SUCH AS I HAVE - PT. 2

'Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.' - Matthew 17 vs 21

Now, in the first part of this topic, we saw and learnt that the Believer in CHRIST has been given authority by the LORD JESUS over sicknesses and diseases and infirmities and over all devils and death. Yes. In this teaching right now, we are going to be moving even higher in revelation and understanding of this matter. There's such a thing as increasing in authority in CHRIST. Now let's look at that.

Our opening Bible verse is the story of how a man brought His child to the Disciples of the LORD in HIS absence, for them to deliver him from an evil spirit which troubled him, but they could not.😔 Recall that these guys had already received authority from the LORD to work miracles, to heal the sick, to cast out devils and to raise the dead;

'Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.' - Matthew 10 vs 8 {KJV}

Here in the Chapter 10, they received Authority from the LORD, and there in the Chapter 17, they were confronted with a situation which they had been given authority over, they exercised that authority over the situation, but it didn't work. What could have been the reason for this? That brings us to a spiritual understanding, that there's such a thing as having more authority in CHRIST.

We are getting to understand that CHRIST did not give to us the absolute authority there is. No! He gave to us authority in a measure, and left it to us to decide how much more authority we will walk in on the earth. - Selah

Don't rush to continue reading, take a moment and meditate on what I said above.

They came to the LORD privately, and asked HIM,

'Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.' - Matthew 17 vs 19 - 21 {KING JAMES VERSION}

Did you see that the LORD first said to them, because of unbelief. That clearly explains to us that what it takes to cast out devils is Faith in the words of CHRIST. Faith/Confidence in HIS words that we would do what HE did and greater. By implication, it means that what is required to work the miraculous is Faith in the authority that CHRIST has given to us. - Selah. Nevertheless, the LORD raised the bar, and went on to tell them why they actually could not cast out that devil, and HE said,

'Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.' - Matthew 17 vs 21 {KJV}

Meaning, even though you guys had faith enough, you don't have the required authority to send this kind of devil out. And the LORD showed us how we can increase in supernatural authority, and HE said, "by prayer and fasting". - Selah

The word "Howbeit" as used in that verse, is the word "Although". Which means, the LORD was saying to them, even though you had the required Faith, nevertheless, you didn't have the sufficient authority to cast out that kind of devil.

You see that?

Dearly Beloved, there are classes of the miraculous and supernatural manifestations you will never access without a life of consistent praying and fasting. Yes, you might order out little devils, and mild sicknesses, even the Apostles had such testimony. Let's look at it;

'And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.' - Luke 10 vs 17 {KJV}

You see, the Apostles casted out certain classes of devils, and they were excited about it, they told the LORD about it. But here, they couldn't cast out this particular devil, and the LORD made them to understand that this particular devil that they couldn't cast out, was a kind of devil,

'Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.' - Matthew 17 vs 21 {KJV}

You see... The LORD said, "this kind". That clearly tells us that all devils are not in the same category. In the demonic, there are ranks and kinds. And the LORD said to the Disciples, this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. Meaning, you will require a greater authority than what you have now to be able to command this kind of devil.

The same goes with sickness and diseases. Every sickness and disease require different classes of authority to command them. This is the reason why you might command headaches to leave someone and it goes, but cancer may not obey you, because you don't possess the required authority that commands cancer. - Think about it

Therefore dearly beloved, do you desire to indeed do greater works as the LORD has promised in HIS Word? Get a fasting life! Give yourself consistently to Praying mixed with Fasting. This is a different ball game, I tell you.

As you have now learnt and are enlightened, go and do likewise.

GOD is with you.

- Jenning U. Angel

To read the Part 1 of this teaching, click here >>

ADDRESSING IMAGINATIVE DOUBTS

'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 vs 23

Hello dearly beloved in CHRIST. I trust GOD that the words shared in this publication which you now read will help you tremendously in receiving answers to your requests when you pray. AMEN.

