The Importance of Scriptures in the life of a Believer

Introduction

So, you believe in Jesus and you love him with all your heart. You are full of the spirit and you hear the voice of God through the inner unction, through dreams, through prophecies by fellow believers or even personal visions and experiences. If God is already speaking to you, why do you need the scriptures?

In my personal walk with Christ, I have noticed that the more spiritually gifted we are, the more casually we consider the scriptures. We don’t consider God to have answered us or spoken until we have received a prophecy, a dream or a vision. This is exactly how I grew up. But as we explore the importance of scripture you will find that, no matter how gifted you are, without a good grasp of the scriptures, you will never actually mature in the spirit.

Without a good understanding of the scriptures, you can perform many miracles, but you will always be lacking in wisdom: Wisdom to make decisions for life, wisdom for marriage and relationships, wisdom to deal with enemies and wisdom to be established in this world.

Without a good understanding of the scriptures, no matter how much you hear God, there are things about him and his plans for you that you will never know.

Without a good understanding of the scriptures, no matter how many prophecies you receive, or how many visions you see, you will remain weak and susceptible to deception, and you find that no matter how much you pray, the enemy keeps coming back in ways that you don’t understand, and God seems to be blind to those things.

There are things that God will speak to you only via the Spirit, and there are things that the Spirit will teach you only via the scriptures.

Context

I myself grew up in a family of prophets. My father was a prophet and my mother was a prophet. In my family, there were a lot of supernatural phenomenon that we grew up with, from physical manifestations of angels, and heavenly visitations in the body. Our family friends were prophets and pretty much everyone around me was a prophet. Even today most of my friends are prophets. And being a prophet myself, who has been led by the Spirit all my life, I am going to share the importance of scriptures in the life of a believer.

In Spirt and in Truth

Our Lord Jesus spoke to us that the true worshippers of God, will worship him in spirit and in truth.

John 4:24 New International Version (NIV)

24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

To worship in spirit, first you must have his spirit in you. You can’t worship God in Spirit if you don’t have the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

After receiving his spirit, you must follow the desire and the direction of the Holy Spirit, and not of the flesh.

Romans 8:13-14 New King James Version (NKJV)

13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Galatians 5:25-26 New King James Version (NKJV)

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Now, as we worship God in the spirit, we must also worship him in truth. Jesus explains to us what this truth is.

John 17:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

In this scripture, Jesus was praying for the apostles. He had just finished promising them that they would soon receive the Holy Spirit.  Now he is praying that they should be sanctified by the word. To sanctify is to make Holy. There is a dimension of holiness that only comes by the word.
What’s interesting is that, as Jesus is saying, “your word is truth” he is actually quoting the scriptures. He is quoting psalms 119.

Psalm 119:160 New King James Version (NKJV)

160 The entirety of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.

The apostle Paul echoes the words of Jesus when he tells us that Jesus uses the word, to sanctify and clean his church.

Ephesians 5:25-26 New International Version (NIV)

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

This means there is a dimension of God we can only receive when we worship in Spirit, and there is another dimension we can only receive when we worship in truth, or in the word. This particular teaching is going to focus on the role of scriptures in the life of the believer.

The Truth and The Life

John 14:6 New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus is the way the truth and the life. We access his truth through his word, and his life through his spirit.

Romans 8:10 New International Version (NIV)

10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

If you read the word, but reject the spirit, you will get truth but you will not have life. Because the scriptures alone can not give you life. If you receive the spirit but reject the word, you will have life but without truth, and without truth you will be taken advantage of by the devil.

The Pharisees Read the Word, and knew about the Christ, but they rejected the Spirit of Christ. They are a good example of having scripture without the spirit.

John 5:39 New International Version (NIV)

³⁹ You study^[a the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,

But you already have Christ and the spirit of God upon you, so what role do the scriptures play for you. Let’s here from the Lord Jesus.

On the other spectrum, Jesus then found the Sadducees who rejected the scriptures completely, leading them into error.

Matthew 22:29 New International Version (NIV)

²⁹ Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

The Sadducees did not consider the writings of the prophets as scripture. And by rejecting these scriptures they found themselves in error.

So a balance is needed, between truth and life. Spirit and Scripture.

 But you already have Christ and the spirit of God upon you, so what role do the scriptures play for you. Let’s here from the Lord Jesus.

What is Scripture

The word scripture comes from the greek word, graphe which means the writings or more specifically, the Holy Writings of God.

