In response, two senior teammates and myself decided that we were going to go out in the second half, take the game over, and win it. The rest of the team must’ve been playing extremely tight because he didn’t inbound the ball right away. I don’t care if your children are acting crazy, the Bible says, “The seed of the righteous shall be delivered!” Declare it. Once I commit, the words flow easily. She is Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” – James 4:7. You are depending on the Creator of the Universe. He said, “God has been gracious to me.” We need to begin to know and understand that whatever I have, no matter how much or how little it is, God gave it to me. He said it; He is going to do it! He was a stranger to the promises. If I learn how to clown with God when I have a little, it will not be long before I have a whole lot. retirement of... BREMEN, Ala. – The Top 9 Smith Lake Idol contestants Maybe it’s you or your dearest friend. Your email address will not be published. .I don’t care anything about all of that because I know what God is worth to me. I would definitely describe myself as a tenacious competitor and I loved the competitiveness on the court for the basketball. However, something much worse than just giving up on my basketball career happened afterward. Mark 6:3-6. Clothe yourselves, all of … I am already healed! All the other team had to do was inbound the ball to someone and let the clock drain. Have you ever felt like you were supposed to do something, but ended up not doing that thing? But you are slow to hear, slow to believe, operating in the spirit of unbelief and fear all the time. Daniel was born April 30, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to... HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The fourth annual Civitan Tinsel Trail and Tree Lighting Ceremony at Hanceville’s Veterans Memorial Park are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4... David Rainer, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Required fields are marked *. Much fasting and prayer may be necessary and useful in helping us gain victory over our own stubborn flesh and cast out the spirit of unbelief that blocks God's power from flowing through us. How many of you know that you would say, “No, I don’t think I heard from God.”. But, I held hold firm to the promise that I am created in the image of God to do good works on the Earth, and continue each day to pursue Christ in my life. The devil defined my life and lifestyle as I was growing up, and I let him. It’s going to be a challenge to completely rewire your brain and switch it from unbelief to faith. [10] When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. The first half of the game was atrocious and my team was down by a lot of points. In order to grow, God said that, like babes, you have to desire the sincere milk of the Word of God, that you may grow thereby. “Be alert and of sober mind. I was an athlete for a good portion of my life, and of all the sports I played, I enjoyed basketball the most. One was the spirit of unbelief, and the other was the spirit of faith. I don’t have a limp! I felt destroyed, and devastation fell over our team as I couldn’t help us win for the second time. What I trying to get you to see is that you are not depending on just anybody! Follow God on the most fulfilling journey of your life with Encounter the Holy Spirit! I couldn’t be trusted when it mattered most; I was a failure and I was worthless. I receive Your forgiveness. Amen. They have given themselves over to the spiritual power of unbelief and are now so bound by it that they cannot believe. Declarations that Jesus Christ himself has given are treated with less credibility by many Christians than the assertions of politicians, ungodly journalists and other notorious liars! It rolled all the way around the rim, almost going a full 360 degrees before it fell out. I ask that You help me overcome unbelief. You know I will shout with the best of y’all. Now, go with me to Mark 6:3-6. When that Thanksgiving turkey has been reduced to a discarded carcass, it’s time to break out... HOLLY POND, Ala. – The 64th annual Holly Pond Thanksgiving Tournament concluded Wednesday night and after handling the Arab Knights 69-40 in... HOLLY POND, Ala. – The 64th annual Holly Pond Thanksgiving Tournament tipped off Monday afternoon and there were local squads involved in... WEST POINT, Ala. – Five varsity girls’ matchups were on tap at West Point Saturday and local squads were on the floor... GOOD HOPE, Ala. – Susan Moore made the trip to Good Hope High School Friday night for some hoops action and for... HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College’s Adrian Scott, director of the college’s Graphic Art and Design program, is the recipient of a grant... CULLMAN, Ala. - Between things like rush hour traffic and the beating drums of Friday night football, living next to Cullman High School can... CULLMAN, Ala. - With the real-life Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade getting a socially-distanced and televised take for 2020, a couple of East