What Is FAITH – by Norvel Hayes

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“… Faith can’t tell time.

Faith doesn’t have a watch.

Faith cannot tell time.

There is no time in faith.  Period.

But I’ll guarantee you one thing, in the world of faith, there is total victory.  There is no wondering in the world of faith.  There is total victory all the time.

Faith sees no pitfalls between the prayer and the manifestation. …”

Norvel Hayes
“Now Faith” CD Series
CD #1

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We are HEALED because we are FORGIVEN

Category:
Covenant Thoughts

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We are HEALED

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we are FORGIVEN

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.Looking through the many healing Scriptures, there is a combined Truth shown to us which is:

Because we are forgiven, we are also healed.

Isaiah wonderfully reveals this Truth to us before Christ even showed up to Israel, when God spoke through   Isaiah stating:

“But He was pierced through for our transgressions,  He was crushed for our INIQUITIES;  The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,  And by His scourging we are HEALED” {Isaiah 53:5 – NAS}

1 Peter 2:24 repeats this Truth when Peter writes: 
“He Himself bore our SINS in His body on the  cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were HEALED” {NAS}

And again this glorious Truth,  that healing and forgiveness go hand-in-hand, is  shown in  James 5:14-15, which teaches:

“Is any one of you sick?  He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well;  the Lord will raise him up.  If he has sinned, HE WILL BE FORGIVEN.”

 

There can be a lot of  condemnation and confusion that comes upon a person who gets sick with a lingering or reportedly ‘terminal’ disease.   I’ve seen the sick question whether or not they have “done something” that has brought the sickness upon them;  If a sickness is upon a now Born-Again person because of their previous lifestyle, it is often stated that “such are the consequences of sin”;   and then of course, we all have heard the statement that the illness “is God’s will” for that person to have it, if the illness seemingly does not depart after prayer for their healing.

All of these thoughts and statements are contrary to Biblical Truth however.

The COVENANT which God has made with mankind is FORGIVENESS AND HEALING.

As we do not have to carry our own sin or iniquity, so we do not have to carry our own illnesses.

Jesus Christ bore our sins and by His wounds we are healed.

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Jesus became a curse for us

Sickness came because of the Fall of man:   a curse came upon the earth because of sin and part of the curse is sickness {see Deut 28:22, 27, & 35 as just a couple examples}.

But, praise be to Jesus  Who BECAME A CURSE for us, so that the Blessing could come upon us through Him! {Galatians 3:13-14}

Jesus became SIN for us, so that we could be made the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Christ Jesus … which is what we are now, when we are Born Again {2 Cor 5:21}

And by His wounds, stripes, beating, and the breaking of His body we were not only made RIGHTEOUS but we WERE HEALED {1 Peter 2:24}.

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Forgiveness and Healing
go hand-in-hand.

The glorious Covenant that God made with mankind is that “whosoever will believe” will be saved AND be healed.

For “by His wounds you WERE healed” {1 Peter 2:24}.

And by His wounds you are  RIGHTEOUS and FORGIVEN {Hebrews 10:22, 1 John 1:9}.

Amen.

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“Praise the Lord, O my soul;  all my inmost being, praise His holy name.  Praise  the Lord, O my soul, and FORGET NOT ALL His benefits –

Who forgives ALL your sins and heals ALL your diseases … “
{Psalm 103:1-3 – NIV}

“Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.  And Jesus seeing their faith said the paralytic, “Son, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.” …  He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.”  And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, … ”
{Mar 2:1-12 – NASB}

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Grit Your Teeth And Bear It?

Category:
Teachings On The Power Of The Tongue

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GRIT  YOUR  TEETH  AND  BEAR IT

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.Are you living under the gospel of  “Just Grit Your Teeth And Bear It And Get Through It”?

Or the gospel of  “Try To Hang On And Make It To The End, And Heaven Will Be Your Reward”?

White knuckling your way through life, or “just say(ing) no” to temptations and mental bondages that are continually bombarding people  IS NOT THE GOOD NEWS that Jesus Christ preached!!

In John 10:10 Jesus said,  “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (NIV).    Does that sound like having to “white knuckle” your way through the rest of your life?

