Ending Faith

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Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are
taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Ending Faith Frustration

ISBN: 1599443260
Copyright © 2013 by Creflo Dollar

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 Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Silent Frustration 5

Chapter 2
When Faith Becomes a Struggle 10

Chapter 3
It Is Finished! 17

Chapter 4
Only Believe 26

Chapter 5
What Are You Looking At? 33

Conclusion
My Prayer for You 39

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 Chapter 1
Silent Frustration
Over the past few years, I have noticed that many

people in the body of Christ are frustrated. More

specifically, they’re frustrated in their faith life, and for

good reason. The Word of God is clear about our position

as Believer’s in Christ. Jesus said that He came so that we

may have and enjoy life and that we’d have it in abundance,

to the full until it overflows ( John 10:10, AMP). Yet, there

are Believers who have not seen these words of Jesus

manifested in their lives.

The first thing we need to be clear about is that all

the promises in the Bible were never meant to remain on

the pages of the Bible. It has always been God’s desire

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 that all of His promises would eventually manifest in your

life. One of the biggest reasons why God desires this is so

that we can be walking advertisements of the goodness

of God to the unsaved. When you have manifestation of

healing, prosperity, a healthy marriage, deliverance from

an addiction, etc., you are God’s billboard to a dying world

about the goodness and power of God.

Yet many Christians go year after year without having

manifestation and results in their lives. They know the

Word. They memorize the scriptures, but they have not

seen the fruit of what they’ve heard preached. You can go

to almost any Word of Faith church and ask people if they

believe in healing, and the response will be, “Yes, amen.”

“Do you believe God is a deliverer?” “Oh, yes He is!” “Do

you believe God can prosper you?” “Oh, yes. Prosperity

is the will of God.” But there seems to be a big disparity

between what we say we believe and understand from the

Word and what we actually see come to pass.

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 Many Christians believe deep down in their hearts

that the Word of God works, however, silent frustration

begins to built up on the inside of them when they don’t

see the manifestation of God’s Word coming to pass in

their lives on a consistent basis. They’ve seen the power

of God. They have even given their own testimonies of

breakthroughs they’ve experienced in the past. But they

can’t seem to figure out how to get it to work every time.

If that describes you, you’re the reason I wrote this book.

I want to encourage you in your faith walk with the Lord.

I want you to have more than a mental knowledge of a

promise God has for you. I want you to see it show up in

your life. God never intended for you to settle for less than

His best. You don’t have to be content, shouting over the

promise year-after-year yet never seeing it show up in your

life. That’s simply not the will of God for your life. He said

taste and see that He is good (Psalm 34:8). The word see here

implies there will be a demonstration. God wants to show

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 Himself strong on your behalf. You are a born again child

of the most High God. You have a right to have and enjoy

everything Jesus shed His blood for you to have. It’s time to

fully understand how to see the manifestation of faith in your

life. No matter how long you been frustrated and standing

for an answer, I want you to be encouraged. It’s not over. I’ve

run into many people who say, “I tried that faith stuff, and it

didn’t work.” I understand their frustration. They started off

believing, and somewhere along the way they fell off. Well,
if that’s you, I want you to take this journey with me, and

be open to what the Spirit of God will say to you. There are

some things He’ll want to reveal to you about faith and about

seeing the end result of His promises that, up to now, you

have not understood. Believe that He will show you.

No matter how frustrating it’s been in the past and

how long it seems you’ve gone without an answer to your

prayer, be open and teachable to what the Spirit of God

will show you in this book. Allow this to be an open door

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to fellowshipping with Him and discovering the secret

wisdom He has for you so that you can to live on a level

you’ve not yet experienced.

God is raising up an army of proof-producers. It’s time

to end the faith frustration and see the demonstration of

the power of the Word of God in every area of your life.

God is your Father, and there is no area of your life that

is insignificant to Him. He doesn’t want you sitting in

church week after week inwardly in pain and frustration,

with a sick heart, because it seems as if your hope in Him

has been deferred. Don’t fall into that trap. It’s time to see

the manifestation of all of the promises of God!

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 Chapter 2
When Faith Becomes a Struggle

Let me say up front that I am going to say some very

radical things in this chapter. In some cases, it will seem as

if it directly opposes things you’ve learned in the past about

faith and the Word of God. What we have to understand

is that the Word of God is pregnant and full of revelation.

Each year God gives me more and more understanding

and clarity on what we once thought we understood.

All it requires is that we be open to receive what He is

trying to show us. If we’re open, we can see a new level of

breakthrough we’ve never experienced before.

