Don't Become, Be!

Don't Become, Be!

The enemy is always trying to get us to become who we already are. If he can get us to try to become who we already are, he can get us to try to get what we already have.

This started from the Fall. The enemy deceived Eve into thinking that she could become like God after eating the fruit (Gen 3:5). But Eve was ALREADY like God to begin with (Gen 1:26).

When Eve thought that she could become who she already was, she tried to get what she already had ---- she already had what is good.

Fast forward to today... If we don't know who we already are in Christ, we will try to BECOME. And when we try to become who we already are, we will try to get what we already have.

Christianity begins complete (Col 2:10). You don't try to become or get it. You simply BE. You simply HAVE it.

Many Christians do not understand this Kingdom truth. They focus on actions, words, behaviours and symptoms ----- sight, instead of identity ----- faith aka truth. Focusing on the flesh is death; focusing on the Spirit is LIFE (Rom 8:6).

They try to become more righteous without realising that they have already been made righteous (2 Cor 5:21). They try to become more holy when they have already been made holy (set apart) --- 1 Cor 1:30.

When you try to become who you already are, you will try to get what you already have.

If sickness or symptoms are in their bodies, they say, "I am sick. I need healing." Or they say to you, "You are not well. You are sick." They don't understand truth and identity. They are still seeing and living by the flesh (sight), instead of identity (faith). They try to get healing when they already have it.

1 Peter 2:24 says that "by His stripes, you WERE healed." It's a past tense. It is a done deal. Just as Jesus dealt with sin's issue, He dealt with sickness' issue. As far as God is concerned, you were healed, and therefore, you are healed.

God is not trying to heal you. He already DID it through Christ by His stripes. People say, "No. I'm not. I'm still having the symptoms. I need to get healing." That's because they focus on the physical instead of the spiritual. 

Every blessing flows from the spiritual realm into the physical realm. It flows from our identity into our reality. Living by sight shuts off the power and the flow. It gets us into becoming who we already are. It makes us try to get what we already have.

This is WHY THE ENEMY always deceives us to live by SIGHT. That is his primary technique. He channels all his energy to get us to live by sight. The only way to overcome him is faith (2 Cor 5:7; 1 Jn 4:4). Live in our IDENTITY.

Identity is simply living by the Spirit, aka walking by faith in His truth. Your actions, words, behaviours and symptoms might not line up with your identity yet, BUT it doesn't change who you are and it doesn't change what you have.

In fact, the only WAY to line up our actions, words, behaviours and symptoms to the truth of God is to constantly FOCUS on our identity (Philemon 6) ---- who we already ARE and what we already HAVE.

Regardless of your bodily symptoms or pain, if you keep believing that you are already healed, the symptoms or pain have to go. It can be instantaneous or progressive. But it has to go. People might think that you are nuts, so be it. People thought Jesus were nuts too.

Our identity is the HEALED one, not the sick. You either choose to believe God or not. Jesus walked in divine health, free from every sickness and disease. So IS our identity ---- we cannot be sick.

But Christians will say, "But you still get sick." That's because they don't understand identity and truth. They are still seeing the flesh. When you believe that you cannot be sick (as who you already are), your body will line up with that truth and you walk protected from every sickness and disease ----- because this is your TRUE identity.

Don't try to get what you already have. Don't try to become who you already are. Simply BE, and simply HAVE!

The Danger of Status Quo

The Danger of Status Quo

Remaining status quo does not mean that we automatically maintain every area in our lives.

In fact, status quo leads to complacency and before we know it, that area in our lives has already declined.

We must be intentional in order to maintain an area in our lives. And we must be more than intentional in order to grow in that area.

P.S: And right after God spoke to me about what I just posted, I saw a post one hour later from one minister. Attached is the screen shot.

Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith

They didn’t really believe the promises of God; they refused to trust Him and move forward in faith. They forgot His wonderful works and the miracles of the past... - Ps 78:10-11 (TPT)

Faith is not just believing in the mind. It must be followed through with action. Kenneth Hagin said that "believing in the mind is simply mental assent."

Mental assent is simply agreeing with God, but that is not faith. Even the devil agrees that God is real.

i.e. "God is the Healer. I believe it. I just don't really think that He would heal me personally now." This is an example of mental assent.

The Israelites believed in their mind. It was mental assent. Because they didn't move forward in faith, which proved that they didn't really believe the promises of God.

