Faith for Your Rich Life
If you have big, audacious, impossible dreams - just have faith.
Dearest Father,
Thank You for the faith to be sure of the things I hope for, to be certain of the things I cannot see. As written in the First Reading.
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Today's Readings
First Reading: Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19
Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1: 69, 70-72, 73-75
Alleluia: John 3: 16
Gospel: Mark 4: 35-41
Reading 1, Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 GNBDK
[1] To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. [2] It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval.
[8] It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going.
[9] By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God.
[10] For Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
[11] It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise.
[12] Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, as many as the numberless grains of sand on the seashore.
[13] It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.
[14] Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
[15] They did not keep thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they would have had the chance to return.
[16] Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
[17] It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test. Abraham was the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice.
[18] God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised.”
[19] Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death — and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.
Responsorial Psalm, Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75
R. (see 68) Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; He has come to His people.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of His servant David.
R. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; He has come to His people.
Through His holy prophets he promised of old. That He would save us from our sins from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant.
R. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; He has come to His people.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the bonds of our enemies, free to worship Him without fear, holy and righteous in His sight all the days of our life.
R. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; He has come to His people.
Gospel, Mark 4:35-41
Mark 4:35-41 GNBDK
[35] On the evening of that same day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.”
[36] So they left the crowd; the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took him with them. Other boats were there too.
[37] Suddenly a strong wind blew up, and the waves began to spill over into the boat, so that it was about to fill with water.
[38] Jesus was in the back of the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The disciples woke him up and said, “Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?”
[39] Jesus stood up and commanded the wind, “Be quiet!” and he said to the waves, “Be still!” The wind died down, and there was a great calm.
[40] Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Why are you frightened? Have you still no faith?”
[41] But they were terribly afraid and said to one another, “Who is this man? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Dearest Father,
Thank You for the faith to be sure of the things I hope for, to be certain of the things I cannot see. As written in the First Reading.
Hebrews 11:1 GNBDK
[1] To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
To see is to believe.
That was my philosophy before.
But when I came to know You, Jesus, in a personal way, I found out that with Faith, it's the other way around.
To believe is to see.
This scripture verse became the very first one I've memorized and claimed, I think, my whole believer’s life. I came to Jesus when I was in my 20s. Now I'm turning 50.
So I've held on to this Scripture promise for around 30 years
Looking back, it was by faith that I'm living the rich life I'm living now.
No, I still don't have the overflowing bank account I'm still believing for, but all my needs are met the moment I need them.
It was this faith, this certain knowing, that I got my hospital nursing job, where I stayed for 20 years, after I was forced to resign from my first nursing job because of 3 medication errors.
Because You told me to apply to that hospital, even when I was anxious about being interviewed and being rejected because of my past failure.
In faith and in obedience to You, I applied and amazingly I got in without any interview because I got accepted into the new applicants training as a replacement for those who did not acknowledge their calls.
After the month-long training, I immediately got in as a staff nurse, without interview, because I was one of the top 10 highest trainees.
It was by faith that I got into a specialized area of Nursing care just 4 months after I got accepted because I claimed, in faith, a hospital specialization with no night, Sunday, and holiday duties, and especially no giving of medications cause I sort of develop an aversion after my 3 medication errors.
I detailed that story here in my book The Blessing, when the Lord first taught me to walk the Blessed life, a rich life of uncommon favor and blessings.
It was by faith that I got my 2 virtual assistant online jobs when I began feeling trapped in my 9-5 hospital job after 20 years and just earning 15k a month.
At first, I tried freelancing as a writer, but I got stressed and tired of always bidding for jobs, so I claimed in faith for a more permanent job that would give me more than I was earning so that I could bless my family and also have flexible working hours and location.
You gave me 2 very flexible online jobs allowing me to earn 60-80k a month, bless my family financially, and work from home while spending time with my family.
It was by faith that You gave me my condo, within the city but still with a quiet, countryside vibes, with only 15k/month salary which I thought then was utterly impossible.
