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  • HOW TO OPERATE IN THE SUPERNATURAL LIFE (3): BOLD DECLARATION

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    Wednesday, April 17, 2024

    HOW TO OPERATE IN THE SUPERNATURAL LIFE (3): BOLD DECLARATION

    Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
    Acts 14:3 (KJV)

    The supernatural realm is the realm of the Holy Spirit and there are spiritual forces that must be deployed in order to see the manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit. Today, we are speaking about bold declaration. Bold declaration is speaking the Word of the Lord with confidence of faith in the integrity of the Lord to perform His Word. It takes this bold declaration to release the power of the Holy Spirit into the moment of the believer. Why is bold declaration important and vital to releasing the supernatural? Mark 11:23 says, “… he shall have whatsoever he saith.” It takes bold declaration to activate the supernatural. It is only what you say that is performed for you. Job 22:28 says, “Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.” Your mouth is the channel of releasing your desires into the realm of the supernatural. Until you say it, you cannot have it. Until you declare it, it cannot be performed for you. So, bold declaration is vital to activate the power of the Holy Spirit on your behalf. Our opening text affirms this postulation. They were speaking boldly in the Lord and as they were doing so, the Lord gave testimony to the Word and the effect was signs and wonders being done by their hands.

    Bold declaration means that you believe the Word. You can never speak boldly what you do not believe. The Word says that all things are possible to him that believes (see Mark 9:23). Bold declaration is the only way to confirm that you believe the Word and faith in the Word activates the supernatural on your behalf – nothing shall be impossible to you. You begin to operate in all possibilities in all spheres of life. Beloved, do you believe the Word that those who dwell in Zion shall not say “I am sick”? (see Isaiah 33:24). Do you believe that being born again is your arrival at Zion? (see Hebrews 12:22). Then, go ahead and declare boldly “I can never be sick”. Until you can declare such things boldly, you cannot experience peace and rest in your health. This is how these things work. If you believe the Word, then you would evidence it by speaking it boldly.

    There is something that can puncture your bold declaration I would like to point out to you now so you can beware of it. Proverbs 28:1 says “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” It takes living in righteousness to stand in boldness. Iniquity punctures your boldness both before the Lord and the gates of hell. You must fear nothing but sin. You must avoid sin like a mortal plague because it is even worse. As you stand in righteousness and speak boldly, you are sure to have it the way you say it. Shalom!

    REMEMBER: It takes bold declaration to activate the supernatural.

    CONFESSION: I do not toy with sin. My words are laws in the realm of the spirit. As I say it, I have it. Thank You Lord Yahushua!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Receive a fresh baptism of the spirit of holiness and grace to declare boldly in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    John 7:26; Acts 9:27, 29

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Joshua 15:13-17:18; John 16:1-16

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  • THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (6): STRENGTHENER

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    Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (6): STRENGTHENER

    But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.
    John 14:26 (AMPC)

    A Strengthener is one that makes you stronger, that emboldens you and empowers you. The blessed Holy Spirit, our Strengthener makes us stronger, emboldens us and empowers us.

    Let us take the first one. He makes us stronger. This is the work of the Holy Spirit in our inner man. Our strength is not of the physical even though the well-being of our physical body is also of paramount concern to the Holy Spirit because my body is His temple. He looks to the world through my eyes, touches men through my hands and generally expresses Himself through my body His temple. So, He is obviously concerned with the well-being of my body. However, His primary interest is the well-being of my spirit because if my spirit is strong, it influences the well-being of my physical body. Ephesians 3:14-17 (KJV) says one of the most beautiful prayers of the Spirit in the New Testament. The Holy Spirit strengthens us in our inner man by ensuring we feed on the Word, breathe in prayer and exercise by acting on the Word.

