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Recognizing Who We Are In Christ | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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Immersion | Melanie Meyer
We must immerse ourselves in who we are in Christ Jesus. This is our offensive weapon against the enemy in any situation of our lives. We must lean into a deeper intimacy with the Word of God and walk with the Holy Spirit.
There is a higher place to live and a higher way of life: you don’t have to have any more rollercoaster rides. The way to get to the higher place to live is by immersing yourself in the Word of God: study the Word of God; meditate on the meanings of the Greek words “sozo” (salvation) and “zoe” (the life of God) as they are used in Romans 5:10; pray in the Holy Spirit; and walk in the revelation of who you are in Christ.
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Expectation & Cognitive Dissonance | Matt Meyer | Grace Christian Center
There are two kinds of expectations: Godly and human. One leads to life; the other often leads to disappointment.
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The word expectation in Hebrew means a cord. It was first mentioned when Rahab let the spies out the window. She had an expectation that she would be saved. It is often translated ‘hope’ or the thing longed for.
There are two kinds of expectations: Godly and human. One leads to life; the other often leads to disappointment.
We all have built a framework of expectations. This is vital to physical and social survival. People cannot live up to human expectations – God is the only One Who cannot lie, so anyone else can. People can let us down; God never will.
Misplaced expectations in this area often lead to sorrow.
Cognitive Dissonance is holding two or more opposing views. People think things are one way and they observe them to be another way, creating a fight on the inside.
This can be self-inflicted. Example: smoking is bad for the health, but a person might choose to continue.
The call on this body of believers at Grace Christian Center is to ‘rise up and take our rightful place in the Body of Christ’. Every message we hear is aimed at that call of God. We cannot stay the same and rise up at the same time. This can create cognitive dissonance.
Our spirits want cognitive consonance through renewing our minds by the Word of God.
Freedom always costs something, The greater the freedom, the higher the cost. Jesus earned our freedom by paying the ultimate cost. Any hint of religion is a dilution of truth. If you dig down deep into truth, it might be a lonely path for a while, as religion will fight against this.
The Bible is uncompromisingly true. We dig out revelation. No one can do it for us. One reason we need time in the Word is so that we recognize what the Holy Spirit is showing us. If we don’t know it is in there, we won’t connect it.
At some point we will be forced to do something about religious cognitive dissonance by externally modifying our behavior, or trivializing the inconsistency, or running away, or actually changing our belief.
Religious traditions that are not required for salvation will need to be dealt with. We cannot continue to think we are dependent on communion, water baptism, or any tradition. We have to let go of that dependence to experience true freedom in Christ.
Truth sets us free but it also destroys the argument of everything that isn’t truth. The good Christian life is the caboose. We don’t steer from the caboose. Truth is the engine.
Misplaced expectation creates cognitive dissonance. If we do not express an expectation, and it is not met, we will have disappointment. No one owes you anything. Jesus already paid for everything, so no one has anything to owe.
Ask God to show you areas to change, spend time praying for others.
The God Kind of Faith | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson | Grace Christian Center
What does the Bible teach about faith? Can we have faith for healing? For prosperity? What does God's abundant life mean to believers?
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The God kind of faith is to believe and speak. In Genesis we have eleven examples of the God kind of faith where God speaks and things come into existence. Believe with your heart and speak your belief.
It doesn’t matter what you need, you must pass through the door of faith to get there. Our faith should be in the power of God, not the wisdom of man.
There are many ways healing is administered:
- Receive the Word of God-read, study, meditate, believe, act
- Demand in the name of Jesus that sickness and disease leave
- Receive healing in the name of Jesus
- Prayer of agreement
- Anointing with oil by the elders of the church
- Healing cloths
- Laying on of hands
- Gifts of healings
- Healing anointing
The Bible is God’s plan for humanity. We have to study the Word to understand and learn God’s way. If you don’t build your foundation on the Word it will show up eventually.
III John 1:2
(God wants us to prosper and be in good health.)
I Corinthians 2:1-5
(We need a demonstration of the power of God in the Body of Christ.)
Proverbs 4:20-22
(The Word is life and health.)
Romans 10:8-10
(The most important thing we receive is our redemption.)
Job 22:28
(Decree a thing and it shall be established.)
Proverbs 18:21
(Death and life are in the power of the tongue.)
Mark 11:22-24
(Have the faith of God. Believe that what you say will come to pass.)
Hebrews 11:3
(We frame our world with our words.)
Wild, Abandoned Passion for God | Matt Meyer
When you fear God. You don’t fear other people.
What if:
- we humbled ourselves like David did by dancing?
- we pursued God with a reckless abandon?
- we pressed the envelope?
- we were willing to lose our lives in pursuit of Him?
- we had the guts to go for it?
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2 Samuel 6:12-22
The Old Testament saints worshiped God with might. We are to worship God in the Spirit.
Lester Sumrall once asked Smith Wigglesworth, 'How do you get up in the morning?'
Wigglesworth replied, "I jump out of bed! I dance before the Lord for at least 10 to 12 minutes -- high-speed dancing. I jump up and down and run around my room telling God how great He is, how wonderful He is, how glad I am to be associated with Him and to be His child."
What David and Smith both did was throw themselves fully, passionately into Worship of God. They didn’t care what they looked like.
The whole point is Passion.
Passion has a look. In the OT it was David dancing. In the NT it’s worshiping God in Spirit and Truth. Which at times involves dancing or shouting or running or falling as you yield to the power. This is not something that can be worked up in the flesh. It can be imitated by fleshly actions, but God sees through it and people will too. Every time. It can, however, be stirred up.
Sometimes Passion is silent. We have to learn to quiet our minds.
Kenneth E. Hagin (How You Can Be Led By the Spirit of God):
“As we learn to quiet our minds, the Holy Spirit will communicate with our spirit through the Word of God and unveil truths to us. For many people, it's much easier to get quiet physically than it is to get quiet mentally. We lie down at night and our body is quiet, but our mind is racing.
The more we quiet our minds and think on the Word of God, the more the Holy Spirit will speak to our human spirit. This is how He becomes the dominant force in our lives. Then we will almost never make mistakes when we give heed to our spirits.”
Sometimes Passion is waiting.
"Some of the old-time Pentecostals knew something about that deeper move of the Spirit. During those times when the Presence of God came into our services, no one moved; an awesome Presence filled the room. I wish I could describe that awesome Presence to you. Some things are just too reverent to talk about and it's hard to find words to describe them. But I've seen the awesome Presence of God come in and fill the temple. I long to see the Body of Christ experience that Presence on a continual basis!”
Worshiping Him, without reserve, without restraint, full out, full bore, unashamed. It starts in the secret place where it’s just you and God.
And what happens with hidden things? When your hidden thing is wild, abandoned passion for God, it will show up. All the time.
The Difference Between Living in The Spirit and Walking in the Spirit | Collier Hall
Legally, all God’s benefits and blessings are ours. Vitally, there is something the believer must to do to experience them.
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Paul instructs the believer to live in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit.
Legally, all God’s benefits and blessings are ours. Vitally, there is something the believer must to do to experience them.
Galatians 5:16 refers to walking in the Spirit. In W.E. Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary, the definition of Walk (Greek Word - Peripateo) signifies the whole realm of the activities of the individual’s life.
There are two works of sanctification. The first sanctification happens at the new creation when the believer is spiritually set apart, sanctified, by God. The second sanctification is referred to in I Thessalonians 4:3, as a process in which the believer is to set themselves apart by their manner of life.
To walk in the Spirit, we must be transformed. In Romans 12:2, ‘be transformed’ means an obligation to undergo a complete change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct. This is a present and continuous growth process both inward and outward.
The Apostle Paul instructs the believer to transform or conform his or her soul (mind, will, and emotions) to Christ’s image.
God has given us all things pertaining to life and godliness (II Peter 1:3) and every spiritual blessing is ours (Ephesians 1:3). These have been deposited into our spirits. When we conform our hearts to what God has already placed into our spirits and allow the Word of God to transform our belief system (renew our minds) to God’s Word, that is when the Word becomes revelation to us. It becomes more real than the natural. This is walking in the Spirit.
By meditating on the Word and praying in the Holy Spirit, we allow the transformation to take place.
Liberty | SA Robbins & Matt Meyer | Grace Christian Center
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Grace is the most important subject to study in the Bible. The Epistles found in Romans through Philemon are specifically for the believer.
Grace is God revealing Jesus Christ in the believer.
The church in Galatia brought grace down to their level and they began doing things by works.
Grace was initially extended to the children of Israel. God only asked them to trust in Him and listen to His voice, and He would make them a peculiar treasure and put them above all people. However, the children of Israel asked God to tell them ‘what to do’. God then gave them the Law. The Law was given to define sin for the children of Israel, which required them to do works on their own. The Law was given to show the people that they needed God.
Grace wholly relies on God for everything. Knowing what God has done in us through the grace of God has provided all the things we need. The believer’s faith is in what Jesus has already done.
The believer is operating from a place of liberty. The Greek definition of liberty is the ability to do or omit things not pertaining to salvation.
God has instructed the believer to walk in the Spirit which produces the fruit of the Spirit.
When the believer prays for the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, and acknowledges and declares the freedom already given us, the believer is able to walk in freedom/liberty. This revelation in the knowledge of Him includes what Jesus has done for us, what God did through Jesus, and what God accomplished in Jesus on our behalf.
Our faith is in the grace of God and what it has done for us.
Sin does not separate the believer from God. Sin puts a layer of condemnation between the believer and God. Condemnation is the shame and guilt of sin, that Jesus already paid for.
The Holy Spirit gives us the power to walk in the Spirit.
What it Means to Be a Servant | TJ Philbrick | Grace Christian Center
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What motivates you? Is it your kids, money, or your job? What should guide you should not be these natural things. We should be motivated by our love for God above all things. We should honor the sacrifice made by Jesus our Savior, the single greatest act of love ever witnessed by man. He died for us. That was not selfish at all. Why did He do it? To set us free & give us eternal right-standing with the Father. He did it for you, an act of service beyond any act of service that you will ever be able to comprehend or repeat. By this Truth we persevere in our service to others.
When believers that are honest, full of the Holy Ghost, and wisdom take care of the business of the church, then the Pastors are free to attend to the things that they are called to do and to devote their time to seeking God in prayer and ministering the Word.
Elisha in service to Elijah met his needs daily for 8 years. Just before Elijah departed, Elijah said, “What can I do for you?” Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit upon him. Elisha had to see Elijah depart to receive it. Elisha had to stick to it. Elisha served for years
without any guarantees. Elisha saw Elijah depart and received the double portion of the Anointing. Elisha’s motivation was not natural. Elisha was not following the man. Elisha’s desire for the things of God motivated him and gave him the strength and ability to minister to
Elijah for 8 years.
Ruth ministered to Naomi and said “Your God will be my God." Because of this she became part of the line that brought forth David and Jesus.
Barnabas stood up for Paul even though Paul had killed followers of Christ. Barnabas served Paul. The Holy Ghost said, “Separate unto me Barnabas and Paul for the work of the ministry wherein I have called them.” Paul was the head minister and Barnabas was to help Paul. John Mark abandoned them which led to a split between Paul and Barnabas. Barnabas should have honored the decision of Paul. Believers should not take on an offense and leave their position of service.
Timothy served Paul. Paul honored Timothy by calling him “my son.”
What motivates you in your service? When your hunger is for the things of God, then you will not allow a natural insult to cause you to leave your position in the local church assembly.
We are to bring our spiritual supply every Sunday. Are we here to impart something to others? We are to value each other and their requests as members of the Body of Christ, and as members of our local church assembly.
