39 FAITH RELEASES GOD’S POWER. Mark 9;23

I believe our faith releases God’s power and the lack of Faith restricts it. Not withstanding the fact that God is God and can do as he chooses, He doesn’t have to dance to anyone’s tune, but understanding His requirements regarding Faith is essential. The short version of this is.-- (1) We must believe that He exists. (2) We must believe that he is all powerful and (3) We must believe that He has all the rights. Yes, He is Almighty God. Yes, there is nothing He cannot do. Yes, He can say “Yes, No, Wait. Or whatever He chooses to. We must also keep in mind there is only room for one on God’s Throne and that’s not me or you. He doesn’t have to answer us, give us a reason or explanations for anything He does or doesn’t do. That said we can get on with what “Faith” can do.” Some of what I am going to pass on to you today is taken from a little book I have; by Charles Capps called “God’s Creative Power” which sold over a million copies, and I find some of of his thoughts bare repeating. Christianity is often called the great confession, but most Christians who are defeated in life are defeated because they believe and confess the wrong things, they have spoken and indeed still speak the words of the enemy. And those WORDS are holding them in bondage. (Proverbs 6:1-2) says “You are snared by the words of your mouth” Faith filled words will give you victory, while Fear filled words will defeat you every time. Understand this, WORDS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN THE UNIVERSE. Battles, wars, countries, thrones, relationships and millions of lives have been won and lost bought and sold or damaged through the spoken word. Jesus said “It’s not what goes into a man’s mouth that makes him unclean but what comes out of it.” Man is a Spirit being, This spirit being has a body which contains all the physical attributes we need to keep us functioning as human beings, but these functions are subject to the Spirit which controls them, and so the body only does what the spirit tells it to do. Now, for the body to comply with the spirit God has given us our five senses, one of which is our mouth containing our lips and tongue to speak with and taste, Unless we have a medical or physical disorder, none of our senses can operate without the express permission of our spirit. You have to will it, want it, verify it and make a decision to accept or reject it before it becomes a reality and then release it through your mouth. That’s what I believe FAITH is all about; It has very little to do with the body and everything to do with the spirit. That means accepting what the spirit says, For the Christian however, that means ..Listening, Trusting and Doing The Word of God, It means having a personal relationship with God and constantly being tuned in to His voice which we will learn to recognise as we get closer intimacy with Him. As that happens our Faith grows, we must also be aware here that our intimacy doesn’t turn to familiarity and start treating ourselves as equal to God. This must not happen. Just as we keep our parents in esteem so it must be with God. Almighty God is just that. “Almighty” there’s no way we should aspire to get higher than His feet, except on those occasions when He chooses to pick us up and cradle us in His arms. In Mark 2;3. Jesus said “Anything is possible if you have faith “ In other words if you meet the conditions ie. believe, and speak out the words which your spirit is receiving from God, The miracle will happen, God’s power will be released. Even if you don’t see a visual change in the situation. Because you can’t see it doesn’t mean God has not heard you, or said No or ignored your prayer. Some things need further prayer and or fasting,(keep praying) other times there is a blockage; (maybe unconfessed sin) and sometimes the miracle is a gradual process. We can ask God for a miracle, but we have to leave the How, Why, When, and Where up to Him. Again it’s a matter of faith-filled trust. God can do anything anywhere at anytime the world and all that is in it is His. He knows what is good for us and what is not just as we know for our children. He is a loving father who responds to humble faith, not to demands for miracles Ephesians Literally tells us to be imitators of God as children imitate their parents. To be imitators of God, you must talk like Him and act like Him similar to children with their parents, He would not ask or expect you to do something you are not capable of doing. Jesus operated in the faith principles of (Mark11:23) and (Matthew 17:20). While He was on earth. He spoke to the wind and the sea. He spoke to demons. He spoke to the Fig tree. He even spoke to dead men. And the wind, sea, demons, Fig tree and even dead men were obedient to Him. Why? Because He was imitating His father in everything He said and did. Jesus was imitating His Father and getting the same results as His Father did. God is a faith God, and He reacts to faith in Him. So have faith in God, what He says He