    The Holy Spirit emboldens us as we pray in the Holy Spirit that is praying in unknown tongues. 1 Corinthians 14:4 (NET) says, ‘The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.’ When you are baptised in the Holy Spirit, He grants you utterance in unknown tongues. This is not for show or fun. This is the spiritual avenue of enlarging your spiritual capacity. When you pray in unknown tongues, you build yourself up as it were a house. You see, the Holy Spirit was given to us to equip us to reign in life by Christ and you can’t reign in timidity and cowardice. The Holy Spirit doesn’t want you to be shy or unable to stand before a mere man no matter his natural status. The Holy Spirit imparts an audacity in your carriage that terrorizes hell. You are a divine being, an associate of the God-kind, a participator in the God-life, made as God-man to represent the authority of heaven on earth. You need boldness as that of a lion to intimidate all the gates of hell and reign in victory. Speaking in unknown tongues is the Spirit’s avenue of achieving that in your life.

    The Holy Spirit is our power source. We are utterly powerless without Him. The Lord Jesus said in Acts 1:8 (AMPC), ‘But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.‘ This power is not for show, it is for witnessing. This power is in you if you are baptised already, but you can never see it manifest until you get on the go in witnessing for the Lord Yahushua. You can heal the sick, raise the dead and deliver the oppressed, the power is in you. It is not the reserve of any group of people, it is for everyone filled with the Holy Spirit. But as long as you are not in the business of the purpose for which the power was given, you will not see it in manifestation. So, go out today, tell somebody about the Lord Yahushua and His love for them. In the process, pray for the sick, and see what happens.

    REMEMBER: The Holy Spirit our Strengthener makes us stronger, emboldens and empowers us.

    CONFESSION: I am born of the Word by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, I am a wonder to this earth. I am stronger everyday in my inner-man, emboldened in my spirit and empowered to effect changes in my world. Everything is working in my life and I call the shots before my enemies because I am empowered to reign in life by HaMashiach. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Today marks the end of every form of weakness, lethargic existence and powerlessness of the spirit in your life. From today, start commanding what has commanded you before. Rule and reign in the midst of your enemies. Take back without delay any hanging blessing today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Isaiah 11:1-3

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Deuteronomy 32:48-34:12; John 11:54-12:19

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  • DIMENSIONS OF THE WORD (3): THE WORD IS SURGICAL

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    Saturday, March 23, 2024

    DIMENSIONS OF THE WORD (3): THE WORD IS SURGICAL

    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
    Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)

    When we say that the Word is surgical, we mean to say that the Word has the power to open up your spirit, soul and body and stitch, repair or replace whatever is missing, damaged, or failing. The Word can cut open your spirit, soul and body. That is exactly this surgical dimension that our opening text is speaking about. The Word of Yahweh is sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The Word can cut your body open and remove cancer cell without physically cutting you open but when you go to the doctors or laboratory, they would confirm that you don’t have any cancer any more. Beloved, with the Word in your mouth you can cut off sickness, disease or infection from your body. The Word of Yahweh in your mouth in the name of the Lord Yahushua is a surgical knife that can cut off any pain harassing your life. As a Pastor, this is the way I deal with satanic affliction in the life of the people. I just lay hands on the person and I cut off the hold of that devil in the life of the person in the name of the Lord Yahushua and it is settled.

    The surgical operation of the Word is also a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. You would hear the Lord Yahushua answering a person after discerning what that person was saying in his heart that he didn’t even alter. John 7:39 says, ‘Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.’ This man Simon the Pharisee that invited the Lord to dine in his house spoke within himself, but the surgical Word in the Lord Yahushua was about to cut in and discern it (see John 7:40-50). The Word can make you so sharp that you can discern your environment and even the thoughts of others. This helps you not to be a victim of wicked and unreasonable people who speak peace to you but war is in their heart (see Psalms 28:3). Someone can be telling you of an opportunity if the Word is surgically operating in you, you can dissect in the realm of the spirit what the person is saying if it is true or false.

