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'I want you to teach My people five principles of faith. Write this down. First, faith must be in action. In constant motion, like a river constantly moving. If not, it’s dead. Next, I want you to have the kind of faith that excites Me! The third principle is that faith IS the substance of all THINGS.' “That word threw me out of bed,” Mary says. “I came to myself standing beside our bed at midnight shaking all over. God knew I was at my tipping point. There were two more principles, but He realized that this was more than my little teacup could handle. “The next morning, I called Kenneth. He was in his truck on his way to go hunting. I told him what had happened, and that the Lord spoke to me in his voice. I told him the first principle. Then I told him that God wants us to have faith that excites Him. Kenneth told me to hold on a minute. He stopped his truck and got out. I could hear him shouting, ‘Praise God! Glory to God!’ “After a while he got back in the truck and said, ‘The fire of God is all over me!’ I told him the third principle and asked if he knew the other two.” “No,” Kenneth said, “this is holy. I’m not going to touch it. God will show you, but you have no idea what this has done for me.” Several months later, the Lord gave Mary the other two principles. 'The fourth principle is to see the thing you want Me to do and begin to praise Me. You must see it as being done, and I will hasten to perform it. The fifth principle is that love is the fuel. It is the combustion that moves faith forward. Tell My people to walk in love. Praise Me and walk in love. Keeping a record of wrongs will hinder your faith.' With full understanding of all five principles, Mary knew she was armed to do what God had called her to do—the message she was assigned to deliver to others. Her experiences, from her childhood on to becoming an adult, she said, have also taught her another valuable lesson: “Don’t take offense at anything,” Mary says. “Offenses are weights, and God wants His people to walk in total freedom. Keeping a record of wrongs will hinder your faith. You can’t keep a record book. Burn it…and be free.” V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * No More Shame by Creflo Dollar God has extraordinary opportunities and extravagant blessings for you. The doors are opening! I know it, you know it…and the enemy knows it. And he’s going to do whatever he can to stop it—including using one of the most powerful weapons in his arsenal: Shame. The enemy loves shame because he can use it to try and convince you that you’re unworthy to receive what’s already been given to you in Christ. If you need healing or a financial breakthrough, Satan will come and try to make you think, I don’t have a right to receive that. But you absolutely do. Jesus faced shame head-on: “I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed” (Isaiah 50:6-7). * * * * * article continues on p. 20 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Creflo Dollar is the founder and senior pastor of World Changers Church International in College Park, Ga.; World Changers Church-New York; and several fellowship churches across the country. For more information, visit creflodollarministries.org. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BVOV : 19

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