Firstly, you must understand that the character of the SPIRIT OF GOD is not different from the position of the written WORD. That means that, you cannot claim that the SPIRIT OF GOD is giving you a revelation or vision, which contradicts the position of the WORD. - Selah. It was very important that I established that truth as a foundation for this teaching. It will help your understanding as we proceed now. Okay.

After you have asked GOD for something in Prayer, especially something very important and necessary to you, one thing satan does to hinder that man from receiving His request from GOD, is to switch the man into the realm of doubts. Because you must understand that the LORD made it crystal clear to us, the condition for receiving your request from GOD, it's there in our opening Bible passage;

'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 vs 23 {KJV}

AND SHALL NOT DOUBT IN YOUR HEART

That means that, if there is doubt in your heart, you will not receive from GOD what you have asked. It's very clear. Let's take the Word of GOD how it is, it's for our safety. Now, after the man has made His request known to GOD in prayer, satan comes and fires thoughts and imaginations into the man's mind, whereby the man begins to see contrary things concerning what He has asked GOD for, and if He is not spiritually educated, fear begins to develop in His heart, worry begins to set inside Him, and He finds Himself worried about the very same thing He left in the hands of GOD few minutes ago. - Selah

Let me give you an example of this scenario;

A man and His colleagues at work were instructed to submit certain documents which will be the yardstick for their retainment in that office, and they were given deadline for the submission of the documents. Now this particular man submitted His documents, then after the deadline was reached, He realized that the very vital document He needed to submit, He omitted it in His file, and right now He cannot edit the file with that document again. Ooo, He is worried and so angry at His disorganization, then He goes to GOD in prayer and asks GOD to grant Him favour before His boss so that He can be retained at His office. Question, Did GOD hear that prayer? Emphatically yes! Another Question, will GOD answer that prayer? Emphatically yes, only when the condition is met, which I highlighted to you above. "AND SHALL NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART". Waow. satan knows this, hence he comes to attack this brother, this brother begins to see His boss throwing away His file and trashing it, shouting at His file and calling Him irresponsible for not having the said document. Uhmmm. This brother is treading on danger zone, but the thoughts are fiery darts from satan; this brother begins to have that imagination playing in His mind, and because it's a fact that normally He shouldn't be considered seeing that He did not do as instructed, He begins to somehow give into the thoughts, the contrary imaginations begins to get into Him, and fear begins to breed in Him, worry sets in, suddenly, this same brother that asked GOD to favour Him before His boss and thanked GOD for answering Him, this same brother is worrying over the very same thing He thanked GOD for. Guess what? If that brother does not delete that fear by rebuking the contrary imaginations in the name of JESUS, that brother is very likely to be laid off from His office, that means His prayer was not answered. The LORD made it clear, ...if He does not doubt in His heart, He will have whatsoever He says. Meaning, if He doubts in His heart, He will not have what He says. - Think about it

Dearly beloved, the next time you have contrary imaginations of what you have asked GOD for, shout at that imagination, rebuke it in the name of JESUS, because all such contrary thoughts are from satan, he wants to destroy your expectation, he wants to hinder your prayer from coming to you; he has always been known as an hinderer of prayers, he hindered Daniel's answers for 21 days, thank GOD Daniel kept praying, which provoked more Angelic reactions, which finally brought His answers to Him by a stronger hand through the person of Michael the Arch Angel. {Daniel 10 vs 13} Dearly beloved, the realm of the spirit is real, and you have to make up your mind to be knowledgeable about the workings and operations of the spirit realm.

If you will decide this moment never again to entertain contrary thoughts of doubt which are in variance to what you have asked GOD for, then you will always see your prayers answered, and you will continually share in the joy of a miracle! Glory to GOD.

Continually resist every thought that comes contrary to what you have asked GOD for. You can say, I rebuke you satan, I reject these thoughts in JESUS NAME. For when you have rebuked the contrary thought, you will then attest that indeed there is a peace that comes with Faith, that state of mind where the mind is free of worry and unpolluted by doubts, you will be able to literally see the hope of what you have asked GOD for.

