Act in Faith by Annette Capps
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By Annette Capps
When the Spirit of the Lord leads you to do something, do you act upon it? Are you obedient to respond to the Holy Spirit? God can and does present you with opportunities to experience the abundance of His blessings, but you must step through the door. It takes an act of faith on your part to enter into His provisions. "Thus faith by itself, unaccompanied by actions, is dead." James 2:17 (CJB) "Indeed, just as the body without a spirit is dead, so too faith without actions is dead." James 2:26 (CJB)
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When the Spirit of the Lord leads you to do something, do you act upon it? Are you obedient to respond to the Holy Spirit?
God can and does present you with opportunities to experience the abundance of His blessings, but you must step through the door. It takes an act of faith on your part to enter into His provisions.
"Thus faith by itself, unaccompanied by actions, is dead." James 2:17 (CJB)
"Indeed, just as the body without a spirit is dead, so too faith without actions is dead." James 2:26 (CJB)
When God spoke to Elijah (I Kings 17:9) he had a choice to believe that God would use a widow in the midst of a famine to feed him. But believing didn't get him a miracle, acting on it did. The widow also had a choice – she could be obedient to the Word of the Lord – or argue, "Sure, I will feed you, but multiply my meal and oil first!" No, to receive God's provision you must first act in faith. When you go to the store to purchase groceries, you pay for it first. In order to get the food, you must pay up front before you leave with the provisions. In the Kingdom of God, the action of faith is your payment so to speak. The woman's meal and oil didn't multiply until she acted in faith first.
In like manner, Naaman was not healed until he was obedient to the Word of the Lord through Elisha and dipped himself in the Jordan River as instructed. (II Kings 5:1-14)
Prepare to Receive
What is God leading you to do? It may be small, it may be large – even a huge step, but your action of obedience will enable you to enter into God's provision.
Instead of identifying yourself with your problem, i.e. "I am a widow with no money." "I am retired with no one to help me with repairs." "My business is failing; I am going broke." - identify yourself with Jehovah-Jireh!
Jehovah-Jireh is the name of God My Provider. He not only created this world, but He made all its resources available to you through faith and obedience to His Word.
Take a small action of faith today. Speak to a neighbor, share a meal, give something away. Then prepare to receive from the Lord.
Annette Capps
http://www.identitynetwork.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&url=10&view=post&articleid=Strongholds-of-Safety-by-Annette-Capps-&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
When we talk about strongholds, we usually think about the "pulling down of strongholds" as Paul described in 2 Corinthians 10:4. But there are two different areas of strongholds. The strongholds of the enemy keep people bound, but the stronghold of the Lord keeps people safe and secure. There is a stronghold of safety and protection in the secret place of the Most High. We all know about the stronghold of the enemy and have personally experienced his assault on our minds, our bodies, our homes, and our finances.
http://www.identitynetwork.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&url=10&view=post&articleid=Wounded-Spirits-Cause-Physical-Sickness-by-Annette-Capps-&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
Emotional wounds strike at the very heart of a person. Even strong and confident people who experience emotional upheaval can find themselves depressed and down in spirit. If you are like most people, you have had a "broken heart" at some time because of grief from the death of a loved one, loss of a pet, or divorce. Betrayal also can attempt to crush and break your spirit. Long before medical science discovered that stress, trauma, and emotional pain affect the physical body, the Bible revealed the connection between the spirit or what we call the "heart" of a person. "A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones." (Proverbs 14:30)
http://www.identitynetwork.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&url=10&view=post&articleid=Agents-of-Two-Kingdoms-by-Annette-Capps-&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The word "agent" is defined as "a person who acts on behalf of another person or group" and "a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect" (such as an agent of change). There are agents representing two different kingdoms at work in this world. Whether we realize it or not, there is constant conflict between the kingdom of God and Satan's kingdom, and we are caught in the middle. We may not see the actual spiritual forces battling and competing for the lives of people, but we can see the results. And it is becoming more and more apparent that the forces of evil are controlling more and more people who are yielding to darkness.