It was by faith that I won my condo back when it was foreclosed last year and everyone in my family thought it was a goner for sure.
Now it is by faith that I'm claiming new big hairy audacious dreams and goals.
For a start, I'm claiming in faith £1.3 million/month in recurring, residual, passive profits from multiple passive income rivers, from my own online business this year before the year ends.
I'm also claiming in faith to inspire and encourage at least 1.3 million GREAT (Generous, Raving, Engaged, Apostolic, and Tribal) Speakchrist Angels, members in my Richlife Club, to live the rich life in Christ daily consistently achieving what God wants them to be, do, and have without struggle, this year before the year ends.
Ultimately, I want to have at least 1 billion members in my Richlife Club membership community (Genesis 12:2-3) and earn £100 billion/month (Deuteronomy 11:1) in recurring, residual, passive, profits, from multiple passive income rivers, quickly easily, and effortlessly doing what I love and enjoy, working whenever, wherever I want, with my family and friends in a business empire and family dynasty You have established for me which my own flesh and blood will succeed after me (2 Samuel 7:11-16), receiving and implementing God-inspired ideas that bless billions of people and produce trillions in profits, making me a thankful trillionaire for the glory of God, giving me and my family total time and financial freedom, freeing our shoulders from the burden allowing us to lay aside the laborers basket (Psalm 81:6) and I'm able to focus my full time and attention to prayer and ministry of the Word (Acts 6:4), but most importantly, generating 99% tithe to fund Your assignments in the world blessing billions of people in my generation and for generations to come, making us sources and symbols of God's blessing (Zechariah 13:8) and live to be 120 years old, like Moses with sight undimmed and vigor abounding, enjoying a long, blessed, and prosperous life with my family and friends. In Jesus’ Name.
There. That's my biggest, grandest dream. That is my declaration of faith each and every day.
With Faith, I now receive them as a done deal in my life even though I cannot yet see them in reality.
Hebrews 11:1 GNBDK
[1] To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
I believe I already have them, not because of my own ability but because I trust in You, God, Who promised me all these things with Your word, and Your word always does what You send them out to do.
Like Abraham believed in Your promises even when his circumstances denied it, as written in the First Reading today.
Hebrews 11:11-12 GNBDK
[11] It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise. [12] Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, as many as the numberless grains of sand on the seashore.
I've learned that when You say something, it's as good as done. As they say, as good as money in the bank.
Joel Osteen, one of my online mentors, said in a teaching that Faith is the currency of heaven.
That's what we use to exchange the Blessing of God, Jesus, with the things we dream of and hope for.
When we are certain of the things we hope for and sure of the things we cannot yet see, we begin to see the unbelievable blessings of God in our lives.
It's what Neville Goddard called “living in the end of the wish fulfilled.”
You are not hoping you receive your dream: good heath, abundance, success, happiness, love, etc. You are living in the wish fulfilled from the point of already having achieved your dream.
How will you feel if you have already all the money in the bank you can dream of, if you already have that success, wealth, loving partner, flourishing family, good health, and happiness you are praying for?
Live in that feeling. Everyday. Every moment. Sleep in that feeling.
For me, it's the feeling of gratitude. Always giving thanks. Always thankful.
When you’ve already received your heart’s desires, or someone gave you that much-awaited gift that you have dreamed of for a long time, won't you be thankful?
I would. So I live in that feeling of thankfulness, that feeling of gratitude for already receiving all the impossible things I am certain and sure of, in faith.
I look at the past ‘impossible” things I already have now that I'm so thankful for and I thank God for the “impossible” things I already have in faith even though I couldn’t yet see them now.
I live in that state of thankfulness all day long. I live in that feeling of being thankful for my wishes, dreams, and goals already fulfilled.
When doubts come, as they always do, I just redirect my thoughts, and focus, to thanking God in faith for making all my impossible things possible.
