We Are Hard Pressed, Struck Down; But Not Destroyed
By Jesus Stripes We Are HealedArchive for January, 2009
Affirmations For Financial Prosperity
The affirmations are great for financial prosperity. They keep you grounded in God’s word financially and are great spiritual therapy for whatever ails you financially.
Gather your notes, mortgages, credit card debts, past due bills , delinquent taxes and any other debt you possess and boldly declare God Authority. You speak these WORD OUT LOUD, as directed by God’s word.
“In Jesus name and on the authority of His Holy Word, I call these debts Paid In Full! Debt, I speak to you in Jesus name: Be Paid and Be Gone! Dematerialize and Cease To Exist! I Now declare that all my debts, mortgages, and notes are Paid In Full, canceled, or dissolved!”
Here are a few more that may be a blessing to you,
Hindrances from Financial Prosperity
Almighty God your word says that whatever I bind on earth is bound in heaven and whatever I loose on earth is loosed in heaven. Therefore,on authority of Your Word, I bind every force that has set itself against my financial prosperity! I hereby declare any obstacles against me null, void and harmless! I now loose the abundance of God, all that rightfully belongs to me according to God’s will, under His Grace in a perfect way.
For Employment
I now dissolve and put aside all negative, limiting beliefs about where I will work and what kind of job is available to me. I open myself to all God’s possibilities. I call for a perfect, satisfying, well paying job to manifest in my life. I am always in the right place at the right time, for the Spirit of God directs my steps. (Prov. 16:9; Roman 5:17.
“I am blessed in the city, blessed in the field, blessed coming in, and blessed going out. I am blessed in the basket, and blessed in the store. My bank accounts, investments, health, and relationships flourish. The blessings of the Lord overtake me in all areas of my life!” Deut. 28:1-14
Try Jesus!
Jesus came to save the world and we are recipients of the Gift of Grace. You must understand that this is more than just one casual statement. He came to erase the sins of the man and woman and give us a way to find everlasting life through Him. The act of freely giving of Himself to die on Calvary is one of immense courage that we could never fully comprehend. We do not possess the courage and honor of this one Man, who came to earth as a man so that He could save us from our Sins.
He did not come with stipulations, He came with a simple requirement; that we freely acknowledge Him and ask for His forgiveness. That’s it; and then we would have the gift of Eternal Life. A Gift of Grace. Yet we go about our lives as if He does not exist. We debate the merits of Jesus Life and whether He is the Messiah. Yes He is the Messiah. The Son that God sent to free man of the Sins of the world.
You know Jesus is in you, whether you know it or not and He loves you no matter what sin you have committed. He just wants you to return to the Body of Christ and away from the sins of the world. You know if you have sinned. There are a number of ways that you can do it. satan devised so many ways for it to happen. All one has to do look at the paper, turn on the evening news, fire up the Internet, and navigate to your home page, and you will no doubt find, news riddled with the sinful acts of man. Jesus came to rid you from all of that.
Yet we do all we can to uphold sinful standard, distort reasoning, call bad good, and good bad. We worship sinful acts and say Jesus is not Real. We say God is not real. But there is a price we pay for such blatant sinful behavior. There is a price for the lack of salvation. Jesus Gave his life, violently so that You would have a way to renounce your sins and have eternal life. A fleeting moment of pleasure here on earth is not worth an eternity of damnation.
Examine yourself, your life. Is is right by the Lord Jesus Christ? Is it right by God? If the answer is no. Then you have a choice. You can ask Jesus to come into your life, right here, right now and erase all the sin and decadence you have done. Try doing something for Jesus, after all he gave His life on Calvary for your sins; a gift of Grace. All you have to do in prayer is ask Him to forgive you for your sins, transgression, and inequities. Ask Him to come into your life and be the Lord and Savior of Your Life and He will come along with the Holy Spirit to live within you. It’s your choice, You can do it today! It’s up to you! The only way to the Lord God Almighty is through Jesus Christ. Do it Now,before its too late!
Seek First The Kingdom of God
The word “seek” is included in many verses of the bible. It is an action verb that requires a definitve action in order to obtain information or answers. When you seek something you usually go all out to find it. This information creates a void in us until we finally find what we are looking for. Have you ever lost something and sought to find it? I’m sure this is something that we all have experienced. When we seek something dilligently it consumes us, because we have placed some sort of value on whatever the lost item is. Why is it that we don’t place the same value or seek first the Kindgom of God? Is it not more valuable than any earthly item or keepsake that we sometimes seek? We also seek out knowledge. Why do we spend more time seeking to know information in order to let others know how smart we are? So that we will be known as an an expert? It is more important that we know things that will better our career or our social standing in this world. But seldom do we seek to better and enrich our spiritual bank; that is to know more about God’s Kingdom and His Son, Jesus Christ.
Matthew 6: 33 says “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you”.
We place everything first before the Lord. We seek out information. We seek out promotions. We seek to know the latest gossip. We seek to have the most important job title. We seek to the the first in our circle of friends to have a news car or the latest electronic toy. We seek more money. But rarely do we seek to know the Lord. If you believe Matthew 6:33, all of the above will be added if you seek first the Kingdom of God.
