Faith Is the Ability to Stand
Faith Is the Ability to Stand
Hello, welcome to another message. Today, I’m going to be talking about a revelation the Lord gave to me just two days ago. What He said to me was:
“Faith is the ability to stand.”
When the Lord said this to me, I began to meditate deeply on it. We may have heard something similar before, but there is a difference between hearing something in passing and truly studying it deeply to understand what God is saying.
If faith is the ability to stand, then it means that in order for you to truly exhibit faith, you must have the ability to remain standing. The moment you give up, you are surrendering your faith. That is why this subject is very important.
Faith Is Not Cheap
Faith is a complex spiritual subject. It is connected to many other spiritual principles in the Bible. Faith is tied to:
- Righteousness
- Patience
- Persistence
- Perseverance
- Prayer
- Obedience
- The Word of God
- Walking with the Holy Spirit
Faith does not work in isolation. It works together with many spiritual realities.
If we study the lives of Abraham, Joseph, David, Job, and the apostles, we will understand that true biblical faith is never cheap.
The Faith of Abraham
The Lord has recently been telling me:
“Study the case of Abraham.”
God promised Abraham a child, yet Abraham waited many years before that promise manifested. God knew Abraham’s pain and desire, yet He still allowed the waiting process.
Why?
Because Abraham’s faith had to be tested.
God wanted to show His power through something that looked physically impossible. Abraham was called to become the father of many nations, so his faith journey was not going to be ordinary.
True faith will always cost you something.
Your faith must be tested and purified like gold.
The Faith of Joseph
Look at the life of Joseph.
God revealed Joseph’s destiny to him early, but the fulfillment of that destiny was not easy. Joseph suffered betrayal, slavery, false accusations, and imprisonment before he eventually reached the palace.
God allowed Joseph to go through difficult experiences because He was building something inside him.
The important lesson is this:
While you are passing through trials, remain steadfast and faithful.
That is the ability to stand.
People Fight Destinies
Throughout Scripture, we see people fighting against destinies.
- Saul fought David
- Herod tried to kill Jesus
- Pharaoh ordered Hebrew baby boys to be killed
- Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery
Sometimes spiritual forces work through human beings to resist destinies.
The enemy may even plant people into your life to delay or destroy your destiny.
That is why discernment is important.
You must hear the voice of God.
You Must Hear the Voice of God
If you are a Christian, especially a minister, you cannot afford to be spiritually blind.
The Bible says:
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
If you do not hear from the Holy Spirit, you can easily go astray.
God spoke consistently with Abraham. Even when Abraham made mistakes, God corrected him and showed him the true path.
Walking with God protects your destiny.
Sometimes God Answers Immediately — Sometimes He Makes You Wait
Sometimes God answers prayers instantly.
Other times, God allows a waiting season.
That waiting season is often where faith is tested.
This is why patience, perseverance, and persistence are all connected to faith.
If you give up easily, your faith is weak.
Jesus spoke about the persistent widow and connected persistence with faith.
True faith keeps standing.
Be Careful Who You Surround Yourself With
The greater your destiny, the more watchful you must become.
The enemy can plant people around you to delay or hinder your destiny.
The Lord once taught me something powerful. He said:
“Jesus surrounded Himself with people who loved Him and wished Him well.”
Even Jesus had circles:
- The seventy
- The twelve
- The inner three: Peter, James, and John
Not everyone should be your close friend.
Loyalty matters.
Discernment matters.
Some people will smile with you but secretly fight your destiny.
Protect your life.
Protect your calling.
Protect your future.
The Armor of God and Standing
The Bible says in Ephesians 6:
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Notice the emphasis on standing.
The Lord told me:
“Faith is the ability to stand.”
But standing is not passive.
Standing is spiritual warfare.
You stand with the complete armor of God.
The Full Armor of God
1. The Belt of Truth
Truth is the Word of God.
Without truth, deception will destroy you.
The devil even tried to twist Scripture when tempting Jesus, but Jesus defeated him using the Word of God correctly.
You must know the truth for yourself.
2. The Breastplate of Righteousness
You cannot walk in sin and expect spiritual victory.
Righteousness protects your spiritual life.
Love holiness.
Hate sin.
3. The Shield of Faith
Faith extinguishes the fiery arrows of the enemy.
But notice something important:
Faith is only one part of the armor.
You cannot ignore the other spiritual weapons.
4. The Sword of the Spirit
The Word of God is a real spiritual weapon.
