October 2011 A few days ago I was reading the book of Corinthians and this scripture sure had life on it…. 2 Corinthians 4:13 “I believed therefore I have spoken. With the same Spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak.” I really felt moved to speak out in authority in my prayer time. I started commanding mountains to move. Such as the mountain of debt, the mountain of sickness etc. I also started commanding oppression to go, the powers of darkness to flee. On top of that I began to declare blessing over my family. I became vocally active instead of being passive. I took up my authority in Jesus name, I had become pretty relaxed over the years, and in fact I basically stopped believing in this activity of speaking to situations and commanding them to move. Suddenly I woke up because the scripture says, “We also believe and therefore speak!” Wow! If we believe, we speak, if we don’t believe we don’t speak. Years ago in the Assemblies of God church at O’Halloran Hill in Adelaide I ran the new Christians class. We were an interesting group, one of the people that went was an old soldier from the Malaysian insurgency, he had married a Malaysian woman and was living near our church. I used to pick him up and take him to the new Christians class. I didn’t know whether he was saved. One of the lessons was based on Romans 10 “That if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” I got everyone to pray together out loud. “Jesus I believe you are Lord and that you were raised from the dead.” On the way home I was talking to this old soldier about the class. He said “Tony when I prayed that prayer out loud something happened in my heart, I could feel God.” This had never happened to him before and he had been unsure about his Christianity, but he believed and he spoke and something good happened. When we got the opportunity to plant a new church in Mildura we had to get ready quickly. One problem I had was selling my business, I tried to sell it through a broker and that didn’t work. Two business men thought about buying it but changed their minds. I advertised through the paper and had someone get really interested, but nothing happened After all this effort and with time running out, suddenly I got this scripture. 2 Kings 3:17 “You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water.” What this said to me was “You can’t see a buyer but it will be sold.” I think a gift of faith dropped into my heart. I had a confidence that was not supported by facts. Seven days before we were to leave Adelaide I was doing some work in an office building and started a conversation with a man I had never met before. I told him my story and he said he might be interested in buying part of the business. On Monday he spoke to his bank manager and came to my house to look at the books. On Tuesday he came back and wanted more information. On Wednesday the bank manager suggested he buy the whole business. On Thursday we agreed on a price! At 5.00 pm Friday afternoon he rang and said it was a deal. On Saturday morning we left for Mildura. Amen… While we were in Mildura one of the ministers in Adelaide said he would like to come for a week-end and preach a series of meetings over the week-end. I was a bit embarrassed because the numbers were down and it wasn’t easy to get everyone motivated, including me. I was thinking to myself, “when he comes what will he find?” Leading up to this important weekend I was reading the book of Luke chapter 18:8 and this verse jumped out of the page. “However when the son of man comes will he find faith on the earth.” I applied this verse to my situation and realized, when the minister comes up from Adelaide, will he find faith. Bang, another gift of faith dropped into my heart. I told my wife Lorna, it doesn’t matter how many people we have. What matters is that we have faith! And we did have the faith that came through that verse. We had a great week-end, the numbers were up and the power of God manifested. The minister enjoyed himself and loved the atmosphere of faith. One of his highlights was the Sunday night meeting. A Salvation Army man came to the meeting in his Salvation Army uniform and when he was prayed for he had a real encounter with the power of God. These are moments of faith and when they happen it is great. Having a lifestyle interspersed with moments of faith is wonderful. I know what it is like to have moments of faith. I need to experience what it would be like to be changed into a man of faith.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:02:42 +0000
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