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There's just no two ways about
it. If you want to live a life of blessing, you're going to have to make
your words agree with what God says. Not just for a few hours or a few
days, but all the time.
And if you've ever done that, you know
it's not easy. As time wears on and the circumstances around you appear
to be stubbornly determined to stay in the same miserable condition
they've always been in, it's hard to keep on speaking God's Word. But
you have to do it if you ever want your harvest of blessing to come in.
When
Kenneth started preaching prosperity, I sat out there and listened to
him with holes in the bottom of my shoes. We had terrible financial
problems but we knew those problems didn't change what the Word of God
said. We knew His prosperity promises were true even if we hadn't been
able to tap in to them yet. So, even though we felt foolish at times, we
just kept on talking about God's generous provision for us.
I
realized later that Word went to work for us from the first day we began
to believe it and speak it and order our lives according to it. Our
prosperity crop began to grow the moment we started putting seeds in the
ground. It just took time for them to come up.
The problem is,
believers don't last that long. They start planting well enough, but
then when they don't see immediate results, when the bank account gets
low and rent is past due, they get discouraged and begin to speak words
of lack and defeat. They tear up their crop with the words of their own
mouths, and they never get to enjoy the fruit of it.
The next time
you strike out on faith, whether it's in the financial realm or any
other area, keep that in mind. Determine from the beginning that you're
not going to let that waiting period discourage you. Then hang on until
the Word of God is manifest in your life. Put patience to work and keep
your words in line. You will receive your harvest.
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