BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

When we heard the gospel and said, “Jesus, I believe what God’s WORD says about You and I receive You as LORD,” a miracle of grace occurred in each of us that was just as holy as what happened to Mary. The same Holy Spirit who hovered over her hovered over us, and we each became “a new creation”—old things passed away and all things became new. What Are You Saying Now? As a believer, you are a living demonstration of the dominating power of God’s WORD! You’re not just a forgiven sinner, you’ve been born again of the incorruptible seed of The WORD of God (1 Peter 1:23). Your spirit has been re-created by the same power and substance that caused Jesus to be conceived in Mary’s womb. Talk about proof that words are the most important things on earth! Words delivered you out of the kingdom of darkness and translated you into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. Words spoken by faith enabled you to receive God’s gift of eternal salvation. Romans 10:10 says, “With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” That’s how your life in God began, and it’s how He intends for you to continue living. He wants you to receive everything from Him by speaking words of faith. God’s Holy Spirit is moving in you, over you and around you right now—desiring to release His mighty power and improve your life. He’s there to heal your body. He’s there to prosper you financially. He’s there to bring to pass for you everything God has promised and provided you in His WORD. But now, as at Creation, He’s waiting on your words of faith. Jesus said in Mark 11, “Whosoever shall say…and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith” (verse 23). So, whatever you’re saying by faith is what you’re going to get. If your body is weak, and you just keep talking about how weak you are, you’ll continue to be weak. The Holy Spirit won’t have anything to move on to change the situation, so it will stay the same. On the other hand, if you obey the command in Joel 3:10, which says, “Let the weak say, I am strong,” something entirely different will happen. As you say by faith, “I am strong in The LORD and the power of His might. He is my strength and my Redeemer” (Ephesians 6:10; Psalm 19:14), the power of the Holy Spirit will go to work in your body. God’s WORD will dominate that weakened condition, and you’ll become strong. It doesn’t matter how seemingly impossible a situation you may be facing, the Holy Spirit can change it. He still has the same power now that He had at Creation. He’s still as mighty as He was when He moved on the words “Let there be light” and slammed this universe into existence with such force that within 24 hours it spanned some 16 billion, 70 million, 400,000 miles. Certainly, if the Holy Spirit can do that, He can handle whatever you need Him to do. He’s just waiting on you to say The WORD! One time I was struggling with pain in my body that seemed to be almost overwhelming. I got on the treadmill to work out and I was hurting so badly I could hardly walk. I shouted at The LORD with tears in my eyes: “How long am I going to have to put up with this?” Down on the inside of my spirit He shouted right back at me. 'Until you give Me something to work with!' 6 : BVOV

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