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For years, my own ministry was a ministry that disqualified people. I would tell my congregation, “There’s nothing wrong with God, nothing wrong with His Word, so there must be something wrong with you!” But one day, I heard the Lord speaking to me on the inside. He said, “Stop disqualifying My people! My blood has already qualified them. Stop disqualifying them!”

Now, I know that faith is the opposite of the law, and that the more people become self-conscious, and the more they look at their self-efforts to receive from the Lord, the more faith is depleted from them. So when the Lord opened my eyes to grace, I changed what I was preaching entirely and began to declare, “There’s nothing wrong with God, nothing wrong with His Word, and guess what? Through the blood of Jesus,
there’s nothing wrong with you!
Receive your miracle!”

Hallelujah! Once I stopped pointing the people to what was wrong with them and pointed instead to
what was right with them because of Jesus
, faith was imparted, and we began to experience an explosion of healing miracles like never before. Cancers were healed, tumors were supernaturally removed, and lives were transformed. That is what happens when believers know that they have been made righteous by the blood of Jesus. They begin to understand that they have the blood-bought right to be healed, to experience financial breakthroughs, and to enjoy restoration in their marriages!

When people begin to see more of Jesus, when they begin to become more and more conscious of Jesus having been crucified on their behalf, faith no longer is a barrier to receiving God’s promises. Why? Because the more they see what Jesus has done for them, the more they see what Jesus has
qualified
them for, the more faith springs up within them and miracles break forth. Hallelujah!

Beloved, you don’t have to wish that you had more faith for whatever miracle you are asking God for right now. You don’t have to try to conjure up more faith. Simply see Jesus on the cross for you, and the faith you need to face any situation or challenge will come into your life. Just look to Jesus and His grace toward you! He is the author and finisher of faith (Heb. 12:2). Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. The more of Jesus and His love you hear, the more faith rises in your heart. Get hold of teachings that preach all about Jesus and His finished work. Make it your priority to listen to the good news preached. There is power in the gospel of Jesus Christ! Reach out and receive your miracle from your loving Savior today!

Today’s Thought

The more I see what Jesus has done for me, the more I see what Jesus has qualified me for, the more faith springs up within me and miracles break forth in my life
.

Today’s Prayer

Father, thank You that faith is not a struggle because there is no self-effort involved in faith. I thank You that all I have to do is believe that I have been qualified and made righteous by the blood of Jesus, and faith will be imparted. I believe that the more I see what Jesus has done for me, the more I see what Jesus has qualified me for, the more faith springs up within me and miracles break forth in my circumstances. Amen
.

For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe
.

1 T
HESSALONIANS
2:13

Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

G
ALATIANS
3:5

DAY 83

The Secret to Receiving Your Miracle

Today’s Scripture

I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ
.

G
ALATIANS
3:5
NLT

I
attended a conference years ago and remember hearing about all kinds of things that we had to do to work the miracles of God. For instance, we were told that we had to pray long prayers. Please don’t misunderstand me. I am not saying that there is no place for long prayers. I love going to my Abba to just spend time talking to Him. I have also taught our church about the importance of praying, especially praying in the Spirit regularly. But is the secret to having miracles take place in your life found in praying, or even in fasting forty days and forty nights, as others say?

Some people think they can twist God’s arm with their efforts and convince Him that they
deserve
a breakthrough or miracle from Him. Do you really think that because you have fasted or prayed for long periods of time, God is impressed with you and has to answer your prayers? Come on, my friend, the only reason God answers our prayers today is the finished work of Jesus. Don’t be deceived any longer. God is a debtor to no man. No man can deserve God’s blessings through his self-efforts. It is not about our sacrifices. It is about
His
sacrifice!

All God sees is the work of His Son on the cross, and by virtue of Jesus, all His blessings and His miracle-working power are yours when you believe in His Son. Read today’s Scripture carefully for what Paul said to the Galatians who were depending on their self-efforts. Then, consider all the people who received miracles from Jesus during His ministry on earth. Not a single one of them deserved it. They did nothing to earn their miracles. They simply received their miracles because of His grace.

A few years ago, the Lord spoke to me and said, “When My people see My grace, I see their faith.” Do you remember the woman with the issue of blood who had been bleeding for twelve years? According to the law of Moses, she was considered unclean and was not supposed to be out in public places, much less touch anyone. Yet, the Bible tells us that “when she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment” (Mark 5:27).

She must have heard the wonderful testimonies of the people Jesus had touched and healed, and these accounts opened her eyes to see Jesus as a gracious Savior overflowing with mercy and compassion. The result? Faith ignited in her and the moment she touched the hem of His garment, she received her miracle. Was she ever conscious of her faith? No, she was conscious only of Jesus and His grace. When she
saw His grace
, He turned around and
saw her faith
. With great tenderness, He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well…” (Mark 5:34).