    The Word penetrates into the spirit and soul and can help you cut off any form of addiction to any substance. Anything that appears indelible in your spirit or soul can be cut off by the surgical power of the Word. Sit on the Word until habits and deep seated unscriptural convictions are cut off by the surgical operation of the Word.

    REMEMBER: The Word is a very sharp surgical knife that can handle spirit, soul and body operations.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I ask for the grace to sit on the Word to both acquire the surgical knife of the Word and to sharpen my spirit-man in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Everything that is not consistent with the Word of Yahweh in your life is cut off now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Isaiah 55:11; Ephesians 6:17.

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Numbers 28:1-29:40; John 3:22-36

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  • HOW TO ENCOUNTER THE WORD (5): ENGAGE THE HOLY SPIRIT

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    Wednesday, March 20, 2024

    HOW TO ENCOUNTER THE WORD (5): ENGAGE THE HOLY SPIRIT

    Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself? but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
    John 16:13 (KJV)

    The Bible is not a newspaper or magazine. II Peter 1:21 says, ‘For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.’ The Bible is the product of the Holy Ghost. The Bible is the collection of the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. This is why it is expedient to engage the author of the Bible in trying to understand and apply what He inspired. It is the moving of the Holy Spirit on the lives of holy men of Yahweh that resulted in the Bible. That is to say that there is no other person that knows the Bible like the author, the blessed Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our teacher and guide into the deep things of the Father. He guides us into all truth. The Word of Yahweh is the truth and it takes the Holy Spirit to come into this truth. With the Holy Spirit, the Bible is new everyday because He keeps expounding the truth and bringing out new things from same chapter and verse that you have been reading everyday.

    Did you notice the word “guide” in our opening text? The word translated guide is the Greek word “hodegeo” meaning to show the way; that is to teach. It also means to lead as in a blind person to the right path. The Bible is like our promised land. You just entered into the promised land at new birth. You need a guide to show you around. The Holy Spirit is that guide that shows you around the Bible because you are blind without Him. There is a voice behind every verse of scripture but you can never hear it on your own because that voice is the voice of the Holy Spirit. It takes the Holy Spirit teaching you for you to hear that voice that will show you what to do and how the verse you are reading relate to and apply to you.

    John 14:26 expressly says, ‘But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.’ The Holy Spirit teaches you all things and also brings all things to your remembrance. You cannot do without the person of the Holy Spirit in your quest to know the Word of Yahweh. He is the author and the teacher. The Holy Spirit can teach you how to do your business from the Word. He can teach you how to climb to the top of your career from the pages of scriptures and as you apply the wisdom he imparts, people begin to wonder at you. It would look like you are a super intelligent person but you are only a good student of the Holy Spirit. You engage the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues and by asking Him in prayer to come and teach you the Word. Shalom!

    REMEMBER: You engage the Holy Spirit by asking Him to teach you the Word and by speaking in the tongues of the Spirit.

    CONFESSION: I am not a super intelligent person. I am only a good student of the Blessed Holy Spirit. Everything I know now is a function of His tutelage. I shall continue to engage Him. Glory be Yahweh!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: By the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit, from now the top is your portion in life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    John 16:1-16

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Numbers 22:2-23:26; John 1:29-51

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  • WHAT IS DIVINE DIRECTION?

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    Sunday DECEMBER 3, 2023

    WHAT IS DIVINE DIRECTION?

    So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange God with him.
    Deuteronomy 32:12 (KJV)

    We established that Yahweh created man and placed him in Eden. Yahweh brought us forth from the womb into this world. That Yahweh has a purpose in mind for bringing me. Having come of age, I must seek to know the purpose for my making. Purpose is the original intention for the creation of a thing. Man was made to worship and praise Yahweh; to bring pleasure to Yahweh. There is also specific purpose for each one of us. For instance, the purpose of the author is “To bring all people to maturity in their knowledge of HaMashiach, so they can begin to reign in life and ready for eternity. (see 1 Corin. 2:6-7)” When you understand your personal purpose, you seek the Lord to know the vision. Vision is the visual insight into where you are going to end up. Yahweh may show you the vision of the end of your life. From where you are to the end of the vision is where divine direction comes in. Divine Direction is the unfolding of the details of the “how” to go about achieving the vision Yahweh has given you. Divine Direction is receiving the instructions from Yahweh from time to time on the next step and moves to make in line with fulfilling your Yahweh-ordained vision.

