SAM HONIBALL BLOG

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS INTERESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS? JESUS IS INFINITELY interested in your TOTAL WELL-BEING – In your family, career, marriage, ministry, fulfillment in life, and so the list just keeps on and on! Some think He has got the whole universe to run and is not interested in their miniscule problems and concerns. Remember IF IT BOTHERS YOU IT BOTHERS HIM! DO YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO JESUS? He knows you perfectly, and yet accepts and loves you perfectly. That is truly undeserved favor from Jesus. Jesus' undeserved favor will protect, provide, prosper, deliver and bring restoration to you. PSALMS 35:27 “  LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED, WHO HAS PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANT. ” GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR IS NOT A SUBJECT, IT'S A PERSON AND HIS NAME IS JESUS. The more you increase in the knowledge of our loving Savior Jesus Christ and His finished work at the cross, the more GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR will manifest itself in your life. It will

GAL. 5:4b ..., YOU WHO ATTEMPT TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW;  YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM GRACE. ANY LEGAL SYSTEM PUTS YOU UNDER BONDAGE, and you have to follow it meticulously. Getting a TICKET FOR SPEEDING is an illustration. IT WILL CORRECT YOUR FUTURE BEHAVIOR. You become bound to obey. It hurts to have to pay a fine, and we don't want to hurt. It is an example of legalism that we all understand. THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO FALL FROM GRACE: YOU ARE SAVED BY FAITH, THEN YOU DROP DOWN TO A LAW LEVEL TO LIVE. We are not to live by law at all. THE LAW PRINCIPLE IS NOT THE RULE FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING. Paul is saying that since we have been saved by grace we are to continue on in this way of living. GRACE SUPPLIES THE INDWELLING AND FILLING OF THE SPIRIT TO ENABLE US TO LIVE ON A HIGHER PLANE THAN LAW DEMANDED. WE CAN USE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS A LAW OF LIFE, BUT WE ARE CALLED TO A HIGHER LEVEL TO LIVE. THAT LEVEL IS WHERE THERE IS LIBERTY IN CHRIST. I have a liberty in Jesus Christ, and tha

PRAYER MOVES THE HAND THAT MOVES THE WORLD. We read in MATTHEW 19:26b JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,... WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE; BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. So there must be a way that WE CAN LEARN TO PRAY FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE One of the MAJOR THEMES which emerges from the book of Nehemiah is PRAYER. The book opens and closes with prayer. There are 12 PRAYERS recorded in the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah realized THERE ARE MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO AFTER YOU PRAY, BUT THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO UNTIL YOU PRAY! IF WE TOOK 1% OF THE ENERGY WE PUT INTO TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND INVESTED THAT INTO PRAYER, WE WOULD SEE AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN BLESSINGS! Nehemiah is a book about building a work for God, and BEHIND EVERY GREAT WORK OF GOD THERE IS SOMEWHERE A KNEELING FIGURE. All of heaven's power becomes focused on the work of God when the people of God are willing to WEEP, PRAY, AND FAST for that which is truly important in this life. The Jews were being held in captivit

Let’s start off with three questions: Do demons exist? Do dragons exist? And what is a Dalmatian Christian? In Deuteronomy 18:9-13 we read the account of the Israelites about to enter the Promised Land and God gives them very important advice for their survival. If you want to enter your promised land and survive, there are three things you ought to know: 1. There are some things that are abominations to God. They are disgusting and hateful to Him. 2. Stay away from all occult practices, programs and movies. (E.g. reading Horoscopes, watching programs like Crossing Over and movies like Harry Potter) 3. If you don’t stay away from these practices you become full of spots and blemishes that are visible to the spiritual world. You get God against you. You loose spiritual power and satan and his demons can see you are a Dalmation Christian. Deuteronomy 18:13 (KJV) says: “You shall be perfect (without spot or blemish) with the Lord thy God.

