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What is Hope? Hope is: a wish, a goal desire, an order you make, the only thing you can count on.
Hope is always waiting for things to happen some day or maybe it could happen right now or maybe later or maybe it would not happen at all, but hope is always dreaming that maybe one day it will come true.
Believe is not Hope, but believe is faith.
Hope does not believe that is done right now.
When faith comes hope has to disappear, if not hope will continue to seek after it because hope can not see it by faith.
Faith can see it that it is done right now in the moment the word is spoken out of the mouth and doubt not in your heart.
In the Holy Bible of King James Version, in Romans 8:24,25 Paul says to the church:
24. For we are save by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25. But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Here it mention hope does not see the substance, but when faith see the substance, hope will stop being hope.
Lets read this same verse again from the Holy bible from Ancient Eastern manuscripts:
24. We live in hope; but hope that is seen is not hope: for if we see it, why should we yet hope?
25. But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we wait for it in patience.
Now if we look again in the Holy Bible of King James Version it says, “We are save by hope”, but the Holy bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts says it like this, “we live by hope.”
Here we see the words "we are save" in King James bible and "we live" according to the bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscript
Now we have to understand that "Hope" does not save anyone, but "we are save by grace through faith."
Here the 'hope' mentioned in Romans 8:24 and 'grace and faith' mentioned in Ephesians 2:8 are not the same thing.
Let me explain in more detail.
Paul writing to the church of Ephesus, in Ephesians 2:8 he said to them:
- 8. For it is by grace that you are saved through faith; not of your doing; it is the gift of God;
- 9. Not of work, lest any man should boast (show off).
Paul never say a man by hope is save through faith.
The word hope is not mentioned here.
The Hope that is mentioned in Roman 8:24 does not save anyone, but by grace through faith, Ephesians 2:8.
Roman 8:24, speak of believers living in hope, hoping to get things, hoping to see changes, hoping to reach to other with the gospel of Jesus Christ and hoping the word save their souls, we are living in this world hoping for the best.
We live a life wishing for things and waiting for things to appear someday.
But before the substance manifest, faith has to come, the substance you hope for will come to pass after you have stand firm in the word of faith which came out of your mouth.
Again hope will disappear after the word of faith is spoken and believe.
If you hope one day that Brother X will be saved, then you have to say it and believe that God will send labor to preach salvation to Brother X and Brother X's will hear the word and see clearly the word and understand the word and be saved.
Look what it says in 2 Corinthians 6:2:
- 2. I have answered you in an acceptable time, and I have helped you on the day of salvation; behold, now is the acceptable time; and behold now is the day of salvation.
Yes today is the day of salvation not tomorrow or someday.
Right now is the day of salvation.
In Hebrews 11:1,3,6 it says:
- 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, as it was the substance of things which have come to pass, and it is the evidence of things not seen.
Remember hope that is seen is not hope, therefore hope is blind and can not see the substance of things.
Faith is the evidence of thing not seen.
- 3. For it is through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen came to be from those which are not seen.
- 6. without faith man cannot please God, for he who comes near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Faith will manifest those things that hope seek after.
Because faith is the substance and the evidence of things not seen (hope for). God reward faith.
God is please when faith is present and he reward everyone who come near him and seek him by faith.
The two kind of spoken words, but one is effectively:
- The first spoken word is hope, Hoping for a miracle to happen someday, hope is always wishing for thing and they ask for it daily, but have no ideal when will it come.
Hope desire, dream, keep on wishing, pray and ask for it over again and keep on wishing that someday it will appear in the physical realm.
- The second spoken word is when a person lives by faith, faith turn around impossibility into possibility.
Man who live by Faith see it though the eyes of the spirit.
He take hope wishing and do something about it, faith is a confession you made that the substance of things you hope for is already been provided by Jesus Christ and it is done right now.
A man's hope is flame by faith and it is manifest in the material realm.
Man knows that words of faith is a sword of the Spirit and without faith it is impossible to please God.
By faith you can come boldly to the throne of his grace and obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Man speaks what he believes from the heart, for good purpose and not for evil purpose.
And those thing which he said that are positive and believe will come to pass.
But you can not use your faith to make it work for an unbeliever.
You can't move an unbeliever mountain and cast it into the sea for him.
Even if a believer agree that it can be done unto you, but later you doubt and begin to speak negative, according to the bible, you will not receive anything of the Lord.
Believers can not help a person who doubt, doubter can not make things happen for himself if he does not believe that God is able to do it right now or have done it two thousand years ago, it will not work for him who waver.
He has to believe and he has to stand firm on God's word without waving, and then he will receive anything of the Lord.
James said, if a man ask God .... to ask in faith, not doubting.
For he who doubts .... let not that man suppose that he will receive anything of the Lord.
Anything of the Lord means anything of the Lord.
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. (James 1:5-8).
A double-minded man is a man who doubts in his heart and does not believe that God is able to do it, James says, this man is unstable in all his ways.
There is nothing else you can do for a person who choose not to listen to the saying of the Lord.