GOD has helped you.

- Jenning U. Angel

HURTFUL REMINISCENCE VS. ACCEPTANCE OF FACTS & HAPPENINGS

'The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.' - Psalms 34 vs 18

Greetings dearly beloved of GOD in CHRIST. I trust GOD that words you are about to now read will lift you up and help you. AMEN.

Many Christians are stuck over a situation that has happened in their lives, they go over the happening in their minds continually, and that keeps them drained, pained, depressed, sad, and stuck in a place not knowing what to do or how to come out of it, and the process of them going over the happening in their minds just keeps taking place, and they are perpetually in pain. But beloved, when things happen to you in your life, whether it be a mistake you have made, or a sad thing that has happened to you, learn to accept that it has happened, accept and acknowledge that yes this thing has happened. When you do that, it saves you the rigor of reminiscing (going over) the happening in your mind, hence, you are free from the stress, you are free from the wishes that it never happened, and you are free from the sadness of the situation. - Selah

On this regard, there's something to learn from David. Let's take a look at it;

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.' - Psalms 51 vs 50 {KJV}

The above statement are David's words. In His lamentation to GOD for an error He committed at that time, He thus said. He never for once argued or struggled with the events and happenings of His life, David owned up, David admitted them, David always accepted the position of things; David's heart was that sincere.

David never struggled with His errors, David never argued at the sound of rebuke, He owned up to His sins, and in sincerity looked to GOD for Help. Little wonder He was greatly helped by GOD and He enjoyed so much mercy which was not the pattern of the Old Testament. Simply because, He was a man whose heart sincerely acknowledged and owned up to the situation of things. - Think about it

Dearly beloved, accept that that thing has happened, accept that you have made the mistake, accept it knowing that GOD is able to deliver you from the situation (whatever it is), and give you peace. AMEN. Let's take a look at our opening Bible passage;

'The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.' - Psalms 34 vs 18 {KJV}

The word 'broken' used here is translated from the Hebrew word 'shabar', and it means 'torn, break down, break in pieces, crush, quench'. So this Bible verse is telling us that GOD is near to them whose hearts are crushed, broken in pieces, them whose hearts hurt and are quenched. Uhmmm. Then the verse goes ahead to say that GOD saves those who are of a contrite spirit. The word 'contrite' as used in the passage is translated from the Hebrew word 'dakka', and it means 'crushed - as of when something is crushed to powder'. Waowww. Is this where you are right now in your life? Is this the state of your heart right now in your life? What a hope you've got in the WORD. It says that GOD saves such whose hearts have been crushed to powder. - Think about it

So dearly beloved, having these blessed hope in the WORD, quickly accept that you have done wrong, quickly accept that you have made the mistake, don't argue with it, don't struggle with it, quickly accept that that sad happening has happened, as you accept that these things have happened, do so depending on GOD to deliver you from your bruise. Note this, accepting that the deed has happened saves you from hurtful reminiscing, going over the happening in your mind with an impossible intention to undo what has been obviously done, those reminiscing that keeps you at a point of trying to change what has already happened, you find yourself thinking over the deed, some persons through thoughts try to make sense of what has happened so that they could be free from the sadness, but that's an effort to no avail; they try to talk themselves out of the situation as though what has happened never happened, and that's impossible when the deed has been done; hence, that person continues to swim in pain and hurtful reminiscing on the deed, trying to change what only GOD can deliver him from. - Selah

But beloved, the moment you understand that there's no need to argue or struggle with what has been done, but rather accept it, and look up to GOD for help, your heart is rightly positioned and comes into the place where GOD's Grace can reach it through the WORD of GOD which the HOLY SPIRIT inspires in our hearts, and by those words, we are Lifted and made free, all by the Power of GOD. Hallelujah!

Now, this sad happening in your life may not be sin, it may be some other occurrence that happened that you struggle with in your mind - accept them all the same, they have happened means they have happened. - Think about it

Remember,

'...all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.' - Romans 8 vs 28 {KJV}

All things!