The assumption here is that the reader already believes that the Bible is the inspired word of God. For answers on how we got our bible, you can read my teaching on Identifying the scriptures.

i) Scriptures were written by the Holy Spirit

The apostle Paul explains. 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 New Living Translation (NLT)

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

Amen.

So these holy writings that we call scripture  were inspired and given to us by God, to show us what is true, what is right, and what is wrong with our lives. The apostle says God uses the scriptures to equip his people to do his work. wow.

There may be many issues that you are praying for, and God seems to be silent. The reason being he has already spoken about that issue in his scriptures. He has given the scriptures as the answer to your particular question.

ii) The words of scripture can not be Broken.

John 10:34-36 New Living Translation (NLT)

34 Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’ 35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ 36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.

In this verse, the Lord is talking to the pharisees, who are calling him a blasphemer because he had said God was his father. Jesus responds by quoting a scripture Psalms 82, and declares that scripture can not be altered. Another version says, scripture can not be broken or set aside. What Jesus is simply saying is that, what God has said in the scriptures remains authoritative forever. It can’t just be ignored. If God said the leaders of Israel are gods, then even if you love or hate them, if they are holy or wicked, they are gods, because God said so in his scripture. This is to the extend that Jesus even instructs his disciples to obey the pharisees.

Matthew 23:2-3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

The only time scriptures become ineffective, is after they are fulfilled.

Matthew 5:18 New Living Translation (NLT)

18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.

So what does this mean for us today. God will not come today and start telling you things that oppose what he has given in his scriptures. The things that God gave to be written as scripture can not be broken. Whether we like them or not. The apostle Paul was struct down under the instruction of a wicked Priest. Paul responded by cursing him, but he had to repent because he had acted against scripture.

Acts 23:3-5 New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?” 4 And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?” 5 Then Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

There was no need to fast and pray to hear from God whether it was okay for him to curse the evil high priest. It is written, you shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people. Paul knew that we he had done was wrong, because he knew the scriptures. He understood that even though Jesus was now the High Priest, as long as that man sat in that office, that scripture can not be broken.

The bible is not a book of suggestions, or a book of opinions, it is God’s unbreakable instructions for us.

iii) Scriptures will be used to judge us on the last day

John 12:47-48 New King James Version (NKJV)

47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

So where do we find these words that Jesus spoke. The words that shall judge men on the last day. Jesus Christ entrusted his words of his teaching to the apostles, and told the apostles that the whole world should obey those words.

Matthew 28:19-20 New King James Version (NKJV)

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

The testimony of the apostles was written down into what we now call the New Testament. Jesus had instructed that the apostles should testify together with the Holy Spirit.

John 15:26-27 New International Version (NIV)

26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

Acts 5:32 New International Version (NIV)

32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

iv) The scriptures reveal the spirit of truth.

We have already shown that Jesus gave his apostles so that they would testify together with the Holy Spirit. The apostles testified by writing down the commandments of our Lord. Any Spirit that opposes the teachings and writings of the apostles is a spirit of falsehood.

Lets hear the apostle John.

1 John 4:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

Any spirit, angel, dream, vision or prophecy that goes against what the apostles have taught in the scriptures, is falsehood. A lot of people have scriptures from the apostles telling them how to deal with their situation, yet they are praying to hear God in the hope that he will say something different. As a result they open themselves up to deception.

Galatians 1:8 New Living Translation (NLT)

8 Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.

So, even if the angel Michael comes to you, and gives you a teaching opposite to that which was already given to the apostles, then that angel is cursed. So it is critical to have the writings of the apostles because they are the measurement of truth and falsehood. The Apostle Peter, recognised the writings of apostle Paul to be among the  scriptures.

2 Peter 3:15-16 New International Version (NIV)

15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

When he says, the other Scriptures, it therefore means that he consider’s Paul’s letters to be among the scriptures. 

Example

Let me give an example. The bible speaks of false brethren, false teachers, false prophets and false apostles. The bible teaches us how to discern the true from the false.

Matthew 7:15-20 New King James Version (NKJV)

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 

17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Jesus tells us in scripture that we will identify false prophets based on their fruit (teaching and their lifestyles.)

However, most christians will say, I need the spirit of discernment to identify false prophets. It feels like a more sure way to identify them, but God never said you will identify false prophets by the Spirit of discernment. God the father himself, The Lord Jesus Christ and all the apostles taught us in the unbreakable scriptures that false prophets will be identified by their fruits (their teaching and their works). Deuteronomy 18 and 13, Mathew 7:15, 1 John 4:1, 2 Peter 2:1

So people will remain connected to false prophets, false teachers and false apostles, though they can see that these men are not bearing the fruit of the spirit, because they are waiting for the Spirit of discernment. Ignorance of the scriptures leads to ignorance of God’s will, purpose and working, which leads to perishing.

