The Just Shall Live By Faith By Janie Baer Your ability to live by faith has nothing to do with: Who

Who you are, where you were born, or where you live. The amount of money you presently have in your bank account, billfold or purse or dont presently have in your bank account, billfold or purse. Amount of time you have or dont have. (Faith has no time, it is always now Faith. Faith is always present tense. I have _____ now. I can do _____ now. I am _____ now.) How much something costs. Has nothing to do with your ability or inability. (Remember: Faith is Gods ability working on your behalf. If you could do it yourself, you wouldnt have to use your faith.) If you have planned well financially or if there has been lack of financial planning. Job or no job. Paycheck or no paycheck or income or no income. The number of educational degrees you have or a lack of education. (The fishermen who walked with Jesus were men of faith and yet they were just fishermen and not highly educated men; but yet they told Jesus when He sent them out to minister on their own that their every need was met.) Your five physical senses (They only relate to the physical realm and will only tell you what is going on in the physical realm, but faith is of the spirit, a higher realm. Youre actually living in a higher realm, not subject to the natural realm when you live by faith.) Natural limitations. (Faith is supernatural ability and there are no limitations with faith. If there were limitations then we could say God is limited, but that will never be.) A persons intelligence or lack of it. (Actually intelligence can get in the way of faith by trying to figure out how it is going to happen. Faith is working when your heart and not your head is fixed, established, trusting in the Lord.) Your ability in any matter. (Faith is Gods ability working on your behalf.)

What is faith?: Faith is substance of things hoped for needed and desired, evidence of what cannot be seen by your physical eyes, your assurance, your confirmation, your title deed of things, proof of things not seen, conviction of their reality, perception as real fact what is not revealed to senses, leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. KJV Hebrews 11:1 NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. AMP

Hebrews 6:12 In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ( by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises. AMP Faith is always now, present tense. You talk like it is done. Faith is a law, spiritual law:

Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. KJV Faith and patience are power twins:

Hebrews 6:12 .faith ( by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises. AMP James 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. KJV Acting in faith, you just believe and act accordingly and stay Holy Spirit connected and He will guide you through the whole process. How easy is that? We make spirit things complicated and really we are more spiritual then we are human or carnal since God lives in us. We are now born again of the Spirit and have the ability to operate out of our spirit rather than be limited and controlled any more by our intellect or what the five physical senses tell us. How do we receive faith? We received the faith of God when we got born again. Faith is a gift from God. (Romans 12:3) We have the faith of Christ Jesus. (Galatians 2:20) Faith also comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. (Romans 10:17 So hear and hear again the Word concerning what you need; healing, prosperity, etc.) Building up your faith by praying in the Holy Ghost. (Jude 20) To remain in faith or as the Word of God calls it, established heart, we have to guard the gates to our heart (our believing), which are our eyes gates and ear gates. Dont keep looking at, paying attention to or listening to what is the opposite of what you want by faith. Faith is not what we see or hear. Faith is not having faith in you and faith in your faith. Faith is having faith in God, His Word and the faith He has given to you which always does its work in any and every situation. The Word of God is the written and spoken Word of God to us. The Word of God, itself has enough power in it to bring things to pass; the Word just needs to be spoken out of your mouth for your situation. The Word needs you to be the receiver as well. So you are the spokesperson and the receiving person for faith. So dont get so afraid you are going to fail in your faith for it is Gods faith He has given to you as a gift, just use it. And you are not the person to make it happen or you would be already doing it with your

natural ability. You are just the believing person, enough so, that you speak it and act like it is done, finished. You receive it with speaking it is already reality. Speaking only the Word of God and speaking words that mean, I received it. Then acting like, Okay, there it is. Im glad thats over with. Its done, finished, over with. When we speak in line with the Word of God we are not lying, although in the natural we look like we are. Can we be lying when we speak what God has spoken about us? We are healed by the stripes of Jesus. No, that is not a lie, it is the truth about us. And we are not speaking it to make people believe we are healed. We speak it because we know it is the truth about us or our situation. Abraham became fully persuaded in his faith to become a father when it was humanly impossible when He started speaking the name God gave to him, Abraham, which means Father of nations. When he spoke his name, Abraham, he was saying he was the father of nations. He never got fully persuaded in his faith he would become a father until God changed his name and he started speaking it and hearing it over and over by his family, servants, etc. Stealers of Faith: Being around natural, carnal thinking people and natural, carnal speaking people will steal your faith. They are always speaking what is, what they can see, hear, smell, taste or touch. So stay clear of them and seek to be around people who think in line with the Word of God, speak in line with the Word of God and act on their faith in the Word of God. (A good example of this is Abraham. When he was still named Abram, God told him to leave family and all that was familiar to him. If he had not done this, then he would not be known as our Father of faith, Abraham.) Another stealer of faith is always looking, hearing, meditating, considering and speaking what is going on in the natural circumstances in your life. (If you want change, you have to change what you look at, listen to, meditate on, consider and speak. If you dont, then you will only perpetuate the problem. What you focus on will expand.) A good thing to remember in faith is to establish your heart in the Word of God about a particular thing you want to receive from God. Then when the Word of God gets bigger on the inside of you through meditation than the problem or thing needing changed or brought to pass, that is the best time to speak. That is when it is easy to speak the Word in spite of every thing and everyone that says, Thats impossible. It is very important to know that the Holy Spirit will direct you in what to speak and when to speak. After all, He is the One Who will move on the situation and cause it to come to pass or manifest. In creation Father God spoke and Genesis 1:2 says, And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. KJV So it is very important we speak or act when the Spirit of God is moving on us to speak or act. Thats when the Holy Spirit will move, like in creation, and bring it to pass. Meditation plus speaking by the direction of the Spirit of God brings possession no matter how ridiculous it may seem. Faiths actions can sometimes mean just speaking the Word of God or words of having received it or It is done. Then there are promptings of the

Holy Spirit to do a certain thing. Acted upon will bring results no matter how ridiculous it may seem. Some good examples of faith we can meditate to help establish our heart in faith are: Read about Abraham, the Father of our faith, Romans 4. The Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. And to see the New Testament Church with faith in action read the book of Acts. To make faith simple: Faith is trust or confidence in Jesus and His finished work. How simple is that? Jesus has said, It is finished. Now He has seated Himself at the right hand of the Father and not because He is tired from all His work, no, He is telling us He has done all that He needs to do for us to receive all that we need and all He has promised us. And we know Jesus would not lie to us. So we can say, By the stripes of Jesus I am healed and made whole. (1 Peter 2:24) Jesus became so very poor in order that I could be enriched, abundantly supplied. I am rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9) I have been made righteous by Jesus. (2 Corinthians 5:21) I have listed on my website scriptures and confessions for you to speak in faith over your life In Christ, your prosperity, Father Gods love for you and your health and for healing. Lets make this confession of faith: God has given me the gift of faith. I actually have the faith of Jesus. Faith is the substance of things I hope for, need and desire. It is the evidence of what I cannot see by my physical eyes. Faith is my assurance it is mine. Faith is the only confirmation I need to know that it is mine. Faith is the title deed to the possession of it. Faith is proof to me this is all done and taken care of. Faith is the conviction of the reality of this thing. With faith I perceive it is real fact in my life no matter what the senses tell me. With my faith I lean my entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in Father God, Daddys power, wisdom and His goodness to me. I live by faith and not by sight. Having Courage In Discouraging Times By Janie Baer Even though we are Christians it looks at times that we are facing extremities in our lives with our health, finances, family and more. But we must not be discouraged, depressed, frustrated, angry, especially angry with God, and so on; because when we face extremities we will find that it is Gods opportunity to step in if we will continue to believe He is at work. I want to help you right from the start with this important statement: If you are ever angry with God or frustrated with Him, you are only doing yourself harm because God is never your problem. God is never, ever your problem when you face problems, difficulties or extremities in your life. And if you think God is the problem then you will never find the answer to your problems because He is the answer to all things. God is a sovereign God, but He also put us in charge of our lives and living by faith in Him and not by sight is what He requires. Living by faith means simply, we put our faith

