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I must stand on Truth thus I must write about it, expose it, and speak it no matter what the opposition will do to challenge it.  Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 6:

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

People are constantly attempting to redefine Truth by manipulating it with positive terms.  For instance, illegal aliens are called undocumented workers.  In pharmaceutical trials, death is called unintended consequences.  These new terms attempt to redefine Truth but FATHER is not be moved when mankind attempts such manipulation to hide their lawlessness.  What is the first aspect of armor does Paul mention when he directs us to put on the whole armor of GOD?

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Truth cannot be redefined and it must hold up the foundation of your walk.  Without Truth you cannot stand!  Jesus used the Truth to defeat the devil in the wilderness, then the devil left Him.  Jesus wasn’t dogged by the devil on a daily basis Himself.  Once He overcame the devil in the wilderness, He began destroying the works of the devil by preaching Truth in Love.  By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 4:

14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—

16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

We must walk in Love and Truth and no longer be quiet when confronted by the opposition.  By effectively walking in this manner, we are then able to destroy the works of the devil without hesitation.

We must not be preoccupied with the devil, Jesus wasn’t.  When confronted with the devil, Jesus resisted him.  When confronted with demons, Jesus cast them out.  When Jesus was confronted with sickness and diseased, He healed them all.  When confronted with legalism by the leaders of the day, He set them straight and revealed their intent.  We too need to be well-balanced in our approach with others.  Jesus did not come to condemn the world, neither should we.  Jesus did not come to criticize those with sickness or infirmities, He came to restore them.  So should we.  Jesus came not to judge people, neither should we.

We must never give up.  Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 13:

10 Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.

12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”

13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”

15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”

17 And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

Imagine living with an infirmity for 18 years.  The Truth does not have an expiration date attached to it.  The Truth prevailed over this woman when all seemed hopeless.  Love does not give up and so when we are being opposed, we must stand!  We must not be intimidated by what the opposition has managed to do in people’s lives just as Jesus was not moved by the duration of oppression and enslavement.  It is written by THE SPIRIT in Acts chapter 10:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

As we are gird about our loins in Truth and walk in Love, we should expect the same results.

By THE SPIRIT it is written in Luke chapter 4:

6 And the devil said to Jesus, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”

There is an opposing force to our walk and we must overcome that opposing force if we are ultimately to be called “overcomers” in Christ.  Jesus dealt with the opposition and we must do so as well.  Sickness and disease do not just occur on their own.  Cancer cells are in direct opposition to the normal function of the body and they are a destructive force.  Doctors attempt to remove cancer by many methods which effectively tells us that they don’t have the true solution.  The SOURCE of our solution is FATHER for BY HIM is all opposition removed and healing occurs.  We are called to be more than conquerors as revealed by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 8:

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written: ​​​“For Your sake we are killed all day long; ​​We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

​37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

You and I are called to open the eyes of the people who are blinded to the works of the devil.  There Is much noise and confusion these days brought about by our overuse of technology.  I grew up when there were only three television channels and now there are hundreds available to divert your attention from what is truly important to your life.  Our smart phones are really dumbing us down by removing the need to think, ponder, and converse with others.  We must not allow ourselves to be swept into the enslavement of technology.  When technology becomes our focus, the opposition has gained a foothold on our life and darkness begins to envelope us.  Blindness is not far behind.  Consider what Paul recounts in Acts chapter 26 when Jesus spoke to him:

15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.

17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

We are being saturated with knowledge by the world but it is negative and by its nature is enslaving.  Let our our understanding be enlightened so we are able to see the issue before us.  We must see the issue before we can conquer it.  We must turn people from darkness to light AND from the power of Satan to the power of Our Heavenly Father.  Paul wrote by THE SPIRINT in 2 Corinthians chapter 4:

2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

This may be the greatest challenge many will face- to conquer the opposition.  It can only be fully accomplished by having a foundation of Love for Love conquers all.  This is why every true overcomer must get the revelation of Love and walk in it in order to conquer the opposition.

Sickness just does not happen on its own.  Sickness is in opposition to the body’s design of living and naturally repairing itself.  Success is a spiritual event where FATHER specifically intervenes on our behalf.  FATHER’S only limitation is “us” and our level of willingness to allow HIM to flow through us to others.  This flow will have opposition which can take the form of sickness and disease.  Is sickness greater than the ONE WHO designed us?  Is the one in opposition to our calling greater than FATHER WHO by HIS Divine Intent formed us in the womb?  Let us focus on the potential within us. 

