15 Days of Unstoppable Breakthrough

Laid Up For This Hour Quinson Thomas

Laid Up For This Hour

15 Breakthrough Principles that God wants you to know to be able to overcome any hurdle and

fulfil the vision He has given you of your Destiny in Christ

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Laid Up For This Hour15 Breakthrough Principles that God wants you to know to be able to overcome any hurdle and fulfil the vision He has given you of your Destiny in Christ

Copyright 2009 by Quinson Thomas

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Laid Up For This Hour

15 Breakthrough Principles that God wants you to know to be able to overcome any hurdle and

fulfil the vision He has given you of your Destiny in Christ

Table of Contents Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 Breakthrough Principle #1






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Chapter 14 Laid Up for This Hour Principle #14


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IntroductionAs a brief introduction to this book I want to share with you some powerful truths from the Word of God.

If you're ever going to be successful, and if God's going to honor you, you must die to yourself.

Up until now you probably have realized in your life that you know what needs to be done- you already have that word from the Holy Spirit as to what you need to be doing, but if you're like many, it's as if you can't get beyond the barriers that you find yourself in.

Guess what? If you think that you're going to be able to do it alone, then you're mistaken. You can do nothing without Jesus! The reason why you go into seasons of despair and stretching is because God wants to put new wine into your vessel, but He'll do it when you surrender your all to Him.

Remember the scripture in Matthew 9:16-17?Let's look at it here now.16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Here in this passage of scripture Jesus was talking about fasting, but He was also talking about going from the old to the new. Here in the Scripture He was referring to the transition from the Old Testament to the New Testament, but He's

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also referring to, the stages of glory that we ascend to as believers from working out of the old life into the new life. It refers to coming out from under the shackles of the devil where as John 10:10 says the enemy comes only to steal, kill and destroy... over into the life that Jesus died to give us where He says, but I have come that you may have life and life more abundantly.

This book is about living in the fullness of your Born-again life. It is about everything you do prospering, just as the Lord originally intended it.

Jesus says in Matthew 6:21, "Where your treasure is there your heart will be also."

The question can be asked, why is this important... because if you're a salesman and your treasure is in the approval of men, you will fail. Because your treasure is on earth... but if you're a salesman and your treasure is in heaven, then you will succeed, because it doesn't matter how many upsets, or bad-talking, or disappointments you face, your heart, and your treasure is in heaven with Jesus, and you know who's approval you're seeking- God's!

This is what it comes down to. Here me well... all of the powerful principles that I give you won't have half of the effective power in the Word, if you don't give your all over to the Lord and stop trying to hold on to your life here on earth.

So the principles here should not be seen as simply principles, but principles that help you to die to yourself, so that the abundant life of Christ can be apparent in your life to His praise, glory and honor!

I know how it feels to want to do great things for the Lord. That's the way you should feel all the

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time.Praise God, and you will do them to the honor and glory of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but you've got to do one thing... and that's hate your life in this world.

If you cling to your life here on earth, your reputation, your circumstances and all of that, you will loose your life, but if you cling to your life in Christ where it means that you die, so that Christ lives in and through you, you'll find your life. And the abundance of the Kingdom of God will be present in your life here and now to the Lord's glory!

This book is about letting your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

It is indeed about you doing the good works that you were created in Christ Jesus to do(Ephesians 2:10), as a son of God through faith in Jesus Christ(Galatians 3:26), now living not for yourselves but for He(Jesus) who died and was raised again(2 Corinthians5:15)

John12:24-2624 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

God wants your life to be a praise offering to Him in the earth. Not just as a servant, and not just as a friend, but as a son through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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10 Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said:

“ Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as head over all. 12 Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. 13 “Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name.Now, David praised the Lord by opening His mouth, God wants to take it even further than that... He wants your life, and everything that you do to be praise unto Him.

Before in the Old Testament the people would open their mouths and praise God and then God would show up. – The Lord inhabits the praise of His people.

But now... we are God's own people. He who pleases Him, He who magnifies Him, and He who blesses Him dwells within you at all times- The Holy Spirit.

So guess what, when you are led by the Holy Spirit, your life is an offering or praise, so that people can see God in you.

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Therefore let your light shine before men so that men may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

All that's required is for you to die, so that His praise that is now in you can flow out into all the earth, and draw all men, all people unto Himself.1 Peter 2:9-10 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

So what I'm saying is turn your life over to Jesus, and to your Heavenly Father, and let Him be your Father on earth just as He is in heaven.

Then, watch what He does in your life

-Quinson Thomas

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Breakthrough Principle #1

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"Say God, I honor you."re you Stuck on Start with fulfilling your God-given destiny in Christ?A

Then, what I have to show you may have the answers that you’ve been seeking.Here’s “How To Stop The Never Ending Stuck Cycle And Get Things Done in Jesus’ Name”Warning: Hazardous to Procrastination, fear, and confusion

Breakthrough Principle #1Humility always proceeds promotion

James 4:6 - But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.It never ceases to amaze me just how awesome God is. He is certainly not slack with His promises. And to start of Breakthrough Principle #1- “Humility always proceeds promotion” I want to share with you a brief account of what happened to me one day while I was away at school.

My Troubled storyI had been having a difficult time with my finances. The money that my mom had sent up to me didn’t arrive one time, and so I was really scraping for change.

Anyhow, one evening, I decided to check to see if the money that my mom had sent up was deposited in my bank account. Sure enough, and to my excitement, the money was in my account.

Excited and hungry at that time, I made haste to get the money out of the ATM and headed over to the nearest SUBWAY restaurant. I ordered a footlong and a cookie and a drink.

I was totally surprised by what the Lord said after this.

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Now here’s where the meat of this Breakthrough Principle comes into play. Are you ready? Okay. Let’s go!On my way back to my apartment, the Lord gently tugged at my heart, and in my spirit, I sensed the Lord saying, “Keep Walking.. Keep going on.” This was strange. It didn’t fit into my logic, but I knew that it was the Lord speaking to me- it was undeniable. So right then and there, I made up my mind that I would listen and obey His leading.

Matthew 23:12 - For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Listen and ObeyFollowing the Holy Spirit’s direction, I crossed the street, and walked onto the next block. Sure enough, when I came to the end of that block, a lady stopped me. She asked me if I had any money so that she could get home! Now I know that you can imagine just how excited I was. Probably a half an hour ago, I wouldn’t have been out there, and secondly I wouldn’t have had the money! Going back to the story...So I gave her some money. And before leaving I told her that I had come there just for her.Matthew 18:4 - Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Humility in this storyI chose to tell you this story to highlight this Breakthrough Principle. And I hope that you’ve gathered at least two things.

They are:1) Humility involves you laying down your life in order to obey God.

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It would have been an error on my part if I had disobeyed the Lord. Often times the Lord tells us to do crazy things (to us) and if we’re not humble, we can put of things off just to save our egos. “What would people say, ““You know this is just ridiculous.”“I’ve got to mentally justify this.”These are just some of the thoughts that may keep you stuck; constantly avoiding the leadings of the Lord Jesus Christ in your life. By being humble, you say, “Lord, I don’t fully understand everything, but I’m going to do this based on Your Word.”

2) Humility opens the door for God to get something to you and through you.The lady who the Lord led me to that day, could have been praying to the Lord for help in getting home. I don’t know. But what I do know is that by my act of obedience to the Lord(who gave me the strength to do so), the Lord could have gotten through to her that He, the Lord Jesus Christ is the Way and the Truth and the Life.

For they’ll know that we are His disciples by our love.

Since that day forward, the Lord has been confirming and developing in me the assurance that I do hear His voice, and this has allowed me to minister more effectively in His Name- to His honor, praise and glory.

So heres’ the End of Breakthrough Principle #1-“Humility always proceeds promotion.”

Great Take Aways-

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Humility always proceeds promotion Humility involves you laying down your life in order to obey God. Humility opens the door for God to get something to you and through you. By being humble to the Lord and His leadings in your life you get to go from faith to faith and from glory to glory, and success and promotion by the Lord are inevitable.

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Breakthrough Principle #2You can’t not succeed when you’ve got God’s

Word and you abide in Him

"Say God, I trust you!"There have been many times in my life, where I just didn’t know how God was going to do it. But, because He said it I knew that it was guaranteed to come to pass.

I knew that God had something in store for me that I couldn’t see because I needed to step into what Jesus has promised me. I will never leave you or forsake you.

Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)

My story: I had been praying for God to moveI had been praying and interceding for healings and miracles to break out in my home country. I spent minutes upon minutes praying in tongues, seeking God for His direction, reading and digesting His Word, and praying some more. Little did I know, God had already answered my prayers, and was waiting for me to abide in Him.

One day something happened. I started abiding in His Word that by His stripes we were healed, and that we would heal the sick in His Name.

A little boy in my class was under some incessant sneezing. It was right around the time that we were preparing to administer assessments to see how our students were doing. So there, I was listening to this boy in my class sneeze, and the Lord moved me to pray for him. I must admit, it was a struggle, but I submitted myself to God.

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If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself.(2 Timoth 2:13)Oh, the Joys of Stepping out in Faith!I said to him, “Come here. Let teacher pray for you.”The little boy came over and I prayed for him. I put one hand on his chest, and the other on his back. And I prayed that the cold would leave him and the sneezing would stop so that he would be able to complete his assignments without this disturbing coughing.

When I was finished praying, I sent him back to his seat.

I knew that something happened there, but I waited to see.

Achew! The boy sneezed. Achew! He sneezed again.

And brothers and sisters in Christ, I’m pleased to say to the glory of God that was his last sneeze for the entire day. Glory to God! Praise Jesus!God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:9)

I mentioned this to you to highlight Breakthrough Principle#2- “You can’t not succeed when you’ve got God’s Word and abide in Him.” His Word, the bible says, shall not return unto Him void but shall prosper that for which it was sent.

In fact, the Lord watches over His Word to perform it.

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So many times, we get our eyes off the Truth, Jesus Christ. Let’s keep our eyes on Him and know that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.Yes, it may seem difficult(tell me about it!) But, as you remain faithful in doing what God has called you to do in and through His Son, Our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, you will see the fruits of His Word in your life, and He will be glorified!

Breakthrough Principle #3- A Poem

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Here’s is a poem the Lord inspired me to write. I pray that it will be a blessing to you in Jesus’ name. Amen.

“Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield. (Psalm 33:20)”

Oh soul why are you discouraged, and why are you perplexed along the way.

Know ye not that the Lord, your God is with you, know ye not that He has the power to comfort and to encourage; the Power to make the crooked places straight and the dripping eyes still.

Oh soul, why are you disquieted and running from the very Truth that will speak life to you.

“Why run from Me? Run to Me; run into My everlasting arms and I will hold you, I will comfort you. I will give you peace. Be still.

Be still and know that I am God, says the Lord.

Do you hear Him? Do you hear the bells toll?“Enough My child, come into hiding with me. Those who abide in the secret

Place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

“And I will not let your foot dash against a stone. I will lead you in paths of righteousness for my Name’s sake.”Take comfort in these words oh my soul. For the Lord is not slow to act in His Love towards you. Even now He prepares a table before you. Do you see it? Do you perceive it?

“Hold fast to your profession of Faith in Me for I will heal you and deliver you.”

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Breakthrough Principle #4Do what God says and you’ll have surety in

uncertainty

"God, I trust your every Word."

Are you well familiar of the account of the Lady with the issue of blood. You would have heard it some time or another in your lifetime because it is a remarkable story of a woman who through many of the struggles that she encountered in life pressed through, touched Jesus and received her miracle. This woman received her answer to years of this issue of blood.

Where are you today? Do you find yourself battling the same issues over and over, not really reaching the place that you know God has called you to in Christ?

What about that promotion, the vision of yourself that you see over and over? What about that deep desire to serve God that you've been praying about for so long for God to bring to pass but it seems as if you'll never get there?

Well, I want to show you from the Word of God that it doesn't really matter how long it takes. You have a sure Foundation in Jesus Christ. And What He has promised to you shall come to pass. That's a given! You just have to believe it!

Here's the Full Story. 21 Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. 22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet 23 and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands

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on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.” 24 So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him. 25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” 29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?” 31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’” 32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.(Mark 5:21-34)"

Here's the First thing that we can see from this account.

1) She had the problem for Twelve years.I don't know how long you've been asking God to bring to pass what He has promised in your life. I don't know how long to you've been asking God to do something wonderful in your life to His honor and to His glory. But what I do know is that this account, if you've been waiting for a long time should be confirmation that it doesn't matter how long it has been, God is going to complete the work that He has begun in you.

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This woman had this issue of blood for a long time. Twelve long years! Have you been waiting Twelve years? Have you been waiting 18 years? How about 2 months? Don't give up because God will show up.

2) She had suffered many things of many physicians and spent all that she had.I don't know about you, but there have been many times in my Christian walk where I felt drained- just simply tired of waiting. I would have done everything I could, but it seemed as if I just didn't have what it takes. And let me tell you- I don't. Jesus does!And it's the same with you- Jesus is the One that will make the difference!

There are many who are around you who've probably said to you that you need to try it this way, or do things another way other than the way that God instructed you.

And you've probably tried them, but you still know deep down that God has a specific and fail-proof, success-guaranteed way to do it. Well, you're right in thinking that. It's His Word.

That's why In those times of uncertainty, don't separate yourself from the Body of Christ, because you need to keep on hearing about Jesus. This will build your faith.

But equally important to hearing is doing! So when you hear, Go! This is so important. Don't wait, Go! And Find Him.