That's why I wrote my new book, “Give Thanks and Grow Rich.” To share that lesson that God has taught me.
That we are already rich in Christ but we can still grow rich. And how do we do that? By giving thanks.
Because we know, in faith, that all we hope for are already ours even when we cannot yet see them happening in our lives.
It took me a while to get the hang of living constantly in that feeling of the wish fulfilled.
Because feelings of unworthiness would always creep up on me.
That's when Pillar 1 of the Richlife Playbook comes in to help me. I thank God that I'm His child and heir. I am allowed to accept all those “impossible” things because I'm the child and heir of my Father, the God of the impossible.
That's how I developed all these big dreams. That's His GodX vision (Pillar 2) for me that I learned from Him as I developed my Rock Foundation (Pillar 3), hearing Him every day in prayer, reflecting on His word, and obeying them daily (Pillar 4).
That's how I live THE rich life in Christ every day.
I don't need a lot of money in the bank to live the rich life in Christ, although I would not complain if You filled my accounts to overflowing, Dearest.
That's my trillionaire lifestyle - my life to the full, everything in abundance, more than I expect until I overflow rich life that I have now and still growing richer for as long as I'm living in this world, as Jesus said He came in this world to give me.
John 10:10 (TPT)
A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect —life in its fullness until you overflow!
And when I pass away, and come into my Father's Kingdom, I'm still rich forever in Christ.
Many are rich in this world but leave their riches behind when they die.
An actress in our country recently passed away around 90 plus of age, I think. It turned out that she amassed in her lifetime 770 million plus in her investment accounts.
She left 40% to build schools in her hometown, 30% to 3 charitable donations, and 15% each to her 2 immediate family.
Yes, I want to leave that much when I'm gone but, also, I want to give that much while I'm still alive to enjoy the happiness of giving much to others.
And even though I'll leave all my riches behind, I know that what awaits me is far richer than what I'll ever have in this world.
Hebrews 11:16 GNBDK
[16] Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
A city whose streets are paved with gold.
Revelation 21:10-12,18,21-23
'He carried me away in the realm of the Spirit to the top of a great, high mountain. There he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. It was infused with the glory of God, and its radiance was like that of a very rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a massive, high wall with twelve gates, and each gate had an angel.
Each gate had written upon it a name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel— The city was pure gold, clear as crystal, and its wall was made of jasper. The twelve gates are twelve pearls—each gate made of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, clear as crystal.
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb. The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. '
What a gloriously rich life we have in Christ, now and forever!
Now Your Turn
(Questions to ask yourself when scripture journaling)
What verses spoke to me strongly and powerfully from the scripture readings?
What is God saying to me in these verse or verses?
What does God want me to do today?
Journal prompts of the day:
What are the big, audacious, impossible dreams you hold in your heart?
Are you dreaming big dreams or have stopped dreaming altogether?
How will you develop faith for your big dreams?
Your Actionable Steps to Do This Week:
Grow your faith by reading and reflecting on the scriptures every day.
Live the rich life in Christ every day
Join a church or a community of like-minded individuals living the rich life in Christ every day.
Let us pray:
If you want to live that trillionaire lifestyle every day - of having that assurance that you already have the things you hope for, of being certain of the things you cannot yet see, give your life to Jesus.
That’s the first step.
Say this prayer with me:
Dearest Father,
Father, forgive me of my sins. I receive Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for making me now Your child and heir, with power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory, and blessing. Thank You for giving me faith to believe in the big dreams You have given me.
In Jesus’ Name.
Live the rich life in Christ today:
Do you have dreams you are hoping for?
Have Faith in God.
With Faith everything is possible. Be sure of the things you hope for. Be certain of the things you cannot see.
What are the dreams you hope for?
Just have Faith.
Hebrews 11:1 GNBDK
[1] To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
This is it for now. Until next time.
To our health, wealth, and victory – our rich life in Christ, GODSPEED!
P.S.
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