Many years ago, I was confessing this Scripture repeatedly for hours:
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…”
As I continued confessing the Word deeply and persistently, I entered into a trance and saw golden swords coming out spiritually.
That was when I understood deeply that the Word of God truly is the sword of the Spirit.
The Word of God is powerful.
But you must spend time with it.
Not casually.
Not carelessly.
Deeply.
Persistently.
Prayer Is Part of Standing
The Bible says:
“Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.”
Notice the phrase:
“All kinds of prayers.”
Your prayer life should include:
- Thanksgiving
- Worship
- Praise
- Confession of Scripture
- Petition
- Supplication
- Intercession
Some people only ask God for things but never worship Him.
Others only confess Scripture but never intercede for others.
God wants balance.
Intercede for Others
The apostles constantly prayed for others.
Jesus prayed for others.
Paul asked believers to pray for him.
Do not become selfish in prayer.
Pray for:
- Ministers
- The Church
- The sick
- Souls to be saved
- Your family
- Other believers
Intercession attracts the presence of God.
Persistence Is the Key
Standing means:
- Continuing to pray
- Continuing to believe
- Continuing to worship
- Continuing to confess the Word
- Continuing to obey God
Even when you fall, get back up again.
Children fall many times before learning how to walk properly.
Spiritually, it is the same.
Do not give up.
Keep standing.
Faith Is the Ability to Stand
Faith is not passive.
Faith fights.
Faith perseveres.
Faith remains steadfast.
Faith continues standing until God manifests His promise.
God eventually fulfilled His promises in the lives of:
- Abraham
- Joseph
- David
- Moses
And He will also fulfill His promises concerning your life if you do not give up.
Conclusion
Faith is the ability to stand.
Stand in truth.
Stand in righteousness.
Stand in prayer.
Stand in worship.
Stand in perseverance.
Stand in the Word of God.
Do not give up.
The Lord will manifest Himself in your life.
Prayer
I pray that the Lord Himself will give you the grace to stand.
May He clothe you with the full armor of God.
May the fire of the Holy Spirit rest upon your life.
May the grace of God strengthen you to persevere until victory manifests.
May the Lord establish you in truth, righteousness, and faith.
May great grace be upon you.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Have a blessed day.
God Hears The Prayers Of The Righteous - All About Prayers
God Hears The Prayers Of The Righteous - All About Prayers
May God baptise you with His fire and power for great exploits, in Jesus name, amen.
If you want to become God's untouchable, be persistent in prayer and wake up at midnight to pray.
Some witches get up at midnight to invoke the spirits of believers they want to cast spells and demons on. But many believers do not want to be spiritually disciplined and pray at midnight.
Acts 16 verse 25 says, but at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God.
A lot of believers do not want to pay the price in Bible meditation, prayer and praise to be filled with God's word and power.
A lot of believers have thrown away their spiritual armor and weapons.
Some believers are so spiritually lazy, undisciplined, docile, and lukewarm that it is baffling.
Ignorant believers feed Satan and his demons and witches through ignorance, scantiness of the word of God and stubbornness. They also feed them through faithlessness, ingratitude, prayerlessness, and carelessness.
They ignorantly think that witches and demons are their problems, yet the problem is within them. The solution is within them. The Kingdom of God is within them.
Luke 17 verse 21 says, the kingdom of God is within you.
You are not helpless. You are not a spiritual orphan because you have the Holy Spirit, the mighty man of war.
Jesus has defeated death. Revelation 1 verse 18 says that Jesus has the keys of Hades and of Death.
All power belongs to Jesus, and nothing can happen without God's permission. It is better to submit completely to God by paying the price than to constantly blame witches, demons and Satan.
Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed Satan. Satan did not blame anyone because he knew that he did his job successfully.
His job was to test them, and their job was to obey God and successfully resist him. They failed their spiritual tests and examinations.
Jesus passed all his spiritual tests, trials and examinations.
Hebrews 4 verse 15 says that Jesus was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Make up your mind to pass all your spiritual tests, examinations and trials and win Satan.
Adam and Eve failed their spiritual test, examination and trial of faith and loyalty to God. God judged Adam and Eve.
Satan still has the same job of testing and trying human loyalty to God. He tested righteous, blameless Job, and Job passed all his spiritual examinations. Satan did not win righteous, blameless Job.
Job suffered so much when his faith was being tested, but he never accused God.