My friend, you do not have to try to conjure up faith for healing or finances. Faith for any breakthrough or miracle in your life springs forth when you see His grace. He died so that you might live! You did not deserve it, but He still did it for you. See Jesus on the cross for you—the demonstration of His unconditional love and amazing grace. And when you see His grace, you will have unconscious faith to receive your miracle!

Today’s Thought

When I see Jesus and His grace and goodness toward me, faith unconsciously arises in my heart for my miracle
.

Today’s Prayer

Father, thank You that faith for my miracle is not something I have to conjure or try to jack up. Instead, faith will just arise in my heart when I am conscious of Jesus, His grace, and His love toward me. Thank You that You want to bless me and supply my needs according to the riches of Your grace, which is much, much greater than all my needs put together. Because I know You love me and the cross of Jesus has removed every barrier to receiving from You, right now, I simply receive all that I need from You. In Jesus’ name, Amen
.

“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

L
UKE
12:32

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus
.

P
HILIPPIANS
4:19

If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself
.

2 T
IMOTHY
2:13

DAY 84

The Secret to Great Faith

Today’s Scripture

When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!”…Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour
.

M
ATTHEW
8:10, 13

D
o you know that there were only two people in the Bible whom Jesus said had “great faith”? The first was the Roman centurion whose servant was healed by Jesus’ word (Matt. 8:5–13). The second was the Syro-Phoenician woman, whose demon-possessed daughter was also healed by Jesus (Matt. 15:21–28). I encourage you to take a minute and read both accounts from your Bible right now, before proceeding with the rest of today’s reading.

As I was reading these two accounts one night, the Lord said to me, “Son, look for the common denominator between these two people and you will discover the secret to great faith.”

I had always thought that the secret to the centurion’s great faith was that he understood authority. Because he was a military man of authority, he thus understood the authority of the Lord Jesus. But that does not apply to the woman, who was probably a homemaker. So what’s the common denominator to their great faith? After I had tried to figure it out for a while, the Lord said to me, “Both were Gentiles. They were not Jews. Neither of them were under the law of Moses, and therefore they did not disqualify themselves. They were not under condemnation by the law, and so they could have great faith to receive from Me.” Wow, what a powerful revelation! They were both not under the law, which is the opposite of faith, that’s why they could have great faith!

The Bible itself plainly says that “the law is not of faith” (Gal. 3:12). And in another place it says, “For if those who are of the law are heirs,
faith is made void
and the promise made of no effect” (Rom. 4:14). You see, the law will disqualify people from receiving any blessing from the Lord. It is only faith in His grace that qualifies God’s people and stirs up great faith unconsciously to receive what they need from the Lord. This is the secret to having great faith for any situation in your life!

I see this so clearly in the experience of Naomi who lives in South Africa. She became unemployed and was left with no place to stay, having been rejected by her family. She and her son ended up finding shelter in a village with a poor family in deplorable conditions, sometimes eating food taken out of dustbins. Despite extreme hardship, she wrote:

I truly believed that the Lord was in full control of my life and that things were in the process of changing. Through it all, I chose to put all my faith in God, knowing that He would restore and change my life. I knew that God loved me and that it hurt Him to see me go through all of this. I also knew that He would bring to pass what He had promised in His Word
.

During that period, I fed on God’s Word and His grace and chose to focus on the many blessings I was already enjoying—health, joy, peace, and having Jesus in my life. A year later, the Lord blessed me with a good job, a car, a home, and a wonderful man who is also madly in love with Jesus. My son also sleeps peacefully now. We are sold out to Jesus and the gospel of grace, sharing it wherever we go
.

Here is the key to Naomi’s faith. She said, “Thank you, Pastor Prince, for revealing the beauty of our Lord Jesus in such a simple but powerful way. It just made me fall in love with Jesus.”

My friend, the more you see Jesus—His beauty and His finished work of grace—the more faith arises in your heart. You will have unconscious faith to believe what God’s Word says about you and to ask boldly of Him. It’s truly all about Jesus, seeing His love, and allowing Him to love you and be gracious to you!

Today’s Thought

The secret to having great faith for any situation in my life is to see more and more of Jesus, His grace, and His finished work
.

Today’s Prayer

Lord Jesus, I thank You that You truly love me and care about everything I am going through. Thank You for Your finished work that has qualified me to receive and enjoy every blessing. Today, I choose to focus on Your love and compassion for me. I choose to fix my eyes on how You gave up everything for me so that I can have every good blessing—wisdom, protection, healing, and abundant supply. I believe that Your superabounding grace reigns in my situation, and because it does, I shall receive my breakthrough. Amen
.

“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

M
ARK
11:24

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, L
ORD
, have not forsaken those who seek You
.

P
SALM
9:10

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