Elementary School... HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State's Ready to Work (RTW) program received a $50,000 grant from the Alabama Community College System. And I even resented people for their own hypocrisies, even though I was living a life of my own hypocrisy claiming to be a “good” person. He spoke it; He is going to bring it to pass! The smaller the setting for a game, the more scheming it took to win. Now, what you have to understand about that is that the centurion was a Gentile dog. I definitely belonged to the devil after that game. When you thought you were at your last, and there wasn’t going to be any hope, God caught you. However, he spotted an opening and threw the ball in play. With two seconds left on the clock, we pulled the game within one point, and a timeout was called. It helps break up the entangled root system so that it can be removed from a person’s life. Those in my family who have chosen not to do so still suffer to this very day. As a matter of fact, sometimes, God allows you to be in the pit fires and lion’s dens of life so He can show you how strong He is. He is the Overcomer. Has God ever caught you? Without the softening work of the Holy Spirit, the wipers of the word just scrape over the blinding clumps of unbelief. God responds to my ability to believe Him, no matter what it looks like, what is surrounding you. He is the God that calls those things that be not as though they already were! The devil defined who I was with the lies that were in my head. [5] And He could there do no mighty work, save that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. His person has to do with Him, His character, who He was, and why God sent Him. Both are necessary — the Spirit and the word. The Word of God. I am not going to tell you what I think or what my opinions are, because you know I am human just like anybody else, and I can trend away from the Word of God. It is a state of mind. As a matter of fact, your shout ought to be a part of your offering. Prayer, after prayer after prayer, that is where the Word of God has gotten past just hearing. Break forth into another dimension of glory with another word in your mouth. https://lifewaychurch.life/media/breaking-free/. for Kids Smith Lake Park event is set... CULLMAN, Ala. - Michael Jordan, no wonder he sells so many tennis shoes. So, there is a biblical principle: “Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your bosom.” So, once you employ that biblical principle, whether you are in the Kingdom or not, that principle is going to work. Couple it with worship, prayer, declarations of faith, and decreeing God’s word. Maybe you wanted to sign up for a sport. coming on board after the recent Plus, small games simply required better physical conditioning to play. Updated 6-24-20 at 2:02 p.m. There comes a place in the believer’s life where they have to resolve, “I am going to believe the Word of God.” Everybody else can trend or evolve or go wherever they want to go, but I am going to stick with God. I am still sometimes overwhelmed by unbelief, but now I’m prepared to combat those moments because Christ is my strong tower. And He went round about the villages, teaching. Indeed God can break these chains of unbelief through prayer and the Word and through God’s powerful works, but it is not a light or easy thing. But then you have to come on and get to maturity, because He says that meat is for them that are of full age. Tear off the vail of unbelief. But God wants me to get to a place where I say, “God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I can ask or think, but here is the hook, according to the power that works on the inside of me.” When I get some power working on the inside of me, I can tell the doctor I am going to hold up on that surgery. Sometimes it is possible by God’s grace to cast out a spirit of unbelief. Brought you from poverty to prosperity? I jumped up at just the right moment and snatched it out of the air. But today felt … different. All Rights Reserved. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. I made the decision to break the biblical, generational curses that are automatically active in your life once you join these organizations. There is nothing wrong with shouting, praising God. Tony Reinke @tonyreinke ... Reeves read about the working of the Holy Spirit, that he “irradiates the mind with a spiritual light, whereby it is enabled to discern the glory of spiritual things” (volume 4, page 57). The leaves had fallen, the days were growing shorter, and the temperatures began to fall. You have to get to the place where you are full grown in the things of God. There is an ordained miraculous metamorphosis wrapped in the word of God for the house of faith by the Spirit of God in them. Arise! The ref blew his whistle to start the play and I started jumping up and down, trying to distort the view of the person in-bounding the ball. It is time to grow up! Those are the two spirits that operate in the lives of human beings all the time. Such things ought not to be. 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