Asaph wrote that "they forgot His works and the wonders that He had shown them." (Ps 78:11 ESV)

Remembering the past faithfulness of God through His works and wonders is the bridge to walk in faith. The works and wonders do not give us faith. The testimonies do not give us faith. They only give us HOPE.

Hope is the confident expectation of His goodness. Hope enables us to expect God to do it again because of His faithfulness. But hope is still not faith, since faith only comes by hearing His Word (Rom 10:17).

Why is hope then needed for faith? Faith is the substance of things hoped for... (Heb 11:1). The word 'substance' also means 'reality'.

Faith is the REALITY of things hoped for. Without hope, you cannot have faith NOW.

When we remember the past faithfulness of God through His works and wonders, we HOPE (confident expectation) in His present faithfulness to do His works and wonders AGAIN.

This empowers us to MOVE FORWARD in faith, which is believing beyond mental assent (agreement). 

Faith makes Hope a reality for the present. Faith is in the NOW.

If you agree with God's promises, but find it hard to move forward in faith, recall the miracles and testimonies He did in and through you, and step out in faith.

Meekness and Healing

Meekness and Healing

This morning, I had God speak to me.

He said, "If you use meekness, you will see even more healings."

I was baffled. I thought the Kingdom takes by force. I thought aggressiveness is the key.

Jesus walked in meekness throughout His ministry. His benchmark for healings is 100%. He didn't give any excuse and He didn't fail to heal any.

Difference between Weakness and Meekness

Weakness has no choice.

Meekness has a choice.

Weakness is involuntary.

Meekness is deliberate.

Weakness is a lack of power.

Meekness is power under control.

Weakness is by default.

Meekness is by surrendering.

The more we surrender to the Christ in us, the more He manifests through us --- whether in power or in love (whether gifts or fruit).

I was brought back to the scenes where I saw 'great' healings (in men's perspective). Those were of the shortest prayer I spoke. I did nothing with my mind but simply surrendered to the Christ in me. I simply let Him out. I let Him do His work and He completed it with perfection.

Meekness is simply trusting Christ to do the work in and through us. When we try to love, we fail. When we try to heal, we fail.

But when we trust Him to love through us by surrendering to the Christ in us, it becomes effortless. The same is said for healing.

The less we strive and do by our own, the more we trust Him, and the more He manifests Himself.

No Shortcut To Fear

No Shortcut To Fear

There is no shortcut to remove fear from our lives.

We think that fear can be cast out. We command fear to be cast out from others and ourselves. But it doesn't work that way, because the enemy cannot put fear INTO us. Nowhere in the Bible tells us that satan puts the spirit of fear into us.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear... - Rom 8:15

We were born into the spirit of slavery through the Fall of Adam. The old man was in bondage (slavery) to fear. That nature walks by sight (2 Cor 5:7). It was sight that caused Eve and Adam to fall.

What the enemy does is simply to show us 'sight' (visible realm), so that we walk in fear. Because the opposite of faith is sight.

If the enemy is not IN you, you cannot cast him out. If fear is not put IN you, you cannot cast fear out.

If we are born again believers, fear is self-generated through walking by sight. No one puts fear into you. Therefore, you can't cast it out by casting it out.

We have to believe and keep receiving the love of God until it's perfect.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. - 1 John 4:18

The word 'perfect' here means, "add what is yet lacking in order to render a thing full." Fear is cast out by receiving His love. The more we receive His love, the more fear is cast out.

It's like you pouring clean water into a glass of dirty water. As clean water (love) goes in, dirty water (fear) comes out. Fear is cast out from the inside out by the love of God.

...for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. - 2 Tim 1:7

Since God has given us the spirit of love, there is no spirit of fear in us. Knowing WHO you are and WHOSE you are is the remedy for self-generated fear caused by sight.

Alot of the deliverance ministries try to cast out fear at the altar. You might get some emotional reliefs but you don't get true freedom from fear until you receive the love of God in perfection.

Practicality: Whichever area you are fearful of, you receive the love of God in that area. It was the love of God ---- my Father loves me and thus, will provide for me --- that broke through my fear of financial lack when I left a salaried job. I spent 3 months soaking in His love daily to break that fear.

There is no shortcut to fear. You need to receive His love.

Removing Sin Is The Same As Destroying Sickness

Removing Sin Is The Same As Destroying Sickness

Jesus appeared (or made manifest) physically for the first time on earth to take away sins.

