Norita Wiilliams
"Releasing the Fire and Expressing God's Heart"
HI AND WELCOME TO ANOINTED BY FIRE MINISTERIES INTERNATIONAL..IM MINISTER / EVANGELIST NORITA WILLIAMS.
AS I WAS GETTING READY FOR THIS SERMON THE LORD LED ME TO PRAYER AND THINGS WE USE IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE. WHEN WE PRAY THAT IS OUR CONNECTION BETWEEN US AND GOD. ITS LIKE HAVING A DIRECT LINE INTO HEAVEN WITH NO CALL WAITING!!!
SOME OF US WHEN WE PRAY WE JUST PRAY THINKING THAT MAYBE GOD HEARS US AND IF HE DOES THEN HE MIGHT ANSWER US. OUR THOUGHT AND MINDSETS ARE NOT FULLY ON GOD. AND WHEN WE PRAY THERE IS NO POWER IN THEM!!! IF SOMEONE ASKS..DID YOU PRAY? WE RESPOND YEAH I DID BUT I DONT KNOW IF GOD HEARD ME..
WE ALL HAVE THIS INSIDE OF US—THIS PHRASE WAS TOLD ME NOT TOO LONG AGO AND IT IS SO FITTING FOR THIS SERMON...”KNOWLEDGE IS KNOWTHE WILL OF GOD AND WISDOM IS KNOWING WHEN TO PERFORM IT.”
POWER IN KNOWING WHAT WE ARE TO DO AND POWER IN WISDOM TO KNOW WHEN WE ARE TO DO IT!
THERE ARE 5 MAIN PONITS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT ABOUT WHEN THE DEVIL COMES AT US !!!
1ST POINT:
1. BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU SAY.
MAKE THE DECISION THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE DEVIL TO CHANGE YOUR CONFESSION OF FAITH—MEANING HAVING FAITH AND TRUSTING GOD WITH WHAT YOU HAD PRAYED.
---EACH ONE OF US HAS BEEN GIVEN A “MUSTARD SEED” OF FAITH—IF WE HAVE THAT MUCH FAITH
AS IN MATTHEW 17:20 “AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF: FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, REMOVE HENCE TO YONDER PLACE; AND IT SHALL REMOVE; AND NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE UNTO YOU.”
SAYS WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS!!!-WE HAVE THAT POWER IN BEHIND WHAT WE ARE PRAYING.
---WHEN CHRIST PRAYED FOR OTHERS IN THE BIBLE-HE WOULD SAY ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH YOU ARE MADE WHOLE—THEY HAD THAT FAITH AND EXPECTATIONS THAT JESUS WOULD DO AS HE SAID—HE WOULD HEAL THEM OF THEIR INFIRMITIES. AND IN RETURN DUE TO THEIR FAITH IN JESUS THEY WERE MADE WHOLE.
ONE OF THE EXAMPLES :
IS THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD. AS IN MATT. 9:20-22 SAYS:
Matthew 9:20-22
King James Version (KJV)
20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
THIS WOMAN KNEW JESUS WOULD HEAL HER, ALL SHE HAD TO DO IS TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENTS.
---EACH ONE OF US AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAVE BEEN IN A SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HAS BROUGHT ABOUT UNBELIEF OR DOUBT IN OUR LIVES. BUT LISTEN TO THIS, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, AND HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST!
AS IN MARK 9:24 AT THE END OF THAT VERSE SAYS “I BELIEVE MY LORD; HELP MY UNBELIEF.” AND WITH THAT JESUS HEALED THE FATHERS' BOY.
IN HEBREWS 11:1 “NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.”
WITH ALL WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT “MUSTARD SEED” FAITH IN ORDER FOR THINGS TO COME TO PASS. A MUSTARD SEED IF YOU WILL LOOK AT IT IS NOT BIG AT ALL. GOD BRINGS OUT BIG THINGS THROUGH THAT SMALL PORTION OF FAITH!!!
2ND POINT:
A. RESIST THE DEVIL WITH THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH!- THERE IS POWER IN THE WORDS THAT WE SAY—WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT-IT CAN BE EITHER GOOD OR BAD-BUT, WHEN WE SPEAK WE ALSO BRING THINGS INTO EXISTANCE. THERE IS POWER IN OUR TONGUES!!!
AS IN HEBREWS 4:12 “FOR THE WORD OF THE LORD IS QUICK, POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THEN ANY TWO EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND THE JOINTS AND MORROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART.”
ITS A DOUBLE EDGDE SWORD AND IT CUTS BOTH SIDES...GOOD OR BAD.
