Believing and Saying
"We having the same spirit of
faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we
also believe, and therefore speak" (II Corinthians 4:13).
The Bible says several times,
"The just shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38). Abraham was blessed because he lived by faith. He believed
God. We're supposed to live the same way: "So then they which be of faith
are blessed with faithful Abraham" (Galatians 3:9).
Faith must be in two places—in your
heart and in your mouth. "The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in
thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach" (Romans
10:8). Believing in your heart and saying
with your mouth produce the operation of faith.
"For verily I say unto you,
That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast
into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he
saith" (Mark 11:23).
Kenneth and I learned to take the
Word literally as God speaking to us. We learned if we put it in our eyes, put
it in our ears, and let it get down into our hearts in abundance, it would come
out our mouths in faith-filled words and it would change our lives and
circumstances.
We realized all that stood between
us and walking in the dream God had for us was knowing what is in the Book and
doing it. "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but
thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success" (Joshua 1:8).
The seven keys I've shared are how
Ken and I laid a foundation for the prosperous life—and this is how we maintain
it. I can tell you from experience, these are the first seven steps to
increase, no matter what you need.
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