Lynne at Hamilton Aglow 7th October 2014.
Revival begins with us as we live in faith and have our hearts right before God.
Here’s a “snippet” from some of that message:
If I were to ask you do you deliberately sin? I’m sure you would say “no way.” A very challenging verse is found in Hebrews 3:12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
We are all on a faith journey but we can be unbelieving believers in some areas of our lives. What are we doing about those areas of unbelief? Are we just staying in unbelief or are we pushing through and grabbing hold of the promises of God related to that unbelief and declaring them until the words go from our head to our heart and becomes a belief. Our goal should be to not remain in our unbelief in any area. We aren’t to be condemned by this as we are all guilty of it as we are all on a faith journey.
The Bible says that “without faith it’s impossible to please God.” We all want to please God so having a strong faith is imperative for an overcoming life. We need to ask ourselves “what areas do I find hard to believe and what am I doing about it? What scriptures do I need to claim. What promises do I need to believe and declare until it resonates with my spirit and becomes a belief?”
A life of faith means living outside our comfort zone and taking risks.
Our breakthrough is often on the other side of our fears.
Am I continually growing in God? Am I stepping out on the water and taking risks trusting Jesus to take me by the hand? I love the quote “Attempt something so hard that unless God intervenes it’s bound to fail.” It’s a challenge for us all.
We need to actively pray against unbelief
REPENT – receive God’s forgiveness
REBUKE satan’s influence because of our unbelief and renounce the lies surrounding unbelief.
REPLACE the sin of unbelief by affirming the truth, renewing our minds continually and memorizing and meditating on it.
RECEIVE the infilling and empowering work of the Holy Spirit to live in the truth and faith
The good news is that Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith. If we are willing to partner with Him He will take us on in our faith journey encouraging us to step out and do great exploits for Him.