Your Faith ~ Put It To Work

Today there was such a great entry in the Rhapsody of Realities… “Put Your Fath To Work” written by Pastor Anita Oyakhilome.

The opening scripture is Hebrews 11:1 which is “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”.  The Amplified says : “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].“

I just love that!  My faith is my proof, my evidence… my assurance.  People wonder how we can believe in something we may not neccessarily see ~ but we have proof, and our faith is that very evidence.  Notice in the amplified how it says the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].  Our faith perceives things that our five senses cannot, our faith perceives facts our physical senses are not sensitive enough to ‘tune into’.  Our faith connects us to the realities of the realm of the spirit (where all creation begins).

So if our faith is our ‘Title Deed’, there is no need to be passive any longer.  If you have something then acting passively and as though you do not seems foolish in a way.  Pastor Anita uses the example of James 2:17 which says “…faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone“.

So “… we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Cor 4:18).  We keep our focus and attention on the eternal  things of the spirit, because that is more real that what we can see with our eyes.  We live in the spirit and function in (walk by) faith… we are the children of God (Who is Spirit ~ John 4:24).

So if your faith is your evidence, proof, perception as real fact, confimation and title deed… how do we put our faith to work?

Pastor Anita puts it this way : “…if you truly believe God’s Word – that He is who He says He is, has done what He says He has done, and that you have what He says you have, then you must talk, act (behave) and live that way.” (parentheses mine).

We need to live the reality that what we receive by faith is more real than what we have in our hands.  We’re not pretending when we behave this way, we’re not trying to ‘attract’ something, we’re not trying to bluff ourselves in believing something by restrictng our actions, we’re not trying to convince ourselves… we’re simply walking in a higher reality, looking with the eyes of our spirits and walking by faith.

Put your faith to work… don’t stagger at the Word of God.  Your faith is the victory that overcomes the world (1 John 5:4).

Take care, God bless you mightily!

You Can’t Stop The Hand of God!

“What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder” Mark 10:9

Have you ever read that scripture before?  It is a portion of the Bible in which Jesus speaks of marriage and divorce ~ however this verse doesn’t just apply only to marriage.

The Amplified Bible puts it this way ~ “What therefore God has united (joined together), let not man separate or divide.”  It doesn’t say “Who therefore God has joined together…” (although it applies too), it says WHAT God has joined together! 

Also we read that God instructs us “…let not man separate or divide”.  Obviously God joins two things (people, jobs, dreams, love, prosperity, joy etc) together for His purposes.  However we clearly see that we have the responsibility to not let these things to become divided or separated.

If God has joined you and your wife together… LET NOTHING AND NO-ONE SEPARATE YOU!  You might say to me… “Well Angela, I love my wife, and wish we were still together~ but we’re already separated.  We fight all the time, she says she doesn’t love me anymore and there’s no way we can get back together.  We’re just waiting to get the divorce, and there’s nothing I can do about it”. 

Yes there is!  Pray.  When you are in prayer speak this scripture with power…  really get it into you.  Declare (for example):
“Father, I thank you for my wife/husband _________.  I thank you for joining us together  in marriage, and I thank you because Your word says that what You join together, let no man separate.  I therefore will not let any one or anything or anyone to separate us: no principality, no power, no imagination or thought, no circumstance, no plan and no person ~ in the name of Jesus.  You joined us together Lord, and I declare in the name of Jesus that we will no longer be separated from each other.  I pray that we live together in happiness and joy…(pray for the needs in your marriage)” AMEN

 Maybe you’re suffering a terrible illness, it may be something that is painful and debilitating ~ or perhaps it is paralysis.  Do you suffer from cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis?  There’s apparently no cure… no way out.  Nothing left the doctors can try… WRONG!

When you are born again, you received divine health.  God joined to you divine health and it is your birthright as a child of God.  God wishes you to be in health (3 John 1:2), and in Romans 8:11 it says: “And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.”  The original word for ‘restore to life’ is zōopoieō which means vitalizes, or gives life to.  So the Holy Spirit lives in you and brings you body to vitality.  This divine health was joined to you through the Holy Spirit, and refuse to be separated from your health ANY LONGER!

Speak to your body!  Tell it: “The Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead lives in me!  I thank You Holy Spirit because You bring life to my body.  Father, Your word says that by Jesus stripes, I was healed (1 Peter 2:24).  In the name of Jesus, I am healed.  This sickness will no longer be tolerated in my body.  This disease/cancer (etc) is not accommodated in my body… every cell of my body is filled with the vitality of the Holy Spirit, and I am healed… I am made WHOLE in the name of Jesus…” AMEN

Are you facing eviction?  Are you behind on your rent, and cannot see a way to pay it?  There’s simply not enough money in your bank account to cover all your expenses and you don’t know what will become of you?  Refuse to be separated from the house God has ‘joined’ you to.

“In the name of Jesus, I cannot be evicted from my home!  I cannot be divided from my abundant prosperity, and I am more than able to pay every bill needed in the name of Jesus.  I dispatch angels to bring to me everything I require and want.  I thank You Lord because You are my source.  You were made poor so I can be rich, and my prosperity is overflowing!  I thank You for my home, and my bills.  I thank You because You will be glorified through all this Lord, and I give You the glory and honour.  I thank You because I will not be moved in the name of Jesus…” AMEN

Refuse to be separated from what God has joined to you.  In the Rhapsody of Realities of Chris and Anita Oyakhilome, you learn God’s word which tells you that you have the birthright of abundance, prosperity and joy on the inside.  You have the life and nature of God… so go ~ and be blessed!