in God and His Word and expect our results to turn out just like God promised us in His Word. Some people think God is sovereign and controls everything; but that is against the law of faith where our outcome is determined by what we believe. God doesnt have the right to step into our lives if we choose not to live by faith and instead live by sight or our five physical senses. God cannot go against His Word and get involved in our lives if we dont ask Him to in prayer and believe that He will do it. If He did He would be going against His Word. As Christians we no longer live under the Old Testament; so Gods will for us is from Acts through Revelation. We can also use the words of Jesus but only where it didnt apply to being under the Law of Moses. That was in a different covenant Jesus did away with by the cross and He has now given us Christians the New Testament, an entirely new covenant. If Christians knew this, it would save them a lot of troubles. We simply cannot live under both at the same time. The Old Testament was all about keeping the Law of Moses and the New Testament is all about Gods grace and Jesus redemptive work. Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses for us and now we live under the radical grace of God. Jesus referred to this New Covenant at the last supper, Luke 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. KJV And again we see it in 1 Corinthians 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. KJV And here are some other scriptures that refer to the New Testament or New Covenant we live under as Christians: Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:14, and Hebrews 7:22, 9:15-20. God does not want us to live in fear, worry and anxiety because when we live in fear, worry or anxiety we are trusting in our own abilities and not in Gods ability. That means we are not living by faith because when we live by faith, we just simply put our trust in Him and not in ourselves. Some just dont get this; when you live by faith and not by sight, your faith is in God and God alone. He wants you to have good courage and put your total trust in Him so that He can show Himself strong in your life. Remember this always: When you run out of yourself, your abilities, you will always run into God! Faith comes by Gods Word. What God has said, He must do or that would be the end of Him. And all the promises of God are yes and amen. Gods promises can then be an anchor to our souls. (Hebrews 6:16-19) When we face extremities we need to settle in our hearts that it is Gods opportunity to step in and our time to continue to believe He is at work. This will help us be more enticed to trust Him. Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous,.KJV These words came to Joshua when God gave Joshua an assignment to take over leading the children of Israel into their promised land after Moses had died. He told Joshua to be strong and very courageous. All of us have dealt with discouragement. Discouragement can lead us into depression and we certainly see a lot of that today. When we are discouraged we are trying to make

the thing work, we are trying to make something happen, we are trying to do what is right; but yet it seems we are never going to get there. All of us have been there. It looks like nothing ever is going to turn out right; and so the enemy uses discouragement so we will let go of our faith in God. But I want to share with you the power of being developed in godly courage. Being developed in godly courage there is a power available to us Christians where we can be of good courage in discouraging times. Please, always remember this: There is no failure in God. Second, there is no defeat in God. Third, there is no deficiency in God. You must remember this to have courage in discouraging times. A definition of the word courage could be: The ability to see victory, the ability to see good things happen when things look bad and it looks like it never will change. Courage means the ability to conquer fear or despair, bravery or being brave or a quality of mind or temperament that enables one to stand fast in the face of opposition, hardship or danger. This type of godly courage we are talking about, you could be in the face of danger but youll still stand. In hardship, youll still stand. In every difficulty, youll still stand. Youll still trust God. You still wont give up. You still wont loose heart. You still wont quit. All Christians need godly courage, especially if we are going to possess what God has promised us and in order to do what God wants us to do. If we dont have courage, a lot of times, we are not going to make it. We can see this in operation in the life of Joshua in the Old Testament. God says, Joshua 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Now I gave you a definition of courage: The ability to conquer fear or despair. When God gives us something, it is not automatic. We all have an enemy that opposes us. We must understand that. The faith life is a faith fight. And so therefore Christians have to understand there are things that belong to us, yes; but if we dont have the courage to possess our inheritance and stay in faith, we are not going to make it. There are a lot of Christians who have gotten discouraged and quit believing and trusting God because it didnt happen when they prayed two times. It is a faith fight we are required to fight and so we have to trust God till we see the answer. Paul said, I fought a good fight. I kept the faith. I finished my course. This fight of faith has to be finished. In the process of starting the fight and finishing of the fight there are going to be times, even though it is yours and God already said it is yours, if you dont have the courage or the trust in God to stay in there you will never arrive there. That is why he kept telling Joshua to be of good courage even though God called it an inheritance. He said, Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. (Joshua 1:6) Even though God gave it to them and even though it was an inheritance, He knew there was going to be things or situations that were going to oppose them in going into what was rightfully theirs.

Even when you see it in the Word, you know it is yours; but it doesnt look like you can get there sometimes. Thats the time you are going to have to have good courage. Remember Hebrews 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. KJV Thats what He is talking about. You are going to have to have this courage. In life you are going to have opposition for there is no utopia land where nothing is going to challenge you. You are going to be challenged, but developing godly courage, youll know how to trust God. One of the things that God emphasized about His courage, He says, My Presence will be with you. That should bring courage to us right there. My Presence will be with you. He goes on in the seventh verse: Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, So its another way He is saying, Be of good courage. Courage causes you to walk in Gods Word. You can stay in Gods Word by having courage. He said it to him again. Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, A lack of courage will bring fear. Joshua 1:9 .be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: Dismay means to cause to loose courage. In other words, to be shaken or shook. The Lord is saying, Dont be shook if it doesnt look like it is going to work out. Dont be shaken if it doesnt happen tomorrow. Be strong and be of good courage or stay in there. It has to happen sooner or later. So often we believe after four prayers thats it. No, God didnt say, I am going to answer after four prayers. God said, I answered after the first prayer. But there are enemies of your soul, your mind who want to deceive you into thinking that it didnt happen. But it happened the first time that you prayed, if you prayed in faith. Now you are just going to need courage to wait on God. Studying Gods Word will get us acquainted with God and what He has promised us and then you will find courage for each situation. You will find promises of God to you to help your soul, mind, will and emotions stay in courage and also the Holy Spirit will then be able to bring to your remembrance those scriptures you find for each opportunity to be discouraged. Heres really a good scripture that has encouraged me in my opportunities to be discouraged: John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] AMP Here is another one: 1 John 5:4-5 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]? AMP All these scriptures have to do with courage. You might be discouraged. Life has rolled on your back, trying to catch a ride. A monkey gets on your back with unshakeable arms and he just rides, rides, rides and you are tired

of it. So I ask the Holy Spirit right now to take that monkey off of your back so you can now ride the monkey. I am going to give you some principles to work on your courage and here is one of them. The Lord told Joshua, It is your inheritance. I have given you the land but it wont come to you automatically. So you have to understand that, when you are dealing with things in life, they are not going to just bow down to you automatically. You cannot be a coward and always cop out. If you want to operate in Gods courage, you cant be a coward but rather youve got to stand up. Sometimes you are facing extremities, things extremely wrong. When you do, I hope that you catch this, Face God. And when you face God, you are going to see your victory He already has planned for you. Things look like they are extremely wrong. Not just wrong, extremely gone wrong. Thats the time you have got to operate in courage. God wants you to get to where you see where you are supposed to be, where He has planned all along for you to be. And I know there are going to be things strung out along the way to tell you, You cant get there. It might be a habit you have to break or something that you are dealing with; but I want you to know that you can do it. If you are believing for something for a loved one, I want you to know it can happen. A person facing an extremity can find that its a God opportunity. When you face up to the fact, I cant do any more about this, but I am going to just keep my face turned toward God. This creates God an opportunity to do something for you that He would not ever be able to do for you, because you try to do so much for yourself. And as long as you are just dependent on yourself, then God cant step in. But when you find out, This is extremely too hard for me. Im going to turn to God in faith and trust Him and have courage. Then and then only does it become Gods opportunity. Now remember we said, Theres no failure in God. And God knew Joshua had to face Jericho, he had to face a lot of things before he got his rightful inheritance. You see something in the Bible God has promised you but you just cant go there. You hear a message and you get charged up but when you get in your car and get to the house; its like something came out of the plug. But it is still yours. Youve got to have courage. In the anointing everybody can shout. But the anointing is to boost you into trusting God. So when you are facing a situation that looks like it is not going to work out, always remember I told you, Thats Gods opportunity. Glory to God! If something seems like it doesnt want to work, something doesnt want to turn loose, something that you have seen that the Lord has said in a dream that belonged to you and when you reach out its like something is pushing you back; remember, this is a Gods opportunity. Rest in Him. Rest in Him. Rest in Him. If you look the extremity in the face and you have courage; you will behold the face of God. When you develop courage, youll look at something that is holding your life back and you will see God. Therefore you cannot become discouraged; because when you see

