Events Verses Kingdom Lifestyles

Faith healing was never meant to be thought of as a event but a lifestyle. God will heal anybody, anytime, anywhere, all the time. He can also use any Christian anytime, anywhere that makes themselves available to ensure this happens. Event or scheduled healings for the sick are great; however, when spontaneous prayer is accomplished, it is done out of a lifestyle from the Christian who is beyond waiting and has arrived to the "now" faith. With this unhindered lifestyle we will develop a flow. Some call this "flowing in the Holy Ghost."



Jacob's Prayer

Jacob was plainly terrified of seeing Esau again. Twenty years earlier, Esau had threatened to kill him. Jacob humbled himself and earnestly prayed to God, reminding Him of His promises to return him home safely. He begged God to help him. That night, Jacob met and wrestled with the angel that renamed him "Israel." Everything worked out excellently with Esau after that. 

Genesis 32:11 - "Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children." 

Owning Up to Our Flaws

Before the Angel of the LORD would pronounce the blessing upon him, Jacob had to tell the angel his own name. Jacob's name meant "supplanter." Announcing that to the angel was tantamount to confessing, "I am a crook!" Sooner or later, we all have to own up to our flaws. God requires that we confess our faults. There is no point in hiding our sins. God sees everything anyway. Admit it and get on with your divine destiny. 

Genesis 32:27 - "And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob." 

Jacob's Name Change

One of the most notable events in human history is Jacob's name change. Dreading confrontation with Esau after twenty years of exile, Jacob prayed desperately for God's help. That night, an angel wrestled fiercely with Jacob, permanently injuring his thigh joint. Jacob said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me." Every day, world headlines republish the name spoken by the angel - ISRAEL. 

Genesis 32:28 - "And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." 

Lead On Softly

By the grace of God, Jacob and Esau reconciled beautifully. Jacob gave him generous gifts, and they blessed each other before parting ways. Jacob's anxiety was relieved. Peacefulness settled over him. From there on, he could relax and head for the Promised Land. They could travel at a leisurely pace for the cattle and children. God diffused the crisis. When we finally see God's hand working, we can relax and travel on. 

Genesis 33:14 - "I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure." 

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God Has Been With Me

Jacob had many problems with Laban. After serving seven years to marry Rachel, Laban gave him Leah instead and made him serve seven more for Rachel. Then Jacob negotiated to take the "ring-straked and spotted" livestock and leave the rest to Laban. Laban was enraged when the herds multiplied in Jacob's favor. Troublemakers in our lives just cannot win when God is with us. In today’s  grace period we need to be made to understand  human vessels can  be totally controlled  by evil spirits to harm our great progress in God.  I once was being hindered by a group of individuals, they were releasing very negative words towards me.  I prayed until God showed me one demon using the entire group!  He would possess one then another screaming vilely,  then start over again. God told me to confront the spirit and send it packing. Thank God   I know the peacemaker and I know Him by name.

Genesis 31:5 - "...I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me." 

Here Am I

Laban was making life difficult for Jacob, so Jacob had to make a deal with him to allow him to have all the "ring-straked and spotted" livestock. As soon as the deal was made, God intervened. Nearly all the cattle began to be "ring-straked and spotted." This was no accident. God clearly spoke with Jacob about the matter, and Jacob affirmed that he and God had discussed it. Conversations with God are profitably,  believe the things His Spirit speaks about your shortcomings and  just be humble receive instructions directions are forth coming.

Genesis 31:11 - "And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I." 

Manifest Destiny

When Jacob began to leave Laban after twenty years of service, Laban would have forbid it and would have kept everything including his daughters. But when God pronounces certain destiny over a life such as Jacob's, nothing and nobody can stop it. Blessing and cursing are sovereign irresistible powers of God. 

Genesis 31:42 - "Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight." 

The God Of Nahor

We have heard the phrase, "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," but how about the "GOD OF NAHOR"? Nahor was Abraham's grandfather. Nahor was 99 years old when Abraham was born, and died when Abraham was 49. Nahor believed in the one true God, so certainly must have influenced Abraham's faith and calling. Eliezer found Rebekah for Isaac in Nahor's hometown. This scarcely-known grandfather surely had far greater impact than we have realized. Never underestimate your impact on others!  

Genesis 31:53 - "The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor..."