The lord carried Ezekiel away in the spirit to a valley which was full of dry bone. To Ezekiel, it was a hopeless situation.
Then the Lord asked him, “can these bones live” and he replied “Lord, it’s to you.”
That’s what we say to God sometimes when He ask us, “Can these things change?” We tell Him it’s up to Him, If He wants things to change they will, and if He doesn’t, they’ll remain the way they are. That’s not true.
If God were running everything and running everyone’s life the way many of us think He is, then He certainly has everything in a mess.
The fact is that many people are running their own lives, and many others have handed the remains of their lives to the devil.
Pastor Chris tells a story of a man who was in a church meeting where the preacher was explaining to the people how they were responsible for the things happening in their lives. This man got up and angrily stomped out of the church. Someone asked him at the door why he was leaving and he said he didn’t agree with the preacher for “trying to blame us for everything people would rather lay the blame of their misfortune on God. Once they don’t understand why certain things are happening, you’ll hear them say, “God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.” We can’t tell how God is going to move. He might choose to bless us someday.”
If you study the bible, you’ll see that He has actually given us the power to influence our destiny, to control over future and whatever happens to us in life. You can actually affect your life, your future and your own world. So whatsoever becomes of you is really up to you.
Kenneth Hagen tells a story of a woman who came to him for prayer for her 15 years old son. When she asked him to pray he told her his prayer wasn’t going to do any good.
She asked him why, and he said to her, “If I pray for your son. You’ll nullify it because you’re always telling him he’ll end up in the penitentiary and never amount to anything in desperation, she asked, “what am I going to do now”? He then counseled her:
Stop worrying about him getting saved and start thanking God for his life. Thank God for taking care of him wherever he is, instead of worrying something terrible is going to happen to him. They may bring him home to you dead that way! Thank God for him and declare, “Lord I cast all my cares on you because you care for me and you care for my son. Wherever he is, he’s right in your hands.”
She began to learn that, and several months later she came back and said it worked. Her son was born again, and just the same way he was all out for devil, he became all out for God, Hallelujah!
David Yongi Cho tell a similar story of a woman who came to him and said “pastor, help me! My daughter is making the whole family sick. She’s such a wayward, evil sinner.
I’ve prayed to God and nothing has changed…” she ranted on an on.
“Woman you’re in greater trouble than your daughter!” Pastor Cho chided. Can’t you just for a moment see a beautiful, successful, honest, decent daughter?”
“Oh no, Pastor. You don’t know my daughter,” she said. “She’s wayward, right now as we speak, she’s in a hotel somewhere with some man. We’re all embarrassed; we don’t know what to do with her.?
“Don’t talk like that!” pastor Cho rebuked her again.
“I can’t help it,” she replied.
“Well, as long as you see your daughter like that, that’s the way she’s going to be.
But you can decide to see her coming back home born again, filled with God’s spirit, a wonderful Christian,” he told her.
“Oh, that would be wonderful,” she said.
Then he told her he wasn’t going to pray. Until she started seeing that, and instructed her to write this down and declared it everyday.
“My daughter is born again. She’s filled with the spirit. She’s a wonderful Christian and she’s coming back home.”
She took the slip home and read it until loud to herself again and gain everyday until she got so filled with it, she began to see it.
Several week later, she came back to Pastor Cho and announced excitedly, “Pastor, my daughter is a wonderful Christian. She’s coming back home. Oh, I just can’t wait, thank you Lord!” she was filled with such joy, they had a hard time calming her.
“Now we can pray! Pastor Cho said and he prayed a simple prayer of agreement with her.
A few days later, very late in the night, there was a weak knock on the door. She opened the door and there stood her daughter! She told her mother she didn’t know what came over her in the hotel room, but she got rid of the man and came right home, and now she wanted Jesus in her heart.
She was born-again and filled with the Holy Spirit that night. Glory to God! Don’t tell me it doesn’t work. You can prophesy your future.
Your future is right in your mouth!
Some years ago Chris Oyakhilome tells a story of a young man who came to him, lamenting that everything he’d ever done had failed.
Pastor Chris asked him if he’d been born again for long and he said he’d been a Christian several years.
Pastor sat him down and showed him a few scripture from the bible. Then he asked him, “see here, who’s responsible for riches.”
“God,” he said
“How about wealth”
“God.”
“Strength?”
“It’s God.”
“Who makes men great?”
“GOD,” he answered again.
Then Pastor Chris said to him, “In the Name of Jesus, go forth and prosper and fail no more!”He began to prosper in all things from that day forth!
You’ve got to understand, however, that it’s all in the word. You don’t have any reason to fail; that has been ruled out of your life. You’ve got to have that as your spiritual mentality, not just something you assent to in your head. You must receive it as a revelation in your spirit.
There’s a new kind of thinking for the child of God, and the only way you get it is by studying the world of God. The word will change your thinking to life up with God’s thinking.