God you know it is going to be all right. How can I look at something that is holding me and see God? You have to develop courage in God which develops bravery. You must look the extremity in the face, that thing which says, This is the farthest you can go. If you look at it right, with courage, youll behold the face of God. And then God will say, All right, that is what it is saying; but dont pay it any mind, give it none of your attention. When you do this you will go to another level you cannot go academically. Thats why it looks like its tough. But once you train yourself to trust God to that magnitude, when you see something pressing you; you will understand and say, God is about to do something, instead of break down and cry and saying, I wonder what Im going to do? I have done all I could do. You have to train yourself to come to the end of yourself. Thats the only way you are going to see God move in any situation. In weight training you go from one weight to another to get to another level. It might be hard to pick up a weight the first time but you can in time. When you run out of yourself; you run into God. Thats what I am saying. Dont think you have to do everything yourself. You dont have enough strength. Youve got to run out. If you dont run out, God will never have any reason to step in. But humanly thinking, we dont want to run out. But God has it set up that youve got to run out of self; because you being able to do it is one of your greatest hold backs from doing what God wants you to do. You have a God who can and will pull you out of any and every situation! Until you have come to end of yourself and what you can do; you are not going to know this is what God can and wants to do for you. Youve got to have courage or youre not going to know what God can do! Youve got to get to the point where you know that when opposition is real strong, that God is about to stretch you. Youve been discouraged before. Everybody has been discouraged before, but the Lord wants you to be of good courage. Have godly courage. Be brave when it looks like your prayers are not working. Be brave when it looks like the scriptures are not working. Be brave because they are! Joshua 1:3-5 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. KJV You need to take that scripture as your own. Thats a good pill there. Take that. Take verse 5 please. Take verse 5 please. Please take verse 5, please. Take it. Come on take it. Swallow it. Swallow it! It is yours to take and to swallow! Notice what God said there. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Then God said, Now be strong and of good courage. You can be strong and of good courage when God says, I am going to be with you. Do you see that? Having courage to face the extremity, the thing that is really facing you, you will be rewarded by beholding the face of God! Some of my biggest triumphs came out of moments that it seemed like I was paralyzed and I couldnt do nothing more. But I kept looking at it with courage and I saw God. And

so I had courage in God and kept my courage in God and God in His own miraculous way has brought me out of situation after situation after situation! Glory to God! Thats why David was able to have courage when he met Goliath; because he had fought a bear he knew he never whipped. He had fought a lion he knew he didnt whip. So it gave him courage. He said, Now if I whipped that lion but I know I didnt, if I whipped the bear but I know I didnt; then I can whip this giant even though I know I didnt whip him. And all you have to know is that you didnt. Do you understand what I am saying? You have to know that you didnt get yourself out of situations you faced before. Some of the things you thought that you did, you didnt. A person driven to an extremity usually finds that he has exhausted all that human strength and skill have to offer, so he arrives at his wits end only to discover supernatural strength and power in God. In other words, being of good courage; God knew there was going to come a time Joshua was going to be at the end of his wits, end of his prayer, end of his confession, end of his organized army, and end of his ability to be a captain. God knew that he was going to come to the end of that and when he recognized that he was at the end, he was not to panic because he was at the human end but Gods strength and Gods power would step in. Let me promise you something. You will never be in a situation where you are stuck and you cant get out. You will never be in a situation that you cant overcome if you recognize that when you come to your end it is at Gods begin. And guess what? God does not have any end. So Gods strength and Gods power sometimes waits till we run out. Thats His plan. Because if you are able to keep making something happen, you need to realize once and for all that you cant. You are just wasting your time and effort. You arent going to make everything happen. You need God! And God needs for you to just give up and trust Him! There are times you are going to face things that are going to bring you to the end of you. Some people are not mature enough spiritually when they come to the end of themselves and its over. Do you see what I mean? Thats why the Bible says in Mark 11:22 Have faith in God. The Bible doesnt say, Have faith in yourself. No. Have faith in God. Do you see that? Have faith in God. Now a lot of times you think you have faith in God but you have faith in your faith. And that is why we have Galatians 2:20, Jesus faith. Its different. We must arrive at our wits end only to discover supernatural strength and power! Naturally, you can come to the end of your bodys ability, like when a runner is running. They draw their last breath and somewhere some other wind came and they hit another gear. Thats what God wants you to do. Run out of wind so He can give you extra wind when you have run out of all you can do and the enemy is right on your heels. You were on your own; you had fought all you could and the enemy of sickness and disease, death, payment due, foreclosure, rebellious children, and on and on was on your heels; but God will give you a second wind to finish with glorious victory.

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You must always understand and remember, we can come to our wits end; but God never comes to a wits end. Oh, glory! And you and I can have courage in Somebody like that; Somebody who cant fail, Somebody who never lost a battle, and Somebody who never was and never will be a coward! God never has nor never will back up from anything! God never has nor ever will back up from nobody! David had courage to face Goliath, nine feet six inches tall; because David knew he couldnt do it. And the seeming giant you are facing, Jesus is on His way; just give up trying to make it happen yourself! You have got to have courage in God now because this world is not going to get any better. God knew it was going to get worse and worse what Joshua was going to face. So Joshua had to have an image in his heart of what God told him that he was going to have, when he was facing the worst moments and worst challenges of his life. He had to have good courage. When you are going through these times, dont tells someone who doesnt believe God and stand on the Word of God for their own promises and would call you a fool. Some will not even pray for you but feel sorry for you and you certainly dont need that. Listen to me again. When you arrive at the end of your wits or the end of your ability or what appears to be an extremity; you will find that at the end of all your human endeavors youre at the beginning of Gods power. It just works that way. So hold on to that truth. You may have to copy that sentence and others and tape them on your bathroom mirror, your refrigerator, your car mirror or dashboard, your computer or wherever you can look at it a lot and speak it into your situation. Many of you are trusting God for a promise you saw in the Word of God, but sometimes those promises coming into your life seem impossible. Dont loose courage. God can do it! He will do it! Are you listening to me? So always remember God is never at the end of His wit, God knows no extremities and no finalities because nothing is final with God. And really nothing is final with you unless you believe it, accept it and you say so! So speak that the promises are the final result in each of your situations! As a child of God you are promised to win; so dont believe anything else. Gods help begins where human help ends. Thats why it is not good to depend on people too much or get tight with a prayer partner because they can become your God. You dont need their prayer or a word from them all the time. Get a word from God and stand on it. Youll never become mature in the things of God if you dont. Build your own courage with the Word of God and by trusting God. Dont always try to find another person. We find Gods help when we seem to be most helpless. And that means when we come to the end of ourselves. We must know for sure, in spite of everything, that we have faith for it is a gift from God, know for sure God loves us, and know for sure we have the Word of God, an anchor for

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our souls for these discouraging times. And yet by the same token, we need to know that we have to depend on Him and can depend on Him when we become helpless to ourselves. Thats why the Bible says, Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, and Blessed are the meek. The major problem in the life of some believers is we cant come to the end of ourselves; and the world gives us lots of assistance, making us believe they can do it for us but they cant. Have courage in God. Be of good courage. Be strong in the Lord. For the Bible says, Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God. There is power in godly courage for you at this time in your life. Have courage in this time. Dont be fearful but rather be brave in God. When the major challenges come be brave in God. Tell God, God I trust you. I have my courage in you. In my own personal life it seems like I have faced things that was a set up to cause me to see the face of God. And I couldnt take my eyes off of Gods face because I couldnt do any more; and by facing God then Gods opportunities started coming to me. I had prayed and I kept trusting Him, kept praising Him and thanking Him for the answer. I knew I couldnt go any further. I had pulled every string, pushed every button, prayed every prayer, and sang every song. Youve been there. You know what I mean. I am telling you right now, this is going to be some of your best moments. When you are at the end of your wits, have courage. Dont let anybody feel sorry for you. Keep speaking loud what God has promised you and nothing else. There is a due season made for you that is awaiting you. Joy cometh in the morning for those who have courage in God. Weeping will only endure for a season. That season could be right now. Be strong and of good courage, because joy cometh in the morning. I am not talking about a natural morning. Im talking about a morning when God steps which could be two or three in the afternoon. The joy of the Lord comes in on a certain situation and you know that you have won a situation. Triumph comes through trusting God, having courage and being strong in Him. Joshua 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. KJV He told him he was going to divide it. You also have something to do with it. And one of the major things to do with it is coming to the end of yourself. Remember when Jesus said, Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me. One place says, Take it up daily. That cross is really to crush you. Remember what Jesus said on the cross? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The bible says He had to tread the winepress alone. So when you are going through something that it looks like you are not getting out of it; its only God letting you grow up. If you have a problem, stay in there with God.

