2012, The Year of Prophetic-Producing Faith 1 | Prophetic-Producing Faith 2012, THE YEAR OF PROPHETIC-PRODUCING FAITH If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14) As the New Year approaches, get ready for the order of God to manifest greatly in your life. What that means personally for you is, whatever should be in your life, will be in your life; but whatever should not be in your life will be moved out of your life. Likewise, whatever should be up in your life will arise, and whatever should be down in your life will diminish and even dissipate! Those relationships that are not of God will find themselves weaned away from you, making room for those that are purposeful and divinely connected. In short, God Himself is orchestrating His Divine will and purpose for your life and ministry. His Sovereign and Holy Spirit is bringing all things into divine order as you yield to His sovereignty. This manifestation of the prophetic Word of God is filled with the wonder, splendor and joy of the Lord and you will marvel at its appearance! God’s vessel of choice for bringing about His divine order and a greater manifestation of His prophetic Word into your life is pure and simple faith in Him! Because “all things are possible” to the one who believes, during this year, it is your faith that will catapult the prophetic in your life. The prophetic is the breath of God and it is your faith that will stir it up, releasing life to revive your dead situations. Consequently, your faith will predict the course of your life this year. Please understand that your faith has the power to under-gird your life in hope and to surround you and your family in the manifestation of what God has promised even before the world existed. If you are to thrive in 2012, if your visions and dreams are to be birthed into manifestation, it will be by your faith in God: “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him” (Hebrews 10:38). My friend, your very own faith ushers in the breath of God that releases life into your relationships, finances, hopes, dreams, ministries, desires and all that the Almighty has purposed for your life. The hallmark of faith is to be persistently led by your belief and trust in what God has said in His Word and has revealed in your heart about each facet of your life and ministry. Accordingly, be faithful in the following 12 areas (one area of concentration per month throughout the year). As you remain consistent, your faith will greatly attract the manifestation of the prophetic Word of God in your life. 1. Pray Faithfully (JANUARY): The very nature of faith does not quit, being consistent and loyal to continue on as led by the Spirit of God. Prayer is one of the gifts provided to you by God to help you remain faithful so that you don’t tire out and quit on your journey to discover more of God’s purpose and destiny for your life. Develop a strong prayer life in 2012. It is one of the primary ways by which you will experience growth in your faithfulness. Pray without ceasing -1 Thessalonians 5:17 2. Seek Faithfully (FEBRUARY): Seeking the Presence of God activates God Himself to respond to your quest. Make Him your priority daily by making Him the first objective of your day. You will PURPOSE WOMANMINISTRY TOPURPOSE WOMAN MINISTRY TO WOMENWOMEN WOMEN "Shaping Women into the Image of Christ" 2012, The Year of Prophetic-Producing Faith 2 | Prophetic-Producing Faith soon discover that, as you position yourself to present yourself to the Lord; He has positioned Himself to receive you! I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me -Proverbs 8:17 3. Praise Faithfully (MARCH): Praise is activated by a thankful and grateful heart. The very nature of praise communicates your thankfulness for the major role God plays in your daily successes. By releasing praises to Him daily, you will discover that He has created more reasons for you to praise Him. You will also discover that those reasons for releasing your thankful praises to Him are primarily due to the fulfillment of His prophetic Word in your very own life! But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more -Psalms 71:14 4. Worship Faithfully (APRIL): “Worship is love responding to love” (Bishop Dale C. Bronner). You worship God, not for what He has done for you, but because you recognize who He is in His sovereignty. To the same degree that you place the love of God and your relationship with Him as THE priority in your life, is to the same degree that you are graced to produce good, strong and healthy relationships in the earth. Your earthly relationships are a reflection of your Heavenly relationship with God. So keep God in first place and watch Him direct you how to lovingly relate to your earthly relationships, inspiring them to position themselves after the prototype established between you and Him. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve – Luke 4:8 5. Study Faithfully (MAY): Studying the Word of God is the primary way by which you can meditate on His Word. That meditation is what makes rich deposits of the prophetic Word in your spirit and soul. It also helps your mind, will and emotions become quieted while enabling you to receive personal directions from the Spirit of God about your relationships, business, ministry and all manner of purpose. You are then empowered to lessen the effect of distractions and disturbances that sometime present themselves in your life. And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you (1 Thessalonians 4:11. