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I don’t tell God what I need. I tell Him what I want. I know exactly how much money I want because we live in an economic world. I don’t fight money, nor do I fall in love with it. Money doesn’t love me, and it doesn’t love you either. Money is simply a tool for us to use to function in this natural world. If you have a financial need, then I submit to you that the reason you need is because you don’t know how much you want. If you have what you want, then you don’t even think about your need. Take that a step further: When you have what you want, and need is not even a part of your life, that’s growth. If you’re a grandparent and your grandchild says, “Grandma, I want some ice cream,” is that greed? No, that’s simply a child wanting ice cream. So, why do you think it’s being greedy to tell your heavenly Father what you want? It takes great faith to read Christ’s teaching, ask for anything and start believing. Mark 11:24 says, “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” "The Message" translation is especially powerful: “That’s why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything.” Everything. Pray for everything—spiritual, physical and financial. Pray for it all. Become Revolutionary The teachings of Jesus are revolutionary because they’re divine. He’s di-vine, and we are di-branches! We must be revolutionary, too. It’s time we stand up for what we believe, no matter what—or as we say in Louisiana, “Come hell or high water.” The Word of God is so powerful that it makes our brains want to tilt. But the Word of God is not soulish; it’s spiritual. The first sermon Jesus ever preached was in front of a crowd. In Luke 4:18 He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.” That was the beginning of the prosperity message. The first thing on God’s mind was not to finance poverty but to eradicate it. Then Jesus taught on healing the brokenhearted, then preaching delivery to the captive, then recovering sight to the blind, then setting free them that are bruised, then preaching the acceptable year of the Lord. He closed the book and gave it to a minister and told the people to preach what He had preached—not their opinions. Renew Your Thoughts Many believers don’t ask anything out of a misplaced sense of protection. They’re trying to protect God’s reputation by not asking for anything, especially not anything physical or financial. They’re afraid. But fear and faith can’t cohabitate in your mind. Kenneth Copeland has often said, “Fear tolerated is faith contaminated.” Each one of us must renew our minds—thought by thought. When thoughts come that tell us we can’t ask for what we want, or we can’t ask for something physical or financial, or we can’t ask for something because of what those around us might say, we’re giving fear a place in our minds. Your everything has to be His anything—spiritual, physical, financial. Faith and fear can’t cohabitate. Faith must rule in order to obey God. You don’t have to protect Christ’s reputation. If people get offended because of what the Lord has promised you, then that’s on them. That’s not your responsibility. You don’t have to protect Him. When thoughts come or people get offended at what the Lord has told me, I renew my mind thought by thought. They might say, “You can’t have a Falcon 7X. You can’t do that.” I say, “I don’t deal with ‘can’t.’ Your world is can’t. My world is ‘I can do all things through Christ.’” And that’s not only what I believe. It’s what I know! V Jesse Duplantis is president and founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries, with international headquarters in Louisiana and offices in the U.K. and Australia. For ministry materials and information, visit jdm.org. ******************************************** ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** Watch Jesse on VICTORY™ GOVICTORY.com dish® CHANNEL 265 Roku® apple tv® 4th Generation GOVICTORY App YouTube® amazon fire TV Glorystar® ****************************************** 22 : BVOV

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