Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Speak God’s language of faith and receive your miracle!

Dear Friend,

Over the years, as I ministered and taught on the subject of faith, the Lord has opened my eyes to why many Christians do not receive the breakthroughs they desire.

Many are not speaking out what they believe about God's Word, but are instead speaking out what they see, feel and experience in their circumstances. Then, there are others who just suffer in silence—literally. They don't say anything—good or bad—because they have resigned themselves to their negative situations.

Speak what you believe about God's Word and believe what you speak.

God has actually made it easy to receive your breakthrough. Jesus tells us in Mark 11:23, "Whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says."

Do you notice that in this one verse, Jesus used the word "says" three times and "believe" only once? I think right there He is showing us the key to receiving by faith!

Many of you may believe the right things about God's Word, but are you saying them? Jesus' point in the verse above is to speak out what you believe. Because when you speak, you are putting your faith in action. That is how faith operates.

God wants us to walk by faith and not by sight. He demonstrated this right from the beginning when He called things that did not exist in the natural as though they existed. So when God saw the darkness, He said, "Light, be!" and light was.

You are made in God's image, and He has given you the ability to speak as He speaks. Whatever you need, see His provision and speak it forth in faith!

God has already provided whatever you need.

So what are you believing for today? A healthy body? A financial breakthrough? A restored marriage? A baby? Whatever it is, I want you to know that the provision is already there.

God is a good God, One Who is constantly supplying grace, health, protection, deliverance and whatever you need in life because of Jesus' finished work.

At the cross, Jesus' body was broken so that yours may be whole and healthy; He was made poor so that you can be well provided for; He was separated from His loved ones so that you may have happy, fruitful relationships; and He was shunned and despised so that today, you may be highly favored!

Jesus has accomplished everything for you. All you need to do now is to believe all that He has achieved for you, speak in faith and receive.

My friend, understand that when you speak, either good or bad, you give life to whatever you are saying. God's Word tells us that death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21), and that he who loves life and wants to see good days should refrain from speaking evil (1 Peter 3:10).

God has given you the power to change your circumstances, and that power lies in your mouth. So choose life by speaking positively and in line with God's promises for you.

Stating the obvious won't change anything and will only make you more fearful. Speaking the good that you want to see, on the other hand, gives you hope, builds faith and changes things for the better as God's power is released.

Command the blessings today!

Start by believing that God wants you to have an abundance of every good thing and a life filled with good days. As you begin your day, learn to say, "In the name of Jesus, I command blessings, favor, health, provision, protection, dominion and power to fill my life today!"

Instead of focusing on the lack that you see, say, "God's Word tells me that my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). I declare that I am greatly blessed and provided for. Poverty and lack have no place in my life!"

If you've received a bad report from your doctor, instead of speaking sickness and death, say, "Jesus died young so that I can live long. He was scourged and His body broken so that mine can be whole. God's Word declares that no evil shall befall me and my loved ones, now and in the future!" (Psalm 91:10).

And if you find yourself fearful for your children, I encourage you to say, "God's Word declares that the seed of the righteous shall be delivered (Proverbs 11:21). Therefore, my children are delivered from every curse, every power of darkness and every evil. In the name of Jesus, I call forth a great, bright and blessed future for my children!"

Beloved, believe God's Word, speak it and you shall see it!

I am very grateful for your faithful prayers and generous financial support. Your support makes it possible for us to broadcast the beautiful gospel of grace to hungry, thirsty souls all around the world. Together, we are bringing Jesus back to the center of people's lives!

It is my heart's prayer that you will rest in the complete, perfect work of Jesus today. Because of Jesus, you are healthy, favored, prosperous, fruitful, accepted, approved of and dearly loved!

This is God's reality. Let it be your reality too. Not next week, next month, or next year. See yourself as your heavenly Father sees you, and speak His language of faith. Start receiving His blessings by faith today!

Speaking in faith and believing,

Joseph Prince

P.S.
Remember, you don't have to strive and strain. Faith isn't about working to gain God's approval. Faith is simply seeing and believing how good God is and receiving all that Jesus died to give you.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Ichi sudah sembuh!

Bulan November 2012.

Kami dikejutkan oleh vonis dokter hewan, kalau ada nanah di rahim anjing boxer kami Lixie atau Ichi. Hari ini juga Ichi dioperasi dan diopname di praktek bersama Dokter Cucu di Kebon Jeruk. Keesokan harinya kami jemput, masik menggunakan infus. Masih lemas tapi untungnya Ichi mau makan, minum dan cepat pulih.

