So your jealous of the disciples....

I have heard many times from many different people how awesome it would have been to have walked in the day of Jesus and how amazing it would be to have been selected as one of his 12 disciples. Well no doubt it was amazing to talk with Jesus and go to the local restaurant with him for lunch. I know it would have been equally amazing to listen to his teaching and be able to ask him questions about life. However there is one source of amazement that some people have which I find hard to understand; people say they wish they could have seen the miracles of Jesus and be able perform them themselves. Jesus performed many miracles, but his disciples performed miracles as well. Everything from a few fish and loaves of bread being multiplied to feed thousands, to water turning into wine, and dead men rising up to walk. I have heard people say I wish I had the power of the disciples and I wish I could be an instrument of God like they were.

Well there is good and bad news. Lets start with the good. I can tell you from experience and from the bible that you CAN see and perform the same miracles as the disciples did. Let me also step out on a limb and tell you that NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS. I say I am stepping out on a limb, but in the famous words of our current administration "I mispoke". I am not stepping out on a limb at all by telling you I do not think that anything is out of reach. Anything from stage four cancer patients being healed, to financial problems, to a headache nothing is too big or too small to be out of reach from my GOD. He is willing and wanting to help you in your situation. He would like nothing more than to give you life beyond all of your wildest expectations, but here comes the bad news.

The thing that is stopping you from being able to lay hands upon the sick and healing them instantly is YOU! God is the same God he was when Jesus was in flesh as he is today and he always will be that same God. We as americans are blessed beyond belief compared to the rest of the world so we don't realize Gods potential because we feel we have no needs. Most everybody has the convenience of a hot meal, a shower, a home, and all the essentials of survival, and then some. When we go to church and pray it usually for something that we can understand. It is for something that we can wrap our minds around. It can range from healing a sickness or a job situation, or any thing else that could easily be cured by God as could be cured by mans interaction, although I still believe it was God who caused man to interact. We pray the sick on a regular basis and I am 100 percent for it. I think we should always consult the master physician (GOD) as well as the ones he has placed on earth to help us. However these are miracles that can often times, but not always, be explained either completely or partially by medicine, not that I am against medicine. Americans have most of their essential needs met already and do not require a supernatural move for them to survive. Therefore we tend to not ask for the supernatural as much as people on other continents might. I have heard many stories from missionaries of people in other countries having deaf ears unblocked and blind eyes opened and sadly after many of those messages I have heard church members question why dont we see these things in america? Its because we dont have the need those countries have. They are in a place where they DEPEND upon God for survival. They NEED him to do something miraculous therefore they have more faith and when they pray they do it with great expectations. There are cases of this in america like the elder in my church, brother Galatas, who once had stage 4 cancer but now has a completely clean bill of health.

The disciples were able to heal the blind yet they were very disadvantaged from current day apostolics. Yes they walked with Jesus, but guess what, that same Jesus, that same almighty perfect holy spirit now lives INSIDE of me. If a disciple who had not yet experienced the holy ghost was able to heal the blind and cast out demons what is holding us back?! I can tell you the answer. They had faith in what they were doing and they did in intentionally. They didn't walk up to the blind and say, "Dear Jesus please heal this man of his blindness." or "Dear Jesus please help this lame man walk". They didnt pray and weep begging God to do something miraculous. They spoke life into the situation and did it with the intention of that person being saved and had the faith to back it up. In the case of Peter and John healing the lame man. "Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk 7And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. (Acts 3:6-7). They walked up to their situation and because they knew they had faith and they knew their God had the power they could walk up and say be healed, and it was done. How many more miracles should we be able to witness? Has God lost his touch? Definately not.

We need to learn to pray for our needs and others needs with intention. We need to learn to not limit God to a fix that we can understand which can be done by taking control of the situation and stepping out on faith. Peter didnt walk on the water by some weird phenomenon. It was his faith that held him up. And we he started to doubt he began to sink. Every person has a portion of faith. When you flip a light switch lights come on. Sure you can explain this by saying that its the electrical current that made the light illuminate, but let me tell you something. Without faith that light bulb wouldn't work. The chair you are sitting in right now would crumble and collapse if you didn't have faith in it.

If you want to be a powerful demon defeating, sick healing, miracle worker you need to learn to operate in the spirit world by praying and reading Gods word which will build your faith. But most importantly you need to pray intentionally with confidence and ask God through faith to do the impossible.

Just to give your faith a little boost I will share the events of my life this past weekend.

Matt Maddix was at my church to do his bootcamp. I witnessed 64 people receive the Holy Ghost and 18 get baptized in the name of Jesus. The process for this was rather simple too. We all ate free food, connected with church members, prayed a led prayer of repentence then began chanting a few different sayings that include "Jesus" "There aint no party like a holy ghost party and a holy ghost party don't stop" and "The holy ghost is a gift and a promise". After this Matt Maddix would stand on the stage, say the prayer of faith, which was basically "Jesus is about to pour out the holy ghost right now, if you want to receive it lift your hands and someone will pray with you. As soon as they lay hands on your forehead you will begin speaking a language you do not understand which is the Holy Ghost." He would then very briefly tell them to get ready and people started speaking in tongues as church members laid hands on them. We didnt need those souls to pray for an hour to get in the right frame mind nor did we spend 20 minutes trying to get them to speak in tongues. We simply arrived and spoke out in faith, prayed with intention, and God honored that.

There are times that you will need to ask God questions, such as what is my calling, and what direction do i need to go in with my life. However when it comes to dealing with a sickness, demonic spirit, financial issue or promises from God, pray with intention, rebuke the spirit of doubt, and keep your faith up. Be mindful that it is not always Gods will for people to brought immediately out of their trial. Everything happens for a reason and our ways are not Gods ways so we do not understand his reasoning so dont try. Just have faith, trust in him, and go with the flow.

Just to recap:
1. Pray intentionally
2. Keep your faith up
3. Operate in a spiritual realm (reading the bible and praying daily)
4. ALWAYS seek Gods will
5. Dont attempt to understand Gods reasoning