In Hebrews 11:6 it says:
- 6. Without faith man cannot please God, for he who comes near to God must believe that he is (God), and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
God reward faith.
We walk by faith; we live by faith and we stand by faith and we also speak God’s word by faith and so on.
Some people walk by hope and some walk by faith.
The only different between them are that he who walk by faith receive from God now, but he who hope expect to receive from God someday.
God reward those who believe and stand firm in his word no matter what's happening around them.
God does not reward wishes but he reward faith.
Word of Faith is the keys that loose in heaven but word of doubt, fear and unbelief bound in heaven your supplication, prayer and petition you have ask God for.
Lets read again Romans 8:24 it says, hope that is seen, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
If you see it, touch it, feel it and taste it then you don’t need to hope for it, you already have it.
Hope don't feel it, neither taste it, nor see it, nor can it touch it, the only thing hope knows is to wish, dream, and to wait for it to appear, but faith flame it and manifest it.
Faith is the substance [evidence] of things man's hope for and can't be seen.
It is obvious that hope has to come first and then faith take over.
A man's hope come to passed after faith take over.
Now how faith come?
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Hearing a preacher preaching the word of God, faith will come.
Faith is to believe, to stand firm, and to trust his word without waving.
The word that you speak must be line up with the word of God because the word of God does not contradict itself.
Faith move mountains and uproot trees.
Faith is not move by any circumstances.
There are people who says, the reason some people don't receive anything of the Lord is because it was not the will of God for him to receive it.
It all depend what you asking the Lord.
If a man asks for things to satisfy his lust, or for those things he does not really need it and it is not good for his soul, it will never be added unto him.
God's will for the believers is to give them good things that benefit your spiritual walk with God and bring you closer to God.
Jesus Christ said, if you believe all things are possible to him that believe.
Even thou he was talking about rich people, how difficulty it is for them to enter into the kingdom of God because of their greedy heart, still he makes it clear to his disciples that it is possible unto them who believe to be saved and enter into the kingdom of God and that is if they put him first, gives all to the poor and follow him.
Jesus said, if you ask the Father he will give it to you, the Father give good things to those who ask him.
God gives good things like the Holy Ghost and if he is willing to give you the Holy Ghost how much more your daily needs, but he will never give you things to satisfy your evil heart .
Jesus said, ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be open.
And if his word is in you and remain in you and you in him, Jesus Christ said, whatsoever you ask the Father he will give it to you, and his Father will glorify himself when your joy is filled or completed in him.
The bible give us two reason why people don't receive from the Lord, the first reason, James tell us fear and doubt.
The second reason why people don't receive from the Lord, because they ask God for amiss to satisfy their lust.
Rules to follow in how to receive from the Lord.
The first rule is seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, God wants us to put him first.
The second rule put your brother first and help them and give it up all to help the poor.
The third rule is his word has to remain in you and you in him.
The last rule is to have faith in God and believe in your heart that everything will be well.
If you abide in his love then you will produce abundance of fruits.
The apostle Paul writing to the church of Philippi, he says to those who are going through needs, "God will supply all your needs according to his riches in the glory of Jesus Christ.
God does not withhold any good things if you need them.
Children of God come to the throne of his grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
I believe God care and wants to supply all your needs because it is his perfect will to provide your needs because he love you and he known also you love him.
The bible said, "... If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."
Ask anything according to his will and his will is in his word and his word says to all believers he will supply all your needs.
If you don't have any need don't ask anything, because you don't need it, if you ask anyway for those things you don't need, you are asking for amiss and your saying God will not hear.
There is another reason why you don't receive anything of the Lord and that is because you have ought against your brother, God will not hear your prayer if you have something against your brother.
If you have Jesus' word in you and his word remain in you and you remain in him then you should not have any ought against any brother.
Brother it is time for you to change you thoughts to God's thoughts if you want to receive anything of the Lord.
Jesus said, "Ask, and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be open.
Again if God is willing to give the Holy Ghost how much more will he give you those things your needs.
God wants you to have forgiveness of sin, he wants to heal your body, and provide food, water, clothing, and any other thing as long you are faithful to his word.
God's word will satisfy your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the angle's (Psalms 37:1-4; 103:1-5; Proverbs 10:24; Matthew 7:7-11; Matthew 13:18; Luke 8:12; Luke 11: 9-13; John 15:7; Philippians 4:19; Hebrews 4:16; James 4:2,3; 1 John 5:14)
Believer trust God and have confidence in him to ask him even if your physical eyes don't see it; even if your physical body don't feel it; no matter what the circumstances might be, if you have faith in God that in Jesus Christ the things you need he will supply it to you, it shall be done unto you.
I am not saying you should go around and asking God to make you rich and give you a wealthy life, no brothers that is not what I am saying, but to ask for your daily need, only those things that you really need
Cast out fear, doubt, worry and unbelief.
Jesus' disciples had this kind of problem they have little faith.
Jesus exhort them not to worry for materials things for God knows they have need of these things (Matthew 6:25-33).
