How did you know this? You don't expect Baptist to know these things.. Right?
I don't look at God's Word as "
JUST" information that is good for you and can help you develop better qualities and character. No, the source of life, your life, my life and the tree in our yards was created out of our Father speaking something from faith. That universe creating Word went forth and made that tree.
So, I don't look at any scripture as written for this time, or written to David, or for this people. When David said no plague shall come neigh my dwelling, I say Father, I believe that, that is your word to David, it's true, and if I get sick 20 times, it's only because I need more understanding, not because your Word returned void. You have that in there for Us Lord. It's important, it's life, it's something You said.
Prison:
Being new baby Christian, and not having no ministers to tell me I was wrong, just reading what I could get my hands on. I tithed my 1.00 faithfully to Kenneth Copeland. I made 10.00 a month. That is how I understood it.
The commissary sold these cheap pens that never wrote more than a page before they stop writing. All the inmates had issue with them and often we go around asking if they had a pen that would write. The ink was in the tube, but the pen just stop writing. You were only allowed 1 Pen, as they also make nice weapons. So to get a pen, you would have to turn your old one in. I am not convinced they did not resale them, Not accusing, but......................
it was so frustrating to start a letter to home, and not even being able to finish half a page. Pens were 50 cents, and that is a lot of money out of 10.00 a month.
Read what God said Bill:
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And
I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
(Mal 3:10-11)
If you tithe, your vine shall not cast their fruit to the ground before it's time.
To me that translated.
Your pen shall not stop working before the ink is gone.
I had nobody to tell me I was not using scripture properly, it's not like we had access to a Pastor. I praise God for that.
So,
I spoke over my pen, I said Pen, In Jesus name, you will use all your ink, and not be cast away before your time. I am a tither, and God promised me this.
Well............................ That did not work out so well. My pens still stopped and often times it would take a couple commissary trips to finish a few pages of a letter. 3 months of speaking over my new pen each week did not help at all.
Now I figured, it was me, I was not seeing something. So, I kept meditating on that scripture. My pens don't stop working before their time. What was the problem? I did not know at the time that head knowledge and just hoping was not being convinced.
I thought I believed it, but I did not know what really believing something God said was like.
about the 3rd month I was on my way to commissary, only getting to go once a week. A new pen was on my list of course. On my way the words came up real strong in me, it was like a light was turned one. It would be hard to explain. The Lord spoke inside me real loud.
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I said, Your fruit shall not cast itself to the ground before it's time, neither shall your pens stop before their time, I told you, I would rebuke the devourer for your sake."
At that moment, the Word of God become so alive and real. I boldly went and bought my new pen, and said thank you Lord, I see it, my pen can't stop writing, it would be violating your word if it did.
That was the last pen I bought Bill. In fact, my other brothers in Christ were always wanting to borrow it. They called it "
Mike's anointed pen." That pen kept writing long after i could not see ink in the tube, I can't explain how but others saw it also.
Now, the only way I have to minister to people is to say, "Take this scripture, meditate on it, your answer is here." People say, thanks, I'll look over that scripture.................. Look over the scripture.................... look over the scripture................
yea, go ahead and just look over that. That scripture will save your life and change any situation around. Believers don't value the Word, to them it's just good advice, it's not their actual answer.
No, they call for prayer, pray for me, bla, bla, bla, bla................. not even considering their life changing answer is in the book, laying on the desk. They don't value the Word enough to meditate on it, seek God on it
Sorry so long, you struck a cord in me.