Tgal 15 kemarin kata dokter sudah sempurna jahitannya, dan hari Minggu sudah boleh mandi. Padahal di hari buka jahitan kami berencana mau bawa Ichi dan Mouwy berenang di Ancol. Konon ada pantai yang bisa bawa anjing berenang, ke arah pantai Carnaval. Masuk, bunderan belok kanan, setelah kuburan Belanda belok kiri. Kami juga sudah konfirmasi ke pihak Taman Impian Jaya Ancol by phone, mereka bilang boleh masuk Ancol bawa hewan peliharaan alias anjing. Pasti menjadi sensasi yang menyenangkan bisa berenang bersama anjing kesayangan Anda di laut!! Mudah-mudahan kutu-kutu anjing juga pada mati kena air laut...!!

Get well soon Ichi.
Kami terus mengatakan kata-kata berkat: Ichi panjang umur! Ichi jaga mama! Ichi sehat! Ichi banyak rejeki!! :D
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

God Daily Loads You With Benefits

Deuteronomy 28:6
6Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

In the Jewish community, the promise, “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out”, refers to being blessed in the affairs of one’s daily life, whether in or outside one’s home.

So here, God is saying that you are blessed in your everyday life. Do you believe it? Do you believe that every day, your family and work life are blessed? Or do you think that you are blessed only during Christmas when you receive your gifts and year-end bonus, or when you get that promotion you have been wanting? Perhaps you think that the blessed life only begins when you meet the man or woman of your dreams!

No, my friend, you are blessed every day and you have God’s Word for it. Psalm 68:19 says, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation!” And because God’s Word says so, believe that every day of your life is loaded with benefits. Every morning, when you get up, believe that it is a day that the Lord has made, and rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24) Start the day expecting it to be loaded with the benefits that God has prepared just for you.

At night, when it is time to sleep, know that you will be blessed when you get up in the morning because there will be another load of benefits from your heavenly Father, who so loves you unconditionally, waiting for you!

You can’t make your blessings happen. But if you will just believe what God has said in His Word and act like it is so, the blessings will manifest in your life. In fact, God wants to bless you more than you want to be blessed! His Word declares it: “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out… Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation!”

Beloved, believe God’s Word. Believe Him for the blessings and you will find yourself loaded with His daily benefits!

Daily Grace Inspirations
Joseph Prince Ministries
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Claim Your Restoration!

Acts 3:20–21
20… that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things...

As a believer, you have a right to expect restoration of the things that the devil has stolen from you. It may be your health, marriage or finances, but payback time is definitely coming!

Acts 3:20–21 tells us that before Jesus comes back for His church, we will experience “the times of restoration of all things”. What a hope that gives us, knowing that God will restore to us all things before Jesus returns!

My friend, if the devil is attacking you in any area, tell God, “Father, I will not allow the devil to rob me of my health, marriage, children or finances. These blessings are blood-bought and paid for by Your Son!” Claim your restoration in Christ and heaven will hear you.

There will be such times of restoration of all things to the body of Christ that His people will only get better, stronger, healthier, and more prosperous and glorious! When God restores, even under the old covenant, His people always received much more than what they had originally lost, in terms of quality and/or quantity. How much more will our restoration be under the new covenant because of the shed blood of the Lamb of God!

A divorcee with a teenage son came to our church and accepted the Lord in May 2003. She began to pray for the restoration of her marriage and the reunion of her family. She knew that the chances of this happening were close to zero since she had not met nor spoken with her ex-husband since their divorce 10 years ago. She did not even know if he had remarried. But God caused their paths to cross at a wedding at the end of 2003. Today, their relationship is healed, and together with their son, they worship as a family in church.

Even though what happened for that sister may not happen for every divorced person (God can give you a better spouse and marriage), I believe that God wants you to know that your times of restoration are here. Heaven is waiting to hear you stake your claim for restoration!

Daily Grace Inspirations
Joseph Prince Ministries
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Good Success Is In Your Mouth

Joshua 1:8
8This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night… For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

I had always wondered why the Torah (the first five books of Moses) is read out loud by the Jews. Then, a Jewish Christian told me that for generations, they read God’s Word out loud because of Joshua 1:8 — “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night…”

The word “meditate” in English means to ponder. But in Hebrew, it is the word hagah, which means to utter or mutter under your breath. In other words, when you meditate on God’s Word, you speak forth or confess His Word instead of just giving it mental assent.

My friend, hagah God’s Word by confessing verses in the areas that you are believing God for breakthroughs. When I was working in sales, I confessed verses like, “Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase; so your barns will be filled with plenty…” (Proverbs 3:9–10) In the first year, I became the top salesman in my company! My way was made prosperous and I enjoyed good success.

