If you are not in control of your life, chances are that other forces are.  Your words and actions are duly noted in the spiritual realm as it identifies your position and authority in the spiritual realm.  You are being tested all the time!

1 Peter 5:8
Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

Look carefully at the meaning of the words in the scripture above:

1. You have an enemy, the Devil (a spirit) who roams around. The spiritual dimension consists of good and bad spirits. The bad ones are looking around to find a prey to devour.
2. He is seeking (testing you) to see IF he CAN devour you.  This means he cannot devour anyone, he has to SEEK for those who he can overcome (by fear).
3. He is walking around like a lion, roaring (to scare you).  Fear is the method used to test you by means of negative conversations, threats, calamities and other negative situations. He is watching your reaction and words (your spiritual knowledge).
4. He isn’t a lion, but rather a mouse with a loudspeaker.  If you get scared and don’t talk authority and faith, he will become your lion.
5. You allow him to become a devouring lion, or you can make him run away like a scared mouse.

Luke 10:19
Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.

Every spiritually empowered person knows this scripture by heart! When others are negative, this scripture should be your talk.

Sow thoughts and words of trust and dependence on God and you will reap supernatural provision and outcomes.  In the spiritual realm, your mind is the battlefield for control.  You can memorize Psalm 91 and use it as a faith affirmation whenever you face opposition.  Verse 1 of Psalm 91 contains the key to make this supernatural spiritual help available to you in the midst of negative circumstances.

The prerequisite for the Psalm 91 type of provision is to dwell in the presence of God and abide in the shadow of the Almighty.  This means that we should be walking in the Spirit.  How do we do that?  Psalm 1 gives the answer; He that meditates on the Word of God day and night, will be prosperous in all his ways.

The presence of God is activated in a special way inside of you, wherever you are, because your thoughts are constantly on His Word.

They who control your mind can do in your life as they will, using you to do their will in the earthly realm, expanding their sphere of control.  They will also control your destiny and your circumstances.  If you fear, it is a sure sign of a lack of faith and you may become an easy prey.

Look at this well-known scripture:

Proverbs 18:20-21
A man’s [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].
Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].

Don’t be surprised if the seed you sow into the spiritual realm are tested.  Once you start to visualize, confess positive thoughts and spiritual truths, expect opposition to come your way.  It is training grounds for the true believer to discover his authority and power!

Opposition to your “creative seed” will come by means of discouraging facts and reports that might oppose your idea, positive expectation and faith.  A few negative reports will arrive to try to discourage you from further “watering” your seed.  It may seem that since you have started to talk about a new idea, or might have asked for something in prayer, the situation is just deteriorating.  I have seen it many times.  Your innermost believes are being tested.  The quality of your faith determines the outcome in the face of opposition.

We can learn from this story in the Bible, a situation of life and death.  Note how Jesus controlled a desperate situation without allowing fear or negative words to contaminate the atmosphere for a miracle:

We read in Mark 5:22-42 the story of Jairus who asked Jesus to come and heal his little daughter, Talita. In this story Jesus went with this father, pushing through the crowds.

Jairus, had a clear and detailed vision.  He told Jesus exactly what he believed should be done and what the positive outcome would be.  His expectant faith was probably based on previous accounts of healing he surely have heard about – we have a Book full of these accounts from which we can learn and build our faith.

As they went along, a woman with a 12-year old ailment touched Jesus’ garment. The negative situation for Jairus was escalating…  in spite of the urgency of Jairus’ desperate situation, Jesus stopped to ask who has touched Him, and then he entered into a conversation with the woman.  What was Jairus thinking by now? Maybe he started thinking like many of us would, If these hold-ups keep on happening, it might soon be too late to save my daughter…

Isn’t it amazing that there is no indication of haste, fear or doubt in Jesus’ behavior?

Jesus’ words and actions demonstrate the virtue of true faith, the outcome (for the daughter of Jairus) in his mind (words and vision), was already achieved in the spiritual realm and there is no need for anxiety or haste. It seems that whenever Jesus was on His way to someone who was sick and even dying, He never seemed to be in a hurry (read the story of Lazarus).  If ever someone demonstrated the concept of “believing that you have already received what you have asked for”, it was Jesus!

Then came the bad news as people from Jairus’ household told him not to bother, his daughter has already died.

This seems like the final report!  What Jairus probably feared most, became a reality and a fact:  “It’s too late, she is already dead”. And of course, the encouragement to give up: “Don’t bother the Teacher any further.” Give up Jairus, give up!

What did Jesus do when the final message of her death arrived?  He ignores it!

Overhearing but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing.

If you live by faith, people may criticize your faith-talk and may even tell you to “rather except the facts than to live in denial”.  “The sooner you accept the facts, the quicker you will get over it.”  They will send you nice comforting messages like – “God gives you the strength to accept the things you cannot change.”