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We cease to think of ourselves as we are driven to extremity when we look to God in our time of need. We no longer think of ourselves as unable to overcome some adverse condition when we realize that the Spirit of God is at hand, ready to assist us in whatever we need to do. We no longer think of ourselves as unable, just like Joshua, but have courage because we understand that whatever we face God is going to bring us through it. Thats why I told you, There is no failure in God. There is no defeat in God. Theres no deficiencies in God. When you have courage, you have the ability to conquer fear. The number one reason we seem to be driven to extremities is because we forget about Him. Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, (And has what?) and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. These words are words of revelation and words of a rest, but its a revealed rest. Jesus told us, Nobody knows the Son unless the Father reveals Him. Nobody knows the Father unless the Son reveals Him. Jesus said, Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Saying this, He has given us a revelation of Himself for us. Theres a rest, but its a revelation of rest. Notice what He said, Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. He is revealing Himself. Not only do you have rest, but you have rest for your soul. And then He made this statement, For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Very few Christians are living this because they dont have any courage. He didnt say, Everything is going to be easy and everything is going to light. He said, My yoke is easy and my burden is light. Keeping good courage, being strong and being courageous is a revelation. You have to have a revelation of the Christ, a revelation of Jesus, a revelation of the Holy Spirit, a revelation of the Word in order to walk in or talk about My yoke is easy and my burdens are light. From a human perspective you will say, There is no yoke that is easy. Thats because it has to become a revelation to you. You cant just read that, My yoke is easy and my burdens are light. You have to believe God and have courage to act like you dont have a problem; because you have the revelation that you can rest now because God is in control of this situation that is beyond you and your ability to handle it. I have many scriptures and confessions on my website you can meditate and speak when you are in an extreme situation and will help you maintain your godly courage.

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Confession: I am able to trust God because I have settled this in my heart: when I face extremities I know it is Gods opportunity to step in as I continue to believe He is at work. I live by faith and that simply means, I put our faith in God and His Word and expect things to turn out just like God promised me in His Word. I am developed in godly courage and this power is available to me in discouraging times. I always remind myself and know for sure there is no failure in God, there is no defeat in God, there is no deficiency in God. And this is where I receive courage in discouraging times. Because I have courage I have the ability to see victory, to see good things happen to me when things look bad and it looks like things never will change. Through godly courage I have the ability to conquer fear or despair, be brave and have a quality of mind or temperament that enables one to stand fast in the face of every opposition, hardship or danger. I realize if God has promised me something, it is not going to come to me automatically. I realize I have an enemy and this is a faith fight. These things belong to me and therefore I will have courage and stay in faith in order to possess my inheritance. I will trust God till I see the answer. I will finish this fight of faith even though through the process I might not understand everything; for God has already assured me it is mine. I will be patient with expectation for after I have walked this out with faith, I will receive the promise. Along with the promise of godly courage He told me, My Presence will be with you. Because He is with me I am strong and of good courage, I am not afraid, dismayed, shaken nor will I loose courage. I will not be shaken if things look like they are not working or if something doesnt happen tomorrow for I know it will happen sooner or later. Thats why I study Gods Word and find out what He has promised me; for then I find courage for each situation and my soul, mind, will and emotions stay in courage and the Holy Spirit is able to bring scriptures to my remembrance for each opportunity to be discouraged. I remember what Jesus has told me, I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] 1 John 5:4-5 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]? AMP I understand in dealing with things in my life, they are not going to just bow down to me automatically; and so I will not be a coward and cop out but rather operate in Gods courage. When I face extremities, I will face God and I will see my victory coming. I remember, Theres no failure in God, this is Gods opportunity to do something for me and now this is the time for me to rest in Him. I am reminded that God is never at the end of His wit, God knows no extremities and no finalities because nothing is final with God. And really nothing is final with me! As a child of God I am promised to win! Gods help begins where human help ends for me. There is a due season made for me and is awaiting me. The bible promises me that my weeping will only endure for a season for joy cometh in the morning because I have courage in God. I will always remember, I am able to overcome adverse conditions because I realize the Spirit of God is at hand, ready to assist me in whatever I need to do. I no longer think I am unable to get out of a situation, because I have courage and I understand that whatever I face God is going to bring me through to victory. There is no failure in God, no defeat in God and no deficiencies in God. With courage I have the ability to overcome and conquer all fear.

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I will not be driven to extremities any more in my life because I remember Him. I enter into the rest He promised me by revelation of Him, revelation of the anointing which is the burden removing yoke destroying power of god, revelation of the Holy Spirit, and revelation of the Word. And also I have revelation of and talk about His yoke being easy and His burdens are light. I now have the courage to act like I dont have a problem because I have the revelation that I can now rest; because God is in control of every situation I have given to him that is beyond me and my ability to handle it. The Secret Power Of Speaking God's Word Is Out By Janie Baer In my search for keyword phrases to benefit my website with the search engines, I discovered important information. That search revealed to me t So I believe this is our adversarys best kept secret from the Body of Christ. As a result, the Body of Christ just survives in their circumstances and they even leave this earth earlier than they were supposed to as a result of their lack of knowledge of the power of Gods Word coming out of their mouths. Satan would cringe and run in fear if the Body of Christ would get up each morning and instead of saying what things look like around them, they would instead say, This is the day the Lord has made for me. I know it is going to be great day because He made it for me and He is with me all day and I will rejoice in it. What if, instead of considering physical aliments and speaking about how badly we feel and empowering it with our words, we would say, Lord Jesus, You bore my sickness, weakness, and pains and by the stripes laid on Your back, I am healed and made whole. I speak to my body now, in the name of Jesus Christ, and I command healing and wholeness promised to me by the Word of God. Think what would happen with our finances if instead of saying what is in our wallet, we would say, I am a child of Father God and He said He would supply all of my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now I know, Father, You do not lie to me. I expect to see my needs supplied and I want to thank You ahead of time. Lets not let the power contained in Gods Word and given to us for our daily use remain a secret to us, hidden from us and start applying it to our health, family situations, finances, or whatever we face in our day to day living. Lets not let our adversarys best kept secret remain a secret to us. Lets speak the Word of God and see our enemy run away just like he did when Jesus spoke the Word of God to him. He just couldnt stay around the most powerful force of truth in the universe. The Word of God still makes him run off when we speak it out of our mouths day after day and it still brings supernatural results like only the Word of God can do. The secret is out on this website and on my CD, the power of the spoken Word of God! Are you ready to bring change in your life? Then take the Bible off of the coffee table or wherever it may be; take the words off of the pages of your Bible and speak them out of your mouth, allowing the power contained in those words produce supernatural results.