Service is wanting the best for each other. What we are talking about is helps. Your service to the Body of Christ. Your helping your Pastors. Honor God in your Pastors.
The Apostle Paul referred to people that got shipwrecked. They got into error. We should care about each other and the bond should be strong. We should value our relationships with each other.
Spiritual Hunger | Matt Meyer | Grace Christian Center
Hunger is the fuel that will drive you to study and move deeper into the knowledge and understanding of God where you can achieve great things, but it will not happen by accident.
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Make an honest assessment of how hungry you are to study and know the Word of God. Hunger is the fuel that will drive you to study and move deeper into the knowledge and understanding of God where you can achieve great things, but it will not happen by accident.
You are what you eat, naturally and spiritually. Fill-up on the things of God not on the things of the world. When you put in the time to fill-up on the Word it will transform your life.
Wildfire is better than no fire. When we are pressing in, we may make a mistake (i.e. clapping or shouting at the wrong time) but God is not going to hold that against us. He will correct us and move on because He looks on the intentions of the heart.
When you are hungry for the things of God, you won’t need to be concerned that you will get out ahead of His plans for you, because you are seeking to know His will and walking closely with Him to learn of His plans for your life.
Be patient in walking out God’s plans for your life. His plans will be better than anything we could come up with.
When you are very hungry, in the natural, other things in life become less important. Spiritual hunger operates the same way. When you have true hunger to understand and know the things of God, natural things in life become less important.
The Path To Permanent Victory | Michael Garove
You can achieve permanent victory in every arena of your life through the Word of God when you understand who you are in Jesus.
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To walk in the reality of who you are, you must apply the truth of God’s Word from the inside. Recognizing your true identity in Christ as a new creature will require you to change the core foundation of your belief system.
The process of permanently changing misconceptions in your belief system takes time and requires you to meditate the Word of God and to allow the Holy Spirit to teach you what pertains to you in Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is the only revealer of truth, the only person that can help you fix your belief system.
Achieving permanent victory through the Word of God requires:
- Digging into the Word of God.
- Submitting to the Holy Spirit.
- Meditating the Word of God.
- Speaking the Word of God.
- Acting on the Word of God.
- Praying in tongues.
In Jesus you are a new creature and the righteousness of God. You have the nature of God. You have total reconciliation with God. You are saved by God’s grace through faith. God's gift of salvation is eternal - you can't lose it.
James 4:7 says to submit ourselves to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from us. In order to walk in this truth, you have to know who you are in Christ Jesus. You must develop an understanding of your authority in Christ.
Knowing who you are in Christ will change how you operate in every area of your life.
Rely on the Holy Spirit and on the knowledge of God’s Word to change situations in your life. Fear or confusion may come to try to steal your joy or to cause you to doubt your salvation. Don't let it.
God wants us to rise up and take our rightful place in the Body of Christ and be the fullness of Him that fills all in all.
Christianity is not a religion—it is who we are as a body of believers in Jesus. God did not create a religion. God called out a body of believers and reconciled the world to Himself in Jesus.
Worship | Matt Meyer
Worship comes from the inside out.
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Real worship is from the heart.
The way to know God's heart is to have intimacy with Him. It takes time to
develop an intimate relationship with Him.
We are not made for isolation.
Worship is soaking in the presence of God the Father.
Don’t let natural circumstances determine your level of worship.
Philippians 3:3
Paul talking to the Gentiles, we are the circumcision which worship God in the Spirit.
Genesis 18:2
Three men - The Lord and two angels - appeared to Abraham and he bowed down to worship them.
I Corinthians 14:25
Paul talking to the saints at Corinth making reference to when a person comes into a congregation and he is not a member of the Body of Christ, to see everyone prophesying, he falls down worshiping God.
Ephesians 3:14
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 4:24
John telling all men that God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Philippians 3:3
We have no confidence in the flesh.
I Corinthians 2:10-12
We have received the Spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
I Corinthians 2:16
We have the mind of Christ.
Philippians 1:27
Paul talking to the Gentiles telling them to let their conversation [manner of life] be as the gospel of Christ.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
The Word Must Prevail Part 2 | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
The Word must prevail in our minds for it to become a reality to us, not just simply mental agreement.
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We now have that ability. It's been given to us through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Word must prevail in our minds for it to become a reality to us, not just simply mental agreement.
We have a tendency to mentally agree that the Word is true. But we have to learn how to get the Word into our spirits, past the natural mind, to take it to believing instead of mentally agreeing.
You won't obey or accomplish what you mentally agree with. But you will do both if you actually believe.
Mental agreement has no power to make things happen, to call things into being.
Faith in the Word, actually believing God, allows God's power to operate in our lives. The Word will lead and guide you into the light.
God never leads into darkness. He always leads into greater light.
Real belief in EVERYTHING in the Word takes time, takes commitment, and takes for granted that the Word is final.
For instance, Luke 6:38 says give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again.
This is a fact that you have to believe or disbelieve. Did God say it? If He said it, it's true and God will back it.
It's based on what God said not some circumstance that contradicts the Word of God. If you agree with the contradictory circumstances, it's the same thing as calling God a liar.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
That is not up for discussion. You can't say "I don't have any power." That's a lie. God said you did. You may not know how to use it, but you have it. You need to change your words to change your functionality.
No natural minded person has ever heard anything from God. You are a Spirit.
Be encouraged. Don't look at what's happening in the world and become discouraged. The world has nothing to do with the Body of Christ. We are above it. We are not in it. The world is corrupt because the god of the world is corrupt. But this world is not our home. We have been translated out of that kingdom. We don't have to live by wits. We can live by faith.
Don't trust the world. It's based upon a lie. Satan was a liar from the beginning. You have the truth. You have the Holy Ghost inside you and upon you. You have the truth that the people of the world need.
The Word Must Prevail Part 1 | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
For faith to arrive in our hearts, God’s Word must prevail over everything the mind can dream up.
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For faith to arrive in our hearts, God’s Word must prevail over everything the mind can dream up. The mind can dream up a lot of things that are not conducive to the Word.
We must make sure that we allow the Word of God to have the upper hand in our thinking process.
Because of the fall of Adam there is an ingredient that gets in the way of admitting how big God is. That ingredient is pride.
To stay fresh on who and what God is, we need to periodically meditate on who and what the Word says He is.
God called those things that be not as though they were. He has given us a hint on how to live.
Romans 4:17 - 19 (As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things that are not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, so shall your seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about 100 years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Here's what was facing Abraham: EVERYTHING in the natural said it can't happen. But GOD said it would.
So, here's the choice: Abraham had to believe against his own body, his own mind - he had 100 years experience believing his mind. Everything he could see said that God's Word couldn't be true. He could believe God or he could disbelieve God.
All he had was the word God spoke to him. We have an advantage. We have the Bible.
Even so, the Word spoken to Him prevailed over every natural thing.
Don't ever discount Abraham. He believed God over EVERY circumstance. And it counted as righteousness.
What are You Doing with the Word? | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
The power of God is made available to us for health, healing, safety, soundness of mind, and prosperity. Everything we need has already been provided in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. When we speak God’s Word in faith, He backs it up.
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When you are born of the Spirit, the power of God abides in your spirit. God’s Word is our GPS – God’s Plan/Path Safe. The power of God is made available to us for health, healing, safety, soundness of mind, and prosperity. Everything we need has already been provided in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. When we speak God’s Word in faith, He backs it up.
Faith SAYS:
Genesis 1 (Eleven times God said, and it was so.)
Numbers 13 & 14 (Ten spies spoke the negative; two spoke the positive.)
Joshua 1:8 (God said to Joshua.)
Joshua 6 (Fall of Jericho by shout.)
1 Samuel 17 (David said.)
Proverbs 6:2 (The words of our mouths.)
Proverbs 8:7 (Our mouths shall speak truth.)
Proverbs 10:11 (Words of life.)
Proverbs 18:21 (Death and life are in our words.)
Daniel 3 (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego spoke their faith.)
Matthew 12:37 (Our words justify or condemn.)
Matthew 15:11 (What comes out of the mouth defiles a man.)
Mark 5:28 (The woman said, “If I can touch His clothes, I shall be whole.”)
Mark 5:34 (Jesus said, “Your faith has made you whole.”)
Mark 11:22-24 (Believe and speak.)
Romans 12:3 (God dealt to every man the measure of faith. It is our responsibility to develop our faith.)
Visions: What Are They and What Do They Mean? | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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Our physical bodies are controlled by our minds. There is nothing we do outside of our minds. The major reason our minds must be continually renewed is to keep us on the right side of issues. When an incident occurs, we tend to default to our natural routine. With a renewed mind, it is easy to get on the right side of any issue.
The mind has two major functions: imagination and memory. An unrenewed mind will always default to memory and must be trained and renewed to function in imagination. God is behind our imaginations… anything we can imagine, we can do.
Asking “is this necessary?” in response to the move of the Holy Ghost is the result of an unrenewed mind; it is the default, natural response to spiritual things. The natural side of us will override our spirits if we don’t put a stop to it.
God can only function on the earth through the Body of Christ as they yield to the Holy Spirit and follow His leading and guiding. The Body of Christ can only affectively do this if their minds have been renewed to His Word and His plan and purpose on earth.
A vision is an influx of God’s wisdom, plan, and purpose. When the vision is presented to us, we have the option to disregard it or run with it. Without a vision from God, man's purposes and actions perish both naturally and spiritually. Without a vision, we have nothing to anchor our focus on and cannot make progress. But with a vision from God, we thrive in the spirit.
What we hear will affect what we believe. And what we believe will affect our spiritual growth and life.
Using the Name of Jesus Part II | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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Since we are three parts (spirit, soul, and body), we need to get our soul to line up with our spirit. Our soul is made of our emotions and mind. We have to get our mind in conjunction with our spirits, with what we believe. We train our soul. Our soul demands evidence, because it can believe easier with evidence. When we allow evidence to produce our believing, we are no longer in faith. We have to train our soul not to demand evidence. We should accept God's word at face value without any evidence. To do this, we have to learn who God is. How powerful He is.
We have to build faith, or a belief system, into our life. We have to decide who are we going to believe? There's always something pulling at us to get us to believe it. Nature isn't a substitute for God. There is no substitute for God.
Once we believe God, at the moment of our redemption, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit. Our spirits are sealed by God. A lot of what we need to do is renew our minds and cause our souls to agree with the Word of God.
The power of the name of Jesus gives us the ability to cast out devils. The eternal purpose of God the Father is to bless men, this is done through the name of Jesus. Today, the power of God is released through the Body of Christ using the name of Jesus. This is the same power and ability Jesus used when He was on the earth, to heal and to bless. This same power has been given to the Body of Christ. With great boldness, we should use that name to bless people, to heal people, to deliver people, and to produce miracles in that name. This is our responsibility as believers.
We should have respect for the name of Jesus. Familiarity can breed contempt, so we shouldn't be flippant with His name or so familiar with it that we don't recognize what the name of Jesus really means. We need to know how that name was achieved by the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no other name like His name. The name of Jesus was held special by God and given to Jesus on purpose, so He could give it to us so that we can use His name. That name is supposed to bring recognition in the world of darkness.
The name of Jesus is the only light that there is. It's not our ability that is shining. It's God's ability in us that's the light. We are the chosen vessels to deliver His name to lost and hurt people. When we minister to others, it isn't valid unless it is done in Jesus' name. We don't have the ability to bless anyone without the name of Jesus. We don't have God's approval to do anything without the name of Jesus.
But with His name we have God's approval to do all of these things in His Word. The name of Jesus has already been supplied with His ability. There's no lack of ability in His name. There's no lack of power in His name.
