The Intimidation of the Enemy

In 1 Samuel 17: 1-44 we read about the time of war between the Israelites and the Philistines. Both armies are standing on opposite hills ready to engage in battle. Every day the Philistine army sends out their champion warrior, Goliath. Everyday this prized champion sends forth a challenge to the Israeli army that echoes across the valley;

“Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.”1 Samuel 17:8b-9

Goliath the “Mean-Fighting-Machine” is known and feared for his size and strength. He is the champion. The one everyone dreams of defeating, but dares not step into the ring with. Who will become his next victim?

The day of the Super-Heavyweight Final has arrived, and the stakes are high. Will the Israelites become enslaved to the Philistines? Who will accept Goliath’s challenge?

The champ is fully decked out with his state-of-the-art armor and weapons. His very presence intimidates everyone. In fact, as they take one look at Goliath they all run and hide. He wants to fight one-on-one. He has complete confidence in his size and skill and knows he will conquer whoever steps forward. He is ready and waits for a striking battle. Who will fight Goliath?

He becomes angry when he sees who the Israelites send out to fight him. Before him stands a young shepherd boy. He walks the fields with the lambs and the sheep. What does he know about fighting? Now, this is the size mismatch of all time. He can just see the headlines now; “Champion Giant Slaughters Shepherd Boy”. What a disappointing fight this will be for his spectators and utterly unfair for the young boy. He lets out a disgusted howl towards David, “Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?”  (See 1 Samuel 17:43).

But never-the-less he will fight. He tries to intimidate the young boy with his trash-talk and threatens away, “Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.” (See 1 Samuel 17:44).

Perhaps, you are in a raging battle with Goliath. Learn from David’s example of fearlessness and overcome satan’s trash talk and intimidation.

Becky Dvorak is a prophetic healing evangelist and the Destiny Image author of DARE to Believe, Greater Than Magic and, soon to be released, The Healing Creed. Visit her at authorbeckydvorak.com.

Undisputed Champions

In Exodus 7:1-13, we read about an eighty year old man named, Moses with his eighty-three year old brother, Aaron, go before Pharaoh and his 7 professional, Egyptian magicians. Do we call for a rematch? These 2 elderly men are amateurs, being taught how to use their spiritual weapons. But the 7 magicians seem to know exactly what to do with their staffs. It doesn’t sound like a fair match.

But with God on your side, no matter how unfair the physical factors may be, you have everything you need to overcome the circumstance. No matter how good your enemy, satan is at being bad, you still have the advantage over him and his demons. The Spirit of the living God lives inside of you. And just like He does for Moses and Aaron He will teach you how to use your spiritual weapons.

Even with all their experience at casting curses and deceiving people with their charms and trickery, satan and his demons are no match for the people of God. Because greater is He, Jesus who is in you, then he, satan who is in this world. (See 1 John 4:4).

Over and over again the Scriptures prove that even inexperienced faith is greater than satan and all of his experienced foes. With Jesus you are an undisputed champion and there isn’t any sickness or disease, or any other form of satan’s curse that you cannot overcome.  

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

His Manifest Presence

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Did you ever realize that when God speaks, “Let there be light” in this verse that He does not refer to the sun, moon and stars?  The creation of these heavenly lights can be found on the fourth day, but we are still on the first day of creation.  (See Genesis 1:14-19.)

What is this light that He refers to? It is His manifest presence on the scene.

When we allow His presence to manifest, His glory overshadows the darkness and the conditions have no choice but to change. Evil bows to good, darkness reforms to light, corruptible to incorruptible, imperfect to perfect, and impossible to possible.

If you are in need of a miracle the best thing you can do is to find your way into the very presence of God and allow His power overtake and heal you. There is no sickness or disease that can withstand the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Is there an area in your life that needs the power of the manifest presence of the Lord to shine into?

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

Still Hope With a Dim Chance

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1:1-5, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.”

Your situation may appear as the earth does on the first day of creation, formless, void and full of darkness. The symptoms are worse, the medical reports are bad, and the doctors tell you it is time to put your affairs in order. But even though this world gives you a dim chance, with Jesus, you are not without hope.

2 Chronicles 16:9 tells us that the Spirit of God is moving to and fro throughout the whole earth looking for someone to show Himself strong through.

You can choose to be that someone that He reveals Himself mightily through. All it takes is a willing person with a sold-out heart towards Him, and that dim chance transforms into a bright hope with a future to fulfill.