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I have recently added some scriptures on prosperity, love, and in Him that can aid you in your confessions. Speak The Word Of God Only By Janie Baer You have probably read this passage in your Bible in Matthew 8:8, The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. KJV "Speak the word only". I believe the Lord would speak those same words to us today in 2010 "Speak the Word only when you are sick. Speak the Word only and you will be healed." If we are living in lack and debt, He would with assurance say to us, "Speak the Word only and receive supernatural provision and freedom from your debt." Jesus very plainly told us in Matthew 4:4, But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. KJV Every word.speak the Word only, that is how we are to live. Speaking the Word of God only is the way we experience supernatural results on a regular basis. God showed us how to do it when He said, Light be. And there was light that dispelled all the darkness. There was enough power in Gods word to create the world. What if God had said, My it is really dark out there. What do you think would have happened? It would have stayed dark. See, God knew the power of His words and even though He could see the darkness, He also knew that to have light He had to speak, Light be. How about your world? Are you speaking the Word only or you looking at what is staring you in the face? If you dont like what you see, dont speak that, rather speak the Word of God only that has power in it to change all and I mean all that you see. Mary, our Lords Mother, spoke to the angel announcing to her the conception of Jesus, Be it unto me according to thy Word. She spoke this even though in her mind she didnt fully understand how it could happen. Then immediately after she spoke, the power of the Holy Spirit came upon her and she conceived and the Word of God became flesh. How powerful is that? Having said , Be it according to thy Word, and immediately the Word was made flesh in her womb. Speaking the Word of God only can have the same effect in our lives, if we will continue to do it on a day to day basis. These bring to us also the supernatural provision, healing, or help of any kind we need at any moment. Father Abraham was our Father of faith. He lived by faith and was our example of living by faith. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham, which means father of nations or father of a multitude. He had to speak that name only. Can you imagine how embarrassing that would be to introduce yourself, Hello, I am Abraham, and the person responds, Oh, how many children do you have? And he didnt have any children at

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that time at all. But he knew if he spoke that name, Abraham, only; then he could have the multitude as God had promised. The Bible tells us in Romans 4:19-21 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. KJV That is faith and faith is considering only and speaking only what Gods Word says about us. We need to find those scriptures that reveal to us who we are in Christ Jesus and speak those only. That would bring powerful results. One thing I see that happens if we speak negative words over ourselves; we will get the negative results of those words which will be what we dont want. That is the power of our words. But again, if we speak the Word of God only on a day to day basis; we are opening the door for the supernatural in our lives as did the centurion, Mary, Abraham, and our Lord. Speak the Word only. We are going to be speaking some kind of words everyday any way. So why not speak the Word of God only and get the results of the Word, which are supernatural results. I have recently added some scriptures on prosperity, love, and in Him that can aid you in your confessions of Gods Word. God's Word Is The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth By Janie Baer Jesus told us He was the truth. John 14:6-7, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. KJV Jesus is the truth. Jesus is the living Word of God. What Jesus has told us is the truth. We have to know and live in the truth that our lives now are in Christ Jesus, the living Word. So whatever we encounter in our lives on planet earth may be a fact but Gods Word is the truth about us, who are in Christ Jesus. Being born again, we took on a brand new life. Jesus, the living Word of God, came that we could have this eternal life in Him and have it more abundantly to the full till it overflowed into our natural lives and circumstances. We are to no longer live our lives out of our soul and circumstances, but we are to live our lives out of the revelation coming from our spirit that is alive with the eternal life of God. So now the Word of God is the truth about us: The Word of God is the truth about our financial matters. 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). AMP This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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You may say, Well the Word of God may be the truth but I have lack starring me in the face. You must remember that lack is a fact, but the truth about you is, Jesus became poor so you could be enriched, abundantly supplied. You dont deny the fact of lack, but you must deny it the right to be in your life. You must allow the truth that you are enriched, abundantly supplied bring you to the place where it is more real, so the supernatural can operate for you. There are a lot more avenues God can open up to you in the supernatural of finances that you dont have available to you living out of your soul and natural ways of handling things. You cant afford to concentrate on the lack. You must allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you by the truth of the Word of God and thereby make clear the avenue the anointing has opened up to you to remove the burden and destroy the yoke. The Word of God is the truth about our health matters. The truth about our health is: Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. AMP There are times our bodies encounter sickness, disease, pain, etc. That is a fact. But the real truth about a Christian is Jesus bore all of it for us and by the stripes that wounded Him we are healed. So how do we get the pain to leave and the disease to leave our bodies? We take the truth of this scripture and others as our medicine and speak it out of our mouths, declaring this is the truth about us. We dont deny the fact of symptoms on our bodies, but we do deny them the right to stay in or on our bodies. If we were to ask Father God the question if we were sick, He would tell us, No, you are healed by the stripes of Jesus. If we were to ask Father God if we were in lack, He would always refer back to the truth that Jesus became poor to make us enriched abundantly supplied. Making the Word of God the truth about us will open the door for the supernatural to work; bringing avenues of prosperity that could never have been available handling it in a natural way. Making the Word of God the truth of our healing and wholeness because of Jesus will open the door for the anointing power of God to be released through the scriptures for our bodies. Our faith must be in the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And God made that easy when He gave us the gift of the God kind of faith. So we have the faith and we use it to believe. Accept the truth of the Word of God and start speaking and acting like it. That is believing. This is a truth that will set you free to receive everything from God. The Word of God is the truth about us in all areas of our lives in this earth. 2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: KJV Father God has given to us, who are in Christ Jesus, all things that pertain to life and godliness. We must come to the knowledge of all that we are in Christ Jesus for this is the truth. Then we can deal with all the facts in our lives by the knowledge of Him. Lets speak this truth about ourselves: God's Word is the truth about me. There may be many facts in circumstances I face in this life, but in this life I don't live out of my soul but out of my spirit. Therefore, there are not just facts alone, but the truth of who I

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am and what I have in Christ Jesus now on this earth. This is more real to me than the facts. I don't face those facts alone. I face those facts with the Word of God, which is the truth about me in my new life in Christ Jesus. Now that I realize the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; my life I now live in Christ Jesus. I am living out of my spirit with abundant revelation and not out of my soul. Out of these revelations of the truth of God's Word, I have all the answers, all the solutions, all the provision, all the health, every thing I will ever need. This makes me an over comer over every fact of life. As Jesus the Word of God is, so am I in this world and I am already seated with Him in Heavenly places living the high life of the spirit as a result of the Word of God and the Spirit of God Who lives in me now. The Word of God is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about me and my circumstances. I have recently added some scriptures on prosperity, love, and in Him that can aid you in your confessions of Gods Word. Faith Means Living Outside Of Time By Janie Baer Romans 12 tells us not to be conformed to this world but be transformed by renewing our minds to the Word of God so that we can prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God for our lives. Did you know scientists say a star that explodes in the universe, which you can see from earth, actually took place some 300 years ago. It took time for us to be able to see it on this earth. Its the same in the Kingdom of God concerning our healing, deliverance, prosperity, and even Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. The scriptures tell us, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8). It all took place before the foundation of the world. How could it happen? Simple, to God there is no time. The Bible tells us, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). Everything that we see in the earth birds, flowers, trees were a part of Gods creation. Time also, as we know it, is a creation of God. It is defined by days, months, years, and seasons (Genesis 1:14). God, who is called The Eternal in some Bible translations, created time but He Himself has no time. He exists outside of time. God is no older today than He was a million years ago. Hours and minutes mean nothing to Him. He lives in the eternal NOW (2 Peter 3:8). Time was designed and created specifically for this earth. God then created man in His own image, after His likeness, and gave him dominion over all the earth (Genesis 1:26). "over all the earth includes time. Yes, "time" was under man's authority. Have you heard the expression, "Time is money?" Well, the truth is, time is temporal. Temporal means, "having limited existence." It means "subject to change." We get our word "temporary" from it. God gave the earth over to mankind, which included time, and gave him dominion over it. Now you can see that time, like money, was made to serve man, not man made to serve time. When I think of serving time, I think of being behind bars. Time can make you a prisoner waiting for the answer, healing, finances, etc. So we can make time serve us by using our faith in God and His promises and then time will serve us, for with faith there is no more time. Well, how did things get turned upside down? Why does mankind, who was given dominion over time, have to wait on time and conform to the natural process of time?

