I'VE GOT JOY

John 6:29(ASV)

"Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent"

We are still meditating on how to know if you are believing or not

"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing… (ROM15:13 ASV)

The second yardstick is joy!

If you seem to have lost your joy, your heart is no longer in a believing mode. Once you allow your joy to be stolen, your faith goes out the window and so is the manifestation you are longing for. 

It was Jerry Savelle that preached a message "If the devil can't steal your joy he cannot keep your goods. So how is your joy today? Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say unto you, rejoice!

Confession

I’ve got joy, joy, joy down in my heart right now.

HOW TO BELIEVE

John 6:29 (ASV)

Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

Believing is very important to an individual in your experience with God. Jesus referred to it as the main thing in the believer’s life. Therefore you must have a way to measure if you are believing.

The first thing that enables you to know if you are believing is

“…he that believeth shall not be in haste.” (Isaiah 28:16)

“For we who have believed do enter into that rest…”

There is a rest, a peace that comes to you when your heart is in belief mode. If you lose your peace or rest in a situation where you claim to be believing God, then you are no longer believing, you lost it. 

Get yourself back into the word, until your belief is restored.

Confession
I am kept in perfect peace because my mind is stayed on God.

FAITH SPEAKS

Mathew 17:20 “… for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say…”

In our meditation yesterday, I pointed out to you that faith takes what belongs to it. But faith is voice activated, receiving or taking does not begin until your tongue comes into action. 

Jesus said in our text, if you have faith, ye shall say. We can turn it around and say the converse if you do not have faith, you shall not say.

Faith (your speaking) is what you take to the counters of heaven to cash, take or receive your desires or move mountains out of your pathway. Start speaking now and start receiving now.

Confession:

I believe therefore, I speak, I have faith and I say. I am the redeemed of the Lord and I say so!

WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

Mark 11:24 “ Therefore  I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them”

Faith takes what belongs to it. Faith takes a hold of what belongs to it. It does not wait for it to come, it takes it.

In the natural, we use our hand to take things offered. What is the hand in the realm of the spirit? “death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”. The word “power” in the verse is the Hebrew word “yawd” and it means “a hand (the open one indicating power, means direction). Also in Mathew 6:31 “therefore take no thought, saying…” This means that we take by saying.

What am I saying to you? your tongue is your hand in the realm of the spirit. You take in the realm of the spirit by saying. When you do not say, you have not taken the things offered.

Confession:

Because He has said I will never leave you nor forsake I can boldly say, the Lord is my helper, I shall not fear what man shall do unto me

HOW TO STOP WORRYING

Philippians 4:6 (NLT) “Don’t worry about anything: instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done”

Lastly, on our meditation on worry. If you have been overtaken with worry, then do the following things to put it away from you:

a. Humble yourself – 1Peter 5:6 -7

b. Put away perverse speaking – Proverbs 4:23

c. Prayer – 1Peter 5:7; Ph.4:6

d. Praise – Ph. 4:6

Turn your worrying and concerns to items of prayer and praise and watch them disappear.

e. Prioritize – Matt. 6:33

Confession:

I will seek first things first. I will trust in the Lord and not lean unto my own thinking