The Devil Comes To Steal, Kill And Destroy
Developing true faith may seem pretty hard to most people.
One of the hardest problems with developing faith is the fact that it is an every day thing that we must always be conscious of and focus on because if we do not, we can easily be lead astray.
The devil is a liar and he will do everything in his power to make you lose faith in what the word says and what is rightfully yours by the blood of Jesus.
Let me give you an example - let's say you started getting my little emails about developing your faith.
So, you decide that you are going to put this stuff that I'm talking about, to practice in your life, to help develop your faith.
Basically, there are three areas in which people are most concerned about in their life.
The three are their health, their wealth and their relationships.
So, for this example, let's say that your concern is relationships.
Let's say you are in a relationship with a guy (OK fellows, bare with me), and he's acting like a knuckle head.
Don't get me wrong, you love him, but he's not doing the things that you desire for him to do.
So you complain, moan and whine to your mate but nothing changes.
The only thing you manage to get him to do is to argue.
And that's not what you want.
Finally, you say, OK, I'm going to listen to this mess that Dawn's been talking about.
I'm going to try and put some of these things into practice.
So, you make a list of the things that you want your mate to do.
Then, you go to the bible and find confirmation that you already have those things.
One of the verses you find is "whatever you ask for in prayer and believe shall be given unto you.
" Ok.
Cool.
The next thing to do is to start confessing the word.
I'm no psychic, but I bet you I can tell you what is going to happen next.
Your mate is going to act 10 times worse than he ever did.
Yes, he will.
You want to know why? Because you are trying to develop your faith and the devil can't allow that.
His job is to stop you from developing your faith so he will do everything in his power to stop you from believing the word.
All of a sudden, your mate will do something that really angers you.
And then you will receive the thought that goes something like this, "That darn Dawn Fields.
She doesn't know what she's talking about.
She's trying to get me to believe this silly stuff.
This stuff don't work cause how come now, as soon as I start putting this stuff into practice, everything is 10 times worse.
" That's because the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy.
He doesn't want you to have your victory.
He won't allow it.
Don't get mad at him.
That's his job.
Can't be angry at a person cause they are doing their job and doing it well.
He comes to you in your thoughts.
He gets you to think that what you are having faith in, what you are believing, WON'T HAPPEN.
Are you crazy? It is YOUR job to keep the faith.
Don't allow the devil to still your joy.
In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a parable about the sower of the seed.
Then, in Matthew 13: 18 he says, "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
This is the seed sown along the path.
What He means here is for example, those of you who read this faith series and don't understand what is being taught, the devil will come right away and plant the seed that this stuff is ridiculous--don't even waste your time.
20The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
21But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time.
When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
So many of us fall into this category.
We head the word, receive it with joy and is happy about it.
But because we don't allow it enough time to plant roots, get so deep into us that we make it a part of our every day life, the minute something happens, we give up.
That's like the example I just gave to you about the mate.
If you try this and as soon as you do, your mate acts 10 times worse, the devil starts bombarding you with thoughts about how dumb this stuff is--see it don't work.
You give up too quickly before any roots are established or changed in your natural thinking.
22The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
This is the person who hears it but instead of having faith in the word, worries about this or about that and never allows his faith to develop at all.
23But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it.
He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
" Now, this is where we want to be.
The one who hears the word, believes it, and NO MATTER WHAT confesses the word UNTIL IT"S MANIFESTATION.
See, the devil is going to come.
Oh, yes.
But your job is to ONLY FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANT AND NOT ON WHAT YOU DON'T WANT.
Focus on the word and what it says, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE SCREAMING AT YOU.
Cause your circumstances is the devils way of pulling you away from the word.
All you have to do is keep developing that FAITH and believing in the word--THROUGH your CIRCUMSTANCES.
And you will have all that you desire.
One of the hardest problems with developing faith is the fact that it is an every day thing that we must always be conscious of and focus on because if we do not, we can easily be lead astray.
The devil is a liar and he will do everything in his power to make you lose faith in what the word says and what is rightfully yours by the blood of Jesus.
Let me give you an example - let's say you started getting my little emails about developing your faith.
So, you decide that you are going to put this stuff that I'm talking about, to practice in your life, to help develop your faith.
Basically, there are three areas in which people are most concerned about in their life.
The three are their health, their wealth and their relationships.
So, for this example, let's say that your concern is relationships.
Let's say you are in a relationship with a guy (OK fellows, bare with me), and he's acting like a knuckle head.
Don't get me wrong, you love him, but he's not doing the things that you desire for him to do.
So you complain, moan and whine to your mate but nothing changes.
The only thing you manage to get him to do is to argue.
And that's not what you want.
Finally, you say, OK, I'm going to listen to this mess that Dawn's been talking about.
I'm going to try and put some of these things into practice.
So, you make a list of the things that you want your mate to do.
Then, you go to the bible and find confirmation that you already have those things.
One of the verses you find is "whatever you ask for in prayer and believe shall be given unto you.
" Ok.
Cool.
The next thing to do is to start confessing the word.
I'm no psychic, but I bet you I can tell you what is going to happen next.
Your mate is going to act 10 times worse than he ever did.
Yes, he will.
You want to know why? Because you are trying to develop your faith and the devil can't allow that.
His job is to stop you from developing your faith so he will do everything in his power to stop you from believing the word.
All of a sudden, your mate will do something that really angers you.
And then you will receive the thought that goes something like this, "That darn Dawn Fields.
She doesn't know what she's talking about.
She's trying to get me to believe this silly stuff.
This stuff don't work cause how come now, as soon as I start putting this stuff into practice, everything is 10 times worse.
" That's because the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy.
He doesn't want you to have your victory.
He won't allow it.
Don't get mad at him.
That's his job.
Can't be angry at a person cause they are doing their job and doing it well.
He comes to you in your thoughts.
He gets you to think that what you are having faith in, what you are believing, WON'T HAPPEN.
Are you crazy? It is YOUR job to keep the faith.
Don't allow the devil to still your joy.
In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a parable about the sower of the seed.
Then, in Matthew 13: 18 he says, "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
This is the seed sown along the path.
What He means here is for example, those of you who read this faith series and don't understand what is being taught, the devil will come right away and plant the seed that this stuff is ridiculous--don't even waste your time.
20The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
21But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time.
When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
So many of us fall into this category.
We head the word, receive it with joy and is happy about it.
But because we don't allow it enough time to plant roots, get so deep into us that we make it a part of our every day life, the minute something happens, we give up.
That's like the example I just gave to you about the mate.
If you try this and as soon as you do, your mate acts 10 times worse, the devil starts bombarding you with thoughts about how dumb this stuff is--see it don't work.
You give up too quickly before any roots are established or changed in your natural thinking.
22The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
This is the person who hears it but instead of having faith in the word, worries about this or about that and never allows his faith to develop at all.
23But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it.
He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
" Now, this is where we want to be.
The one who hears the word, believes it, and NO MATTER WHAT confesses the word UNTIL IT"S MANIFESTATION.
See, the devil is going to come.
Oh, yes.
But your job is to ONLY FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANT AND NOT ON WHAT YOU DON'T WANT.
Focus on the word and what it says, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE SCREAMING AT YOU.
Cause your circumstances is the devils way of pulling you away from the word.
All you have to do is keep developing that FAITH and believing in the word--THROUGH your CIRCUMSTANCES.
And you will have all that you desire.