3) She Received her healing after she touched the hem of Jesus' garment.It's important to note here that it was a Word that drew her to Jesus to receive her healing. This actually illustrates to us the Truth that Faith comes

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by hearing and hearing by the Word of God(Romans 10:17)Up until that point she had been hearing about Jesus. The signs and wonders and healings that He performed, and the teachings that He gave were probably among the list of things she heard from the people. The scripture isn't explicitly clear on what the crowds told her or what she heard about Jesus, but this is what we know- whatever she heard sparked faith in her to go and touch him to receive her healing!

28For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.( Mark 5:28)

And this is what will take you to the next level my brother. This is what will take you to the next level my sister.

FAITH. And it comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God(Romans 10:17)Here's a powerful secret that I want to share with you. There are different members of the Body of Christ, each given a grace to fulfil their God-given purpose in the Body. The Body is meant by the Lord Jesus Christ to build itself up.

What does this mean?

If you want to know about Faith, find a ministry that focuses on Faith. If you want to learn about Kingdom Finances, find a ministry, a member in the Body that ministers on Kingdom Finances. They've been placed in the Body for you to bless them, and for them to bless you!

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith

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and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.(Ephesians 4:11-16)

You aren't in this alone.

Now here's what you do after you receive from the members of the Body of Christ- You seek Jesus for yourself. In doing this, you will take away something for Jesus that He wants to download into His Body. Yes... you are a member of the Body of Christ and someone will come to you to be edified in love!

As you grow up into Christ, into the place that God has promised you and fulfil your desires that God has given to you bring glory to Him, God will bless you to be a blessing.

Hear me well on this. This is how you're going to fulfil your calling. This is how you're going to rise up. By Giving! By Sowing! By Giving into God's work with all that is within you! How?

Through the Kingdom Principle of Sowing and Reaping.

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.( Genesis 8:22)

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6Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:6-10)

Let's look at that heading again shall we...

Do what God says and you’ll have surety in uncertainty

It doesn't matter as we've just seen how difficult, or how impossible your circumstances or situation may look.( that woman tried everything in the world, but when she came to Jesus her request was answered.)

What does this mean for you?Just keep on Sowing God's Word, ie, keep on Sowing to the Spirit. Because you will reap everlasting life. And indeed you will see the blessing of God come upon you so strongly that the Word you've sown will indeed be the Word you'll reap!

Again, What this means is that you should keep on sowing the Word that God has given you concerning your destiny, keep on sowing it by being a blessing to others, and especially the Body of Christ based on that Word of who and where God has called you to be. And remember whatsoever a man sows... that shall He also reap. So sow out of what God has given to you... it

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doesn't matter how small or insignificant that you think it may be, so it, and let God be glorified as you bless others. He will in turn watch over His Word that you too will reap the blessings you've sown so that you can be an even greater blessing to others in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

So sow the Word in the time that you give, in the words that you speak, help a brother or sister along the way. Give to the work of the Lord. Give of your time to prayer and fasting(powerful)! Support a brother or sister who's having a difficult time doing what you do best. This is a really good place to say this- Draw nigh to God and He will draw night to you!

Keep on Sowing that Word!

The woman persisted and she got her answer from Jesus- "Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."

That will be the Lord's Answer to you, for your frustrations will be ended as your faithfulness and persistence in love will be answered by wholeness and peace as you enter into what God has promised to you.

Do what God says (Keep on Sowing His Word) and you’ll have surety in uncertainty(The Sure Hope of Reaping What He has Promised in His Word)

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Breakthrough Principle #5 Jesus will never leave you or forsake you

"God, your mercies are new every morning. I just have to get up in Jesus' name and start again."Today is a new day.

A new day. A new day. A new day! I made sure to mention “A new day” emphatically because very often we get stuck on the past worrying about what we could havd done better, and what we would have done better had we been given another chance, another shot at it.

Do you remember what Jesus told the man who wanted to follow Him? This man wanted to follow the King of kings and the Lord of lords but He was still worrying about what was in the country. The man was worrying about what he had where he was. This man was still concerned with the things of this world.

But he was going to follow the King of kings; had he known who he was following he would have forsaken the things worrying about what he had in the country. He would have forsaken everything to follow Jesus because then he would have known that Jesus had all the power and authority to provide all his needs, just as Jesus had fed and filled the five thousand men excluding women and children. This man would have known that Jesus had the power to cure every disease and sickness just as He had been doing all throughout Israel. This man would have know that Jesus could provide the finances needed to fulfil God’s will and purpose for his life on earth. Jesus had already proven this as He gave directions to Peter to go and find the fish which had the gold coin in its mouth. Peter used it to pay the taxes of both Jesus and himself. Had this man known who Jesus is he

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would have left everything and followed Him with out any hesitation. But he didn’t know The Truth.

And so Jesus had to tell him something. Do you remember what that was? Let’s look at it here:

“18 And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side. 19 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.(Matthew 8:18-22)”

In other words, Jesus was saying, come follow Me. In Me there is Life. I have come to give you life, and life more abundantly. When you follow Jesus and believe in Him, He’ll take you out of the darkness into the Light. He’ll take you places that the dead can never go. You’ll know the truth and the truth will make you free. You’ll lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. I know that I’ve said it before, but you’ll have life and life more abundantly. With Jesus you’ll have joy.

Going through a hardship? Is Jesus with you? Have you accepted Him as Lord and Saviour of your life? Do you have the Spirit of Christ within you? Then you’re going to be going places that the dead can’t go.

Need money to buy food or pay the rent, or start a new ministry? You have Jesus. Dont’ look at what you don’t have. Instead focus on God, your Father. Our Father owns all the cattle on a thousand hills.

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The bible declares that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.

Because of what Our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us in coming into this world, dying on the cross to save us from our sins, taking the keys of death, hell and the devil, resurrecting Himself to life from the dead, ascending to the right hand of God Our Father, interceding on our behalf, and in His name giving us the power and authority to advance the cause of the Kingdom of God and fulfil the great commission, we have absolutely nothing to worry about. With Faith in God through Jesus Christ our Lord we have the power to be victorious in every area of our lives.

I’m reminded of that classic hymn that many of us have grown to become fond of. Here it is. Just read those words.

To God be the glory, great things He has done;So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,And opened the life gate that all may go in.RefrainPraise the Lord, praise the Lord,Let the earth hear His voice!Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,Let the people rejoice!O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,And give Him the glory, great things He has done.Now, The question that many ask, and probably what that man that wanted to follow Jesus was asking, is how do I get all my needs met, and how do I live the life that You came to give me Jesus?

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Put another way, we may be asking God, How do I live the worry-free and abundant life that Jesus came to give us? Jesus answers that when He says,

““Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:25-34)”

Today, you don’t have to worry. Don’t worry about what’s apparently going wrong in your life. God knows. Don’t worry about how your family will stay afloat during times of high gas prices, and high food prices. God knows. He can provide a way when there is no way. Don’t worry about how your ministry is going to stay afloat? God knows.

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“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”

So here’s the end of Breakthrough Principle #6: “Jesus will never leave you or forsake you.”Great Take Aways: Today is a new day in the Lord. Jesus is with you always In Jesus there is life and life abundantly You don’t have to worry and try to get all your needs met at once. He will meet your needs as you follow Him. There is beauty in the process as you go from faith to faith and from glory to glory in Him. “Be confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

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Breakthrough Principle #6Pre-occupy your self with what God says

instead of what man says, or will say.

"God, you always have the first and final say in my life, so I'll always go with you."

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve remained stuck in the same position because I was too busy being preoccupied with man says and what I thought they would say instead of being preoccupied with what God says and will say.

It’s so easy at times to let your desire for acceptance be diverted in the wrong way- to receive that from man instead of from God. It’s so easy to seek the praise of man instead of the praise of God. The Bible says that he who is friends with the world is an enemy of God.

God has a great and powerful plan for your life, overflowing with the satisfying of His perfect will for your life and your desires.

Jesus says, 9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”

You see the Lord Jesus Christ wants to complete your joy. He wants you to have life and life more abundantly. But you’ve got to abide in Him, and you’ve got to trust Him to make good of His promises because He will. He always does.

I was for some time unemployed.

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I wanted so badly to make people like me that I had to restrain myself many times from going out and getting a job. It wasn’t God’s timing. I finally got a job. I got the okay.While there I was given a very important job to do.Things began to fall apart.

I learned a very important lesson- in order to do what God has called you to do- you’ve got to be able to stand up and be grounded in the foundation that He has given you, the only foundation that can be laid- Jesus Christ!

Jesus defies the norm to establish God’s will and purpose in the earth. If you don’t intend to shake things up, then this isn’t for you. If you don’t intend to glorify God by letting your light shine then this isn’t for you.

But if you do, then here are some of the things that I want you to pay close attention to from this Breakthrough Principle: Pre-occupy your self with what God says instead of what man says, or will say.

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Breakthrough Principle #7 You’ve got to let go and Let God and when You do, you'll see the vision that He has given to you

for your life come to pass in Jesus' Name.

"God, I trust you. Work out your good and perfect will in my life."

My name is Quinson Thomas(duh). And I am a Christian. I love the Lord Jesus Christ with everything that is within me, and I have been so for most of my life. But there came a point in my life where I knew that this love had to be poured out and expressed in ways that I could hardly imagine. And in pouring out this love, I’m talking about fulfilling your God-given destiny, your calling in Christ.

My beginningsMy story begins not with the white picket fence or the mowed lawn, but with the Word of God. I knew that God had called me to do something special, to shine my light for all to see my good works and glorify my Father in heaven, but the way that God presented it to me was not the way that I wanted.

You see, I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. I can clearly remember kneeling down at a table that held my older brother’s school books and saying that I wanted to be doctor. And that’s what I pursued. I had great grades all through school; even up to the first two years of Community College.

Then, the time came to send out applications to schools abroad. I had been focusing on applying to schools in the UK and so I used the UCAS application system.

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But, along the way something really unexpected happened! I missed the application deadlines. I mean, I had been there searching the pages, and I believed that I had the right date, but as I later discovered that wasn’t it! I was annoyed, disturbed and frustrated. But while perplexed, I was not without hope. I had the LORD- He is my Hope.

Around this time the Lord began speaking to me even more clearly about what He had called me to do in Christ. But, I didn’t want to listen. Nosiree! The Lord was calling me to full-time ministry. I thought, I can’t be a pastor. Woah, Lord. To much responsibility.

Little did I know at the time... the Lord wasn’t calling me to just be a pastor.. He had much more than that for me. Three times, the Lord called to me through the words of men of God on TBN, but I didn’t listen. I knew that they were speaking to me, because every time I turned on the television, the Holy Spirit used them to call out to me. But, I was stubborn.

And so the Story Continues...So, I applied to a very prestigious school in the USA and was accepted. I thought, maybe it wasn’t God that I was hearing. But I was wrong. Every turn since then has been hard and trying. It was as if my steps were not being prospered by the Lord.

My good grades, went from good to mediocre to abysmal. And I sought the Lord earnestly day and night. And in the night-watches the Lord would remind me that this was not His best for my life. I had to go back home to the place that He had called me.

And so after many tears and frustration and questions I returned home to fulfil the ministry and

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calling that He had upon my life. And here I am today, talking to you.

What does my story have to do with anything?I’ll tell you! There is a new breed of destiny chasers in town. These are people who don’t take mediocrity for an answer. These are those who want their light to shine to bring glory to God our Father through our Lord Jesus Christ! These are people have been pushed down, and upset, and frustrated, but are still pressing on because they know that the Lord had called them to do something special.

The Lord had to take me out of the world system and set me apart because there is a company of mighty warriors that will transform this world in ways that we can hardly imagine.

The scope and the impact of these mighty warriors, these destiny chasers was to great for the Lord to leave me to do what I wanted.

The Lord had to bring me to the place of realizing that there was much at stake. And glory to God, I’m glad that He did. And this book that has taken about 2 years of experience and the Lord’s impartation and training to develop is finally here. This is book is what I call a breakthrough book.

But before I introduce the book, let me speak to you. And if you’ve read this far, I believe you’re a member of this new breed of Destiny chasers in the Body of Christ.

You are not crazy!I can’t tell you how many times I have been told that I’ve lost a screw or that what God has promised me is impossible or that I should

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continue to do things the way that everyone else has been doing things.

And the most frustrating part of it all is that these words of disappointment and disapproval have been coming from those closest to me- my immediate family and friends. But, can I tell you the truth? Jesus Christ is Lord! And everything that God has promised you shall come to pass as you abide in Him.

I want to comfort you of the truth that the Lord revealed to me in His Word, 34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law - 36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'[e]

37"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew10: 34-39)

You see if you’re ever going to go up higher, you’ve got to be able to trust in the Lord completely.

You have to let go and let God.

Even your family and friends at times won’t understand what the Lord has for you because

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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=10&version=31


they’ve only seen the you that you’ve been in the past. They can’t accept the you that God says that you will be. And so when the Lord Jesus says that He came to send a sword... He’s talking there about the Word of God that sets you apart from those around you, so that you can soar to the heights that God intends for you. In other words, in order to do what God created you in Christ Jesus to do, you must be fully committed to the cause of Christ, and in so doing, those around you who later on see your light will know that it is God who promoted you.So to second this... you’re not crazy!

God’s word is Truth, and it shall come to pass!I don’t know exactly what God has called you to do, but I do know that it will bring Him lots and lots of glory! And I do know that along the way, you’ve probably become frustrated concerning the length of time concerning it. I must comfort you and tell you that it will not all come at once, but little by little, and step by step. There’s a transformative work that God has to bring you through to be able to reach that place of promise.

But, be encouraged in this: as you let go and let God you will begin to see small victories that will prepare you and keep you motivated as you run the race onto the bigger and greater things in the Lord. This is the scripture that the Lord has been highlighting to me in the course of writing this book...