First, we understand that faith is the currency of the

kingdom of God. Everything we receive from God we

must receive by faith. Faith is not a doctrine; it’s a way of

life for the righteous. I’ve taught this for years. Yet, the Lord

has revealed something very subtle to me that is happening

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in the body of Christ where faith was concerned.

I have heard countless people admit their frustration

by saying things like, “I read my Bible. I confess scriptures

every day. I tithe…and still no manifestation.” My former

response to these statements would be to encourage people

not to give up, cave in, or quit on their faith. Or it would

have been something condemning like, “You must be doing

something wrong that we don’t know about.” However, as I

continued to study the Word, I realized that was not the full
reason why some people were not seeing results. It wasn’t

until after I received a revelation of the grace of God and

the new covenant that I understood why the faith life had

become such a struggle for so many Christians.

The challenge people are having with faith is that

they’ve taken faith to the extreme. Faith, and the principles

of faith, when taken to the extreme, only produce one

thing—legalism and bondage. This is why people are

frustrated. They’ve disconnected the grace of God from

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 the faith of God. But this is incorrect. Look at what the

Bible says about grace and faith in Ephesians 2:8, 9.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of

yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any

man should boast.

Notice it does not say you are saved by faith. It says

we are saved by grace through faith. It was the grace of

God that made everything available to us as Believers.

The word saved here is the Greek word soteria. This word
means more than just the born-again experience. It means

safety, healing, protection, prosperity, deliverance, etc. It’s

the entire benefits package of salvation that God has made

available through Jesus. He did this by grace.

Grace is simply the unmerited favor of God. It’s favor

that we cannot earn. It’s a free gift. God’s grace provides

everything we will ever need in life. So where does faith

come into the picture? Faith is what reaches out and grabs

everything grace provides. They go together. What has

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happened to most Believers is that they’ve spent so much

time doing the “works” of faith. They haven’t realized the

only reason they can even receive from God is because He

gave it to them by grace—His unmerited favor.

Notice what the scripture says. Our salvation—our

healing, deliverance, prosperity—is a gift from God. It

is not of works. There is nothing any man can produce

or do in his own power to earn the right to receive from

God. That would mean God would be indebted to you,

and God is never in debt to any man. The only one who

was able to do everything that was required was Jesus.

I want you to understand why this is so crucial. Most

believers have taken the principles of faith and have

gone right back under the covenant of the Law. The old

covenant was based on works. God responded to His

people based on what they did or didn’t do. If they obeyed,

they were blessed. If they disobeyed, things didn’t go well

for them. The beauty of Jesus is He perfectly fulfilled

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 the Law’s demands, which no man was able to keep. By

doing this, He filled the Law’s holy demands and paid the

price for all of our sins at the same time. God’s righteous

justice has been met in Jesus. So, because of this, He now

freely extends all heaven has to offer by way of salvation

to anyone who receives Jesus. We get what we didn’t earn

simply by being in Jesus. This is the very definition of

unmerited favor. Our faith, on the other hand, is used to

connect us to everything made available by grace.

From this viewpoint, faith is actually just a positive

response to what grace has made available. What most

Christians are doing is saying confessions one hundred

times trying to “earn the right” to receive what they

need from God, which is producing most of their silent

frustration. This is the flesh in action. Jesus said the flesh

has no profit and produces no results ( John 6:63). In plain

terms, the flesh produces frustration and fruitlessness. The

flesh is simply a mindset and a way of living that doesn’t

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agree or line up with God. When you go to God thinking

your list of good things and faith-works give you the right

to make God do something, you are in the flesh and out of

agreement with Him. And two can’t walk together except

they are in agreement. God wants you to realize that it

is by grace—unearned favor—that you have access to

everything through Jesus. Your faith receives and connects

to the favor. Your faith does not earn it.

If it seems as though I am really hammering this

home, it is because I earnestly want you to get this. First,

if there was something we could do to earn anything from

God, that would mean Jesus died for nothing. Second, the

issue with thinking your list of faith-works will qualify you

actually disqualifies you. Ultimately, your own mind and

the devil will condemn you. You’ll think things like, Well,

maybe I don’t pray enough, and that’s why God didn’t bless me.

Or, you’ll stress yourself out and say, “I’m going to pray in

tongues for three hours a day to get my breakthrough.”

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 There’s nothing wrong with making confessions and

praying in tongues. However, your focus is wrong. The

essence of correctly placed faith is all about whom you are

putting your trust in—God or yourself. This is the true

walk of faith and grace. Faith that is focused on what can

only be received by favor is faith that is dependent on what

Jesus has already done. In light of what Jesus has done for

us, it is time for us to stop thinking our “check list” of

self-effort will accomplish anything. If you are going to

work the principles of faith, make sure you do it with the

knowledge that it is by God’s unmerited favor in Christ

that everything you need from God is available to you. In

other words, you must have a positive faith response to the

grace of God.

