DEVELOPING THE GOD KIND OF FAITH IN YOUR CONFESSION !

DEVELOPING THE GOD KIND OF FAITH IN YOUR CONFESSION ! There are people trying to believe for millions of dollars to do great things when they haven't learned to believe for the money to pay their are light bill or their rent. Some people have over lorded their faith. Some people are operating on $10 faith and trying to believe for millions. You must all learn to operate on your own level of faith. I think this is why some people have caused trouble in what is called churches. They have gone to a seminar, where they heard someone teach, "You can have what you say." But they only got a part of what was taught, and went home thinking they were a three day wonder. They did all kinds of foolish things and called it faith. Then there pastor had to sweep up the pieces and try to put them back together. This is why so many people are against the faith message or the prosperity message. They overload their faith and made a big splash, but they couldn't swim. So they left their assembly, looking for someone to stroke their ego. The pastor, then, thought that was what they were taught in the seminar. OPERATE AT YOUR OWN LEVEL ! We are going to look at the problem of people acting beyond their development. You must stay within your level of development, Remember if there wasn't any faith in God's Word you and I could not obtain it. And you can grow from there. But you always have to stay where you are developed. I'm not talking about some kind of development of a church program: I'm talking about developing in the God kind of faith outside of the edifice. That may sound elementary, but many will be helped by understanding that fact. You just can build the second story on a vacant lot, so to speak. Start where you are and know where you are going. Jesus said that no man who start to build a tower without first counting the costs. This is good advice, but sometimes when people get turned on to faith; that is the God kind of faith, they fail to count the cost of what they are confessing. I heard of a certain individual who heard some teaching on faith and confession. He was a professional man who was just beginning in his profession. He found a house that he wanted. It was expensive --- at that time it was around 100,000. He started confessing that he was going to buy this house. He started believing for it and confessing the Word of God over it. He eventually bought the house. The way it happened was almost supernatural, because he did not have the assets to warrant the loan for the house. But by faith he pushed the deal through to completion. That works so well that he started confessing and believing for an airplane. He bought an airplane the same way. Then he discovered he didn't have the end, to support the things he had bought. I am not saying this to belittle that individual, but as a matter of instructions to keep others from making the same mistake. Sometimes people throw away all common sense when they get turned on to the God kind of faith. Don't develop your faith in the area of obtaining things only. You may get so many things that you get yourself in trouble. Some of these things concerning the God kind of faith have been left unsaid. But they need to be said, for they will keep you from falling into the same trap. Always develop your faith to support the things you are believing for before you obtain them. Yes, you can use your faith to get them that you cannot afford. First count the cost of maintaining the things you want. Many have missed it by not developing their faith to bring in the money to take care of what they believe for and obtain. Then they turned thumbs down on faith and say, "Ah, this stuff doesn't work." But it works so well that it got them in trouble. They didn't understand how to work it properly. They found a way to get things, but didn't have the common sense to set down and count the cost. Always count the costs. Look before you leap, as the old saying goes --- and that's good advice.