Hosea 4:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

An Example from Jesus

When Jesus Christ was baptised, he was filled with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness to be tempted.

Matthew 4:1-11 New King James Version (NKJV)

4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” 5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ” 8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

When jesus came face to face with the devil, he identified, exposed and conquered every thought and suggestion of Satan by his knowledge of scripture. If Jesus had to know and use scriptures to overcome Satan’s deception, how much more we. Jesus says,  a disciple is not greater than his master. Though Jesus was full of the spirit, it wasn’t the spirit that told him that the person speaking to him was Satan, it was the scriptures. Through the scriptures, he identified the voice of Satan, the miracle from Satan and the vision from Satan.

In this we also learn an important lesson. It is only Satan who uses one scripture to make you break another Scripture. God says when we learn doctrine, we place one scripture upon another scripture. We don’t use one scripture to break another.

Isaiah 28:9-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

9 “Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”

v) Scriptures were given to reveal Christ to us.

The book of hebrews tells us that the bible is written concerning Christ.

Hebrews 10:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—In the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.’ ”

Jesus Christ carries in him the fullness of God. He is infinite and its not possible to understand him in a single person’s lifetime. The Bible records the revelation of Christ in the lives of thousands of people for 4 000 years. Through the lives of Adam, Seth, Noah, Enoch, Abraham, David, etc etc. They are different revelations of Christ. If God were to show you those revelations you would have to live for 4000 years. You would have to have gone through the experiences of all those men. It’s impossible.

But when you read the bible, you have access to 4000 years worth of revelation of Christ.

Luke 24:27 New King James Version (NKJV)

27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Luke 24:44-45 New King James Version (NKJV)

44 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” 45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

vi) Scriptures make you grow in the Spirit

1 Peter 2:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)

2 like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],

People need the word of God in order to grow spiritually. You can be very gifted, but if you are not filled with the word, you remain a baby Christian.

Hebrews 5:12-13 New International Version (NIV)

12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

Baby Christians, are moved by every new doctrine. They are not yet established in the truth of Christ that is found in the bible.

Ephesians 4:14 New International Version (NIV)

 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

A baby christian is also called a carnal Christian. You only become spiritual when you mature as a Christian and maturity comes through the word.

1 Corinthians 3:1 New King James Version (NKJV)

3 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

The church of Corinth was the most gifted, yet it was the most unspiritual church. Because we grow in the spirit by the word, we can only become mature or spiritual when we become skilled in the word of truth.

2 Timothy 2:15 King James Version (KJV)

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

vii) Scriptures Give you Wisdom

Wisdom is one of the most neglected things in the church. People tend to think that once, a person has received the Holy Spirit they now have wisdom. Christians who are full of the spirit and full of faith, still need to seek wisdom. It’s not automatic.

Colossians 1:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Ephesians 1:16-17 New King James Version (NKJV)

16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

Wisdom comes with knowledge and understanding. When you have wisdom, you just know how to handle the situation. When Joseph interpreted pharaoh’s dream, that was by revelation. But when he advised pharaoh to keep food and tax people for seven years,  so that they can have enough to eat and sell in the seven years of drought, that was wisdom. It was this wisdom that moved pharaoh to make Joseph the governor.

Solomon tells us that a house is built by wisdom and established by understanding.

Proverbs 24:3 English Standard Version (ESV)

3 By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

The apostle Paul again wrote to Timothy that knowing the scriptures was essential for wisdom.

2 Timothy 3:15 New King James Version (NKJV)

15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

A lot of Christians have revelations but they lack wisdom and as a result, they can not build or establish their house.

viii) Scriptures give us life lessons

Romans 15:4 New International Version (NIV)

4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

The scriptures give us a record of the lives of hundreds of people who walked with God over 4000 years. From there we can learn about how different people have encountered different problems and how they endured and over came. We hear God’s testimony concerning those people, and from their lives we learn how we can also overcome.

1 Corinthians 10:9-12 New International Version (NIV)

9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

When we take the bible as a book of suggestions, we fail to grow spiritually and we will always be lacking in knowledge and wisdom. You have seen how our lord Jesus and his apostles lived according to the scriptures and valued scriptures in their ministry. Let us follow the same.