Job 1 verse 22 says, in all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
Learn how to fight spiritual war and stop shifting the blame to Satan and his witches and demons.
They are doing their job. It's a battle that God has commanded you to win, so fight by the rules and win. It is a battle between life and death, light and darkness.
But know that Jesus has defeated death for you. He died so that you can have life, power and grace in all its fullness.
Second Timothy 2 verse 5 says, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
If you begin to blame Satan and witches, you are indirectly saying that you don't want to fight the spiritual battle.
You must make up your mind to win the battle. You can trample the powers of witches and demons if you pay the price.
Luke 10 verse 19 says, behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.
Rise up! Wake up, great men and women of valor! Pick up all the weapons and armor of our warfare and fight! Stop sleeping spiritually.
Do not be a runaway soldier.
Stop being unconscious spiritually. Be awake in Christ. Be filled with God's word and Spirit.
Crave spiritual gifts. Put on the garment of fire and power. Be filled with all the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Be led by the voice and direction of the Holy Spirit.
Stop resisting and ignoring the Holy Spirit with your spiritual laziness, stubbornness, cowardice, and indiscipline. Submit completely to the Holy Spirit.
Surrender all to Jesus. Cast all your burdens and cares upon the Lord.
First Peter 5 verse 7 says, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Humbly bow before the Lord and tell Him to equip you and teach your fingers how to fight and make war spiritually.
Psalm 144 verse 1 says, blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.
Ask for His help and stop depending on your flesh.
Power is your birthright. Wake up and start putting on the power and fire of God and demons will scream and run away from you.
Witches will fear and respect the fire of God on you because they cannot withstand the fire of God.
May great grace be upon you, in Jesus name, amen.
May God make you an untouchable, in Jesus make, amen.
Receive fire and power for complete protection, in Jesus name, amen.
May God’s great power strengthen you to cut off every association that serves as a point of contact with the gates of hell, in Jesus name.
May God reveal to you the secrets of His Word and teach you how to walk continually in His divine protection and power, in Jesus name.
Win Satan by getting rid of points of contact with the gates of hell.
Point of contact is the big secret that Satan has hidden from believers.
Communication, contact, and association are the gateways that demonic people and witches use to get access to believers.
Talking, chatting and having phone calls with demonic people are demonic gateways and portals. Watching demonic people and celebrities and looking at pictures of demonic celebrities are also demonic gateways and portals.
Those celebrities know it. That is the way they obtain energy and power. That is why they love to be scantily clothed.
Watching demonic people, talking, chatting, and having unequally yoked friendships with demonic people is like falling into a pit and walking into the gates of hell.
Second Corinthians 6 verse 14 says, do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what communion has light with darkness?
If you are hungry for complete deliverance and power, cut off the demonic gates, links, points of contact and doors.
No contact is your biblical instruction and medicine.
Be watchful, be vigilant, be full of God's Word, and hear the voice and direction of the Holy Spirit.
If you do not understand and know God's secrets and deliverance secrets, you will give Satan the upper hand and space.
The Word of God reveals God's secrets.
Second Corinthians 2 verse 11 says, lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
God has given you complete redemption and deliverance. But you can unconsciously and ignorantly give away parts of the liberty and freedom that Christ purchased for you with His blood.
Galatians 5 verse 1 says, stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free.
Cling to your freedom and liberty.
You are not helpless. You have control. You have the authority.
Luke 10 verse 19 says that Jesus gave His disciples authority over all the power of the enemy.
But if you do not know how to apply that authority and control, you will be controlled by Satan and his witches and demons.
Satan, demons, and witches are not the problem. Your inability to know and apply God's secrets and the fullness of God's Word is the problem. Deception is the problem.
Deception and lies are their highest weapon.
To resist the devil is to reject his lies, tricks and deception.
May God show you His secrets.
May the Holy Spirit fill you with light and lead you into all the truth that sets you completely free, in Jesus name, amen.
May God visit you mightily and crown you with His deliverance and power.
There is no sickness, affliction or spell that the Holy Ghost fire and the blood of Jesus cannot destroy.
But the question is: are you willing to pay the price and pray with fervent, stubborn, persistent, fierce faith?
Master how to beg God for grace, ability, mercy and power. Don't be proud.
If you don't ask for the power of God, it means that you are proud and self-dependent. You have not learned the lesson that your flesh cannot save you.
Recognizing your need for the Holy Spirit is humility.
Hebrews 4 verse 16 says, come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Matthew 15 verse 22 says that a Canaanite woman came crying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.