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When someone breaks a bone it takes time for it to heal but when someone releases their faith for healing for that person and takes authority over time; the arm will be healed instantly. That is the difference between faith and natural healing. There is no more time. We all from time to time need something done immediately and so this is really good news. Faith is a gift to us to dominate time and matter on this earth. Faith is also a spiritual law that supersedes all natural laws when put into operation. When Adam, the first man God created, sinned in the garden he fell from his God given place of dominion, and having the mind of The Eternal God, to limited cursed-based thinking and seeing things through the natural progression of time. So then time began ruling and subduing everything and everybody on earth. God had a plan called the plan of redemption, where man could redeem the time and be restored, through Jesus Christ, to his authority over the earth and over time. God gave man a higher law than time. Its called faith. Faith elevates man above the limits of time and matter. It determines when things will happen, not time.And faith is always NOW. This is really encouraging to know because now when we think of living by faith, we can realize that we can call time and realize living by faith makes it be ours now, present tense. Nowhere in the Bible does it say, Youre going to be healed. No! It says, "..by whose stripes ye were healed" (I Peter 2:24). In the Book of Joel it says, "Let the weak say, I am strong," not putting it off in our future and say Im going to be strong someday. (Joel 3:10) No. In Gods mind, its already done, and faith agrees with God and we need to agree with God. The way we get the promises of God into our lives is by faith. We agree with God. This is why some Christians dont see the miracles or their blessings manifested. They refuse to accept that whatever God is going to do for them, Hes already done (Isaiah 46:10). Remember, faith has no future. If you are thinking and speaking future, then youre not in faith. If you are not in faith, then time will rule over your life and make you wait. In Mark, a Greek (Syrophenician) woman besought Jesus and got Him to cast the devil out of her daughter even though it was not her time (the Gospel was for the Jew first, Romans 1:16). By faith, she moved the hand of time from the future to the NOW, and her daughter was delivered. As believers, we must change our thinking from serving time to dominating time. Renewing our minds to what would normally take a year, can now take a day. If you are hearing and seeing through the veil of time, you are hearing and seeing through the veil of the curse. The opposite is also true, if you are hearing and seeing it done NOW then you are hearing and seeing it through the law ofFAITH. Many people never realized their dreams or fulfilled their destinies because they simply ran out of time? I decree right NOW, You shall no longer serve time, but time shall serve you, in Jesus name. So "... be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind...?(Romans 12:2). Jesus did not conform to this world or allow the laws of this world to govern Him. He had a NOW mentality. Today was one of His favorite words. Straightway and

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Immediately were words that most often described the timing of miracles He performed in the Gospel of Mark. If there is something in your life that youve been praying about, waiting for, or hoping to happen someday, you need to remember every one of Gods promises are available to you NOW. If Father God had intended for us to live by natural time, He never would have given us faith. Lets make this confession: I am NOW no longer conformed to this world nor do the laws of this world, including time, NOW govern my life or me. I have been given authority over time and matter NOW; therefore I NOW no longer serve time, wait on time nor conform to the natural process of time thats in the will of God. I am the just and I live by faith. Father God has given me the gift of faith. So I NOW dont have to live by natural time dominating my lifes situations since by faith I NOW take authority and dominion over time and situations and time serves me. I am NOW healed and made whole by the stripes of Jesus. I NOW lend to many and I dont have to borrow ever again. My bills are paid in full NOW for I owe no man anything NOW but to love them. Wealth and riches are in my house NOW. I am NOW the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I NOW have the mind of Christ. I NOW have overcome the world for greater is He Who is in me NOW then he that is in the world. All of my needs are NOW met, including food, shelter, gasoline, etc., according to my Fathers riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Hallelujah! I NOW no longer serve time but time serves me. The Blessing Of The Kingdom Will Make You Rich By Janie Baer Some Christians may not know for sure God wants them to be rich but the Bible leaves no question about whether or not Christians are supposed to be rich. The Bible tells us we are not only to be spiritual rich but we are to be rich financially, experience financial wealth and have abundance of prosperity with plenty of money, plenty of gold and silver and plenty of the wealth of this earth. On my site, www.godswordalive.com, I have listed scripture after scripture that confirm without a doubt that God wants Christians rich. Here are just a few: Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the Lord it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]. AMP Proverbs 8:18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation, and right standing with God). AMP Psalms 112:1-3 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. KJV 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] thatthough He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). AMP The promises in these verses are even for those in third-world countries, those with no training and even those who cant even earn a minimum wage. It can be done by THE BLESSING of the Lord.

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If you will notice above in the scripture, Proverbs 10:22, it doesnt tell us a good job or a good economy makes a person rich, it doesnt tell us a degree from an exclusive university can make us rich, nor does it tell us even a rsum full of worldly credentials makes a person rich. No, the Bible tells us it is THE BLESSING that makes a person rich. What I am saying is, Christians have to realize what THE BLESSING of the Lord is and the power contained in THE BLESSING that makes rich them rich. You begin to see the power of THE BLESSING when you look at Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion KJV God speaking THE BLESSING over Adam and Eve gave to mankind enough of His creative glory and power to sustain, uphold and prosper all creation forever. With THE BLESSING He released all the divine resources needed for Adam to expand the Garden of Eden until it filled up the whole earth. God even rested on the seventh day and not because he was tired but because He was finished. After He released THE BLESSING He didnt have to come back to the Garden every day and bless Adam and Eves every endeavor. With THE BLESSING given to them He could just rest and enjoy their fellowship, watch them exercise their dominion and THE BLESSING would do what He designed it to do for them. Of course all of us know Adam sinned and messed up THE BLESSING plan of God. When Adam sinned he bowed his knee to the devil and instead of THE BLESSING working for him he had to start working under the curse of toiling for his living. But Adams sin didnt stop God from starting over again with his plan to get THE BLESSING back on all mankind where it always was supposed to be and where God so desired it to be. I want this article to cause you to realize from now on that Gods will from the very beginning of His creation was that His children would be BLESSED and He hasnt changed His mind nor His will since then. After the Flood, recorded in Genesis 6:17-22; 9:1, God started over once again with His plan to bless mankind through Noahs family. God releasing THE BLESSING on Noahs family said the same thing He said to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Genesis 9:1 AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. AMP Since Noahs sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth represented all races, all peoples, and all nations that would live on this earth, that would include us since we came from these sons; all mankind was once again BLESSED. But the two sons Ham and Japheth departed from Gods ways just like Adam. Instead of obeying Him and trusting in THE BLESSING to prosper them; they started their own system of commerce which we see in the worlds system today of working and toiling for a living and looking out for old number one. It has to be that way because in that kind of system of working and toiling a person has to try whatever they can do to meet their own needs without God. In that system people try to satisfy their spiritual needs with material things which is materialism, but they call it prosperity. The person working out of the worlds system believes that in order for them to be blessed they must be rich and

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Psalms 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. KJV Notice in this verse, they increase in riches. This means it is all up to them if they are going to prosper and increase in riches. So in this Ham and Japheths system of world economics; instead of trusting God they have to devise ways to increase themselves. That means if they have to come up with ways to increase that scam others; they have to do what they have to do. In other words, it is a dog eats dog system. Shem, Noahs other son, stayed with THE BLESSING which is in the Kingdom of Gods economy and with THE BLESSING we can operate in it as well. According to Jewish history Shem became the king of Jerusalem; the man the Bible refers to as Melchizedek. He served as a priest of the Most High God. In Genesis 14:18-19 we read where he served Abraham covenant elements and transferred THE BLESSING Adam and Eve and Noahs family had received to Abraham.. Genesis 14:18-19 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: KJV Melchizedek giving this blessing to Abraham, God was simply working to get THE BLESSING back on all mankind. THE BLESSING Abraham received included you and me so we too could live under the same BLESSING as you will see clearly in the following scriptures. Genesis 12:3 ..and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. KJV Galatians 3:13,14,29 gives us even more proof THE BLESSING of Abraham has come to Christians today in order to make us rich so we like Abraham could live in financial wealth in any place, at any time on this earth where God desires and needs us. Get this clear in your thinking, God gives each one of us an assignment and THE BLESSING goes with the assignment to provide for us no where we live and no matter the economy. So look at this scripture in Galatians as a guarantee that with your faith in THE BLESSING your prosperity has changed to rich, abundance, overflow, opulence or extreme best. Galatians 3:13,14,29 Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified); 14 To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit. 29 And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham's Seed], then you are Abraham's offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise. AMP Galatians 3:14 plainly tells Christians in every nation today they now have the same BLESSING that was on Adam, Noah, Melchizedek and Abraham! THE BLESSING, as a result of what Jesus did on the cross, has come on us all no matter our economic situation, level of education or employment opportunities. It is THE BLESSING that makes each and every Christian rich and THE BLESSING adds no sorrow with the riches! Notice it is the grace of God through what Jesus did on His cross that delivered THE