You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you

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No one probably expected me at the age of 19 to host my own ministry broadcast on the most listened to radio station in the British Virgin Islands. I could barely make ends meet. Sure, I paid off the first 3 or so broadcasts on time, but without a job it would seem impossible to do so, but I did so through Christ who strengthened me.

Then when I got a job, even though the hassles weren’t over I was able to use the Wisdom and the Faith that the Lord had equipped me with to make greater strides in Him.

No one expected me to have an online ministry, but it was what God had called me to, and He equips His children as they abide in Him!So, here’s what I’m saying to you...

Let go and let God be in control of your life.

He has great plans for you.(Jeremiah 29:11) I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord; plans for your good and not for your evil; to give you a future with an expected end.

I didn’t get here over night. That’s not the way that God works. He does things step upon step; precept upon precept so that when you get to the place He has promised you that you’ll be able to stand in the full weight and authority of that position and say,

Look what my God has done.The ‘secret’ (so to speak) is to trust in God and obey!You have to Let go and let God!

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Breakthrough Principle #8Gather by Labour and You Shall Increase!"God, you've promised to never leave me or forsake me."

This chapter is going to be short but powerful, so pay close attentionI’d like to share with you a quick story and then I’m going to really bring this breakthrough principle home. Is that okay with you? Good.

Let’s imagine this for a moment. You’re a movie producer. You’re a Christian movie producer. And up until the time that the Lord sent you into Hollywood, there have been no movies or productions on the level or scale that you’ve been producing.

No other movie, presents the Gospel message boldly and without reproach but yours. You’ve had two of these brilliant movies, and lives have been, changed. Hearts have been touched. Many have received the gift of God-salvation. You’ve been announcing your new release since January.

It’s now 5:00pm Saturday morning in April. People all over the world are wondering why you haven’t produced the film that they had been praying about. People all over the world are wondering why you haven’t produced the film that they were planning to bring their unsaved loved ones to watch.

People all over the world are wondering why you haven’t put your film into theatres when you’ve promised to do so in February, 2 months ago. People all over the world don’t know how they’re going to tell their grandchildren when they ask about the movie that the whole family was going to watch.

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But you’re in your office complaining about what should have happened. You’re in your office praying to God when He’s already told you that He’ll handle it, and that you need to work to bring things through. You’re in your office thinking about what you could do had you been given the chance.

And the thing is: you do! You have that chance right now. But you don’t want to do the work that God has called you to do.

You say, “Sit down and right a book?” That’s too much Lord. Just send someone with the money. The Lord says, You said you wanted me to use you. I do Lord but send the money. And the Lord replies and says “Seek first My Kingdom and my righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you as well.”

And you say, “Let’s try something else.”

The problem in the Church todayThe problem in the Church today is not that people don’t have enough faith for things. The problem is, their faith is dead. Because they’re not willing to work for the things that they have faith for.

Ask any successful Christian. It doesn’t matter what they do. It doesn’t matter if they’re a business coach, apostle, healing evangelist, public speaker or janitor. They’ll all tell you this- Faith without works is dead.

Even miracles have to be worked. Yes, God gives you the power to do it, but you’ve got to apply the power to the place that God has called you to apply it through labour as His Holy Spirit leads you, through work in order to receive it. No one

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pays attention to the healing evangelist when he/she has to get the conference hall booked, and the pressure that goes along with that.

No one sees her she has to work and earn a living to afford the things that she needs. And no one sees the hours of prayer, and acting in faith that she has to do every night before during and after the healing conference or crusade. No one sees the struggle. But we look on the television, and we see the healing evangelist and we say, that looks good. I would love to have a ministry like that.” You can. Ask for it and it shall be yours in Jesus Name. But are you willing to put your hand to the plough and never look back. Are you willing to face the demonic spirits that will try to shut down your work in the Lord when you go out on stage every night? Are you willing to work to earn the money that is needed.

Sure brother, I hear you. But people give donations to the work of the Lord. Oh yes they do. And I’m not counting that out. But you have to do work if you’re going to add something to advance the Kingdom of God in all the earth. If you’re not willing to do the work, what will others add money to? If you’re not giving of that which God has given to you in the way that He tells you, then how can the Lord add to your slothfulness, and laziness?

If you’re not doing the work that God has called you to do, then you’re not seeking first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and the other things that will help you to fulfil your call won’t be added unto you because you’ve not been doing what God has called you to do. And until you do, the promises that He has given to you will not be apparent in your life to the benefit of others.

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For it is only when you shine your light before men that they’ll be able to see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. The Church today is full of a lot of slothful thinking that sounds right, but it is far from what God has said in His word.

There are those who say that if God wants it to happen it will. And the answer is yes. It will. He’s sovereign, but He will move upon the hearts of men to do so. The talent was taken from the slothful, lazy man to the one who had 10 talents- the one who sought first the Kingdom of his Lord and to be in right standing with him. God’s purpose will prevail, but He co-labours with His people.7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.(1 Corinthians 3:7-9) You have a part to play. You have to start ploughing the fields in prayer. You have to start getting things rolling.

If you look at all the miracles and healings that Jesus did, you would notice that none of them were done for people who didn’t add works to their faith or add works to their faith on behalf of someone else.

You see God didn’t give you His Holy Spirit, for nothing. The problem is: too many in the Church are living as if it's not going to take work, sweat and possibly some tears to get there. But, nothing could be further from the truth!

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It’s going to take work on your part.

Jesus says in Matthew 6:3333 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you

This means that if you seek His Kingdom, if you seek to be in righteousness, joy and peace in the Holy Spirit(Romans 14:17) and with that you seek to be in right relationship with Him, doing as He says, and being led by Him, then the "all these things" will be added to you.

This means that you don't start and then stop. It means that you should seek, and not just look. It means that you get involved with Him and what He has going for your life, and He'll get involved in your life.

So if you see a brother or sister getting along well, don't just bless them, join them in their hard work, because it is hard and diligent work, led by the Holy Spirit that will bring you to that place that God has been showing you all the time.

Let me end with this... stop just looking... and start seeking. Do the work!

Gather by Labour and You Shall Increase!

11 Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,

But he who gathers by labor will increase.(Proverbs 13:11)

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"God, I know you know what's best for me, so I'll listen, and go where you lead me. Thank you

Jesus."

Breakthrough Principle #9-Live by God’s Word and not by feelings and

false beliefs.Too often what holds us back are false thoughts and beliefs that the devil has tried to keep us victim to in order to steal, kill and destroy God’s plan and purpose for our lives in Christ. But, I’ve got great news. Jesus came that you may have life and life more abundantly.

So for this Breakthrough Principle I want us to take a look at how destructive false beliefs can be to fulfilling the call that God has on your life. Then we’ll be looking at some common false beliefs that limit growth in the Lord so as to replace them with the Word of God.

To jumpstart our look at Breakthrough Principle let’s look at the life of Moses.1) 1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’(Exodus 4:1)”

Have you ever taken the time out to sit down and wonder whether or not people would believe you when you tell them that God sent you to preach His Word, or sing, or heal the sick, or write a book?

Well, if you’re like I was and how many people are, you think about this often. Maybe you think about how many people will believe you all the time. Do you get the feeling that they’ll just think that you’re joking, or you’re not good enough for God to send you?

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Moses, got similar thoughts. He didn’t think that people would believe him, or pay him any attention. Moses probably thought that people would dismiss him as outright crazy. But before you think that Moses’ thoughts had no backing, I want you to think about what actually took place when Moses went out and did what God had called Him to do.

But as with Moses God will never you leave nor forsake you. God doesn’t want you to keep things on hold. Don’t doubt Him. Have Faith in Him, because He will bring it to pass. That’s why the Holy Spirit is here with you and in you. Praise The Lord Jesus Christ.

He’s here to comfort you and to empower you to burst through the barriers of limitations that you and others have put on you, and show forth the praises of God who has called you out of darkness into His marvellous light. As you’ll soon see, God will not leave you powerless!

Back to Moses- Exodus 4:1-5 1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”2 So the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” 3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), 5 “that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

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Glory to God! In the earlier part of the passage we see Moses trying to get all the sureties out of the way. But, look at what the Lord said to him- What is in your hand? God didn’t look at things the way Moses did.

Moses was looking at what he didn’t have. God looked at what He had given to Moses, and what He could do with what Moses had been given. Then we see the Lord telling Moses to cast it to the ground. When Moses cast it to the ground it became a serpent. We see two things here:

a) Moses first had to cast the rod to the ground.

This is the time when many pack up and say, this is crazy! But, God wants you to know that you will never go there alone, you’ve got Him to back you up. So Yes, Moses had to swallow his pride so to speak, and cast a lowly, old, tired rod to the ground. No power in the rod. By the sights of things, things don’t look to promising, but adding the power of God by His Spoken word, the harmless rod, becomes a serpent.

b) God will use the foolish things of this world to confound the wise.Praise the Lord Jesus Christ! Thinking back on all the things that The Lord has brought me through, my spirit leaps with joy and expectancy in writing this for it is when we’re weak that we’re made strong. For without Him we can do nothing. But with Jesus, in Jesus and through Jesus Christ we can do all things for He strengthens us!

Moses had to throw the rod on the ground. That’s the foolish thing. You starting that business that the Lord has been talking to you about in a world-wide recession- that’s the foolish thing. You-

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laying hands on the sick for them to recover- that’s the foolish thing.

You- shouting out the name of Jesus in a busy market-square- that’s the foolish thing. You believing that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you – the world sees this as foolish. But we know different!

Moses threw down the rod and it became a serpent. When you trust in the Lord and throw down your rod it will become like that serpent, able to strike fear in the hearts of the enemy- the devil- and witness to the fact that the Lord is with you.God’s not only going to give you His Word, but He’s going to confirm His Word with power.

So instead of worrying about whether or not people will receive you or believe you, focus your eyes on Jesus knowing that He will never leave you or forsake you; knowing that He will empower you to go forth and shine your light for people to see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

I’m reminded by the Lord of a powerful verse of scripture. I’ll leave you to meditate on these words as we continue on our look at this principle. Here it is:“20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.(1Corinthians 4:20)

Here are some false beliefs that we should dispel right now.Ready?

1) If I do what God asked me to do then those around me will forsake me.-NOT TRUE- The Lord may move upon their hearts or they may fall away, but always think “but

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as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” You house includes all those that you come in contact with. Your conviction should be all of us- all my friends, co-workers, and family will serve the Lord.

And it may very well start with you stepping out and shining your light for men to see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. You may not be a pulpit preacher but with the vision that God has given to you for your life you can be sure of this- You'll be a making a significant and lasting impact on the lives of others to the honor and glory of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2) If people don’t like everything that I do, then I’m failing God.-NOT TRUE- Serve God, and He’ll take care of the rest. He who wants to be the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven must be the servant of all. Very often as you serve, the darkness will put up a fight, but it has no match for the Light, for the Light will always overcome darkness. Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world. Read what our Lord and Saviour says.

18"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.'[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. 23He who hates me hates my Father as well. 24If I had not done among them what no one else did, they

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would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason. (John15:18-25)

If I fail then I fail all together.-NOT TRUE- God has the final say. You know it’s not easy trying to do everything in your own power- actually you can do NOTHING in your own power. But as you let Jesus take over, and let Him be the captain of your ship, let Him calm the stormy seas, let Him be LORD and KING of your life, then the difficulty will subside. You may fall down, but He’ll pick you back up again. Jesus is there to comfort you and to empower you to do the impossible. Even what may seem as failure in man’s eyes, God looks at it, as a stepping block for He makes all things work together for the good of them who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. Remember Philippians 4:13. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

What people say determine how good I’ve done in ministry-NOT TRUE- It’s what God says. Can darkness dictate what light is supposed to be? Of course not! But can LIGHT, dictate what light is supposed to be? Of course! In the same way it is God, our Father, who is the Father of lights (1James17-18), that should be the One that you aim to please. And you do this by exercising the Faith that He has given you in the Love that He has shed abroad in your hearts by the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Why would you doubt God when He speaks to you? You know it, because it’s the same voice that called you to Him.

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At times, we are faced with difficult situations, situations that seem to want to arrest our whole attention. But we must know that we have not been called to bondage to the things of this world, for where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty(2Corinthinas 3:17). The Spirit of the Lord, the Holy Spirit is within you, making sure that you walk in the peace and liberty that Jesus died and rose to give you. He does this by speaking to you, declaring what belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ to you, guiding you into all truth. And it is in these times that the storms of life arise that God says, “Peace be still. I am with you.” That’s all we need to know. The Lord is with us. Come hail or high water, sun or rain, the Lord is with us! AND He’ll never ever leave us or forsake us.

Why doubt the Lord Jesus Christ, when going through trials when the going gets tough? The same way you have received Him- by grace through faith, is the same way that you receive Him to take control of your life’s situations and to bring you out safely on the other side.

Did we have to prove ourselves worthy before God in order to receive salvation? No! We simply had to receive the gift that the Lord had called us to.

We don’t have to work, and strive and get ourselves all worked up to receive from God, all we’ve got to do is exactly what He has called us to do- nothing more and nothing less.

This is to say that you don't work, but God works in and through you by His grace10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me (1 Corinthians 15:10)

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That’s why Our Lord Jesus Christ says, seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.

It’s because as we seek the righteousness, and joy and peace in the Holy Spirit, in whose presence there’s liberty (2 Corinthians3:17), we’ll have the deep assurance and hope that the Lord has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness.

