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How to Believe God for a House by Pastor George Pearsons “There’s no place like home!” My wife, Terri, and I have often declared that statement while walking through the back door of our home after a long, hard day at work. Sometimes after dinner, we will just plop down on the couch, kick up our feet and sigh a breath of relief. I appreciate The LORD for providing the peaceful, warm atmosphere of our home. After all, He was the One who got us there in the first place! The LORD is interested in every detail of our lives, including where we live. Our homes should be places where we can be refreshed and receive from Him. Isaiah 32:18 (New International Version) says, “My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.” Consider the Garden of Eden. It was God’s original intent for our earthly dwellings. The word Eden in the Hebrew means “the region of Adam’s home; a house of pleasure.” THE BLESSING that God spoke over Adam empowered him to establish the Garden of Eden wherever he went. That same empowerment belongs to us today. Many do not realize that a beautiful home is part of God’s wonderful plan for their lives. He is our loving, heavenly Father who knows the very desires of our hearts. He is well aware of what kind of home will minister to us. His heart is to do everything possible to fulfill that desire. God’s Will for Your House Faith for a house begins where the will of God is known. First John 5:14-15 (The Amplified Bible) says: “And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.” As you can see, great confidence comes when we are assured of God’s will. God’s Word is His perfect will and the very foundation to your house. Luke 6:48 says, “He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.” That “rock” is God’s Word. In the course of my study, I have researched over 20 specific “house scriptures” that prove it is God’s perfect will for us to live in a beautiful, debt-free home. For instance, Proverbs 24:3-4, (AMP) says, “Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], and by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” There it is! Your beautiful, completely furnished, debt-free house. OCT ’13 : BVOV : 14

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