    Proverbs 16:25 says, ‘There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.’ From where you are now, what path should you take to reach where Yahweh has shown you? What must you do to ensure the fulfilment of Yahweh’s vision for your life. These details are what divine direction communicates. That it is right, does not mean you should do it. Acts 16:6-7 showed us the Holy Spirit forbidding people from preaching the Word at certain places; ‘6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.’ These were missionaries that their sole vision was to preach the Word but even though it was the right thing, they were forbidden. That is the place of divine direction.

    That it is not logical, does not mean you should not do it. In Genesis 26:1-2, there was famine in Philistines unto Gerar and Isaac was living there. The logical thing is to migrate to where there was no famine Egypt. But divine direction said, ‘Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land,’ (vs 2-3). When he obeyed, even in the midst of famine, this became his testimony, ‘12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:’ Beloved, circumstance should not determine your action. What Yahweh is saying should determine your next step. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Divine Direction is the step by step action details by Yahweh towards your vision fulfilment.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I ask for the details of the next move I should make towards the vision you have put in my heart in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree the your eyes and ears open now to receive that instruction that will make you the envy of your world in Yahushua’s name Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Genesis 26:1-14; Acts 16:1-12

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    1 Corinthians 4:14-7:40

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  • SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (9): THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES

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    Wednesday November 29, 2023

    SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (9): THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES

    … to another the interpretation of tongues:
    I Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)

    The interpretation of tongues is the supernatural showing forth by the Spirit the meaning of an utterance in other tongues. Also, it is not translation of tongues; it is the interpretation of tongues. The gift of interpretation of tongues is the least gift of all of the gifts of the Spirit because it depends upon another gift — divers kinds of tongues — in order to operate. It does not operate unless tongues have been in operation. The purpose of the gift of interpretation of tongues is to render the gift of tongues understandable to the hearers so that the whole church congregation, as well as the one who gave the utterance in an unknown tongue, may know what has been said and may be edified thereby. Paul said, “. . . greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, THAT THE CHURCH MAY RECEIVE EDIFYING” (1 Cor. 14:5). But can’t Yahweh speak to us in some other way in the public assembly? Yes, He can and does. We have other public messages given by the Spirit of Yahweh that are not interpretation of tongues; they are a manifestation of the gift of prophecy. For example, psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are also given by the Holy Spirit through the gift of prophecy.

    In private prayer it is not necessary that everything we utter in other tongues be clear to our understanding, because Paul said, “For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful” (1 Cor. 14:14). Therefore, it isn’t necessary that everything I pray in tongues be clear to my understanding or be interpreted because I am not talking to myself, I am talking to Yahweh. What I pray in tongues is clear to Yahweh and that is sufficient: “For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, BUT UNTO GOD: for no man understandeth him; how-beit in the spirit HE SPEAKETH MYSTERIES” (1Cor. 14:2). Yet on some occasions Yahweh may desire that we interpret our prayers. Paul suggests this in First Corinthians 14:13: “Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.” There may be times, if it is as the Spirit of Yahweh wills, that we know what we are praying about in tongues in our personal devotions, and Yahweh will give us the interpretation.

    1 CORINTHIANS 14:27 says, ‘If any man speak in an unknown tongue, LET IT BE BY TWO, OR AT THE MOST BY THREE, and that by course; and LET ONE INTERPRET’. In ministering publicly in tongues in any one service, Paul is saying here that it should be done by two or at the most by three people. In other words, only two or three people at the most should participate. Selah!