That is where we can do oursleves the most good. It matter not what others in this fallen world think of us. What matters is what our Heavenly Father thinks of us and the work that we do for the honor and glory of his kingdom. When you find yourself frantically looking for a lost item, our trying to secure a promotion, stop and ask the question; Or you seeking First the Kingdom Of God? Are you putting God first? That is the most important thing you can do. Are you happily seeking His Kingdom? This should be you number priority just because GOD should have first place above any and everything in your life. Learn to love the Lord and not earthly things or earthly accolades.
God Wants Us to Prosper Through Seeking His Kingdom
Most christians think that we must suffer; God never told us such things. He told us in this world there will be trouble. He warned us of that reality. This is a fallen world, and yes here will be trouble, however, because we may suffer, it is because of this fallen world, sometimes poor choices that we made for our lives, sometime the results of the lifestlyes we choose to live, how we eat, etc. The list can go on and on. It never changes. There are so many man driven things that can causes us to suffer. Suffer monetarily, suffer finacially, yes there are many ways we can suffer.
That is not God’s mission for our lives. He does not want us to suffer. He gives us the tools to prosper spiritually, to be healthy, financially, and in many other ways in our lives. God wants us to seek his kindom and to go into all the world and preach God’s gospel for His kingdom. Never stop seeking the truth of God of God’s word. It is a light unto our feet and light unto our path.
All things Should Be Used For Gods Glory
“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: it any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; the God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to who be praise and dominion for ever and ever.”
I peter 4:11
To expand on a previous topic, about God’s gifts. We are blessed with specific gifts that God gives us. We are to use those gifts for the honor and glory of his name. Our gifts are God given and must be discerned of how we are to use them. Most people know that they have a talent and they use it periodically, perhaps for there own pleasure. We must learn to use these gifts for the honor and the glory of Gods name. Here on earth, to bring others to the Body of Christ. Hold fast to your talents and in prayer ask the Lord how to apply and use your talents.
“Just Do It!”- Distribute Your Riches While On Earth
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they may be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy: That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life”. I Timothy 6: 17-19.
I considered the concept of what it means to be rich in this world. What does God mean when he refers to earthly riches? What did Jesus mean, when he taught about earthly riches? We have our concept as mortals, about what it means to be rich. Live the good life, protect our family, live a good christian life; enjoy life life. Yes the good life!
According to our earthly standards being rich is a good life. After all we provided for our family. We always kept a Job. We did things according the God’s instruction and God blessed us to provide for our families.
The one thing we left out of this senario is that we did not consider what we are to do with the riches that God provided to us. Yes we did provide for our families, but these riches are not just for our immediate families. No these riches are for the Body of Christ as well. God gives us riches for a purpose. I hate to burst your bubble, but it was not by your on doing that you became rich, no it was because of the Grace of God.
We get all high minded with our head up in the air thinking that we are better than everyone. Thinking that we are superior because God blessed us with a bigger house, a nicer car, or whatever. We take this ridiculous thinking with us to our grave. Let’s get this straight once and for all. We do not obtain riches strictly on our on work. Yes we must put forth an effort, a valid effort and sometimes a diligent effort. God did not say; don’t try! But he did say this:
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they may be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy: That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life”. I Timothy 6: 17-19.
God wants us to take our riches and give back to others while here on earth. It is a simple message, the verse says “ready to distribute, willing to communicate”, which means that we may build up an eternal reward bank account before we go to heaven. You see what you do on this earth with our riches has a profound impact on the rewards that you will receive in heaven. You are saved by the Grace of Jesus Christ, by accepting Him as your Savior you have an automatic ticket to heaven. God gives us an added bonus by rewarding us for our good deeds here on earth.
Don’t think that monetary gifts are the only things that we are rich in and have been blessed with. No if you have a gift or talent that the Lord blessed you with, he expects you to use that talent and give back to others. Don’t worry about how much it cost are how can you afford to do it. Like the Nike slogan said………Just Do It!
We Must Run The Race Until Jesus Returns
We are transformed by the renewing of our mind. That is a power statement from Paul who often talked about “running the race” and” fighting the good fight” for the Lord, that is our challenge to run the race with humility and to fight the good fight for the Lord in everything that we do. Our life in this fallen world will never,ever be perfect, that fate was sealed for us by the first man Adam by his work against the Lord in the Garden of Eden.
But our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Made everything right that day on Calvary, when he gave his life for our redemption, and triumantlyhe arose from the grave. But we can look forward to the day that Jesus Christ returns triumphantly once and for all. This will be a powerful day of reckoning, when every knee will bow and call Jesus Christ Lord of Lord. Are you ready?
God Leads Us To New Beginnings
The Lord is Good and His mercy endures forever. Some times we fail to give the Glory to the Lord and Our Savior Jesus Christ . I’ve been guilty of that omission and then something uplifting happens and I realize once again the power of the Lord in my life. I have had my setback, but I continue to know that the Lord has a purpose in my life and if I listen to discern the direction from the Holy Spirit;”The Helper”. I know that it will soon be revealed to me.
Almighty God has an ultimate purpose for all of us. Whether we know if or not. When he calls, we must whole heartedly say “Send Me”. That is the Fruit of the spirit and the Fruit of my legacy through Christ. I was laid off from my job, the plight of the more than 455,000 workers in America who faced a similar fate in December. I pray for them and ask you to pray for all laid off workers, no matter what their situation or where they are going. Pray that God will open new door for them. I know that God is Good and His mercy endures forever.
I stay in the word and know that “I Walk By Faith and not by Sight”. We can do all things through Christ who strenghten us. Take care and God Bless you all through the wonderous works of His Son, Jesus Christ.