Are you suffering mental anxiety today?  Depression?  Feelings of rejection or hopelessness?

Are you suffering through addictions?  Continual illness?  Family dysfunction?

Jesus said He came to give you life!  Abundant life!

According to 2 Peter 1:3, Peter states that God already has “given unto us ALL things that pertain unto LIFE AND godliness“.

Notice the ‘Verb Tense’ of this Scripture? It shows us that God has already given us weapons to fight with, to cast out demonic strongholds from our minds and way of thinking;  God has given us weapons to pull down demonic strongholds in our family’s lives;  God has given us weapons to warfare with to bring our bodies into health and strength; and God has already given us weapons to bring our flesh and emotions in line with God’s Word to live godly, so that we won’t be tossed around by every lust or temptation that enters our mind.

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QUOTE THE WORD.

Have you gotten the gist of my Blog Messages yet?  Can you remember that you are to be DAILY QUOTING GOD’S WORDS from your mouth, on a continual basis, in order to bring EVERY circumstance in your daily life in line with God’s will for you …. which is abundant life? And in order to renew your mind to the FACT that the Abundant Life IS God’s will for you.

Let’s look at what Jesus came and preached.

In Luke 4:18 Jesus stands up and tells the people in the congregation why He has come to earth.  He reads the prophetic passage from Isaiah, which says, “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to PREACH GOOD NEWS to the poor (question:  What is good news for the poor?  How about, “You don’t have to be poor any longer”, or “You WILL have food on your table and money to pay your bills”.)  He has sent Me to proclaim FREEDOM for the prisoners (Are you imprisoned by your emotions, or mental state, or by illness, or even poverty?  What are you imprisoned by?  The GOOD NEWS is that there is FREEDOM for you!)  and RECOVERY OF SIGHT for the blind (healing for literal blindness, and sight for even spiritual blindness), to RELEASE the OPPRESSED (freedom again), to proclaim the year of the Lord’s FAVOR“.  (FAVOR!  God’s not mad at you!  God isn’t trying to TEACH you something through your illness or through your mental bondages!!!!  We live in the time of God’s FAVOR!  The time of God’s grace!  The time of God’s help!!!  God is continually reaching out to people in this age, to help and to heal and to encourage and to save and to set free, etc.  Take God up on His Word!  Take God up on His offer!  Take God up on His favor!)

We have not been left alone on this earth, to “white knuckle” our way through life, and hopefully make it to the end so that we can enter into heaven!!!!

As the world and the times get even harder, there will be more and more “things” bombarding us with which we will need to know HOW to OVERCOME.

Make your BOLD stand that the Promises of God are yours RIGHT NOW,  present tense, before the storms of life hit you hard …. for it is easier to build your faith while times are relatively easy, versus trying to renew your mind to the Truths of God and build your faith while storms and trials are bombarding you and trying to taking you down !

QUOTE THE SCRIPTURES for your health and wholeness!  And walk in the Kingdom which is quite literally,  GOOD NEWS!!!   Praise the Lord !!!

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Prayer to pray over your life today:

I praise You Father, that I no longer have to white knuckle my way through life, because I believe Your Word which states that ‘it is for freedom that Jesus Christ set me free’.   And I believe Your Word which says, ‘I AM free’, present tense, from sin and that ’sin will no longer rule over me’ !!!

I believe the Scripture which states that I have the mind of Christ RIGHT NOW, and so I state that depression, anxiety, confusion, sadness CANNOT hold me!  I believe the Scriptures, and I know that they are my defense!  I believe the Scriptures, in Jesus’ name.

I am not a doubter.  I AM an OVER COMER.   I AM the righteousness of God, through Christ Jesus, and I OVERCOME ALL things!

Thank You Father, for making me a co-heir with Christ Jesus!  Thank You Father, for giving me ALL things that I need  in order to walk in victory and in godliness IN THIS LIFE!!!  Thank You Father, for giving me ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO MY LIFE AND MY GODLINESS!!!!  I praise You and thank You, in Jesus’ name!  Amen.

{Ending Note: Each ‘confession’ in the above prayer is a Scripture.

Get a concordance and search for these Truths, then get these Truths down deep into your spirit man ….. it is a matter of life or death, victory or defeat, for you.}

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