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God has, over these 30 years of faith, given us every home we asked for, and we have been so blessed. In the walk of faith you can't despise small beginnings. rough faith and patience you inherit the promises (Hebrews 6:12). Earlier, I discussed the law of gradual or progressive increase, and that law has been my and Ken's experience. You walk in progressive increase because you walk in progressive revelation. Your faith works according to the Word that you understand and live by. Job's friend told him, "ough your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase" ( Job 8:7, AMPC). at is exactly what came to pass. "And the Lord turned the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes, when he prayed for his friends; also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before" (Job 42:10, AMPC). I'm convinced that God made this earth exclusively for His children. God has title deed to the earth except for that which He has already given. I believe it is important to Him that His children possess it. Remember that God wanted Israel, His covenant people, to possess the land. at was a major part of His BLESSING. He didn't create this earth for the devil and his crowd. He made it for His family. His desire for us is to enjoy His provision and rejoice while we give Him all the glory. By faith we are to: 1. Ask Him for what we desire according to His Word; 2. Believe we receive it when we pray; 3. Act and talk like our prayers were heard and answered. "Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]" (Hebrews 11:1, AMPC). ough we started small, now we are able to build according to Isaiah 54:2-3, AMPC: "Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes, for you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and make the desolate cities to be inhabited." There are other house scriptures that you can stand on as you believe for the perfect home for your family. God promises that the seed of the righteous "shall be mighty upon earth.... Wealth and riches shall be in his house" (Psalm 112:2-3). He also says that "the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish" (Proverbs 14:11). I saw two more house promises while working on this book: "Ever y wise woman builds her house" (Proverbs 14:1, AMPC) and "God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land" (Psalm 68:6, AMPC). (is is also a great scripture for those in prison who are believing God for their future.) ese scriptures will produce a harvest of blessing in your home and in your life as you hold fast to your faith and do what you know to do according to the Word. God will give you a home filled with the love of God and precious treasures. A Word for Tough Times Sometimes refusing to faint is a hard thing to do when you're facing difficult circumstances. However, God says, "If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small" (Proverbs 24:10, AMPC). In other words, we should be able to endure pressures and trials in faith until victory comes. We are to hold fast to the Word of God without wavering until we see our answer manifested in the natural realm. If we can't do that, then our strength is small. But God's Word says we can do it! God promises in Psa lm 94:12-13 (AMPC), to give us the power not to faint in the day of adversity: "Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, that You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked" (italics mine). I have that passage bracketed and marked with stars in my Bible because it's so good! It t a k e s p at ienc e to stay calm through the days of adversity. When pressure comes, when impossibilities loom before you, when you hear discouraging reports—that is not the time to faint or cave in. That's when you need to stand on the Word and depend on God's power to keep you calm until victory comes! Don't Fret About Sinners In order to stay ca lm in the day of adversit y, you have to heed God 's ad mon it ion to " f ret not because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked" (Proverbs 24:19, AMPC). Psalm 37:1, 3 says the same thing. Don't fret about evildoers, but trust in the Lord and do good. It will stir up your flesh and make you faint in your faith if you allow yourself to start thinking envious thoughts about sinners. For instance, at one time or another you may have thought, Lord, just look at those heathen people. ey live like animals, yet they have so much. Well, those people may have material possessions. But if they don't know God, they don't have peace and joy. So they can't truly enjoy even the material things they do possess. Really, evildoers don't have anything 1 4 : B V O V God promises that the seed of the righteous "shall be mighty upon earth.... WEALTH AND RICHES SHALL BE IN HIS HOUSE." Psalm 112:2-3

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