When Jesus was with his disciples in the boat, and the sea became very rough, Jesus said to them. "Why are you fearful, 0 you of little faith? Then he got up and rebuked the wind and the sea and there was a great calm (Matthew 8:23-26).
When Jesus was walking on the water and Peter saw him and said to him, My Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.
And Jesus said to him, come.
So Peter walk on the water but when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and began to sink, and he raised his voice and said, My Lord save me.
And Jesus immediately stretched his hand and grasped him; and he said to Peter, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? (Matthew 14:22-33) (
When a man who had a son with epileptic, approached to Jesus and ask him for mercy; his son was ill and was getting worse; Jesus told him, if you believe, everything is possible to him who believes.
The father of the boy said to him in weeping, I do believe, help my little faith.
The man also told Jesus, that he brought his son to his disciples but his disciples were not able to heal him.
Jesus said to his disciples, O faithless and crooked generation, how long shall I be with you? and how long shall, I preach to you? The man brought his son to Jesus and Jesus said, O deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again and Jesus heal his son.
And his disciple ask Jesus privately, why we could not cast it out?
Jesus answer because of your unbelief you could not heal this man's son.
He told his disciple if you have faith in you, even as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move away from here and it will move away; and nothing would prevail over you (Matthew 17:4-20; Mark 9:8-29).
When Jesus came to the city of Bethany and he was hungry, and he saw a fig tree on the roadside and he came to it and found no fruit and he said to the tree, let there be no fruit on you again for ever, and shortly the fig tree withered, and his disciple heard him said those word and saw it and they were amazed.
Jesus says to them, have faith in God, and if you have faith and do not doubt in your heart, you will perform a deed not only like this of the fig tree, but should you say even to the mountain, be removed and fall into the sea, and does not doubt in your heart, but believes that what you says shall come to pass, you shall have whatsoever you saith, it shall be done onto you.
And everything that you will ask in prayer believing that you shall receive it, you shall receive, it will be done for you.
And when you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against any man, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your trespasses (Matthew 2:18-22; Mark 11:23-25).
Look what Jesus says to his disciple, he said to them not to be a stumble block to the little one.
And be careful among themselves, if their brother should sin, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he should offend you seven times a day, and seven times in a day turn to you and say, I repent, forgive him.
And his disciples said to Jesus, increase our faith.
Jesus said to them, If you have faith even as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be uprooted and planted in the sea; and it would obey you (Luke 17:1-6).
Every time the Lord rebuke his disciples is because they lack faith or little faith.
So the lack of food, drink and cloth; the strong wind and wave; couldn't continue to walk on the water; and the fig tree; could not heal a sick man; forgiving your brother fault; all of these things his disciples lack faith or had little faith.
Every time his disciples doubt Jesus rebuke their unbelief.
To have faith, they heard first Jesus and later their faith became strong.
We can have our goal desire if we begin to believe and doubt not in our heart.
The bible said in Mark 11:23-25:
- 23. Whosoever should say… and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
- 24. What things soever you desire when you pray believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.
- 25. And when you stand praying forgive, if you have ought against any…
Verse 25 speak if you have ought against any, forgive.
Having ought against any person will hide you from receiving your healing, your need met and even God will not forgive your sins either.
Before asking God of anything examine yourselves if you are free of any fault or ought against any brother and after your conscience is clear from all this thing then you can come to pray to the Father and present your gift to him.
In 1 Peter 10-12, Peter said:
- 10. He who desires eternal life (long life) and wants to see good days, let him refrain his tongues from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
- 11. Let him refrain from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
- 12. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer, but the countenance of the Lord is against the wicked.
God's eyes and his ears are on the righteous to hear their prayer, but he does not hear the prayer of the wicked.
Any person who is not willing to forgive his brother is because he does not have the love God in him and he is a murder who has no eternal life abiding in him (1John 3:14,15).
After you walk by faith and love in deed and in truth then you are free to come to the Throne of God to ask him whatever you desire.
Lets read Roman 10:8-10 it says:
- 8. The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart; that is the word of faith, which we preach.
- 9. That if you shalt confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
- 10. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
God's word should come into your heart and his word should come out of your mouth; a person who confesses with his mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in his heart that God hath raised him from the dead, he shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Believing is with the heart and with the mouth you confess unto salvation.
A sinner's confession and belief will save him.
It is God's word of faith that give us victory over the world.
God is not a liar, he is a true God.
Let man be a liar but let God be true.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
His word stand forever.
Let his word goes out of your mouth, and his word will never return void, but his word will go forth and accomplish his purpose.
God will hasten over his word to perform it.
In the Scripture God instruct his children to remind him of his word.
If God wants them to remind him of his word how much more us that we are wash by the blood of Lamb so our sin will be wipe off and forgiven, how much more he wants us to remind him of his promises?
God does not ask us to remind him because he is to slow to remember, no brother.
God wants you to remind him because he want you to believe his word and that he is able to do it; he wants you to remind him so you can grow in him and depend in him for anything.
God listen and watch over the word of a righteous man.
God will not allow the word of a righteous man to return void, but he will make the word of a righteous man goes forward and be accomplished.
