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February 1 CHRIST IN YOU . . . Christ in you, the hope of glory. — COLOSSIANS 1:27 By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ is dwelling in you. Is He any less Christ in you than He was when He was on the earth? No! He’s the same Christ. He has all of His power! He has all of His ability! He has all of His glory! He has all of His miracle- working power! He has all of His enablements! And Christ is in you! You just have to know how to turn Him loose. Someone once said to Smith Wigglesworth, “You must be someone big; someone great.” “No,” Wigglesworth replied, “I just remember that the Scripture says, ‘Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world.’ I just know the Greater One is in me, and the Greater One does the work.” How do you turn Christ loose in you? How do you put the Greater One to work? You do it by faith. Confession: Christ in me is the hope of glory. Christ is dwelling in me — with all His power, His ability, and His glory. Christ has already defeated all the powe

January 31 REST For we which have believed do enter into rest . . . . — HEBREWS 4:3 Through the years, I’ve had the greatest time putting the Lord to work for me — just letting Him do the work. Since I learned about faith and that the Bible said, “. . . we which have believed do enter into rest . . .” I have been in a state of rest. Grasp what this scripture says! It doesn’t say that we have entered into a state of fearing, fretting, griping, worrying, or fighting. No! It says we have entered into rest. I haven’t seen a “battle” in more than sixty-five years. When someone asks me, “How goes the battle?” I always answer, “The victory is wonderful!” There isn’t any battle. I’m in the victory. Faith always has a good report! Confession: I have believed. I am a believing one. Therefore, I have entered into rest. I am in a state of rest. I act like I am in a state of rest. I do not fear or fret. I do not worry. I do not gripe. I do not battle. The battle is the Lord’s. The victory is mine.

January 30 HIS BATTLE . . . Be not afraid nor dismayed . . . for the battle is not yours, but God’s. —             2 CHRONICLES 20:15 I believe the Greater One lives in us if we’re born again (1John 4:4). I believe Jesus is greater than the devil. I know the Word of God says that. Therefore, I must act like it’s true. That’s when it becomes a reality, and that’s when the Greater One goes to work for me. If I go to pieces and act like I’m trying to fight the battle, the Greater One is not fighting it. And then I’m not taking advantage of the Greater One and what He has done for me. So I don’t try to figure out the situation. I just lie down and go to sleep, no matter what’s going on. During the years I pastored, almost every church the Lord sent me to, was a church that had trouble. One church in particular no one wanted to pastor. God dealt with me before they contacted me, so I took it. But I didn’t have any trouble. I rolled that church and its problems over on the Greater One. I wou

January 29 THE LORD AT WORK . . . For the battle is the Lord’s . . . . — 1 SAMUEL 17:47 “Don’t get into any trouble,” my mother called after me as I went to face a family crisis. “So-and-so almost whipped Dub.” “I’m not going to have any trouble,” I answered. “I’ll never have any trouble. I’m going to put the Lord to work.” As I approached the driveway, the wife of the man who had caused so much trouble met me. She began to rant and rave, and just plain old Texas, “cuss.” I thought, Dear Lord, here is this poor old soul, full of hate and selfishness, and she can’t help being that way. She can’t help having the nature of the devil in her, because she’s a child of the devil. I didn’t say a word to her, but I said to the Lord in my heart, “Thank God, the Greater One is in me” (1 John 4:4). And I acted like the Greater One was in me. And He is greater. She must have sensed the compassion rising up in me, because she suddenly looked up at me and sputtered to a stop. Then she took hold of my

January 28 ACT LIKE IT’S TRUE Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. — JOHN 17:17 The crises of life come to all of us. If you do not know how to act on God’s Word when a crisis comes, you will be at a disadvantage. No matter what the problem is, God’s Word has something to say about it. God’s Word has the answer. Find out what the Word says, and act like it’s true! When someone asks the question, “What in the world are we going to do now?” Just smile and answer, “We’re going to act like the Bible is true!” Many people mentally agree that the Bible is true, but that’s not enough. You must act like the Bible is true! If you knowGod’s Word is true, and you act like it is, then it will become real in your life. You will bring God on the scene in your life! Confession : God’s Word is truth. I act like God’s Word is true. I act like First John 4:4 is true. I act like Matthew 6:25-34 is true. I act like Hebrews 13:5,6 is true. I act like Philippians 4:19 is true. I act like Matt

