Luke 11:28
           He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

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Mark 5:28–29 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.)))—I am sure you have heard people of the world say, “I will believe it only when I see it.” Generally, that is the way the world thinks. But God’s ways are not like the ways of the world. The world says, “If I can’t feel it or see it, I cannot believe the miracle is here.” God says, “If you believe it before you feel it or see it, you will see your miracle.” Believing first before seeing the evidence of what we are believing for is called faith. Faith is like a spark and Jesus is the dynamite powder. In the story of the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, there were many people who touched Jesus (Mark 5:31), but nothing happened to them. They didn’t touch Him in faith. But when the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years came to Him and touched Him in faith, He felt power leave His body (Mark 5:30), and it sparked off an explosion of healing in the woman’s body! Hearing about how good, kind and loving Jesus was fired her faith to believe that He could and would heal her. So convinced was she (even when the condition in her body was still evident) that she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Did she experience her healing first before she believed? No, she believed first in Jesus’ goodness and power, acted in faith and only then felt the healing in her body. In the same way, God wants you to believe in His goodness and love toward you. He wants you to know how willing He is to act on your behalf to bless you, and how, with Christ, He will freely give you every good thing. (Romans 8:32).He wants you to declare by faith that all is and shall be well with you, and to expect to see just that. And then, no matter how long you have had the problem, no matter how bad the experts say it is, an explosion of healing and restoration will take place, and you will receive what you are believing for! - Paul K PK.
The Secrets of the Kingdom.
The Secrets Of the Kingdom are revealed to the obedient and humble.Is it really hard to obey the King of Kings? Learning to be sensitive to God's voice and listening to Him often, directs you to the path of light and overcoming becomes your lifestyle.
Mark 4:11
10As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. 11And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, 12so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN."

Jesus only revealed the truth to the obedient (His disciples), they believed and obeyed Him. If He gives an instruction respond by obeying and not by giving excuses. In doing this, He will reveal to you the mystery of the Kingdom of God and whenever He speaks you will understand Him. To the disobedient, his teaching is a parable - just a story. But those that obey Him they will hear and understand His voice.

Wow, it is amazing, let us obey God's word and we will not struggle to know His will in our lives.
Glory to God. Shalom.
John 8  Your Father your desire.
Hold on to Jesus' teaching, He will make you His disciple and thereafter you will know the truth; because He has made you His disciple. And then the truth will set you free. I hear you ask, "Free from what?"
Verse 34 ...Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin."
Jesus will set you free from:
  •  all struggles in salvation, 
  • all lies of the enemy,
    "....44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies..."
  • Deception and bondage. 
  • Sins of our fore fathers.
  • Curses.
  • Words spoken against us, I mean, there is no limit to the freedom and redemption of the truth in Jesus Christ.

For everyone who sins is a slave to sin. If you hold on to Jesus teaching He makes you His disciple, you will no longer be a slave to sin - for you know the truth.
Why you may not hear Jesus and understand Him.
John 8: 42-45
Because you have allowed the devil into your life, and you belong to Him(He is you father), and thus you want to carry out your father's desires. Your desire is determined by who you father is.
Verse 42: Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me...."

He who belongs to God hears what God says; the reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God. So, belong to God, let Him into your life, make Him your Father and the desire of your heart will be God's desire. You will desire the truth and good.

"The desire of your heart is the desire of your father."

Who is your father?
Shalom and God bless.
Hi, good people. I have some notes here to share. I took them on 15.11.2013 while listening to a breakfast show on 90.7 Truth fm.
  • God meets your faith, and then your faith meets the need.
  • Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God from the scriptures.
  • Faith comes from the Word that is written - not in the scriptures, but that which is written in your heart and mind. Thus, you need to spend time hearing or even seeing God's Word from the scriptures.
  • God will meet the faith you have to meet your need. Galatians 3:
  • Faith is your relationship with God based on the Word of God from the scriptures.
  • Read, read the truth of God's Word continuously, until God writes it on your mind and heart.
     Galatians 3:2 "....did you receive the truth by observing the law, or by observing what you heard...?"
       Verse 5 : "...Does God give you His Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?..." Of course by believing what we hear and believe. So, what do you spend your time listening to? ( choose carefully what you listen to, because it will be written in your heart and mind ).  How about listening to God's Word and believing in what it says? A good idea - for it is the Word that is written in your heart and mind that bears faith.
Galatians 3: 6-9.
Righteousness comes by faith. Verse 6: Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Wow.
But remember faith without works is death. Abraham believed, but he acted, when God told him to leave, even though He did know where to go, He went (that's faith with works).
With faith the impossible is made possible - who bore a child at 100years age other than Abraham?
Have faith in God.
Shalom.

Salvation Growth.

James 1:21-25

21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Salvation growth is continuance obedience to God. For one to grow spiritually, they got to obey God's word from the word GO! If you love God you'll obey His commands. If one claims to love God and does not obey His commands then he is a liar.

1 John 5:3

2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-- our faith.

John 14:15

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;…"

It is evident that, if we claim to love God, then, we should obey Him. Let this be our desire to read His word, meditate, and act accordingly - by this we will grow in our knowledge of Him and grow spiritually. Glory to God.

How To Pray.
I use this acronym when praying. Learnt it from one of my friends Paul K PK.
ACTS:
A - Adoration. Begin by blessing the Lord, adore Him, worship Him and magnify and glorify His name. Tell Him how great His name is. He is awesome, powerful, alpha and omega, wonderful magnificent God.

C - Confession. Here you tell God hoe sorry you are, by bringing into light the things you have done. Be open to God, repent genuinely - mean what you say. Forsake all evil and embrace the righteousness of God. And delight in His word.

T - Thanksgiving. Give thanks to God. Enter His gates....Psalm 100, be grateful. Look around your life and thank God for the great things He has done. Thank Him for your salvation. Even if you are going through hard times - thank Him, you have God's best - Jesus Christ.

S - Supplication.Pray for people in need. It could be your friends, your family, enemies, country, leaders, name them. Mention them by names if possible. Then let your needs be known to God. Luke 11:1-13.

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Revelation 3.
Hey, let me share this.
Wake up and be strong in the Lord, by remembering what we have received and heard from Him. God wants to see us becoming better every day. Sometimes we may we feel we've got all it takes to be perfect in His eyes - but I tell you what, He considers us as dead. He has greater things for us, He considers us as dead not because He hates us, but because He sees the potential in us is invincible. He wants us to keep on working on our obedience to His word every day. Obedience to God and getting to know Him will never end; its a continuous process which we ought to embark on every day. In verse 5: God wants us to live an overcoming lifestyle: "....He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my father and His angels...." God has standards: He is holy and true, therefore we ought to be so.
In verse 10: God wants us to endure patiently: no matter what comes our way lets choose to tell God, I will still love you Lord - everyday.
This what God promises us if we endure patiently:
  • He will keep us from the hour of trial.
  • Will make those of the world yet pretend to be of God, fall down at your feet and acknowledge that God loves you.
More promises in Rev 3:11-22
Its high time we look up to God, He has placed an open door that no one can shut. Lets desire to be with the Lord, worship Him, walk with Him, obey and love Him.
Shalom.