How to walk in power!
As a believer, a born-again child of God, YOU have rights, privileges, spiritual authority and benefits that came with your salvation. These came when you received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Yet too many remain unaware of this truth. To help make you aware of how you can walk in power and victory, the following information is provided.
Your promise of prosperity is found in Psalm 1:1-3.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in the law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of wwater, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Whatever he does prospers!
This makes it clear that when God's Word is your manual for life and when you live by the principles found in it, then what the Bible promises will take place in your life. Whatever you do shall prosper!
- Learn how to be a doer of the Word of God
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22
How can your spirit be educated and trained? How can your spirit be strengthened? Read Joshua 1:8- This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
What God said to Joshua will work for everyone.
Jesus said...if you continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free - John 15:7
Hebrews 4:12 tells us - For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power (making it active, operative, energizing and effective)...
Satan hates and fears the Word - read Mark 4:14,15- because a believer who knows the truth is a major threat and defeat to him. So he will do anything possible to hinder our hearing and heeding the Word. He will attempt to steal it from us. He will try to stop it taking root in our hearts and producing fruit in ouir lives. Why? He knows that the Word of God is a powerful weapon against him. So get in the Word!
- Learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God - Romans 8:14-16.
Look again at the beginning of those verses. If you are a son of God, you can expect to be led by the Spirit of God. If you are a believer, you can expect to be guided by the Holy Spirit. All of God's children have the Spirit of God abiding within and can expect to be led and guided by Him.
- Learn how to walk by faith.
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7
Smith Wigglesworth said - I am not moved by what I feel;
I am not moved by what I see.
I am moved only by what I believe.
...The just shall live by faith - Romans 1:17. God demands faith of us. It says in Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God.
But how does faith come? Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God - Romans 10:17.
We need to feed on the Word to build our faith. FF Bosworth, author of the classic "Christ the healer" said - Most Christians feed their bodies three hot meals a day, their spirits one cold snack a week, and then wonder why they are so weak in faith.
- Learn how to recognise who you are in Christ.
For in Him we live and have our being...Acts 17:28
The phrases "in Christ" or "in Him" which are found throughout many books of the New Testament, are vitally important. For example -Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new - 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Why do you think some people have peace in times of trial while others go to pieces? I believe the answer is found in understanding who you are in Christ. The devil is having a heyday among Christians today because they are allowing him to feed them a lie and blind them to who they are in Christ.
Remember that God cannot lie and He says this about YOU:-
You are God's dear child - John 1:12
You are Christ's friend - John 15:15
You are justified, just as if you'd never sinned- Romans 5:1
You have been bought with a price and belong to God - 1 Corinthians 6:20
You are free from condemnation - Romans 8:1,2
You cannot be separated from God's love - Romans 8:35-39
You are a citizen of heaven - Philippians 3:20
You are a branch of the true Vine, a channel of His life - John 15:1,5
Etc...Get in the Word and list all the things that it says you are in Christ.
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Learn how to walk in the God-kind of love.
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smalling savour - Ephesians 5:2
- Learn how to speak properly.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue:and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof- Proverbs 18:21.
Think about the power of words.
Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit – you choose. (Message)
Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. (NLB)
Here you can see that words are containers of power. They carry either creative power or destructive power. You create an environment for either good or evil with your words! If you are always complaining and murmuring and talking about your problems and speaking negatively, don’t be surprised if you live in perpetual defeat and depression. But you can start to change your world by changing your words.
Jesus said in John 6:63- It is the Spirit who gives life (He is the Life-giver); the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.(AMP)
Jesus said that His words are spirit, and they are life. But people can also speak death to you by saying things that put a heaviness on you. So every time you open your mouth, you are ministering death or life.
Proverbs 6:2 You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.(AMP)
You have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth (NIV)
Don’t be trapped by what you say. Instead of speaking about your problems and mountains, start speaking to your mountains. Your mountain might be a financial crisis or maybe a sickness or difficult relationship or something else. Whatever it is, speak to that obstacle! When you find obstacles in your God-given path, you must boldly declare – No weapon formed against me shall prosper. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world…etc. God never commanded us to verbalise our suffering and anguish. Instead He said in Joel 3:10 - let the weak say I am strong( a warrior)! So stop speaking words of defeat and start speaking words of victory.
Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, 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. (KJV)
Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! And does not doubt at all in his heart, but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. (AMP)
Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and a thank-offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name! (AMP)
An example of changing the way you talk may be giving thanks to God. Every one of us needs to be more thankful. We need to quit complaining and start thanking God. Be thankful and say so! If you are thankful SAY SO! If someone is a blessing to you, say so. If you appreciate your family, say so. Remember this : God did not give you so thast you could hurt people by criticising and judging, by backbiting and gossiping. NO! He gave you a mouth to love others and encourage them with positive life giving words. Let them know how much you appreciate them. Let God know how much you appreciate Him!
