And He was saying to them, "The harvest is
plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest. Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in
the midst of wolves...
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. (Luke 10:2-3, 17-19 NASB)
So many Christians are afraid to go out and preach the gospel, let alone pray over the sick & demonized. Why? Because they don't believe they really possess the truth or power.
When we really understand the authority God has placed on us, the weight & the power of influence is great!
But for some reason we don't believe, therefore we don't possess much power...
"But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." (James 1:6-8 NASB)
There is a principle here in the way God works.
How much influence can we have if we're not confident in what He gives?
What is faith but "the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen."
It's KNOWING something to be true even without tangible evidence.
When we say we believe in God, we're confessing that we believe He's who He says He is! But when we act in such a way that we don't believe, we're limited in every way.
Consider the parable of the talents... The one talent man thought wrongly about his master, therefore he hid his in the ground. We are the same when we think wrongly about our Master.
Here is a promise:
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! (Matthew 7:7-11 NASB)
If that same God who gives gives good things to those who ask also gives authority to heal the sick and to "tread on serpents..." then we ought not to think any different.
Ask the Lord for new eyes & a fresh anointing (believing you'll receive it) and He will give it!
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:19 NASB)
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. (Luke 10:2-3, 17-19 NASB)
So many Christians are afraid to go out and preach the gospel, let alone pray over the sick & demonized. Why? Because they don't believe they really possess the truth or power.
When we really understand the authority God has placed on us, the weight & the power of influence is great!
But for some reason we don't believe, therefore we don't possess much power...
"But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." (James 1:6-8 NASB)
There is a principle here in the way God works.
How much influence can we have if we're not confident in what He gives?
What is faith but "the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen."
It's KNOWING something to be true even without tangible evidence.
When we say we believe in God, we're confessing that we believe He's who He says He is! But when we act in such a way that we don't believe, we're limited in every way.
Consider the parable of the talents... The one talent man thought wrongly about his master, therefore he hid his in the ground. We are the same when we think wrongly about our Master.
Here is a promise:
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! (Matthew 7:7-11 NASB)
If that same God who gives gives good things to those who ask also gives authority to heal the sick and to "tread on serpents..." then we ought not to think any different.
Ask the Lord for new eyes & a fresh anointing (believing you'll receive it) and He will give it!
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:19 NASB)
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