“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.”(2 Peter 1:3)

When we receive of God by grace through faith we eliminate the need to strive for things that He has not called us to and we come to know what the psalmist David knew when inspired by the Holy Spirit said,” 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.(Psalm37:25)

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Breakthrough Principle#10You can do all things through Christ who

strengthens you."Jesus I will trust you. You'll never leave me or

forsake me"

Let's talk about someone you should know- the Apostle PaulWho was the Apostle Paul? The Apostle Paul is the man who by the inspiration of God was led by the Holy Spirit to write about two-thirds of our New Testament. So, many of the books that you see in the Word of God have been written by the inspiration of God, by Apostle Paul.

Now Paul didn’t come to this place of being a great teacher, or of being a great apostle without going through his own struggles, without going through his difficulties, without going through tough and testing times just as you do.

QuestionWhat is your greatest struggle today?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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What’s the difficulty or problem that you go to bed thinking about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What’s that one thing that makes you feel boxed in and helpless?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(It’s very important that you answer these questions . These will help you grab a hold of what’s contained in the following passages.)

________________________________________Now, what was Paul’s background? Let’s see Paul’s background. Paul as we know was among the religious people there in the time. He was one of the people that were persecuting the church. (at this time he was also called Saul) He was a persecutor of the very thing that God had called him to later on in his life.

Those who were with him, do you think that they thought much of Paul? Well, yes and no.

Yes in terms of what he could do in the religious society and those who at that time were not being led by the Spirit of God.

Yes, in the world system.

Yes, he could move like everyone else in the group.

Yes, he could persecute.

Yes, he could tackle the Christians like every one else in the group.

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They probably thought that he would always be like them in the world’s system. They probably saw him to be in their comfort zone- somebody that they could associate with.

Even though Paul was a very learned man, Paul was a part of that system.

They probably didn’t believe that he would encourage them or provoke them to do good works through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and glorify God.

They probably thought that he would continue with them in persecuting the church-in persecuting those who are acting by faith to do the will of God.

They probably thought that he would rather be like them, that he would forever persecute the church and persecute those who were going after what God had called them to do.

Have you ever been thought of like this?These men who were Paul's peers probably though that the man would continually be like them and not glorify God, not launch-out by faith and not do something different.

They probably thought that he would stay in their mould- that he would stay in their comfort zone. That’s probably what they thought. But like we all have, Paul had the Damascus road experience that changed everything.

After the scales fell off from his eyes, we see Paul go out and do something different. We see Paul go out and glorify God. The question is, have your scales falling off your eyes? I believe so. You are here reading this book.

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I believe that God has called you and I know that you know that God has called you.

You are going to face struggles and you are going to face tough times, but know this, that you shall overcome in Jesus' Name.

Now, knowing that you shall overcome; knowing and seeing with your eyes open and your scales off, what will you do about that? What will you do with the call and purpose of God for your life through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?

What did Paul do? He went about preaching the gospel. He went about being a fisher of men. He went about preaching and healing the sick. He went about doing the things that God had called him to do.

Was he faced with opposition?

Did he have struggles like you and I?

Yes, he did. I want you to see one of the struggles that Paul had to face. And it’s a struggle that many of us can relate it to. It's that struggle where we feel almost as if we're in a box and we can't get out.

In this box, we try so hard to break through but with the little release, after a while everything seems to fall down flat and we're in the prison of this box of limitations. It is as if everything that we do seems to be ineffective. Things seem as though they're not working, but Paul in his life reveals to us the "formula" to our breakthrough.

The Word of God in Paul's account shows us a missing leg to the victory to the problems that we face. Yes, our victory is through faith, but then there is something that builds faith.

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There is something that builds faith and when we come in to that communion and that relationship with God our faith is built.

When we come to the place that Paul came to, where we are feeling as if we are in a box and we can’t get out, God has given us a solution and we will see it in the Word today. And so to do that I want you to turn with me to Acts chapter 16. 25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. 27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!" (Acts 16:25-28)We see two things here- Prayer and Praise. Prayer and Praise- two things that the religious people in the society don’t do, because it causes a shaking, it causes a rumbling, it causes a stirring up, it causes a revealing of the power of God. But most importantly, fervent prayer and praise indicate Who You Trust, and who's hands you have placed your life into.

When we pray and when we praise, the bible says here that the prisoners heard them.

The bible says that the Lord inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3).

We know that some demons only come out by prayer and fasting and so what I want tell to you, is that if you are in a place where you you feel boxed in, pray. Pray fervently and couple that with praise

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and you will see a rumbling, you will see a shaking of the very things that are trying to keep you bound.

And the Bible says in Acts 16 starting at verse 26, "And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken.”

The very things that kept you bound and the very things that were trying to hold you down are those things that are going to be shaken- the foundations of those things.

This means, the root of the problem will be set on shaky ground. When you pray and praise, the prison doors that have kept you bound, and the gates that have kept you bound, or the prison walls that have kept you bound will be opened in Jesus' name.

Acts 16:26, "And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.”

You see, Paul's and Silas' prayers and praise to God resulted in the loosing of the bands that kept others in bondage.

You see, when God calls you there is a release that takes place for others. There is a release of strong holds that many have been bound to that takes place- there is a breaking of those bonds. When you pray and praise God, with everything that is within you, you will see those things go. You will start to see them being broken off others who God has called you to serve, and the chains will also be broken off you. You will see the very foundations of that prison shake. You will see it shake in Jesus' name.

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Let's pray, right now.Father, I thank you for your Word. I thank you for those who are reading. And Father I pray even now that those things that have kept them bound will be broken off of them now in Jesus name, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Father, I thank you for your goodness and I thank for your power.

Father even now I send the Word, I send the Word right now and Father I pray that they would receive it now in Jesus name, that all things are possible for him who believes, and that they can do all things through Jesus Christ strengthens them. Father, I break the prison from over them and I break the bands of fear from over their lives. Father, I break every demonic strong hold that has kept them in prison in Jesus name. Thank You, Father. Thank You Father and Father I pray even now that Your will will be done in their lives. I pray Lord that their faith will be strengthened and Father I pray they would go forth in power in Jesus name. Amen. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you.

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Breakthrough Principle #11:Look Through Eyes of Faith!

"God, Help Me to See Things the way that You see them."

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

In a dog-eat-dog world it is very often not easy to find those who will help you when you’re down. It at times seems unbearable when you don’t have the answers to a problem because many times people are glad for your misfortune.

But God in His Wisdom and providence placed His children in the world to bring about the culture of heaven on the earth. “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

So what are Christians called to do? Are we supposed to sit by when our friends and co-workers, and strangers we meet flounder about without any help to get over the hurdles they have faced in life?

Are we supposed to sit by idle as a drunken man in or midst robs a store and is sentenced to prison? Should we just say to ourselves, “Well, he do it. That isn’t any of my business.

I ain’t got nothing to do with that. I just have to make sure that my children ain’ get themselves into that mess that those people got themselves into”? The answer to that is No. We should be binding up the broken-hearted, preaching deliverance to those in bondage, and opening blind eyes both spiritually and physically. And to do this, we need to be loving, kind and gentle.

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Do you remember the story that our Lord Jesus told about the good Samaritan. Let’s just take a look at it here.

25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?” 27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’[h] and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”[i]

28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.” 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed,[j] he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?” 37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”(Luke 10:25-37)

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You see, there were many that were in a position to help the man that was stripped, beaten, robbed and left for dead. But those men missed the boat. They didn’t truly understand what it meant to love their neighbour. You may be saying to yourself, “But, I haven’t met anyone who was stripped, beaten, robbed and left for dead.” But the truth is you have. Jesus says that the devil, the thief comes only to steal, kill and to destroy (John 10:10a).

Have you seen anyone being a slave to sin? Have you seen someone that time after time is being plagued with sickness? Have you ever seen someone that no matter what they do they’re always in a state of worry?

Have you ever met someone who is not saved; someone who has not received the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of their lives? Then you have seen someone stripped, beaten, robbed and left for dead, because that’s what the devil, the thief, does.

But before we go on, let’s read the other half of that verse.Jesus says, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.(John10:10b)

Those who do not have Jesus don not have life, and in addition to that they’re plagued and controlled by the devil and his tactics.

They’ve been told lies, robbed of their God-given purpose and destiny, and they’ve been left there to die by the devil. However, there is good news. Jesus sends good Samaritans their way.

There is a good Samaritan that is on his/her way; on his/her way with oil and wine to soothe and heal those wounds. Jesus sends, “good

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Samaritans” to hurt and abandoned people to speak the truth- to tell them that there is One who loves and cares for them.

He has sent them in His Name to bind up the broken hearted, sick, worrisome and abandoned, and to lead them to Him.

Jesus sends “good Samaritans” on their way with the good news of peace for those who have been lied to, stolen from, beaten, stripped, and left to die. You- the born again Christian- go on your way in His Name, carrying His Holy Spirit with you wherever you go. You can lead them to Jesus, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. In His Name you are sent out as His ambassador to reconcile every one, to God by accepting and receiving the gift of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Praise God!

“15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.(2Corinthians5:15)”

Glory to God!

Today, look not at those that are troubled as the priest and the Levite did in the parable of the Good. But, instead look at those who have been lied to, robbed, beaten, stripped and left for dead as Jesus encourages us to- like the Good Samaritan.

Reach down in love, kindness and gentleness and pick up your neighbour. Bind up his wounds. As the Holy Spirit leads, pray for him. Let the Lord Jesus heal that person’s body, heal their soul and awaken to life their spirit.

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Lead that one to the Lord Jesus Christ to receive of Him that which you have received. Share with them, The Way and The Truth and The Life, Jesus Christ! Do it in love, kindness and gentleness giving all glory to whom it is due, Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour.

Breakthrough Principle 12

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Breakthrough Principle #12 Sow the Word and You’ll Reap the Word

"God, I'm working in the family's vineyard. What should I do now?"

The Lord gave me a word concerning the Church and I shared it with my brothers and sisters in Christ a while back. I want to share it with you. As we talk about Sowing and Reaping, I want you to find in your Bible all the passages of scripture that point to this in the Kingdom of God. When you’re done that, read on to find out what the Lord shared with me in Jesus’ Name.

My people have forgotten the art of sowing and reaping andso I’ve got to restore this to them.

Too many give up after 1 day of sowing 1 seed. And yet they are calling me to put them before kings and nations.

I will do so, and I will get the glory. That’s why it’s taken so long. It’s because they want to sow the seed 1time and expect to feed a nation or nations of people. I will give them whatever they ask Me in My Name, and I will equip them to walk in it. But a single light that appears dim can’t bring much glory to me in a room of nations so I’m going to have you sow the same seed many times and in many areas.

When you’re tired and worn I’ll give you a seed, My word, that will comfort andstrengthen you in this row or season of sowing and

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it will provide you with a more brilliant light for the time that I’ve shown you.

You’ve asked me for much. And it has been given! Butremember, for whom much is given, much is required.

What I have shown you in dreams and visions shall come to pass. And you will shine more brilliantly because of the wordthat abides in you, and you in that word.

Sow on my child, sow on in the things that I have called you to do. Some may be big and yet others small. As you abide in Me as my words abide in you then you will have before you what you’ve asked for.

The Lord shared with me that there has been a lot of teaching out on the intial and final stages of sowing and reaping, but there is little or no understanding about the stages that come in between.

So what I’m going to do for you is briefly tell you about sowing, and reaping, and then by God’s grace I’m going to give you some understanding concerning the whole process. Is that okay with you? Okay. Good.

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WateringDo you know when it’s the best time to water the seed? *This will help you tremendously with overcoming procrastination and stubborn fear.

The best time to water the seed (the Word(rhema) that the Lord has spoken to you) is right after it is planted. That’s right- you water that seed with the Holy Spirit led support of the Word of God(logos). This is where you take out your Bible from in your pocket and find scriptures that will help you to water the Word for strong and steady growth. It becomes even easier when you know the scriptures by heart because you’d be able to water that seed even before it goes into the ground

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GROWINGWhat does growing involve?

Growing involves a whole list of things, but the most prevalent, and the most powerful parts of the growth stage is Faith working through Love.

If you’re going through a period of heavy shaking, and storms because you’ve believed the Word of God(good for you!) then you’re in the growing stage. This is the point where you’re testing will, well...

Let’s look at growing some more below.

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We first start out with a seed, the word of God

The seed bursts open, and the roots go down into the soil. There in the soil, they must first jut down into the firm foundation, - the only foundation that can be laid- The Word of God Himself- Jesus Christ.

The more that the roots go into the soil( The more we learn about Jesus, and God’s plan in our lives, the more we spread our roots. This is the point where we want more of Jesus.

There comes a time when the root system expands- this is when you know who you are and who you’re meant to become, the word, the seed given to you, begins to open up, and you begin to grow, as what’s in the soil, which is in the foundation goes in through the roots and more life, more abundant life is birthed in the seedling. The higher you grow the more you have to embed and ground yourself in the Word of God- Jesus Christ. T

his is why in the growing stage, I said that Faith working through Love is important. It’s because as the scripture says, Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (rhema).

Faith is what causes you to grow, and this faith works through Love in Christ. It’s when you’re faith is being tested that you gain a deeper understanding of the Love of God in Christ.

Yes, you’ll never make it to be the great fruit bearer for the Kingdom in music, song, literature, athletics or any other ministry without growing up!

It is only when you’re tested that your Faith really grows and set in motion, bring nutrients to help you grow in the Lord and harvest the fruits of your labour in growing.

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Guess what happens to the seedling when Faith is tested or when it’s growth is being hampered by the strong winds, and the hail, and the storms- it sends it roots further down into the soil and as a result into the strong foundation, the only foundation that can be laid- our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This is why James 1:2-4 says this: 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3

knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”(bold font is my emphasis)

Glory to God, in testing you count it all joy because nothing shall separate you from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus. In fact, the more that you undergo testing, it is the more that you spread your roots in Jesus Who sends you His Word(rhema) that brings the nutrients(spiritual blessings in Christ)you need to grow. Hey- it’s from Him that you’ll get access to every spiritual blessing talked about in Ephesians. They’re in Him.