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth -2 Timothy 2:15 6. Hear Faithfully (JUNE): Consistently position yourself to hear the voice of God. When you do, you also position yourself to receive the prophetic promises of God that cause His favor and prosperity to manifest into your life by increasingly great dimensions. Hearing the Word of God is truly prerequisite to the growth of your faith. Accordingly, it is the corresponding growth of your faith that is prerequisite greater spirituality, productivity, prosperity and wholeness (having nothing missing or broken) in your life. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock (Matthew 7:24) But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty (Matthew 13:23). So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ -Romans 10:17 (BBE) And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. (Matthew 7:26) 2012, The Year of Prophetic-Producing Faith 3 | Prophetic-Producing Faith 7. See Faithfully (JULY): Be discreet about the things upon which your eyes gaze: For the things upon which you gaze determine the direction and course your life will take. If you focus on the negative, your life move in a negative direction, while focusing on the prophetic promises of God cause your life to be directed into a greater fulfillment of His promises in your life. For we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal -2 Corinthians 4:18 8. Think Faithfully (AUGUST): Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9. Speak Faithfully (SEPTEMBER): Your very own faith-filled spoken words serve as capsules of spiritual capsules that impart the life and the power of the prophetic Word of God, causing it to explode into manifestation in your life! If you don’t particularly like the way your life is headed, simply change what you speak into it. Your words active spirit beings that have the ability to create whatever you believe about God’s Word! Jesus’ Words are spirit and it is WORDS that create life! So make it a life’s discipline to speak Jesus’ Words. “THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE.” John 6:63 Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire. (Mark 11:23 -BBE) My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psalms 45:1-BBE) 10. Watch Faithfully (OCTOBER): Watchfulness involves so much more than sight of the eyes. Watchfulness also requires a heart that is sensitized to the essence and presence of God by faith, until it is positioned to receive from God required to take heed as well as to prevent the overtaking of slothfulness (periods of laziness) and destructive calamities. Watchfulness is the proving ground that imparts soberness and alertness into your soul and spirit. Consequently, as you grow in the discipline of watching, like a seed given over to the Master’s use, you will see God responding in watchfulness over you to break and throw down the enemies of your life; even while He plants and builds divine purpose within you. Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matthew 26:41) Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. (Psalms 141:3) And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:28) 2012, The Year of Prophetic-Producing Faith 4 | Prophetic-Producing Faith 11. Work Faithfully (NOVEMBER): Faith is the act of never ceasing to believe in God’s Word, while trusting in His heart toward you. However, faith standing alone is insufficient to bring success in your life apart from work. Faithful works are not born out of carnality and selfish desire. Rather, they are birthed into being by inspiration of God’s Spirit who imparts the necessary wisdom and ability to accomplish the will of God for your life. Faithful works are intellectual exercises, business endeavors, employment and enterprise undertakings (i.e., whatever it takes to produce goods and services; anything accomplished by your intellect and hands toward the production of art or industry). Faithful works are acts, deeds and things done with respect to the idea of working toward goals of productivity. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26) 12. Walk Faithfully (DECEMBER): Walking is synonymous with lifestyle and personal conduct. The faithful lifestyle and conduct is accomplished, not by the physical sight of the eyes, but by following the leading of the Holy Spirit in obedience to His every prompting and directive. Where He leads, you follow. If He is not leading there, then don’t go there. Yielding to His Spirit renders your life in the flesh to be lived by the faith of the Son of God, who loves you and gave himself for you (Galatians 2:20). For we walk by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7) More than ever, it is your faith that will produce the prophetic fulfillment of God in your life. Your faith, demonstrated in consistency, loyalty, a winning and victorious attitude out of a trusting and believing heart toward God renders 2012 a prophetic-filled year for you and your family! HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL YEAR LONG! ~Sandy L. Jackson Ladies, get your copy of my eBook, “Concepts of Good Character for the Woman of God.”