MATT 5:37 (GNT) JUST SAY ‘YES’ OR ‘NO’—ANYTHING ELSE YOU SAY COMES FROM THE EVIL ONE N HOW TO SAY NO! Because of TOXIC THOUGHTS, often with their roots in childhood, we have this DISEASE TO PLEASE. We have PEOPLE PLEASING HABITS that often end up in APPROVAL ADDICTION. If you go down that road you soon realise there is A PRICE TO BEING NICE! If we have this disease to please we want to avoid conflict at all costs. It is time the church of Jesus Christ rediscovered this very important, priceless word, this little or very powerful word. Let as look at three places where we need to learn to say a strong NO!: Denying satan (SAY NO TO A WANDERING MIND) Denying others (SAY NO TO YOUR CHILDREN) Denying self (SAY NO TO THE FLESH) 1. SAY NO! TO A WANDERING MIND KING DAVID IS A PRIME EXAMPLE of someone that did not say no to a wandering mind and was later deeply grieved because he had not. The woman in this case cannot be blamed. First of all David sho

JOHN 3:16 “FOR G OD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS O NLY BEGOTTEN S ON THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT P ERISH BUT HAVE E VERLASTING L IFE.” That’s the most famous verse in the Bible. It’s often called the GOSPEL IN A NUTSHELL or CHRISTIANITY SUMMARIZED. If you were only going to memorize one verse in the entire Bible this would be the one I would recommend – John 3:16 – because it is the gospel – the Good News – summarized. In fact, you can even see the word “gospel” spelled out. Notice the letters “God’s … only …Son…perished… eternal… life “– which spells “gospel.” This verse explains why God created you, put you on this earth, why Jesus Christ died for you, and how you can have a ticket to heaven. It’s all there. I want you to notice first of all there are 25 WORDS in this verse – John 3:16. The MIDDLE WORD, THE THIRTEENTH WORD IS THE WORD “SON” talking about Jesus Christ. The FIRST HALF of the verse is ALL ABOUT GOD. “For God so love the word that He gave His

JOHN 14:6 "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE CAN GET TO GOD THE FATHER EXCEPT BY MEANS OF ME." How is it something could happen 2010 years ago, approximately, and still have an effect today? What does it mean? A lot of people say, "I believe in the resurrection. I just don't understand it." George Gallup did a pole and said that even 84% of the people who never go to church, believe that Jesus rose from the dead. It's an historical fact. It wasn't done in secret. The whole city of Jerusalem knew about it and eventually the whole Roman Empire . It was news. If CNN had been there, they would have had it live. There are at least 15 historical references to Jesus meeting people, touching people, talking with people. One time He cooked breakfast for some people. One time He talked to about 500 people after He had risen from the dead. A lot of people saw Him. Even if you don't believe Jesus Christ is who He said He was, you still use Him a

MARK 16:17-18 AND THESE SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE; …; 18 …; THEY SHALL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, AND THEY SHALL RECOVER. THE ABC’S OF A DIVINE HEALING MINISTRY A – A VAILABILITY 2 CHRON 16:9 FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH, TO SHEW HIMSELF STRONG IN THE BEHALF OF THEM WHOSE HEART IS PERFECT TOWARD HIM. JAMES 4:17 THEREFORE TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD AND DOETH IT NOT, TO HIM IT IS SIN. B – B OLD B ELIEVING PROV 28:1 THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH: BUT THE RIGHTEOUS ARE BOLD AS A LION. EPH 3:11B-12 … CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD: IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS WITH CONFIDENCE BY THE FAITH OF HIM. C – C OMPASSION MATT 14:14 AND JESUS WENT FORTH, AND SAW A GREAT MULTITUDE, AND WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION TOWARD THEM, AND HE HEALED THEIR SICK. MATT 20:34 SO JESUS HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, AND TOUCHED THEIR EYES: AND IMMEDIATELY THEIR EYES RECEIVED SIGHT, AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM. HEALING 101 GET TENACIOUS AND GET FED UP W