A righteous man agree with God's word and remind his word for he depend on him for the answer and to help him in all the areas of his life.
God's word are powerful, remind him and believe his word.
Your word can be a blessing or a cursing to yourself or to others.
The bible says, out of the mouth man will bless God and with the same mouth will curse man who was made in the image of God.
Out of the same mouth proceed curses and blessing (James 3:9,10).
This is why we should speak and remind his word because his word is full of blessing.
Have faith in God and begin to speak his word because it bless people.
In the book of proverbs chapter 18:21 it says, Death and life is in the power of the tongue and those who love it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Therefore be careful what word you says, watch every words that come out of your mouth.
Believers transform yourselves by the renewing of your mind, renew the spirit of the mind by thinking things that are true, just, pure, honest, lovely, good report and if there any virtue and if there any praise think of it daily.
Jesus Christ commanded us to keep and obey his word, therefore prepare yourselves for his services.
Obedience to his commandments will set you above all the nation and you will shine like the star in the sky.
John the Apostle said, love not the world neither the things that are in the world.
For all that is in the world is ..... the pride of material things [1 John 2:15,16].
John exhort the church not to be a lover of money for the love of money is the root of all evil; he encourage not to fall into the traps of lavishness and greediness.
God's law of Love does good and line up with the word of God.
Where there is love there is no evil of lavishness and greediness.
And where there is no evil there is joy, peace and righteousness in the Holy Ghost.
Therefore don't put first the material things, but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and then you will have rest for your souls.
I have cover enough information for you to have an understanding of what hope is.
But the scripture tell us not to worry or have any anxiety for nothing but always by praying and with supplication with thanksgiving let your request be known unto God and the God of peace which passes all understanding shall keep your heart and mind through Christ Jesus.
God is a just God.
God is telling you to do your part because he knows you are capable to do it.
You can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthen you.
This means no matter the circumstances don't allow it to have power over you.
What was once important to you lose it and leave it behind in order that you may please the Lord and be found of him.
The Lord is the priority here not the things of the world, things that you don't actually need God already knows about it and he knows what is best for you, just trust him.
Those who diligently seek the Lord will be found of him and rewarded.
Don’t think in your heart: Perhaps it will come or maybe not; having a double mind will distance you far away from God.
Do you have Faith to believe that all things are possible?
It is possible to you because you have faith in God.
Little children get acquainting with God’s word and learn what is your right as Son of God according to his will.
Ask and stand firm on his word without waving because he who has promise is faithful and will not delay, the Lord will help you and deliver you, just trust him.
We know that faith come by hearing and hearing the word of God.
Jesus says to his disciples, whatever you lose in earth shall also be loosed in heaven and whatever you bind in earth shall also be bound in heaven.
What it means, to lose in earth shall loosed in heaven and to bind on earth shall be bound in heaven?
The scripture tell us that Jesus was talking about the gathering of the believers where there is two or three gathering in his name, he is there among them; and anything they would ask will be done for them by his Father in heaven.
What is the things they would ask that will be done for them by his Father in heaven?
According to Matthew 18:15-17, the congregation gathered together to witnesses that every word be established, Paul state after a brother has been rebuke of a fault, but he does not want to listen to them, this person who is at fault is to be regarded as a tax collector [Republic] and a heathen man.
You see every word they spoke was established in earth and also in heaven.
Every word they said to this man who was at fault and did not wanted to listen to them, were established.
If the word that come out of your mouth is not back up by the word of God, it will not prosper because hearing his word and having his word remaining in you and speaking his word is what move mountain, but if his word is absent or is not abiding in you how can you move mountain?
God's word has power and is productive use it according to his will.
Don't be a money minded but be a money giver.
God expect us to have a heart of giving.
Giving to those who are in need but never to make them rich.
Give to the needs of the poor, the needs of the ministry and the needs of the church.
Gives to supply the needs of other.
If you have good intention to help and supply the people needs then you will be blessed.
Any person has an opportunity to be rich in the things of God.
Give cheerfully and with love, help provide the needs of the people for the sake of Christ, and for the sake of the gospel.
The bible says, “whatsoever you shall ask (hope for or desire for, ask) in prayer, believe (have faith) that you receive them, and you shall have them” (Mark 11:24).
Lack of faith was the main reason Christ's disciples could not cast out devil; fear and doubt almost cost Peter to lose his life.
Jesus says to the man who had a son with epileptic, all things are possible to him that believe.
The man believe and his son was healed.
If Jesus says to you, "all things are possible to him that believe."
Would you believe him that it is possible unto you?
The scripture is full of his word for us to hearken, speak and do them for good.
Jesus Christ will never lie to you neither ask you to do something that you can impossibly do.
Jesus is the way, the true and the life therefore hear him and obey him.
Jesus' words come from the Father and it is spirit and life and he who abides in him also does his works.
Jesus continue saying, for I did not speak of myself; but the Father who sent me, he commanded me what to say and what to speak (John 6:63; 12:48; 14:10).
