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Episode Summary

A major component or action of faith is us speaking what God says, right in the face of not seeing anything yet.

Episode Notes

• Hebrews 11,MSG, The fundamental fact of our existence is that this TRUST in God, this FAITH, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. 

• Simply put, faith is God inspired trust and expectation. And according to the apostle James, it demands a corresponding action. We could say, it’s activated by our actions.

• 2 Corinthians 5:7,AMP- We walk by faith, (God inspired trust and expectation) not by sight, 
• NLT, We live by believing and not by seeing.
• We live our lives in a manner consistent with our CONFIDENT BELIEF IN GOD’S PROMISES.

• A major component or action of faith is us speaking what God says, right in the face of not seeing anything yet.

• We cannot overestimate the spoken word of God, even in its seed form, it is still the most powerful force in existence.

• Jesus and Moses said, “Man shall live by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

• Joshua & Proverbs paraphrase, Don’t let God’s Word leave your mouth, pay close attention to what it says, don’t let it out of your sight, on purpose do what it says and you’ll experience its success.

• Remember, God said, “Let the redeemed of the Lord, say so”

• Hebrews 1 makes it very clear, Jesus Christ is the exact image of His Father, The Almighty. Upholding the entire physical and spiritual universe by the word of His power.

• The Psalmist says, God’s word is flawless, purer than gold, sweeter than honey, sharper than a double edged sword, forever settled, true and righteous, transforming the soul. And in keeping them there is great reward.

• Psalm 138, Lord You have magnified Your word above Your name.
• Jesus said, I only say what the Father says.

• Seriously, what if we on purpose started saying what our Father says about us on a more regular basis? For example:

• Psalm 103:2-5,NKJV- Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 
• Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 
• Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

• Hebrews 11:3,NLT- By faith(God inspired trust and expectation) we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. 

• Hebrews 1, Jesus Christ is the exact image of His Father, The Almighty. Upholding the entire physical and spiritual universe by the word of His power.

• And according to Romans 10, faith, this God inspired trust and expectation comes from hearing God’s words about His Anointed One. This means we can’t just continue hearing whatever we want to hear and think we’re going to walk in faith.

• Remember what Paul tells us in Colossians, “The same way you received Christ is how you walk in Him.”

• We’ve got to get this settled, faith is spiritual substance, evidence, the title deed, proof of things not seen. It truly is a God inspired trust and expectation.

• Proverbs 3:5-6,MSG- Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. 
• Listen for GOD’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He’s the one who will keep you on track. 
• Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to GOD! 

• For everyone of us that are heirs to the Kingdom, part of our responsibility is expressing God in the world. That means being able to have practical conversations about Kingdom realities.

• A big part of the life of faith starts with us seeing ourselves the way God sees us, in His class, made in His image, heirs to His Kingdom. Not a religious image but an in Christ image.

• I know I quote this scripture all the time, but we need this revelation. 

• Galatians 2:20,NKJV- I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

•  All He has, He has already given. All His promises in Christ are yes, and in Him amen. His life, His nature, His wisdom and provision. Remember, God, our Father wants to be the El Shaddai of our lives.

• I realize all these things we’re talking about to some degree make absolutely no sense. This is why we have to have talks like this, because truth is, a life of faith, as a matter of fact, the things of God are not of the senes.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14,NKJV- But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

• Here’s the deal, as long as we allow our senses, emotions, circumstances, or intelligence to determine the realities of our new world, we leave no room for faith.

• And this is why it’s important that we keep reminding ourselves that God didn’t give us these new lives in Him just to do our own thing until we go to heaven.

• We’re suppose to be bringing Heaven with us wherever we show up.

• We’ve got to stay aware of this, we’re made for the supernatural, the impossible. God just might lead you into a battle you can’t win, into a situation you see no way out of, without Him.

• 2 chronicles 20:15,NLKV- Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the LORD to you: Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

• When a Christian can get to the place where what God says is more real than circumstance and experience, that person’s faith will become the dominant force in our lives.

• The challenge for most of us is that we identity more with our natural world than our spiritual world. But in our new creation, we’re made to live out of our new world, while we’re still confined to this one.

• This is why Paul instructs us that we are tolive our lives in a manner consistent with our CONFIDENT BELIEF IN GOD’S PROMISES. Or in the words of Jesus, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

• Matthew 9:27-30,NKJV-  When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” 
• And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” 
• Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were opened. 
• When we follow the life of Jesus, we’ve got to understand, He was on a short assignment from the Father. Listen to what He said, “I came down from Heaven to do the will of My Father who sent Me.”

• Acts 10:28,NKJV- 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.

• The actual Greek word that we get oppressed from is a little more in depth than just oppression, the word is tyrannized- cruel, unreasonable, arbitrary use of power.

• 1 Hebrews 13:8,NKJV- Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

• What people have to realize is that every part of God’s new covenant has to be accessed by believing and speaking.

• Every where He went, when people came to Him for healing, they got healed.

• There was never a let Me check with the Father, or maybe He’s wanting to teach you something, or it’s a blessing in disguise, or sometimes God says no. Where are those scriptures?

• He healed every where He went to establish the covenant He was leaving for His followers. Fulfilling what the prophet Isaiah decreed hundreds of years earlier.

• Lets go back to what Paul teaches in Galatians, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

• Is it the same Christ we follow through the scriptures?

• I can’t help but wonder if “according to your faith” means something different today than what Jesus meant when He spoke those words?

• We walk by faith, (God inspired trust and expectation) not by sight, 
• We live by believing and not by seeing.
• We live our lives in a manner consistent with our CONFIDENT BELIEF IN GOD’S PROMISES.