Monday, August 31, 2015

NEW CREATION REALITIES

Philemon 6
 “That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.”

One of the things that will make your faith strong and productive is when you understand what you are in Christ, that is understanding your new creation realities. A lack of understanding of this will make you struggle in your faith walk. 

The way you know this is by looking at every Bible verse that has “in Him”, in whom, etc. find these scriptures and confess them over your life. It will build you up faster than anything and make your faith strong. For instance, Colossians 1:27
“Christ in you the hope of glory”.


When you put attention on Scriptures like this, and make them your meditation, your faith cannot but become strong because you begin to see yourself the way God sees you. You also will see circumstances from God’s perspective.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

CONFESS UNTIL YOU SEE MANIFESTATION

Phil 2:16 KJV
“Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.”


The words, “holding forth” in the literal sense, means to bring into view. It is when you bring the word into the view of the world or the circumstance that it makes a difference. 

How is the word brought into view? The same words “holding forth” in the dictionary means to “speak at length”. This means, when you speak the word at length you bring the word into view. Do you see that you have to speak at length for the word to come into view. In fact it comes into view by being superimposed upon the situation over which you are speaking the word. But you have to speak at length to achieve this. 

So when people say a few words of confession and they are wondering why nothing happened, this is the reason why. So how long do you have to confess for? Until you receive manifestation.

Saturday, August 29, 2015

EXERCISE YOUR FAITH

Rom 10:17
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

2Th 1:3
“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;”

Let us look at our passages one more day. Another way to look at the faith that cometh by hearing is to call it head knowledge faith, that is, the faith that is just a head knowledge. This means all the theories about faith is known to such people but that is where it ends. It is in them alright but it has not gone from the head to the heart to make a difference.

Jas 1:25
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”

I believe what will make your faith to grow is when you are a doer of the word of faith not just a hearer. A doer of the word of faith is someone who actively engages his or her faith in something. Another way to illustrate this is to liken having faith by hearing to just eating food. 

When you eat food, your body parts receive nutrients and grow properly but when you go to the gym to work out you develop muscles and you can lift weights. You cannot lift weights because you eat good food, you lift weights because you exercise. It is when you use your faith to lift off burdens that it grows.

Jas 2:14
“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?”


There is no profiting in a faith that is not exercised after it cometh. So exercise your faith today! How? Engage it on something, believe God for something. You can believe God for the salvation of somebody you know that is not yet saved, or believe God for some material thing.

Friday, August 28, 2015

DO NOT HAVE FEAR

Romans 14:22(KJV)

“Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God…”

“Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others…”(MSG)

I left off yesterday with this words that you ask yourself, rephrasing our text, “have I faith…” I want to pursue this a bit more. Can you answer this question.” Now don’t get religious on me and think it is pride to say you have faith. 
 No it is not. You better know that you have faith to face the challenges of life before they come at you. So I ask again, “Hast thou faith? You may ask how would I know I have it? Firstly, though faith is a spiritual thing, it is real. You will know if it is there or not. Secondly, you can know by the relationship that you have with God. The message bible renders our text thus: “cultivate your own relationship with God…” When you cultivate a relationship with God, faith rubs off on you. 
Thirdly, your relationship with the word of God in definite areas will birth faith in you in those areas. Lastly, actually exercising faith on a daily basis will keep you in  shape faith wise. For instance, if you go to a top athlete like Usain Bolt and ask if he can run a hundred metres dash, he will tell you he can do anytime. Why because he does things that keeps him in shape to do it. Though he might put in extra time for practice for a major race, when such is close by, his body is conditioned already to run a hundred metres dash. 

Thursday, August 27, 2015

FAITH THAT GROWS

Rom 10:17
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

2Th 1:3
“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;”

We have two statements here that is worth examining lest you think they imply the same thing. They are “faith cometh” and “faith growth”, it is possible for some to think that because faith comes by hearing that it also grows by hearing.

Firstly, the word “cometh by” in the Greek implies where it originates from, that is, your faith originates from, proceeds out of by your hearing. Whereas the word “groweth exceedingly” in the Greek means to increase above the ordinary. So while in Romans 10:17 we get the picture of someone just starting out, in 2 Thessalonians 1:3, we get the picture of something increasing. Now let us look at the meaning of the word grow in the dictionary:

1) (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.
 (grow up) progress to maturity or adulthood.
 (grow out of or into) become too large (or large enough) to wear.

2) come into existence and develop.
 (with reference to a plant) germinate or cause to germinate and develop.

3) become larger or greater over time; increase.
 develop or expand (an enterprise or business).
 become increasingly


Some words seem to be occurring over and over again: develop, increase, become larger and greater. So we take it that to grow means to develop, increase in size and to mature. So how do you develop, increase or make your faith larger? Is it just by hearing? No hearing just feeds your faith, but doing or exercising your faith is what will grow it, develop it. So use your faith today.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

CALL THE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE

Romans 4:17
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”

Did you notice who it is that call things that be not as though they are? It is not faith preachers. No, it is God Himself. And the Scriptures say we are to be imitators of God. Scriptures also say you and I should have the God kind of faith (Mark 11:22). 