All problems are a growing experience.  We need to take advantage of the problem by solving it in HIS Wisdom, not our own.  Overcoming the problem given to us by the opposition will become a testimony to others.  We must remove any programming in our minds that would prevent us from receiving FATHER’S promises of healing and restoration.  Just because others have not overcome the opposition does not mean we are to remain in the same defeated state.  Let not their unbelief prevent us from overcoming the opposition in our lives.

Love is the greatest healer there is.  Love will move us from poverty to generosity; from bewilderment to achievement.  We all should be ministering healing through the power of Love to a hurting world.

Those who are bound to the world are enslaved by a negative authority where there is no peace.  They try to find peace in drugs, alcohol, entertainment, and other such activities.  True peace is only found in Love.  It is not a put down to have sickness or infirmity but instead it is a sign that we need to address something in our lives.  It is conflict within us.  We have been programmed by the outward media to focus elsewhere.  The principle of confusion will draw men and women away from peace and it originates from the devil.  By THE SPIRIT in Matthew chapter 4 it is written:

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

​​‘​He shall give His angels charge over you,’

​and,

​​‘​In their hands they shall bear you up,

​​Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

​7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’ ”

8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

You must not overlook or remove this page from your Bible for it reveals the opposition to your life and welfare.  How can people trust in technology which relies on wave forms passing through the atmosphere through the spectrum yet they disregard the works of the devil manifesting all around them?  Jesus dealt with and overcame the devil, so must we.  The Beloved Disciple wrote in 1 John chapter 3 by THE SPIRIT:

8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Are we not called to do the same?  Are we prepared to do the same?  If not, let us set aside all else and make preparations, first by acknowledging that there is opposition to life and it must be dealt with.  We must become strong in Word and deed, not just hearers only.  The SPIRIT provides us with greater revelation about the opposition:

10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another

Love is the key to removing the opposition to life.  It is the Source where all else are simply tools motivated by Love.

Jesus had to live on this earth long enough to show us what FATHER is like in a physical person.  When you see Jesus in His everyday life, you should see what your potential looks like.  If you don’t see your potential then you are missing it.  Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Colossians chapter 1:

26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.

27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Jesus chose each of us uniquely to carry out our Divine appointment established by FATHER before HE formed us in the womb.  Each of us was fearfully and wonderfully made so as to carry out our calling.  In John chapter 15 Jesus spoke:

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

We maintain our awareness of this Truth- we are the best representation of FATHER this world has for this particular time in history.  As we embrace this Truth, we will develop an awareness of destiny just as Jesus was fully aware of His destiny as He encountered people. Jesus took all of your and my sin to His account so that all of His righteousness could be credited to our account.  This transfer has allowed FATHER to come back and live in human flesh- you and me.  We are now HIS Temple to dwell in and operate through, by The Holy Spirit.  We must not look at our past to determine whether we are worthy.  If we are born again in the spirit, then we are worthy vessels for HIM to reside in.  If we fail in some aspect of our life we must remember that Jesus now ever lives as our Intercessor.  As Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 8:

26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

When Jesus died and rose again, He removed the limitation of one body and replaced the limitation with a multitude of bodies including you and me.  Every one of us has a ministry to communicate the Gospel of The Kingdom whether it be one on one or one to many.  Despise not small beginnings.  It is that simple.  The cross was the door to the transfer mentioned above and the world played into the plan without knowing the consequences of their acts.

We are to be ministers of Love to a hurting world.  Jesus declared in John chapter 14:

12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”

Jesus reiterated in John chapter 20:

21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

The Beloved Disciple embraced this Truth in 1 John chapter 4:

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

19 We love Him because He first loved us.

Because He chose us, we are not destroyers, not condemners, nor are we accusers.  As MY FATHER Loves me, I Love you.  We overcome the accuser by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony.  Just as Jesus did not come to condemn, neither do we.  The only thing we are called to destroy is the works of the devil.

In Matthew chapter 8 it is written by THE SPIRIT:

16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with His Word, and healed all who were sick,

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

​​​“He Himself took our infirmities

​​And bore our sicknesses.”

Jesus cast out the spirits with His Word.  No matter how you look at this passage, you must acknowledge that “spirits” are connected with infirmities and sicknesses. The spiritual operates, affects, and overcomes the physical.  The answer to sickness and disease does not lie with a pharmaceutical.  Instead, the answer in the end is dealing with the spiritual.  In the U.S, there are more commercials promoting the use of pharmaceuticals than just about any other product or industry.  Why?  We are urged to treat the symptoms and not the underlying problem.  We are consistently exposed to alternatives to FATHER’S Divine Intent in the area of healing and restoration.