Do you think Jesus spoke the words of healing for the benefit of one person only, I don't think so, he wants all his children to have faith in God and be healed too.
Jesus Christ spoke his Father words, believe his words.
Let man be a liar but let God be true.
Heaven and earth will pass away but his word will never pass away.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
- God wants you to talk to him just as he told his people in the Old Testament to do so and to put him in remember; I believe he wants you to plead with him also and to see for yourselves if he will not forgive your sin and justify you [through Christ Jesus]. (Isaiah 43:25,26)
He will never ever fail you.
Trust his word and believe his saying and the years of your life shall be many.
Lets me give you an illustration of how hope and faith work.
Lets use Mary as an example:
Lets pretend Mary is looking for a job for she has many needs.
Mary has a goals desire, to find a good job that pay a good salary, and provide all her needs.
Remember this kind of thinking must come after you put God first.
But Mary wish desire will not come to pass until she does something about it, she has to follow these steps.
- The first step: she has to believe that she can come to the throne of his grace and find mercy in the time of need.
She has to comes to the throne of God as pure as gold without any sin.
But before God hear her and gives the desire of her heart, she has to follow the second steps.
- Second steps, she has to put her faith in God, and begin to do the doing, she has to go out there and seek for a job, fill out an application for the position she is looking for.
Even if the odd is against her and the chances to be hire does not look good she has to trust and believe that it is in God's hands and that he will take care of it and do his part.
She has to cast down any negative thought and stand firm believing that God has control over it and that he will do what is best for her.
- Again, above all she has to acknowledge the job will have to be of beneficial for her and will not hold her back for going to church and associate with the body of Christ nor will it hold her back in pleasing God in doing of what he has called her to do; otherwise she will not accepted the job.
She has to keep on thinking positive and thanking God that his will she accept it.
Her belief in the word of God will answer her prayer.
Any job that is good and will not hold you for seeking first the Lord, and will benefit you the Lord will provide it unto you.
Faith will bring to pass the substance of things you hopes for.
How do we know that this will works for her and for all believers?
Because we have scripture that tell us that we will success and prosper wherever we go.
If Joshua told the people of Israel that God's law shall prosper them and they shall succeed wherever you go, how much more we who are wash by the blood of the Lamb will prosper and succeed through Christ Jesus.
Paul writing to the church of Corinthians he said, “For you know the gracious gift of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might be rich.
Here rich mean God will supply your need.
God supply all our needs according to his riches in the glory of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 8:9; 3 John 2).
God knows our needs and he is faithful to supply it.
If you need a job then God will added to you after you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
His truth will set us free if we do not love the worldly things.
God knows we have needs and he is faithful to keep his promise, if we seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.
God wants his children to prosper and be in good health (Deuteronomy 28:1-13).
Again to prosper does not means that you will have many wealth that you will not know what to do with it.
No brother and sister this is not what the scripture said, but the scripture said that God will supply all your needs [only needs].
If you are obeying all the law of the earth and all the law of God, and you become rich then this kind of riches is acceptable before the Lord and men.
But if your intention is to lie and to steal and being dishonest with people then these kind of riches will be a curse to you.
If you are seeking to be rich in a greedy and slyness and deceiving way, I advise you to run from it as soon as possible before it is too late and stay far away from it, and depend on God for supply all your need.
What is the use for you if you win the whole world but at the end you lose your soul and body in hell.
Be satisfy with what you have and don't be a lover of money because the love of money is the root of all evil.
Remember what happen to the rich man who decided to make a big barn to put his food and all his good thing there for many year for him to rest, eat and drink and be happy and satisfy, but at the end he lost his life in hell for not sharing his abundance, and not being rich in the things of God (Luke 12:16-21).
Any man who has a heart like this rich man in the bible, who refuse to listen to Jesus and walk away from him when he was told to sale everything he has and give it to the poor will not enter into the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:16-26).
Jesus said to his disciples to make a choice, you must love one and hate the other; you will honor one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon (wealth).
Jesus continue saying to his disciples beware of all covetousness, because life does not depend on abundance of wealth.
God use Paul to write to Timotheus, a true son in the faith, for Timotheus to instruct the people that worshiping God is not for worldly gain; and to keep away from those who teach that worshiping God is for worldly gain.
Paul told them that they brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that they can carry nothing out.
Therefore they should be satisfied with food and clothing; for those who desire to be rich fall into temptations and snares, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drawn men in degeneration and destruction.
For the love of money is the root of all evil; and there are some men who have coveted it and have thereby erred from the faith, and have brought to themselves many sorrows.
Paul said, to charge those who are rich in this world that they be not proud, nor trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God who give us all things so abundantly for our comfort, that they do good works, and become rich in good deeds, and be ready to give and willing to share, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they will lay hold upon the true life (1 Timothy 6: 3-20).
Pleasing God is to love him and not being money minded.
Pleasing God is to not be proud nor trust in the uncertainty of riches.
Pleasing God is to do good works.
Pleasing God is to become rich in good deeds.
Pleasing God is to be ready to give and willing to share.
