Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

 “If the Good News we preach is veiled from anyone, it is a sign that they are perishing. Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. . . . For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. But this precious treasure—this light and power that now shine within us—is held in perishable containers . . . So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own.” 2 Corinthians 4:3-7 (NLT)

 We release aught against anyone to prevent debris from blocking the flow of The Blessing and the manifest favor of God (2 Corinthians 9:8-11; Proverb 10:22). All that God the Father has bestowed to us through Christ Jesus “power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing” Revelation 5:12 (KJV) are by faith. The same faith that enables salvation is the same faith by which we remain steadfast on the Word of God regardless of what it looks like in the natural realm. God the Father has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and has drawn us to Himself through Christ Jesus and into the kingdom of His only begotten Son (Colossians 1:13). The same faith by which we became kingdom citizens is the same faith used by the Lord Jesus in His ministry on the earth, in His perfect obedience to the will of the Father, and in The Passion. Yes, so too did the Lord Jesus use faith; it is written, “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 (KJV) emphasis mine. Certainly, the Lord Jesus had to believe (faith) that God the Father would resurrect Him at the very second He had taken back the keys of death and Hades (Ephesians 1:19-21 [AMP]; Revelation 1:18 [NIV]). By the Word of God, we may know that faith’s generator is love. That is to say, the operative power of faith is the God kind of love – unconditional love – Agapaõ (Galatians 5:6). Those who are “in Christ” are bestowed everything necessary for the successful completion of our God-given assignment(s) which included the measure of faith and God’s kind of love (Romans 12:3b & 5:5). The only way to know (comprehension) is by God’s Word, and the only way to do (application) is by God’s mighty power within us (Acts 1:8; Romans 9:17; 2Co 4:7; Ephesians 3:20). We seek the face of God by faith (Hebrews 11:6). It is prayers of faith that work; for the “earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous person makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]” James 5:16b (AMP). The manifestations thereof are by confidence (faith) in God. That when we ask anything in keeping with God’s will, He hears us; and when we are positive about the fact that He hears us, we may be confident that our request is granted (1 John 5:14-15). Patience undergirds faith; these are “power twins”. Patience enables praise and worship to God, with thanksgiving in Jesus’ name, before what was asked manifest. Glory to God!

 Speak the promise . . . Harriet