Two people can hear the same message and it can change the life of one forever while the other falls asleep. You only benefit from something to the degree you value it. The Bible says it differently: “Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them” (Luke 8:18).

The world is hungry to see a living Jesus who will confirm His Word with signs following, proving He is the same today as He was 2,000 years ago. The world sees enough of the devil, it’s time for God’s people to manifest! “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the manifestation of the sons of God” (Romans 8:19).

Believe that you have what you asked for when you prayed, thanking and praising God for it NOW, not waiting until you see it. Faith always blows the ram’s horn BEFORE, not after the walls come down!

Until we are willing to give the kind of time and attention to God’s Word that produces change in our thinking, we’ll continue to be swayed by our feelings and the things we see and hear. All the devil heard from the lips of Jesus when tempting Him was “It is written,” and he was powerless against Him. Whose report are you going to believe, the devil’s lies or the report of the Lord?

To really eradicate the habit of sickness and disease, you have to stop listening to the voice of your body, the symptoms and everything that is going on in the natural, and instead focus your attention and expectation on what God says. Those other things may be momentary realities, but what He says about it is always the truth!

People wonder why God isn’t moving, and He’s wondering why people aren’t moving. Jesus’ part is done and His job complete. God has given us the power to do what He does. It is a power over sickness and over devils. It’s no longer a matter of what He is going to do, but rather, what are WE going to do?

The religious leaders in Jesus’ day had turned the Sabbath into a tyrant and a burden on God’s people, with harsh rules and requirements that were nearly impossible to successfully follow. Jesus repeatedly healed on the Sabbath to show the Father’s true heart (the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath, Mark 2:27) —a time where we rest in the perfection of God’s work and receive it as a gift. Healing, deliverance, abundance and every GOOD thing. The Sabbath was manifest through a person, showing us that it is more than just a day of the week!

The Bible is a mirror, not a book of rules. When you look in a mirror you say, “This is who I am.” When you look at a book of rules you say, “This is who I’m supposed to be.” As you speak out the truth of God’s work in you and His promises to you from His Word, you’re rehearsing what is in the mirror and are being transformed. Your thinking is being changed from the old nature habits of thinking to a life that reflects the truth of who God has created you to be!

The same Holy Spirit, with the same resurrection power that raised Jesus from the dead, also indwells you as a believer. What does that mean for you? It means the very light and life of God resides in you—giving His life to your spirit, soul and your body too (Romans 8:11). It means there is no longer anything in you that belongs to the devil. (Colossians 1:13) It means all the authority and power that Jesus walked in on the earth now dwells in you to do the works that He did (John 14:12). What is your part? Enter into the rest of faith and receive it all as a gift of His grace to you. Stay connected to the power source, and you’ll be a walking light bulb everywhere you go!

Jesus said that we will have trouble in this world, but to stay happy! Why? How? He overcame everything that could keep you down, sick, weak, or poor! If you’re born again He lives within you, giving you the strength and wisdom you need to overcome in any situation. “I have told you these things, so that IN ME you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33 emphasis mine).