As we proceed into a brand new year, I want you to maintain your faith and excitement about God’s plans for you.
I have recently been teaching on Working Your Faith! Faith is a muscle that must be exercised, trained, developed, and perfected. As you work your faith muscles, it may seem painful at times but as the saying goes, “no pain, no gain.” You must past the tests of faith. You will have time tests, circumstances tests, opposition tests, nature/natural tests, and thoughts test. However, every time you past one of these tests, you are promoted in the kingdom of God and go to a higher level. The bibles says” “…the trying of your faith worketh patience, but let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing” (James 1:3-4). In other words, each time you go through a testing of your faith and pass the test, you are rewarded to the point that eventually you will lack nothing in your character, development, or your life. It’s exciting to know that what the devil sends for evil, eventually can work out for your good.
There are many prophetic words that God has given to men and women of God regarding this year. It has been declared as the year of the open door; the Lord specifically told me that it will be a year that we have manifestation of our heavenly possessions. Don’t allow the enemy to cause you to speak anything other than faith in the Word of God. Our mouths are the key to receiving the manifestation of the Word of God in our lives. Remember “death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Prov. 18:21). Since our tongues have power, let’s utilize them to give life to God’s best and give death to satan’s lies.
Dr. Herbert Bailey
(Prophetic Word spoken by Dr. Bailey on 1.14.07)
I am raising you up and bringing you into new places so don’t be afraid; just yield to my Spirit and I’m gonna lead you and guide you by My hand. I’m gonna take you in paths and I’m gonna take you down roads that you never would have gone down by yourself and by your own thinking. But because you’re yielding to me, I am going to open up doors that it would look like you were not qualified for. But I’m going to bring you into those doors that you can have a realm of influence. So as I speak to you and as I open up doors -- and many of you have already begun to do that—bringing you into association with people that you otherwise wouldn’t be in association with, open up your mouth when I tell you to open up your mouth and I will fulfill it. Don’t try to be religious. Don’t try to be spooky. Don’t try to be superspiritual people but just yield to my Spirit and watch me word your mouth at the right time, at the right place, saying the right things that’s gonna bring people to me; because I’m gonna use you to melt the hearts of men and cause people to know their need for me. As you get serious about your assignment in the earth—not just serious about fulfilling your desires, your ambitions and your dreams and your goals but realize that you are on assignment for Me and for Kingdom purposes, (God said) I’m going to reward you greatly. So get rid of your personal agenda and get busy being about the Kingdom business and the Kingdom’s agenda and (God says) as you exalt me, I’ll exalt you because I am even right now putting down one and raising up another. I am turning the cup to where I want it to be turned and all will see that I have my hand upon you and you’ll walk in the fullness of your possession says the Lord.