Here’s the twist!The more that you get tested on account of the Word, the more that you abide in Him, the more you tap into the nutrients that you need to grow(ie-every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1)) and the more that you move and grow in Faith, because you are in Him, and He is in you! The devil can’t hold you! You’re going to grow in Faith regardless.

And this is what you’ll discover from this period of growing, especially when it gets to be extremely intense.

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(I’d be smiling about this if I were you!!!)No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Glory to God.

God’s got you. Oh, He’s got you. You’re in the strong foundation, Jesus Christ, and you’ve got everything that you need. You’ve got the support that you need. You have the Love that you need.

You have the Faith that you need. You have the outpouring of His blessings that you need. And all that you have to do is ask. And as you ask believe that you’ve received and push your roots down. Set yourself and receive from Him grace in your time of need and grow, overcome, and show yourself to be more than a conqueror through Him who loves us.

Okay, read this scripture and soak it in your spirit really good. I’ve got something that will accelerate the growing process for you by radically boosting your faith by God’s grace.

Ready?

Read this!35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

“ For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”[a]

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any

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other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Now here’s the thing. God says my people perish for lack of knowledge.

Now that you know what’s going on and how all of this is going to be used for your benefit, then you should get a sense of boldness in the Lord. A no quit, no dying attitude about fulfilling God’s call on your life.

The Growing Issue

The problem with many in the Church is that they’re afraid of testing. When things fall apart, they fall apart. But, that’s not the way it’s supposed to be. You’re supposed to endure to the very end just like the word endures forever.

Now let me share with you some deep stuff. Jesus says that in the same way that Our Father sent Him so He is sending us. God our Father sent His Word.

And now, Jesus, the Word made flesh is sending us with His Words. So when the Lord gave you the words that you’ve received from Him when you remained in His presence and read His Word, He intends for you to grow up into Him as in His words abide in you.

You’ve got to go with the full weight of His word- the word of the King backing you up in your actions. The Word isn’t supposed to be separate from you. The Word is in you by means of the Holy Spirit, and now you need to abide in the words of the Word. Now you have to be in full agreement with the word spoken until you come up into the full Word by the transformative power of the Holy Spirit.

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This is why the Word of God often refers to us as trees. Eg. He shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water bearing fruit in due season.Oaks of Righteousness.

God doesn’t intend for you to just accept the word but He wants you to receive the word, and grow up into the Word- Jesus Christ. This is why we go from faith to faith and from glory to glory.

Faith comes from hearing the Word or accepting or accommodating the word(ie sowing the word) but Faith without works is dead- so you must now abide in the Word, and jut your roots further into the only Foundation- Jesus Christ- as you grow up into Him, being conformed into the image of Christ- the Word of God Who was made flesh.

Here’s what all of this means. The word that God has given you is in you, but if you don’t abide in Jesus as His words abide in you, the fruit of that word will never come to pass. For without Jesus you can do nothing. You’ve got to walk out with the full understanding, that the Lord is in you and the Lord Jesus wants you to be in Him. “7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.” (John15:7)

Get your pens and paper pads out.Here’s what GROWING all boils down to:• Keep going where the Lord leads you.• Keep doing the word. ( To do that word the word must be in you and then you have to be in the word.) There can be no doublemindness. • James. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask the Lord who gives liberally, but let him who asks ask in faith. Let him not be double minded,

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for the doubleminded should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.• The growth stage eliminates the doublemindness that you have with regards to a particular word that the Lord has given to you.• And the driving factor of growing is working Faith in Love.

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Here’s How the Stages all come together to give you the final result the Lord has promised you!( This, you’ll enjoy)Do you remember the story of the little boy that the Lord healed when I prayed for him? Good. Now let me build on what I shared with you about that and outline the process of sowing and reaping the word for you.

(I’ve entitled this Sowing and Reaping outline)*To God be the glory!

Take Away: You’ve got to truly receive the word, and not just accept(as in take) the word. In other words, this word has to come to the place in you where you’re geared to partake and benefit from

the word.

Take Away: You’ve got to abide in Jesus as His word abides in you. (ie. do what Jesus would do as He leads you by the Holy Spirit to be a doer of the

word. This means what Mary Jane says, is irrelevant if it isn’t the Word of God. This may

take some time to develop, but you will get there in Jesus’ name.)

Take Away: Reaping, is the result of following up on the word sown! It is the following through step or steps that gives the yield of the increase of the

word.

Let’s put this into perspective.

Think about This:When you were saved you first had to go through the tilling and planting stage where the Holy Spirit had to be planted in you forever.Then came the watering stage where you developed a roughly decent understanding of who you are in Christ, and who you’re meant to be in Him. Then came the stage where the Lord allowed some things in order

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to help you grow,- that’s when your Faith was tested.

Then after this stage comes the point in your life where you are ready to bear fruit for the Kingdom- this is the point where the Lord talks about you and brags on you. “Look at my son/daughter, my oak of righteousness that has already begun to bear fruit. I’m going to water him/her some more in My Word. This is the point where the devil tries to take you out, because you’re not just a hearer of the word but a doer of the word.

But no weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you know it! The Living Waters of His Holy Spirit sustains you!

And Finally the reaping stage is where you achieve in and through Christ that which the Lord has promised you. And to get to this stage, the wind must first blow. Things seem to get messed up. But, The Lord does a finishing work in you through the Holy Spirit.

This is the way it is with your God-given destiny in Christ. You have to go through the stages. God wants you to be fully equipped and fruitful. All you have to do is Abide in Jesus Christ as His words abide in you.

Are you ready to be fruitful?I’ll give you the solution to that- be faithful- for He is Faithful.

His Word shall prosper that for which it was sent!Breakthrough Principle 13

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Breakthrough Principle #13 You must focus to realize the vision.

"God, Open my eyes that I may say Every Good and Perfect Gift you've laid up for me!"

I like telling stories. It helps me to do what I like to do- and that’s talk! So the story that I’ve broken up like a screen play below will help you to see this principle#24 through. I believe that it’s in this area that alot of us slip up. We talk idly without putting our Faith into action. So before I write a dissertation in this introductory paragraph, I’ll introduce the short dialogue below. I’ve entitled it, Faith without works is dead! Do you like the title? I do too!

Faith without Works is dead!

Shakoi: "Well you know Tommy, I have been called by God tobe the head of a taxi-driving firm. And a unique firm too. One that shares the Gospel of Jesus Christ with every tourist, everypassenger that gets into one of our cabs or our buses. We'll have a 24 hour radio station that will be placed in all of our vehicles!

There'll be news and the like, but every 10 minutes or so, we'll feature a testimony of How the Lord transformed the lives of our taxi-drivers. I'm even looking forward to at times sharing testimonies from our past passengers who's lives have been changed and transformed by the Gospel and the touching testimonies shared on the radio."

Tommy: "Woah, Shakoi! That's a wonderful vision you have there. What a calling! But, when are you going to get started with it? You're still working here with me at the local grocery store, man!"

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Shakoi: "Well, you see Tommy, God has been leading me to start and implement many things already. I've been getting thelegal work together, and I'm going out today to get 20 more drivers to start with and the sponsors that God has given mehave been more that generous. This job, Tommy. This is capital.

Our boss, Micky, actually decided to help me out when I told him about what God had called me to do. This is what Mr. Williams said.

Tommy: Mr. Williams? Tell me. What did he say?

Shakoi: He basically said, 'That's wonderful, Shakoi. How can Ihelp?"

Tommy: "You've got to be kidding me!"

Shakoi: Well, Tommy, the rest is... what you see now. PraiseGod."

Tommy: "Wow!"The End

Did you enjoy the story? Good. Here’s what I want you to take away from it.

Take Away: Some people say that God helps those who help themselves. But that’s not in the Word of God. But what the Word of God says is: we are co labourers with God. Now you may be asking the question, “What does this have to do with fulfilling the call of God on my life?”, so I’ll go ahead and explain it to you from the story.

Story Highlights

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Do you remember what Shakoi was telling Tommy in the beginning? If you don’t remember right now, you can always look up and see. Shakoi was telling Tommy all about God’s vision, and plan for his life; about the firm, the radio station, testimonies and all of that. The truth is that sharing the vision is all good and dandy, but there’s more to running the race than mere idle words, as Shakoi explained to Tommy later on. And this is the more that I’m talking about: We’ve got to put action to our words.

Habakkuk 21 I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. 2 Then the LORD answered me and said:

“ Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. 4 “ Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

The Word says that we should make the vision plain so that he who reads it may run with it. We’ve got to run the race. We want to reach the finish line. I know how that feels. Believe me, I do. But you’ve got to start running the race in order to finish the race. At the end of the finish line is the place that God has promised you with all the “firms, radio stations, testimonies, etc.” but you’ve

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got to run the race so that at the end you’ll have a greater testimony that you can share with someone who’s circling the start line and can’t get started.

Another StoryWhile I was away at school, the Lord told me to write a book. So I started. Just a couple thousand words into the book, I would stop and read it over, talk about it with friends, send it out to them by email and all of that.

I was so happy with the little that I had accomplished. In fact, it was after these small, thousand word victories that I would face alot of opposition, because for some reason I didn’t believe that I could finish this book. I would wrestle, and do some more and then I would talk about and email it.

I wasted alot of time just hovering over the ballpark instead of hitting the ball out of the park. In a way, my idea of celebration, and talking was a way to motivate myself, but a the same time it was becoming a hindrance because my chatter wasn’t getting me to the end.

The devil traps you in sin whenever you disobey what God has told you to do at a certain time, even if it’s talking about what God has asked you to do.23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.[a]

Remain Focused

Paul talks about forgetting those things that are behind and pressing on to the mark of the higher calling of God in Christ Jesus. And for quite some

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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2014:23;&version=50;


time my chatter was keeping me in the place that I had already been- the things that are behind me.

Chatting, and looking over, and emailing was my thing that kept me stuck in yesterday.

What’s yours? Maybe it’s purchasing all the tools and fixtures you need to build the business that God has shown you. Maybe it’s getting all the advice that you can possibly get even though you know that you have more than enough to get started. Maybe it’s talking about what God has shown you until the ‘perfect’ time comes.

The perfect time is when God says move in the face of obstacles, because it is then that you abide in Him more than ever. The perfect time is when you abide in Jesus and do as He says when He says, for when He tells you, He has already orchestrated the time and the hour for optimum returns. All you’ve got to do is trust and obey Him.

Many people stay in a perpetual cycle of inactivity because they talk and talk and talk and do nothing about it. The Bible says that much (idle) talk leads only to poverty- lack of drive, lack of faith, lack of the expression of the abundance of God’s love.

Imagine This: A bunch of doctors standing around, equipped to do their work but not working. They’re just smiling and looking good, when there are patients that need to be attended to.

“Oh look at me, I’m a doctor. I’ve got a vision from God. I’ve got revelation and tools that I need. But that’s alot of work. I prefer to stand around and look nice, and just talk about my past successes in medical school.”

But, let’s look at this picture from the different angle. “Can we please hurry this up. I have very

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important work to do. I have people that have been assigned to me and I can’t let God who has placed me here, or the people that He has assigned to me down. Only 1 second for this picture okay.”

When will we as Christians step into the work that God has called us to in His Son, Jesus Christ? When will we stand up, fully tuned by preparation, and do the things that God would have us to do instead of talking about it.

I made up my mind a long time ago, that come what may, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Hallelujah. There’s to much at stake for us to just talk about things. Yes, there’ll come a time that we talk about what the Lord has done, but that would be as a testimony of God’s faithfulness in our lives.

To get the testimony we’ve got to go through the testing and be victorious. We as the people of God must have the boldness and courage to say, Lord, Let your Kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

You must have the will to give what God has given to you to give when He tells you to do so. And to do that you must have your Focus on

His Kingdom and His righteousness.

Imagine a person in a wheel chair.

Imagine a person in a wheel chair who’s reaching out for a glass. The glass is in your hand but you’re going to throw it in the recycling bin for it to go to the recyclers and come back to you again.

Question: When you get the recycled glass which other person in a wheel chair would you ignore when the

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Lord tells you to give them what He’s given to you.

It’s much easier to bury your gift than to share it with others. It’s so much easier to ignore God’s call than to answer it. But it’s slothful- it’s lazy, and this doesn’t please the Lord.

He has given you what’s His so that you can be a blessing, not to let a curse propagate.

So you’re reading this book that the Lord led me to write. Would you let your light shine and write the book that the Lord’s told you to write, or would you bury it until the call comes again. Would you let your light shine and write and publish that song that the Lord has been speaking to you about or would you bury it until the call comes again?

I know that it’s hard at times, but He is within you is greater.Let’s do this. Let’s shake up this world for Jesus. Let’s press through when everything seems to be going wrong. Let’s follow Jesus wherever He leads us, and destroy the works of the devil in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. Are you ready? Are you with me? Let’s start by giving that guy the glass.

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"God, Can We Work together again?"Persistence is a must!

“Keep Licking on the Icecream.”

Have you ever had icecream before? Many people all over the world enjoy icecream. I like it too. But I didn’t ask whether you like ice-cream just so that we can have a discussion on icecream, but I’m helping you to see something that many who have given up on truly fulfilling their destiny have failed to see.

This is it: on a hot day when you’re tired and hungry, and everything that can be shaken out of you is shaken out, you’ve got to keep licking on the icecream. In other words, in order to truly reach that place that the Lord has promised you, you have to stay in His Word. You have to seek Him diligently.