I met a woman at a healing service held in Phoenix, Arizona. She had traveled from another state to come to this healing service. Cancer had eaten away at her hip and she could not walk, immediately after I placed healing hands upon her, and renounced this disease and the effects of this disease, and released the creative power of the Holy Spirit into her she was squatting, jumping, running and praising God!

You see, this woman made herself available to be a someone that the Spirit of God could reveal himself through mightily. She did not allow the obstacles of the day to interfere with her decision to be a willing vessel for a miracle. She could not walk on her own, her husband and sister carried her into the meeting. She was is severe pain, but she traveled across several states to come. The medical reports for this woman were dim and without hope, but she did not give up. She activated her faith, not just with words, but with action too.

No matter how dim the medical report looks, you can activate your trust in God’s miraculous power to turn the situation around for His glory. Are you willing to be that someone today that the Holy Spirit can reveal Himself real strong through? This is my prayer for you today, that hope will arise within you to believe, even though you’ve been given a dim chance, remember, with Jesus there’s still hope.

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

Faith Creates

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

Scripture Reading: Psalm 33:6-9

Faith is creative. Like an artist with a paintbrush in hand, it skillfully uses the power of the spoken word, to paint a masterpiece. Except the canvas that it creates upon is real and alive and it has no boundaries. And the base of its paint is the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ.

Elohim, (the Father, the Son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit), creates the world by the power of the spoken word. God says, “Let there be…” and there was, (see Genesis 1). And He gives to us this same ability to create with our words. We are to call things that are not as though they already were, see Romans 4:17.

A man stands before me during a healing service, as tears run down his face he explains to me what he has. He’s an artist and he sculpts beautiful statues for a living. But he is now completely blind in one eye and is losing his sight in the other. He simply can no longer create without his eyesight.

I look at the man and say, “The Lord gives you your artistic talent, and His will is that you create for His glory.” I reach out and touch his eyes and speak words of life over them and immediately he can see.  

Faith uses the power of the spoken word to create, and in this case it creates sight for the blind, and hope for the hopeless.

Dear Holy Spirit,

Teach me how to use the power of my words to create for Your glory.

In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

Diligence Is Rewarded

hot-chocolate-in-the-bushScripture Reading:  “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6

 I was teaching the Word to the Maasai people in the Serengeti Plains. After ministering in a particular village, we were invited by one of the elders to eat at their home. The other ladies and I were sitting on a log outside and chatting about how the day went. When I looked up the elder of this village, Noah was walking towards me with a tray in His hand. On the tray was a ceramic cup filled with hot water and a small can of hot chocolate mix. And he served me a cup of hot chocolate.

Everyone was amazed by this gesture. In this region of the world, women are not served, but serve men. And then I was to find out later, that our brethren were trying to guess which one told Noah how much I enjoyed sipping a cup of hot chocolate. When they realized that no one told him they tried to figure out just how this elderly man obtained a can of hot chocolate mix for me, since there were no local stores in the bush.

 I do not know how he obtained this chocolate for me, but I know that he made an extra effort to bless me, and he risked his reputation and broke tradition and served me, a woman. And this sweet gesture of kindness witnessed to our brethren that God will go out of His way and reward those who faithfully and diligently seek Him.

Whatever the Lord has asked of you, do it with your whole heart, regardless of the many obstacles you will encounter.

 

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What Would You Ask of God?

If you could ask for whatever you want, what would you ask of God for yourself? Do you know? I find oftentimes, Christians say they want one thing from God, but as I become involved in their situation I discover they really desire another thing.

One time I was asked to minister to a woman of God who was sick and dying. She said she wanted to be healed physically. But as I became closely involved in this woman’s situation, I realized she wanted healing, but it was not her true desire. She was not able to activate her faith to heal because she was not able to focus on the healing promise. The thing she wanted the most was to be free from her alcoholic husband and find a new man to take care of her.

I believe if we are going to activate a Biblical promise then we need to be firm in our belief, and our request needs to be backed by the Word. Also, we need to focus on Jesus, and His ability and will to meet the need.

How can you tell what you really desire from God?

  1. Listen to your thoughts. They are quite revealing. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says, “Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”
  2. Listen to your spoken words. What you speak the most about comes from your heart. Matthew 15:18 puts it this way, But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
  3. Observe your actions. Good or bad, your actions will show you where you are activating your faith. James 2:18 explains to us about faith and actions or works, But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” Your actions reveal what you actually believe, and where you are activating your faith.

