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which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith" (Mark 11:22-23). God's Plan of Dominion Look again at that last verse. It says something about faith many Christians don't understand. For faith to work like it's designed, you must have it in two places. You must have it in your heart and in your mouth. You can't just silently agree with God on the inside. You can't be content to have what religious folks sometimes refer to as a "quiet faith." No, for God's will to come to pass for you, you have to speak it. You have to say about yourself what God says. You have to follow the example of the Apostle Paul who wrote, "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak" (2 Corinthians 4:13). Believing and speaking is God's plan of dominion. It's how He teaches us to operate because it's how He Himself operates. He creates and changes things by calling "those things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17). You can see this all the way through the Bible. Look on the fi rst page at the account of Creation, for instance. What did God do there, when He looked at the cosmos and saw that the earth was without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep? He spoke words of faith. He didn't just silently wish things were di‰ erent. He didn't talk about what He saw in the natural and say, "It sure is dark out there." That wouldn't have changed the situation. He said, "Let there be light!" and there was light. That's how everything in this entire universe was made. It was made "through faith" and "framed by the word of God" (Hebrews 11:3). As Genesis 1 says, this earth and everything in it is here because, time and again, God said…God saw…and it was good. 2 8 : B V O V change things supernaturally in your life. It hooks the spiritual realm and the natural realm together, so God's will can be done for you here on earth just like it's done in heaven. I know this sounds almost too good to be true, but after studying and learning to walk by faith for over 60 years now, Ken and I can testify to this from experience: As believers, we really can enjoy "days of heaven upon the earth" (Deuteronomy 11:21). Even though this world is a dark and dangerous place, and there may be trouble all around us, if we'll maintain a spirit of faith we can be victorious in every situation. "But Gloria, you don't know the kind of problems I'm facing," you might say. "They're bad! It would take a miracle to turn them around." Well, then, receive a miracle. Dare to believe that "with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26) and "all things are possible to him that believeth" (Mark 9:23). Open the door for the supernatural power of God to go to work on your behalf by standing on His Word in faith. Faith is the key of access to the whole kingdom of God! According to the Scriptures: "We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand" (Romans 5:2). "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4). "The righteous will live by faith" (Galatians 3:11, New International Version). "[By] faith in God…. whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 2 He desires for His good will to be done on earth just as it is in heaven. (Deut. 11:21) 3 Faith opens the door for His power to go to work and do the impossible in your life. (Mark 9:23) 5 Believing and speaking is God's plan of dominion; it's how He operates and how we're to operate too. (Mark 11:23) 4 For faith to work like it's designed, you must have it in two places: in your heart and in your mouth. (2 Cor. 4:13) 1 God's will is for everyone to be delivered (or saved) from every kind of evil, both temporal and eternal. (1 Tim. 2:4) Go to magazine.kcm.org Get a BONUS ARTICLE in this month's digital issue! magazine.kcm.org

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