Heavenly Father, in the strong name of Jesus and in the powerful place of agreement we pray a hedge of protection for those in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

We ask that you protect them, their families, property and possessions from mighty winds, strong rains and surging waves.

We pray protection and effectiveness for first responders with emergency preparedness.

We know that our faith can move mountains and quiet fears

We rejoice that those who lose electricity will never lose the power of God guiding them.

We ask You, Heavenly Father, to dispatch angels to care for and protect all in the path of danger.

Finally, we ask for the peace of God comfort and strengthen everyone.

In the strong name of Jesus. . .we pray. . .Amen.

I fully understand that when you’re under a full scale demonic assault. . .that you can grow weary in the battle. . .despite scripture to the contrary.

“I’ve been knocked down so many times yet nobody is willing to help me get up.”

If you feel you’ve been knocked down and no one is there to help you . . .you need to learn how to get up your own . . .because nobody else can do for you. . .what you can do for you.

Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, said:

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” 

Unfortunately, there are times in life. . .where you just need to suck it up and get on up.

Thousands of books have been written on faith. . .hundreds of thousands of sermons and millions of words discuss faith. . . yet God stirred me to write seven things to make your faith grow. So, growing our faith is an ongoing project . . .  one that never ends.

Faith is like a seed. . .plant it in your heart and your mind.  At the appointed time. . .God will give you a mega harvest of what you need just when you need it.

Colossians 2:7 in the New Living Translation says:

“Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”

How do you grow strong in faith. . .so you can overflow with revelation, blessings and thankfulness?

I was sitting in Creflo Dollar’s Ministers and Leaders Conference listening to Dr. Samuel Chand teach on capacity when I felt stirred to do a word search for capacity.

I was lead to Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 which says:

“After looking at the way things are on this earth, here’s what I’ve decided is the best way to live: Take care of yourself, have a good time, and make the most of whatever job you have for as long as God gives you life. And that’s about it. That’s the human lot. Yes, we should make the most of what God gives, both the bounty and the capacity to enjoy it, accepting what’s given and delighting in the work. It’s God’s gift! God deals out joy in the present, the now. It’s useless to brood over how long we might live.”

As I read, re-read and re-read the verse again. . .I knew God was giving me a powerful revelation even beyond the teaching I was hearing at the moment.

Here are seven insights on what God wants you to experience now.

Seven things for you to do before you go to sleep each night.

First, create a to-do list of the things you plan to accomplish tomorrow.  List them by priorities based on your goals in the six major areas of your life. . .spiritual, family, financial, physical, mental and social.

Be like Santa. . .make your list. . .check it twice.

Second, journal the great things that happened to you during the day.  Regardless of how your day went. . .you have something to rejoice over.  If nothing else and I mean nothing else. . .you have the ability to read and hear the words I’m speaking from my notes.

If stories about the Children of Israel cover over six books in the Bible, how can we ignore the fact that God has a lot He wants to teach us through them?

I Corinthians 10:11 in the New Living Translation says:

“These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.”

The Amplified Bible says it this way:

Wow…I was looking at Ephesians 6:13-18 which describes our spiritual armor when God showed me an amazing parallel in the Message Bible translation.

"Be prepared.  You're up against far more than you can handle on your own. (1) Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it's all over but the shouting you'll still be on your feet. (2) Truth, righteousness, peace, faith and salvation are more than words.  Learn how to apply them.  You'll need them throughout your life. (3) God's Word is an indispensable weapon. (4) In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare.  Pray hard and long.  Pray for your brothers and sisters. (5)  Keep your eyes open. (6)  Keep each other's spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.(7)"

From this powerful scriptural passage God showed me seven facts you should know about your spiritual armour.

My goal is to learn something from everything I read.

As I take notes on what I’ve read...I ask God how to take the thoughts I've written down and make them applicable to my life.

Your mindset is simply a collection of the dominant thoughts in your life.

Proverbs 4:23 in the New Century Version says:

Daniel Boone, the American frontiersman, humorously said he was never lost but he was bewildered once for three days and nights.

If you don’t know where you’re going then you find it’s easier to get lost or sidetracked along the way.

When I began traveling for the ministry. . .I would rent cars that had a GPS (Global Positioning System) in unfamiliar cities.

I was in a place of rest. . .reading when the following words dropped into my spirit.

“Don’t pray doubled-minded.”

Immediately, I thought about James 1:8 which says:

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”

According to Strong’s Concordance the word double-minded is the Greek word dipsychos (G1374) and it means:

“wavering, uncertain, doubting; divided in interest”

Are you wavering in what you believe about Biblical prosperity?