#601
There is no greater evidence of
our faith expressed before Satan than to laugh in his face. He can tolerate
your promises, dodge your rebukes, leave for a season and return later. But he
can't stand your laughter. Dr. Roy Hicks
#602 We receive healing
from God by taking Him at His Word. We believe we are healed, not because we
feel healed or look healed at this moment but because God said we are. By
faith, we start talking like we’re healed. We start acting like we’re healed. Before
long, our bodies line up with God’s Word and it becomes apparent to everyone
that we truly are healed! Gloria Copeland
#603 “The just shall live
by faith” (Romans 1:17, Galations 3:11, Hebrews 10:38). We are born again by
faith. We fulfill the will of God in our lives by faith. If we’re sick, we
receive healing by faith. If we are broke, we get financial increase by faith.
If our kids are in trouble, we get them back into the fold of God by faith. We
receive anything and everything that we need from God…by faith! Gloria Copeland
#604 Faith is simply
believing what God says in His Word. It is trusting what He says more than we
trust our natural senses or what other people say.
#605 Faith is believing
God enough to talk and act as if His Word is true even when circumstances
around us would seem to indicate that it’s not. How do we get that kind of
faith? Romans 10:17 tells us “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word
of God.” So if you want to get stronger faith, spend more time in the Word of
God. Gloria Copeland
#606 Acting on your
unbelief is one of the most dangerous things you can do. Unbelief is really a
type of negative faith. It is belief in a negative outcome. James 2:17 tells us
that “faith without corresponding action is dead.” Corresponding action energizes
your faith. The same is true of negative faith. When you act on unbelief, it is
activated to bring about the very result you fear. Mac Hammond
#607 What does it mean to
“fight the good fight of faith?” Fighting the good fight is a matter of
maintaining a good confession.
#608 All too often we
allow life's circumstances to put words in our mouths that are contrary to what
God has spoken over us. The truth is that God has called us to live differently
than that. God wants you and me to speak in line with His Word. When we maintain
a good report, or as I sometimes call it, “A God Report” (speaking things that
are in agreement with His Word over us), we are taking one of the key steps to
fighting the good fight of faith. Gary Mason
#609 Maintaining a “God
Report” will help us to keep our eyes off of what things look like around us
and help us to put things in the right perspective, the perspective of God’s
Word. This is the fight that we have—staying in faith means not just accepting
what we see but looking to God’s Word to find out what He sees and choosing to
speak and live by that. Gary Mason
#610 “For we walk by
faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). In this verse, God is saying that we
should walk by the Word and not by the physical senses. The Word is our
standard. Jesus is our example. Frederick K.C. Price
#611 In the most critical
and difficult situations, Jesus was a man of few words. Throughout the Gospels,
whenever He spoke a faith command—whether He was dealing with circumstances,
sickness, death or the devil—He kept it brief. Think about it. He healed a
leper by saying simply, “I will; be thou clean.” He calmed a stormy sea with
“Peace, be still.” He raised a dead man with three words: “Lazarus, come
forth.” Kenneth Copeland
#612 In Mark 11:14, Jesus
even turned a fig tree in full bloom into a withered stump with nine words: “No
man eat fruit of thee hereafter forever.” Notice that Jesus spoke the desired
end result to that tree and nothing else. Nine words. He never said another
thing to it. As far as He was concerned, from that moment on, His act of faith
was past tense and so was the tree. Kenneth Copeland
#613 When it came to
teaching, Jesus sometimes talked all day long. But when He activated the
process of faith, although He spoke with boldness and got His point across, He
always kept it simple…and He always got the job done. Kenneth Copeland
#614 “That whosoever shall
say unto this mountain, ‘Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea’; and
shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith” (verse 23). It
strikes me as significant that Jesus gave us just ten words to say to the
mountain. He kept the command simple. He told us to speak the end result, then
turn around and walk off, expecting our words to come to pass. Kenneth Copeland
#615 Your faith must grow
daily. Romans 1:17 says, “Therein is the righteousness of God revealed from
faith to faith.” According to this scripture, God's righteousness (the
righteousness available through Him) is revealed from one level of faith to
another. Taffi L. Dollar
#616 The best way to build
resistance and increase your faith is by refusing to give in to doubt and
disbelief. These demonic weapons hinder your spiritual growth. The more you
renew your mind to the things of God and reject the thoughts that are contrary
to His Word, the more resistance you'll develop. Taffi L. Dollar
#617 In 2 Corinthians
10:4-5, Paul commands us “to cast down every thought and imagination that
exalts itself against the Word by using the weapons God has given us—our mouth
and His Word.” Taffi L. Dollar
#618 James 4:7 says,
“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” When you do this, you open the
