Here's a point, a simple point! Dare you ask God? Dare you believe? Dare you write down a list of everything in your life, no arguments, the lot, all you sins, sicknesses, weaknesses, debts, all the things like being blessed more than we can ask or imagine. Blessed financially, blessed physically, blessed in holiness, blessed in ministry and work? To write all that down, effectively seeing yourself as perfected in this word and living in an ideal way including financial blessing and freedom.
Like I say, without argument, write it all down and state that you believe God can do it, wants to do it and will do it?
It is nothing more or less than honest worship.
It is giving praise in our hearts that God is God and nothing is impossible to Him.
There is a verse that has been translated like this."If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’ Deut 7:17 The next verse says, "you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt"
That isn't a very good reading as the answer doesn't follow the question. What if it were written like this, remembering that there is no punctuation in the Hebrew:
"If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I?' how can I dispossess them? 18 you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt"
The point being that it isn't just us who are limited by our disbelief. God is limited how we see our situation. We are told that God can do "far more abundantly" than we can ask or imagine, "according to the power of God at work is us!" How we take that for granted! How much power is at work in you?
Stir up the power of God at work in you, give Him the worship He deserves. Do not short change Him. Do not bind Him up in religion. Give Him complete free reign to be God and do His will, not the limitations of our imaginations
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Hmmm. Are you talking about "name it claim it"?
I believe I am talking about "the truth!" Every division of the faith has truth in it. The essence of truth for us is that God can wants to and will give to us according to the measure of our faith. I think that is evident in scripture. Those who don't believe enough to ask wont get. Did Jesus not say "Ask and you will receive?" Not Kenneth hagin, or Kenneth Copeland!
Don't through the baby out with the bath water! They may claim all kinds of wierd stuff.
I think it is utterly wrong to believe that God wants people to suffer and be poor. As I see it that isn't what scripture teaches at all. What we have received is a bunch of false humility. Even Francis of Asisi (One of the renovators of "Poverty theology") actually believed whole heartedly that God would provide. He is seen by many as an example of following Christ's poverty. However, When Jesus found Himslef on a hill woith thousands of people, He didn't say, "Now we will all be hungry and learn humility from it!"
In the same way Francis was once tried by a bishop, he said that he believed that he could not actually be poor because God would provide. He said if he lost something God would replace it. He then stripped off his camel hair clothes and stood naked in front of the bishop. The bishop was offended and took off his own jewel encrusted gown and gave it to him!! Francis then said, "See, God has provided me with better than I had!"
Let's not get lost in the example. The point is that clearly even he believed that God wanted to provide.
Can anyone show me a verse in the bible where we are told that God wants us to do without, get by or muddle through?
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