Waiting

I don’t know about you, but I understand what it’s like to have to wait for things you declared to finally manifest.

Waiting/Patience is truly a virtue because it takes a lot for some of us to wait on something or someone. Patience growing up was my biggest weakness, I wanted things now, and especially if someone already said they were going to do something or say something.

One thing that I have learned over the years is that the more you try to rush things the more likely that the outcome will be disappointing. I would always try to rush things because I wanted things now and if it depended on someone else’s actions I would try to do whatever it is to help them speed it up.

Those times when you feel like you can’t take it anymore, and that you want what you want now, stop yourself and say “Lord I know you have your perfect timing and I know that I have what I declared and because in Your word said in Mark 11:22-24 that I have what I say and I thank you that I have what I say, in Jesus name, Amen.”

If you feel anxious or any other unsettling emotion, just bind the emotion(s) by saying, “I bind the spirit of _______ (i.e. fear/anxiety,etc…) for You said that I have Your peace, not the peace of the world, I thank you that I have peace and not ________, amen.”

The results from waiting in God’s timing is sooo much better than something that was rushed when all I needed was patience. I hope you can benefit from this and not get frustrated waiting on your declaration/prayer for something.

Word Works For Those Who Believe

Hebrews 4:1-3

New King James Version (NKJV)

The Promise of Rest

4 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. ² For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them,^[a] not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. ³ For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:

“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’”^[b]

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Many people have tried to prove the bible worthless by randomly taking something from the bible such as praying and receiving, and fail at it therefore thinking that the bible is useless.

Contrary to popular belief, not everybody has the authority that it takes to speak things into existence. The word of God doesn’t work for everyone, aside from His love, forgiveness and praying to accept Him into your hearts.

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t some difficult exclusive club that you have to past tests in order to join-it’s just FAITH!

Never has the Lord turned away anyone who has come to Him in prayer asking Him to come into their hearts. This is what brings joy to His heart! The more the merrier! Not one person was meant to follow anyone or anything else except Him, so this is why He made it so easy to come to Him, without having a litany of prerequisites.

Don’t be fooled by the unbelievers claiming that there are inconsistencies in the Word of God. Think of it this way, would you trust the word or even habits of a mechanic on how to play the stock market?  Or trust a real estate broker to inform you on how a train functions?

So don’t be quick to rely on the “experiences” or advice from unqualified sources. A qualified source would be someone who has been in the word for an extensive period, has maintained their faith in Christ, and has continuously bare good fruit (are good people who actively operate in love, patience, kindness, and so forth as well as live in the blessings of the Lord and are able to help others). So far this excludes most if not ALL of those out there trying to use the bible as something silly, fun or a way to discredit it, because they don’t know how to work the word.

Tempted

Hebrews 4:15

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁵ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

The reasons as to why we are told not to sin even though we will be tempted each and every day, is partly because Christ was tempted and made it through with out sinning. You can argue that He wasn’t just any man and that He had divine authority and protection, however so do we thanks to Jesus. He came as God in the flesh to serve as an example of how we should be and to “pay our debts”.

It is possible to get through life without giving into sin, however most of us will at some point or another, if we haven’t already done so. The point isn’t necessarily going from birth through death without having sinned once, that would be great, but we learn from our mistakes, how great God’s love is and how forgiving He is, among other things such as being able to relate to someone else and help them or vice versa.

Never stop trying to be sinless, but also don’t be ashamed that you have sinned, but ask for forgiveness and move forward. It doesn’t matter if you mess up in life, God won’t turn His back on you because you feel prey to sin or a particular sin-but you must return to Him or go to Him (if you weren’t already a believer).

He understands that we have to face temptation on a regular basis and that it can be trying on our flesh, because He went through the same things despite the fact that he was born miraculously and without sin.