Your old, sinful
spirit man died the
moment you were
born again and your
spirit was re-created
in God's image.
(Eph. 4:22, 24)
God never planned for you to
struggle to become holy by keeping
religious rules and working really
hard on your behavior. He made you
holy on the inside the moment you
were born again. He just wants you
to renew your mind with the Word,
so you can live a holy life by faith.
Holiness and righteousness are
not something you work to attain,
they're part of your new spiritual
identity in Christ.
(2 Cor. 5:17-18)
As you feed on
God's Word, it will
affect your soul and
you'll begin to act
on the outside like
who you are on
the inside.
(Eph. 4:23)
B V O V
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heart as I was reading the Bible. The
scripture was 2 Corinthians 9:8: "And
God is able to make all grace (every favor
and earthly blessing) come to you in
abundance, so that you may always and
under all circumstances and whatever
the need be self-su› cient [possessing
enough to require no aid or support
and furnished in abundance for every
good work and charitable donation]"
(AMPC).
There appeared to be no way Ken
and I would ever have an abundance
of anything except needs. Yet I chose
to believe God's Word and began to
say, "God is able to make every earthly
blessing come to me in abundance! God
is able!"
Ken believed it too, and together we
began to tap into the fl ow of the Spirit.
We started talking prosperity instead of
poverty. We stopped borrowing money.
And we started obeying the promptings
of the Holy Spirit where our fi nances
were concerned.
Eleven months later, we were
completely debt free!
Because we believed God and obeyed
His Word, He was able to turn that failure
around and supply us not according to
the shortages of this world, but according
to His riches in glory.
The Great Equalizer
Since that time, I've never wanted to
live any other way. I love knowing that
every day as I go about my daily work—
whether it's studying the Word, writing
letters or taping a television program—
there is a fl ow of the Spirit of God in me
to provide for me and make me a much
greater success than I could ever be on
my own.
You see, when you're yielding to Him,
it doesn't really matter what attributes
or lack you might have in the natural.
It doesn't matter if you're a person of
high intellect or low intellect—you're
smart when you're fl owing in the Spirit,
WORDS OF FAITH
FOR HOLINESS
WORDS OF FAITH
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The more you look in the Word
and fi nd yourself there, the more
the holy, glorious image of Jesus
will be revealed in you.
(2 Cor. 3:18)
Jesus lived His life
on earth by fi nding
Himself in God's
Word and walking
it out by faith.
(Heb. 10:7)
