things which are not to bring to nought things that are. When what you establish in the spirit manifest then the manifestation that was there will cease. So, when you keep speaking the present circumstances or conditions then what you are doing is helping to maintain it's existence.

If you want something different then you are going to have to speak something different to establish something different to manifest something different. For example look at David when he fought Goliath he didn't talk circumstance, because naturally Goliath should have flattened him like a bug, but look how he spoke. 1 Samuel 17:45-47-- 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands. Notice, David established the victory in the spirit before he fought physically. Once David established the victory in the spirit Goliath was a dead man walking. Notice, where was the victory determined, in the spiritual. Outcomes are not determined in this physical material realm. Notice, when the two blind men came to Jesus to be healed in Matthew 9:27-29, what did Jesus say to him, "According to your faith so be it unto you." Faith deals with the spiritual which means the outcome was not determined by natural means, but by spiritual means. What did Jesus tell the centurion in Matthew 8, that told him, "Speak the word only and my servant shall be healed" "I have not found such great faith/as thou hast believed so be it done unto you." So, where was the outcome determined, in the spiritual.

The same thing with the woman with the issue of blood that said, "If I may touch but his clothes I shall be whole" what did Jesus tell her, "Your faith has made you whole." Which mean the outcome was determined in the spiritual. What they established in the spiritual was the outcome they got manifested in the physical. Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. In every situation there is a key or truth that will deal with that situation. Notice, what Jesus said in John 8:31,32 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Notice, the truth will make you free, that is the truth that you establish. Now, understand Jesus said the truth will make you free, but make sure you don't confuse facts with truth. Because, something can be a fact and yet not truth. Just because something is present in this physical material realm doesn't mean it's truth. John 17:17 says that God's word is truth. Fact is basically something that exists, or is present in reality. Hence, these are things that can be seen visually, and these are the things that can actually be verified. It is not just something that you believe, but rather these are more or less the things that can be observed empirically, or by the senses. So, facts can be seen and heard, as well as proven by the other senses. So, facts deals with what can be detected by the senses. And what people mistakenly do is think that just because something is detectable to the senses that it's truth, but not so. Truth can be described as the true state of a certain matter. Truth is not always detectable to the senses. When God told Abraham, for a father of many nations have I made thee, he had no way of verifying that by his senses, but it was truth.

The truth can't make you free if you keep establishing facts thinking it's truth because it's what's presently manifested. Just because it's manifested doesn't mean it's truth. So, God gives you a way to know what's truth and what's fact. If it's in line with his word then it's truth if not it's fact. 2 Corinthians 4:17,18--- 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. The things which are seen are temporal (facts)/the things which are not seen are eternal (truth). Notice, it tells you not to focus on what's seen(the facts), but on what's not seen(the truth). Facts can't stand against truth. The truth is based on the spiritual because nothing physical is eternal. Notice, he tells you not to focus on what's seen because if it's seen it's just fruit. See, stop dealing with fruit and get to the root. Notice, God is trying to get man to stop operating out of his flesh, but operate out of his spirit. You are spirit, so God speaks to you which is spirit, He doesn't speak to flesh you. He's trying to get man back to where he fell from. Man fell from getting his knowledge from God to getting his knowledge from his senses. When God brought the animals to Adam, notice it says God brought them to Adam to see what he would call them not name them. They had names, but God wanted to see if he would call them what He called them. And it's that way today, are you calling things the way God says or according to what your flesh says. That's why He says to hold fast to your confession of faith, confession- to say the same thing. It' like God is saying I know you see one thing, but agree with me. I know you feel one thing, but agree with me. Let me be your source of knowledge and not your flesh, I know the truth.

God is not telling you to speak something just to be speaking. He's trying to enlighten you to there's something there outside of the range of your senses. Just because your flesh can detect something doesn't mean that's all there is. There's the reality of where flesh you resides, in this physical material realm(which is fact) and there's the reality of where spirit you resides, in the spiritual(which is truth). And what He is trying to do is get people to stop speaking facts and start speaking truth. And when you call things that be not(manifested) as thou they are(manifested) you are calling something from one realm, the spiritual into another realm the physical. This is a physical material realm and things that are spiritual don't profit you here until they manifest physical. Where it says God calleth things that be not, the word call means to "call forth" and one meaning of the word forth is "out". Like when Jesus called out to Lazarus to do what, come forth. He called him out of where he was. And that's what you have been given the ability and authority to do, to call things forth from one realm into another. That's why faith deals with the spiritual because it takes you outside of your senses, outside of your flesh. When you do something by faith you operate outside of your senses, because your senses have no way of verifying what you do by faith. Faith deals with you operating out of your spirit not out of your flesh. Faith is operating on a higher level than your senses. Faith deals with taking you out of the physical material and into the spiritual where your senses have no way of verifying what you are believing for.

You are not just flesh you are also spirit and there are finished works of God where you are, spirit you. And those finished works are just as real as anything you can detect with your senses. Spirit is just as real as physical if not more real. God who is spirit (John 4:24) is just as real as when He was manifested in the flesh (1Timothy 3:16). Remember this the fruit is physical, but the root is spiritual. So, when you want to change something you have to deal with it at the root level. When you cut if off in the spirit the manifestation will cease and what you establish will manifest. Once you cut something off in the spiritual the manifestation of it will have to cease. It doesn't matter what sickness, what virus, what germ it has it's roots in the spiritual. So, once you cut it off in the spiritual it will cease. Take Jesus for instance in John 5 there was a man at The Pool Of Bethesda that had a condition for 38 years, he was unable to walk. And Jesus came up to him and said it him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." Wait a minute, the man is in no condition to do that physically so why would Jesus say that. Because, he was establishing his healing in the spiritual, because for him to do that he first has to be healed. And notice what happened the man's condition ceased. By Jesus establishing the man's healing in the spiritual the man's condition in the physical had to cease. Because, whatever you cut off in the spiritual the condition in the physical will have to cease. So, get to the root and stop just dealing with the fruit.


It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 2 Peter 3:9 King James Version 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.