Then we also ought to be calling things that be not as though they were. Let us see again how God called things that be not as though they were:

“For God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness…” 2Corinthians 4:6

This is referring to creation in the book of Genesis. Darkness was the prevailing situation but God wanted light, so what did He do? The Scripture said He commanded light to shine out of darkness, in other words where darkness was He called forth light.

“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Genesis 1:3


So calling the things that be not as though they were is issuing word of command to your situation to yield to your desire or to bring forth God’s will for you. It is looking at your empty pocket and saying you have abundance. It is looking at the symptoms on your body and saying you are healed, you are whole. Be like your Father God and call the things that be not in your life, family, business and finances as though they are.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

HOW YOU CAN OVERRIDE FACT WITH TRUTH

Romans 4:17
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”

Faith calls those things that be not as though they were. But in the name of confession people call things that be as though they were not. So you ask someone who obviously is attacked with fever how thay are and you hear, “I am not sick”. Rather what the scriptures teach is that you respond ‘I am healed’. 

There is a world of difference between the two.  When God called Abram, Abraham and Sarai, Sarah; He was calling the things that be not as though they were. When Jesus told the disciples that Lazarus was asleep, when actually he had been dead for some days, He was calling the things that be not as though they were. If you are going to be victorious in your faith walk, you have to learn this kind of vocabulary of calling things that be not as though they are. 

When you call things that are as though they are not, you are denying a fact, whereas faith is not a denial but an affirmation of truth; the truth of God’s word.  For instance, when you affirm the truth of God’s word concerning your healing over the fact of the symptoms, truth will override fact and your healing will manifest.

CONFESSION: I DECLARE THE BEST OF MY LIFE ARE NOT BEHIND ME NEITHER ARE THEY AHEAD OF ME, THEY ARE HERE NOW!

Monday, August 24, 2015

HOW ABRAHAM HANDLED UNBELIEF

Romans 4:16-21
“Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 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: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

The next thing we see with Abraham’s faith is how he handled unbelief. The Scriptures say he staggered not at the promise through unbelief. This tells you when you begin to stagger at God’s word, unbelief is the issue. To stagger means to waver, to be of two minds which ultimately will make you to withdraw from the promise, is caused by unbelief. 

And we see how Abraham handled it. He also battled unbelief. Rather than give in to it, the Scriptures say he gave praise to God. The result was that rather being overtaken with unbelief his faith grew stronger and stronger as he praised God. But he was able to do that because he was fully persuaded that He that promised was able to deliver. 

This is the cure for unbelief. Unbelief attempts to overtake everyone but you just have to know that you know that you know that God is able to deliver. Let that knowing bring forth praise out of you and unbelief will go out of the window. When you begin to waiver in your faith, know that you are about to be overtaken with unbelief and do something about it.



CONFESSION: I AM A BELIEVER, NOT AN UNBELIEVER. I CAN BELIEVE GOD AND I REFUSE TO WAVER.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

WHAT ARE YOU GIVING ATTENTION TO

Romans 4:16-21
“Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 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: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

The next thing we learn about Abraham’s faith is that he did not pay attention to the contradicting physical evidences.

“…he considered not his own body now dead…neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb”
Abraham also had to contend with the pressure of contradicting evidences and the Bible says he did not consider them. What does it mean by saying he did not consider them? It means to observe fully, to behold. It implies giving something your full attention, which enables you to perceive. 

By the time you give something that much of attention you will not be able to see anything else and the result of that? A faith that is weakened. The Scriptures said the reason Abraham did not get weak in faith is that he did not give contradicting evidences his full attention. Remember, this is his body we are talking about. It is not something apart from him, so it will take some effort not to notice what is going in his body. 

If Abraham can do that you also can do it. Stop giving attention to people, places and things that contradict your faith. That is the reason your faith gets weakened. However, if you are not looking at the contradicting evidences, you must be looking at something else.

Proverbs 4:20,21
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.”

Saturday, August 22, 2015

THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM

Romans 4:16-21
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 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: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

For the next few days we will be meditating on the above Scriptures to study the faith of Abraham. The first thing we see was that Abraham had both natural and supernatural hope. Faith is actually the substance of things HOPED for. 

That means without hope, faith has nothing to give substance to. This is like trying to score a goal in a football match, without goal posts. Abraham did not just stop at having natural hope, everybody can have natural hope and everybody does live on natural hope, but what happens when you come to the end of your “rope” as they say. This is where a person of faith differs, you latch unto the supernatural hope, “…who against hope believed in hope…”. 

This is what you have to do too when you come to the end of natural hope, still reach out to the supernatural. When you are told that it not naturally feasible for a particular thing to happen to you, don’t give up because that is the perfect opportunity for the supernatural to take over.


CONFESSION: I WILL WAIT FOR MY APPOINTED TIME UNTIL MY CHANGE COMES.  