door for the power of God to operate through you as never before, giving you
victory over the devil and building your confidence in the Almighty. Taffi L. Dollar
#619 Consistency is the
key to breakthrough. By continually confessing aloud God's promises over your
life, you keep the growth process of your faith active. Taffi L. Dollar
#620 Instead of
complaining about how little money you have in your bank account, focus on the
Word that says, “[I will] be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be
magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant” (Psalms 35:27
AMP). Encourage yourself with God's promises. Repetition of His Word trains
your spirit, soul, and body to faithfully live by it. Taffi L. Dollar
#621 Hebrews 11:1 explains
that faith is the substance of things we hope for, and the evidence of what we
do not see. Faith is the force that gives substance—or tangibility—to the
intangible. Terri Copeland Pearsons
#622 Faith makes real to us what we
otherwise could only hope for. Let me give an example. The Lord says He is our
Provider (Philippians 4:19). But until faith gives substance to that provision,
we can’t see it, feel it, eat it or spend it. Faith—which means trusting in,
believing in and relying on the living God as our provision—causes His
provision to become tangible. Terri Copeland Pearsons
#623 Faith may give
substance to provision in the form of a raise, unexpected income, debt
cancellation, etc. The realities of the unseen come into the reality of the
seen through faith. Terri Copeland Pearsons
#624 The difference
between spiritual laws and physical laws is this: Spiritual laws control
natural ones. The force of faith finds its parameters in the “law of the Spirit
of life in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:2). When activated, it will trump the “law
of sin and death” and give substance to life, every time! That means healing
over sickness, love over hate, peace over fear. Terri Copeland Pearsons
#625 To change the seen
things, sometimes you must get your mouth in motion. There are other times, if
you're going to change what's seen, you will have to practice the vocabulary of
silence. This is especially true in situations where Satan comes against you so
strongly that you can't bring yourself to say the things that are positive or
in line with the Word of God. Charles Capps
#626 The pressure is on,
the circumstance is wild, and all that rises up within you is against what God says. You
know if you say anything, it will be negative; so don't say anything. Be quiet
before God because His Word has already been spoken. You have confessed it for
weeks, but now it's time to be quiet. Charles Capps
#627 Jairus is a good
example of keeping quiet after confessing in faith. In the fifth chapter of
Mark, Jairus came to Jesus on behalf of his daughter. He believed and confessed
that if Jesus came to his home and laid His hands on his daughter, that his daughter
would be healed and live. On the way to Jairus’ house, he received the bad news
that his daughter was dead. However, Jesus said to Jairus, “Be not afraid, but
only believe.” Jairus kept quiet. There is a time to speak and a time to be
silent.
#628 If we continually
walk in and live in Christ by faith and His Word is continually living in us we
can ask what we will and it will be done for us. Why? Because God's Word is
God's will. You see, if God's Word is living in us and we are walking in Christ,
we will only be asking those things that are pleasing to the Father. We will
not be asking things that are amiss because we are living by faith in Christ.
Mike Mings
#629 His Word is alive and
active and powerful in us. It is accomplishing the thing God sent it to do in
our lives as we actively take possession of it and receive it by faith. Mike
Mings
#630 When you act on the
Word, you act like it is so. James 1:22 says, “Be ye doers of the Word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” The only Word that will do you any
good is that Word you act upon. It is better to take only one Scripture and act
like it is true than to do nothing. If you diligently read and study the Word
of God, and get it into your spirit, and put it into practice, it will work. John Osteen
#631 Spend some time reading your Bible until
a verse seems to “leap off the page.” That is the Holy Spirit making God's Word
alive to you. As you believe that verse and act as if it is true—because it
is—it will open the door wide to God's blessings. Gloria Copeland
#632
“Ask Me, and I will make the nations
your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession (Psalms 2:8 NIV). God doesn't want us to just barely get by in
life. He wants us to thrive and experience the fullness of His blessing. Joel
Osteen
#633 Not only does God
want to meet our needs, He wants us to be in a position to reach out and help
meet the needs of others, too. Joel Osteen
#634 When we pray and ask
God for something, it opens a supernatural door. Our faith gives God something
to work with. Faith is what pleases Him. Faith moves mountains. Did you know
that it pleases God when we pray bold prayers and ask Him for big things? God
loves it when we step outside of the realm of the possible and totally believe
what He can do. With God, all things are possible! Joel Osteen
#635 “Now we who have
believed enter that rest...Hebrews 4:3
NIV. God desires for you to live in peace and rest no matter what is
happening around you. When you believe God, you enter into His perfect rest.