You know that He appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. - 1 Jn 3:5

The word 'take away' in Greek means 'remove' in this context. Jesus removed all our sins on the Cross. He cried, "It is finished!" The Lamb of God took away the sins of the world (Jn 1:29). He didn't just remove a believer's sins. He removed ALL sins of the world (1 Jn 2:2).

The same author John continued writing in verse 8.

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. - 1 Jn 3:8b

Jesus appeared (or made manifest) physically for the first time on earth to destroy the works of the devil.

Scriptures interpret Scriptures. Jesus appeared on earth (before ascension) to remove sins aka destroying the works of the devil. (1 Jn 3:8)

How did he destroy the works of the devil? He healed the sick, raised the dead and cast out demons as a preliminary demonstration of what would happen when He died on the Cross, which is the ultimate destruction of the works of the devil when He removed our sins and put in us a new nature (2 Cor 5:21). For it is the devil's nature that caused us to sin (1 Jn 3:8a).

So when Christ removed our sins, He also destroyed the works of the devil --- which includes sicknesses and diseases, since they all came from sin (Rom 5:12).

If forgiveness of our sins is released by believing, then healing of our sicknesses and diseases is released by the same token.

Christ has appeared once to remove our sins and destroy sicknesses and diseases. You say, "Then why are there still sicknesses and diseases?" It is the same reason why there are still sins.

When we learn to accept our new nature in Christ, we will learn to oppose and reject sin. Similarly, when we learnt to accept our new nature in Christ, we will learn to oppose and reject sicknesses and diseases.

Divine health is a possibility by believing that just as our sins have been removed, sicknesses and diseases have been destroyed.

Christ will appear (make manifest) physically a second time to give us a glorified body. Divine health becomes a reality without faith.

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him. - Heb 9:28 (emphasis added)

The Heart Or The Belly?

The Heart Or The Belly?

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. - Matt 12:34; Luke 6:45

The word 'heart' in Greek is 'kardia', which can also be used for 'mind, inner self, will, intention, center, etc.' Thayer's Greek Lexicon defines it as 'the center and seat of spiritual life, "the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts.'

Mark 11:23 - ...whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, but believes...

The word 'heart' here is the same word used in Matt 12:34. Believing has to come from the heart aka 'the center and seat of spiritual life, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.'

Since death and life lies in the power of the tongue, our mouth becomes the point for release ---- whether it's life (through believing, if it is abundantly filled by faith) or death (through doubt, if it is abundantly filled by sight).

Psalm 81:10 - Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Since God has filled our heart with faith (Rom 12:3) when we were born again, we can open our mouth wide for the release of His life.

John 7:38 says, "...Out of his 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 will flow rivers of living water." Jesus was referring this to the power of the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8 (Read John 7:39).

Since believing activates the flow of the rivers of living water (aka the power of the Holy Spirit) and that believing is from the heart (read Mark 11:23), when John 7:38 talks about 'out of his heart will flow rivers of living water', it is more likely to be referring to the same inner self ---- 'out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.'

Because the spirit of faith is "I believe, so I speak.' (2 Cor 4:13)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon uses 'the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, feeling, choice' for John 7:38. This coincides with 'kardia' in Matt 12:34 and Mark 11:23, which is different from what we are normally taught ----- the belly (lower abdomen).

Out of the abundance of the heart (inner self, seat of thoughts, intention, will), the mouth speaks.

Out of his b̵e̵l̵l̵y̵ heart (inner self, seat of thoughts, intention, will) will flow rivers of living water.

Our intention (will and desire) will cause our mouth to speak out what is on the inside. Our intention (will and desire) will cause the power of the Spirit (rivers of living water) to flow out.

I am more and more convinced that it is out of our heart (inner self, seat of thoughts, intention, will) that the Spirit of God flows out. There are many testimonies and encounters that follow through with this thought.

This is why your heart is edified when you speak in tongues. Because if your belly gets edified when you speak in tongues, the belly is going to become one big united nation.

P.S: The human's heart is where life is. It pumps blood to give oxygen through all the cells in the body. When the heart stops, life stops. The life of God ('zoe') flows into your life (heart) when you are in union with Him.

Can You See Jesus In Person?

Can You See Jesus In Person?

We have heard many people testifying about seeing Jesus. 

"𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞..." etc.

But no testimony can supersede the Word of God. When people shared that they SAW Jesus, what they were really seeing is the VISION of Jesus, not the literal Jesus in Person.

No one can see the literal Jesus in Person until He returns.

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐦, because we shall see Him as He is. - 1 Peter 3:2 (referring to the glorified Christ and our glorified reality)

There are so many Scriptures that give us the truth.