When GOD has healed you, then your eyes will clearly see how it worked for your good altogether.

GOD's Grace is with your spirit.

- Jenning U. Angel

TOO CONDEMNED TO PRAY? - PT. 2

'And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.' - Luke 18 vs 13

Hello dearly Beloved in CHRIST. I pray that these words shared in this Article will being your help, comfort and solace to you in your present distress. AMEN.

Our opening Bible verse is the story of a man in a parable which the LORD told, who couldn't confidently pray to GOD as the other man in that parable did (you can read the other verses of that chapter for the complete story); but this man stood afar off, meaning He wasn't confident to approach the front row in the temple to offer his prayer to GOD, and that was because of the wall sin placed in his heart. Another translation says, he wouldn't dare look up, but he hid his face in his hands to pray;

'"Meanwhile the tax man, slumped in the shadows, his face in his hands, not daring to look up, said, 'God, give mercy. Forgive me, a sinner.'"' - {MSG}

You see, this is the same case with men today, many Christians are unable to have a sweet time in prayer, they are unable to flow in prayer when they pray to GOD, because of their sin. One thing sin does in a man is that it creates a wall of partition and demarcation in a man's heart between the man and GOD, such that, that man is unable to have the confidence to pray as He ought. But what does the Bible say?

'For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.' - 2 Corinthians 5 vs 21 {KJV}

It says that we have been made the Righteousness of GOD in CHRIST. To help you understand this further, let's see Romans 5 vs 17;

'For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)' - {KJV}

It says that we have received, 

• Abundance of Grace
• The Gift of Righteousness

You see, the Righteousness that qualifies a man to be perfect in GOD's sight is that Righteousness which GOD gave to that man in CHRIST. It is this Righteousness that enables and empowers us to be righteous in our doings. Our doings of righteousness does not present us perfect before GOD, else that would be self-righteousness; but it is GOD's Righteousness which HE freely gave in CHRIST that presents us perfect before HIM. And by that Righteousness, we are able to do Righteousness.

"A man is a product of his nature. A righteous nature will always bring forth righteous fruits." - Selah

Now dearly beloved, having seen these things, when you pray, stand as the Righteousness of GOD and pray as the Righteousness of GOD. Yes, you might still feel that demarcation in your heart as you pray, you might still feel like you're not flowing well in the prayer, yes, but despise how you feel; the Believer in CHRIST does not live by how He feels, He lives by His faith in the Gospel of CHRIST;

'...For we walk by faith, not by sight...' - 2 Corinthians 5 vs 7 {KJV}

The reality of the Believer is the Gospel of GOD's dear Son, JESUS, and not what he feels, sees or experiences.

Therefore, despise that feeling of disconnection, despise the wall of restriction in your heart hindering you from flowing in prayer, just open your mouth and pray, placing your faith on the realities in CHRIST, that you have received the gift of Righteousness, hence you are in right standing with GOD, you and GOD no get wahalla. Pray as the Righteousness of GOD, keep it coming, knowing that you are the Righteousness of GOD in CHRIST JESUS, knowing that you are perfected in Righteousness in CHRIST (which is a gift you received in CHRIST), knowing that GOD will never count your sins on you. Pray. Just pray. As you pray standing on these Realities which are the TRUTH, in time, that wall of hindrance in your heart and mind will brake off, and your Joy will break forth, your peace will flow like a river, your fellowship restored, and the flow (in your prayer devotion) maintained. Hallelujah! And not only will your Joy burst forth, you will also be strengthened and empowered on the inside of you to go and sin no more. [These are the outcomes of trusting the TRUTH. - Selah]

'Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.' - Romans 4 vs 8 {KJV}

Pray as the Righteousness of GOD today, because you are. This is what Grace is all about. Thank you GOD for sending us your dear Son, JESUS.

Glory to GOD.

To read the first publication on this topic, click here >>

GOD has Blessed you beloved.

- Jenning U. Angel