Were there any exceptions found in the above passage?  No, “all” means all.  Are there demon-possessed people in our midst today?   No doubt.  Believers cannot be demon-possessed but their physical bodies can be oppressed and affected by spiritual forces.  In Luke chapter 4, Jesus proclaimed:

17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

​18 ​​“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,

​​Because He has anointed Me

​​To preach the gospel to the poor;

​​He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

​​To proclaim liberty to the captives

​​And recovery of sight to the blind,

​​To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 ​​To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”

​20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Who was doing the “oppressing”?  The enemy.  We are to be the ones to set at liberty those who are oppressed.  The word oppressed means: the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, or anxiety.  Doesn’t this definition describe the chronic conditions associated with sickness and infirmities?

If you discount or disregard this aspect of ministry, then you will be hindered in your walk with FATHER.  No, there is not a devil behind every tree… but there are demons to deal with in the spiritual realm and we need to operate in the gift of the Holy Spirit- discerning of spirits.  Jesus operated in this manner as He healed all who were sick.

Are you being plagued by an unexpected infirmity?  We must consider the possibility of being spiritually attacked in order to direct our focus away from our calling.  This may require much prayer and fasting as we deal with such spiritual matters.  Let us be persistent in addressing any obstruction that would prevent us from being fully led by THE SPIRIT and ministering to those brought before us.  Jesus declared that we would do greater things and He did not omit healing those oppressed by the spirits.  Let us also expect to heal them all.

By THE SPIRIT it is written what Peter preached at the house of Cornelius in Acts chapter 10:

36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—

37 that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

No Believer questions the Truth and facts stated above about Jesus and His anointing for He is the Son of Our Heavenly Father.  The Entire Scripture centers around His coming, His ministry, and His current position at the right hand of FATHER.  The challenge we face is to fully accept our role as Sons and Daughters IN HIM and be led by THE HOLY SPIRIT rather than led by our mind of logic and reasoning.  We must overcome the trust we have placed in our own reasoning and embrace FATHER’S Word above all in our individual lives.  Let us embrace HIS Truth which Jesus spoke in Acts chapter 1:

“You have heard from Me;

5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

We received Spiritual power when we received The Holy Spirit yet for most this power lies dormant.  Our adversary, the devil, would like us to remain in that state so that the world would be left unaffected and in his dominion.  Many have discounted the impact of the devil as though he and his demons no longer matter in the affairs of mankind.  You only have to step back and look at the big picture to see the works of the devil around the world.  If Jesus had to deal with the devil be assured that we will also.  The good news is that Jesus defeated the devil and his authority but we must exercise the same power and authority as we minister to mankind.  Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 15:

17 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

18 For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Paul fully understood the anointing of power through The Holy Spirit.  Knowing this power, we too will overcome all obstacles lifted up and set before us in our walk.  If we are to be Overcomers, we must overcome.  Paul wrote in Romans chapter 12:

​21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

The Beloved Disciple John also understood and embraced the power of the anointing to overcome the devil as he wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 John chapter 2:

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

Doing good is constructive and restorative in nature.  Doing bad is destructive.  Let us be strong in The Word and overcome the evil one by the power and anointing given to us by FATHER.  We must acknowledge that the evil one is still around and attempting to keep us in the dark concerning his devices and schemes.  He uses people and resources in an attempt to bring forth destruction.  He oppresses people with sickness and disease.  FATHER has revealed the enemy so that we can and will by HIS power overcome the enemy and bring forth the Kingdom.

PS:  In order to be strong in The Word, you must read and study The Word.  This is why FATHER has me include Scriptures in every writing.  Meditate on these writings throughout the day and you will increase in strength.

FATHER’S Love heals and restores.

Hurting people have come to feel uncomfortable among “believers” since they are made to feel defeated or embarrassed by their current condition.  We must not deny the reality of our hurts, weaknesses, or infirmities but bring them to the altar and lay them before Our High Priest Jesus Christ.  FATHER is not some distant God Who is unmoved by our circumstances.  HIS Nature is to heal and restore for HE is the Originator of Unconditional Love.

Those who teach the Word without Love being at the forefront insinuate and imply that they are superior to those who “don’t get it”.  They can analyze and interweave Scripture and present a multitude of supporting facts but without Love they are simply clanging cymbals.  Jesus had compassion on those in need.  He still does and let us walk in that same compassion for those who are hurting.