January 27 REALITY Thy word is true from the beginning . . . . — PSALM 119:160 People often make a substitution for faith — they substitute mental assent or mental agreement. They mentally agree that God’s Word is true, and they call that faith. But mentally agreeing with the Word isn’t faith. You can mentally agree that the Bible is true, but it won’t become real to you until you act on what it says. It’s when you act on God’s Word that it becomes a reality. For example, you can believe in the truth of the resurrection as a great doctrine (and in some circles that’s all it is — a doctrine or a dogma), but it won’t mean a thing in the world to you until you can say, “Jesus died for me! Jesus arose victorious over death, hell, and the grave — and He did that for me! Jesus arose victorious over Satan! Jesus conquered Satan for me! Therefore, Satan has no dominion over me! I’m free!” The resurrection won’t mean anything in your life until you can say these very words. Then the resurrectio

January 26 FAITH: ACTING ON GOD’S WORD But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . . . — JAMES 1:22 Some people have such a struggle. They say they are trying to get faith, or else they are trying to believe. But all that is necessary, is just to act on what God says. I use the phrase “acting on God’s Word” rather than “have faith” or “believe,” because that’s exactly what faith is! Someone once asked Raymond T. Richey, a man mightily used of God in the healing ministry, “What is faith?” Richey replied, “Faith is just acting on God’s Word.” Smith Wigglesworth would say, “Faith is an act.” That’s what faith is — acting on God’s Word. Confession: I am a doer of the Word. I gain knowledge of God’s Word. I hear His Word. Then I act accordingly. I act on God’s Word!

January 25 KNOWLEDGE My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; . . . Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge . . . . — PROVERBS 2:1,5,6 Real faith accompanies knowledge of the Word of God. It takes no effort whatsoever on the part of the intellect or the will of man to obtain faith. Faith accompanies knowledge. As soon as the light of knowledge comes, faith is there. As the Psalmist of old said, “The entrance of thy words giveth light . . .” (Ps. 119:130). People often pray for faith. But what they actually need is knowledge of God’s Word! When the knowledge of God’s Word comes, faith will automatically be there. You could pray forever to have faith, but if you don’t get any knowledge of God’s Word, you will never get faith. Feed on God’s Word. Meditate on God’s Word. And remember, “. . . faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. 10

January 24 DELEGATED And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. . . . And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. — MARK 16:15,17,18 Jesus delegated the power and authority in His Name to “them that believe.” Some have relegated spiritual authority exclusively to preachers mightily used of God. But this passage of Scripture isn’t just talking about evangelists, pastors, or others in the ministry; it’s talking about the entire Body of Christ — the believing ones. Authority is invested in the Name of Jesus. And authority is invested in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the earth. Some of us have touched that authority now and then, but none of us have been able to abide in it like God wants. However, I am thorough

January 23 DEMAND Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. — JOHN 14:12-14 The verses in today’s text have nothing whatsoever to do with prayer. In yesterday’s devotion, we saw how Jesus said to use His Name in prayer to the Father. But here we see a different use of Jesus’ Name. Here, the Greek word translated “ask” can also mean “demand.” An example of this use of the Name is seen at the gate called Beautiful. Peter said to a lame man sitting at the gate, “. . . In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6). Jesus said, “Whatsoever you demand in My name, I will do it.” Let that soak in a little. When we use the Name of Jesus, it is as though Jesus were here Himself. All the power and auth

January 22 IN PRAYER And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. — JOHN 16:23,24 This charter prayer promise is perhaps the most staggering statement that ever fell from the lips of the Man of Galilee. What does Jesus mean “in that day”? Looking toward the future, Jesus, in effect, was saying, “I’m going away. I’m going to Calvary. I’m going to die. But I’m going to be raised from the dead. And I’m going to ascend on High. I’m going to sit down at the right hand of the Father. And a new day is coming. A New Covenant, or New Testament, is coming into being! And in that day, ye shall ask Me nothing.” This day in which we live is that new day! “Hitherto [up until now] have ye asked nothing in my name . . . .” The disciples did not pray in the Name of Jesus while Jesus was on the earth. It wouldn’t

January 21 ALL THINGS . . . For all things are yours. . . . And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s. — 1 CORINTHIANS 3:21,23 Most people wouldn’t think the Corinthians could get anything from God; they were so carnal. Paul began this chapter by telling them they were carnal, yet he added, “. . . all things are yours.” When you were born into the family of God, the right and privilege to use the Name of Jesus became yours. Everything Jesus bought and paid for automatically became yours. But it’s up to you to use what belongs to you. Consider the story of the prodigal son. If the prodigal is a type of the sinner or backslider, and the father is a type of God, then the elder brother is a type of the Christian who has not strayed. When the elder brother came in from the field, he heard music and dancing. A servant told him, “Your brother came home, and your father has killed the fatted calf.” The elder brother became angry, and wouldn’t go in and join the festivities. So his father went o

