This is the last of 5 meetings on Faith.
Questions:
Matt 8:5 Centurion story. He didn’t say I know how healing works, He said he knew about authority. It must be given to you. You must submit to it. operaes by words. Faith is a by product of Authority.
In your personal calling you will face oppositions and sometimes it will dishearten you. You have to recognize it is part of the process and growting you faith muscle and authority.
Not really related to the world. Different system.
James 5:13 elders of church pray and annoint with oil. The prayer of Faith. Convinced about God’s will for the result. Pray once. More than once is unbelievth. Then you use authority. Thereafter use authority.
Candle story. If you light the candle, is there any sense to light it again.
Mark 5:15 The pigs diel but didn’t kill the man. The mercy of God kept him alive.
Sound mind means a self controlled mind. You must have self control yourself and grow into it consciously. Laying on of hands comes by knowing that you have the Holy Spirit in you. You don’t need special impartation. Just love the Holy Spirit. You have to be in overflow mode of the Spirit to do this.
Ephesions 5;18 speaking to yourselves in psalms, hyms, songs. Build up your Spirit.
Authority more connected to power than grace. Power is the force that affects change. Authority is the ability to have control. When you submit to authority you get the ability to exercise power. Don’t disect the car but you call it a car. The car has grace, authority, power, etc. They are components of the car.
Matt 10:1 gave them power. same word as authority.
Matt 17:19 Why couldn’t we cast out certain ones. Unbelief was a problem. It was a deaf and dumb spirit. Different Spirit they didn’t have authority over. Seven levels of authority.
- flesh
- spirits
- Sickness
- Disease
- money
- territories
- governments
You need to grow in authority. Love to you wife is not the same as your love toward your son. God has to take you through those stages. Needs the word, submission
Each of these levels are controlled by authorities.
Jesus had authority but said don’t go to Jews. After he rose from the dead he opened it up to Gentiles. If it is time for authority you can exercise it out of normal authority.
Price, costs, sacrifice. Levels of Authority.
Newcomer questions. How to apply the word to her current situation. Prophecy to new believer is like giving meat to someone with no teeth.
Create a routine. Need to start small and not get overwhelmed by all your issues. Praying without Faith creates more worry. It’s about how much Faith not about how long the prayer is.
How to we submit to Authority? Unlike the physical realm, the Spiritual realm is different. Certain laws to follow.
Operate with authority as a son of the prophet in a different location. It is replication. not impartation.
Elijah vs. John the Baptist.
Matt 17:12 but in 13 they know he was talking about John the Baptist. John never met Elijah. You don’t need proximity. Replication is a matter of the heart. - Love their father prophet
- honor the annointing
- sew into his life- money is you
- LIsten to his voice regularly. Submitting to the revelation not me.
Thoughts from studio audience.
In Joshua God used as a point of reference Moses his predessessor. Joshua was using Moses as the reference. Don’t follow too many voices.
Full persuation is a place of total assurance. You stagger not, You question not, You
Trust in God can be an excuse to not use Faith. Must USE your faith. Not be passive.
Hearing this needs to happen prior to April. Information is needed now.
Hinderances to FAITH.
delay, distraction, resistance, wall, obstacle,
Doubt!
Anachronym-
Doubt is first one.
Offense
Unbelief
Bitterness
Trials
Mark 11:23 - Don’t doubt in your heart. Doubt needs to be out. Staggered not. Waiver, reconsider, contemplate
How do you get doubt out? When you are still on the level of believing.
Law of Attraction and stuff is called “New Thought” movement. Nice thoughts but not Christ.
The hinderence to Faith is doubt and not lack of prayer.You are not recognizing what the hindrances is?
Once you deal with the doubt your faith works.
Offense Luke 22:31 - Satan wants to sift you as wheat. An upcoming offense. LIke a fence. stumbling block. spoke in the wheel, a trap, Challenge you didn’t ask for. Upset that something has happened to you. When you are there your Faith fails. Take if personally. Why me? Even Jesus had issue in Nazarath limiting his power. He did NOT get offended.
Offense happens at senior levels in the Church. Church splits are from offense. They don’t turn out well.
Offense is a lack of love. Without love you can’t have faith. You need to be a free spirit. Offense only affects you and not the other person. Some people enjoy offense. If you are not depressed you are sad. Why?
With offense you can’t enjoy the service. It starts when you wake up in the morning. Offenses will surely come, but woe to the man that creates the offense. Different playbook for dirrerent audiences. Sometimes prophet gives you funny names not to offend. “and man” he was bored and counted ands in the message. Prophey doesn’t cross the line when teasing. Be responsible to care for the faith of others.
The situation you are offended with may not even know about it. It needs healing. It opens the door to sickness. James 5:16 ampc Confess your offences to one another. Offense tarnishes the equilibrium of your spiritual tone. Patch up your differences.
Unbelief Matt 17:19 Managing people requires copying ones that do well. It’s who knows you that controls success. Even Adam needed physical companionship in the garden. In prison the offended get along with the offenders. The prayer of agreement has power. Epilepshy is a spirit of deaf and dumb. If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed. Unbelief is weak faith. It is a spirit and attitude. It’s poison, it’s evil. Hebrews 3:19 They couldn’t enter the promised land due to unbelief.