    REMEMBER: The gift of interpretation of tongues is supernatural interpretation of what was spoken in the manifestation of the diverse kinds of tongues.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I desire to function in the gifts of the Spirit according to Your Will. I ask that You help me to always maintain connection with Your Spirit, so I can be in the position to receive anytime according to His will in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: As this month is ending tomorrow your supernatural status just escalates to higher dimensions. No carry-over of November blessings in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Corinthians 14

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Romans 5:12-8:25

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  • SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (8): DIVERSE KINDS OF TONGUES

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    Tuesday November 28, 2023

    SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (8): DIVERSE KINDS OF TONGUES

    … to another divers kinds of tongues? …
    I Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)

    The word “divers” in First Corinthians 12:10 is italicized, which means that it was added by the translator. Actually, this verse reads, “… to another, kinds of tongues. . . .” However, in another scripture, Paul said that God set in the Church diversities of tongues (1 Cor. 12:28); therefore, we would not be out of line scripturally to say “divers” kinds of tongues, or different kinds of tongues. This utterance gift of tongues is an important gift in that tongues is the door into the supernatural. This doesn’t necessarily mean the gift of tongues is the best gift, for as we indicated previously, the best gift is the gift needed at the moment. The Gift of Tongues Is a Supernatural Sign. Divers kinds of tongues is supernatural utterance by the Holy Spirit in languages never learned by the speaker, nor understood by the speaker, nor necessarily always understood by the hearer. Speaking with tongues has nothing whatsoever to do with linguistic ability; it has nothing to do with the mind or the intellect of man. It is a vocal miracle of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, one reason we speak in tongues is that the Lord Yahushua said this is one sign which should follow believers. Also, tongues is the scriptural, initial evidence also of the baptism in the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:4). It is important to understand that the gift of tongues is unique to the dispensation of the Church Age.

    Every spirit-filled believer speaks in tongues. In addition to praying in tongues in one’s individual prayer life, it is also true that there is a public side to speaking in tongues. Paul said that not everyone would be used in what we call the public ministry of tongues, for he said in First Corinthians 12:30, “… do all speak with tongues? …” The obvious answer is no because in this verse Paul is talking about the public ministry of diversities of tongues which is a ministry gift denoting more the prophetic office, not the devotional gift of tongues. Some take First Corinthians 12:30 out of its context and conclude that Paul was saying, “Speaking in tongues isn’t for everyone. Therefore, you can be filled with the Spirit without speaking with tongues.” However, again, we must remember that here Paul is talking about the ministry gift of tongues, for he began by saying, “AND GOD HATH SET SOME IN THE CHURCH, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, DIVERSITIES OF TONGUES” (1 Cor. 12:28). Ministry gifts or offices are “set” in the Church by Yahweh; they are people called to the fivefold ministry. Then he asked the question in First Corinthians 12:29 and 30, “Are all apostles? . . .” No, all are not apostles: Let’s look a little further in verse 30: “. . . do all speak with tongues? . . .” The obvious answer is no. Paul was talking here about fivefold ministry gifts, just as he was talking about fivefold ministry gifts when he asked, “Are all apostles? . . .” (v. 29), and so forth.

    REMEMBER: The gift of diverse kinds of tonguing is a supernatural utterance in tongues not learned by the speaker.