Using the Name of Jesus Part I | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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Jesus Christ is the password for the supernatural in the earth. We are saved by that name and baptized into that name. Today, the name of Jesus is being openly attacked. It is a preview of what is to come. What is described in Matthew 24:9 will take place during the future tribulation period.
To the lost, the name of Jesus is the only way to be saved. To the redeemed, the name of Jesus is the power. We do everything in His name. We gather in His name. Our prayers are through His name. We are healed in His name.
1 Corinthians 6:11 is already a statement of fact. Some preach these truths as future things, when they are already present facts. The only way our spirits are sanctified is the new birth.
In the Old Testament, in the book of Samuel, when the man reached out to touch the ark of the covenant to stabilize it and he died – that man was spiritually dead because this was before Jesus died on the cross. His hands were unclean. But when we receive Jesus, God sanctifies us. We can't clean our own heart or sanctify it. God sanctifies our heart and then He seals it, so we can't undo it. We can't put anything in it or take anything out of it. We are sealed until the day of redemption. It's on purpose.
We need to understand scripture. It's important not to build on the wrong foundation, or have one part wrong or be one degree off. Down the line, it results in being many degrees off and believing things that aren't truth.
The name of Jesus touches every phase of the Church life. In the early church, the name of Jesus affected those people more than today. Why? Because of the boldness of people today to attack it. But the name of Jesus is the only name that will loose the power of God in our lives. How does God work miracles? Through the Body of Christ, when the church recognizes the authority in the name of Jesus. We have to do everything in His name.
In Acts, Peter and John were told not to use the name of Jesus. Today, people don't like the name of Jesus. The early church appreciated the name of Jesus more than we do today. But without the name of Jesus, we don't have anything. Without it, we spin our wheels and get defeated and stolen from. The name of Jesus is the only name that will release the power of God into the earth.
Tremendous Power Part 2 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
God’s plan was that He sent His Son to redeem us back into our original estate. What was our original estate? We find that in the Garden of Eden.
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You can’t oppose God’s plan and have the results God wants us to have. God’s plan is that every believer be filled with the Holy Spirit and every believer pray in tongues. That’s how the power is made available.
God’s plan was that He sent His Son to redeem us back into our original estate. What was our original estate? We find that in the Garden of Eden. They were perfect.
Ephesians 1:19 AMP Paul wants the saints to begin to know the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power.
When you witness the power of God and the Spirit of God moving upon someone, just reach out and say, “It’s mine. I take it. It’s mine as well.” Why do you have the right to do that? It’s faith that moves Him. It’s hunger that moves Him.
God’s plan is that we work together. He has moved. He is waiting for our move. It’s like a game of chess.
Unlimited means not restricted in terms of number, quantity or extent. God’s power is not limited. It’s immeasurable. It is surpassing.
Don’t settle for anything.
If you are not on fire, you are not filled.
Tremendous Power Part 1 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
Why does He want our speech and our preaching to be in demonstration of the Spirit and of power? That our faith should be in the power of God. We should know how to activate that power.
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God’s Word is a recipe for our lives. That recipe is the fullness of the Holy Spirit who is to abide in us. When the fullness of the Holy Spirit abides in us then we will walk God’s plan out. The Spirit will lead and guide.
Today’s teaching is about the Power of God.
The Holy Spirit said each one reach one.
Why does He want our speech and our preaching to be in demonstration of the Spirit and of power? That our faith should be in the power of God. We should know how to activate that power.
The degree that you value something is the degree that you give attention to it.
You can’t oppose God’s plan and have the results God wants us to have. God’s plan is that every believer be filled with the Holy Spirit and every believer pray in tongues. That’s how the power is made available.
God’s plan was that He sent His Son to redeem us back into our original estate. What was our original estate? We find that in the Garden of Eden. They were perfect.
Ephesians 1:19 AMP Paul wants the saints to begin to know the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power.
When you witness the power of God and the Spirit of God moving upon someone, just reach out and say, “It’s mine. I take it. It’s mine as well.” Why do you have the right to do that? It’s faith that moves Him. It’s hunger that moves Him.
God’s plan is that we work together. He has moved. He is waiting for our move. It’s like a game of chess.
Unlimited means not restricted in terms of number, quantity or extent. God’s power is not limited. It’s immeasurable. It is surpassing.
Don’t settle for anything.
If you are not on fire, you are not filled.
A Study of Prayer: Intercession Part 2 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
We don’t know it all. But God knows it all. And He has given us His Spirit to abide within us and to help us. He just needs us to cooperate with Him and yield to Him.
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We don’t always know exactly what to pray for or about. But the Holy Spirit takes hold together with us and makes intercession for the saints - not according to our will, according to the will of God.
Groan - to breathe with a deep mournful sound, uttered as in pain or sorrow.
An infirmity would include the inability to produce proper prayer. But when we yield to Him, He prays with us.
Don’t try to make it happen. Don’t try to force God’s hand or you can wind up hearing the wrong voice.
But yield to Him.
Praying in other tongues is the manner in which God has made power available through prayer.
Even though our groans are inarticulate, the Holy Ghost in a supernatural surgical procedure takes hold, makes intercession for us and with us for others.
There are agonizing longings that cannot be put into words, these are groanings that must escape through your lips so that the Holy Spirit can effectively present the need.
He is wanting us always to be interceding for the lost and for the body of Christ.
We should stand in the gap each and every day for people.
To have a deeper move of the Spirit of God we must have compassion to intercede for others.
We must persevere in prayer to be effective.
A true intercessor is not bound by time or space.
A person truly hungry for the things of God is not bound by time either.
How long do we keep praying?
Always until we have a note of victory: we will start laughing, singing, or praising.
The answer may not be the answer that you want. God has asked us to know His word and our authority. But we pray as the Spirit leads. Secret things belong to Him. He can reveal them to us, but only as He leads.
A Study of Prayer: Intercession Part 1| Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
We aren't to move with guessing. We should move with assurance, confidence, trust, a spirit of boldness, and authority that we know what belongs to us from the Word of God.
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God wants and is in favor of demonstrations of the Holy Spirit. It is up to the Body of Christ to know from His Word what demonstrations are truth. The more we hunger for the truth and the things of His Word, the greater the manifestation will be by the Holy Spirit. What is manifestation? It is a showing forth of the power of God.
In James 5:16 (Amplified Classic) the word “earnest” means: eager to obtain. “Heartfelt” indicates that we need to be praying out of our heart, not out of our mind. It is not just a mental expression that we've heard others say, but connecting our spirit with the Holy Spirit. “Tremendous” indicates that the power is extraordinarily great in amount, in intensity, and size. James says it is available. How do we get it to be available? Just because we are in the Body of Christ the power does not just automatically show up. There is something we have to do. Just like the development of our physical bodies takes nurturing in order to grow, God's Word is spiritual food for our spirit to develop.
We find in Genesis that the earth was chaotic and void of form (Genesis 1:2) and the Holy Ghost brought order there. God gave His Word for us to develop spiritually in order to equip us with truth, authority, His Name, and His Word, so we can have an affect here on the earth. God's Word should be first place in our life.
What is prayer? Addressing God with adoration, thanksgiving, supplication, confession, or to make a humble request. There are many kinds of prayer. What is the prayer of intercession? When God uses one to intercede, or stand in the gap, on behalf of another. We will not be able to yield to the Holy Spirit if we do not understand the skills in the Word of God. Just like we don't want someone performing heart surgery who is a General Practitioner, but rather one who is a Specialist. God wants us to be skilled in His Word.
We aren't to move with guessing. We should move with assurance, confidence, trust, a spirit of boldness, and authority that we know what belongs to us from the Word of God. When there's hesitancy in moving with the Spirit of God, that's the opposite of boldness. Boldness makes a difference.
God wants us to respond to the enemy: “Daddy said I could say No! and my older brother (Jesus) gave me the right to say No!” That's the spirit we are to function in always – the spirit of boldness.
Get Heavenly Minded | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
It is time to enter into the fullness of the Spirit.
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God gave dominion to Adam. Adam gave his dominion to Satan. But God had a plan.
Without God’s plan, we would have been eternally separated from God.
We should enter into the fullness of the Spirit and have an understanding of how good God is.
We want God deeper in our lives, and He wants us deeper in Him.
In the Garden, God told Satan that One was coming who would bruise his head. It took 4,000 years, and it did come to pass. Jesus came to redeem us back to our rightful place with our Father God.
Man didn’t want to acknowledge God’s plan. Jesus didn’t come the way religious leaders expected and they rejected Him.
Jesus was determined to fulfill the will, plan, and purpose of God on the earth.
Walking in God’s prosperity requires that we take a step of faith. Believe the Word.
Jesus gave up His riches in glory and became poor that we might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9).
Jesus is presently seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for believers.
God’s vision imparted to your heart should be greater than what you, in your natural ability, can do.
Your giving should be greater than your natural ability can do. That doesn’t mean that you don’t do anything; you have to start somewhere.
We need to be heavenly minded when praying for sickness and disease to depart.
Wherever you go, give somebody the truth.
A Study of Faith: Faith Says Part II - Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
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Your world is framed by your words.
Keep speaking what you want in your life until it manifests, until you know you don’t need to speak it any more.
Faith is released by spoken words.
Faith works whether you are saying or praying.
Three steps of Faith:
- Say
- Believe
- Receive
Declaration of Faith:
I am born of God and a partaker of God’s nature and life.
I have God living in me.
I have the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead.
He is living in me.
I cannot be conquered.
I cannot be defeated.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
I have God’s ability.
I have God’s strength.
I have God’s wisdom.
Disease, failure, lack of finances, lack of strength, lack of faith, lack of knowledge, sickness, want and weakness -- God is my ability. These enemies must flee from me.
I give no place to these enemies.
God has made me greater than my enemies.
You see, I’m a believer. I’m a believer in the Word of God. The Holy Ghost dwells in me. He helps put me over.
I live in abundance.
I’m blessed.
I’m delivered.
I cannot fail.
I will not fail.
I am victorious in spirit, in soul, in body, and in every area of my life. I am victorious.
I lack in no good thing.
God’s Holy Word never returns void.
I’m above and not beneath.
I’m the head and not the tail.
I do not allow corrupt communication to proceed out of my mouth.
My words edify me.
My words are grace to my ears.
My words are grace to those I’m speaking to.
I speak to myself in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.
I give the enemy no place.
I give the Word free course.
I open my mouth boldly and I preach the mystery of the gospel.
A Study of Faith: Faith Says Part I - Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
What we think is what we demonstrate by our words and actions. Where we keep our minds is where we are and where we will stay.
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Everything that Jesus purchased for us is received by faith.
We cannot please God without faith.
Each person is responsible to develop his own faith.
Faith believes with the heart rather than believing with the mind or physical senses.
Faith requires action.
Our responsibility is to act on God’s Word expecting results.
Faith grows out of the Word of God.
Faith comes by hearing and speaking the Word of God.
Meditate and speak the Word continuously. Meditate means to calculate, consider, to evaluate, to ponder, to reason, to reflect, or to think. Meditating is focusing our thoughts until they shape our behavior.
What we think is what we demonstrate by our words and actions.
Where we keep our minds is where we are and where we will stay.
Renew Your Mind and Change Your Words | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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God’s original intent was for this world to be ruled by words.
You call things that are not as though they were because you believe them.
According to spiritual laws, whatever we say is what we receive.
Our past vocabulary has got us to where we are today.
Our mind has to be in agreement with our vocabulary.
Precepts, when received, will govern your life.
The word “can’t” needs to be out of our vocabulary because our words are more important than anyone else's words.
