BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

The same can be said of the faith that comes by hearing. Yes, hearing the Word of God does deliver faith. There's no doubt about it. But to get that Word into your heart where it can do some good requires more than just listening—it requires meditation. In Joshua 1:8, God says, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night...for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Meditating on God’s Word is an essential key to success and prosperity. Psalm 1 says that a man who meditates on God’s Word day and night is like a tree planted by the river. In everything he does he prospers. Note how this goes against the grain of human nature, especially in our society. We want quick, “microwave” solutions and instant answers. But meditation—the kind that plants the Word deep into your heart—takes time. You might ask, “How do I know when I’ve meditated on the Word long enough to have faith deposited in my heart?” That’s simple. When you can “see” it. When the inner image of what you’re believing God for becomes more real to you than what you see with your natural eyes. When the inner picture of your answer is so real that it propels you to act, you know you’re there. Step 6: Harness the Power of Confession The sixth step in God's infallible formula for getting you from the problem to the solution is confession. You may be thinking, “Oh, I know all about that confession stuff. It doesn't work for me." If you think so, you're not alone. People who have heard and received good faith teaching, get hung up and frustrated in this area more than any other. The reason is simple. You simply cannot scramble God's divine order of faith in any way you please and expect to get results. Nor can you pick and choose among these 10 steps as if you were in a cafeteria line. ********************************************** Watch Creflo on bvovn.com ********************************************** This is doubly true when it comes to confession. So many believers have grabbed on to one little piece of something they heard someone say regarding confessing what they desire without hearing the whole teaching. Then they run out and start saying, “I have a new car" 400 times a day and get irritated when nothing seems to happen after a week. Is confession a powerful tool? Yes! Can it bring you tremendous, supernatural results? Absolutely! But only when preceded and followed by the proper steps in God's order. Finding a promise in God's Word, hearing it and meditating on it until it becomes real to you, is somewhat like taking a bullet and loading it into a gun. It still takes another action—pulling the trigger—to release its power. You pull the trigger of faith when you confess God's Word from a heart overflowing with faith. “For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh" (Luke 6:45). Before you can say, “That's my car!" you'd better make sure you've loaded your heart with faith and a clear inner image that it belongs to you. If you have, your words will release the creative power to produce what the Word has promised. Beware, though. You may not see it manifested right away. That's why the next step is so important. Step 7: Act on the Word Once you've released God's power through faith-filled words, it's important to keep the pressure applied in the spirit realm by acting on what you have spoken. If you truly believed you received when you prayed, then act like it. James tells us that faith without corresponding action is dead (James 2:17). Don't get these steps out of order. Don't go and throw your medicine away if you haven't taken all the steps up to this point. ****** article continues on p. 22 ****** BVOV : 21

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