"... anyone... in Christ... is a new creation..." ~ 2 Cor. 5:17
"AGREEING WITH THE WORD OF GOD" -by Pastor Larry Ollison
Greetings,
I would like you to know that I pray for you and yours daily, think about you often. I want to share this message from Dr. Ollison with his permission: "Agreeing With the Word of God" - by Dr. Larry Ollison
As a minister of the gospel, my responsibility is to repeat what God says in His Word. I must do what He says to do and I must say what He says to say.
His Word is His will. Look at the confidence God allows us to have in what we say when we speak His Word. First John 5:14 says, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”
We must be Word-minded people. Word-minded people are steady because the Word of God is steady. Sense-minded people are ruled by how they feel as perceived by the five senses – what they taste, touch, hear, smell, and see. Sense-minded people are up and down emotionally. I call them “roller coaster” or “yo-yo” Christians because they are driven by their senses and what we sense constantly changes.
If the Word of God is what you believe, you’ll be steady because the Word of God doesn’t vary. God doesn’t say that one day He’ll bless you and the next day He’ll curse you. The Word of God says it is His will to heal you. Therefore, if you’re attacked with sickness in your body, you’re going to be steady because you know it’s God’s will that you be healed, set free, and live a wonderful life. You’re going to be steady in your mind regardless of how you feel in your body if you are Word-minded.
People who are driven by their senses say what they see. When they feel good, they say they feel good. When they feel bad they say they feel bad. Why? Because sense-minded people only speak what they see.
Jesus said in Mark 11:23 that we get what we say. That means that if we keep saying what we see, then we will keep seeing the same thing. Let’s get real! Nothing is going to change until something changes! And if we keep doing what we have always done then we will always have what we have always had! If we want change in our lives… something must change.
When sense-minded people see nothing changing in their lives, they believe nothing will ever change, and they continue to speak that nothing will ever change and the result is – nothing changes.
Once I was counseling with a person who was full of doubt and unbelief. He thought he was worthless and his life was a mess and he spoke that he was worthless and his life was beyond repair. After much teaching and explaining to him about how he would get what he spoke, his comment was this, “That may work for some people, but it won’t work for me. I’ve tried to understand God’s Word, but I haven’t been able to and I don’t think I ever will.” In the years since this counseling session, I must confess, he was right. He received what he believed.
Choose to speak the Word of God out of the abundance of your heart and not what your five senses tell you and you will begin to see victory in your life.
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.” (Proverbs 18:7)
Excerpt from Larry Ollison’s book, “Life is in the Blood.”
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God's blessings,
maria
Ps. You are invited to visit my website also at:
http://celebratejesusministries.ning.com
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To God be the glory!
I would like you to know that I pray for you and yours daily, think about you often. I want to share this message from Dr. Ollison with his permission: "Agreeing With the Word of God" - by Dr. Larry Ollison
As a minister of the gospel, my responsibility is to repeat what God says in His Word. I must do what He says to do and I must say what He says to say.
His Word is His will. Look at the confidence God allows us to have in what we say when we speak His Word. First John 5:14 says, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”
We must be Word-minded people. Word-minded people are steady because the Word of God is steady. Sense-minded people are ruled by how they feel as perceived by the five senses – what they taste, touch, hear, smell, and see. Sense-minded people are up and down emotionally. I call them “roller coaster” or “yo-yo” Christians because they are driven by their senses and what we sense constantly changes.
If the Word of God is what you believe, you’ll be steady because the Word of God doesn’t vary. God doesn’t say that one day He’ll bless you and the next day He’ll curse you. The Word of God says it is His will to heal you. Therefore, if you’re attacked with sickness in your body, you’re going to be steady because you know it’s God’s will that you be healed, set free, and live a wonderful life. You’re going to be steady in your mind regardless of how you feel in your body if you are Word-minded.
People who are driven by their senses say what they see. When they feel good, they say they feel good. When they feel bad they say they feel bad. Why? Because sense-minded people only speak what they see.
Jesus said in Mark 11:23 that we get what we say. That means that if we keep saying what we see, then we will keep seeing the same thing. Let’s get real! Nothing is going to change until something changes! And if we keep doing what we have always done then we will always have what we have always had! If we want change in our lives… something must change.
When sense-minded people see nothing changing in their lives, they believe nothing will ever change, and they continue to speak that nothing will ever change and the result is – nothing changes.
Once I was counseling with a person who was full of doubt and unbelief. He thought he was worthless and his life was a mess and he spoke that he was worthless and his life was beyond repair. After much teaching and explaining to him about how he would get what he spoke, his comment was this, “That may work for some people, but it won’t work for me. I’ve tried to understand God’s Word, but I haven’t been able to and I don’t think I ever will.” In the years since this counseling session, I must confess, he was right. He received what he believed.
Choose to speak the Word of God out of the abundance of your heart and not what your five senses tell you and you will begin to see victory in your life.
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.” (Proverbs 18:7)
Excerpt from Larry Ollison’s book, “Life is in the Blood.”
.
God's blessings,
maria
Ps. You are invited to visit my website also at:
http://celebratejesusministries.ning.com
.
To God be the glory!
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