You’ve got to keep licking that icecream.The Bible says, Taste and see that the Lord is good.

There are seasons of revelation that the Lord has appointed that will lead to manifestation of a greater vision, and the way to get to the fulfilment of the vision.

Some people don’t understand this, because they think that God doesn’t want to feed them. But He does. He wants to fill you to overflowing. But the bible says this- They that come before the Lord must first believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. I told you to keep on licking that icecream because just as the icecream provides your body with enough substance to keep going, and thus experience all that your walk entails, so too your persistence and diligence to seek the Lord at all

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times enables you to get those rewards that will enable you to walk out your walk successfully- to His glory , praise and honor.

I know I’ve had many questions about my God-given destiny in Christ. I’m sure that you have to, and that’s why you have to seek the Lord, because He is the author and finsher of your faith. The Lord is the One who will equip you to fight the good fight of faith and achieve the victory. You’ve got to seek Him in order to be promoted to the place in and through Him that He has called you to be.

Here’s Something ImportantHe doesn’t give you it all at once, because you would not have built up the faith to carry the load and blessings all at once. So He gives you little by little, step upon step and precept upon precept so that when you get to the place that you’ve seen far out in the distance( and even further than that) you’ll be able to administer your authority and position in the Lord effectively. “2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.(James 1:2-4)”

In the times when you are weak and don’t know the way forward, don’t just sit down and wallow in self-pity!

Say to yourself “I’ve got a destiny to fulfil in Christ Jesus my Lord and Saviour. I know what I’ll do. I’ll keep tasting that the Lord is good (I’ll keep licking my icecream-His Word, His promises, His plans for my life) You have to come to the place that every moment of the day that you’re thinking about Jesus and satisfying that hunger by seeking Him- either directly through His written word or

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by wise counsel through men and women of God who are anointed by the Holy Spirit to teach, and preach and empower you with His Word.

You’ve got to be persistent to the point where you say, “I’ve got to have me some Jesus!”

Here’s someone that kept on licking the ice-cream.

Let’s get down to business quickly. You’ll be able to find it at Luke 18:35-4335As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." 38He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 39Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 40Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied. 42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you." 43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.Can I tell you a little something about this man? 1)This man had revelationHe knew something that some of the people around him didn’t know. Have you ever felt like that? Okay, while you’re confirming God’s grace upon your life, I want you to look at verses 37 and 38. The people called The Lord Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth. They called him based on birth place, or on what they’ve always known. The people couldn’t see Jesus for all that He is. In the same

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way, some people can only see Jesus as the guy in the Bible.

Sure they know He’s the Son of God, but that’s all they know. They don’t want to experience Jesus in the now. They don’t want to experience Jesus because it’s too crazy. But, you know that you aren’t a Jesus of Nazareth person, but you’re a Jesus, Son of David person.

And that’s what this man called the Lord Jesus Christ, because he had a revelation of Jesus. He wanted more than just walking around with Him, or having a casual relationship with Him. He wanted all of Jesus!

He didn’t want just what others had told him that he had come to believe, but he also wanted the experience to be able to tell someone of the goodness of God.

This man had to get revelation from God, because he was not satisfied with his natural sight! It was void of what

He knew God had for him. It simply wasn’t enough for him. It just couldn’t do. This blind man, represents the place that many of you have been because like that blind man, you have not seen what the Lord has promised you with your natural eyes yet! What you have seen is what you have always seen and what many around you have always experienced- darkness- that which is void of God’s Word.

But, you aren’t without hope because you’ve received the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. And God has given you the vision.

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You may not be able to see it there with your natural eyes like this blind man, but you’ve got the vision- Jesus is the answer. He’s the way-maker, the Miracle work- God Almighty.

And God has satisfied your desire to see with your natural eyes what He has promised by giving you revelation of Jesus- that He isn’t just Jesus of Nazareth, God’s Son who was here over two thousand years ago, but Jesus Son of David- the promised messiah-

God in the flesh who is now right there where you are, taking up residence within you by His Holy Spirit and is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you can ever think, hope or imagine. Hallelujah!But as you know revelation alone isn’t going to get you there.

You’ve got to persist in faith. You’ve got to put some action to your faith. That takes us to the second nugget about this man.

3)He persevered to the end. As mentioned earlier, this blind man knew what was available to him in Jesus and sought after it, facing many struggles until he finally made it there. He had perseverance. Do you have perseverance?

Don’t have much of that?

Hang on.

The testing of your faith will produce that as patience has its perfect work in you.(James 1)

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Perseverance is an important key to getting the victory. Let me show you how important it was in my own life and ministry.

There came a point in my life where I felt that all hell was breaking loose. Ever had one of those times?

The closer that I got to Jesus, the more I faced opposition, not only on the outside, but it was affecting my body, particularly my skin. In fact, this opposition came right around the time when the Lord was using me in the healing ministry. I would pray for others and they would be healed. People with Colds, Fever-like symptoms, a headache, pain in the leg, and in the back were among the list that Lord was healing through me. But the more that I poured out, the more that I suffered in my own body. There have been times of complete exhaustion, and fatigue. But, I still went on.

The goal to see many healed, and witness the power of God in present times was too great. And even greater than that - the salvation of lost and desperate souls who were in need of our Saviour Jesus Christ, was continually before me.

I would write and study, and pray and soak in the presence of the Lord so that I would have something to new to share with God’s people as I gathered my strength in the Lord Jesus to be able to be a light in this world.

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My desire to bring glory and honor to God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was ever before me. There is a reason why the Apostle Paul encourages us to Fight the good Fight of Faith. Getting to the place of promise isn’t going to be easy. But, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. You have to persevere in this fight. The Apostle Paul encourages us to “Fight the good fight of Faith” and that’s what God is calling you to do.

To stand up and say, Jesus Christ is Lord!I know at times it gets difficult, but in all things know that you are a conqueror through Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:

"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."[l] 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[m] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Romans8:35-59) One Thing That You Need to Pay close attention to is this:

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This persistence results in the Praise of God being shown, communicated, and related.

Can you hear the man there trying to locate Jesus. He locks into him, and the people try to silence him but he remains true to his purpose, he remains true to what was revealed to Him- that this man

Jesus does wonders, and miracles, and heals people. He knew that this man Jesus was not just an ordinary man but The Messiah, the Son of God who came into this world to save us.

Can you hear him persevering and being bold in his assertion with what was revealed to him. Do you see yourself there in his shoes?

Now we know from the passage that this man was completely healed of his blindness. Glory to God. But, let’s look at the praise to God that resulted from his persistence in following through until the end.

The Praise of God was shown

The Word of God affirms that we are now God’s own people to show forth or proclaim the praises of him who called us out of darkness into His wonderful light. The end result of your persistent boldness which is made up by persistence, truth, and revelation is the showing forth of the praise of God. People often refer to praise as being that which we do when we open our mouths and shout Hallelujah.

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Praise is often only looked at as the dance that we do in the presence of the Lord. But, Praise goes much further than that. Praise in addition to being spoken about or depicted, is meant to be expressed by God Himself, through the Holy Spirit that now dwells within in you.

God wants you to proclaim His praise with and in your life.

9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (1Peter2:9-10)

You see, there are many that will never step foot in a church building, but will take notice of the fruits of the Gospel in your life. Some will not listen to what you have to say, and sometimes will even silence you, but when they see the fruits that you have been speaking about, then they’ll shout and praise the Lord. What am I saying? Let’s say that you were extremely poor, and couldn’t get anything done. You couldn’t pay your rent, and you couldn’t support your family with the little that you had been earning. But you know that the Lord had given you a word that you will be a powerful support to those who were just like you, struggling and crying over their inability to provide for those they love. At present the way

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seemed bleak. Your family and friends tell you to give up on that fantasy that you call a word that the Lord gave to you, but you persist. Everyday you wake up with the word from the Lord burning in your heart. You spend time in his presence learning from him and yielding to His will and purpose in your life. Finally, 6 months later, you’re a millionaire businessman- teaching others how to come out of poverty and use their wealth and resources to finance the work of God’s Kingdom and The Lord’s purpose. “Wow!” may be the expression on everyone’s faces, when they see you bringing cases upon cases of food and books to their dilapidated homes as you say, “Jesus is my way maker. And without Him I can do nothing.” Can you imagine what would happen as praise breaks out in that place as those who knew you before the Lord prospered your way begin to praise God for helping you and making a way where there was no way. Now the praise has substance. The way it should be. God wants everything to be filled with His praise and your persistent boldness in reaching out to the Lord as you’re led by the Holy Spirit to fulfil the glorious plan that He has for your life, will result in God’s praise having material substance. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! The Word of God declares that when the man began to praise God that others who were around him began to Praise God as well. You see, it’s not enough talk about God’s praise. God wants you to proclaim His Praise! Hallelujah! He wants those around you to see what He can do, and who He is, and His power. The Lord wants you to let your

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light shine, and then share your proclaimed testimony of His power to save in your life.“Look at the economy,” one might say.“Look at my health,” another might say. But look at what happens when the Lord prospers your way and heals you of your infirmities. You’ll be able to say, “Look at what the Lord’s done in my finances. He is worthy of all the glory, honour and praise.”You’ll be able to say, “Look at my health, y’all! The Lord healed me. He is the Lord my healer. The Lord is good and His love endures forever!” Think about the many people who would be saved after seeing and hearing the result of your endurance and persistence in the Lord when the Word is backed up with signs following.Just like Paul and Syllus endured by abiding in the Praise of God, the Word of God, who He is, and saw results, so too will you as you endure by abiding in His Word. For as you praise Him, and abide in Him,( not being far from Him but always in His presence, delighting in Him) your endurance and persistence will be met by the Word of God being confirmed with signs following. This simply means that your life becomes a praise offering to the Lord.

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Breakthrough Principle #14"God, I want to be as bold and courageous as

Jesus when I grow up!"

-Boldness and Courage are two must-haves for the Christian who intends to shine brightly in

and through the Lord Jesus Christ

Be Bold and Courageous

Yes, boldness and courage are two important must-haves for the Christian who intends to run and fulfil the vision that God has given them for their lives in Christ. But, so many when they come up against opposition back down, and give up. But I want to encourage you that we are not of the type that backs down.

This is Why...

I’m going to help you to access the boldness that you need to defy the world’s low expectations and step into God’s plan and purpose for your life in Christ. But in order to do so, I must first help you to see what’s available to you. Are you ready? Let’s go. Laying the Foundation.You know sometimes I believe that we as Christians loose sight of Jesus, and loose sight of His presence in our lives. He in fact says that apart from Him we can do nothing. But many of us still fall short with regards to this revelation, not fully understanding its implications in our lives. You see Jesus didn't leave us orphans. He didn't leave us

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destitute, In fact has not left us. For He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us.

How has He done this? He has done this by sending His Holy Spirit to dwell within us and to take up residence within us. This is why He encourages us in John 15 to abide in Him even as He abides in us. You see after salvation, as you know... comes working out our salvation. It doesn't mean that we obtain salvation by works. No. But what it does mean is that we have to submit our lives to God to allow Him to reveal Himself through us to truly give us the life that He has promised us... Life and life more abundantly.

The Lord wants to show Himself as The Almighty in your life

You see that's why Jesus came. He said that the enemy comes only to kill, to steal, and destroy but He(Jesus) came to give us life and life more abundantly.

The Life that He came to give us His life- His abundant Life. And it is for this reason that the Word of God declares that the gift of God is eternal life- It is God taking up residence within us when we receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of our lives

This is why the scriptures declare that it is God in us, or the Holy Spirit in us that causes us to will and to do. You see God wants to give you of Himself. If God did not spear His own Son, How much more would He give you all things(Romans8:32) Praise the Lord. Hallelujah..

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But what many have forgotten is that we have to obey God; we have to trust Him. We've got to keep His commnandments. These are His commandments: that you believe in His Son Jesus Christ, whom He has sent and love one another as He has loved you.

Do you understand How much God loves you? Do you understand that God sent His Son, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ into this world so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Do you understand that Jesus knew all that He would have to endure for you, but did it anyway.

Knowing the difficulties that He would face, and all the persecution, and scoffing that He would have to go through He still wen through with it. He saw the many that would be freed from the bondage of sin, and the death that would come with it.

And He chose in His Love to swallow up death in His act of love; laying down His life and taking it back up again, for He is the resurrection and the Life. Praise God. And He lives within us. (John 14,Colossians 1:24) Our Lord lives inside of us. Do you know the boldness that He had? Do you know the courage that He had?

Jesus had some courage there boy! And He wants you to have it!Jesus was in the garden. He had asked the disciples to come up with Him. Knowing that His hour had then come to be glorified, He went off by Himself

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to pray. He prayed three separate times, asking the Father that if there was some other way, let it go that way, but knowing that He is the Way, and the Truth and The Life said, “not My will , by Thine will be done.(Luke 21:41-43)" He was going to be handed over to death. Despised, persecuted and mistreated by those whom He came to save. Beaten, mocked, lied upon, spat at, ridiculed, mocked. But He still pressed on.

Praise Jesus!

And because of His sacrifice, because of His boldness to do what God, Our Father told Him to do.. we now have life in His name. Glory to God.

He brought us out of bondage. He released us from the grip of fear. He reconciled us to God. And He lives within us. And He is calling us to have this same boldness and this same courage that He had. He is calling us to say, not my will but Thine will be done.

He is calling us to love Him and keep His commandments- to love one another as He has loved us. Do you know that love? He says, “No greater love has any man than this, than a man lay down his life for His friends.(John 15)” This is the same kind of love that He is daily teaching us to have. God is so awesome! And I say this because He has given us the blessing of sharing in Christ sufferings, so that we could be parttakers of everything that He is- so that we would be where He is and behold His glory!

