Freedom Ministries with Mike Popovich

When you believe the wrong thing, operate out of the knowledge of good and evil – your body goes into stress. Your immune system shuts down, and your ability to have faith “persuasion of the heart” is dramatically reduced.  Scripture calls it the weak and beggarly elements of the law.      1 Peter 5:7 "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." If your relationship with God is based on your performance, you will always come short and operate in fear.  The Father perfectly loves you and will heal your heart and mind. You will receive everything you need based on His love for you and His desire to bless you. 

Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. EVERY issue is a heart issue (success, health, relationship…)  We are created in His image. We are designed to bring things to life out of our spirit (heart), not our willpower.    If you could ask for anything right now, what would you ask for? If you received it, how would it make you feel? Your answer will determine what we are asking the Holy Spirit to heal. This releases the (hyperexo) peace of God, the healing power of the Holy Spirit. 

1 John 4:17 "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." We need to know that God will move heaven and earth to heal, protect, provide and save you out of His love for you. Faith worketh by love!

Most of the teaching I received on faith was from an Old Covenant High Priest, cold and inflexible. “God has done everything He is going to do, now get to work and build your faith!” If you prayed right, got in the “word” more, went into “spiritual warfare”…then it would change for you.  Jesus has gone through everything you are going through. And He loves you perfectly.  Looking at your situation, lack, depression…does not help. Look at Jesus as the truth about your life.  Come boldly to the throne of grace and let Him heal every area, provide miraculously for every need. Let the truth about your life remove every fear and anxiety. 

Accepting Christ in your heart is not something you can do. It is believing that what is true about Christ Jesus is true about you.  The Father treats us as a joint-heir with Christ We are completely free from the sin, guilt and shame of the first Adam… We can expect everything the Last Adam has provided for us!!

Accepting Christ in your heart gives you a rest inside. It’s something to believe, not behave. The bottom line is this, Jesus Christ was the “last Adam” that took all of our sins and died for us. On the third day He rose for our justification, and we now are perfect, holy and blessed because The Father treats us as a joint-heir with Christ, the Last Adam.    We are in the “much more” of the New Covenant.  If one man’s sin was powerful enough to make us all sinners… Christ’s perfection is much more aggressive. We can always expect to be treated as a son and a bride (righteous, blessed, favored, and treated like Christ)

How Do You Know You Are Hearing From God?  We know when we are hearing God if it brings a cleansing and reassurance to our heart.  It has to fit into the context of being the Bride of Christ and the sons of God.  Your days of struggling and striving to hear God and get your prayers answered or to seek God for a breakthrough are over! Servants have to work, but never receive an inheritance. Sons have a position in God’s family. Salvation and everything else Jesus purchased for us are free gifts!

Most people have an Old Covenant idea of Lordship. We pray, fast, seek God’s voice.  It looks something like this: “Lord, I am going to wait on you until you tell me what to do. Then I will be obedient and do what you tell me to do.”  This very way of seeking God slowly brings death, causes doubt, and steals our passion and joy. We aren’t Old Covenant servants that take orders from Him and obey. Fill your heart with the fact that we are the bride of Christ. Let Him serve you and spoil you.  He actually speaks through our heart. We can trust our heart.  It is not a struggle. He will bring it to pass!

We struggle to hear God’s voice on the outside, but the most accurate way is to follow the leading in your heart.  Then once we think we hear God’s will for our lives, now it is up to us to be obedient.  We think we must work up faith, bind the devil, pray in tongues for breakthrough… When you enjoy the gospel of grace, He places desires in your heart.  His will becomes your will! That is the most powerful way He speaks to us.  It is not a struggle. He will bring it to pass!