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God is ADEQUATE, He's SUFFICIENT, He's MORE THAN ENOUGH!

GOD BELIEVES IN YOU!

It is interesting to note that both the seeds from the Japanese Bonsai and the American Sequoia trees are exactly the same size, both seeds weigh only 1/3,000 of an ounce, yet within them there is the God given potential for life

The Bonsai tree however is only a few inches high when fully grown, and the Sequoia reaches a towering 90 metres tall with a circumference of almost 16 metres around.

What a vast difference in the two but both start out as a very small similar seed.

The seeds are the same when they are seeds but when fully developed they are vastly different when mature.

Someone once said, "Any person can count the seeds in and apple but only God can count the apples in a seed!"

As a Christian you have incredible potential within you!

1 Pet 1:23 (DBY) being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

Inside of you right now there is the seed of life, the same power of God that created this universe and is almost beyond our ability to comprehend.

The power that made a bird fly, created the beautiful butterfly from and ugly caterpillar, made the ant to be a worker, also made the trees, snow, rain, and sunshine all to work in harmony with each other to create a perfect place for us to live.

Yes, that same mighty power that raised Jesus from the dead that first Easter morning, is resident in you today so you can do all things.

Phil 4:13 (NKJV) 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Ephesians 1:19 "and what is the exceeding greatness of His power towards us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power."

v20 "Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead...."

The ministry of the Holy Spirit today is to make real in you what Christ did for you at Calvary.

Sit, walk, stand!

The book of Ephesians is magnificent for the Christian life today.

It was written as a teaching letter from Paul to the Church at Ephesus, but equally applies to you and to me.

Basically the message of Ephesians is, if you will learn to sit, you will be able to walk, then the Holy Spirit will teach you to stand.

Ephe 1:19 (NKJV) and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

We were raised with Him and made to sit with Him!

Ephe 2:6 (NKJV ) and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Once we are seated ( at rest) we are encouraged to walk.

Ephe 5:2 (NKJV) And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, [means cautiously]

Once you learn to walk by faith in His Word now The Holy Spirit can show you how to stand against the enemy!

Ephe 6:10 (NKJV) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

Psychologists have discovered after many years of intensive study, that it is useless to try to change the outside behavoural patterns in someone's life without first trying to get that person to have a better image of themselves on the inside.

In other words if the person can change their self image to the image that God The Father draws of them in His Word, than they will conform to that image and their behaviour will change. It is an inside first job!

The worldly medical and psychological professions as well as most religions try to change people from the outside first; but it will never work!

It takes a renewing of the mind, to think the way God's Word states you really are.

Romans 12:2 (YLT) and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what [is] the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Prov 23:7 (KJV) For as he thinketh within himself, so is he:

Christianity works from the inside out!

As you learn what God has done for you and who you really are according to His Word then you image changes and as your image changes, your behaviour changes.

Eph 1:19 Amplified Bible, "What is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe..."

Psalm 37:23, "The steps of a good man are ordered by The Lord."

Psalm 119:130, "The entrance of thy words give light, it gives understanding to the simple"

This verse tells us that when God's Word gains entrance into our mind, it gives light, and light means revelation knowledge. Further it gives understanding to those who do not understand. As you sit down in God's presence and begin to renew your mind by these marvellous truths from His Word, you will find that can experience what His Word says you are.

Ephesians 2:13 Living Bible, "But now you belong to Christ Jesus, and though you were once far away from God, now you have been brought very near to Him, because of what Jesus Christ has done for you with His blood."

When you actually reach victory as an experience!

When you wake up to your place of victory and take hold of it by faith, then receive it into your spirit and get your mind renewed by it, and begin to confess it, you will find God's power will be released in a way you have never seen before.

Remember WINNING IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

Romans 1:16, "The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

Ephe 1:3 (AMP) "Blessing [praise, laudation and eulogy] be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who has blessed [spoken well of] us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in Heavenly places in Christ."

When you are seated in Heavenly places, you are where all the spiritual blessings are!

The eulogy is something that is usually given at a funeral, but God eulogises the living members of His family.

Listen to some of the good things God says about you in His Word!

Deut 28:13 (ASV) And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them],

14 (ASV) and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

2Kin 6:16 (YLT) And he saith, `Fear not, for more [are] they who [are] with us than they who [are] with them.'

Psal 40:3 (KJS) And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

John 15:3 (DBY) Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.

John 15:7 (DBY) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

Roma 6:6 (DBY) knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin.

Roma 8:2 (ASV) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Roma 8:16 (ASV) The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

17 (ASV) and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].

Roma 8:37 (ASV) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 (ASV) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

39 (ASV) nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1Cor 3:21 (ASV) Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

22 (ASV) whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

2Cor 2:14 (YLT) and to God [are] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

2Cor 2:14 (KJS) Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

2Cor 2:14 (DBY) But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.

2Cor 2:14 (ASV) But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.

2Cor 5:17 (ASV) Wherefore if any man is in Christ, [he is] a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

2Cor 5:17 (DBY) So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:

2Cor 5:17 (KJS) Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {he is: or, let him be}

2Cor 5:17 (YLT) so that if any one [is] in Christ--[he is] a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

Gala 2:20 (YLT) with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Gala 2:20 (DBY) I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but [in] that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the [faith] of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.

Gala 2:20 (ASV) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Ephe 2:10 (ASV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Ephe 2:10 (DBY) For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.

Ephe 2:10 (KJS) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. {ordained: or, prepared}

Ephe 2:10 (YLT) for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

Ephe 3:16 (YLT) that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

Ephe 3:16 (KJS) That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

Ephe 3:16 (DBY) in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;

Ephe 3:16 (ASV) that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

Colo 2:9 (YLT) because in him doth tabernacle all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,

10 (YLT) and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

Colo 2:9 (KJS) For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

10 (KJS) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Colo 2:9 (DBY) For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;

10 (DBY) and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,

Colo 2:9 (ASV) for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,

10 (ASV) and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

1Joh 4:4 (ASV) Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

1Joh 4:4 (DBY) *Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.

1Joh 4:4 (KJS) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

1Joh 4:4 (YLT) Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.

1Joh 4:17 (YLT) In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we--we also are in this world;

1Joh 4:17 (KJS) Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. {our love: Gr. love with us}

1Joh 4:17 (DBY) Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world.

1Joh 4:17 (ASV) Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

God has faith in you, do yourself a favour and believe what God says about you, you can believe God, He is not a man to lie.

Numb 23:19 (ASV) God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Numb 23:19 (DBY) `God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?

Numb 23:19 (KJS) God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Numb 23:19 (YLT) God [is] not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do [it]? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

Finally!

These are all wonderful statements that God makes about you personally, do yourself a favour and start to believe them. You are what He says you are.