Your post reminded me of Keith Moore's sermon "Faith For Miracles - Pt. 11
Faith Over Condemnation" from the featured messages list. It was quite interesting. I bookmarked the series so that I could go back and listen to it in order from the beginning.
Listen to this, it's more recent 2015 and the Revelation God gives to Brother Moore Covers the Faith for Miracles. It's along the Same lines, as Faith hears, and responds.
Faith in Action:
http://www.flcbranson.org/listseries.php?xml=rss/FaithInAction.xml
Amazing how you know my Pastor's sermons better than me.
Praise God!
Faith does not have to be all that complicated, and not everyone is called to teach faith, but they should know some simple principles.
Talking bad about people, and putting your mouth on other ministers of the Lord will destroy all the power of God in your life. Strife, and discord will destroy the faith you need for that Miracle. One reason I am harsh when morons get together to say bad things about Joel Osteen. I don't even listen to Joel, but my love for the morons makes me not want to see the enemy get a place in their life to wipe any power of God they hold onto. No understanding how powerful judging others and putting your mouth on people is.
Lot's of times it's not lack of faith, but a abundance of I have to open my silly mouth to say what I think of others.
I was dog sick!!
In prison we had this nasty virus in our wing, and the quarantined our wing, none of us were allowed out and they brought our food on trays. 80 of the 100 Men had to go to the Hospital, it was like a ghost wing.
2 Weeks before that:
I was kicking it and watching WWF (Now WWE) and one of my brothers in the Lord came up to me and chewed me out for setting such a horrible example to the other prisoners. I stood up and told him to mind his own business, and he had some words, and I told him to ride out. Now we use to fellowship every day, but we stopped talking to each other. I believed he was WAY outta line.
Advance 2 weeks, the virus:
Now, despite my confessions,I am dog sick. Fever, sore throat, can't hardly talk, my whole body is hurting, it was bad. I rebuked the sick devil, said I believed I am the healed. Nothing was better for 3 days, and more folks heading to the infirmary. I know I believed I am healed.
So.............. I did what should have done more often, I humbled myself and asked God why My faith was not working. I never considered it to be God's fault, or Not God's will to help me. I also don't consider what others claimed they believed God for, but God did not come through. No such thing as God not coming through, or God not wanting to help.
Rom_3:3 For what if some did not believe?
shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His fidelity [to His Word]?
(Rom 3:3) AMP
So, I asked God, why is my faith not working. The Lord spoke to me right away, He said...... "
Go tell your brother you love him."
So, I told the Lord to just bring my Brother to me, and I'll tell him. He started it after all, I was thinking.
2 more days of being sick.
Now, looking back I was rock stupid, but I crawled out of my bunk to get a drink of water and I saw my brother sitting out in the day room, reading and healthy. I walked over to him, and said, "
Brother, I just have to tell you, I love you." We talked, cried a little and I hugged him. On my way back to my bed, the power of the anointing hit my head and I felt it all over my body. Healed instantly.
I understood that day, that speaking bad about folks, walking out of love, can really frustrate someone who does those things, and they need something from the Lord. Causes them to write books on why God does not always answer prayer, when the Book should be called.
Judging, strife, no love and little faith, the guide to making sure prayers don't get answered
Mike