“Pastor Prince, I am waiting for God to make my way prosperous.”

No, the Bible says that you will make your way prosperous when you hagah God’s Word. So speak forth verses in the areas which you want to see breakthroughs and you will have good success.

Some people have success that destroys them — you don’t see them in church anymore and their family members don’t get to see them either. That is bad success. But when you hagah God’s Word, you will have good success that does not destroy you.

Now, confessing God’s Word does not move God to do things for you. It is not a formula. God had already moved when He gave up Jesus to die for you. However, when you confess His Word, it moves you from a position of doubt to faith. It moves your heart from a position of “Is it true?” to “I believe it!” When that happens, “you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”!

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Joseph Prince Ministries
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Friday, November 9, 2012

Expect Good Things To Happen To You

Expect Good Things To Happen To You
Ephesians 6:17
17And take the helmet of salvation…

When the phone rings at odd times, most people think, “Oh dear, it must be bad news.” They don’t think, “I wonder what the good news is that it cannot wait till morning!”

When we hear, “The boss wants to see you,” instinctively, we think, “Oh dear, this is not good.” But how do we know that it is not going to be about a promotion?

Our minds are inclined toward the negative. So to guard our minds against negative thoughts, we are to put on “the helmet of salvation”, which is “the hope of salvation”. (1 Thessalonians 5:8)

If you are going through a trial right now, putting on as a helmet the hope of salvation means that you have a confident expectation of good coming your way. It means that you choose to believe that this trial that you are going through is only temporary because God will see you through it. It means that you believe that this difficult period will end with your salvation — your preservation, wholeness, wellness, health and prosperity!

You may not know what is going to happen this week. But one thing you can do is to put on the helmet of the hope of salvation and tell yourself that you are going to have a fantastic week!

“Well, you know, Pastor Prince, you never know what to expect. We hear so much bad news these days — another flu outbreak, another company retrenching its workers… I really hope that I will not be retrenched next. But I cannot be sure. I am keeping my fingers crossed.”

No, my friend, biblical hope is not “I hope so” but “I know so”! You can have a confident expectation of good happening to you because you are not like the people of the world. You are a child of the living God. You have a Savior watching over you. There are more angels given charge over you than there are demons against you. And greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4) There is every reason for you to have a confident expectation of good happening to you!

*Daily Grace Inspirations Joseph Prince Ministries
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Yesus Adalah Kualifikasi Anda Untuk Mendapat Berkat Allah

Yesus Adalah Kualifikasi Anda Untuk Mendapat Berkat Allah
Ulangan 28:2
Segala Berkat Suami Akan Datang kepadamu Dan menjadi bagianmu

Allah suka memberkati Anda. Dia bahkan menyatakan bahwa "berkat ini akan datang kepadamu dan menjadi bagianmu". Ini berarti bahwa Anda tidak bisa berlari cukup cepat untuk melarikan diri dari mereka! Ketika Anda melewati salah satu sudut, ada berkat yang menunggu untuk Anda. Ketika Anda melewati sudut lain, Anda menabrak ke berkat yang lain!

Sekarang, Anda mungkin berpikir bahwa Anda tidak memenuhi syarat untuk berkat Tuhan karena ayat sebelumnya yang mengatakan bahwa berkat-berkat ini akan terjadi hanya jika Anda rajin mendengarkan suara Tuhan dan menaati semua perintah-Nya. Anda tahu bahwa tidak peduli seberapa keras Anda mencoba, Anda tidak bisa mematuhi semua perintah-perintah Allah. Bahkan, Alkitab mengatakan bahwa jika Anda gagal untuk mematuhi hanya satu perintah, Anda gagal untuk mematuhi semua. (Yakobus 2:10)

Teman, saya punya kabar baik untuk Anda: Yesus adalah kualifikasi kami untuk setiap berkat karena Dia telah mematuhi semua perintah Allah. Ketika Ia mati untuk kita di kayu salib, Dia tidak hanya memenuhi semua perintah Allah, Ia juga menebus kita dari kutuk hukum Taurat. (Galatia 3:13) Perhatikan bahwa Dia tidak menebus kita dari berkat-berkat hukum Taurat, sehingga berkat masih kita sekarang!