We do not need lengthy formulas to “work” the Word in our lives.  We need Truth in its simplest form.  Men have created and knitted formulas together intending FATHER to be placed in a box and abide by their formulas for success.  Man creates laws whereas FATHER’S Law can be summarized by two Commandments centered around Love.  In Matthew chapter 22, Jesus spoke and summed it up:

34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Jesus came to deliver us from our burdens, not add more heavy burdens, whether spiritual, mental, emotional, or physical.  Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 11:

28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

If you are hurting and not at peace, seek Jesus Christ in His gentleness and  simplicity of Truth and Love.  His message is applicable to all ages, all levels of maturity, and all situations in which we find ourselves.  We must not let our pursuit of deeper understanding and fruitfulness be hindered by moving away from revelation and into man’s logic and reasoning.  If we wait until we have full knowledge of a Truth from FATHER, we will be still waiting when we die for HIS Truth is greater than our ability to fully comprehend it.  Let us walk in the revelation we have and seek FATHER’S Voice on a day-to-day basis and minister to others accordingly.  How simple it that!

There are many who are paralyzed in their walk because they continue to seek out some mystery thinking it is the key to their life as reality is simply passing them by.  That is called “paralysis by analysis”.  We must quit overthinking and simplify our walk by adhering to HIS Truth in simplicity.  Once we do then we can articulate HIS Love and Truth to others which in turn will change their lives.

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No assistance is too small and if many of those who read our daily blogs will participate, we will be a greater blessing to the Brazilian people.  This is another opportunity to plant good seed into the Kingdom.  Let us not overlook those beyond our borders for the message of Love is their only hope as well.

Faith is the result of The Word dwelling in us by living It, practicing It, and declaring It.  We meditate in The Word, we think deeply and ponder It until The Word becomes greater than anything else in our lives.  It become first nature within us.  The result is confidence and assurance in FATHER’S willingness, ability, and expectation to impart whatever is required for our particular situation.  Sense knowledge will challenge and fight every step of the way while our faith is being built up.  When this battle heats up, are we going to succumb to our senses or are we going to “conquer” our land by faith in HIS Word.  Persistence is the key to building strong faith.

FATHER can Love us but not be well pleased.  In John chapter 3 by THE SPIRIT it is written:

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

FATHER Loved us while we were still in sin and walking in lawlessness.  Our acts were not pleasing but they did not prevent FATHER from Loving us and providing HIS first begotten Son as a sacrifice.  Before He started His ministry, Jesus was tempted of the devil.  He was required to spend 40 days in the wilderness yet many of us become disheartened if our situation isn’t corrected immediately.  We must let patience have its perfect work and let our faith be unwavering while patience is being fulfilled.  Jesus had faith in FATHER’S Word as much on day 40 as He did when He was directed into the wilderness on day 1.  By THE SPIRIT James wrote in chapter 1:

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

It takes time for seeds to germinate and grow once they are put in fertile soil.  We must remain steadfast in our quest to ascend to full maturity on all fronts.  Our foundation of Love promotes and empowers faith, then faith promotes hope with the expectation of future increase in fruitfulness.

By THE SPIRIT the Beloved Disciple recorded in John chapter 20:

24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”  So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”

27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Jesus differentiated sense knowledge from faith.  Thomas relied on sense knowledge of “seeing, then believing” whereas Jesus declared those who believe without seeing first are the ones who are blessed.  Faith brings forth blessings.  Thomas only trusted in the external and required proof provided through the senses to assure him of the truth.  Many believers rely on this same method in order to have faith.  Their reassurance only comes by repeated confirmations through the senses.  Jesus instructed Thomas to get  two confirmations, one by His hands and the other by touching His side.

Faith expects outward signs to follow as confirmation whereas sense knowledge expects signs to come first in order to point toward a truth and believe a philosophy expanding on the apparent truth.  If the Word truly resides in us then we should expect it to manifest in the internal first.  Once It becomes alive inside, the physical result will come forth in due time.

Many trust in technology more than they trust The Word.  Science and technology are but an accumulation of fragments of knowledge which preexisted as hidden truths in the universe.  These fragments cannot produce Love, faith, or a new creation.  Technology is only a tool, not a solution within itself although many are preoccupied with technology at the expense of their spiritual health.  They have become slaves to manmade idols.  Be assured that Jesus is not walking around texting, tweeting, or using some other electronic means of substitution for interpersonal relationships.  We must not let the external enslave us any longer.  Let us be led by THE SPIRIT which is internal and effect change in the external by walking in great faith.