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BLESSING into your life and delivered you out of the cursed based, toiling, failing world system where you are on your own to make a living. You are released today, if you will place your faith in THE BLESSING, by the grace of God into THE BLESSING Adam, Noah, Melchizedek and Abraham and their families lived in and became very rich. Isnt that the best news you have heard in a long time? I am ready to hear some good economic news, how about you? We are only going to hear this good economic news out of the Kingdom of God that operates with THE BLESSING. This Kingdom operates in any nation of the world today for any person who will receive Jesus as their Savior and make Him the Lord of their lives. If you havent done so, just pray this simple prayer, Jesus I confess I am a sinner but I believe that You died on the cross in order to pay the penalty for my sins and that You arose from the dead so that I could live a brand new life in You. Come into my life, Lord Jesus Christ. I give you complete control of my life. If you have prayed that simple prayer please let me know at www.godswordalive.com I would like to send you some materials to help you further in your new life in Christ Jesus. What I just shared with you from Galatians 3:13,14 is the good news every Christian needs to hear today so they are not struggling financially along with the rest of the world. Because THE BLESSING is now in operation in our lives we are released from that failing system of commerce the sons of Noah, Ham and Japheth originated. We dont have to come up with ways to get financial increase. We have, by Jesus Christ, been born again to live in a new Kingdom that has a prosperous, unfailing economy. Every Christian in any nation facing any bad economy, having received the promise of the Holy Spirit and possessing the very nature of God and Gods abilities by THE BLESSING is freed from working and sweating for a living like those still under the cursed worlds system. Christians living in the Kingdom of God have THE BLESSING making them rich. And instead of working for a living they can now spend their time daily doing their God given assignments. I want to repeat over and over, THE BLESSING will operate for any Christian in any economy, anytime and anywhere they are. Christians cooperating with THE BLESSING, walking in faith and love will experience the New Testament prosperity no matter the circumstances around them. Here is the guarantee, 2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. AMP Do you still have doubts about all of this? Then you need to know what the BLESSING did for Abraham. God sent Abraham to a foreign land with no family, no established business connections and with nothing to depend on but THE BLESSING; and here is what happened to him, Genesis 13:2 Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold. AMP THE BLESSING worked the same way for Abrahams son, Isaac. God having released THE BLESSING on Isaac; he sowed in a land experiencing famine and received a hundredfold return on the crop he sowed for and then it didnt stop there,

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Genesis 26:12-13 Then Isaac sowed seed in that land and received in the same year a hundred times as much as he had planted, and the Lord favored him with blessings. 13 And the man became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and distinguished; AMP This scripture ought to be an encouraging word for those of you who live in an impoverished nation. Famine may be in your land but if you do what God tells you to do THE BLESSING will kick in. And no matter what is going on around you with God and with THE BLESSING working in your behalf what happened for Isaac in the next scripture can happen for you. You have the same BLESSING working for you! He got so wealthy the king asked him to leave his country, Genesis 26:16 And Abimelech asked Isaac to leave the country. "Go somewhere else," he said, "for you have become too rich and powerful for us." NLT Did you notice in this scripture that this man, Abimelech, living out of the worlds system of finances had to ask a covenant man with THE BLESSING to leave his town because this covenant man was too rich and too powerful to stay there? With this same BLESSING on us, people around us should take notice of the wealth and the power of THE BLESSING in our lives. Thats when we can do some real evangelism. For thats the purpose of THE BLESSING in our lives that people ask us, Who is your God? Then we dont have to try and get them to receive a track or try and get them to go to church with us. They will volunteer to go to church with us or anywhere else, simply to be around us and see THE BLESSING making us rich. Every person on the face of the earth is looking for this kind of BLESSING in their lives because God created every person to want to prosper and be reliant on Him so He could bless them. Isaacs son Jacob experienced the same kind of prosperity under THE BLESSING. Having left home at a young age with just the clothes on his back (Sounds like what people experience today a lot of times.), he worked for 14 years for his father-in-law who always was cheating him financially. But in spite of this mans thievery, with THE BLESSING operating in his life he continued to increase until he experienced financially just what his father and grandfather had experienced with the same BLESSING and became exceedingly prosperous. Genesis 30:43 Thus the man increased and became exceedingly rich, and had many sheep and goats, and maidservants, menservants, camels, and donkeys. AMP If what I have already shared with you doesnt convince you that THE BLESSING makes any person rich just look at Jacobs son, Joseph. Hes next in line for THE BLESSING to work for him and hopefully if you will believe in THE BLESSING for you, you will be next in line. Joseph was the only son of Jacob who truly believed in THE BLESSING, received THE BLESSING and operated in THE BLESSING. THE BLESSING got Joseph out of many situations including a time his brothers tried to kill him. Instead of killing him his brothers sold him as a slave and he ended up in the house of an Egyptian, Potiphar. This man recognized THE BLESSING of the Lord on Josephs life and saw that whatever Joseph did prospered so he put him in charge of his estate. He hadnt been trained to do

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Can you now see why, if you never believed it before, every single Christian no matter where they are in the world is supposed to be rich; because every single Christian no matter where they are in the world is BLESSED with THE BLESSING and its THE BLESSING that is making them rich! This is so different from the worlds way of thinking that they are blessed because they are rich and then they have to work so hard to make it happen. God is telling Christians in this earth today, No matter where you find yourself, you are rich because you are BLESSED with THE BLESSING! And as a result of THE BLESSING making you rich, you are not to seek after riches like the world does but instead you are to act like God did on the seventh day of Creation and simply entered into the rest of faith and let THE BLESSING go to work for you! Find your assignment and dont work there for a living but work for a giving and let THE BLESSING go to work for you there and increase you and increase the ministry, the business, etc. Christians need to hear good news like this every day but they wont hear it outside of Gods Word. We are not to labor for a living for this is the only labor we are to do in this earth, Hebrews 4:9-11 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his ownworks, as God did from his.11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest. KJV God never intended for Christians to spend their time and efforts gathering up riches for themselves but rather He intended for them to labor in the Word, developing their faith to the point that they enter into His rest and just let THE BLESSING increase them. By saying that I dont mean Christians dont have to work. Instead of Christians working for a living, we will be working on assignments from God and doing what He tells us to do. And if He sends us to a job that pays minimum wage we must not complain. We must realize God has sent us there to bring THE BLESSING and the Kingdom operation through us to that place of business. All we need to do is obey God and do our assignment and THE BLESSING will see to our prosperity. We could even end up owning the business. So we should start thanking God instead of complaining that He has sent us there. This is not a theory. It really works. You may be so financially challenged today, but if you will recognize THE BLESSING of Abraham has come on you through Christ; just like Abraham and his descendents it will make you rich. The financial lack will only be temporary with THE BLESSING of Abraham working for you. Realize that living by faith in THE BLESSING will do the same for you it did for Abraham when he put his faith in it. Lets allow God through THE BLESSING to give us a testimony just like Abraham and his descendents of THE BLESSING making us rich. So now is the time for us to put our faith in THE BLESSING so that it can go to work for us and make us rich immediately!