Pleasing God is laying up in store for yourselves a good foundation against the time to come.
Pleasing God is to lay hold upon the true life.
One thing is to love money for your lust and another thing is to have money to provide for your needs and the need of the poor and saints.
You can have money but not love it, but to love to have riches and wealth for amiss is evil.
A person who is out of work and can't pay his rent and can't put food on the table for his family, can ask the church for help.
Asking the churches to supply the needs of other is scriptural.
If other churches is not able to help them, God will make a way out to help them.
There is faith in his word, and his word move mountains.
Having faith in God and speaking his words will put you over in life that is if his word remain in you and you in him.
Faith makes things appear or happen where there were none.
God can sent people to help and provide every needs.
The keys is faith.
What you bind or release on this earth, will also be bound or released in heaven.
Believers be careful what you say because Death and Life are in the power of your tongue and whatever come out of your mouth, you will eat the fruit thereof (Proverbs 18:21).
If you love money you will eat of it onto death, but if you love to do good deed then your good deeds will produce fruit in abundants, and you will eat the fruit of it to life eternal.
When God says to Moses to sent men to spy the land of Canaan, which God give to the children of Israel; Moses obey the Lord command and he sent ten spy.
When they returned from spying out the land after forty days the word says, eight men gave an evil report of the land which they had spied out but Joshua and Caleb gave good report.
What were the evil report and the good report?
The eight men who gave an evil report says to Moses, “We can not overtake the land because we saw giants men there and in their sight we are like grasshoppers; we are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than us.”
The other two men who gave a good report to Moses they said, “let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”
But what happen here was that the people started to murmur against Moses and against Aaron and they provoke God.
They did not believe nor trust God to give them the promise land because they word were full of evil report than the good report.
God told them to possess the land but they were saying, we can’t possess it.
The evil report was more important to them than the saying of God.
This is why they were in the dessert and never came out of it; they die there because they choose not to believe God’s word.
The people kept on hoping to see the promise land because they love more Death than Life.
They said to Moses, you have brought us here to die in the dessert, and because of this saying they ate the fruit thereof.
They die in the dessert hoping to see the land.
Their tongues ate the fruit thereof.
The only two people from that old generation that were able to enter into the promise land with the rest of the new generation were Joshua and Caleb, because they believe the Lord report.
Joshua and Caleb tongues love Life and therefore they ate the fruit of thereof.
If you believe his saying you will enter into his rest and eat the fruit of thereof.
What is inside of the promise land?
Inside the promise land you find rest, salvation, healing and supply.
Again only those who believe his saying will enter into the promise land, but those who love the evil report will be left in the dessert of affliction to be destroyed by the enemy of death.
In my life experience I have learn to trust and believe in the Lord report.
In the year 2003, I was disable from my Job of back injure and panic attack with agoraphobia.
My life was at the edge of the line.
I could not sleep well and could not function normally like everybody else and my wife took care of me during those times of hardship.
I remember some of my family and friend of mine saw my condition and they were move with compassion.
But there were other in my family that comments of my sickness.
They comment: You are so skinning; you don’t look so good; you look weak and pale and about to die.
They read my future and said to me, that I don't have any hope and that I will not live long.
Their comments turn into jokes.
Negative atmosphere surround me but you know what I did, I smile and I kept on saying, I am ok, I don’t have any problem, I have faith in God that in Jesus Christ I am healed.
My faith in God was that Jesus Christ has heal my sickness in the moment I believe and spoke his word.
They look at me like if I lose my mind and did not know what I was saying and the more louder they laugh at me, but you know what I did, I did not take it personally I remain calmed, smiling, thinking and speaking positive to them.
When everything seem to looks like lost and I saw myself lying there with pain and with panic attack, suddenly the spirit of fear tempted me to doubt God’s words and tormented me.
I did not listen to the devil evil report neither allow him to change my confession.
I did not allow the circumstances move me.
I continue to believe and thanking God for healing me.
I stood firm on his word day and night and I did not give the devil any chances in my life.
I stood away from those who were not a good example and encouragement.
You know these people who thought that I was going to die, years later when they saw me again they could not believe it and they were amazed to see me well and alive.
The glory belongs to God and to him only.
You see God’s word has kept me alive because I kept my faith in him without waving.
I believe and trust him and at the end I came out being victoriously and a winner.
If I had let doubt and fear enter into my heart and possess my mind, this testimony would have never been written.
Faith is like a nylon rope that men throw into a hole of a cave to save some people that were trap in it.
The nylon rope was the only thing they have and they throw it down the hole hoping it will help them to come out of the hole of the cave.
But the nylon rope stop in a short distance to where they were.
The nylon rope was hanging above their heads, but no one could see it because of it was dark, and a man who was trap in the hole with them in the middle of darkness he searches for the rope for awhile.
He stretches forth his hands up in the air until he felt it and got hold of it with one hand, hanging on to it very tight.
He call the other people who were trap with him in the cave to come where he was and get hold of the nylon rope too, but because they could not see the nylon rope, they thought within themselves that this man has lost his mind; they starting to laugh and marking him.
