Thought For Today

By Faith, Without Faith, Through Faith

Be on in 15 Hebrews 11:1-40, 12:1-11

By faith – 17 times was used in front of individuals names.

God gave His approval Because of their faith – 1.

By faith we understand Gods power – 1.

Without faith there is a consequence we cannot please God- 1

By his faith there was an action Noah, Abraham twice, Moses three times,

It was by faith that Israel twice, Rahab seen God’s protection.

Recount the stories of faith, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and all the Prophets were great warriors of the faith

By faith people received the promise of Justice their weakness became their strength

Others Trusted God refusing to turn from god and had cruel deaths and terrible things happened to them.

Tortured, Mocked, Whipped until their backs laid open, chain in dungeons, stoning, some sawed in half, killed with a sword, suffered great hunger, oppressed, mistreated they wandered without shelter.

Because of their faith – Received Gods approval.

They are still waiting for their final reward until we finish our race under grace.

Let us have a life of faith as they look on!

Hebrews 12:1-10

To us who endure our race of Faith even under grace

Our Grace faith is run by keeping our eye upon Jesus.

Our faith depends on Jesus start to finish.

We are under divine discipline that is corrected.

That we have no bitter root of unbelief.

Unbelief is what stops the miraculous Matt 13:58

They were stopped from entering their rest because disobedience and unbelief  Hebrews 3:19

Unbelieving because theirs minds are corrupt and consciences are defiled. Titus 1:15

Mercy extended because of unbelief 1 Timothy 1:13

You Will Receive Exactly What You Believe

Look at Mark 9:23 though

…If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

There will always be nay sayers to the vision or dream God has given you.  What do I mean by that there were always wet blankets to be throw at you, while you are doing what God has told you to do. They did it with Noah… what are you doing?  What… Whats rain and why do we need an ark you crazy man… When you hear the words we want to prepare you so you won’t be too disappointed, those are the people to shut your ears too. If God brought you too it He will see you through and give you the tools and understanding how to perform the work He has placed in your heart to perform.  If you listen to the voice of the enemy you will let the seed of doubt and unbelief take root and grow until it destroys the work of faith place in you.

Jesus made it plain if thou canst believe all things are possible, not just ones that are easy, but the ones that require great faith. The greek word “possible is “dunatos” that expresses the idea of ability; power; one who is capable; or one who is competent.  Most of us have heard the ”Dunamis”  or “Dynomite” it is a power that causes one to become able, capable, or competent for any task.  Do you think the men and women of Hebrews would have been able to do the things that they did without a Dunatos or possible even though they may not have totally understood what they were doing or going?  Or those who would have looked at things  that looked overwhelming in mans eyes but God placed an intimate relationship between Himself and man that fostered great faith. A knowledge that they were competent for anything God told them to do because they knew He would be right there with them.

You may ask this morning but who can accomplish these impossible feats God is asking of me today? Jesus answered that question in our text or scripture this morning, He said “ All things are possible to him “that believeth, in other words end of story.”  You and I are capable.  Hebrews chapter 11 was given to inspire, and give us confidence that we are more than conquers in Christ Jesus, more than competent.  Yhis is not some who has an experience of faith in the past; but rather is a believing person right now in the present.

Faith ignites the impossible and causes it to become possible.

When a person faith is activated by their belief in God’s word, they begin to walk int the supernatural because it is not them it is God working in and through them. What would normally seem impossible  or something they would never try or do, they step into the unseen and believe and trust God for anything and everything they need for the assignment ahead.

When I receive a mand date from God to push forward into new and uncharted waters in my life, I do not let fear and doubt, flood my mind.

When I started Creative Christian Ministry and God woke me up at 3 in the morning and began to speak to me about it, and said step out… I knew very little about what we are doing now… Interactive meetings and now stepping into the live teaching arena …lol  But I stepped and God began to show me things I have never seen before or done.  It started small but as I stepped it has begun to do exactly what God told me it would do…  I am experiencing the impossible become possible in my life…  the enemy has hit in all kinds of directions from being in the middle of interactive meeting then all of sudden everything shut off, and God said get it going, I am depending on you to use what I have taught you… minutes later the room was up and going and we finish our meeting… Don’t tell me you can’t when God says you can…

I have seen too many Pastor’s with the need for growth by faith and had the plans for new facilities and all they did was sit on them.  Money is not an excuse, people are not an excuse, lack of belief is the cause for them just being put in a drawer and instead of speaking faith and action… all I heard and seen was them place them back into darwers never to be seen again and there the church sits stagnate…

Jesus made it very clear that we receive exactly what we believe.  I stepped by faith in my first church we were packed and we needed property to build God literally to a sign laying down with 10 acres for sell… a doctor in San Francisco owned and had not been able to sell it… I asked him what He would take for it he said you raise 65,000.00dollars preacher and it is your churches.  I announced it the next week that God has 10 acres for us to buy by next Sunday bring a offering… the people shouted and began to praise God… in the morning offering we received 64,500 dollars and the enemy said see you cannot do it… that afternoon before service I began to pray, as service started only 25 people were there, yet I said before the offering we need 500.00 hundred dollars… after church my secretary counted the night offer came to 1,000 dollars… 65,500 dollars… some men refused to sign the paperwork and that church still sits right where it is at no change. If they would only have believed God at the vision he put in front of them I truly believe the church God gave me a vision for would be sitting on hill toady built and packed for God.