    CONFESSION: My prayer is enriched by the gift of tongues. It deepens my relationship with the Spirit and opens the door of the supernatural for me. Thank You Lord for this gift in my life. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I curse whatever is retarding your intimacy with the Holy Spirit in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Corinthians 12, 14

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Romans 1:16-5:11

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  • SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (6): THE WORKING OF MIRACLES

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    Sunday November 26, 2023

    SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (6): THE WORKING OF MIRACLES

    To another the working of miracles? …
    I Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)

    The Working of Miracles can be defined as the supernatural intervention of Yahweh in the ordinary course of nature. A miracle is a supernatural act on a natural plane. When the working of miracles is in manifestation, there is a divine intervention in the ordinary course of nature. For example, the dividing of a stream by the sweep of a mantle is an example of the working of miracles in operation (see 2 Kings 2:14). After Elijah ascended to heaven in a chariot in the whirlwind, Elisha received his mantle and smote the Jordan River. Dividing the waters by a sweep of his mantle was the working of miracles because that was a supernatural intervention in the ordinary course of nature. In the area of healing, many times miracles are received, but this is not necessarily the working of miracles; they are simply called healing miracles. Everything that Yahweh does is miraculous in a sense, but receiving healing by supernatural means is not a miracle in the same sense that turning common dust into insects just by a gesture is a miracle (see Exodus. 8:16), or turning common water into wine just by speaking a word is a miracle (see John 2:7-11). Those two occurrences are examples of the working of miracles.

    Water turned into wine by the ageing process, or the process of nature, is a natural phenomenon. But water turned into wine just by speaking a word, as Jesus did (John 2:1-11), is a miracle according to our definition — a supernatural intervention in the ordinary course of nature. A miracle, therefore, is a supernatural intervention in the ordinary course of nature, a temporary suspension of the accustomed order, or an interruption in the system of nature as we know it, operated by the power of the Holy Spirit. The working of miracles is used to display God’s power and magnificence. In Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible, the Greek word for “miracles” in First Corinthians 12:10 is “dunamis,” and can also be translated acts of powers. In other words, the working of miracles could also be called the working of acts of powers. According to the Greek concordance, the Greek word also means, explosions of almightiness or impelling, staggering wonders or astonishments. In other words, the Greek could read, “To another the working of impelling, staggering wonders or astonishments, or the outworkings of explosions of almightiness and acts of powers.”

    The Working of Miracles is the mighty power of Yahweh flowing through a person. Oh how I desire that everyone of us will position in intimacy with the Holy Spirit and have this power flow through us. How much our world is in need of the manifestation of this power. Romans 8:19 says “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.” They are waiting for the manifestation of the power of Yahweh. Can we yearn for the manifestation of this power?

    REMEMBER: The working of miracles is the manifestation of the almightiness of Yahweh intervening in the ordinary course of nature.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I desire to function in the gifts of the Spirit according to Your Will. I ask that You help me to always maintain connection with Your Spirit, so I can be in the position to receive anytime according to His will in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I release that power over your life today. Receive divine intervention in that situation now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Acts 8:8-11

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Acts 23:26-27:8

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  • SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (5): THE GIFTS OF HEALING

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    Saturday November 25, 2023

    SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (5): THE GIFTS OF HEALING

    … to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit?
    I Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)

    The gifts of healing are manifested for the supernatural healing of sickness and disease without any natural source or means. As I’ve mentioned, every one of these nine gifts of the Spirit are supernatural. The gifts of healing have nothing to do with medical science or human learning. Doctors and medical science are natural means of healing. The gifts of healing and the other methods of divine healing are supernatural. The healing that is supernatural doesn’t come by diagnosis or by prescribing treatment. Divine healing comes by laying on of hands, anointing with oil, or sometimes just by speaking the Word, just to name a few examples from the Word of how healing is ministered. I believe in natural healing and I thank Yahweh for it. I think one of the greatest areas in medical science, and one in which the greatest strides have been made, is in the field of preventive medicine. But not only do I believe in natural healing, I also believe in supernatural, or divine healing.

    You can receive healing by standing on the Word of Yahweh. There is a difference between receiving healing through the manifestation of the gifts of healing and just simply receiving healing by our own faith in the Word. Both are scriptural ways to receive healing. One can stand on the Word of Yahweh and be healed on their own. However, gifts of healing are manifested through another person to you. The difference is the channel through which they are manifested. The gifts of healing is a ministry gift to the body of HaMashiach. Not all have this ministry. I Corinthians 12:28-30 says, ‘28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?’ The obvious answer to that question is no. All are not apostles. All do not have gifts of healing. These spiritual gifts are given as the Spirit wills. It is not an achievement but an engracement. Intimate walk with the Holy Spirit places you at a better position to have these gifts manifested through you.