But if you are controlled by your circumstances, if you're up when things are
up and down when things don't go your way, then life is going to be a roller
coaster. God's plan is for you to be stable, consistent, not moved by any of
these things. Joel Osteen
#636 A man who is
double-minded is a man who doesn't function in patience. You start out on the
Word of God, and then, Satan comes along and gives you contrary information. He
keeps giving you contrary information, and before you know it, you are caught between
two things; and you don't know whether you should stand and fight, or if maybe
you should retreat, or what you should do. Keith Butler
#637 The Word says a
double-minded man will receive nothing of the Lord. You'll be just like the
waves, driven with the wind and tossed. That is the way a lot of Christians
are—driven with the wind and tossed, up and down, up and down, up and down.
They are up today and down tomorrow. Keith Butler
#638 The world says,
“Unless I can see it or feel it, I will not believe it.” But God says, “If you
will believe it, you will feel it. Indeed, if you will believe it, you will see
it!” Joseph Prince
#639 The truth is, no
amount of worrying can lengthen your life or add anything to your physical
person. Instead, worrying robs you of sleep, health and many good years. In
fact, it is only when you are worry-free that God’s anointing flows freely in
you, strengthening, healing, restoring and adding to you. Joseph Prince
#640 Instead of saying
what you have, you must speak the end result—what you desire. When you study
the New Testament, you’ll find that Jesus operated in Kingdom principles. He
always spoke the end result, not what was happening. Charles Capps
#641 When you believe God
and release your faith in prayer, it is conceived in the womb of the spirit and
will be manifested. It will be brought forth, if you hold fast to your
confession of faith. Charles Capps
#642 If you want a greater
measure of faith in your life—the type of faith that helps you overcome—choose
to believe and act
on the Word, doubt the lies of the enemy, and then watch your faith come alive!
Billy Joe Daugherty
#643 A mechanical
profession of your words doesn't come from the heart, and therefore, it doesn't
bring forth any fruit. You see, real faith, real confession, and real
profession must come from your heart before it comes out of your mouth. Rick
Renner
#644 The Lord says in
Psalms 37:4 that He “will give you the desires of your heart.” I want you to
see that this has a two-fold understanding. First of all, it means that God
will fulfill, or bring to pass, those desires resident in your heart. But it also
means if you are delighting yourself in Him, He actually deposits into your
heart right desires. Mac Hammond
#645 Learn to be more
sensitive to the desires of your heart. Don't be so quick to discard them as
being selfish or self-serving. If you are a sold-out committed Christian, that
desire is most likely God's will for your life. Step out in faith and respond
to those desires. As you do, you'll begin to flow in the perfect will of God
for your life. Mac Hammond
#646 Now you can begin to
see why so few Christians experience the benefits of God's abundant mercies.
They have no faith either to receive these benefits or to live in them. On the
contrary, they have faith in the idea that God is mad at them, that He's “out
to get them,” that He's just looking for an opportunity to zap them. Is it any
wonder then that so few believers can really understand the mercies of God?
Creflo Dollar
#647 We see scripture
after scripture declaring how God's mercy endureth forever. In fact, this
phrase is repeated forty-two times in the Old Testament alone! Without an
understanding of mercy, every time you try to step out and do anything of
spiritual value, the enemy will bring up every mistake you have ever made.
That's why it is so vital that you get this truth firmly established in your
heart and mind. Once you do, the devil doesn't stand a chance. Creflo Dollar
#648 Don't go around
declaring your unworthiness to receive the presence and promises of God.