Unfortunately, acceptance of physical facts immediately limits us to the level natural laws. Accepting this as the ultimate truth will never produce a single miracle. So, what do you do when people talk to you in this way?

YOU IGNORE THEM!

Jesus ignored the messengers and immediately prevented Jairus to say anything negative.  The natural fact is: she is already dead, but Jesus just held on to the original spiritual vision that Jairus brought to Him saying, “Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.”

Fear could have killed the seed (the original thought and vision).  Immediately when hearing the negative report, and before Jairus could say anything negative, Jesus instructed Jairus: “DO NOT FEAR, KEEP ON BELIEVING”.

Of course, I realize that we don’t walk on water yet (last time I checked I got wet), and not all of us have raised the dead yet, but many situations in life can be changed around miraculously by applying these truths.  We all have to start practicing spiritual authority on a level where we can challenge our own level of faith.  Once you see a supernatural outcome, your faith will be strengthened to apply it to even greater challenges in future.

Knowing how people could influence faith by confessing negative thoughts, Jesus only allowed those instructed in the principles of faith, to accompany Him.  During an ordeal, substantiate yourself as much as possible from sources and people that are uniformed in the principles of faith.

Notice how Jesus never accepted or confessed the fact that the girl was dead, He knew that there is a higher plane of authority, much higher than the physical plane.  Even in the sight of physical death, He kept on confessing the spiritual truth, the final outcome of the original thought and vision based on faith in God.
Jesus didn’t see the dead child in His mind, He saw a living, sleeping child that will awake and play again, fully alive!

Important points

• Never talk about your fears or worries to anyone.  Make your needs known to God – in faith, not wavering, but with a clear concept and vision of what you require. Then be expectant!
• When you need support, connect to spiritual-minded people that understand the principles of faith and positive thought.  Never talk to people who will be happy to sympathize and build your problem into a mountain.  Talk to those who will encourage, agree and build your faith in God’s supernatural provision.
• Do not discuss in depth the details of negative facts, but always demonstrates your faith by confessing the Biblical and spiritual truths that overrules the physical fact.
• Remember that facts reside in the natural, spiritual truths are from a higher plane of authority. Speak spiritual truths, not scientific facts.
• What you believe with your heart (mind) is what will come from your mouth.  Discipline your speech, control the tongue.
• Always make sure that you keep the original vision and thought clearly in your mind.   Do not take “no” for an answer, especially when the Bible say “yes”.  Make sure you have spiritual laws (get scriptural support from the Bible) working with your vision.
• Again: believe the spiritual truths not the visible facts and reports.

(Scriptural references from The Amplified Bible)

When I receive these requests, I realize that if there is one thing we all need, it is a miracle every now and then. The good news is that God is absolutely in the business of doing miracles and I have seen and experienced His miraculous interference in earthly matters on a daily basis. That is why He is called God, because He is supernatural in abilities. If you are not experiencing the supernatural interference of God in your life, it might be because you have never discovered the spiritual pathway to God’s supernatural realm.

The God I believe in has proved Himself to be a Supernatural Spiritual Creator who loves doing good things for His children.

I will share with you the straight forward basic principles that has manifested many supernatural miracles in my life as I have shared with you on this web site and in my book – Entrance to Power.  Of course, this article is just an overwiew that touches on one practical aspect of spirituality.  If you believe differently, but you are not seeing any supernatural manifestations, maybe you are on the wrong track and your religious ideas, your efforts to make the Law of Attraction or “The Secret” work for you isn’t working, because many of these theories, however nobly intended, does not recognise the higher laws of the Spirit.

In short, this is how I have been able to manifest supernatural miracles in my life and circumstances on a regular basis, but again, these practical points are based on years of meditation, prayer, seeking and testing spiritual revelations that have become spiritual knowledge, fact and faith in my life.

Once we have established in our minds that God is God, and He has inspired the Bible, then everything we read in the Bible must of course be true for us, because God is not a man that He should lie. This is the first two requirements if you would like to experience miracles. But there are more requirements, I will list the basic steps below as a starting point, and they are not difficult to implement at all.

• First requirement: Decide for yourself that God is God, and therefore supernatural in abilities. He has also created us so He can love us and do good things for us to lead us closer into relationship with Him. God wants us to discover Him through faith and to follow and love Him by our own free will.

• Second requirement: God inspired people to write a Book, wherein He explains and inspires us to believe in Him. Now settle it once and for all in your mind that the Bible is complete in truth, just accept it in faith if you would like to see real true supernatural miracles and interference in your earthly matters.

• Third requirement: If the Bible is true, then we must follow God’s given path to His provision. This path has been opened for us by God, manifesting Himself in human form on earth to demonstrate this type of faith and supernatural abilities. It is His will that we should all be able to operate in this kind of creative faith. Jesus said:

John 14:12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.