    When in need of healing, you can just believe the Word of Yahweh and act on the Word and you will be healed because it is the anointing that breaks the yoke (see Isaiah 10:27) and the anointing is on the Word. This is also the reason why every believer must belong to a local Church. In the local Church, there must be somebody that the Holy Spirit uses to minister that gifts of healing, so you can have the person lay hands on you when challenged with sickness and be healed. But you know you cannot be sick dwelling in Zion (see Isaiah 33:24; Hebrews 12:22). Selah!

    REMEMBER: The gifts of healing are supernatural method the Spirit brings healing to His people.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word to me today. I desire to function in the gifts of the Spirit according to Your Will. I ask that You help me to always maintain connection with Your Spirit, so I can be in the position to receive anytime according to His will in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I stand on the Word and I command that spirit of infirmity ravaging your body to expire now by fire in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen! BE HEALED!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:3-5

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Acts 21:1-23:25

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  • SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (4): FAITH

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    Friday November 24, 2023

    SUPERNATURAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT (4): FAITH

    To another faith by the same Spirit? …
    I Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)

    Beginning from today, we shall discuss another three gifts we have categorized as the power gifts. The power gifts comprise of the gift of faith, the gift of healing and the working of miracles. They are categorized as power gifts because they do something. Let us discuss the gift of faith. The Amplified Bible reads, “To another (wonder-working), faith . . .” (1 Cor. 12:9). This gift of the Spirit is also called special faith. The Gift of Special Faith Is Not the Same as Saving Faith. Every believer already has general faith or saving faith, which is also a gift. Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” The faith that you are saved by is a gift of God, but it is not one of the nine gifts of the Spirit. Saving faith is given to you through hearing the Word, because the Bible says, “So then faith [saving faith] cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. 10:17). The faith which we are talking about today — special faith — is something other than general faith or saving faith. It is a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit whereby a believer is empowered with special faith, or wonder-working faith, and it is beyond simple saving faith.

    The gift of faith is a gift of the Spirit to the believer in order that he might receive miracles. The working of miracles, on the other hand, is a gift of the Spirit given to the believer that he might work miracles. One gift receives, the other does something. It is also important to note that all of the gifts of the Spirit operate by faith — by ordinary faith on the part of the believer through which the gift is being manifested. In other words, a person must step out in faith and yield to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. That’s where simple faith is involved. This ordinary faith is the faith that comes by hearing God’s Word. Therefore, the gifts of the Spirit do not operate by the gift of faith, but they do operate by general or ordinary faith. Remember, the Bible says, “. . . If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23). The gift of faith — special faith — is also distinct from the faith that is a fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22). We read about the fruit of the Spirit, one of which is faith, in Galatians chapter 5. However, in the original Greek, the word “faith” in Galatians 5:22 could be translated faithfulness. The fruit of the Spirit are for character; the gifts of the Spirit are for power. Fruit is something that grows. Faith — or faithfulness — is a fruit that grows in the life of a Christian to establish him in godly spiritual character.

    As you stay connected with the Holy Spirit, He will deem it fit to manifest this faith that will empower you to act and receive supernatural manifestation in your life and in the lives of others. Selah!

    REMEMBER: The gift of faith is a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit that empowers you to receive miracles.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I desire to function in the gifts of the Spirit according to Your Will. I ask that You help me to always maintain connection with Your Spirit, so I can be in the position to receive anytime according to His will in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I see the gift of faith manifested in your affairs this season causing you to receive solution and intervention in that situation in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Acts 12:6-11

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Acts 19-20

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