Don’t deny the existence of a mountain in your life…deny its authority to stay and refuse to allow it to stop the plan of God in your life. Don’t be affected by the world’s message.
If you have a tumor as big as a basketball, it’s hard to deny it. But you can deny its right to be in your body. Your spirit must take precedent over the situation.
That’s what Jesus did with Jairus. Jesus made it clear that even if He was late getting to his home, the girl would be made whole. And to be “whole” she would have to be alive. She wouldn’t stay dead, no matter what the message was.
Once a man came up to me who was crying and complaining about circumstances with his family that he experienced over 30 years ago. “I come from a dysfunctional family. I have so many problems, I don’t know what to do.”
I looked at him and said, “You are still talking about stuff that happened 30 years ago. If you are saved, then it is passed away. What are you trying to remind God for? Did He give you a new heart and a new soul? Then walk in your given power! The Bible says to forget those things which are behind and reach out to those things that are ahead.”
It’s ridiculous to keep dredging up the past just so you can weep over it again and again. You can’t change what happened in your past. Forgive those who have wronged you and release it. The Word commands us to do so.
Who didn’t come from a dysfunctional family? Unless your entire family was born again with the full knowledge of the power of God living inside them, you come from a dysfunctional family.
It’s time to quit living in the past, because the past never sees the future. Make up your mind, if Jesus is real and His Word is truth, then it ought to work in your life.
by Jesse Duplantis.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
Jesse Duplantis, minister of the Gospel, motivational speaker, television personality, and best-selling author, has been in full-time ministry since 1976 and is the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries, located in the Greater New Orleans area of south Louisiana in the United States of America. With over four decades of sharing his unique blend of humor and faith around the world, generations of believers have been inspired by his messages and countless numbers have come to know Jesus Christ as Savior through his ministry.
Known for his unflinching, status-quo-breaking messages and humorous take on experiences in the life of the believer, Jesse continues to draw large audiences of believers through social media, television, and meetings held around the world. With speaking engagements booked years in advance, Jesse Duplantis continues to keep an intense traveling schedule, flying throughout the United States and the world preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With no booking agents pursuing meetings for him and no set fees imposed upon churches for speaking engagements, Jesse chooses his outreach meetings based on the same two criteria he always has: invitations that come in and prayer over each one. This uncommon way of scheduling in today’s world means Jesse’s many followers may find him speaking in some of the largest churches and venues in America and the world, as well as a great many small and growing congregations, too. No church is too big or small for the Holy Spirit, as he says.
Side by side with his wife Cathy Duplantis, the co-founder and chief of staff of Jesse Duplantis Ministries and the senior pastor of Covenant Church in Destrehan, Louisiana, Jesse continues to fulfill his life’s calling by daily taking up the Great Commission of Jesus Christ: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). Through social media, television broadcasts, books, and other ministry products, as well as through many evangelistic meetings, the JDM website, the JDM app, and Voice of the Covenant magazine, Jesse Duplantis continues to see growth in his ministry and expand each year while maintaining his roots. Jesus is the center of his life. The salvation of lost people and the growth of believers is the purpose of his ministry. And for both he and his wife, every day is another day to “Reach People and Change Lives, One Soul at a Time.”