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 for His feet. - Heb 10:12-13

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. - Matt 22:44 (See also Psalm 110:1)

Jesus is presently sitting at the right hand of the Father, until the end comes. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. It's called hallucination. Kidding. What you saw is only a vision of Christ, not the literal Christ in Person. 

After making purification for sins, 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 of the Majesty on high. - Heb 1:3

So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝. - Mark 16:19

God raised Christ from the dead and 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 in the heavenly places... - Eph 1:20

We have such a high priest, One 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 of the throne of the Majesty in heaven. - Heb 8:1

Christ Jesus is the One who died—more than that, who was raised—𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, who indeed is interceding for us. - Rom 8:34

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝. - Col 3:1

Christ has gone into heaven and 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝... - 1 Peter 3:22

See also Heb 1:3; 12:2; Rev 3:21; Acts 7:55-56; 5:31 and many more!

When the end comes, Jesus is returning from heaven by clouds of glory. The way He ascended into heaven is going to be the way He returns. There is no interim period when He comes down on earth for a walk.

Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.” - Mark 14:62

This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. - Acts 1:11 (See also Acts 1:9 and Luke 24:51)

Behold, 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. - Rev 1:7

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 with power and great glory. - Matt 24:30 (See also Luke 21:27)

Sorry to burst your bubble, but we need to share Word-based testimonies, not some flaky extra-biblical ones. Yay Jesus!

Interchangeable: Sin & Sickness

Interchangeable: Sin & Sickness

Because of sin, death came into this world. This includes every form of death, both physical and spiritual. Physical death encompasses sicknesses and diseases.

Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men... 

But when Christ died for us, He dealt with sin so that death no longer reigns in this life (Rom 5:17; 5:10). Read also Romans 6 and Romans 8.

Sin and sickness are technically interchangeable in the Word, because sickness came as a result of sin. If sin is dealt with, then sickness is dealt with. Check out the verses below.

Psalm 103:3 - Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases...

Isaiah 53:4, 12 - Surely He has borne ('nasa' in Hebrew) our griefs...; And He bore ('nasa' in Hebrew) the sin of many...

Matthew 8:17 - ...that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah... "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."

1 Peter 2:24 - Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. 

Mark 2:9-11 - Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 

When our eyes are open to see that sin and sickness are interchangeable in the Word, we begin to realise that whatever that deals with sin also deals with sickness.

If God forgave your sin, He also healed you. It's a package. But many churches like to separate them, because their idea of salvation is only spiritual. But God's idea of salvation is holistic as it includes wholeness and total well-being, whether spiritually, emotionally, mentally or physically.

One of the most powerful verses lies in Romans 6.

Romans 6:7 - For he who has died 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 from sin.

You can also read it this way... 'For he who has died has been freed 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.'

Just as a dead person cannot have sin or live in sin, a dead person cannot have sickness or live in sickness. A dead person simply cannot respond to sin and sickness.

The problem lies with us still focusing on sin and sickness. We are not dead enough. We are resurrecting our old man which was already crucified with Christ on the Cross.

Romans 6:11 - Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin...

In other words, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. The more we reckon ourselves DEAD to sin and sickness, the more we are FREE from sin and sickness.

Living 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 for sin and sickness.

What is the practical approach to sickness?

If you are experiencing any symptoms in the physical body, you say, "I am not sick. I am dead to sickness. I live in Him. His life lives in me. I am the HEALED opposing every symptom."

If you are walking in health, you say, "I am dead to sickness. No sickness can be in me. No sickness nor symptom can attach itself to me. Because I am dead to it. I am alive in Christ. His resurrection power and life is in me. His light is in me. This destroys whatever darkness that tries to come near me."

Resisting The Enemy

Resisting The Enemy

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. - James 4:7

In the Old Covenant, the Lord will cause the enemy to flee (Deut 28:7). In the New, the Lord has put in us the power to do so.

The word 'resist' is not a weak English word that means 'refrain' or 'to keep something at bay'.

In the Greek, it actually means 'to take a complete stand against, i.e. a 180 degree, contrary position.'

It means 'to establish one's position publicly by conspicuously holding one's ground.'

It means 'to forcefully declare one's personal conviction (on Christ's possession)'.

In a nutshell, to resist is to oppose fully. It requires us to take offense at the enemy.