will do He does, because He is a God of His Word. In John (14:12) Jesus said “Whoever believes in me the works that I do he also shall do and even greater works. Shall he do.” These principles of faith are based on spiritual laws, they will work for whoever applies them. You set them in motion by the words of your mouth. Do you really want all the negative things you’ve said in the past to happen. eg.”I’m getting a head cold.” I must have Covid.” “If I go down there I’ll have an accident.” You saying it can make it happen, so instead say “In the name of Jesus I pray good health over this body .” “Jesus I believe and trust You to keep me from Covid.” In a scary or dangerous area say “The Lord is my Shepherd whom shall I fear.” Be positive, because what comes out of your mouth is what you believe in your heart. So if you believe Scripture, Quote It It’s the Word of God) that’s what works. If Jesus came to you personally and said, From this day forward it will come to pass, everything you say will happen exactly as you say it; would you change your vocabulary? I believe you would. In (Matthew 16;19) Jesus said, I give you the keys of The Kingdom. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven.” and (Psalm 119;89) tells us “Forever Oh Lord, Your word is settled in Heaven,” so what God said is already established. God will not alter or change what He has said. “My covenant will I not brake, nor alter the word that has gone out from my lips “(Psalm 89;34) So the power of binding and loosing is on the earth... Use it. Spoken words program your spirit (heart). Our spoken words carry faith or fear and they produce after their own kind. (Romans 10;17) says Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Faith comes more quickly when you hear yourself quoting, speaking and saying the things God said. We will more readily receive God’s Word into our spirit by hearing ourselves say it than if we hear someone else saying it. The body of Christ must begin to live in the Authority of The Word, for God’s Word is creative Power. That creative power is produced by The Holy Spirit in the heart of all Bible-believing, Christians. It’s formed by the tongue and released out of the mouth in the form of words. For The Word to be effective we must speak God;s Word in faith, Jesus spoke it when He was on earth and as it worked then, so it shall work now. I believe God’s Word is not void of power, it just needs to be believed and spoken. This is a Spiritual law, not a physical law which tells us to believe only in what we can see, hear, touch taste and smell. But a Spiritual law uses your spirit, heart and mind as well. The application of this law, will change even the most impossible situation. But to incorrectly apply spiritual laws will hold one in bondage, and can cause the circumstances to grow worse. Every principal and spiritual law that God put in His Word was for man’s benefit and works only when fueled by faith. In (Matthew 8;13) Jesus said “As you believe so let it be done for you” He didn’t say it will only work if you believe right. If you believe right or wrong , it is still the law. God is not mocked, “Whatever a man sews, that also will he reap. (Galatians 6;7). The spiritual law is based on the same principal as the seed-time harvest. The words we speak are seeds, just as surely as they are planted, we can be equally sure a harvest will follow. Faith talks, and when faith talks it talks faith, not fear and unbelief. Learn to take the words of Jesus personally. In (Mark 11;23) Jesus tells us You can have what you say, if what you say comes from your heart Let us train ourselves to speak God’s Word. Ephesians (5;1) tells us, to be followers of God as dear children. The word “Followers” in Greek translates as imitators. We are to imitate Jesus (God) just as a child does his father. If a child imitates his father he walks like him, He talks like him and patterns his every move after him. We should do no less with Jesus. When we study the life of Jesus we find several important facts that caused Him to overcome the world, the flesh and the Devil. I will list some of them… 1. He spent much time in prayer, but He never prayed the problem, He always prayed the answer, whatever God said was the answer. 2. He spoke accurately, never crooked speech.--His conversation always consisted of what God said 3. He always spoke the end results, not the problem.-- Never did He confess present circumstances. He spoke the desired results. 4. He used the written word to defeat Satan, THE WORD OF GOD CONCEIVED IN THE HEART, FORMED BY THE TONGUE, AND SPOKEN OUT OF THE MOUTH IS GOD’S CREATIVE POWER. Thank you for reading about the “Creative Power of God.” It boils down to – The more we are like Jesus, the more power God will entrust us with. So for best results be Imitators of Christ. This can only happen through the power of The Holy Spirit. So take number 1. very seriously. Because if you don’t pray you’ll fall away. God Bless us as we pray. Phaline. --------------------------------------