Instead, say you are worthy because God has declared you so. You have been made
the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and have been seated with Him in
heavenly places (2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:6). Creflo Dollar
#649 If you are a
believer, you do have faith. So start where you are in faith. Start believing
God where your faith is developed right now. Kenneth W. Hagin
#650 You are not going to
get your faith to work if you don't exercise it. People who haven't taken time
to develop their faith have weak faith. So if they try to believe God for
something beyond their level of faith, their faith fails them, and they are
hindered for months. Then they think they don't have faith when really they
have just never developed their faith! Kenneth W. Hagin
#651 Start developing your
faith now for the things you need from God. But first you're going to have to
know what God has said in His Word. If God hasn't said it, then you can't
believe for it. But if He promised you something in His Word, then you can believe
Him to bring it to pass in your life. Kenneth W. Hagin
#652 Some people confuse
faith with feelings. They are always waiting for a feeling before they will
believe God. In essence, that is telling God that His Word is a lie. But that's
not how faith works. First, you have faith, and then the feelings come. Kenneth
W. Hagin
#653 God promised that if
we believe His Word, we can receive from Him (Mark 11:24). So our assurance
must be in God's Word. We don't need feelings when we have the facts—the facts
of God's Word. If God said it, shall He not do it? He watches over His Word to
perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). He will certainly make His Word good in our lives
if we will just believe Him! Kenneth W. Hagin
#654 Most believers don't
pay much attention to hope. They don't think of it as very important. They
certainly don't consider it to be as important as faith. But the fact is, faith
won't function without hope. That's because “faith is the substance of things
hoped for” (Hebrews 11:1). Sometimes I say it this way, “Hope is the blueprint
of faith.” Kenneth Copeland
#655 When hope is lost,
faith loses its aim. It no longer has a mission to accomplish. It just scatters
uselessly in every direction. Kenneth Copeland
#656 If you are not a doer
of the Word, no one has to deceive you, you deceive your own self. If you don’t
bridle your tongue—you will deceive your heart. You will sow the wrong words,
and that is the harvest you will reap. The seed you sow will produce after its
kind. Many people wonder why things turn out the way they do. It is because
their tongue deceived their heart, and the heart brings forth fruit of itself
(Mark 4:26-29). Charles Capps
#657 Notice that James
called God’s Word the Perfect Law of Liberty and said a doer of that word would
be blessed in what he does. Jesus reveals why the Word is called the Perfect
Law in Matthew 12:35, “A good man out of the good deposit, or good treasure, of
his heart bringeth forth good things.” Who brings it forth? The good man from
the good deposit of his heart. It is the perfect law of liberty because you are
the one that makes the choice of what you produce. Charles Capps
#658 What you deposit in
your heart is what will come forth. Out of the abundance of the heart, the
mouth speaks. Charles Capps
#659 What’s abundantly in
your heart will always get in your mouth. Then what’s abundantly in your mouth
will also get in your heart. You get it in your heart by saying it with your
mouth. Paul tells us in Romans 10:8, “the righteousness which is of faith
says... the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart”. Notice
it’s in your mouth first, then in your heart. Charles Capps
#660 “For if any be a
hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural
face in a glass” (James 1:23). The glass to which James was referring is the
Word of God. Charles Capps
#661 The Bible refers
several times to the Word as a glass or mirror. The natural face alludes to
what you inherited. You look into this Word and see what God said about you.
You say, “Look what I’ve inherited.” You see that you are a joint-heir with Jesus.
You think, “Glory to God!” But you may go out and face the circumstances of
life and forget what manner of man you are unless you make a decision to act on
what the Word of God says about you. Charles Capps
#662 As your faith
increases, your limitations decrease. You notice that the things which seemed
impossible six months before have become possible. Your faith has grown. Jerry
Savelle
#663 Psalm 112 is the
description of those who have their heart established in God’s Word. They are
not afraid of evil tidings; they are not afraid of bad news; they are not moved
by contradictory evidence; they are not moved by the woes and cares and pressures
of this world. Their heart is fixed and settled trusting in the Lord. Jerry
Savelle
#664 You can live with
your heart established, trusting in the Lord, and not be afraid of anything.
