Just Say So

Ps 107:2

2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

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Gal 3:13

13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"),

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From these two scriptures it should be clear that as a Christian you are the redeemed. You have been redeemed from the curse of the law.

The problem becomes that most Christians have never read Deut 28 to learn what the curse is. It would bless you to read it and discover what you have been delivered from.

The bible is actually a book that reveals God’s plan for His creation. He planned for you to be successful and to live a productive life. However, these things do not just fall on us. This is where many Christians stumble. They think that because God desire a certain thing in their life that it will just happen.

Truth of the matter is that God made us free will agents and we must declare what we want in order to attract it to us.

I remember being in a church service several years ago and Psalm 107:2 was read. The congregation was asked to recite it with the minister several times. Then he said “say so” after a couple of times someone in the congregation said “so”. No, this scripture is not telling us to say “so”. This scripture is telling us to align ourselves up with what God is saying about us. When we confess what God is saying about us, it attracts His blessing in our lives.

Mark 11:23-24

23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

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Did you notice the number of times Jesus said to say?

Our words (confessions) are a direct link to our possession. I know there are people that talk about the name it grab it people. The truth of the matter we all talk to things and have been doing it for years. It is not a problem to curse and swear and things. It just bother people when you start blessing things and speaking well to them.

Let’s sum this up by saying you got to say so. You must confess what God says about you in order to receive it in your life. Professional people have already learned about this law and have used it for success. It is time for you child of God to discover what has been purchased for you.

Waiting On A Man

St John 5: 1-15

A number of people today are waiting on a man or woman to fix their problems.

This is demonstrated in our society in a number of ways today.

We can see it with the battle between political parties. One party is positioning itself against another to win the majority of the votes. They will say anything about each other the sway public opinion.

We also see this played out in our school system. Our schools are under performing in a number of categories as we keep looking for a man or woman to fix it.

The man in this passage of scripture had a need and he was looking for a man to help him. (This man is also referred to as the impotent man).

The man was not impotent, but he was limited in what he could do.

His focus on what he could not do blinded him to what he could do. Are you allowing your limitations to blind you to what you can do? Are you waiting for a man or woman to do for you what you can do?

One of the sure signs of this ailment called paralysis is that you can’t answer questions.

Jesus asked the man “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man responded” I have no man…”

What is God speaking to you? Are you responding I have no man?

I want you to see that you don’t need a man when you have The Man (Christ Jesus).

I certainly know that God will use people to work with you, but I am pointing out that you don’t look for people you look to Jesus. Let Jesus by the Holy Spirit led you to the people.

This guy was impotent, because he was entertaining impotent thoughts. His mind was fixed on how this healing was going to take place. He had images of a man assisting him done to this pool in front of the crowd. God is not obligated to do anything the way we have puffed up things in our own minds.

Notice that Jesus did not aide this man in getting to the pool. Instead he told the man to stop looking for a man and pick up your bed and walk. He circumvented his thinking and got him healed.

What thoughts are keeping you out of the abundance that God has available to you to day?

Stop looking for a man and ask God what can you do today?

The Prison Door Is Open

Isa 61:1-2

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,

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Luke 4:18-21

18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

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It is my hope that you would study these scriptures in detail. In Isaiah we see the reference to the opening of door to those that are bound. All of us were bound by the sin of Adam & Eve and the aftermath.

In God’s original plan every thing was provided for man in the garden. Man had no worries and Eden was a paradise.

Adam & Eve sin open a door for pain, sorrow, sickness, disease, and all other calamities we know about today. We know these things were not God’s original plan because Jesus showed us the Father’s perfect will and they were not in His life. We also get a glimpse of heaven and the bible reveals that sickness, pain, sorrows, and lack is not there.

This particular scripture is referring to the jubilee that the Israelites practiced. They had a particular time of the year when all debts was forgiven. All of the other ailments that I mentioned were already provided for in their covenant.

Jesus referred to this passage of scripture to let us know that He was the ultimate jubilee. In our new covenant (which is called better) we have provision for all those same ailments mention above.

In Jesus there is no part of our lives that has not been covered. Through salvation we have healing for our bodies, our minds, and our wallets. There is nothing that touches your life that is not covered in this better covenant.

Col 2:15

15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

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In Colossians and other passages we see that Jesus disarmed the devil. Satan was defeated and marched around in front of his followers (demons) to see his defeat. He was stripped of all power that he had gotten from Adam. Satan’s kingdom is still in disarray and can not recover. I am telling you the doors are still open and he can’t repair them.

It’s time for you to get all your stuff. Some of us were so busy running when we were freed that we left stuff behind. We were so happy to be saved that we did not think about healing, prosperity, etc. It time to get all that Jesus purchased for you. !

Renew Your Mind

Romans 12:1-8

2) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and perfect will of God.

In studying this passage of scripture the first thing that pops out to me is the importance of our minds.

It seems that so much attention has been given to our human spirit (the inner man). I want it to be abundantly clear that keeping our spirits built up is important. However, our minds are not just left over matter from the creation of man’s spirit.

A quick glance at I Thessalonians 5:23 reveal that we are spirit, soul, and body. Most people are highly aware of their bodies because we have to deal with it every day. So much advertising dollars are spent to appeal to our bodies that it dominates our thinking by default. We have to bathe this body every day are else it will alert others of our lack of care. We have to feed this body regularly less if fail to produce energy for us. Our states have laws that prevent us from going out without properly being clothes. Therefore our bodies are at the forefront of our thinking because of these and other reasons not mentioned.

Many Christians find out through regular church attendance that we have spirits and they need to be feed. We have begun to feed our spirits and neglect our bodies as Christians. It appears that most people are either body conscience or spirit conscience. It is certain that our spirits commune with Holy Spirit, but it does not stop there.

We must feed our total being as mention in I Thessalonians 5:23 (spirit, soul, and body). The word of God is actually a book that addresses our total being. It will train our minds to think like God and feed our spirits. The bible teaches us what we should eat and the things we are to stay away from.

I want to focus on our mind because I believe out of the three it is the least developed. Yet according to our text not renewing our minds halts our transformation. We can’t step into the things that God has for us with our old way of thinking.

The bible teaches us that we are a new creation (a species of beings that never existed before) and we are in a new kingdom. Because of all the wonderful things that took place when we became Christians, we must be educated on how all of this work. Too many are trying to operate in a new environment with the same all rules they lived by before becoming a child of God.

In order for us to make this adjustment we must meditate on the word of God day and night. We must allow God’s thought to dominate our minds. His thoughts need to become our thoughts. We are to train our minds to think God thoughts. Our minds are educated by our spirit that gets its illumination from the Holy Spirit. Our minds are not renewed just because we heard new information, but we must become one with this new information.

When we do this our lives will be transformed and people will see Christ in us.