January 20 FOR HIS BODY, THE CHURCH And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. — EPHESIANS 1:19-23 In every place where the Bible mentions the Name of Jesus, it also refers to His Body, the Church, because the Name was given to Jesus so that the Church might use it. The ones who need to use His Name are those who have become joint heirs with Jesus Christ; and those who are in contact with men and women in need of deliverance from Satan. All that Jesus is by inheritance is in that Name

January 19 GOD-GIVEN Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. — PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11 This was done when Christ ascended on High, and God seated Christ at His own right hand — far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion. Another translation of Philippians 2:10 reads, “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings in heaven, and beings in earth, and beings under the earth.” (That refers to angels, men, and demons.) Why was this Name conferred upon Jesus? Why was this Name invested with such authority and dominion? Was it done for Jesus’ benefit? No. In the 2,000 years since Jesus’ resurrection, ascension, and seating at the Father’s right hand, Jesus Himself has not used that Name once. In fact, th

January 18 RESURRECTION GREATNESS . . . He [Jesus] hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he [God] at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? . . . — HEBREWS 1:4,5 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. — ACTS13:33 When did Jesus inherit His Name? When was it conferred upon Him? It was conferred when Jesus was made alive out of spiritual death —when He was raised from the dead. It was at Jesus’ resurrection that God said, “. . . Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.” And it was after His resurrection that Jesusrevealed all authority in Heaven and in earth had been given to Him. Every statement regarding the fact that Jesus’ Name was inherited or conferred upon Him, shows that Jesus received the greatness of His Name, the fullness of it, after His resurrection fr

January 17 BY CONQUEST And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. — COLOSSIANS 2:15 This is a picture of Christ in combat with the hosts of darkness! A marginal note in my King James Version reads, “He put off from Himself the principalities and the powers.” It is evident that when the demon hosts thought they had Jesus within their power, they intended to overwhelm Him and hold Him in bondage. But then the cry came forth from the throne of God that Jesus had met the demands of Justice— that the sin problem had been settled, and man’s redemption was a fact — and Jesus overthrew the hosts of demons and Satan himself. I think Rotherham’s translation of Hebrews 2:14 makes it even clearer: “. . . in order that through death He might paralyse him that held the dominion of death, that is the Adversary.” Jesus paralyzed Satan! Jesus put him to naught! There is authority in the Name of Jesus, because Jesus achieved the authority in

Sunday 16 BY INHERITANCE God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. — HEBREWS 1:1-4 We cannot measure the vastness of the power and authority in the Name of Jesus without realizing that He inherited that Name from God the Creator. Jesus is the brightness of God’s glory. Jesus is the express image of God’s Person — the very outshining of God the Father. Jesus is the heir of all things. And Jesus inherited His Name. The greatness of His Name is inherited from His Father. So the power

January 15 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.— JOHN 5:8 You Were Healed Before this woman got the revelation of First Peter 2:24, and received healing, I said to her, “I’ll just get the Bible and prove to you that you’re healed.” I opened it to First Peter 2:24, laid it on her lap as she sat in that wheelchair, and said, “Read First Peter 2:24 aloud for me.” And she did. Then I said, “Notice the last clause of that verse. What does it say?” She said, “By whose stripes, ye were healed.” I said, “Now is ‘were’ past tense, future tense, or present tense?” She looked at me, startled, and said, “Why, it’s past tense. If we were healed, then I was.” I said, “That’s it exactly! Just lift up both of your hands and begin to praise God because according to First Peter 2:24, you are healed. You’re not going to be; by whose stripes, you were healed. In the mind of God, you were healed when the stripes were laid on Jesus. You’re already healed.” She lifted up her hands and began

January 14 RECONCILED It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).— 2 CORINTHIANS 5:19 (Amplified) “Brother Hagin,” a woman asked, “why don’t I get healed? I know God has promised to heal me.” I understood her problem and tried to help her. “No ma’am, God hasn’t promised to heal you any more than He has promised to save the lost. Nowhere in God’s Word does it say, ‘God has promised to save you.’ No, God’s Word declares that God has already done something about your salvation. God laid your sins and iniquities on Jesus.” God has already reconciled us to Himself by Christ. And He gave us the ministry of reconciliation. We are to tell people that God was personally present with Jesus Christ reconciling the world to favor with Himself. God is not imputing (counting up) or