The established heart knows that in every situation, God is more than enough,
and He will meet every need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Jerry Savelle
#665 Next time the devil
tries to tell you that you can't hear God's voice, remember that Jesus said His
sheep will know His voice and a stranger's voice they will not follow. That is
a promise of God to you today. You see, the Spirit of God will never guide you
in opposition to the written Word of God (John 16:13). So, if you're not
familiar with what the Word says, you'll find it more difficult to discern His
leading. Gloria Copeland
#667 Get familiar with
God's voice by meditating and studying the Word of God. Follow God's
instruction to Joshua and meditate on it day and night. Act on what you find in
the Word, not just when it's easy, but every time. Be obedient even in the
slightest things. Gloria Copeland
#668 That continual
obedience to the written Word will bring you into maturity and tune your inward
ear to the voice of the Spirit. You'll soon be able to recognize it as easily
as you recognize the voice of your dearest friend. Gloria Copeland
#669 The Israelites were
headed toward the Promised Land. They had opposition from every direction. They
felt overwhelmed, outnumbered, and inadequate. In the natural, they didn't have
a chance. But God said to them in Isaiah, “I will go before you and level the
mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron... so
that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by
name.” Joel Osteen
#670 You may have big
obstacles in your path, situations in your health, your finances, or a
relationship. You don't see how it could work out; the odds are against you,
but God is saying to you what He said to the Israelites: “I'm going to go before you and level
those mountains.” Joel Osteen
#671 Whatever is trying to
stop you—a mountain of sickness, a mountain of addictions, a mountain of
depression—may look insurmountable to you, but it is no match for our God. One
touch of His favor will turn that mountain into level ground. That means you
won't even have to climb over it. It's going to be easier than you think.
You're not going to have to struggle, work, worry, or fight. God is going to
smooth it all out. It may be a mountain now; it may look intimidating, but
don't worry. It's about to become level ground. Joel Osteen
#672 When you use your
mouth to express gratitude for what you already have, you have just turned up
the heat that one degree and opened the door for success. If you will adopt the
discipline of voicing gratitude rather than complaints, you will experience
greater success in seeing your dreams realized. Being thankful even causes you
to attract more to be thankful for. Terri Savelle Foy
#673 “But let patience
have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing”
(James 1:4). The word perfect here means “mature.” So, the trying of your faith
“worketh patience” that you may be mature, entire, wanting or lacking not a thing.
Wouldn't you like to be mature in the Lord, entire, lacking not a thing? In
order to come to that place, you must learn something about Bible patience.
Keith Butler
#674 What does the word
patience in the Bible mean? It means “to be steadfast, to be unmovable.”
Another definition of patience is “to remain constant.” The Lord says that “the
trying of your faith worketh patience.” Keith Butler
#675 Along with faith, we
should follow after righteousness, which means right standing with God;
godliness, or being God-like; love, patience and meekness. Keith Butler
#676 The power of patience
is a working power. When faith has a tendency to waver, it is patience that
comes to faith's aid to make it stand. The power of patience is necessary to
undergird faith. Kenneth Copeland
#677 Almost everywhere you
find faith mentioned in the Bible, you also find patience. Faith and patience
are the power twins. Together they will produce every time. Patience without
faith has no power to call into reality the thing desired. Faith is the substance
of things we hope for. Patience without faith has no substance. Kenneth
Copeland
#678 On the other hand,
faith without patience many times will fail to stand firm on the evidence of
the Word that gives deed to things not seen. Jesus told Peter that he had
prayed for him that his faith fail not. Without the power of patience at work, we
will allow sensory knowledge—the things we see—to overwhelm our faith. Kenneth
Copeland
#679 Patience undergirds
faith and gives it endurance to persevere until the answer comes. Faith is a
powerful force. It always works. It is not that our faith is weak and needs
strength, but without the power of patience we ourselves stop the force of faith
from working with negative confession and action. It is our faith, and we can
put it into action. It is our faith, and we can stop it from working. Kenneth
Copeland
#680 Faith is a force that
is to be developed. The same scripture says that we are to be sound in faith.
Patience and faith are two individual forces. They work together the way faith
and love work together. All of these are different forces. They each play a
different role in our Christian lives. Kenneth Copeland
#681 It is dangerous to
confuse these forces and try to use one in the place of the other. For
instance, the Bible says in Hebrews 11:1 that faith is the substance of things
hoped for. Hope without faith has no substance. People say, “We are hoping and
praying.” This sounds good but it has no substance. In this case, hope is being
confused with faith. Without the substance of faith that kind of praying will
not produce any results. Kenneth Copeland
#682 One of the most
common traditions and mistakes in this area of believing is that trials and
tribulations develop faith. Trials and tribulations do not develop
faith...faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Kenneth
Copeland
#683 Trials and
tribulations develop patience. We have already learned from James Chapter 1
that this is true. The Apostle Paul says the same thing in Romans 5:3, “And not
only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh
patience.” Kenneth Copeland
#684 Faith is developed as
we act on the Word of God. Hebrews 12:2 states that Jesus is the Author and
Finisher, or Developer of our faith. It does not say that Satan is the
developer of our faith. Kenneth Copeland
#685 It is vitally
important that we realize the difference between the developing of faith and
developing of patience. Faith should be developed on the Word of God before the
trial or testing comes. Kenneth Copeland
#686 Jesus said in Luke
6:47 that if a man acts on His words, he likened him unto a man who builds his
house on a rock. When the flood beat upon the house, the house did not fall.
