Step 1: Identify the Problem
Is it Spiritual? Physical? Emotional? Financial? Whatever it is, the first step in conquering it, is facing it head-on and identifying what it truly is.
Step 2: Make a Quality Decision
You've got to say, "I'm coming out of this situation. I'm coming out by the power of God and I'm coming out by the Word. I've made my decision and from this point forward, nothing is going to change my mind."
Step 3: Find Your Title Deed
Once you've determined that you're going to overcome by the Word of God, the next step is to go to God's Word and find a promise that speaks to your particular situation. That promise is your "title deed" to the power and provision of Almighty God.
No matter what you're facing today, there is a promise in God's Word that addresses your need. A promise you can stake your very life on.
Step 4: Hear the Word
Once you've found the title deed to your miracle, you need to bring faith onto the scene by hearing what that deed has to say. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17).
Shut your ears to the world and open them to the Word. Then you'll be ready to take the next step.
Step 5: Meditate the Word
To get that Word into your heart where it can do some good requires more than just listening -- it requires meditation.
Joshua 1:8, God says, "this book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, ...."
Meditating on God's Word is an essential key to success and prosperity. Psalm 1, "How do I know when I've meditated on the Word long enough to have faith deposited in my heart?"
That's simple. When you can "see" it. When the inner image of what you're believing God for becomes more real to you than what you see with your natural eyes.
Step 6: Harness the Power of Confession
Finding a promise in God's Word, hearing it and meditating on it until it becomes real to you, is somewhat like taking a bullet and loading it into a gun. It still takes another action -- pulling the trigger -- to release its power.
You pull the trigger of faith when you confess God's Word from a heart overflowing with faith. "For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh" (Luke 6:45).
You may not see it manifested right away. That's why the next step is so important.
Step 7: Act on the Word
Once you've released God's power through faith-filled words, it's important to keep the pressure applied in the spirit realm by acting on what you have spoken.
If you truly believed you received when you prayed, then act like it. James tells us that faith without corresponding action is dead (James 2:17).
Step 8: Apply the Pressure of Patience
Hebrews 6:12 tells us to not be "slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Faith gets your miracle moving but it is patience that brings it home. Faith and patience go hand in hand.
Step 9: Wait for God's Timing
One of the most important truths you can ever grasp in your Christian life is this: With God, there is an appointed time and a due season for everything.
This is a concept you must keep in mind as you begin to pray and believe for certain things in your life.
The key to avoiding frustration, fear and the temptation to quit when standing in faith on God's Word, is understanding there is a time and due season for everything. "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not" (Galatians 6:9)
Step 10: Expect the Answer
Expectation is a very powerful thing.
When you expect something, you begin to position yourself to receive it.
There is something about expectation that places you before the face of God. God blesses expectant people !
Expect to receive a hundredfold return on all your giving. Expect to walk in health. Expect to be promoted. Expect to have a good marriage. Expect ALL the blessings of God to be yours in fullness here and now. That's the final step in God's divine order of faith.
My Dear Friend,
Let's create an atmosphere for miracles!!!
Study GOD'S WORD ! Get the WORD in your heart and in your mouth.
Faith is NOW !
When you pray, believe you receive !
When?
NOW !
Praise God ! He is worthy !
From this moment on, I want you to put a guard on your tongue. Only let faith-filled words come out of your mouth. Watch and be very careful what you let enter into your heart and mind.
Watch and Pray !
God will honor only what you do behind closed doors. What you get from God will not come from crowds, but by getting alone with God.
Open up before God - let Him fill you. Tell God you need to be refreshed.
It's time to get up ! There is something God wants to tell you. He's not through with you. God wants you going forth in His name!
Remember ! Faith must be in two places to work. It has to be in your heart and in your mouth. It cannot be in one place, it has to be in both places: in your heart and in your mouth. So, plant God's Word in your heart and speak it with your mouth. It will produce faith that will remove mountains.
Your Friend,Shirley Oliver