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But we've got to love, and in so doing exhibit His love to the world by laying down our lives for others so that they me see that the love that is in Christ Jesus is also in us. This kind of laying down our lives love gives boldness. And what am I talking about really? I'm talking about your motto being, “not my will be done, but let Your will be done in my life Father.”

I'm talking about us forsaking our pride, and our selfish desires for fame, and prestige and all of that for the purpose of the ministry of reconciliation, where as ambassadors of Our King Jesus Christ, we reconcile others to God, as though God was making appeals through us. So when I talk about boldness, that' s the kind of love that is required to back it up.

The Word of God declares that the righteous are as bold as a lion, but the wicked flee when no-one pursues. Because of what Christ did on the cross we have now become the righteousness of God(2 Corinthinas 5:20-21). Again, God doesn't speak to us by what we see, but by the Truth, His Word. So we are the righteousness of God. And as the righteousness of God, we are as bold as lion. In the face of adversity we still pursue. In the face of trials we still pursue. In the face of darkness, we speak God's Word, and the Light overcomes the darkness. We are not phased by what we see, for in all things we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus our Lord. Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world.

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In these times, it is important for me to mention again to you that in all things you are more than a conqueror. And that's in all things.

In your finances and also in your health.

In your marriage, and also in your work. In all things you are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus our Lord. For the purpose of highlighting this quality of boldness in you, I want you to turn with me in your bible to the book of Joshua. Now the boldness that was is displayed in Joshua is just a shadow of the boldness that we have in Christ, but I'll use it to highlight some key features of this boldness.

Joshua was Moses'minister.

And when Moses' died God called Joshua to go and bring His people into the land that He had given them. He had called Joshua to bring the people across the Jordan to the land that He gave them. And God spoke to Joshua to be strong and courageous three times. (Excerpts Taken from Joshua 1)

“Be strong and of a good courage; for unto this people shalt thou divided for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fahters to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee; turn nt from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.”“Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraide netiher be thou

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dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with the whithersoever thou goest.”

Now, let's look at where this boldness that God spoke over Joshua's life was used.

Joshua sent out two men , two spies, to go view the land Jericho. The city Jericho was on the land that God had given the Israelites, and so the king of Jericho would have to be dispossessed and the land given to the children of Israel. Joshua had a great task before Him. The city was fortified with walls all around it. “How would they ever get in?” would be the question that one might ask. But the bible declares that All things are possible with God. We know that. And Joshua knew that the impossible was doable. It was very doable, and as we know it was done.

But, it took some boldness sending those spies into the enemies camp. Joshua had to consider the men's families, but even so the Israelites well-being for the king of Jericho could have captured the spies, interrogated the men and found out the Israelites whereabouts and make plans to destroy them before they even got a chance to advance. But, as a wise leader, Joshua sent the men to gather information that would help them conquer the city of Jericho.

So, Joshua showed boldness in sending the spies into the enemies camp. And as we read from the chronicle of this event, God used Rahab to hide and protect the spies from harm. And as a result of Joshua's boldness, the spies he sent developed a boldness, and a courage as well.

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You can read it at Joshua 3:23-24 “So the tow men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that things that befell them: And they said unto Joshua, 'Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.”---

Joshua also displayed a great deal of boldness and courage by speaking to the people what the Lord was saying.

They knew Moses talked to God, but they needed a bit more to believe that God spoke to him as well. They needed to see the signs.

They needed to see Joshua walk in the same portion that Moses walked in. And this is what the Lord God spoke to Joshua, “This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.”

God demonstrated His power. Hallelujah! But Joshua had to be bold and courageous. Joshua I'm sure had to face the laughter and the scoffing of the people. But he followed through.

He blasted past the fear of not being enough because He knew that His God had equipped Him, and that God was with Him. So he said what the Lord told him to say anyway.

Not only did He declare that the Lord would drive out from them the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and

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the Hivites, and the Perizzites adn the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and Jebusites, which was a hefty chunk, but Joshua told them that the waters from the Jordan river will be cut off from the waters that come from above as the priests carrying the ark of the covenant place their feet in the Jordan.

The Lord told Him, so he declared it. It didn't matter to Joshua what they would think of him. He said it anyway, and they moved of to cross the Jordan just as the Lord had commanded. “And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare thae ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest.) That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaraetan; and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.” (Joshua 3:14-17)

Boldness.

And you know what happened after they crossed completely over..., (the priests included)? The waters returned and flowed as they did before the priests stepped into the water. And not only

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that. Fear of the Israelites crippled the enemies' camps. “And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, whiche were on the side of the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.”(Joshua 5:1)

Every act of boldness cripples the enemy.Did you know that the children of Israel were mighty in the sight of their enemies. And this was not because of their strength or their power but by the Spirit of the Lord God Almigthy.

Hallelujah.

In fact, the king of Jericho made sure that the city was locked up- nothing went out and nothing went in. In other words they were running for their lives.

“And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.(Joshua 6:2)” In the following verses God gave the children of Israel some further instructions- instructions that would require faith, boldness,and courage on their part. The Lord told Joshua, “And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of ware, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests

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shall blow with the trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, and the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.Joshua 6:3-5)" Can I tell you something? It all happened exactly as God had said it would. But it took boldness.

You have access to this boldness and this courage. And even to a greater measure, because the boldness and the courage that the Lord Jesus Christ will give you is His. That's right. He will give us His boldness to you when you ask Him, seek after Him, and enter into the secret place where God has every spiritual blessing available for you in Christ Jesus(Ephesians 1)

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Breakthrough Principle #15You Have To Learn How To Keep Getting Up!

I don’t know how many trials you’ve gone through up to this point but I want to encourage you that you’re going to have to develop more of the character of Christ in order to get to the next step. You’re going to be going through some more trials, struggles and difficulties that far outweigh the trials that you’ve gone through in the past. The higher up you go, and the closer you get to that point of breakthrough in realizing God’s call on your life, the more intense and pressing you'll find the trials that you face. But I’ve got great news (again, I haven’t saved a bunch of money on my car insurance ). I have great news because you’re going to make it- and not because of your own strength, but because you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

It’s Sharing TimeI want to share with you my personal stories, some personal dramas, so to speak, that I’ve overcome in Christ. So let’s take a step back in time...(okay... I’m not going to be overdramatic- it’s only about 3 years.)

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I had disobeyed the Lord’s call and went away to University. I shirked the call of God to preach, and full-time ministry to go and do something that was much easier, something that had the least resistance in terms of spiritual warfare and all of that. While there, the Lord constantly reminded me that this wasn’t his best for me- it wasn’t His best for my life. He had much more in store for me.

I started the road, to the discovery of His plan for my life, when I obeyed His voice and began writing a book. It was a book that I was going to use for mass evangelism. I had great plans to get it into public school at home, and even before I was finished writing it, I had already started to look for publishers.

Oh How I toiled!So there I was. In the night and in the day I toiled away at this book. Oh, it made me happy just thinking about all the characters that I had developed from friends and family. Ron, and Patrick, and Kihisha, and Micarth were among my prized few. Oh the joy!

While it was enjoyable to write, it was a lot of work. I had never written a book before, and the discipline that the Lord had to develop in me was far above that which I was accustomed to. But 60,000+words of work, a flight back home from University, and a year later, I had my book in hand. While at home I discovered that I could do more to it, so I went to work. I got it edited by close friends, and added some more content. It was ready!

Around this time I had a lot of work to do with the online ministry, and the radio ministry that I put it down several times. I would come back to it and

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save the updated versions over and over (Didn’t I say that it made me happy to work on it?).

Things went down hill...But something unexpected happened. Yes, this is when things with that book, which I was going to call, “Ron’s Famous Story” went down hill. Oh yes... Here comes the bad news.

The desktop computer that I was working on completely crashed. It wouldn’t be crazy to say that it flat lined. It bombed, so to speak.

The down hill story didn’t end there. My back up-the USB Jump Drive- also crashed. It got washed, and it dried. It worked for a couple months so I thought that it was okay. But it wasn’t.

63,000+ words, and over 365 days of work were lost just like that!

But here’s the good news. I didn’t stop writing. I kept on writing, because it was what God wanted me to use to communicate to His people. It didn’t matter how many times it bombed. I had to keep going. I had a Word from the Lord. And His Word shall not return unto Him void but it shall prosper that for which it was sent! Hallleujah.

You have to get up of that wall, and be about our Father’s business in Jesus’ Name!

This is not the time to be looking good. It is not the time to give up and be looking about your own affairs.

It’s time to look up, for your redemption draweth nigh!

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My One and Only Solution..If I were to tell you all that I have been through up to this point you probably won’t be able to understand who I still managed to get back up and try again without the weight of all those disappointments holding me down. And so I’ll tell you how I’ve managed to get up- and He’s Jesus!

Every step of the way, He has been with me, and when He says something He does it. Never doubt His word. For He is with you always!

Here’s something else that will help you to get back up in the strength that Christ gives.I don’t know if I told you this some time before, but this book that you’re reading right now has been birthed through intense times of spiritual warfare.

The many nights of just wrestling, to overcome procrastination, and the oppression that the enemy was trying to plague me with were all involved, but God turned what the enemy meant for evil and turned around for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. Hallelujah!

I faced the tests. I fell down many times. But I dusted myself off, and pressed on towards the mark of the higher calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I encourage myself in the Lord every day for He alone is God! And no weapon formed against me shall prosper. His Word is Truth!

And No weapon formed against you shall prosper either!

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the

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heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.(Isaiah 54:17)

Praise God!

Jesus has all power and authority in heaven and in earth.

Now, I’m going to give you some powerful truths that will help you to trust in the Lord more and more, and get back up and triumph in His Name after you’ve been knocked down. Here they are:

1) All authority has been given to the Lord. Therefore Go and do what He has called you to do!

8 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore[c] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20

teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.[d](Matthew 28:18-20)In all my struggle, I never lost sight that God was still in control. I never lost sight of His love and His guidance, and His providence in my life.

Sometimes you’ve just got to get back to the basics. And the basics is this: God loves you. That’s why He sent Jesus, His Son to come to save us from our sins. He came so that we may have life and life more abundantly.

How did He do that, by being obedient, and sinless even unto His death on the cross. He rose again

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from the dead, and He didn’t come away empty handed. He came away from the dead with the keys of hell and death.

The grave couldn’t keep Him down! Hallelujah! So what makes you think that that vision that He’s given to you is going to die? He has all power and authority. He can resurrect the vision that He has for your life or that dream from the dead! Jesus has all power, or and authority in heaven and on earth.

All you have to do is get back up and abide in Him all the more. For God’s purpose for your life shall come to pass in your life. You’ve got to abide in Him for apart from Him you can do nothing.

Are you ready to get back up and keep on going? You will not be successful in your own strength alone, for without Him you can do nothing. But you will be successful in His.

You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you(Philippians 4:13).

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Picture the RED SEA!

God makes a way for His people when there is no way!

You may be wondering how you’re going to get from point A to point B.

You know, the children of Israel had this dilemma, when they were at crossroads between the army of Egypt trailing behind and the Red Sea that was before them. Do you know what God told Moses? God told Moses to stretch out his arm. This points prophetically to two things.

a) When you reach out to God and draw nigh unto Him He is able to make waters path. He draws night unto you as you draw nigh unto Him. So if you’re feeling knocked down, I encouraged you to reach out to the Lord, and do what He’s called you to do in the face of the impending battle because He’ll meet you with His power to aid you in your service to Him.

b) Stretching out his rod, Moses pointed to Jesus, the One Who sits at God’s right hand- the One who made The Way in Himself for man to be reconciled to God- for man to have abundance Life in Him, in His Life, in and through His purposes, guidance, and commands. For after we’ve received the gift of God, by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, now we are God’s people.

9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.(1Peter2:9)

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2) God makes all things to work together for the good of them who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.

25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,

Nor his descendants begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lends;

And his descendants are blessed. (Psalm 37:25)

God is good. I’ll say that again. God is good! And as long as you trust in Him, and abide in Him, you will prosper. God wants you to be successful in fulfilling your ministry. You may not think that what the Lord has called you to do is ministry, but it is(Check out Ephesians 4)! It may be taking a long time. And to that the Word of God says,

18 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you;

And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.

For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.(Isaiah

30:18)

In fact, I encourage you to read Isaiah Chapter 30 in its entirety. I’m sure that the Lord will speak to you out of that.

Today, it doesn’t matter what is going on in your life. Trust in the Lord and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. (Proverbs3:5)

Here’s Some thing for you to launch out on!

If you’re going to arise and shine, you have to be able to get back up and go again.

This is so important.

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Hear me well. You’re going to face many struggles and many difficulties. What’s going to set you apart as a champion and as a conqueror is your faith and love for and in the Lord Jesus Christ.

When you feel as though you’ve been hit a harsh blow, get back up, and advance again. For in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

“ For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”[c]

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans8:35-59)

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Bonus Chapters

Read on Below!

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Bonus Chapter #1Answers to Common Questions

How do I push through when I sense that there is a war against me completing this task? (Something the Lord placed in my heart)You are in the position of birthing. You’ve held fast to my word and it’s time for you to give birth. Now what you’re facing is the devil’s attempts at hindering your call by pressing you in so that the baby that you are given birth to doesn’t come out. The head is out.

There are signs of birth. You can see what I have promised you coming to pass, but this final element, and these final series of tasks seem to be keeping you in labour. And the one thing that the devil knows, is that if he keeps the baby in there for too long, that that baby dies. And this is what many in the Church have allowed to happen.

