02/05/2021 —
Message Description
Faith is not a means of escape from the cares of this world -- it is the result of living by the Word of God. If you're not in the
Word, you're not living by faith. And, because faith work by love, when you don't have faith you lack the capability to love.
Get in agreement with what God says about you in His Word!
Scripture
Romans 4:13-21
"God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would have an heir who would reign over the world. This royal promise was not
fulfilled because Abraham kept all the law, but through the righteousness that was transferred by faith. For if keeping the law
earns the inheritance, then faith is robbed of its power and the promise becomes useless. For the law provokes punishment, and
where no law exists there cannot be a violation of the law.
"The promise depends on faith so that it can be experienced as a grace-gift, and now it extends to all the descendants of Abraham.
This promise is not only meant for those who obey the law, but also to those who enter into the faith of Abraham, the father of us
all. That's what the Scripture means when it says:
'I have made you the father of many nations.'
"He is our example and father, for in God's presence he believed that God can raise the dead and call into being things that don't
even exist yet. Against all odds, when it looked hopeless, Abraham believed the promise and expected God to fulfill it He took God
at his word, and as a result he became the father of many nations. God's declaration over him came to pass:
'Your descendants will be so many
that they will be impossible to count!'
"In spite of being nearly one hundred years old when the promise of having a son was made, his faith was so strong that it could not
be undermined by the fact that he and Sarah were incapable of conceiving a child. He never stopped believing God's promise, for he
was made strong in his faith to father a child. And because he was mighty in faith and convinced that God had all the power needed
to fulfill his promises, Abraham glorified God!" (TPT).
Psalm 107:20-22
"God spoke the words 'Be healed,' and we were healed, delivered from death's door! So lift your hands and give thanks to God for
his marvelous kindness and for his miracles of mercy for those he loves! Bring your praise as an offering and your thanks as a
sacrifice as you sing your story of miracles with a joyful song" (TPT).
Key Points
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God can deal with your doubt, but He can't deal with your unbelief. Unbelief takes doubt to school. The answer to your
questions are in the Bible. The only question is, are you in the Bible?
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God calls things that are not as though they are. He did not say that he calls those things that are as though they are not.
So it's OK - actually it's accurate and smart - if you have been diagnosed with a medical condition, to admit that.
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Your diagnosis is a fact. But it's subject to the truth that the Bible calls you healed. Get in agreement
with what He did write about you in His Word!
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If, in any area of your life you are not living by faith, that area is decreasing and dying. If you have difficulty with
repentance and forgiveness, for example, you are not living by faith in that area.
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We must be living in and possessed by the spirit of faith. We've reduced it to speaking words and making confessions. But
authentic faith is living in the spirit of faith. By faith, nothing is impossible.
The year 2021 will be a year of ascension for you individually, for your family and for this nation – but most of all
for the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. It will be the local church’s finest hour.
There must be birthed in the Church a great desire for change, to replace the spirit of timidity. We have shrunk in fear
from what God says we have dominion over. There is no need for us to be timid; we possess absolute truth, so we can let nothing
turn us away from it!
You are anointed, appointed and accepted. Commit today to do your part of making 2021 a year of ascension for WHC!