Then the Lord asked him, “can these bones live” and he replied “Lord, it’s to you.”
That’s what we say to God sometimes when He ask us, “Can these things change?” We tell Him it’s up to Him, If He wants things to change they will, and if He doesn’t, they’ll remain the way they are. That’s not true.
If God were running everything and running everyone’s life the way many of us think He is, then He certainly has everything in a mess.
The fact is that many people are running their own lives, and many others have handed the remains of their lives to the devil.
Pastor Chris tells a story of a man who was in a church meeting where the preacher was explaining to the people how they were responsible for the things happening in their lives. This man got up and angrily stomped out of the church. Someone asked him at the door why he was leaving and he said he didn’t agree with the preacher for “trying to blame us for everything people would rather lay the blame of their misfortune on God. Once they don’t understand why certain things are happening, you’ll hear them say, “God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.” We can’t tell how God is going to move. He might choose to bless us someday.”
If you study the bible, you’ll see that He has actually given us the power to influence our destiny, to control over future and whatever happens to us in life. You can actually affect your life, your future and your own world. So whatsoever becomes of you is really up to you.
Kenneth Hagen tells a story of a woman who came to him for prayer for her 15 years old son. When she asked him to pray he told her his prayer wasn’t going to do any good.
She asked him why, and he said to her, “If I pray for your son. You’ll nullify it because you’re always telling him he’ll end up in the penitentiary and never amount to anything in desperation, she asked, “what am I going to do now”? He then counseled her:
Stop worrying about him getting saved and start thanking God for his life. Thank God for taking care of him wherever he is, instead of worrying something terrible is going to happen to him. They may bring him home to you dead that way! Thank God for him and declare, “Lord I cast all my cares on you because you care for me and you care for my son. Wherever he is, he’s right in your hands.”
She began to learn that, and several months later she came back and said it worked. Her son was born again, and just the same way he was all out for devil, he became all out for God, Hallelujah!
David Yongi Cho tell a similar story of a woman who came to him and said “pastor, help me! My daughter is making the whole family sick. She’s such a wayward, evil sinner.
I’ve prayed to God and nothing has changed…” she ranted on an on.
“Woman you’re in greater trouble than your daughter!” Pastor Cho chided. Can’t you just for a moment see a beautiful, successful, honest, decent daughter?”
“Oh no, Pastor. You don’t know my daughter,” she said. “She’s wayward, right now as we speak, she’s in a hotel somewhere with some man. We’re all embarrassed; we don’t know what to do with her.?
“Don’t talk like that!” pastor Cho rebuked her again.
“I can’t help it,” she replied.
“Well, as long as you see your daughter like that, that’s the way she’s going to be.
But you can decide to see her coming back home born again, filled with God’s spirit, a wonderful Christian,” he told her.
“Oh, that would be wonderful,” she said.
Then he told her he wasn’t going to pray. Until she started seeing that, and instructed her to write this down and declared it everyday.
“My daughter is born again. She’s filled with the spirit. She’s a wonderful Christian and she’s coming back home.”
She took the slip home and read it until loud to herself again and gain everyday until she got so filled with it, she began to see it.
Several week later, she came back to Pastor Cho and announced excitedly, “Pastor, my daughter is a wonderful Christian. She’s coming back home. Oh, I just can’t wait, thank you Lord!” she was filled with such joy, they had a hard time calming her.
“Now we can pray! Pastor Cho said and he prayed a simple prayer of agreement with her.
A few days later, very late in the night, there was a weak knock on the door. She opened the door and there stood her daughter! She told her mother she didn’t know what came over her in the hotel room, but she got rid of the man and came right home, and now she wanted Jesus in her heart.
She was born-again and filled with the Holy Spirit that night. Glory to God! Don’t tell me it doesn’t work. You can prophesy your future.
Your future is right in your mouth!
Some years ago Chris Oyakhilome tells a story of a young man who came to him, lamenting that everything he’d ever done had failed.
Pastor Chris asked him if he’d been born again for long and he said he’d been a Christian several years.
Pastor sat him down and showed him a few scripture from the bible. Then he asked him, “see here, who’s responsible for riches.”
“God,” he said
“How about wealth”
“God.”
“Strength?”
“It’s God.”
“Who makes men great?”
“GOD,” he answered again.
Then Pastor Chris said to him, “In the Name of Jesus, go forth and prosper and fail no more!”He began to prosper in all things from that day forth!
You’ve got to understand, however, that it’s all in the word. You don’t have any reason to fail; that has been ruled out of your life. You’ve got to have that as your spiritual mentality, not just something you assent to in your head. You must receive it as a revelation in your spirit.
There’s a new kind of thinking for the child of God, and the only way you get it is by studying the world of God. The word will change your thinking to life up with God’s thinking.
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