Friday, August 21, 2015

IT SHALL COME TO PASS

Proverbs 23:18
“For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut short”

I feel impressed to still tell you today that IT SHALL COME TO PASS! Whatever be the negative circumstance of your life right now, there is a time limit on it. I repeat THERE IS A TIME LIMIT ON IT! Sometimes the enemy makes people feel as though the sickness, their present difficulty will last forever, but that is a lie of the enemy. 

Why? Our text for meditation says, “for SURELY THERE IS AN END…” It is a sure thing, a definite thing that there is an end to that situation, which means, it shall come to pass. Moreover, the Scriptures also say, “…Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). So this tells you weeping is only permitted to stay in your night time, it is not allowed to stay and see the morning. 

This confirms to you again, that your weeping or whatever is causing it will come to an end, IT SHALL COME TO PASS! So what are you to do now that you know this? You can say in the words of Micah 7:7,8

“So I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save. MY God will hear me. I have fallen, but enemy, don’t laugh at me! I will get up again. I sit in darkness now, but the Lord will be a light for me.”

CONFESSION: REJOICE NOT OVER ME O MY ENEMY, THOUGH I FALL, I SHALL YET RISE AGAIN BECAUSE THIS TOO SHALL PASS.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

THERE IS AN END

Proverbs 23:18
“For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut short.”

I am sure you have come across this phrase in the scriptures, “and it came to pass”. This is what our text means when it says for surely there is an end. There is an end to that negative situation, there is an end to that sickness or disease and there is an end to the lack in your life. 

The Scriptures say surely, which means certainly, without a doubt or definitely. But you know you determine how circumstances or situations will end, that it will end, there is no doubt. So what determines the kind of outcome or end? Your EXPECTATION! What is that? It is a strong belief that something(good) will happen(to you) in that situation. Your expectation is what sets the bar for the kind of outcome you have in life. Hear Paul: Phillipians 1:19,20

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.”

Notice that Paul said the circumstance will turn to his salvation not only because of the prayers and the supply of the Spirit, but according to his earnest expectation that in nothing will he be ashamed. So his expectation set the bar for the outcome Paul experienced. So what expectation do you have today?


CONFESSION: MY EXPECTATION IS VICTORY, FAVOUR AND DELIVERANCE.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

FAITH PROCESS CONTINUED

Mark 5:25-34
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately
knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”

Let us continue to process what the woman with the issue of blood did and got healed of her ailment. Remember that what she did amounted to faith because she Jesus said her faith made her whole.

Step 3: She came to Jesus – she put action to her words, in other words she gave corresponding action to her faith. James said, faith without corresponding actions is dead. You have to act in line with your belief.


Step 4: She was made whole. Also note the process of the healing. The Scriptures say immediately the fountain of her blood stopped and she felt in her body that she was healed of the plague. So you receive first in the spirit and then in the physical. Remember when Jesus cursed the fig tree, it was twenty –four hours later that it manifested in the physical. 

Also when Daniel prayed, his answer was dispatched from the first day, but the answer did not get to him in the physical until twenty one days later. I am saying this so that you can learn to hold on and be steadfast with your faith, for surely manifestation will materialize.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Process of faith

Mark 5:25-34
“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”

My Senior Pastor, Rev Dr Tunde Joda, said a long time ago that if we did what people in the Bible did to obtain their blessings, we would also receive. In the light of this let us examine what this woman did that made her whole, remember Jesus told her it was her faith that made her whole. So the things she did can be classified as a process of faith that enabled her to end up with the product she needed, her healing.

Step 1: She heard about Jesus – faith comes by hearing. You will have to give yourself to hear too for faith to arise in your heart for that blessing. By the way, you have to hear in the direction of your need. For instance, you need healing, hear things to do with healing.


Step 2: She began to say – confession precedes possession. You will have to speak too in line with what the Scripture said about your circumstance. For with the heart man believeth, but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Monday, August 17, 2015

God is a rewarder


Heb 11:6
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

Faith has what I call a baseline, by which one can determine if you are in faith or not. Our text for today reveals that the faith that pleases God is this that you believe that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. 

This means if you do not believe God is

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Faith is the foundation


Habakkuk 2:4
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”

We are still examining why the subject of faith and living by it is important to the believer.

Sixthly, the Scriptures say we walk by faith, stand by faith and we are to resist the devil steadfast in the faith. (2Corinthians 5:7; 1:24 and 1Peter 5:8) Another reason is that you cannot get your prayers answered without faith and Jesus said when He comes back again He will be looking for faith in people. 

Also, according to 2Peter 1:5, faith is the foundation upon which other Christian virtues are built. Therefore if the foundation is not in place, all other things built on it will be shaky. In addition to that is that, faith gives covering to the believer’s armour. Ephesians 6:16 says, “above all take the shield of faith…” 

Lastly, the Scriptures say that it is only through faith that the righteousness of God can be revealed to the believer from start to finish. (Romans 1:17) What is the righteousness of God? It is His rightness, His right standing. It is not surprising then that people who do not appreciate the message of faith do not have balanced understanding of God.

 CONFESSION: LIVING BY FAITH IS MY WAY OF LIVING, MY WAY OF LIFE.