"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6
By now many that are participating in the 21 day fast are being attacked by the spirit of fear. The fear that perhaps God won't move, heal, or restore. God is not the author of fear in fact, our relationship with Him is based on the complete opposite of fear - Faith. Faith is the initial step we take in our journey in Christ. It is by faith that we are saved. It is by faith that we have the courage to approach the throne of God and make our requests known. It is by faith that we enter a fast expecting the hand of God to move on our lives. Do not allow the spirit of fear to steal your blessing. The Israelites were fearful of the giants in the promise land and that fear caused them to wander in the wilderness for forty years. They eventually perished on the journey to what was rightfully theirs never benefiting from their inheritance! The fact is that many Christians will not receive healing because of fear. Fear will keep them from believing that God wants to heal them. Fear will keep people from coming to the altars. Fear will rob and destroy. Fear is of the enemy. Church I encourage you to build your faith during this fast. Remember what God has promised for you. Remember that God does and wants to heal you!
Take these steps to build your faith.
1. Write down the things that God has done for you.
2. Write down the things that God has done for your loved ones.
3. Write down the verses that encourage you.
4. Meditate on the things you wrote, allowing them to encourage you.
4. Write down your requests and pray for them continuously believing God will answer.
5. Pray, pray, pray, and believe that God wants to answer!
Don't allow the spirit of fear to rob you from your blessing. Seek the Lord and have faith in Him.
God Bless
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- Paul LaRose
- Paul LaRose currently serves as the Discipleship Ministries Director for the Kentucky District of the Assemblies of God. He is also Senior Pastor of New Harvest Assembly of God in Frankfort, Kentucky. His passion for discipleship and Christian education is made evident by the fruits of his ministry labor. Paul has been involved in two successful church plants. He served as the Associate Pastor at Harmony Tabernacle AG in Dallas, Texas planted in 2001 where he developed the Christian Education program from the ground up. He currently pastors New Harvest AG planted in 2002. New Harvest is one of the fastest growing AG church plants in the Kentucky District and provides a strong Discipleship and CE program for all those that attend. Paul has been working with the Kentucky School of Ministry in course development. He wrote the course work for the Youth Leaders Tract and is finishing the Children’s Workers Tract. These courses are being used in many of our Assemblies of God Schools of Ministry.
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Those of you who are following this blog, know that David and I are having a little girl in April. We have decided to name her Faith. There is a reason for this. A couple of doctor's visits ago, the nurse was trying to find the heartbeat. She tried for 5 minutes or so and couldn't find one. She left the room to find someone else to help her. During this time, fear began to fill my mind, which it had been during this entire pregnancy. Satan kept telling me there was something wrong with my baby. While I was laying on the table waiting for her to come back, the Holy Spirit came to me and reminded me that a spirit of fear is not of the Lord. I made a promise with God at that point that I would have faith in Him that everything would be fine, I would never doubt Him and that if this baby was a girl I would name her Faith. When the nurse came back with help, they found the heartbeat right away. Baby Faith will be a constent reminder that I am to have faith in God in all situations.
God is good. We will be praying for God to continue to bless baby Faith!
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