• Fourth requirement: You must know how to pray. To pray for a miracle means that you must know who you are in God’s kingdom. Many believers do not see miracles because they haven’t been taught that they have the God-given right to command and rule over sickness, financial lack and negative circumstances. Many believers don’t realize that God is waiting for them to discover who they are in this universe. We are supposed to be God’s kings and rulers on earth and our life’s should be marked by miracles, signs and wonders. (Revelation 5:10, Luke 10:17-19, Mark 16:17-20 etc)

The Two Types of Prayer

In the Bible we read that there are two types of prayer; The seeking type of prayer and the prayer of faith.

Jesus taught His disciples how to seek the Father’s presence in secret and how to pray for His provision in their lives.  We read about this framework of prayer in Mathew 6.  Let me highlight an important point here in relation to the subject of this article:

Mat 6:10 – Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

From this scripture, we can clearly see what is God’s will for us.  God’s will for us on earth is nothing less than how things are in heaven.  We can ask ourselves:  Is their sickness in heaven? Is there any lack or poverty in heaven?  If not, then we can logically deduct that sickness and poverty is not God’s will for us on earth.  Jesus instructed His disciples to pray that heaven be manifested on earth.  Not only was this His isntruction how we should pray according to God’s will, but He always demonstrated His Father’s will by performing miracles signs and wonders, thereby manifesting heaven on earth wherever He went.

We also read in James 5:14 about the “prayer of faith”.

James 5:15 And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

This type of prayer is not the same prayer that we pray in secret when we seek God’s presence on a personal level.  This is the type of prayer that Jesus always prayed when He was manifesting miracles.  In fact, there is no asking in this type of prayer.  This is the prayer that can “move mountains”.

This is an example of how we should practice faith to manifest a miracle:

Mathew 8:8-10 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

The prayer that will move mountains are founded on a personal relationship with God.  It follows the prayers you have prayed in God’s presence in the “secret place”, where only you and God are present.  The prayer of faith are the words that you speak in the face of calamity, sickness and disaster. According the Word of God, this is the kind of faith that will draw God’s attention!  No wonder that Hebrews 11:6 states “Without faith, it is impossible to please God.”

This means that this kind of faith is pleasing to God, and we can demonstrate this kind of faith, not by speaking to God about our problems, but standing next to God in heavenly authority and speaking words of faith into the negative circumstance on earth.

The prayer of faith doesn’t petition or ask God to do something for us all the time.  I have tried this for many years without seeing one miracle.  The prayer of faith is our responsibility and spiritual effort of faith to change things from a spiritual realm of authority.

Many who have read my book and this blog, have asked me to send them an example of the prayer of faith. I have decided to write a prayer of faith here that you can adapt for your circumstances, personlize and pray to change your circumstances.  We can pray the same prayer for sickness, situations and financial problems.

You are welcome to print this prayer, adapt it in any way to make it personal and to add specific details to it.

Pray this prayer with conviction of heart and faith in every word:

Our Father in heaven (place of authority, provision and abundance),

I come to you in faith, spirit and truth in the name of Your dear Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

I confess that I am Your Child and that I have been redeemed by the complete work of Jesus Christ. I declare that I accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

I thank you Father, that Your will is for me to have life, and have it more abundantly, as it is written in John 10:10

According to Your promise Father, I now call a good job and financial outcome into reality in my life. I COMMAND debt and financial lack to leave my life right now in Jesus name!

Poverty, I COMMAND you to go!  Debt, I COMMAND you to go!

I thank you Father that I can leave my finances in Your hands, while I will do what your Word requires of me according to Mathew 6:33.

I will proclaim your kingdom, and I thank You that I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. (2Corinthians 5:21)

I praise You, because by the stripes of Jesus, I were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)

I now take authority as a believer and child of God, over all sickness and calamity.

By the authority you gave me as a child of God, I bind Satan and his works, knowing that he is not allowed to do me any harm. (Luke 10:19)

Therefore, I COMMAND sickness, pain and suffering to go!
I COMMAND all harmful viruses in my body to DIE in Jesus name!

I speak death into all forms of sickness present in my body. I now speak life, and life abundantly into my body.

I thank you Father that you have healed me now. I can see myself normal and full of life again, doing the things I have always done.

In Jesus name,

amen.

With this prayer, always visualize yourself healed and full of life, take
time to meditate on God’s Word and your healing, use your creative ability
to imagine yourself healed and prosperous every day for 30 minutes. Enter
into God’s kingdom inside of your spirit, spend time with Jesus and the
Father, and thank God for your miracle.

When you pray this prayer for healing and/or provision, be aggressive towards the sickness and financial
lack. You are appointed on earth to rule as a king of a King, use that authority to destroy the works of the enemy.

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