You've already got it!

You have the faith of God on the inside of you.  Faith appropriates what God has already provided by Grace, if not provided by Grace, your faith doesn't make God do anything.Your faith get diluted by unbelief. You don't have a faith problem but a knowledge problem - you don't know what you have, it begins to work when you understand what you already have in Christ Jesus -Philemon 1:6"6 that the sharing (communication) of your faith may become effective (begin to work) by the acknowledgment (understanding) of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus."   You already have the faith of God, most people think the faith of God is out there, maybe He wil touch me or maybe He won't, but no, God has already done it.  When you got born-again you have the fullness of the Godhead, you are complete in Him, He dwells in you. Colossians 2:9-10"9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power."You are complete in Him - you got to believe it.  You already have all the faith you need but you got to acknowledge and believe it, you have to learn how faith works.Matt 17:14-19"14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."17 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me."18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"The disciples couldn't heal the son, why couldn't they? - they did believe and cast demons out before,Matt 10 :1"1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease."Matt 17:20"20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."The problem was that their faith was diluted with unbelief.  Why unbelief?  Their faith got influenced by what they saw, the boy fell, foamed at his mouth, it caused fear by what they saw.Mark 9:17-22"17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not."19 He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me."20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.21 So He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."The disciples had faith, they spoke to demons.  They had fear when they saw something that was contrary to what they were believing.  Their faith was there but they also had unbelief - they wavered.James 1:5-8"5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."If you waiver you won't receive anything, a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.  You got to be single-minded and you can't be moved by what you see.  You should drain your unbelief = don't have any thoughts/feelings contrary to what you're believing for then a tiny mustard seed of faith is more than enough to ge things done.Most people don't deal with unbelief, they will go and get people to pray for them, they will pray and fast but they don't cut of their unbelief, they listen to sickness/medicine on tv but they don't tell you that Jesus can heal you.  If He doesn't heal you supernaturally maybe they try this medicine.  If you have a problem, you should get that medicine product maybe it will work as if you don't need Jesus.  If you pray and you don't get healed, if you try the medicine = that's unbelief.Matt 17:21"21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."Jesus in not talking about demons but of unbelief.  There is no demon that won't respond to the Name of Jesus and faith in His Name is sufficient.Three types of unbelief :1. Ignorant/lack of knowledge on what the Word says and you will naturally have fear, unbelief and doubt.  You don't know what the Word says but if you know the truth, the truth will set you free.

  • John 1:32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
  • Rom 10:17  "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

2. It's not that you don't know what the Word says but you've been taught the wrong thing i.e. there are no more miracles today, if you see contrary means it didn't work. Been taught to only believe what you see - no spiritual realm. Or you've done something wrong or you're not holy enough.  So before you can counter these wrong things you have to erase that and write what the Word says on your heart.3. Your senses / feelings tell you the pain is still there so you're not healed, sometimes healing manifests not immediately.  The Bible also says in Mark 16:18  "...they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."  Sometimes healing is not instantaneous but like the figtree in Mark 11:12-22"12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry.13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.14 In response Jesus said to it, "Let no one eat fruit from you ever again." And His disciples heard it.15 So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.16 And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple.17 Then He taught, saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it a 'den of thieves.' "18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.19 When evening had come, He went out of the city.20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots."The figtree died instantly in the roots below, you couldn't see it - only the next day manifested.  When you pray for healing and you don't feel instantly the pain leaving - your were instantly healed and your body just recovers and it takes a period of time.  If you see a lump/tumor or blood pressure still high - these will cause natural unbelief.  It's not that you're ignorant but you just see things that are different to what you're believing, you naturally will have thoughts of unbelief and think nothing happened.  But how do you deal with this natural unbelief that doesn't come from wrong teaching but what you seeing doesn't match what you're believing - Matt 17;21 - only through fasting and prayer for your senses is contrary to what you believe.Hebrews 5:14 "But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."Teach your 5 senses, there is a spiritual realm by praying/talking to a God that you cannot see, also hearing from God - you will get a revelation of things you cannot see / the unseen realm. It may be a brief period of time between when He moves and you see it.  Your senses will quiet down and realize it is in the spiritual realm.  You calm you senses down by spending time in prayer, praying and hearing from God then you will see and hear. Fasting will do the same thing.  People think that fasting will twist God's arm and makes Him move.  Fasting doesn't move God, God won't love you more or less but fasting effects YOU if you are controlled by your 5 senses.  Go on a fast, I've been controlled by my flesh/see/smell too much so I'm going to being controlled by God's Word.  I'm going to deny my flesh, and I'm going to let my spirit preeminence (superiority) in my life. Your sense of appetite/desire to eat is the strongest emotion you have, your flesh will say "feed me, I'm going to die!"  The truth is you're not going to die in 24 hours but in 40 days.  If you have been controlled by your appetite it's good for you to go on a fast.  Your body will rebel, say to your body Matt 4:4 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" and body if you don't quit complaining I'm going to continue longer with my fasting.  Break the dominion over flesh/hunger, your hunger won't change God but it affects your flesh.  If everytime your body wants food you feed it, you will soon be 50 pounds overweight. Command your body in the Name of Jesus, tell your body we are going by what we believe and what the Word says in Matt 4:4- your body will say 'since when, we always go by what I feel, I control you'.  Deny your flesh - this appetite.  Spend time bringing your body, 5 senses, under subjection.  Natural unbelief will dominate you.  Your body will resist = "we always go by what I feel, I tell you when/what/how much to eat, you don't control me I control you."  But if you haven't prayed and fasted you will be ineffective at dealing with this natural form of unbelief that comes through your 5 senses.  You teach your body that there is more to it than your 5 senses. You train your body through (Hebrews 5:14) reason of use that there is reality beyond my ability to perceive by what I see/hear/feel/etc. - do it more than once.Then when you pray for something like the disciples in Mark 9:17-27, foam/demons can't control you because your 5 senses are under control.  Jesus' senses were already under His control - not controlling Him, He wasn't moved by what He saw.  Jesus' natural unbelief was dealt through prayer and fasting. So important, you have to spend much time with the Lord in prayer and fasting. When you disciplined your flesh/body/emotions - you will be more moved by what you believe than your senses.  Not easy but Hebrews 5:14 - exercise yourself, be consistent in prayer & fasting and denying yourself.  Then you will not be moved if you don't immediately see/feel it - you've overcome the natural unbelief because you've exercised yourself.*