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No matter the economic situation, no matter my level of education and no matter my employment opportunities; the BLESSING is making me rich right now! (Genesis 26:1213; 2 Corinthians 8:9; 9:8 AMP) THE BLESSING has released me from the failing system of commerce the sons of Noah, Ham and Japeth originated and continues on today. (Psalms 73:12; Psalms 112:1-3; Galatians 3:13,14,29) I have a God guarantee, being in my God given assignment and walking in love and faith in THE BLESSING, THE BLESSING is working for me. (Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 9:8 AMP; Galatians 5:6) I have the same guarantee of wealth that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph possessed because the same BLESSING is working for me that worked for them. (Genesis 13:2; 26:12-13,16; 30:43; 39:2-4,21-23; 41:1-43; Galatians 3:13,14,29) Financial lack is only temporary with THE BLESSING of Abraham working for me. (2 Corinthians 8:9; 9:8 AMP) I am expecting a greater testimony than Abraham and his descendents with the same BLESSING working for me. (Genesis 12:3; Genesis 13:2; Genesis 26:12-13; Genesis 26:16; Galatians 3:13,14,29) I am blessed not because I am rich but I am rich because I am blessed! (Proverbs 10:22)

I Am An Extraordinary Person With Extraordinary Expectations By Janie Baer God has made each one of us extraordinary people whether we know it or not. At least He knows you are extraordinary. Believing the truth God has made you extraordinary helps you not allow extraordinary challenges to take over your mind and then take over your life. The kind of life we live today and tomorrow are a direct result of our thoughts and our words we speak. Thoughts are so important because thoughts lead to our attitudes and feelings, and attitudes and feelings lead to what we say and the actions we take. It is so important that we know this because the Bible tells us, Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:. KJV Matthew 12:34 .for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. KJV

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James 3:6 And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness that can ruin your whole life. It can turn the entire course of your life into a blazing flame of destruction, NLT If we do not agree with God our Maker that He has made us extraordinary then we will be run over by the extraordinary challenges that come to us in our individual lives. We have to realize extraordinary people will have extraordinary challenges because they are headed to an extraordinary future. Dont let the challenges get you down. You were not made to believe for failure. You were made to believe God made you extraordinary with extraordinary courage and has given you extraordinary abilities to face extraordinary problems so you can go forward into your extraordinary future. Since our words follow our thoughts and lead to the results we have in our lives, I have included in this article some declarations or confessions that you can speak over your life each and every day and will bring you into the extraordinary life God planned out for you. Start declaring them and start living your extraordinary life! Im An Extraordinary Person: God has made me an extraordinary person with an extraordinary mentality, stepping into an extraordinary future with supernatural doors opening to me, overcoming every obstacle, seeing the defeat of every enemy, and seeing every God given dream and desire come to pass. My Past Leads Me to My Extraordinary Life: Everything I have experienced in my life has made me into who I am today; for every mistake I made God had a purpose for it and every wrong thing done to me didnt take from me but rather allowed God to deposit something in me. Going through a lot of negative things only indicates to me that my future is bigger, brighter and greater than I could have ever imaged. What was meant for my harm, Gods going to use to my advantage in my future. Faith rising up in me I realize what has happened to me in the past is not as important to me as the greatness God was getting me ready for today. My Perspective of Things as an Extraordinary Person: Though I live in a world filled with difficult challenges I have the right perspective which keeps my faith in God strong and I overcome every challenge. Things may get difficult but I am not a light weight or a pushover. I will never forget I have big challenges because I am a big person with a big destiny and the challenges are only stepping stones into my destiny. I realize average people have average problems and ordinary people have ordinary challenges but I am not average or ordinary but extraordinary; so I know I will face extraordinary problems and challenges but I wont allow them to frustrate me or get me depressed.

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Average people would have gotten discouraged with my circumstances and given up by now or settled where they were. Facing incredible problems I stay encouraged knowing I am an incredible person with an incredible future and knowing I will experience one incredible victory after another. I recognize obstacles are not there to hold me back or defeat me but opportunities to push me forward and promote me into what God has prepared and planned for me. When problems look like they just cant be worked out I remember I am a child of the Most High God, created in His image, and wearing a crown of His favor. In tough times I dig my heels in with the attitude I have come too far to stop now, Im in it for the win, and Im a child of the Most High God so who or what in this world can be against me? Sizes of My Problems & The Size of My Extraordinary Future: When it comes to problems and my future I remember this principle; when God allows problems in my life He doesnt match it to the size I might think I am but to the size of my destiny. It does not matter the size of my problems but the size I am on the inside; and with God on the inside of me I am bigger on the inside than the problems I face on the outside. I understand the size of my problems indicates the size of my future; so the bigger the challenge only indicates to me I have a big future ahead of me. Having little challenges, little problems, and little opposition is a sign I am coasting and not growing and I need to stir up the extraordinary God has placed on the inside of me. Like David facing the giant, Goliath, I may face extraordinarily big problems but they will only bring out the extraordinary person I am and bring extraordinary promotion to me. Like David with just a sling shot and a few stones to defeat Goliath; all I need is just a little of Gods favor and that changes everything. God Given Dreams in My Extraordinary Life: I am empowered to accomplish every dream God has placed in my heart. Through all difficulties I face I will not back down from my dreams, be negative, complain or talk like my dreams will never happen, for if God be for me who or what in this world could dare be against me? I will never forget the dreams God has placed on the inside of me nor feel sorry for myself when my dreams take a long time for I know positively in due season God will bring them to pass. My God size dreams are so big and look so impossible but with Gods strength, Gods wisdom and Gods favor I will see them, I will live in my dreams! I realize as I go forward in pursuing my God given dreams I will have major challenges because I am a major person, with major dreams, with a major future God has planned out for me. Like Joseph in the Bible I will never let my dreams get pushed down by

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I dont have to worry when I face big problems because I serve a big God and they are just a part of the fulfillment of my destiny. My Faith In My Extraordinary I am an extraordinary person for that is whom God created me to be. I am more determined than ever to become everything God has created me to be. Life:

With every obstacle I face I am an overcome, I am a person of destiny and I stir up the zeal and the passion God has placed on the inside of me. Every morning I remind myself I am equipped, empowered, anointed, strong, talented, creative, armed with strength for every battle, there is no challenge thats too difficult for God and me, no sickness or disease can take control of my body or my life, no person can steal my dreams and destiny, and none of my enemies are more powerful than my God Who is all powerful. I will remember at all times I am a son/daughter of the Most High God so I will not back down or allow disappointment or adversity to stop me; for the greatest power in the universe has made me more than a conqueror in every thing I face. I will see my dreams and my destiny fulfilled no matter the action of other people, no matter the incredible disappointments or incredible problems or incredible rejection; for I know this is the time for me to experience incredible God given favor, incredible God given promotion and incredible God given vindication. I see new levels of Gods favor as I press on in my faith in Him in the midst of all difficulties and let go of all offense no matter what wrong things are done to me. Wearing the whole armor of God prepares me for what comes against me and means nothing can defeat me. With the helmet of salvation I am not only at peace with God but my thoughts are positive, hopeful, and expectant of Gods favor to show up any time or any where. Wearing my breastplate of righteousness I know God has already approved and accepted me so it doesnt matter how people respond to me or try to make me feel. Wearing the belt of truth I am set free from all discouragement and lead into the victorious life in Christ Jesus. Wearing my shoes of peace I step out of stress filled living and into the peaceful rest of God. With the shield of faith I am ready for each difficulty that tries to bring me down and I am sure God is making a way where there seems to be no way. With the Sword of the Spirit coming out of my mouth I am not complaining but instead my attitude is, Im blessed. I am so rich. I have the favor of God. I can do all things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord and the power of His might. If God be for me who or what in this world can be against me? My best days are still ahead of me.

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Armed with the armor of God, as a good soldier, I am protected, empowered and equipped so that nothing can take me down. People Talk About Me & My Extraordinary Life: I refuse to complain when people talk about me for people dont talk about average or ordinary people but exceptional people and thats why they are talking about me; I realize this just comes with the extraordinary life so I just shake it off and move forward. Being an extraordinary person I have extraordinary critics but I will have extraordinary vindication. I m not discouraged when people talk about me, not when Im listening to God speak extraordinary things about me. My Enemies Wont Leave Me Alone In My Extraordinary Life: I realize with my perspective of an extraordinary life I am headed to greater things and I know the enemy will not leave me alone for I am a threat to him; so I dig my heels in deep and dont allow discouragement to come with the big problems for they are not too big for me. I dont get upset because of struggles with my finances but instead stay in faith knowing my enemy wouldnt fight me if he didnt know God had greater things in store for me. I remain standing strong in the Lord and in the power of His might no matter what comes against me to try to stop me; whether it be adversities, disappointments, challenges, or forces of darkness, for their best will never be enough for my God and me.

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