And the woman begged Jesus for the children's crumbs. And Jesus rewarded her faith. Nothing could discourage her from obtaining deliverance for her child.
James 5 verse 16 says that the prayer of a righteous man is very powerful and effective.
Pray. Pray!
Fill your heart with the fullness of the word of God, faith and the complete armour of God. And pray like you have never prayed before.
Believe in the goodness, mercy, and love of God and pray fervently without giving up, and you will experience mercy from the throne of grace.
Be very very stubborn about meditating on the word of God, prayer and seeking God's presence. That is your only protection and medicine for complete deliverance every day.
Stop using your prayer time to play and watch nonsense on social media. Stop watching immoral things that open demonic gateways and pollute your spirit.
Be very serious about spiritual power. Power is taken by force, not by carelessness, irresponsibility, recklessness and laziness.
Matthew 11 verse 12 says, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Spiritual power is not for lazy people.
Cry out to God from the bottom of your heart.
Cry out to God persistently day and night like the persistent widow, and don't give up.
Luke 18 verse 7 says, shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him?
Cry for the highest level of God's power and protection. Cry to God for His fire. You need fire. You were born for fire and power, not demonic oppression.
May God be a wall of fire all around you to cleanse you, fill you, surround you, and deliver you.
May great grace be upon you, in Jesus name.
Crave the fire and presence of God with all your heart. Crave spiritual gifts.
It is the fullness of the presence of God in and around you that protects you and crushes every sickness, curse and all your enemies.
The Holy Spirit constantly tells me that He wants passion-passion for His presence. You must be hungry for the power and grace of God in order to enjoy it.
Passion, thirst, hunger, need and desire are mandatory for attracting God's presence and glory.
If you do not ask, you will not receive.
The biggest mistake believers make is to depend on the flesh.
If you notice that you keep praying but never ask for the fullness of the presence of God or the full baptism of the Holy Spirit, you are praying amiss.
You are praying backwards. You are depending on your flesh. You are fighting with your flesh.
Your flesh cannot win a spiritual battle.
Romans 8 verse 8 says that those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
John 6 verse 63 says, it is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
Of yourself you can do nothing. Man's power is of no use at all.
Sicknesses and demons are only afraid of the fire and presence of God.
If you carry God’s fire, demons will be tormented by the fire of God that you are carrying, and they will flee.
Jesus is the presence and power of God. Jesus is all you need.
Moses knew what he was saying when he said in Exodus 33 verse 15, if Your presence does not go with us, we will not leave this place.
He understood his absolute need and dependence on God. Numbers 12 verse 3 records that Moses was the humblest man on earth in his days.
Jesus said in Matthew 11 verse 29, learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.
Luke 5 verse 16 says that Jesus often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Jesus constantly went to lonely places at intervals during the day to renew the presence and fire of God. That was the secret to His success.
He knew how to walk in the Spirit and with the Holy Spirit. He knew how to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and follow Him.
It is the truth you know that sets you free.
Hosea 4 verse 6 says, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
If you ignore the Holy Spirit and keep fighting spiritual battles with your flesh, you will be very weak spiritually, because you lack spiritual food.
The presence of God is the spiritual food you need. The word of God is the spiritual food for your mind and soul.
It is the word of God that convicts and convinces you to seek the presence of God at intervals every day.
You must be filled and overflowing with the Word of God before you can be filled and overflowing with the glory, fire, and presence of God.
The ultimate quest is the presence and fire of God. The presence of God is what gives you unlimited results and great victory.
Fight! Pay the price!
Pray aggressively and persistently, because it is the spiritually violent and aggressive that experience the presence of God by force.
Let absolute desire and need for the presence of God take over your mind. This is how to walk in the reality of the fullness of truth that sets you free.
Jesus died so that you can constantly taste and enjoy the fullness, power, fire and presence of God.
Jesus has given you the keys to the presence of God.
Do not waste the grace of God by depending on your own flesh to crush demons and evil. Only the presence, power and fire of God can crush evil.
Ask. Ask for the fire of God.
James 4 verse 2 says, you do not have because you do not ask.
Constantly ask for the full baptism of the Holy Spirit and renew the presence of God daily.
If you do not ask, you will not receive.
May the fire of God fill you, surround you, and consume the roots of your problems.
May God's presence come upon you and transform you from glory to glory into the highest dimensions of His power and glory, in Jesus name, amen.
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