They’ve allow death to come to that which I’ve promised would come to pass- and simply because they didn’t apply the strength, the spiritual strength in Me to push on through- pass the obstacles and apparent hindrances. And so to you I say , keep pushing now.

Come to me and I will give you water for the lifting and the pushing and the pressing, have left you thirsty; thirsty for a word that will quench the thirst of your heart and revive you to keep the good work up. Come to me in these times for I am willing, able and waiting to fill you up. I want to rejoice with you when the baby comes forth.

I want to see the look on your face when you see what I can do in the life of My children. I want the world to see my glory.

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So Push. Push with everything that is within you. I will instruct you on the seasons for resting, but this is time for work. You’re almost there when you feel that there is warfare over what I’ve promised you; when you sense that what I’ve promised you is being pressed on to prevent it from being birthed. Don’t you worry, I am the Lord and as you abide in Me as My words abide in you, you will bear much fruit. "In this is My Father, glorified- that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples." There aren’t many that make it pass this point, but you will as you abide in Me as My words abide in you. Take heart, for I have overcome the world.

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"God, let's have a really long talk."Bonus Chapter #2

Answers To Common QuestionsHow Do I overcome the Fears that I face that

have kept me back for so long?

That’s a really good question. And I can relate it to my own experiences. Let me give it to you in a story okay? This is going to help you tremendously.

Here’s the scenario. You’ve been working at it for a long time- praying, fasting, praying some more, taking a whack at it, and then nothing.

That nothing comes when you’ve done all that you can and you still can’t get over this great hurdle. You read all the books. You listen to all the ministers in the world, and still you don’t get where you need to go because of this persistent fear. You may have everything working for you- the entire book written and all of that- but you never quite get it to the place for it to be completed. A fear, that you can’t seem to shake, grips you and you find your self going around the mountain frustrated as though you’re without hope.

Have I nailed it on the head? Someone please say, preach it brother!

But what you have to understand is that you’re fighting a war that the devil doesn’t want you to win, but we’ve got news for Him -you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Oh yes. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

So you’re at this place of struggle.

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Let’s identify the three fears that you’re probably facing.

1) The Fear of SuccessThis is brought on by a weakness that the enemy has identified that has originated through some kind of hurt during a time of success. Oh, I’ve had many of these experiences but, you don’t have to remain a victim. God wants you to be more than a conqueror in this through Him who loves you.

2) The Fear of FailureThis has been brought on by a weakness that the enemy as identified that originated through some kind of hurt during a time of success that has left you avoiding success for fear of succeeding and thus failing, or for fear of failing to succeed. Yes, I know it’s messed up- that’s because the devil uses fear to rob you of who God intends for you to be. But, I’ll show you by God’s grace how to get the victory in Jesus’ Name.

3) The Fear of AchievementThis is closely related to the fear of success because it seeks to keep you in bondage. The Fear of Achievement seeks to keep you going around the mountain because of fear that after this point you won’t have to go through that struggle any more. I know this is crazy- but these are the lies that the devil wants to use to keep you in bondage. Here’s how this fear cycle may pan out.

We don’t want any Of this!

This fear keeps you in bondage because it seeks to keep you in a place where you grow to ‘enjoy’ unnecessary struggle because it’s all that you’re used to. Mommy and God haven’t attained this before. You know what, let me stay down because

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when I do this the struggle will be over and I wouldn’t know what to do with myself. That would mean that I have to go on and do something more with my life.”

Yes, I know it’s crazy. The very thing that you’ve been praying to God for is what the enemy wants to steal from you. But, you have hope- His Name is Jesus Christ. And in our Lord Jesus Christ you have the Victory!7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2Timothy 1:7)”Here’s Your SolutionNow, I’m going to give you the solution to overcome these fears and I’ll give you the key to living the life and the abundant life that Christ came that you may have. Are you ready?Here it is:LOVE

Love for your neighbor(as Jesus Loves)+ Faith With Works = Success in Christ+Glory to God.

Solution given!Yes, that’s the answer. Let me really take this home okay? The Famous Passage- But Here’s what we’re going to focus in onThe Lord gives us through the Apostle Paul a powerful description of Love. This you’ve got to see!And to do this, turn with me in the Word of God to 1 Corinthians 13:4b-8aLove suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all

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things. 8 Love never fails.So you’ve been having a problem with fear? Then you haven’t been perfected in love. Read on Below. This gets really good!

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1) Love suffers long and is kind. I want you to think about this for a moment. Think about a group of people being held captive against their will in a room for 20 years. They eat, sleep, drink, laugh at times and cry in this room. They’re able to see outside, but the guards restrain them from wanting to experience more. They can look but they can’t go outside.

And imagine you’re the mother of a large family being held hostage in this room. You unlike your four, six and eight year old children have been to the outside and know how beautiful it is. But, you’re children do not.

And so, as the loving(longsuffering and kind)mother that you are you push up against the window and encourage your children that they’ll get to see outside one day. Night and day, with the Lord’s help you devise a means of escape. You work on it. Finally the time comes to put the plans into action.

Ready or not.... Umph.. You hit the door... The guard hits you down, but somehow you get up... Umph... the guard hits you down again. You go at it again, and again, and again. The guard hits you down some more but your children are on your mind so you can’t quit.Umph.. the guards hit you as you hit the door.

But they don’t hit you with the same strength that they used to. They’ve lost they’re strength. You too are exhausted, but the Lord gives you the anointing to break the yoke of complacency, doubt, and fear. And you go at it again. The guard goes to hit you again, but the door smashes open with a clatter and the light shines brightly in the room from the outside.

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The guards are blinded by the light coming through the door. Excited and elated at the Lord’s plan coming to pass you gather your children who now have a new found boldness about them, and you take them outside to the place that the Lord had shown you would be yours.

Are you willing to go through difficulties and struggle for the benefit of the Body of Christ?

Are you? Do you know that book you’ve been writing will bring much joy to the Body of Christ? Didn’t the bible say that when one part of the body rejoices, the other parts rejoice with it. Do you know that there are others who the Lord has set up to follow your move and launch out in faith.

Do you know that your victory is a witness to another that the Lord can bring victory in their lives as well? In order to get over these fears and truly press into the work that God has called you to you’ve got to love.

You know, or Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in John 15 says something extremely powerful that really drives this home. Let’s read it below.9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things

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that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

This is our Lord Jesus Christ speaking. If you really want to make a difference in this world and if you really want to glorify God on this earth then you’re going to have to love as He loves you. You do so by laying down your life for your friends. You do this by loving (suffering long and being kind)

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to give up, but His Love compelled me. Think about how things would’ve been for you if I didn’t write this book, or if there was no TBN, or no Word was being preached because of fear. I know, it would be dark.

Now just as the Lord has blessed you the many ministries that you’ve sat under, think about that one that the Lord has planned to be blessed under your ministry. How would it be if they’re world was without what the Lord wanted to give them because of your fears.

I know- the Love is yoke breaking.You’ve got to shine your light so that men may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

I know it’s difficult, but the price is worth it.

We’re talking about the salvation of souls here- the many who would be saved through your testimony as well as by the testimonies of those who heard

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your testimony of the Lord’s goodness, power and love in your life.

You’re going to break off and cast out this fear by perfect love- you outpouring God’s Love to others. And you do this by not giving up. You do this by fulfilling your God-given destiny in Christ in the face of all the obstacles. “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.”2) Love Never Fails Just as the Father has sent Me so have I sent you. (John17) Can you think about Love and how God’s love never fails? I was in a really bad place in my life in 2007. Often people don’t talk about their problems, but I understand the power of a testimony spoken under the Anointing.

So the difficult place.It was a rough season in winter, and I didn’t have any money. I didn’t have any money to pay my rent. And I tell you I was hanging on to God’s promises like no time before. I was so desperate. There was no way that I could get out of this problem if God didn’t intercede on my behalf.(And before I go on let me say this, whenever you ask anything in His Name He will do it.)

I was going to be thrown out the following day. My rent payments were over due and I was going to be evicted. Walking down on the snow covered pavement, I thought about my dire circumstances. The police were going to come in the following day and throw me out of the apartment! I could hardly keep myself together.

I was distraughtListen, I cried, and I cried. There I was in a foreign country, no money to get another apartment, away

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at school, and no family and I was about to be evicted from my apartment.

But Can I tell you something? God’s love never fails. When you think that you’re down and out you’ve got God’s love and His Love endures forever. Hallelujah.

He did answer my prayer.

Eviction DayAfter coming to grips that the Lord would sustain me and be my helper, I went to sleep that night.

The morning I woke up, I was pleased to find out that the Lord had answered my prayer. That day the clerks at the rental’s front desk told me if I recall correctly that evictions had been postponed because of the weather.

I know that you can imagine how I felt. I praised and I praised and I praised God for showing up and being Who He is -Faithful.

When it rains it poursHave you ever heard that cliché?Well I’ve come to tell you that you’ve got to start seeing that differently. For what I discovered is that when God blessings come down , they pour so that not only would you be blessed, but you’ll be blessed to be a blessing in Jesus’ Name. Hallelujah!

IMPORTANT(Here’s the Take Away from this display of God’s love towards me): Just as God was faithful to me in my dire situation, God wants you to be faithful to Him by doing the good works that He’s been directing you to do in His Name.

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There’s someone or a group of people assigned to you that the Lord wants to use you to pour into and build up. And so He reveals to you His faithfulness so that you can be faithful in and through Him.

Likewise, He reveals His Love to you so that you can pour out His love as you fulfil your God-given destiny in Christ.

In other words: There’s someone that the devil wants to serve eviction on- someone who’s on the brink of tears, giving up hope, and settling for whatever the devil throws at them. But Jesus is empowering you to step in and say “NO! Jesus is the answer my brother/ sister. The devil comes only to kill, steal and destroy. But The Lord Jesus Christ, my Saviour, came that you may have life and life abundantly. Let me lead you to Him now!”

3) Perfect Love casts out All Fear. “12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.(1John 4:12)” What a powerful passage of scripture. Praise God.

The Lord never ceases to amaze me. Scriptures like these really help me to stand in awe of the love of God. Scriptures like these also help me to see my role in co-labouring with Him and in Him to see His glorious plan unfold in the earth.

I’m reminded of the Lord Jesus when he was explaining to His disciples the parable of the good Samaritan.

I know that you’re well familiar with the parable of the good Samaritan. So now let me ask you, in what way are you like that good Samaritan.

Who has the Lord given you to reach?

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Who has the Lord given you Wine and ointment for?

And who has He given you the financial means to bless, whether you have it now or it will be brought to fruition later down the road?

What are you waiting on when there’s someone that needs your help? What are you waiting on when there is someone that needs to see your light shine? What are you waiting on when there is someone who needs to see Jesus Christ in you- to see how you love-laying down your life each and everyday to serve the Lord.

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.(Matthew 6:31-34)”

Don’t worry about all the ins and outs. Just pour out the love of God as you fulfil your God-given destiny in Christ. God knows the strength that you need. He knows the things that concern you. You just need to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (being in right standing and relationship with God) and all these things will be given to you as well.

Simply do what He’s asked you to do at the time that He asks you to do it.

This means that you won’t procrastinate when you’re supposed to be completing your first book.

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This means that you’ll go and lay hands on the sick and see them recover.

This means that you start recording tracks for your new CD “Behold the Glory of God” when the Lord tells you to.

He knows the desires of your heart and He will give them to you as you delight in Him. God will do what He has promised to do.

As you abide in the Lord Jesus Christ as He abides you in you, His joy will be in you, and your joy will be made complete. God’s got you. So go and shine your light so that men may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Shine your light.The Word of God says...“13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him[b] because He first loved us.”

As I close this portion of the bonus, I want you to pay close attention to 1John4:18 because it is here that we have highlighted the solution to overcoming and casting out fear from our lives- Love.

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Here it says: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.” This speaks of our abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ. This speaks about us keeping His commandments.

What is His commandment? He says: And this is my commandment that you love one another even as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this- than a man lay down his life for his friend. God has given you the solution to you fears and that’s to abide in Him as He abides in you and laying down your life in love for your friends.

The solution to your problems is wrapped up in you pursuing your destiny in Christ- daily laying down your life for your friends as the Lord leads you!

The Body of Christ needs you to be built up in love until we come to the perfect and full measure of Jesus Christ.

That’s why I’ll say it again, “Let your light shine so that men may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Just so that you can see the magnitude of God’s plan for your life. Read the Lord Jesus’ prayer below. This is what you’ve got to read!

John 17:10-2420 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will[e] believe in Me through their word; 21

that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have

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sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. 24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Go Forward in Jesus’ Name

The reason why you’ve been going through so much warfare with regards to overcoming fear and stepping out in Faith is because the devil knows that you carry a message in you that will destroy his plans.

And that’s why Jesus came- that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Hallelujah!

Now you, sent by the Lord Jesus Christ, as you fulfil your God-given destiny in Christ will shine your light, so others can see that Christ overcame the world, death, hell and the grave, and that you are living a life of victory, success and abundance in Him.

When you overcome fear and live in love you'll show the world that it’s only because He lives that you live. Go forward and shine your light in Jesus’ Name.

Get your pencils, and notebooks out- this is imporant for you to write down.

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And it’s the solution to overcoming fear.

Love for your neighbor(as Jesus Loves)+ Faith With Works = Success in Christ+Glory to God.

And what this means is this:As you keep the Lord’s commandments(Believing in God's Son the Lord Jesus Christ and loving as He loves us), you should let this perfect love for the Lord guide your actions to be in keeping with what He says to you when He says it to you.

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Will you Lead the way in Jesus’ name?

Will you be one who leads the way in Jesus’ name?

Go Forward in Jesus' Name!

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