Notice the man had to dig deep. This is where his faith was developed. During
the storm is when his patience was developed. He knew his house would stand
because it was built on rock. Kenneth Copeland
#687 Remember how Jesus
said the man built on that rock? He acted on the Word. Faith is developed
before the trial comes. The force of patience is developed in the trial or
tribulation and undergirds or keeps the door open for our faith to work and to
overcome whatever has been put before us. Kenneth Copeland
#688 The definition of
patience is being constant or being the same way at all times. James says in
Chapter 1 that we are to be single-minded. We must always respond or react in
every circumstance of life the same way—on the Word of God. Kenneth Copeland
#689 Regardless of what
may be thrown at us, we must become so Word-of-God minded that we do not act in
fear or doubt but always act on whatever the Word of our God says. Kenneth
Copeland
#690 Faith is the substance of things hoped
for... You hope
for that promise to be true for you. We all hope
for the promises of the Word of God to become true in our personal life, such
as healing, financial prosperity and spiritual gifts. But hope will not bring
the promise into manifestation. Yet hope
is needful. For without hope you won't have anything for faith to give
substance to. Charles Capps
#691 People come to be
prayed for hoping to
be healed. But hope will not heal them, because there is no substance of
healing in hope. Yet, if they didn't have hope, they wouldn't come. Many lose
hope, then they have nothing for faith to give substance to. They give up too
quickly. Charles Capps
#692 Trials are a design
of Satan. If you believe that God sends trials, that is a devastating blow to
your faith. If God is doing it, certainly you don't want to resist God. For
instance, in the area of sickness, if it's God's will for you to be sick, why
go to a doctor and try to get out of God's will? Charles Capps
#693 It is God's will that
you be well. “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be
in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 2). God wants you healed, and
He will go any way you choose: through doctors, through the Word, or both. But,
if you fall for Satan's lie, your faith is in neutral. You cannot use your
faith to get rid of something you believe God gave you. Charles Capps
#694 Satan is not the
finisher of your faith, and if trials and tests perfected faith, Satan would be
the finisher of it. Hebrews 12:2 declares that Jesus is the author and finisher
of your faith. Always remember that. Charles Capps
#695 Faith is substance.
Hope is a goal setter. Charles Capps
#696 To activate our
faith, we must see ourselves having an answer even though it is not yet
manifested. It will be very difficult for you to receive your healing if you
picture yourself sick. Proverbs 23:7 tells us, “For as he thinketh in his
heart, so is he.” That image inside of you is key to your outcome. David
Shipman
#697 Vision is actually a
very simple concept. If you will study men of vision like Alexander Graham
Bell, Thomas Edison, and Bill Gates, you will understand that vision simply
means “sight”—very clear sight. However, this “sight” has nothing to do with your
eyeballs. It means being able to have a clear picture of your destination
(vision) and how you plan to achieve it. David Shipman
#698 Hope is a vital link
to workable faith. I mix faith with hope. If you have no hope, faith alone will
not produce results. Faith gives substance to hope. Faith is the evidence of
things not seen. Hope is the climate in which faith works. John Osteen
#699 One thing I've
noticed is that when you live with an attitude of constant gratitude, not only
will you thank God for what He's done in your life, you start thanking Him for
what He will do in the future. You thank Him for opening doors for you. You thank
Him for increasing you. You thank Him for bringing the right people into your
life. Joel Osteen
#700 When we say “thank
You” to God for the things that are coming, it's really a declaration of our
faith in Him. It's saying, “God, I'm so sure of Your goodness, I'm so sure that
You're working in my life that I'm going to thank You right now for what You
are going to do tomorrow.” Friend, that's the kind of faith that pleases God.
Joel Osteen
