FAITH that overcomes FEAR...SEEING THE ABUNDANCE OF RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT

• Vision is a powerful God-given gift that many have forsaken.Sight is of the eyes but vision is of the heart. (Helen Keller - the only thing worse than being blind is having sight yet no vision)Vision goes hand in hand with God’s promise for you and your family.People of great faith are able to envision God’s promises coming to fruition in their lives (affirmation and declaration without action is the beginning of insanity)

• A vision that comes into alignment (vertical) with God’s word will produce a blessed outcome, however, a skewed vision will produce undesirable results.

Amos 3:3: how can two walk together if they don’t come into agreement (breakthrough won’t come for an undecided mind) Indecision is closely related to doubt and fear

Paul told the people of Corinth “for we walk by faith and not by sight”

Our life is a matter of faith and not sight. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Heb 11:1)…

I can’t see it, I can’t hear it, feel it BUT I know that my breakthrough is coming!!!

Corrie Ten Boom "Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”

You have to position yourself in order to receive.You won’t receive if you are not disciplined enough to position yourself.  Noah didn’t wait for the rain to start building an Ark. God gave him a vision, he believed, and he ran with it. And his obedience brought forth blessing.

Job “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me”.

Research: increased concern of becoming infected with a virus or developing a disease increases your probabilities substantially

The thoughts you entertain will become your destiny in life

Prov 4:23 “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. (NLT)”

Paul to the Romans: be transformed by the renewing of your mind

Paul to the Philippians: whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. 

If you ever want to know where someone’s mind has been living just listen to what they are saying because what they’re saying will reveal what’s in their hearts.

Jesus said (Matt 12:34) “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”

1.Faith sees and hears the invisible

2.Faith presses on even when there’s no sign or answer

3.Faith endures even when the evidence is small

4.Faith sees a breakthrough before it happens