Notice in the following examples the power of words:-
Matthew 8:8 But the centurion replied to Him, Lord I am not worthy or fit to have You come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be cured. AMP
Matthew 8:16 When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick. AMP
Matthew 12:34…For out of the fullness ( the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:36,37 But I tell you, on the day of judgement men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak. For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced. AMP
Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. (KJV)
They have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony. (AMP)
They defeated him through the blood of the Lamb and the bold word of their witness (Message).
- Learn how to think properly
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he...Proverbs 23:7
The psalmist wrote- I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways ...Psalm 119:15. The more time you spend meditating on the Word, the more you will reap from the Word.
It says in Mark 4:24 ...be careful what you are hearing. The measure (of thought and study) you give ( to the truth you hear0 will be the measure ( of virtue and knowledge) that comes back to you - and more (besides) will be given to you who hear ( AMP).
Paul tells us -in Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
He tells us what to think about in Philippians 4:8...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things...
He gives us good advice in 2 Corinthians 10:5...we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ...
he tells us in Colossians 3:2 - set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- Learn that healing belongs to you.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses- Matthew 8:17
Exodus 15:26 reads - I am the Lord thy physician/I am the Lord thy healer.
The medicine He prescribes is His Word. Read Proverbs 4:20-22- My son, attend to my words;incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them nopt depart from thine eyes. keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Exodus 23:25...and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Psalm 103:2-3 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.
God wants you well - read Matthew 8:2-3 ...I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Healing is the will of God - read 3 John 2 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Acts 10:38 says - how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Sickness is oppression of the devil. But we know that it's God's will to heal hid people because sickness and disease come from Satan, and God does not want us to have anything that comes from satan. Jesus came to redeem us from satan's power and to give us life more abundantly. John 10:10 says -The thief (devil) cometh not but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy; i am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Remember as a Christian you are redeemed from the curse - Galatians 3;13 - christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us...Now read Deuteronomy 28 to find out your blessings and also what you are redeemed from!
- Learn how to resist the devil and his attacks.
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven - Matthew 18:18
Neither give place to the devil - Ephesians 4:27
Be self-controlled and alert; Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith...1 Peter 5:8
The good news is that we are stronger than him because we have the Greater One living inside of us. I John 4:4 says that greater is He Who is in us than he who is in the world. we are taught in Romans 8:11 that the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead dwells in us. So as believers, we have everything that we need to live in voctory.
Read Ephesians 6:10-17...be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might...Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil...
But no weapon formed against you shall prosper - Isaiah 54:17
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty( whose power no foe can withstand). Psalm 91:1 (AMP)
Behold, I give unto you power (authority) to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you - Luke 10:19
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you - James 4:7
- Learn how to pray God's Word
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you - John 15:7
Whenever we speak to God with the words of God, we move closer to the kind of vital, effective prayer life we long for.Sometimes without intending to, we can pray igrantly, even at cross purposes with what God wills. But when we use God's word to pray, we know that we are in line with what he wills.
Useful prayers for yourself:-
Philippians 3:10 -that I may know Christ and the power of his resurrection...
Ephesians 3:16- strengthen me with power in my inner man
Ephesians 3:17 - that I may be rooted and established in love
Ephesians 3:18 -that I may grasp God's love
Ephesians 3:19 that I might be filled through all my being with the fullness of God
Ephesians 1:17 -that he may grant me a spirit of wisdom ands revelation to know Him better
Ephesians 1:18 - that the eyes of my heart may be enlightened - flooded with light
Colossians 1:9 -that I may know God's will
Colossians 1:10 - that I may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way
Philippians 1:10 - that I may be able to discern what is best.
- Learn how to recieve and enjoy God's prosperity.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2.
But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:19
- Learn how to have freedom from fear
Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today...Exodus 14:13
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in the Lord protects you from that ( Message) Proverbs 29:25
That;s a terible way to live! its criminal to live cautiously like that. Get rid of this "play it safe" who won't go out on a limb. (message) Matthew 25:24
The lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm ( I will not fear or dread or be terrified). What can man do to me?-Hebrews 13:5,6 (AMP)
Fear is not from God. Fear is from satan. We can live without fear only by building our faith on what God has said in his Word. The Bible is full of instructions to fear not. Further scriptures to study on this subject are :-
Deuteronomy 1:21; Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 41:10,13; Isaiah 43:1,2; Philippians 4:6,7; I John 4:18.
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