Dr. Pastor Paul Enenche at the first service, Glory Dome, Abuja.
January 2021 Holy Ghost Service
Subject: Unraveling The Mystery of Faith (1)
Text: 1 Timothy 3:9
OBJECTIVES:
- Exploring and unraveling the mystery of faith
- Identifying the sources of faith
- The Bible identifies faith as a mystery, a conundrum, a puzzle, a hidden secret, something that could be difficult to understand or comprehend.
- Faith is a mystery, but it should not be allowed to remain a mystery for two reasons:
a) our lives both in quality and durability depend on our faith (Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11)
b) our spiritual worth and wealth are anchored on our faith (Hebrews 6:12) - It is possible for life to be a shadow without faith and it is also possible for life to end before time – without faith.
WHAT THEN IS FAITH?
1) Faith is heart-alignment with God and His word.
- Faith is being on the same page with God
- It is coming on the same frequency and wavelength with God
- It means coming into agreement with God on particular issues
- It means you have no opinion or belief that is contrary to God’s own (Luke 5:4-6)
2) Faith is seeing what God says (Acts 8:30-38)
- When you see what God says, it is no longer information, it is now revelation (Habakkuk 2:1).
UNDERSTANDING becomes belief and BELIEF becomes RESULT. That is the linear equation of faith. - Faith is impossible where the word of God is not deeply understood to the point where you can see it.
- You need depth of understanding on the particular issues of life where you desire drastic results.
3) Faith is confidence in the faithfulness of God, borne out of a deep knowledge of the character of God (Hebrews 11:11).
- Faith is judging Him faithful who has promised
- Every word is as good as the one who spoke it
- The quality of a word is determined by the quality of the speaker
- Don’t mind the word if the speaker is someone not to mind
- If The Almighty God says in gathering they shall gather, as many as gathered together against you, they shall fall for your sake, and He says no weapon formed against you shall prosper and any tongue that rises against you in judgement, thou shall condemn, then that word is good! Because the speaker is good, the person who spoke is reliable, durable and a person of quality.
4) Faith is seeing Light out of the word, believing it and becoming supernaturally empowered to manifest it (John 1:12; John 1:1; Isaiah 2:5; 2 Corinthians 5:7).
i. You saw the Light out of the word
ii. You believed it because it fired conviction into your heart
iii. You began to walk in the reality of that Light
iv. You are supernaturally empowered to manifest the products of that Light (Mark 5:25-29)
- Faith switches-on power anyday, anytime and anywhere.
I speak to someone today by the word of prophecy, the power to manifest the result you are trusting God for is coming your way right now in the name of Jesus!
5) Faith is seeing the outcome from the onset through the word (2 Corinthians 4:17-18; Hebrews 11:27).
- Faith is seeing the end while still at the beginning
- You are not married yet but you know you will have a marriage that has no problem
- You don’t have 1 Naira yet but you know you will have plenty money that will build churches
*Faith is seeing the outcome from the onset
- I knew we would preach to crowds around the world, we put chairs in the overflow in Area 1 before the sanctuary was filled.
- We started running 5 services when 3 services were not yet filled. The first service was to under the gallery, 2nd service was to the gallery, 3rd service was halfway then I came from the UK and announced 5 services because God said it, then I had scripture
to charge it.
The first Sunday of those 5 services, all the services were filled to the brim, apart from the last one, and the services continued. Then we went into 6 services and it also overflowed.
IF YOU CAN SEE IT AHEAD, NO DEVIL CAN STOP YOU HERE!
- Faith is seeing the realities of the invisible beyond the uncertainties of the visible
- It is seeing beyond the immediate to the ultimate
- It is seeing beyond the obvious to the obscure
- It is seeing beyond where you are to where you are going
- It is being convinced of what is yet to happen
3 KEYS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH
1) The word of God (Acts 6:7-8; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 13:7)
- Where the word increases, faith explodes
- The possession of revelation is foundational for faith
2) The knowledge of God (Daniel 11:32; Phillipians 3:10; Hebrews 11:11; Acts 6:8)
- The knowledge of God gives birth to strength and power
The knowledge of God gives birth to strength and power, faith gives birth to strength and power, therefore, the knowledge of God equals faith. - The more of God you know, the less you need to pray for faith. Belief is natural where God is known. You only doubt who you don’t know.
- One of the prayers anyone can keep praying for the rest of his/her life is “that I may know Him and the power of His ressurection and the fellowship of His suffering (Phillipians 3:10)”.
3) The acts of God (Exodus 14:31; Luke 1:36-45; John 2:22).
- What God has done in your life or what He is doing in the lives of others can explode faith in your heart
- Don’t take testimonies for granted, don’t ignore or despise them. Let them explode your faith. Don’t be angry when you hear them.
- Every sign has a voice, every miracle carries a message and there are words in wonders.
- The same way a picture can be worth a thousand words, a miracle can also be worth a thousand messages. (Exodus 4:8)
PRAYER POINTS
- Father, open my eyes to see wonders out of Your word.
- Father, open my eyes to see Your word in a dimension I have not seen before.
- Father, show me dimensions of Your self I have not known before.
- Father, open my eyes to hear Your voice out of every sign and wonder.
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