To change something, we have to rename it to something else, not what you have but what you want.
The majority of the people in the world are sick because they called it in to themselves.
The sickness is real, but that reality has no business being there.
Redemption and the stripes of Jesus removes sickness's authority to function in your body.
At our command, sickness has to leave because we say so in the name of Jesus.
Trying to see or feel if you are healed before you believe you are healed, plants you firmly in the sense realm. To enter into the faith realm, we must renew our mind.
An unrenewed mind will have trouble with faith.
God’s ways are higher than our ways and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
We have to get our thoughts and ways up to God’s thoughts and ways.
You must regulate what is allowed to enter into your mind by using the Word of God as your source in the mind cleansing process.
For transformation in any area of our life, your mind first must be cleansed of unscriptural principles. Then you must reprogram it to line up with God’s original intentions.
Things that need to be spoken to are poverty, sickness, debt, storms, destruction and etc.
How To Pray for Believers | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
The Apostle Paul gave us the recipe for how to pray for members of the body of Christ.
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The Greater One lives within us. When we meditate on His greatness, everything else fades and becomes of no importance in our lives. It’s when we meditate on His greatness. There is no greater power.
We have dominion over every name. We, the Body of Christ, have dominion through the Name of Jesus over cancer, over heart disease, over diabetes, failed kidneys. It doesn’t matter what. It’s according to your faith.
God has gifted men and women with medical understanding to help us as our faith grows. That’s the purpose of the medical profession. To help us in our infirmity and weakness until we know who we are, the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
The Hand of The Lord | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
We should want to experience all that God has for us and we should be able to find scriptural evidence for any experience we have with God.
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The hand of the Lord is one of the demonstrations of the Holy Spirit. When used in scriptures, the hand of the Lord means the power of God or the Holy Spirit.
We should want to experience all that God has for us, and we should be able to find scriptural evidence for any experience we have with God. God will not bring us knowledge that doesn’t line up with the Word of God.
The purpose of the Bible is to form beliefs and strengthen beliefs. What we believe will govern what we think, say, and do, whether the Word of God is tucked in our hearts or not. God wants us to know all that He has for us in His Word.
According to Mark 16:17-18, a believer can lay hands on the sick and they will recover. Some people have been given a special healing anointing.
Anointings are given by degree. The degree of the anointing and the degree of the person’s faith to receive is the degree of healing available.
When Jesus was on Earth, the anointing had to come upon Him before He could minister.
Stop Thinking Natural | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
When we accept Jesus as our Savior we are redeemed and the Holy Spirit indwells our spirits. We have the Spirit in us. When we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we have the Spirit upon us. The dual working of the Holy Spirit is in us and upon us.
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When we accept Jesus as our Savior we are redeemed and the Holy Spirit indwells our spirits. We have the Spirit in us. When we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we have the Spirit upon us. The dual working of the Holy Spirit is in us and upon us.
When we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we receive the person of the Holy Spirit until we are filled to overflowing. When we live a life of being continuously filled with the Holy Spirit and we understand that the Holy Spirit indwells our spirits, it is easier for us to be led by the Spirit and have a greater manifestation of His power in our lives.
Satanic forces and religion have worked together to convince people that they do not need the infilling of the Holy Spirit and have defeated many people.
Becoming a new creature sets you apart. You are not an “old sinner saved by grace.” If you don’t understand who you became you will have a hard time trusting God and thinking spiritually.
We have to learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit. This process takes some work.
When the Holy Spirit left the Holy of Holies everything changed. Now, He dwells in us and we have to acknowledge this in order to receive the benefits of being filled with the Spirit.
Redemption Reconciled Us To Righteousness Part II - Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
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Every church should be a full gospel, tongue talking church where the Word of God is taught and the Holy Ghost is allowed to move and touch each individual life and meet the needs of the people.
God has made provision for us to win. It is up to us whether we win or not.
It is in Jesus that we have dominion. Jesus paid for our bodies to be in health.
If there is fear, there is no faith.
To get in faith you have to keep saying what the Word says about your body. The more you say it, the more you will believe it and proclaim it.
God’s plan of redemption for man encompasses a complete reconciliation for our spirit, soul and body.
God showed us His faith in Genesis 1. We release words out of our mouths because we believe in our hearts.
Faith is believing and speaking.
God’s healing is made available to every believer through the stripes of Jesus.
We establish and strengthen our beliefs by pondering, meditating and rehearsing what Jesus accomplished for us daily.
When you don’t feed on the Word of God, your spirit shrivels up.
The mission is to build us up, strengthen us, edify and encourage us to rise up and take out rightful place in the Body of Christ.
We accept what Christ did for our healing regardless of a feeling, physical circumstance, or evidence.
Do not allow any natural circumstance to change the revelation that your healing has already been provided and paid for.
After hands are laid upon you, be assured that the power of God is working mightily in your body continuously.
Whatever evidence or doctor's report you have received, any feeling, symptoms or pain cannot remain.
The name of Jesus is greater than any name.
Redemption Reconciled Us To Righteousness Part I - Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
Redemption is Christ’s shed blood which reconciled us, brought us back, into union with God. This is righteousness, or simply, right standing with God.
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Redemption is Christ’s shed blood which reconciled us, brought us back, into union with God. This is righteousness, or simply, right standing with God.
Because we are redeemed from the curse, we can and should live free from all effects of the curse.
Why is redemption needed?
It started in Genesis chapter 1. God made man in His own image. Blessings come from God. He intends for us to be blessed. God gave man dominion over all of the earth.
Satan came to deceive Eve and cause her to doubt so he could steal her dominion. He does the same today. He has not changed. He comes to cause us to doubt and convince us that we do not have dominion.
Satan did not take Adam’s dominion; he gave it away. Do not give your dominion away. Know your rights. Know your benefits. Know your privileges from the Word of God. Stand up against Satan. Be determined that you already have the victory over any situation, circumstance or storm that may come.
God’s grace is unmerited favor. We did not have to do one thing to earn it. That’s how much God loves us. Grace is also the operational power of God at work. Jesus is our Redeemer!
God’s plan of redemption is found in 2 Corinthians 5:21. God sent Jesus to redeem us. We did not see Jesus but we have the Word. The Word is where we see Him, where we get to know Him. The purpose of the Bible is to form and establish beliefs. These beliefs should control what we think, what we say, and what we do.
In the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus the price was paid in full and the penalty was paid completely. There is nothing else for Jesus to do. It’s all accomplished!
One man brought sickness and disease into the earth. What can one person filled with the Holy Spirit do in the earth? That’s what God is saying to you. We have responsibility in the earth.
Redemption reconciled us to righteousness. The first Adam took us out; the second Adam - Jesus Christ - brought us back in.
God has already delivered us!
The Principles of Increase: Faith & Obedience | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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The first principle of increase is obedience to God’s Word.
God has given us all the components we have need of to fix our belief system. He’s given us the Holy Ghost, the Word of God, and prayer.
We are to obey God’s Word. We are to acknowledge all of the good things that are in us through Christ Jesus. Acknowledge them out of your heart and not your head, because you believe God. All the good things in us came to us when we became the new creation. They have to be activated by acknowledging they are there.
The second principle of increase is to walk in faith.
Obedience and faith are the principles that govern God’s increase. Faith is the currency of God’s economy.
There is no punishment ever from God because Jesus paid the price. Everything that we have need of has already been released to us. There is not one thing that God is holding back on. God has given us the responsibility to develop trust in Him to receive what He has already given us.
We should be increasing, going uphill fast every day in every way in 2020! This comes by being obedient and understanding faith. The controlling principles are obedience to the Word and faith in God.
We are one with Christ. Christ in us the hope of glory. We are the fruit- bearing part of Him. We are the part of Him that touches and blesses humanity. We are God’s testimony in the earth.
Prosperity is having our needs met and being able to bless others.
God's Protocol and Procedure for Prosperity Part 2 | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
Before there is any kind of break through there is always major push back.
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The woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5 had to get down on her hands and knees to get to Jesus' hem. No pride could be involved. She was at the point of major break through in her life and is faced with a major conflict - the crowd, and Jairus who could have her killed for being out in public. When you start moving in faith into the financial arena, you are going to get some major conflict to try to stop you. Because satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4).
When you decide nothing can stop you, you will defeat it, and you will enter into God's abundance and zoe life (the God-kind of life) because it is yours. God wants you to have abundance according to John 10:10. But you have to follow the protocol. You have to press through. You have to decide: “I don't care what the conflict is, I'm going to win. This is not going to stop me. I'm a winner.”
God's Protocol and Procedure for Prosperity Pt 1| Pastor Phillip H Jackson
God wants people to prosper. But just like there is a procedure for redemption, there is a procedure for prosperity too.
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When we obeyed the procedure for redemption, we got redeemed. There is a protocol. If we aren't prospering, it isn't God's fault. Any time we are involved in prosperity it has to be done in faith, not in fear. We have to aggressively study what God's Word says about money, prosperity, and abundance. Satan is out to interfere with it. But we can overcome him.
The church has been taught that God is in control, and if we aren't prospering, it is because God is keeping it from us. Not true! Those who believe this way don't want to challenge God, and so they never prosper. “Just get by” is a procedure that man wrote, not God, and it doesn't work.
You can prevent a lot of things when you get ahead with the help of the Holy Ghost. Eliminate “I can't” from your vocabulary. God can't override that statement. God said all things are possible to him who believes. He manifests Himself in impossible situations. Exercise faith for what you can't see. If you develop your faith, nothing will be impossible for you to see. It won't be seen naturally. But you'll see it because you'll know it. Your “knower” will be engaged.
The tithing and offering scripture in Malachi 3 has nothing to do with the law. This is the doorway. It's 10% and it belongs to God. When we tithe, there is something attached to it for us. The longer you hold onto God's part, the more tempting it is to keep it. Tithing is a doorway of blessing to mankind and it is valid in all dispensations. The tithes open the windows of heaven. What comes out of the windows is based on your offering. One of the majority of things in life that has an emotional attachment to it is money. It is difficult to function in faith when you are emotionally tied to it. Faith is beyond feelings.
Before there is any kind of break through there is always major push back. The woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5 had to get down on her hands and knees to get to Jesus' hem. No pride could be involved. She was at the point of major break through in her life and is faced with a major conflict - the crowd, and Jairus who could have her killed for being out in public.
When you start moving in faith into the financial arena, you are going to get some major conflict to try to stop you. Because satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). When you decide nothing can stop you, you will defeat it, and you will enter into God's abundance and zoe life (the God-kind of life) because it is yours. God wants you to have abundance according to John 10:10. But you have to follow the protocol. You have to press through. You have to decide: “I don't care what the conflict is, I'm going to win. This is not going to stop me. I'm a winner.”
God Needs You Speaking in Tongues | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
Being filled with the Holy Ghost and speaking in other tongues are inseparable. The reason we are filled with the Holy Ghost is so we can participate/speak in tongues. We are saved so that we can be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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The Holy Spirit knows exactly what God has planned for our lives. He is able to make intercession for us as we speak in tongues.
God needs us to speak in tongues. It is a necessity. If we are not filled with the Spirit and speaking in tongues, we hinder God’s plan in the earth.
When we speak in tongues our spirits speak to God and we are praying about mysteries, things unseen, and things unknown by us. When we speak in tongues, God is able to supernaturally work in our lives in the midst of every situation and cause all things to work together for our good.
God gave Adam and Eve dominion over all the earth. This fact is often called the lease. By definition a lease is a contract by which one person conveys land or property to another for a specified time. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and entered into spiritual death. At this point they handed their dominion and authority over to Satan and he began to work through
them to exercise dominion over the earth. Satan is ruling through fallen man.