January 13 REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE . . . These curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. . . . If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law. . . . Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law . . . .— DEUTERONOMY 28:15,58,61 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. — GALATIANS 3:13 The Bible says that all sickness and disease is a curse of the law. In Deuteronomy chapter 28, the law specifically named eleven diseases as being a curse of the law; then verse 61 encompasses all sickness and disease as a curse of the law. But Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law! Christ is not going to redeem us; He has already redeemed us. Peter, looking back to the sacrifice at Calvary, said, “. . . by whose stripes ye WERE healed” (1 Peter 2:24). Not going to be,but were! God remembers that He laid on Jesus not only the sins and iniquiti

January 12 WE WERE HEALED! Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. — 1 PETER 2:24 Years ago, a woman was carried into one of my services. She had not walked in four years, and doctors said she would  walk again. I sat down beside her and placed my open Bible on her lap. I said, “Sister, please read that verse out loud.” She read First Peter 2:24 aloud. And when she ended with “. . . by whose stripes ye were healed,” I asked, “Is ‘were’ past tense, present tense, or future tense?” I will never forget her reaction. “Were is past tense,” she exclaimed. “And if we were healed, then I was healed!” She accepted God’s Word with the enthusiasm and simplicity of a child — the way we must. And that’s how God records it in His Word. He doesn’t promise to heal us, because He’s already provided healing for us almost 2,000 years ago! Healing is something we already have in Christ. This w

When Jesus was crucified on the cross, not only did He wash away all your sins with His precious blood, but He also gave you His very own righteousness as a gift (see 2 Cor. 5:21). Do you know that you can never lose this righteousness? Your righteousness is a gift from Jesus because it is entirely dependent on His perfect performance and His perfect obedience, not yours. So my friend, because you are forever righteous in Christ, God hears your prayers every time you pray. Apostle James tells us that the earnest prayer of a righteous man—that's you—"produces wonderful results". Not just plain results, but wonderful results! What provision do you need today, righteous one? Favor for an interview, wisdom to clear your debts, healing for your children? As a righteous man or woman of God, boldly ask Jesus for what you need in prayer! Confession My prayer will produce wonderful results because I am righteous through Christ our Lord.

January 11 Agree With God Let your heart agree with the following as you speak the words out of your mouth: Heavenly Father, I thank You today, because You are my Father. Because I have been born again, I am Your very own child, and You are my very own Father. Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of redemption which you planned and then sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate. Thank You, Father, that the plan of redemption not only provided for the remission of sins and the New Birth, but provided for healing for my physical body. For it is written in Matthew 8:17 that Himself, Jesus, took my infirmities and bare my sicknesses. What He bore, I need not bear. Because He bore my infirmities, because He bore my sicknesses, I’m healed; I’m free. I no longer have sickness. I no longer have disease. Jesus bore sickness and disease for me. It is also written in First Peter 2:24, “By whose stripes ye were healed.” If we were healed, I was healed. I am now healed by His stripes. I am healed

January 10 IN HIM Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. — EPHESIANS 1:3 From the day you were born again until the day you step off into eternity, God has already made provision for you in Christ Jesus. Everything you need, “He hath blessed” you with. In the mind of God, it is yours! People often ask me how to study the Bible. Although I have many suggestions, here is the one I present everywhere I go. As a believer, a Christian, follow this method as you go through the New Testament; read or study primarily the Epistles. (I encourage you to spend most of your time in the Epistles, because they are the letters written to you, the believer. Study the Old Testament, too, but don’t spend most of your time there. Spend most of your time in the New Testament. Why? Because we’re not living under the Old Covenant; we’re living under the New Covenant.) In these Epistles, which are written to the Ch

January 9 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.)—HEBREWS10:23 ‘ It’s Mine’ The father of the boy from Massachusetts continued to share his story with me: “Now there was some medication available that my boy could take that would help keep him going a little better. So he was taking this medication. After we left the service in Syracuse, the time came for him to take his medication, but he said to me, ‘No, I don’t need it. I’m healed.’” The father said, “Son, you’ll begin suffering if you don’t take it. You’ll begin to hurt.” The son responded, “No, I won’t begin to hurt. I’m healed.” “Well, how do you know you are?” the father asked. The son said, “Didn’t you hear Brother Hagin preach that Jesus took my infirmities and bore my sicknesses? I stood right there and confessed it with my mouth. So I know it’s mine!” That boy never had another symptom. They took him back to be examined, and doctors couldn’t find anything wrong! In f