Ketika Anda membaca daftar berkat dalam Ulangan 28, dimulai dengan "Diberkatilah engkau di kota ... di ladang ... buah kandunganmu ... hasil bumimu ... pada waktu masuk ... pada waktu keluar ..." (Ulangan 28: 3-13), saya percaya bahwa Yesus berkata kepada Anda, "Suka berkat-berkat ini? Ambillah berkat-berkat ini dengan iman! "

Anda mungkin berkata, "Tapi aku tidak layak menerimanya." Ya, Anda tidak layak mendapatkannya, tapi Anda masih mendapatkannya karena Yesus. Itu adalah kasih karunia Tuhan! Hukum Taurat berkata, "Kamu harus layak dulu untuk mendapat berkat." Tapi hukum tidak lagi di sini. Yang ada hanya kasih karunia. Jadi ambillah berkat oleh kasih karunia melalui iman. Percaya pada Tuhan mengenai berkat-berkat ini.

Sekarang, maka tidak ada lagi pertanyaan tentang seberapa banyak atau seberapa baik Anda menuruti perintah Allah. Ini adalah pertanyaan tentang berapa banyak Anda bisa percaya Tuhan untuk berkat-Nya. Semua janji-janji Allah di dalam Kristus adalah "Ya", dan karena Anda berada di dalam Kristus, Anda bisa mengatakan "Amin!" Untuk berkat-Nya! (2 Korintus 1:20)

*Daily Grace Inspiration
Joseph Prince Ministries
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Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son
Romans 8:16
16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God

Everything produces after its kind. Dogs give birth to puppies, cats give birth to kittens and tigers give birth to tiger cubs. In the same manner, when you are born again, you are born of God. You are a child of the Most High God. He is your Father and He doesn’t see you in the flesh. He sees you in the Spirit. And His Spirit bears witness with your spirit that you are His child.

So when the devil comes to you and says, “Well, your father died of cancer, his father died of cancer and you are going to die of cancer too, just like your father,” just know in your heart that you are like your Father — your Father in heaven! Declare, “I am a child of the Most High God. He doesn’t have cancer, so neither do I!”

My friend, when you are born of God, you are born to win. Because your Daddy God is a winner, you are one too! When you wake up in the morning, say, “I am a winner because God is a winner!”

When you say that you cannot afford to buy something that you need, you have forgotten which family you now belong to. You have been born again into a very rich family — your Father owns every beast in the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills! (Psalm 50:10) You have a Daddy God in heaven who is well able to supply all your needs. (Philippians 4:19) Even if you don’t have much money now, don’t worry. Just ask God for the supply because your heavenly Father is rich.

When someone talks to you about a problem and asks, “What are we going to do about it?” you should say, “Don’t worry. Let’s talk to Daddy God about it. It is not a problem for Him, so it will not be a problem for us.”

Beloved, even when all around you is going under, your Daddy God is still the same heavenly Father who kept Noah’s world afloat, his loved ones safe and sound, and his possessions intact. Your world will never go under because you are God’s beloved child!

*Daily Grace Inspiration
Joseph Prince Ministries
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Jesus Wore The Crown Of Thorns For You

Jesus Wore The Crown Of Thorns For You
John 19:2
2And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head…

If hard work is the formula for prosperity, then everyone who works hard should be prosperous. But this is certainly not the case. Many people who work very hard are still poor!

I am not advocating laziness. What I am saying is that working hard by the sweat of your brow is not how God’s prosperity comes. In fact, if you have to work overtime all the time and are stressed out, you are probably operating under the curse.

What curse is that? It is this curse: “In the sweat of your face, you shall eat bread…” (Genesis 3:19). And it refers to the stress, struggle and anxieties that come with working hard and yet producing little. Now, work itself is not a curse since God gave Adam work before the fall — Adam was to tend the garden of Eden. It was only after he sinned that the land was cursed and it brought forth thorns, and man had to toil to eat of it. (Genesis 3:17–18)

But praise God, Jesus wore the thorns on His head to show you that He has borne this curse for you and redeemed you from it. He wore the crown of thorns so that you can work stress-free and yet have the results. You don’t have to be worried and stressed out day and night like the people of the world just to get ahead in life. Your heavenly Father can get you there without the worries and stress. (Matthew 6:31–33)

Beloved, every curse that was supposed to fall on your head fell on Jesus’ head, typified by the crown of thorns. He wore the crown of thorns for you so that you can have peace of mind. He wore the crown of thorns for you and took your curse so that you can wear the crown of glory and take His righteousness, and all the benefits of that righteousness!

Today, don’t labor and toil like the people of the world. Instead, expect to see the blessings of God come into your life without blood, sweat and tears because Jesus wore the crown of thorns for you!

*Daily Grace Inspiration
Joseph Prince Ministries
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