Legally, God cannot exercise authority and intervene in earth’s affairs without man’s cooperation. In the old testament He did that through covenants with people (Abraham). In the gospels He did that through Jesus. After Jesus died and was resurrected, He gained access to the earth through the Body of Christ.
Because of the lease, God needs human beings to cooperate with Him in order to do anything in the earth. Speaking in other tongues is one way we cooperate with Him and give Him access to the earth. Through tongues He can lead, guide, and intercede for us and others.
We should speak in tongues over everything we do. Say to yourself that you won’t move until you speak in other tongues over every endeavor. Your mind doesn’t know what you are saying, but you will be praying according to God’s will.
God's Original Intent | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
Our words are very important. They are supposed to govern our circumstances. Three words work together in the Scriptures: knowledge, wisdom, understanding.
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Our words are very important. They are supposed to govern our circumstances.
Three words work together in the Scriptures: knowledge, wisdom, understanding. Only when we understand something can we have it. Example: “God is more than enough.” Everyone would agree to that, but just mentally agreeing is not enough. You have to understand that. You have to understand how it functions, because you cannot possess what it means until you understand what it means.
Wisdom is the ability to see things like God sees them in order to judge them correctly.
God uses supernatural math. He does not take from you to give to me. He said there is more than enough to go around. That has to be understood, and it has to be so ingrained in you that you know something. Your knower starts to work. What you know that you know can’t be taken away from you
Supernatural knowledge is released by God to man for a purpose. Supernatural understanding is to know how God works.
Knowledge and understanding and wisdom of the Holy Ghost is necessary to the believer if the believer is going to possess anything of God! We are always waiting for something instead of knowing something.
Understand how big God is. Constantly talk to yourself about the vastness, the Almighty, the ability of God. Make God bigger in your own understanding. Understand Who God is.
God’s original intent: That man would govern the earth with his words! Adam’s fall only slowed it down for a while, from the fall to the Resurrection. At the Resurrection, man was reinstated to the original intent! The original intent is for man to govern the earth. Jesus came to bring back God’s original intent.
God's Plan for You Part 2 | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
God is not a hold-back God, and He didn't create you to be a hold-back person.
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It is through the doorway of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost that allows the Holy Spirit to manifest His presence through the believer to effect others supernaturally – this is God's plan for every believer.
Infilling is not a one-time event, it becomes your life.
When you pray in tongues, speaking to God, you pray out mysteries. You cannot pray out mysteries if you are not praying in tongues. Tongues puts you in a position to receive revelation supernaturally from the Spirit of God.
When Paul asked for God to do something about that demon that was buffeting him (Paul’s thorn in the flesh), God said, “My grace is sufficient for you”. God was trying to get Paul to understand that Paul would have to start using the Name of Jesus against that demon instead of asking God to do it. God is not going to stop demonic activity for you either. He gave you the authority.
There is no need to fear any demonic forces because the Greater One is in you.
We don't wrestle with people, we deal with the demonic entities influencing them. The people need help. The anointing is upon you to set people free – if the people want to be free.
Listen in your heart, and you’ll know what to do when people are looking for help. God will show you. Don't hold back. The world is full of hurting people that need the anointing of God. The only way they are ever going to get it, is through a person who has the Spirit of God in them and upon them, and who has entered into the supernatural through the doorway of speaking in tongues. The blessings of God are distributed by the Body of Christ.
Everything that you do in your life from this point on should be done supernaturally – which requires the foundation of praying in tongues.
God's Plan for You: Part 1 | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
The first step in God’s will and plan is for redemption, that we would be freed from the curse of spiritual death brought on by Adam’s disobedience. But God in His mercy and grace loved us so much He sent Jesus to take our place and to redeem us. In redemption we are made new creatures.
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The first step in God’s will and plan is for redemption, that we would be freed from the curse of spiritual death brought on by Adam’s disobedience. But God in His mercy and grace loved us so much He sent Jesus to take our place and to redeem us. In redemption we are made new creatures.
The second step in God’s plan is to be filled with the Holy Spirit. This positions us to minister to the needs of others.
God’s plan for us is to allow the Holy Spirit to work in us and upon us and through us.
The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus equals His glorification.
God’s plan starts at redemption and finishes through us being the ministry, with us going forth and ministering to the needs of people. The anointing will be upon us to accomplish the work. We just have to desire and obey.
People will have to desire to be redeemed. We are to proclaim the need for redemption.
The next thing after redemption is positioning for the supernatural. You need to be filled with the Holy Ghost and pray in other tongues or speak in other tongues which is the door opener to the supernatural.
The nine Gifts of the Spirit are all by the same Spirit, the Holy Spirit.
We are to rise up to the place of the supernatural anointing. God is going to do the work. He gets all the glory. We have to be in position so that God can move through us. These gifts will come through us into people’s lives.
The Body of Christ is one body made up of many members. The Body of Christ is the functioning force of God on the earth today.
Prayer Produces Power Part 5 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
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When you understand that God and his immeasurable power indwells us, what you are experiencing in life is irrelevant.
God’s immeasurable, unlimited, surpassing power resides in us, but we must release that power in our lives. The degree that we see the power manifest in our lives depends on: 1) the degree of the power administered and 2) the degree of our faith to receive. During the Healing Revival people who needed healing would go from preacher to preacher because they did not understand that their faith had a part to play in receiving their healing.
Electricity is God’s power in the natural and the Holy Ghost power is God’s power in the spiritual realm.
God can do nothing for humanity unless someone asks Him. We must persevere in prayer. True intercessors are not bound by time or space. When you are in intercession you should continue until you have a note of peace or victory, because it assures you have the answer. You know you have a note of victory when you begin to laugh, praise, or sing.
Prayer Produces Power Part 4 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
Everyone has someone that we want the power of God working in their life, bringing illumination and understanding to know the depth of the love of the God that we believe in.
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The world isn’t going to understand your faith, they aren’t going to understand praying in tongues, many Christians won’t either. But the entire Word is available to every believer. The ingredient you need to bring is faith.
Be bold enough to take a stand for what you believe. If you’re not bold enough to take that stand with a person that you see face to face, how would you ever be bold enough to take a stand against a spirit that you don’t see?
You can’t overindulge on the Bible. You can’t study too much.
What should you pray for first?
1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for EVERYONE.
It doesn’t say just your favorite people, your family, your neighbors. The Bible says FOR ALL PEOPLE.
Nobody is excluded. Everybody needs a perfect laborer to cross their path and lead them to the truth.
Specifically pray for the one closest to entering into eternity in hell. God loves that person. That’s how we should look at it.
It’s easy to love the lovely. We all have to work at loving the ugly. But it’s not in our power or might. It’s God’s love in us.
1 Timothy 2:2 ...for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Our goal should be to hear from God. That takes being quiet.
Listen with your spirit. You filter things through your head, but the true perception of God is communicated through your spirit.
Come expecting God to move in demonstration in the lives of those who are expecting Him to move. This prayer is not just for yourself.
Everyone has someone that we want the power of God working in their life, bringing illumination and understanding to know the depth of the love of the God that we believe in.
He didn’t shortchange us. His power did not diminish. He’s just waiting for someone who will believe Him enough.
Prayer Produces Power Part 3 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
In Prayer Produces Power Part 3, Pastor Cheryl S Jackson teaches how God made His power available to us today.
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We should do things the same way that Paul did them, not relying on our own abilities or own wisdom. We should rely on the power of God and the demonstration of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (KJV) And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
People want evidence that there is a God. The evidence is all around us. What people really need is a renewing of their mind so that they can see clearly who He is and what He has created.
James 5:16b (AMPC) The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
Most of us have not experienced that level of God’s power. But, let me tell you, it is available. It should be an every day occurrence in the life of a believer.
Jesus willingly gave His life so that we could have an inheritance. We should walk in everything that He purchased for us.
God is honor bound to His Word. This is what He will watch over to perform when spoken in faith out of the heart and the mouth of a believer.
Whatever you need to do to hold fast to the Bible, do it. Let the Bible be your stabilizer, trusting it above everything else.
What is prayer? It is addressing God with adoration, confession, supplication, thanksgiving, or an humble request. It doesn’t need to be loud. It doesn’t require a religious tone.
John 15:7 If ye abide in Me and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Can you ask for anything? No. You can’t ask for someone else’s house or car or spouse. Your request needs to line up with the Word of God.
This is why we need to study the Word to see what it says can and does belong to us.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The Word of Faith movement took a nasty hit because unlearned or unscrupulous people took hold of a true principle and tried to use it for nefarious gain.
We don’t have the right, it’s devilish, to be jealous of somebody else’s position in life.
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If we have the nature and love of God - we do, it’s in us - we will never seek what belongs to somebody else.
Jesus was true to the Father’s plan. We should be too.
Prayer Produces Power Part 2 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
To have a deeper move of the Spirit of God we must be moved by compassion to intercede for others.
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There are different degrees in natural power. The same is true with Holy Ghost power.
The degree of Holy Ghost power is dependent on the degree of power administered AND the degree of a person’s faith to receive.
Faith activates the power.
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Amos 3:3 How can two walk together except they be agreed?
There are conditions, perimeters, and boundaries to access the power of God. This is why there hasn’t been the demonstration of the power of God that we truly desire.
Are you longing for that power in demonstration greater than it’s ever been?
1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody].
If you don’t have all the ingredients, you don’t have the perfect recipe. God has given us all the ingredients.
Praying the word AND praying in tongues is a necessary ingredient to have the demonstration of the power of God.
We should see increase every day, spiritual things and natural things - He created the world for our pleasure.
The more you reverence the Holy Ghost, the more He will move in your midst. Don’t try to hurry or pressure Him.
To be effective in intercessory prayer, we must persevere in prayer. Intercession is not bound by time or space.
We should always pray until we have a note of praise or victory - we will either start laughing, praising, or singing.
A great move of God cannot come, even though it is His will, unless the body of Christ, the church, gives birth to it.
God is looking for volunteers who will sacrifice even the legitimate pleasures of life and come aside from fellowship with others and spend time on their face in intercession.
The more you fellowship with Him, the less you will long after natural fellowship, not that you will have no fellowship with other people, but you will balance out the scales.
God is enlisting men and women today, people who will respond to Him.
Are you one of them?
Prayer Produces Power Part 1 | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
God’s eyes are searching for a people that want to be a part of the demonstration of the Power of God.
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God’s eyes are searching for a people that want to be a part of the demonstration of the Power of God.
Jesus wants us to meditate, learn, to rise up with the understanding that the Power of God is real. Why? Because He wants our faith in the power of God not in the wisdom of man.
God does not have to generate more power. He is power.
For the move of God one must put time, energy, and effort for that demonstration of the move.
The Bible is a recipe book of the power of God.
James 5:16 The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
1 Timothy 2:1-2 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
In God's recipe for prayer, we are to start by praying for all people.
How do you pray for all people?
In Ephesians chapters 1 (and 3), Paul shows us:
Ephesians 1:18-19 And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people), And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength.
Should you be encouraging individuals with the Bible? Absolutely. But you need to also help them connect with a body of believers where they can be enabled with all the fullness of the Body of Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
How do we get the power working?
God’s power in our bodies and in our lives is activated by our faith filled words, agreeing with God by saying what He says about us.
The Glory of God | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
God’s original intent was for man to speak with the Glory of God behind his words.
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Because God so loved the world, we are suppose to be changing the world.
God can speak our future in our spirit in the blink of an eye.
The physical is subject to the spiritual all the time.