B. WITH OUR TONGUES WE PRAISE THE LORD AND IN THE SAME BREATH WE CURSE MEN, WHO ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. IT CAN BE AN EVIL TOOL TO USE-IT RULES THE BODY, IT RULES NATIONS AND IT STARTS WARS.
And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. ~ Jeremiah 9:3
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, ~ Psalms 64:3
IT CAN ALSO BE AN EDIFYING TOOL. LIFTING UP GOD AND ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER THOUGH DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR LIVES. THAT IS WHY ITS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BRING OUR TONGUES UNDER SUBMISSION.
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
- Psalms 35:28
3RD POINT:
THE POWER IN FASTING:
A. AS NEW CHRISTIANS WE DRINK THE MILK OF THE WORD- MEANING WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO STUDY AND GRASP THINGS. AS WE MATURE IN THE WORD AND AS A CHRISTIAN WE START “CHEWING” THE MEAT OF THE WORD—WE'RE GROWING AND LEARNING STEP BY STEP THE THINGS WE ARE TO DO—WHILE YOU ARE FASTING YOU EAT THE WORD OF GOD—ITS FOOD FOR YOUR SOUL.
B. IN FASTING YOU ARE PRAYING AND STUDING AND BRINGING YOUR BODY UNDER SUBJECTION TO GOD. YOUR LAYING DOWN SELF AND TAKING ON MORE GODLY THINGS. GETTING MORE IN TUNE WITH THE LORD AND GROWING CLOSER TO HIM IN THE PROCESS. THEN AND ONLY THEN IS THE TIME HE CAN USE US. WHEN WE LAY IT ALL DOWN AND SAY HERE LORD USE ME AND MOLD ME TO WHAT YOU SEE FIT. ITS NOT MY WILL LORD BUT YOURS.
THINK ABOUT THIS ONE: EVEN THOUGH CHRIST WAS GOD HE WAS ALSO MAN-AND HE EVEN FASTED FOR 40 DAYS-BRINGING FLESH UNDER THE WILL OF GOD.
ALSO WHEN YOU FAST ITS GETTING GOD'S ATTENTION!!! IT REALLY PUTS WHEELS ON YOUR PRAYER LIFE.
4TH POINT:
BEING SENCERE AND HUMBLE IN OUT WALK.
WHY WOULD YOU THINK BEING HUMBLE IS SO IMPORTANT? ITS ONLY WHEN HE CAN USE US. HE DONT LIKE FOR US TO BE PRIDEFUL AND PUFFED UP PEOPLE. BECAUSE HE CANT USE THEM. THEY WONT LISTEN TO HIM WHEN HE TELLS THEM THINGS. BUT WHEN WE HUMBLE OURSELVES AND SEEK HIS FACE THROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING, WE ARE THEN TEACHABLE AND HE IS ABLE TO TALK TO US AND USE US. HE HAS YOUR ATTENTION WHEN YOU ARE HUMBLE BEFORE HIM.
BEING SENCERE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. IF WE JUST TALK WE JUST SAY WORDS WITH OUT ANY FEELINGS. BUT WHEN WE ARE SERIOUS AND TRULY MEAN WHAT WE SAY, IT TOUCHS HIS HEART AND HE DELIGHTS IN US.
5TH POINT:
PRAYING THE WORDS OF GOD.
A. WE CAN PRAY AND PRAY BUT WHAT BRINGS LIFE INTO OUR PRAYER IS PRAYING GOD'S WORD. HIS PROMISES TO US.
B. IN IT SAYS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. WE DONT HAVE TO STAY THE WAY WE ARE BY NO MEANS. GOD HAS GIVEN US AUTHORITY OVER ANYTHING THE DEVIL THROWS AT US. WE TRAMPLE OVER HIM-HE IS UNDER OUR FEET!!! WE ALREADY HAVE THE VICTORY!!!
- WE HAVE WEAPONS OF WARFARE AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO USE THEM ABAINST THE ENEMY. AS IN NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US WILL PROSPER! WE USE OUR COMPLETE ARMOR AS IN EPHESIANS 6 SAYS. WE ALSO USE THE POWER OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
IN CONCLUSION, WE DEFEAT THE ENEMY SPIRITUALLY NOT CARNALLY. WE EACH HAVE BEEN GIVEN POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. WE DON'T HAVE TO STAND BACK AND LET THE DEVIL TAKE OVER AND RULE US, WE RULE OVER HIM BECAUSE OF THE LORD THATS INSIDE OF US!!! WE HAVE THE VICTORY!!! WE ARE WARRIORS DRESSED FOR BATTLE, AND THE WAY WE FIGHT THIS BATTLE IS ON OUR KNEES!!!
GOD BLESS!!!
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