Behold, I have given you the authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. - Luke 10:19

Resisting the enemy is NOT about letting him attack you, and you refraining (blocking) the attack. It's about you OPPOSING him fully and forcefully, and declaring who you are and what you have in Christ.

You are driving him in the opposite direction, so that he flees. He's prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. If we don't drive him and oppose him, he will devour us.

Saturday 11 November

Saturday 11 November

I woke up in the morning with sudden, intense pain on one side of the stomach. Inexplicable pain. I curled into a ball on the bed. Broke out in cold sweat, feeling nausea, headache, etc.

I didn't share anything with my wife. But she knew that I was fighting the fight of faith. She knew that I would prefer to war through it without sharing any details.

She told me, "I will send J for his karate class today. You just rest at home."

For about 7 hours, the pain was constant. I had no appetite as I felt like vomiting. I was still curled into a ball. I commanded it to go, but eventually lost the energy to command further. After I had done all, my job was to stand. So I stood on the Word.

When she came back with J and saw me in pain and curled up, she couldn't resist anymore. She asked, "Where is the pain? What kind of pain are you experiencing? Did you eat anything? Please tell me everything."

After sharing the pain symptoms, she said, "I don't care. I'm going to feed you with a piece of plain bread and I'm going to have you take the painkillers."

She fed me with the bread and brought two panadol pills to the front of my mouth. She said, "Please take it. So that I can rule out that it's not appendicitis. If the pain doesn't go off, you need to do something."

I kept in silent but refused to open my mouth. She said, "I know you won't go to the doctor. But please, at least take the painkillers so that we can narrow down the possibility. You are in such pain and you are still so stubborn."

My son came beside me and said, "Papa, please take it for my sake. Please, Papa."

The fight is real because every ounce of your mind will tell you to go for the easy way out; take the pills and deal with the pain quickly. Afterall, I have withstood for 7 hours.

My wife decided to leave the pills on the table and allowed me to make my own decision. Both my son and her proceeded to command the pain to leave.

My son kept pestering me to take, but I kept delaying by saying, "Later."

All of the sudden, the pain just disappeared miraculously. Not even an ounce of pain was left. It disappeared suddenly. While I expected this to happen, it was still unexpected, if you know what I meant.

Both of them burst in praises to God. So did I. What I have shown my son and wife over and over again is the fight of faith, in depending on Jehovah Rapha.

Disclaimer: I have nothing against medication. But I preach healing and I minister healing, so I have to walk things out so that my message carries truth as well as strong conviction.

The fight of faith is not always instantaneous. Because the fight of faith is simply to stand on the Word. After you have done all, will you be moved or stay grounded?

What Is Your Way Of Life?

Social media is not the way of life. We don't see the authenticity of life through the lens of social media.

Social media is meant to show off what is good and cover up what is bad.

It works extremely well because many people believe it. This is why digital marketing works.

Never compare yourself to a social media personality. You and I have an individual, unique life assignment designed by God where only you and I can walk it out.

Stop thinking that others are prettier because their photos are probably photoshopped. Even the face can be photoshopped. It's called cosmetic surgery which is way more common than you think.

Stop thinking that others are richer because they might be in debts, and/or living an unhappy, unfulfilled life.

Stop thinking that others are achieving alot in their lives, because their marriage is perhaps, breaking up; their kids are rebellious, etc.

Stop thinking that others are more spiritual, because they probably are infants in other areas of their lives. Look at how some use the public toilets and you will know that they are not that spiritual.

Stop thinking that others are owning lots of material stuff and traveling all over the world, because they might be running a rat race and selling their souls to money.

When we turn our thoughts away from social media influence and towards Him who loves us, we live in gratitude and contentment.

Social media never teaches you to grow in contentment. It never did and will never do so. Because it is not the way of life.

Pursue Christ, for He is Life and true Contentment.

What Happens To You Does Not Change The Word

What Happens To You Does Not Change The Word

"So and so prayed for me, but nothing changes."

"So and so are full of faith, yet they still experienced this."

"So and so tithed faithfully and they encountered God's blessings."

More often than not, we tend to look at what others are going through to determine what God could be like. Nothing is further from the truth. 

The Psalmist said, "Lord God of Israel, don’t let what happens to me be the source of confusion to those who are passionate for you." - Ps 69:6 (TPT)

What happens to you and others does not change who God is. It does not interpret God's nature. It does not represent the Truth. It does not reveal what the Word says and what the Word means.

Experiences cannot alter the Word. Only the Word can alter experiences. And if our experiences do not line up with the Word, we need to get into the Word so deeply that the Word becomes our experiences.