The major loss is when Adam disobeyed God and lost the Glory of God. It was God’s Glory that gave Adam the authority to function in the earth. God’s Glory caused every word that Adam spoke to be obeyed by the world. Adam was never to work with his hands but to work with his words.
God placed Adam on the earth as the governor to command the world and tell it what to do.
We have authority on the earth but God is the owner.
Jesus came to the earth with the Glory of God so man can now see how to live upon the earth.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. We have the authority to control everything that pertains to our life.
Everything in our life should be held to these standards. We either give it the right to live or we give it the command to die.
Because of the Glory of God in our life, a lot of what we pray about should be spoken to by us.
We should have more knowledge of the Glory of God.
The Body of Christ is in a special position in the earth. We are the spiritual Body of Christ that God is preparing for Christ all over the earth.
Jesus has returned the Glory to the Body of Christ and it’s time for the Body of Christ to exercise that authority on the earth now and command it to live or command it to die, command it to go up or command it to go down.
We should call sickness and disease dead. It has no right in our body.
Every time there is a miracle, it is from the Glory of God. Whenever God intervenes, it’s the Glory of God.
The Glory of God works in the financial realm also.
The same Glory that Adam lost, Jesus has given back.
The Glory is here to support every word that we speak.
The unseen realm has more authority than the seen realm and we have to start entering into that authority by what we say.
Prayer and the Power of God | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson | Grace Christian Center
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1 Corinthians 2:1-5 – Our faith is in the power of God.
James 5:16b (Amplified Bible) – Our earnest, heartfelt, and continued prayer makes tremendous power available.
Electricity is a natural power harnessed by man. The Anointing is the power of God…it is immeasurable.
1 Corinthians 14:14 – If we pray in an unknown tongue, our spirits, by the Holy Spirit within us, pray. We are praying beyond what our minds can understand.
The Holy Spirit dwells within us. The Holy Spirit comes upon us for service to humanity. The Holy Spirit needs our voice.
God is no respecter of persons. (Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11, Ephesians 6:9)
1 Corinthians 14:2 – When we speak in tongues we are speaking to God. Speaking requires using our voices.
True humility is recognizing that in ourselves we are nothing…but in Him, we are everything.
Jeremiah 33:3 – We cry out to God from our spirits, not from our minds.
Get Your Lights Turned Up Brighter | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
God's promises are in His Word and need to be transferred from the page into your heart. How does this happen?
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God has made provision for the Body of Christ to walk in light. We have to know what that light is. The Word of God is the fuel for our light to get brighter, even in the midst of a world that is getting darker. Proverbs 20:26 says the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. This is how God works.
It all hinges on the image you have of yourself. Get the image from how God sees you – as a new creature. The old image has passed away. Image got started at the very beginning when God made man in His image and likeness. Words paint pictures, and God's Word paints pictures. They are spiritual images.
God's promises are in the Word and need to be transferred from the page into your heart. How does this happen? Speaking the Word gets it into your mouth. From there it gets into your heart. From the heart it starts creating images. Once the image is in our heart, we have to release it out of our mouth.
That completes it and it starts to affect the natural. Something happens to the Word in your heart. It gets connected to your belief system and you start believing it. Faith is then released when you speak that Word out of our mouth.
In the spirit realm things work differently than in the natural realm. Learn to trust your spirit and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit works with your spirit. The Holy Spirit is communicating with your spirit continually. Determining between your natural mind and your spirit is key, because God uses your spirit for revelation.
The Word entering our spirit gives light. So get more Word for more light. The Holy Spirit helps us find what we need for any situation in the Word of God. Praying in tongues helps with this. It is the avenue the Holy Spirit uses to search for answers that we need.
Faith is now. Never push the promises of God into the future. Regardless of what it feels like or looks like, believe God and His Word. If it isn't “now faith” it's something else. It's faith that God receives. Release His Word out of your mouth as positive, present truths, with conviction. God is not a man that He should lie and His Word never fails.
The Power of God is Always Available To The Believer | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
It makes no difference your situation or circumstance in life, God’s power is always available to the believer.
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Every act of God is received through faith; faith in the Word of God, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, faith in the precious Blood of Christ, and faith in the power of God.
It makes no difference your situation or circumstance in life, God’s power is always available to the believer.
The tangible manifestation of the power of God can be so strong that the person vibrates (trembles) in the presence of the anointing.
Notice the “and” in I Corinthians 2:4 -
“In demonstration of the Spirit AND of power.”
God is the One who does the anointing.
God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and with power, and then Jesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.
As believers the first thing we need to understand is that sickness, disease, poverty, discomfort, or anything that is not healthy or wholesome did not come from God. All those things originated with the disobedience of Adam in the garden.
The serpent came and the first thing he did was to instill doubt. The first thing that the enemy comes with is doubt. Doubt can take hold if we do not take preparation time to study the Word and fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
Three books to read daily that will build you up on the truth:
- Health Food by Kenneth E. Hagin
- Faith Food by Kenneth E. Hagin
- God’s Creative Power by Charles Capps
Even though God anointed Jesus, He in His own hometown could do no mighty works because of their unbelief.
Two conditions for receiving:
- The degree of anointing upon the person ministering
- The person’s faith to receive
The anointing is tangible and is transferred when the minister touches the person to whom he or she is ministering.
The person receiving the anointing has a responsibility to receive the anointing and must activate that anointing by faith.
We receive by faith.
We have faith in the Word, in God, in Jesus, in the Blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, in the Gifts of the Spirit, in the pastors, and in the corporate anointing present here.
How do you release your faith? By believing and saying. Faith is released by believing in the heart and speaking with the mouth.
There are many ways that healing is administered. One way is by touch, by the laying on of hands.
When hands are laid upon you, the power is transmitted by touch from Heaven through the minister to you. By faith you must believe that you receive.
Yield yourself to the Holy Spirit when hands are laid upon you. Continue to say, “the power of God is working in me.”
What are You Doing with Your Time? | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson | Grace Christian Center
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God wants to bring order into your life.
For a mind to be renewed a believer must spend time with the Word of God and avoid distractions.
The Holy Ghost moves upon chaos and brings order.
He wants your spirit to grow and to develop so that when storms of life come your spirit is so developed, saturated and strong with the Word of God, you don’t even notice the storm and you’re not moved by any part of it.
Giving mental agreement to God’s Word will not help you.
Change comes when believers do the ABCDs:
- Accept that the Word is God speaking to you.
- Believe that the Word is God speaking to you.
- Confess that the Word is God speaking to you.
- Do the Word. Don’t just hear it.
The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of life, the doom of sinners, the happiness of believers. Read it to be wise. Practice it to live holy.
The answer to every situation in life is found in the Bible. Take the time to get the answer from the only book that has the answer to every situation. Get in the Word of God for yourself and stay with what God says.
People, promises, and problems: they all deserve an answer. If you cannot find the answer in the Bible, then don’t answer.
The root cause of any person’s dilemma, situation, or frustration is a mind that is not renewed with the Word of God because they endeavor to handle things in a natural way.
When the mind has been renewed with the Word of God, the spirit through the mind can control the body. The renewed mind can control the body. It takes a body to produce an act. It takes the mind to produce an act.
The only time you can arrest your mind and your body is when your mind is renewed and your spirit is developed with the Word of God.
The Anointing of God | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
Because of how the Holy Spirit affects our lives, we have to learn to yield to Him from the inside out.
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Spiritual rulers of the world were behind the crucifixion; if they had known what His death and resurrection would accomplish, they never would have crucified Him.
What we think, or the way we’ve been taught, often hinders us from moving into the realm of the Spirit and engaging in tongues.
Because of how the Holy Spirit affects our lives, we have to learn to yield to Him from the inside out.
We are the Body of Christ, and nothing is withheld from us. We can receive the things of the Spirit, but the world cannot.
The renewing of our minds is a process; we have to align our minds with the Word of God.
The redemption is for us personally, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost positions us to minister to others. The redemption positions us in the Body of Christ, enabling us to access the supernatural by the Holy Spirit.
God is choosing those who agree with Him. We qualify or disqualify ourselves for redemption by rejecting or agreeing with God.
The majority of things people have difficulty with naturally in their bodies are spiritually induced. When it is spiritual, healing comes through the Spirit.
It is by the Spirit that God wants to bless the Body of Christ, affecting the world around us.
The Spirit is in us, but the anointing comes upon us for ministry to others.
From the Inside Out | Pastor Phillip H Jackson | Grace Christian Center
The Holy Spirit brings the change to pass from the inside out.
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When we discover the real, true image of God living in us, here's what happens:
All of a sudden our lives change. The importance of life changes when this revelation comes.
When we start to understand it, the way we react to people changes.
Understanding the image of God and getting the real, true image of who we are in Him are both vital to living a victorious life.
There are two paths we can walk down. We can live spiritual or we can live natural.
We are created to live in both worlds. But most of the time we allow the wrong world to dominate our lives because it was the first world we learned.
Before we were raised to life in Christ Jesus, we were only natural people, governed by the wrong spirit.
After the death and resurrection of Jesus, we could step onto the spirit path, because our spirits have been made new. The Spirit of God now resides on the inside of every believer. And The Holy Spirit can now work from the inside out.
When we look at ourselves we shouldn't see what the world says we are, we should see the image of Jesus Christ. That is how God sees us. That's what He says in His Word.
When we identify ourselves as something other that what God says we are, we are lying. Because God can't lie. He sees what we truly are in Him. We ought to adjust our understanding of our image to line up with what He sees.
As we see God more clearly in the scriptures, the more He gets brighter and clearer in our minds and in our hearts, and He also gets larger in our lives and a bigger part of our lives. We become brighter and more beautiful as we see God as He really is.
As He becomes brighter in our life, we start looking and living more like Him. This is the whole point. The more we receive the revelation and knowledge of our God and our minds, the greater the change in our lives from glory to glory.
The glory of God in our lives and on our lives is the presence of God in our lives and on our lives.
Why is He in us? He's in us to put us over. He is the greater one, greater than he that is in the world. We are to acknowledge and start developing that image of the greater one in us. We don't have to shrink back.
As He becomes brighter in our lives, we start looking and living more like Him. The more we receive the revelation and knowledge of our God in our minds, the greater the change in our lives.
The Path To Prosperity | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson | Grace Christian Center
If you really want to walk in God's prosperity, you're going to have to take a step of faith.
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You can catch the Spirit of Faith if you want to. You can win in life, knowing 1 John 4:4 is real - greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
God never lies. His Word is truth. It is forever settled.
Somebody else's experiences (or even your own) don't supersede the truth of the Word of God.
Prosperity is just as real as the new birth. It came in the same package.
True prosperity is putting God first in every aspect. This includes your checkbook. Jesus gave up His riches in glory so that we might become rich.
If you're not able to follow in the footsteps of a person of God because you can't afford it, don't throw it away. Put it on the shelf. Take it to heart. And be diligent in your pursuit of it.
Not many things happen over night. Some things take longer than we expect. Don't give up. Don't stop holding on to the Word.
God told the serpent that One was coming who would bruise his head. The fulfillment of that promise took 4,000 years. Don't give up. God's Word came to pass then. It will come to pass for you.
Not only did Jesus bruise the enemy's head, He brought us back into full relationship with our Father God. That fullness includes prosperity.
To walk in prosperity, you're going to have to believe the Word.
God's vision imparted to your heart is supposed to be bigger than what you can do in yourself.
The first thing you ought to give is the Word. Give people the truth.
Give God the opportunity to get involved with your finances. He knows what is coming.