 

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In the Beginning of Your Miracle

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1

In Genesis 1 we read about the beginning of the creation of the earth, for the preparation of the start of the human race. We also learn in the first verse from this book of beginnings that the key element to the commencement of any miraculous event is God.

Again, in the New Testament in John 1:1-3, the Scriptures confirm that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” Jesus is the Word of God personified the Father’s perfect revelation of Himself in the flesh. And He is present and has an active part in the creation of the earth.

Let’s take and apply the light of this truth to our situation today. In order for the creation of our miracle to begin, we first need to activate Jesus Christ, the miracle worker in our lives now. Let’s pray.

Dear Jesus,

I believe in Your redemptive power that You gave to me through Your blood at Calvary. I recognize the fact that in the beginning of my miracle I need You. And with faith-filled words, I release your miracle working power in my life, so that my miracle can begin.

In Your holy name I pray, amen.

 

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Hope in Times of Crisis

Our family was preparing to leave Guatemala for two months to travel in the States. It was late in the afternoon and we were running behind schedule.

I was walking home from the store and I saw a sister-in-the-Lord sitting in her car waiting for her children to leave the school building. As busy as I was I heard the Lord speak to my heart to walk over and talk to her. When I reached her car I could see that she was clearly distraught about something. I gave her a hug and asked her what was wrong.

This woman was married to a very famous and successful man in Guatemala, but it was just discovered that he was involved with another woman and would not repent. He immediately lost his prestigious position in the Church, no one in their circle reached out to her and the children. She was overwhelmed by the situation, and felt abandoned. She had no money and the next day she and the children did not have a place to stay.  She wanted to leave the country with her children for a time of restoration, but needed time to put things in order. She didn’t know what to do, and she didn’t know where to go for help. I looked at her and invited her to stop by our home to pick up the keys to our house where she and the children could stay rent free for the next two months.

This woman was in a very serious situation, she felt abandoned, afraid, alone, and didn’t have anyone around her to turn to, except for her Savior, Jesus Christ. Psalm 18:6 says, “In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

I walked down a small detour that was off my planned path for the day and offered this woman a gift of hope. And she knew that despite what life had thrown at her, God had not abandoned her and he was faithful, and cared and met the immediate present needs for her and her children. Hebrews 4:15-16 describes the character of Jesus towards us in times of crisis, “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

The Bible says in Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.  I wasn’t able to take away her pain and hurt, but I was able to offer a little hope.

Are you willing to take a detour today from your plans and offer someone in need a little hope?

 

Becky Dvorak is a prophetic healing evangelist and the Destiny Image author of DARE to Believe, Greater Than Magic and, soon to be released, The Healing Creed. Visit her at authorbeckydvorak.com.

Do What God Says, Believe

So often, our Lord tells people if they believe a certain thing will happen. But then why do people get upset when they are told they need to believe?

The Old Testament prophet Elisha told Naaman to go and dip seven times in the Jordan River so that he would be healed of leprosy. At first Naaman was furious, but then he did as he was told, and he came up healed of a non curable disease after he obeyed and did what he was told to do. (See 2 Kings 5:1-14). 

What is the main requirement for us to be healed? We are told we are to believe. And this request makes many Christians mad. This too, like Naaman is a pride issue. How dare anyone suggest that we might not believe as we ought to. Well, this is the main issue that prevents healing from coming forth, a lack of faith to believe for it.

Let’s get this point straight, just because we believe Jesus is our Savior doesn’t automatically mean we believe Him for healing. Just like we need to be fully convinced that we need a Savior who can forgive us of our sins, we also need to be completely convinced that Jesus is our healer and He is able and wills to heal us too.

Over and over again as we read God’s Word we see the same theme of faith rise up in every situation. Romans 10:9-10 says, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” Mark 16:16-18 tells us, “And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;  they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Matthew 21:22 declares, If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask in prayer.” Luke 8:48, Jesus says to the woman with the issue of blood, And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”  Luke 17:19, Jesus says to the one of the ten lepers that came back to thank Him for his healing, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Again and again, we read it is our faith, our belief that brings forth the miraculous.

So, let us not be offended when the Spirit of the Lord tells us that we need to have faith, or believe again.

Becky Dvorak is a prophetic healing evangelist, Destiny Image author of DARE to Believe, Greater Than Magic, and The Healing CreedVisit her at authorbeckydvorak.com.

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