God is not what you say He is. God is not what happens to you or others. God is not what your experiences say. God is what the Word says. He changes not. He is the same forever. He is more predictable than you think He is, because He keeps His Word and is always faithful to His Word.

There is a reason why the Bible tells us to 'Fix our eyes on Jesus'. Jesus is the Word made flesh. We fix our eyes on the Word. It doesn't matter what others are going through. It doesn't matter what you are going through. What matters is what Christ has gone through.

Only what He went through should define our experiences. Only the Word should define our experiences.

Don't Confuse The Old With The New

In the Old, God walked with Adam.

In the New, God walks IN you and through you.

In the Old, God moved before Israel moved.

In the New, God moves when you move.

In the Old, God is with you.

In the New, God is IN you.

In the Old, God came with visitations.

In the New, God comes with habitation.

We keep getting confused in our preaching when we don't understand what the New means. The most powerful gift that God has given to believers is to be ONE with us.

Christ IN you was supposed to be a mystery in times past. But it has been revealed through the Epistles in the Bible.

Today, many of us are still living as though it is still a mystery.

Don't mix the Old with the New. You cannot put new wine into old wineskins. You are a NEW creation. It's not just a good old Bible quotation. It is a powerful reality.

Perhaps we should stop slamming pulpits that talk about the NEW when we are the ones who are confused with covenants.

Every church can over-emphasize in an area. That doesn't make the church heretic. It just means that no church is perfect. Otherwise, so many churches that preach mixed covenants are also heretic, because it's not the Bible.

God is bigger than our imperfection. The fact that God is still using church institutions already proves that He is bigger than our mistakes and imperfection. For His desire is Kingdom.

The fact that God is still using big ego, self-pumped pastors who love attention is the same proof. Because if He can use a donkey to prophesy, there is no one He cannot use.

Controlling spirit is not from God because He allows more freedom in the Body of Christ than you think is possible. Yes, either extreme is bad. You can be so submissive that you obey leaders blindly, or you can be so rebellious that you refuse to listen to anything they say.

When we know how to obey the Holy Spirit, we will know when to obey leaders and when to disobey them. Because God Himself is our Chief Shepherd and Spiritual Covering. And most importantly, both you and Him are ONE.

We Dominate What We Don't Tolerate

We dominate what we don't tolerate.

Whatever we tolerate in our lives, we lose dominion power over that area. What we tolerate, we don't dominate.

Frustration is not a bad emotion. Emotions are neutral and God-given so that we know the position where we are at. Frustration is a sign of intolerance towards something.

Since the word 'dominion' in Greek means 'power exerting itself in a particular jurisdiction', we can direct our frustration and take dominion over what we are frustrated with, through the power of God.

Few days ago, I experienced some pain on my left hip area. I didn't know why it was there. I actually ignored it for a few days, thinking that it would go away. But it didn't. I got frustrated and took dominion over it last night. Today, I woke up and it's gone.

You dominate what you don't tolerate.

This is not just limited to healing, but for every area in the Kingdom.

Sometimes, we can be so used to something that we no longer get frustrated over it. For example, I have been wearing glasses since young. It has become a part of me. I don't feel frustrated over it. I should. But it hasn't gotten to that point where I don't tolerate it. 

I have ministered to people and they got healed from shortsightedness. But I have not fully taken dominion over my own shortsightedness. I had tried to live without glasses for two days. I entered the lift and I couldn't find the lift buttons to the level that I needed to go LOL.

I couldn't see many things. I acted so weird, that my wife felt embarrassed haha. But I didn't persist through, because I tolerated it. Perhaps it's time to get fed-up again.

If a stranger enters your house, you will drive him out. If a stranger has become your friend, you will let him stay in your house.

Well, you and I are the 'house' of God. If your body feels different, you need to get frustrated and take dominion over it. Drive out the stranger.

If you have been living with it since many years ago (like my shortsightedness), and the 'stranger' has become your 'friend', it's not easy, but I believe it can still be done.

Many believers allow flu and cold to be their best friend. They called it the 'common flu'. Just because it is common for majority does not mean that it has to be common to you. Most believers lose dominion in the area of flu. They saw many healings, but they couldn't heal a flu. It's not that difficult. We need to get frustrated with it in order to take dominion over it.

Here's the thing. Get frustrated quickly when a stranger comes. The faster we are intolerant towards it, the more effective our dominion is.

We dominate what we don't tolerate.