I'm endeavoring with all my heart to get you to a place that you don't have to think about prosperity, that you're living prosperity.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
John 10:10
Psalm 89:34
John 8:32
James 1:22
Faith Requires: Expectation + Determination | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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Faith is the condition upon which Christ's power is based. Faith and prayer work together. Faith isn’t developed overnight, it takes determination. Get to know God and abide in His Word. If we don't know God, our faith turns into religion. Develop a quiet time in the morning before the day starts, read and meditate on Scripture then pray over it, communicating with God through the day. God’s Word is Him speaking to us. Thank and praise Him during the day for what you have received from His Word.
All the Word is written for us, but not all was written to us. Spend time in the epistles written by the Apostle Paul, who was commissioned by Jesus Christ to bring forth the revelation of the mystery to the Gentiles. The Holy Spirit will bring revelation to us, but we have to desire it and determine to receive it.
God gave us His Word where faith can be produced, so the responsibility becomes ours as to whether we have faith or not.
Here is the way: Hear what God has said about the situation, the place or the thing, and find God's position.
Believe it, receive it, never leave it, and declare it. God’s Word covers any situation, place, or thing. We cannot believe unless we hear first.
Faith must have an expectation. If you have no expectation with your faith, it's useless. There's a part missing. Blind Bartimaeus moved out from his position, and came to Jesus with his expectation. God expects us to put ourselves into a position with our expectation. There's no handrail to hold on to. You've let go and you are trusting God. It puts you in a vulnerable position, and the world may call you a fool, but God is going to call you blessed.
For you to receive by faith, it's going to take expectation and determination. It takes both for faith to work.
Most people wait until a storm of life comes before they start building their faith. It's hard to build faith in the middle of a storm, because fear is the motivation. When fear motivates, it's hard to believe God.
Develop your faith now before you need it. So that when you do need it, you already have it.
The blood of Jesus never loses its power. The stripes of Jesus never lose their power. The Word of God never loses its power. Be determined that your dreams and visions will be fulfilled in your life by the power of God. Celebrate what Jesus has accomplished for you. You have been translated from spiritual death to spiritual life. Let everybody know that redemption is real in your life. Stand up for God.
Our Relationship with the Holy Spirit | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
The Holy Spirit has been given to us so that we could have victory in this life.
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We must have faith and confidence in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has been given to us to put us over in this life. We are the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit is in us now as our Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby.
The Holy Spirit in us is activated to accomplish what He has assigned for us through the avenue of faith. We must declare what the Comforter is to us for our faith to become effectual.
We have to receive revelation of our relationship and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Learning to yield to the Holy Spirit is necessary to receiving from the Spirit of God.
First, we must learn the voice of the Holy Spirit, then we learn to yield to the Holy Spirit. Next, we learn the difference between mental thoughts and spiritual revelation both of which come up through our minds. We must cooperate and yield to the Spirit within us. Acknowledge His presence continually.
Redemption is for us personally. The baptism of the Holy Spirit puts us in a position to help other people spiritually.
Faith is always the key. We should always be aware of His Presence in us. We have the source of all power dwelling in us.
Look for Scriptures to acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge. Change comes from the inside out not the outside in. It’s in there. Let’s activate it!
The Corporate Anointing is the greatest anointing. To get spiritual results, it takes spiritual prayer. Spiritual prayer takes praying in tongues.
Do Not Be Conformed: Renewing Your Mind | Pastor Phillip H Jackson | Grace Christian Center
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Nothing happens to our minds at redemption. That transformation is our responsibility. Renewing our minds is the key to receiving revelation from the Holy Ghost, which is then put into action so we may walk in victory and glorify God.
Revelation is a transfer of knowledge from spirit to soul. Our spirits hold all knowledge and truth, but do not guide us or determine how we live unless we allow them to. A teachable and renewed mind can receive this guidance and revelation from our spirits. Unless we pursue revelation, spiritual knowledge will never be of any value to us.
Anyone who rejects revelation can never reach a place of fulfillment here on the earth. Without the proper revelation, Christians can never completely understand who they are in Christ.
We must continually confess that we have a teachable mind. We are responsible to make our minds teachable.
3 Keys to a Continual Faith Walk:
- Meekness towards God: Having a teachable mind.
- Humility towards yourself, Having the proper estimation of one’s self, according to God’s Word, not according to the world.
- Gentleness towards others: This is our outreach to the world.
A teachable mind is noble, meaning it is true-spirited and positive, not negative, towards the Word of God. Being negative towards the Word is either reading it to disprove it or refusing to believe until sufficient proof is provided. A teachable mind takes the Word of God as the ultimate truth and studies and meditates in order to receive revelation of that truth.
Confess this over yourself daily:
- I am teachable.
- I am meek.
- When God says stop, I stop.
- When God says go, I go.
- When God says give, I give.
- When God says shout, I shout.
- When God says dance, I dance.
- I don’t question God.
- I am teachable.
Take the time to apply the Word of God to your life, pray in the Holy Ghost for greater understanding, and renew your mind so that you can receive revelation.
Living The Supernatural Life: Goals and Desires | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
When God calls people to do things, it is often something they had no previous desire for. It is a desire placed in their hearts by God. It is something beyond our ability. When it comes up in your spirit, don’t disregard it just because it is big. God will lead you and bring it to pass.
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When a person is redeemed (saved) there is no more sin in a person’s spirit. He is now free from sin. Look at it in light of scripture, not in light of religious teachings.
For our church, the Holy Spirit impressed upon us that the term ‘Dreams and Visions’ means that we would experience more of the supernatural goals and desires. Dreams in this sense is something we expect to come in the future, rather than dreams that come while we sleep. We are talking about dreams for future events that God will put in our spirits. It will be beyond what we can do on our own. It will be supernatural.
When God calls people to do things, it is often something they had no previous desire for. It is a desire placed in their hearts by God. It is something beyond our ability. When it comes up in your spirit, don’t disregard it just because it is big. God will lead you and bring it to pass.
Seeking God and praying in the Holy Spirit (tongues) may not be popular with the people around you; but it is the way to discover God’s plan for you and bring about the dreams He places in your heart. We have to decide to trust God when He reveals supernatural desires.
We won’t get the whole plan all at once. There must be an element of faith involved. If we knew it all, there would be no faith needed to obey.
When you begin to obey, you have to keep your mind out of it. Don’t take out the supernatural. Don’t get natural and figure it out mentally. Following God means doing it His way, the supernatural way.
God has supernatural dreams and desires for you! Don’t turn away. Pray. Praying in the Holy Spirit is needed in this endeavor. This brings God on the scene. Only He knows the details. Praying in tongues will defeat the things that we don’t even know are hindrances.
Prayer is the door-opener to involve God in a supernatural way. When those dreams come, pray, pray, pray and watch what God will accomplish beyond your ability! We’ll look back and say, “Wow, that was all God!”
God is looking for a relationship with us that is greater than last year. He won’t force it, but we can accept it. We can know Him on a personal level. TRUST. His Word will MEAN something to us in our lives.
Being a Doer of the Word | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
We have been given the God given ability to speak to the challenges of life. If we do not speak to and challenge the obstruction, the obstruction will challenge us.
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We choose life that is in the Word of God; not a natural life governed by the five physical senses.
The life we are to choose is a life that hears and does the Word, based upon the Word of God.
We have an opportunity to choose faith in the Power of God or man’s wisdom. It is easier to choose the wisdom of men, because it is governed by the sense realm. We are challenged to grow spiritually by putting our faith and trust in the Power of God. The Corinthians could not do this because they were spiritual babies.
A major thing we need to learn is the difference in the scripture between law and grace. There are scriptures that pass through all dispensations, then there are scriptures isolated to the law (Moses). An example of a scripture under the law is when someone came to Jesus and asked what they should do to be saved. Jesus instructed the person to forgive everybody so they could be forgiven. This is law, not grace.
We renew our minds (Romans 12:2) to agree with our spirits, so that our minds won’t challenge us.
Victorious living is being a doer of the Word. Saying daily, ‘I am a doer of the Word’, sets us to be in agreement with the Word. When challenges come, we reach to the spiritual realm, not the natural realm because we are doers of the Word.
We should dig into the scriptures and convince ourselves that God is right. If this does not happen, then it becomes difficult to hear things, one gets offended, and won’t let the Word be the Word.
The Holy Ghost is talking to us all the time through the gift of Holy Ghost led Pastors. When one lowers the value of this gift, to them it is a person speaking.
We take our place in Christ and hear and do the Word of God. Until we decide to receive the Word as our guideline for life and begin to do the Word, we will remain weak and defeated.
Let Us Go Up at Once and Possess It | Pastor Cheryl S Jackson
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Our testimony should be God’s testimony. We should make opportunities to talk to others about Jesus, not just wait for opportunities. We should not try to use man's wisdom to impress. Be humble. Stay sensitive to what is going on around you, and what's going on in people's lives. People don't care what you know, until they know that you care. Don't try to impress on a human, natural level, how much we know or how smart we are; have the attitude to not know anything but Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
We are instructed to attend, hear, see, and put the Word in our hearts. It doesn't matter what circumstances come, if we've put the Word of God in our hearts, the Word of God comes out. Listen twice as much as you want to talk. We have two ears, but only one mouth. Our vision should be focused on the Word of God. The only way to know God’s vision for us and the Body of Christ is to attend to God's Word. When we attend to God's Words, faith will always be there.
According to I Corinthians 2:4 and Acts 10:38 you can have the Spirit but no power.
Not everyone was open to Jesus and the power He operated in because of their doubt and unbelief. They couldn't accept it, experience it, enjoy it, or embrace it. Be mature saints of God to recognize when a person is being led by flesh and emotion, and not the Holy Spirit. How will you know which spirit is leading someone? Satan's spirits are bad, dark, the opposite of light, goodness, and love. They are selfish to the highest degree and pride is involved. When someone falls, pray for perfect laborers to cross their path and that they'll have an open mind, listening ears, and a receptive heart. And don't let their decisions impact your decisions to live for God and serve God with all your heart.
In Numbers 13:30, Caleb said “Let us go up at once, and possess it.” That demonstrates action. It's not passive. There's not a greater subject in the Bible to study than faith. You can accomplish anything upon this earth with a spirit of faith, and the Holy Ghost enforcing. We move out in faith and then He brings it about. Instantly obey. Don't give the enemy any chance to get involved. According to Mark 4:15 the devil will come immediately to steal. If you are continually attending to His Words, inclining your ear, keeping them before your eyes, tucking them away in your heart, you will know to instantly obey the Holy Spirit “at once” and not obey the flesh. That's why you can't get concerned about other people's decisions. When you know the Word, then you know the motivation behind their actions and you can stay with the Word. Don't give attention to the doubt, and the fear, and the unbelief. Stay focused, keep attending to the Word, and inclining your ears to the Word.
Be Thankful | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
There is a correlation between God's power working on our behalf and our thankfulness.
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We don't instantly become thankful. We only become thankful when we habitually practice gratitude. We should make a habit of expressing our gratitude toward God. If a gift is good, it ultimately comes from the unchanging God.
When we see something good in our lives, we need to point it out and thank God for it. This helps rewire our brain to be proficient at recognizing the good in our lives. Gratitude should impact our relationship with God and other people.
To appreciate something or someone is to raise its value. When you appreciate someone, you raise their value. It increases their self-worth. Develop this. Don't take anything for granted.
It is time for the Body of Christ to be thankful to the Father for all He has done. Without God, it's all natural, and that is chaos continually. With God in our lives, we have a God-given right to move from chaos to order – that is God's order, not man's order. God's order is equal to God's will. We are in God's plan; we are blessed, and the creative power of God is always working.