The man who was holding on to the nylon rope suddenly was pull up to the superficies, out of the cave and saved from all danger but the rest of them was left behind trap in the hole of darkness.
Faith is also like man who is driving his car.
The man drive his car until the gas tank red light turn on indicating to refill your tank with gasoline.
The man make a stop at the next gas station and fill up the tank with gasoline and continue driving his way.
Some People never get the chance to refill their tank because they were too busy or too lazy to fill their heart with the word of faith.
Know your right through Christ Jesus and hold on to yours heritage.
I will repeat again the word of God says, if you believe all things are possible to him that believe.
Therefore have faith in God and do not fear, neither doubt, nor worry for the curses of the law have no power over his word, you are in victory through Christ Jesus our Lord (Proverbs 18:21; Matthew 18:18; Mark 9:23).
Lets continue covering more about faith.
God's word that comes out of your mouth is spirit and life and powerful sharper than any two edge of sword, a hammer that brake the rock in pieces.
Faith flame things and brings man near to God. (Hebrews 11:6).
Without Faith you can't please God neither can you come openly to the throne of his grace, and obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need, therefore have faith in God and believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligent seek him (Hebrews 4:16).
A true believer knows the things he hope for does not come overnight.
He doesn't allow people to talk him out of the word of God.
He doesn't let negative people to put doubt on him.
He knows better to stay away from them.
Saying negative word contrary to the word of God your prayer will not be heard.
Your words should be use positively and wisely.
The word you said will do good or evil; will bless or cursed.
Speaking words of faith open the door of communication with the Father.
Speaking words of fear and doubt close the door of communication with the Father.
Therefore be careful of the words that come out of your mouth.
Don’t close it with your word.
It is written you will receive what you said.
If money is what matter most and you lie, steal, curse, and make false accusations and says evil things about other, and insult them, then brother and sister God's word will never abide in you.
God will never hear a prayer of a man who practice sin or evil.
There are two kind of seed that can be sown in your heart, the seed of evil or the seed of God.
You can't have both seed and serve God and Mammon [wealth].
You love death or you love life; you serve God or you serve mammon; you love God's word or you love devil's word; you love God's good report or you love the devil evil report; you chose who you are going to serve and love above all things?
You will remain sick and die in your sickness if you continue to serve and love mammon and believe the devil's report more than God.
Humble yourselves before the Lord and pray and seek his face and depart from all evil way then God will forgive you and heal all your land and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16)."
Allow me to repeat myself again sickness, poverty and sin has no power over God's word.
People who came to Jesus to be healed all of them were healed with his word and all of them stay healed.
A person who is healed by the laying of the hands, but sickness show up again the next day, this man was never healed in the first place.
There is no verse in the bible that says, to hold on to your healing after a minister had lay his hands on you, no brother, Jesus and Paul and Peter when they lay hands on sick people they all were healed at that moment or at that very hour.
And there is no record that in the bible that said those who were healed immediately came back again saying their sickness again, neither does it says ministers lay their hands again and healed them immediately again nor does it says they hold on to their confession until they were healed all over again, no brother you will not find any scripture in the bible that will say something like that.
The people who came to Jesus to get heal and the people whom Paul and Peter lay hands on were immediately healed or healed at that very hour and they were healthy from that day forward.
Brother, Jesus wants to heal you, Christ has redeemed you from the curse of the law the curse of sickness, so that you don't have to suffer but be healed.
For those who don't know this or don't want to accept the true that the curse of the Law are sickness, death and poverty; if you don't believing this then I advise you to look it up in the book of Deuteronomy, you will see for yourselves what the curse of the law really is.
Peter said, Jesus bore all your sins and lifted them with his body on the cross, that we, being dead to sin, should live through his righteousness; and by his stripes or by his wounds we are healed (1 Peter 2:24).
By his stripes or wound we are healed, healing is for you soul and healing is for the body too.
Jesus said the same thing Peter said, Jesus said, So that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, might be fulfilled, saying, He will take our afflictions and bear our sickness (Matthew 8:17; Isaiah 53:4).
Jesus love us so much that he toke our sickness so that we can have health.
Jesus wants us to have salvation, health and our needs supply too.
He wants us to understand what he did on Calvary, he did it for our benefit.
Jesus did all of this things so that you can obtain mercy and find grace in the time of need.
What it is that you asking God for?
What you asking for is healing for your body or what you asking for is that your need be supplied.
Then have faith in God and believe and doubt not that he is able to do it.
Jesus Christ is saying, you shall have what you says.
Remember your faith in God is what flame the thing you hope for.
Do you believe in his report or do you believe not in his report?
If a person don't believe Jesus' report then this person is saying to Jesus Christ's face he is a liar, he can't do what he says he can do, and he cannot be trusting."
But if a person believe his report then this person is saying Jesus' word stand forever and can be trusting (Mark 11:22-25; Hebrew 11:1-8; James 1:1-9).
You know what is going to happen to you if you keep on doubting and fearing his word?
