Greetings Saints, Always good to hear from you around the globe. Thanks for your words of encouragement. Always know that I am praying for you to prosper and be in health. (3 Jn 2) And of course, I believe I receive what I pray for! And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have faith in God [constantly]. Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! And does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you , and you will [get it]. Mark 11:22-24 Amplified Interesting to note that the first way to receive from the Lord is to have a constant faith, one that does not waver or bend under pressure. But I find it more interesting that Jesus prefaces this statement with “Truly I tell you”, or another translator puts it “what I am about to tell you is true”. Can we control doubt? Obviously we can or He would not give us such directions. Telling us to believe with no doubt indicates we have the power to say NO to doubt. Anyone can say to the mountain, “move”, but only a select few get results. The ones who have learned to control doubt in spite of obvious contrary circumstances. You see, anyone can “say”, but only the ones who have become skillful believers actual get what they say. It is like the mountain. Impossibilities are possibilities with the prayer of a skilled believer. One who is well trained in constant unwavering faith, receives, no matter what the five senses scream. The mountain has to move! The mountain physical or the mountain in our life we are praying about. It moves, God cannot lie. How exciting! Hallelujah! We are more than conquerors through Jesus! We have begun preparation for our big 5th anniversary celebration and missions conference coming this September 2nd. Please log into www.ficccelebrationmissionsconf.org to get a preview. This site is still under construction so be sure to check back often. Love you all! See you in Church. Truly, Pastor Chuck |
Archive for July, 2007
Moving Mountains In Prayer
The Pastors Letter: Hello Dear Saints!
Greetings Saints, What a blessing to visit with you again. Thanks for taking a few minutes of your busy schedule to fellowship with me. I am ever more amazed at the magnitude of the words of the Master when He told us all things are possible to us believers. (see Mark 9:23) For if we really believe, then truly nothing is impossible. This means that sickness has to melt away at the faith of the believer. Lack can no longer attack in the life of a real believer. Discouragement has no place in a believers life because we are fully persuaded that the current situation must bow the knee to Jesus the Word. Literally there is nothing, no-thing, that you as a believer cannot accomplish. Jesus told us that we could actually move a mountain this way. Think about it, a mountain! Meditate on these promises, let it sink in. Let them take root and grow strong in you. God is for you. He is on your side, an ever present help in time of trouble. You just need to believe Him more than what you see or feel. Quit allowing yourself to think on doubtful thoughts like, why God, how long God, or I just don’t understand God… Instead fill your thoughts with the Word that promises your answer and declare these things out your mouth. Meditate on them until your hope has substance. Recognize when you are in or out of faith and make the necessary adjustments to correct any doubt lurking around. He will never fail you. He is interceding for you now. Believe you receive at the time of prayer and do not back off. That mountain will move, you have Gods guarantee on it. Hallelujah! For all the promises of God in him are yes, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 2 Cor 1:20 KJV In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; Titus 1:2 KJV Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matt 21:21-22 Praise the Lord! Just a quick reminder that we will be having our first End Time Wealth Transfer Investment Club meeting Thursday the 19th immediately following Intercessory Prayer. Prayer starts at 6 pm and the investment club at 7:30 pm. Come learn how to make 25%, 50% even 100% on your money. It is time to rise up and possess the Land! Also, we are having an organizational meeting this Sunday right after church for any of you that will help with our 5th Anniversary Celebration Mission Conference coming the first week of September. We will be hosting such great men of God as Daniel King and Jack Myers and Barry Cunnington from Australia. We invite you to put this on your special intercessory prayer list for the mighty hand of God to show Bradenton the awesome power of God! Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. Jer 16:21 KJV We welcome all of you worldwide to be with us. We will happily arrange food and lodging for you while here and love to hear what the Lord is doing in your part of the world. We will begin Sunday Sept 2nd and run through Sunday the 9th. Plan to join us! You know I love you and appreciate you! See you in church Sunday. Pastor Chuck |
July 4th, 2007 Greetings Saints
Greetings Saints, Happy Independence day to you here in America, and happy independence to all you worldwide who are free in Christ Jesus! Hallelujah, that is our true independence, free from the curse and its effects! Glory! Love you all and enjoy writing to you each week. Thanks for your emails and comments, you are a great encouragement to me. Thanks for the many prayers for our Pakistani Brothers and Sisters I mentioned last week. We are in a continuing study at FICC Word Church on the art of believing. In other words training be a person who is not controlled by the elements of nature or the pressures of life. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. Mark 11:24 (New Living Translation) Here is the solution, pray for anything. Here is the problem, if you believe that you’ve received it. Jesus said we can pray for anything, and that we could have it! The reason we do not experience it more often is because we really do not believe. You say, yes I do believe Pastor Chuck, but if you did then you would receive according to the Masters Words. So herein lies the problem. We must be honest with ourselves and admit we need some work on believing the Word over the circumstances. Now if it was easy, everybody would be doing it! But here are a few things you will have to practice in order to achieve this skill of original (before the fall) Adamic domination. 1. Steadfastness: You must train yourself not to waver. Once you pray, declare it is done and do not go back and forth with doubt and unbelief. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:5-8 2. Confession: You must so believe that you have already received it that your confession declares it. And speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past. Rom 4:17B (Living Letters: The Paraphrased Epistles). 3. Patience: When you are not yet seeing it with your natural eye. Time is not the determining factor whether or not your prayer is answered! Stay the course, He is faithful who promised. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb 6:12 4. Fully Persuaded: When the pain or symptoms get worse in your body, when the bills continue to pile up, when what you are seeing is the exact opposite of the answer to your prayer, you must already be fully persuaded that God cannot lie. What He promised in His Word He is more than able and willing to perform it in your life, so continue to act accordingly. And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. A final note, you must make it personal. Believe that God will do it for you. Actually you must take it, so to speak. It is yours so you must take it and not let go no matter what you see or feel or encounter. Therefore I say to you, all things whatever things ye praying shall ask, believe ye that ye shall take, and they shall come to you. Mark 11:24 (Wycliffe New Testament) And again: And all things whatever ye believing shall ask in prayer, ye shall take. [And all things whatever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall take.] Matt 21:22 (Wycliffe New Testament) We have been given the authority saints and we must begin to take it. The world around us is suffering under the curse and we have the ability resident within us to do something about it for those who suffer. I am confident that He who began a good work in us will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Looking forward to seeing you in church this Sunday. We provide transportation if you are local. Dr Don Struble will be speaking this Sunday morning so you do not want to miss it. In Him, Pastor Chuck |