January 8 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.—PSALM119:89 God’s Word Never Changes I was preaching at a convention in St. Louis on one occasion. After the service was over, a gentleman stopped me in the lobby of the hotel to speak with me. He said, “I want you to meet my wife and three children. Last year when you were in Syracuse, New York, teaching on faith,we came to hear you. We’re from Boston, Massachusetts, and it was the first Full Gospel meeting we had ever been to. At that time, my boy was thirteen and a half years old, and doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him. They encouraged me to take him to some specialists in New York City, so I did.” The gentleman continued, “The specialists said that he had an incurable disease and there was nothing they could do for him. In fact, the doctors said that they only knew of three people on the North American continent who had ever had this disease. They told us that he would be dead by the time he turned fifteen.

January 6 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.—PHILIPPIANS 2:13 Why People Fail to Receive Healing The number one reason people fail to receive their healing is that they do not believe that it’s God’s will for them to be healed. Many say, “Well, maybe God has some purpose in this.” No, He doesn’t! God’s will is for you and me to be in health. So I stay in health because I know that’s what His will is. According to Philippians 2:13, God is working in me, both to will and to do of His own good pleasure. He is working in me every day to will and to do of His own good pleasure. You need to settle the question about God’s will concerning healing for you. How are you going to settle it? How are you going to find out what God’s will is? Go to the will of God, the New Testament, and find out. At the reading of a will, someone reads the last will and testament of the deceased. A testament is a will, and the New Testament is the will of God. It is His

January 5 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.—ROMANS 10:17 Faith Comes by Hearing Two years later, I went back to that same church in Oklahoma and noticed that the young woman who had refused to believe anything was there. Again, the meeting ran four weeks. I noticed her sitting there with her Bible and a notebook; she was taking notes as I taught in both the day and night services. For two solid weeks, this young woman sat there, listened, and took notes. On Friday night of the second week, she positioned herself on the front pew. One of the ushers put his hands under her arms, lifted her to her feet, and helped her up onto her crutches. She was the first person in the healing line that night. She said, “I’ve come for my healing. Just put your hands on me and I’ll be healed.” She lifted her hands and began to praise God. One crutch fell one way, and one fell the other way. And she walked off completely well! You see, she listened to the Word of God and got

January 4 SAY YOU’RE NEW I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. — GALATIANS 2:20 I was healed on a Tuesday. That Saturday I walked to town, and I happened to run into a friend of mine. We had been bosom buddies. But during the sixteen months I had been bedfast, he had seen me only once. He was the same old creature he had always been — but I had become a new creature. He laughed about the things we used to do. Pointing to a building down the street, he said, “Remember the night . . .” and he went on to talk about the time I had picked the lock on the door so some boys could go in and steal candy. I sat there with a mask-like look on my face, as if I didn’t know what he was talking about. (I remembered it well enough, but I wanted to use this as an opportunity to witness to him.) “What’s the matter with you? You act like y

January 3 KNOW YOU’RE NEW Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. — 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 Today’s text is one of my favorite scriptures. I got ahold of it while I was still a bedfast teenager. And when I came off that bed healed, I told everyone I met, “I am a new creature!” Meditate on this verse today, because if you do not understand the truth of what the New Birth is, it will hinder your faith and will keep you from receiving the blessings God intends you to have. The spiritual nature of man, you see, is a fallen nature — a satanic nature. Man received this satanic nature from Satan when Adam sinned. And no man can change his own human nature. But God can! When you were born again, something went on inside you — instantaneously! That old, satanic nature went out of you. And the very life and nature of God came into you! God created you as a brand-new creature — a new creation. The man on the inside — the r

January 2 FAITH FOLLOWS LIGHT The entrance of thy words giveth light . . . . — PSALM 119:130 As a teenager, I became bedfast. Medical science said I would die. Now, I’d heard the New Birth preached all my life. I knew what God’s will was concerning salvation. And when I came to the Lord while bedfast, I had no doubt that He would hear me. I had no lack of understanding along that line. Therefore, I had no doubt or unbelief concerning salvation. I received salvation, and I knew that I was saved. But, I was still bedfast! I certainly had a lack of understandingof God’s Word concerning divine healing, prayer, and faith. About all I had ever heard preachers say about healing was, “Just leave it to the Lord. He knows best.” (Yes, but in His Word, God has made provision for us to have His best!). In time, after much study of the Bible, I saw the exact steps I needed to take in prayer, and I saw just how to release my faith. Had I known these things earlier, I could have been off that bed mon