Faith of Heaven in 2011- Faith to Overcome My Past

This is a series of messages delivered on Friday 12/31, Sunday 1/2/11 and 1/9/11.



The introductory messages, "Faith to Overcome Your Past, Possess Your Present, and Prepare for Your Future", were delivered at Watchnight service by Elder Troy Corbin, Elder Elliot Harrigan, and Elder Ted Reed, all of FACC.



The Sunday messages were delivered by Pastor Clarence Walker of FACC during morning service.

Introduction- Part 1: Faith to Overcome My Past

In 2010, I prepared to win. The emphasis should be on "prepared". Winning is not an overnight process. In order to win, I have to take what I have learned and apply it by FAITH! To do that, I must increase my faith from where it is presently. The first step in this process is to apply what faith I have now to allow me to overcome my pasts.



Scirpture reference: 1 John 5:4

...for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that overcomes the world

OVERCOME -implies a continuous battle; indicates assurance of victory (The victory that overcomes our past is our faith)

The beginning of appropriating my faith is to be honest about where I REALLY am. I can't get grace until I admit the truth.

Faith is always expressed as obedience. I must make a decision to operate in faith. Faith must "hook up" with desire. How bad do I want to be free?

Faith= confession, repentance and obedience

I must agree with the Holy Spirit, confessing disobedience, fear, doubt and unbelief.

Then I must stop dwelling in my failure record. I can analyze it, but I can't STAY there. I have to keep moving.

To walk as the new creature God made me (I got saved when Jesus died):
1) Change my reality through obedience in the Word
2) Develop a winning attitude -- I am a winner!
3) Get to know my true identity in Christ
4) Stop asking what do I have to do; instead say "what do I have to be"
5) Gain control of my emotions, including fear

Phil 3:13-14

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.