There is a correlation between God's power always working and our faith. Our part is faith in God and His Word and His power available within us. Be thankful for the spirit of faith within us. It is God's way of blessing us continually. Keep the switch of faith turned on by acknowledging continually what you are believing God for. Keep doubt out by keeping faith in. Faith isn't connected to our five physical senses. It is connected to our spirits, which is above and beyond our physical senses.
God has already decided in advance that our lives should be good. He is right, and that protects us. Our vision is limited, but God's vision isn't limited. He can see forever. He sees the end from the beginning and He will never be against us. We become grateful as we realize this and acknowledge it. We should continually encourage ourselves that God is for us. The world will try to prove that God is against us so that doubt replaces our faith.
Don't complain about the things that are not going the way you want them to go. Start seeing the things that are going the way you want them to go and be thankful for them. Then they will outweigh the other things. The things you are thankful for will affect your life more and the other things will start to lose their value. Being thankful has power in it to raise those things and people up around you.
Break the bonds that are holding you back by being thankful. Read the Psalms. Our God is worthy of all thanksgiving.
It's the Knowing that Makes the Difference | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
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You are the one who makes your faith effectual by acknowledging every good thing which is in you, in Christ Jesus (Philemon 1:6).
When you KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, it will change your whole perspective about everything. Declaring it from your heart changes your life.
Grace didn’t come into existence until Paul was raised up on the road to Damascus. It is a major thing to learn what is Law and what is Grace.
When God called Abraham, there was a separation between the Nations (Gentiles) and the Jewish people. The Law was never for the Gentiles; it has always been for the Jewish people.
When the Body of Christ exits the planet at the Rapture, the Book of Grace closes.
The old life that kept us in bondage no longer exists; we do not have two natures. We are new creations, and we should declare that we are. We use the Name of Jesus, given to the Body of Christ, against the challenges that come to all of us.
We, as the Body of Christ, have been given authority to be used in this life. When the Holy Spirit was given to us, He brought with Him all of His abilities. All the power and ability that He used to raise Jesus from the dead is on the inside of each one of us.
The only limits that are set for us are the ones we set for ourselves due to a lack of knowledge of the Word of God.
When sickness attacks your body, start thanking God that the power of God is working in your body. God is greater. The Blood of Jesus has been shed and it’s sealed!
God’s Word on your lips will break the power of Satan and loose the weak to become strong.
Positioning Yourself for the Supernatural to Work for You | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
Without a constant renewal of the spirit, it becomes a mind battle. For a Christian to lower their standards to the natural realm is not God's will. It is God's will for us to get into the position where the supernatural works for us.
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We are made of three parts – spirit, soul, and body. It's up to us to renew our minds. The mind is connected to emotions and can interfere with our spirits. We renew our mind with the Word of God, not experience.
Most people interpret Romans 12:1 to mean that they need to do something to make themselves acceptable. That would put them back under the law. Instead, interpret it with Romans 6:4-7. A sacrifice always indicates death. We were made a living sacrifice when we were buried with Jesus by baptism into death according to Romans 6:4. We are also raised up from the dead with Jesus and walk in newness of life. So that is where we find “living” and “sacrifice”. We accomplish Paul's instructions in Romans 12:1 by acknowledging who we are in Christ Jesus and what already happened to us in Romans 6:4-7.
When we are studying scriptures, we have to be aware of two identities - law and grace. The grace of God is so much deeper than just unmerited favor. We need to get a greater depth of knowledge of what happened to us when God translated us from Adam into Christ, of who we are in Christ and as the Body of Christ. Then we can acknowledge all of the good things that are in us in Christ and our faith will be effectual.
Most people are trying to deal with their problems naturally. If you want God involved, you are going to have to move over from the natural into the spiritual. We do that by being in Christ (redeemed), being filled with the Holy Spirit, and being constantly renewed in our spirits by the Holy Spirit. The secrets of life are unlocked in the spirit, not in the mind. The spirit trains the mind, the mind doesn't train the spirit. Most people are trying to get their minds to train their spirits.
The renewal process of our spirits is connected to speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues accomplishes mighty works for God. If a person doesn’t speak in tongues, they are handicapped in life. It's a connection between man's spirit and God's Spirit. The more we speak in tongues, the greater the revelation we receive from the Holy Spirit. Speaking in tongues is supernatural. The utterances are not man made. It is the willing submission of our voices to speak in tongues. When we speak in tongues we are talking to God, not man.
If the mind is not renewed with the Word of God, it will push back against the things of God, and we won't enter into the supernatural things of God. Our minds will tell us there is a better way than God's way. Pray in tongues about everything. Don't do anything without praying in tongues. Pray in tongues before and after you minister to someone. When we speak in tongues, and we release the power of God into situations, then God can take that connection and do something with it.
It Takes the Anointing | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
We need to change our thinking about who we really are.
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The Holy Spirit in us at redemption is for character.
The Holy Spirit upon us, who comes through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, is for service.
The nine fruit of the spirit are for character. The nine gifts of the Spirit are for service.
Faith must be mixed with the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the spirit. Faith is the ingredient we bring.
We determine the financial seed we sow - and our outcome.
The Holy Spirit Baptism is supernatural and it is given to the Body of Christ so we can supernaturally minister to people.
Natural service cannot defeat the works of the devil, it takes the anointing. There is a time to sow seed, and then there is a period of time, and then there is a harvest time.
Our harvest is based upon our seed time.
We can’t yield to our minds and to the Holy Spirit at the same time.
God wants us to get to the place where we don’t deal with finance companies anymore, we deal with God.
Jesus was resurrected as Savior; He did not die as Savior.
The gospel of grace is not found in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. They do not tell anything about the resurrection.
The Pauline Epistles explain the truth about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The spirit of faith is two parts, believing and speaking.
We need to change our thinking about who we really are. God sees us as healed. We are not the sick trying to get healed; we are the healed, and the devil is trying to make us sick.
We have been redeemed from the law of sin and death.
ALL Scripture is Profitable | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable. But we are to rightly divide the Word.
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All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable. We are to rightly divide the Word.
Scriptures have been abused and taken out of context. The correction is that we identify the scriptures that are talking to us in the Dispensation of Grace. That is where we are: Grace. Grace and Law will not mix.
Some people in the Rightly Dividing camp have abandoned the miraculous and the supernatural life of the believer because they misunderstood I Corinthians 13 “when that which is perfect has come” all these things will pass away. The second coming of Jesus Christ is the “that which is perfect is come.” Then all these things will no longer be necessary, but until Jesus comes these things are necessary. Tongues, the miraculous, and the Holy Ghost are necessary for us.
When you were saved something happened in your spirit. The Holy Ghost came in your heart and sealed it. You became a new creation and He came into that new creation. He said He will never leave you.
The Holy Ghost is the Revealer. Go to Him and seek His wisdom. We are spiritual beings and we will always be the spiritual Body of Christ.
What is necessary to understand to function in the Dispensation of Grace is only found in the Apostle Paul’s ministry. The Apostle Paul was given the message of why Jesus died on the cross for us. It is the belief in His resurrection and shed blood that we must have.
God has placed in you all that you need. Faith causes the blessings that are already given to us to manifest in our lives.
God’s wisdom is enveloped in His Word. We have to get the Word in us to get the Wisdom of God in us.
When we receive the Holy Spirit, He comes to dwell inside our spirits to communicate with us in our own spirits, not in our minds. Without the recognition of the voice of the Holy Ghost it is impossible to live victorious in this life. The victorious Christian life is available to every believer.
We have to walk in love and forgiveness.
Believe and speak these declarations of faith:
Whatever I do will prosper.
No weapon formed against me will prosper. Dementia will never be a part of my life.
I’m always in the right place at the right time. My body is healed, my mind is alert.
No sickness or disease can live in my body. Nothing can take me by surprise.
Every choice I make is a godly choice.
Say God’s Word. Words are the most powerful things in the planet. It's important to pay attention to the first three chapters of Genesis. God said and it happened and it was good. God created man in His own image so that man could do the same thing.
The Importance of Faith | Pastor Phillip H Jackson | Grace Christian Center
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Praying in tongues is vastly important for the believer.
When you get filled with the Holy Ghost you should make time to pray out loud.
Praying in tongues is of God and it is necessary. Don’t be ashamed to pray out loud in tongues, but avoid making it a spectacle.
Praying in tongues is a doorway for God to enter and manifest the things in your life that need to be done. Getting into the flow of praying in tongues allows God to reveal the things inside of you that you have such need of having. The only way some things come to you is by praying in tongues.
When you pray in tongues, you are talking to God from your spirit. God will reciprocate and get to you things that you have need of that you cannot get unless you pray in tongues. Praying in tongues is vastly important for the believer. It is necessary to grow, to be successful, and to be victorious.
All of the scriptures in the Bible are God-breathed and anointed. As a believer, you have the responsibility to understand what is being said, to whom it is being said, and when it is being said.
The Old Covenant is to be accepted by the believer only when it does not place you under the law. To discern if a scripture is directed to you as a believer there is a key: if the scripture places you under the law, that scripture is not directed to you. Nevertheless, there are great truths that you need to know that are found in the Old Covenant.
Recognizing your love toward God is important. just as much as you like for others to acknowledge their love toward you. God needs to know that you love Him. God the Father needs to hear you say that you love Him. Jesus Christ the Son needs to hear you say that you love Him. The Holy Ghost, who is the third part of the trinity, needs to hear you say that you love Him.
For believers, the most important thing to consume is the Word of God. To understand the truths in the Word of God we need spiritual help. We need the Holy Ghost to unfold, unveil, and reveal the truths of the Word of God. The natural mind cannot accept spiritual things.
Ask yourself: whose side are you on? Everyone is on one of two sides: on the side of the devil or on the side of God. You must make up your mind and train yourself so that you stay on the right side with God and His word.
Faith is valuable. Faith is the only way you can receive the things of God. This is God’s plan. God is a faith God. Everything He does is by faith.
The word of God that prevails and overcomes in your life causes faith to come. Everything that you need has already been done for you, but it has to come to you through faith.
Faith has a protocol: faith has a way to be received and faith has a way to be released. God wants to meet your needs but He will do it through the avenue of faith. To walk in the blessings that are already yours, you have to learn how. God is no holding back.
God is not moved by crying, God is moved by your faith. In your mind you have to settle that God is able and God is willing.
A Constant Renewal Of The Spirit | Pastor Phillip H Jackson
The Holy Ghost in His position has been highly misunderstood. As a result, the Body of Christ hasn’t been able to accomplish what it needs to accomplish. To accomplish what we need to, we must understand our part in cooperating with the Holy Spirit.
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Three Keys of Truth to understand full cooperation with the Holy Spirit:
- A constant renewal of the Spirit.
- Walk in the Spirit.
- Learn the way of the Spirit.
Renewal is God’s quickening power in our spirits by the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost brings renewal when we pray in the Holy Ghost (pray in tongues.) Praying in tongues is how we engage with the Holy Ghost.
Walk in the Spirit: Important so the Holy Ghost may keep us fully informed on the way the Father would have us live our lives. This is not a natural thing and it will not happen just because we are Christians.
Learn the way of the Spirit: If we don’t understand the ways of the Spirit we may not understand if things in our lives are coming from God or not. We cannot live in the comfort of our personalities; personalities are not important to God. If we do not learn the ways of the Holy Spirit, we will not be able to operate in the Nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit and we will not be able to help those who are desperately crying out to God.
I Corinthians 12:1 We should not be ignorant of spiritual things.
II Corinthians 4:16 Our inward man is renewed day by day. The renewal doesn’t just happen.
Titus 3:5 Daily renewal comes from the Holy Ghost.
Ephesians 3:16 When your spirit is renewed it is strengthened.
Ephesians 5:18-19 Be being filled is the same as renewal.