The Living Word

In early 2019, the Lord spoke to me in a dream and said, you need to begin to operate in the dimension of The Living Word. I had never heard that phrase before.

Some people read the bible just to get verses to support their doctrines. Some read to prepare sermons to teach others. Some simply out of obligation. That is well and fine, but the bible really transforms our lives when we treat is as a living word.

Hebrews 4:12 New International Version (NIV)

12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Christ is the living word. The scriptures reveal Christ which means the scriptures reveal to us the living word.

What does it mean? Each time you open the bible you must consider and see that The Holy Spirit is actually standing in front of you and speaking to you.

1 Corinthians 14:37 New International Version (NIV)

37 If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.

Once you do that, once you recognise and believe that The Holy Spirit is actually speaking to you personally in that very moment, the words change your spirit forever.

Let me give three random scriptures from the bible. As you read these scriptures, I want you to imagine the Holy Spirit standing in front of you speaking to you.

For example:

1 Corinthians 5:11-13 New Century Version (NCV)

11 I am writing to tell you that you must not associate with those who call themselves believers in Christ but who sin sexually, or are greedy, or worship idols, or abuse others with words, or get drunk, or cheat people. Do not even eat with people like that.12-13 It is not my business to judge those who are not part of the church. God will judge them. But you must judge the people who are part of the church. The Scripture says, “You must get rid of the evil person among you.”

When you imagine the Holy Spirit actually standing in front of you and saying these things, it has a whole other weight and impact on you.

Let me share another.

1 Peter 4:7-11 New Century Version (NCV)

7 The time is near when all things will end. So think clearly and control yourselves so you will be able to pray. 8 Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause people to forgive each other for many sins. 9 Open your homes to each other, without complaining. 10 Each of you has received a gift to use to serve others. Be good servants of God’s various gifts of grace. 11 Anyone who speaks should speak words from God. Anyone who serves should serve with the strength God gives so that in everything God will be praised through Jesus Christ. Power and glory belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

Here is another:

1 John 5:13-15 New Century Version (NCV)

13 I write this letter to you who believe in the Son of God so you will know you have eternal life. 14 And this is the boldness we have in God’s presence: that if we ask God for anything that agrees with what he wants, he hears us. 15 If we know he hears us every time we ask him, we know we have what we ask from him.

The words above are not suggestions, or opinions of men. They are the divine words of the Holy Spirit to you.

My Testimonies

I am going to share two testimonies in relation to the scriptures.

Several years ago, I had a strange experience. At night, I had a vision where I ascended up towards the heavens and landed in some place. When I arrived, there was a being standing in front of me, he had grey skin.

He said, “Hello, I am the Bible”

I thought to myself, “The Bible?”

He replied, “Yes, The Bible. On earth you know the bible as a book, but the bible is a living being and I am the bible. My duty is to record the work/walk of the Holy Spirit among men, and make it known to men.”

When he sad work/walk, he spoke once but I heard him twice. I then saw the bible in front of me, and in a split second, it was opened from Genesis to Revelation, And I realised that what he had said was true.

He said, “What you have on earth is a summary. But every miracle, every word, every work of the Holy Spirit among men is recorded in me.”

After that experience, the scriptures began to open to me in ways that had never opened before.

My second experience is different.

I was going through a very tough period. It felt like God was so far away. I would kneel down to pray but I would feel such heaviness and darkness, and it felt like my prayers were bouncing off the ceiling.

One morning, It felt like an angel had entered my room to wake me to pray. So I woke up and began to pray. I began to spontaneously pray a form of prayer that I had never prayed before in my life. I began to say, “I sprinkle the blood of Jesus in this place, the blood of Jesus that protects us from every curse and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.” 

As I ran around the room. I began to see the blood of Jesus appearing and covering everything that I mentioned in my prayer. Then I spontaneously began to say, “I speak light in the name of Jesus.” The blood began to emit so much light that immediately the feeling of gloom and doom disappeared, and the weight and darkness was gone. It felt like my room was now directly in heaven. I then ran back to the bed.

As I ran to the bed, I saw my body lying down on the bed, and then realised that I had woken up in the spirit and not in the flesh. My spirit then returned into my body, and as I was getting in I said, “Lord, why is it that people pray this prayer and yet it does not work, like I have seen it work now” I then heard the booming voice of God reply, “It is only the word, that you have believed, and has become real to you, that will manifest to you. Unless the word becomes a reality in you, it will not manifest for you.”

I hope you have been blessed by this teaching. Amen.