It’s different to doubt. I has a hardened heart. That is the source. Doubt comes from a staggering heart. Divoce comes from a hardened heart. Unbelief.
Bitterness Hebrews 12:15 root of bitterness is poison. Relational issue. Hated his brother. Jealousy. Grace can fail. Must be diligent to avoid bitterness. 90% reason for arthritus. eye issues. If you wear glasses you are bitter? Eye pain related to bone pain. Expectation gone unfulfilled. Roots are underground out of sight. Lots of things can make you bitter. You need to be careful to avoid this. Road rage. Traffic. Lots of this in the world. If you are not growing financially it might be bitterness. Consider that maybe why you are stagnant at your level could be related to bitterness.
Trials of faith. I Peter 1:7 When your faith needs to be proven. God is not testing you. He puts your faith on trial. Lawyers should have great advantage when it comes to faith. Housewives also LOL.
Has your faith been put to the test? Don’t let this become a hindrance. Faith is much more precious than Gold. Your not the one going through the fire, your faith is. Old testament you go thru fire. New it is your faith in the trials. Don’t get offended and into unbelief.
Day 1 got 7 dimensions Faith in 4th dimension.
Day 2 Struggles of Abraham. How he came to a place of staggering not.
Day 3 12 factors of making your Faith work.
Day 4 Faith and Authority
Day 5 the 5 hindrances to Faith.
We need to meditate on this and study it. Burn it into your subconscious. Faith is not a feeling. Don’t look for a feeling. Not by sight or feeling. You can feel the annointing but not the Faith. It is a law. Can you feel gravity? Decide prior to looking for the feeling.
Questions:
Authority has to be given. James 4:7 Submit, resist the devil and he will flee. You get it via submission to God. You need the man of God and to submit to him. Not kneeling to him. Submission is different. Submit to the voice and the rank he has, not to the flesh. The person that brings the word of God to you.
Faith is spontaneously operating. If you question it, then it is NOT Faith. You can use wisdom as an alternate. Use wisdom and faith together. Solomon has bad ending due to lack of Faith and not lack of wisdom.
Son with special needs. child doesn’t know what faith is? Several came to Jesus for their children. The parents stand as the authority. The gateway to the child’s breakthrough. In the garden eve messed up but God came to Adam about it. The wife can want a house but God will ask the husband. God told Abraham to sacrifice Issac not Sarah.
What happens when kids get older? When they rebel? It takes wisdom and humility on your part. God has a plan. Just because they don’t respond to you now. Somewhere down the line someone will cooperate. Could be a further generation. Don’t give up on adult kids. You interceding has an effect. The more you pray for them the more they mess up. It is causing them to come to God through you. Otherwise they become hardened. Prodigal son’s father prayed and got the son to the pig pen. Caused him to come home. If they are not in the faith. If in the faith not applicable.
The lord brought her through stress for her daughter. The mothe slapped money to Prophet for daughter. Daughter obeyed the instruction and it worked out.
Faith is not laid back or timid.It is audacious and agressive.Not calm and quiet, It is indecent. It pushes you.
Church growth requires cross pollenization. You need a mix of people. Focus on newcomers. 10,000 newcomers to the Dome already. On track for 70,000 for 2025. Fresh faces need to come in. Needs to move to a different location. The move will draw more people to you. Number 2 craft the message towards the newcomers. Not advertising, but publicity. Word of Mouth. The senior pastor’s faith. Grace and space is the same thing. Go double in size.
To discern timing through faith. Time relates to events. 3rd dimension. Not the same as time. Light changes time.
When faith and love clash. Divorce related to peace. Consider Peace.
Improve bitterness elimination. Be easy to love. Then you attract the love. Renew your mind and open yourself with the love of God.
Avoiding bitterness from getting in your heart. Keep your faith shield up. Expect it to come.
Trust means depend. an excuse to not be in Faith.
Family members salvation is best gotten with them seeing your testimony.
John 1:17 Grace and truth came by Jesus. First grace then truth. If you apply grace, then they can be open to the truth.
Seven levels of authority have gates. You may not have the key to that gate. The person in authority can open the gate for you.
Don’t overthinking things. Keep it simple. When prophecy is given don’t get over the detail that much. When Peter was fishing for coins he didn’t ask any questions. He just kept it simple. Men typically don’t overthink.
Use a token and take a step of faith. Measurable. He doesn’t tell us what token to use or if you want to use a token. It’s by your faith.
Your faith needs to run this issue. Be audacious and violent faith to be able to see that it was God in the process. Exercise your Faith muscle on a topic.
Breakthrough with Natalie. Relationship. We are the restraining order. New business oppoertunities coming. Break witchcraft over our lives. Increase in the name of Jesus. Promotion to next higher level.
Remember this time as a point of reference. You are not the same.
1 cor 9:9 about giving. He that ploweth should partake. The corinthian church rarely gave Paul anything. Paul says he sole from other churches to give to you. Poor churches gave more than you.