You will die, you will not live long on earth and while you are on earth everything you do will not go well with you (Deuteronomy 28:1-?; Proverb chapter 3 and 4; James 1:5-8).
If you only have a hope and God come for your help is because he has compassion on you and you are still a little baby in the Lord.
If God have to come down to you to help you is because he has mercy of you.
The same thing happen to Peter, Jesus Christ told him to come and Peter came down from the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus and when he saw the waving sea and when he felt the strong wind he stop walking toward Jesus, he was afraid and doubted in his heart (no faith).
Peter began to sink, and he raised his voice and said, "My Lord save me."
Jesus came to him and save him.
Jesus told him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt? (Matthew 14:28-31).
You see Peter faith was a little one and did not last long.
When Peter saw the waving sea and he felt the strong wing, right at that moment his little faith became faithless or doubt, he did not have faith anymore.
When Jesus said if there is faith in you, this mean that you might have faith or maybe you might not have faith at all.
When Jesus rebuke the disciple he ask them where is your faith? (Luke 8:8),
that mean they did not have any faith in that very hour.
In Mark 4:40 Jesus said to his disciples: why are you so fearful? and why do you have no faith? ...
Again Jesus said to them, O faithless and crooked generation, how long shall I be with you? .... because of your unbelief you could not heal the epileptic boy (Matthew 17:19-20).
There are people who does not have any faith in them to believe.
Who can believe his report?
Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.
A man will believe his report after hearing the word of God and faith comes into his heart.
Jesus says, if there is faith in you, even as a gain of mustard seed you will say to this mountain move away from here, and it will move away; and nothing would prevail over you (Matthew 17:20).
Jesus has made it clear here, a man's faith can move mountain and cast it into the sea, if faith in God is as little as a gain of mustard seed then faith in him will give you victory over the world.
Jesus compare little faith with a small gain of mustard seed, and in the book of Matthew 14:28-31 the word 'little faith' is like a gain of mustard seed.
Peter had a little faith when Jesus told him to come, but after Peter walked on the water his little faith did not lasted long because of fear, his faith turn into doubt or faithless.
This is why Jesus said to Peter why did you doubt in your heart; Peter doubt in his heart because he did not believed nor trusted in the one who told him to come, Peter little faith became faithless [no faith], and we all know that the opposite of having faith is faithless [no faith], and the opposite of believe is unbelief [doubt].
Peter little faith became faithless after the circumstances around him cause him to fear and worry, but lucky of him that Jesus was around to help him and save him.
You see God prefer that you come to the throne of his grace and ask him with faith and with confidence instead of having Jesus Christ coming down to where you are and save you because of your fear and unbelief.
In this case Peter was lucky that Jesus Christ was the one who told him to come, If it was not because Jesus was there and because he was the one who told him to come who knows what would have happen to Peter, but thank God that Jesus Christ was there to save him because Peter was his responsibility in keeping him safe.
I believe if Jesus Christ call you and say to you come, whatever happen God will take care of you because you are his responsibility.
And even if it is your fault he still will have compassion on you and will help you because he was the one who call you and sent you.
Now if God did not call you neither sent you to a place, but you go anyway, ignoring the teaching and guidance of the Lord, then anything that happen to you will be your fault and if evil overtake you, God is not to be blame.
You may not get any help of the Lord for making wrong decision, but if you do get help from the Lord is because he has mercy on you and he wants to give you another opportunity (James 1:5-8).
After we follow his instruction, he will guard us and protect us.
This is the only way for you to obtain mercy and find grace in time of need; because he is the way, the true and the life and no one come to the Father except by him; you come to the Father through him, and if Jesus Christ did not sent you then coming to his father will never occur, but coming to the Father through Jesus Christ whatever you ask to the Father in his name the Father will give it to you (Mark 11:22-25; John 14:6; 16:23).
Believers walk in his ways because his ways is good to our soul and health to all our flesh.
His word is full of faith and cam help and deliver you from all your problem.
In the name of Jesus Christ bind on earth sickness.
Use his word with wisdom and with confidence.
The Word of faith that come out of your mouth will accomplish its purpose and God will do his part in making sure it is done unto you as you have ask him.
Children of God rest in God, in his word.
Believe and doubt not God's word in your heart and his word will put upon your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall his word bestow upon you and the years of your life shall be many (Proverbs 4:7-10).
children of God taste and see if the Lord is good.
Try him and listen to his saying.
God’s word is full of faith that is alive and productive.
He is not a liar and he does not change.
You will never have to beg bread ever again.
The bible says, “Do not rejoice in the things, which are seen, but in the things, which are not seen; for the things, which are seen, are temporal (doesn't last and will change), but the things, which are not seen are eternal (does last and will never change).”
Therefore put you hope (wishes or desire) in an agreement with the word of God and have faith in him for the things which are not seen are eternal.
The Lord has promise to those who are doer of the word that they will have long life and everything they do will go well with them (Joshua 1:1-9; Proverbs 2:14; 4:7-10; 3John 2).
Blessing be the name of the Lord. Blessing be his Holy name. Amen.
WRITER: JRR