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 Chapter 3
It Is Finished!

I am sure you have heard people say, “Faith is what

moves God” I have also preached sermons on how faith

can cause the hand of God to move powerfully in our

lives. Yet, I have learned through study and revelation

from God that this is absolutely an incorrect view of faith.

Now, before you scream, “Heresy!” bear with me as I share

with you what I’ve learned about faith. If you can grasp

what God has revealed to me, you’ll understand how to

put faith in its proper perspective and end your frustration

over a lack of manifestation.

One of the most familiar passages in the Bible

contains three simple but powerful words. It is finished

( John 19:30). These were the last words Jesus spoke just

before he died on the cross. This verse of scripture speaks

of the totality of Christ’s sacrifice. You see, Jesus became

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 sin for us, and when He shed His blood and died, all of

God’s wrath was unleashed upon Him. In other words,

Jesus bore the full penalty for mankind’s sin and the

transgression of God’s law. God’s righteous anger against

sin was appeased in Christ. So when Jesus declared, “It is

finished,” He meant it. Everything written concerning our

relationship with God is not in future tense. It’s actually in

past tense, because Christianity is not a religion where the

focus in on what you can do. Christianity is about living

in the reality of what’s already been done.

For example, what does the Bible say about healing? If

you read 2 Peter 2:24, you will notice that it says, “Who his

own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,

being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose

stripes ye were healed.” Notice this scripture is in the past

tense. From God’s perspective, when it comes to our healing,

it is already a done deal because of what Jesus did. And Jesus

agreed with the Father when he said, “It is finished.”

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 Imagine the boost of faith you will get when you

go to God in prayer for healing and realize, from God’s

perspective, you are praying about something that is

already completed and settled. You’re not praying to God

so He can create healing for you. Healing has already

been made available. The moment you received Christ,

you received healing. Second Peter didn’t say because of

Jesus’ death on the cross you can be healed. It didn’t say

you would be healed. Actually, it didn’t even say you are

healed (in the present tense). It said you were healed, which

solidifies the finality of your healing even more.

Many Christians believe they’re going to God in faith,

but they haven’t fully realized that Jesus’ work in their lives

is fully completed. I believe this is where we created the

doctrine that faith will move God. God is not moving.

He has moved. Everything concerning your life has been

completed in Jesus. Your finances? It is finished. Your happy

marriage? It is finished. Healing from disease? It is finished.

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 Freedom from an addictive behavior? It is finished.

If you don’t see things from the standpoint of

everything you need being a finished work, you will always

approach God from the wrong perspective. Picture God

getting off His throne and creating healing, prosperity, or

deliverance every time someone prayed to Him. I know

that sounds far-fetched, but that’s exactly how God is

viewed when we think our faith is moving Him to act on

our behalf. God has already acted on our behalf through

Jesus. In fact, what does the scripture say Jesus is doing?

It says He’s seated at the right hand of God until His

enemies be made His foot stool (Hebrews 10:13). Jesus

has done all He is ever going to do where your life is

concerned. He just wants you to receive it as done.

Lastly, when it comes to having faith that produces

results, I want to speak of the finished work in one key

area. That is the area where sin is concerned. So many

Christians allow their confidence in God and His promises

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to be undermined because they don’t believe that the

finished work of Jesus extends to their sins. I’ve preached

extensively on this over the last couple of years, and you

wouldn’t believe the amount of opposition I’ve encountered

regarding my next statement. The truth is, all of our sins—

past, present, and future—have already been forgiven by

God in Christ. Most Christians don’t believe this. They

think that we have to pray and ask God to forgive us in

order to be forgiven. However, when we received Jesus, we

receive God’s forgiveness for all of our sins.

One of the reasons people have for believing they have

to ask God for forgiveness is due to the scripture that says,

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive

us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”

(1 John 1:9). In order to understand the power of this

scripture, you must understand to whom John was

speaking. He was not talking to Christians. He was talking

to sinners—people who were not born again and cleansed

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 by the blood of Jesus. Once we become born again, God

is faithful to forgive us and forever cleanse us from sin by

the blood of Jesus. He’s not continually forgiving us every

time we sin. If that were the case, Jesus would need to get

on the cross every time we sinned and confessed it.

In order for your faith to produce, you have to view

your stance with God in the right perspective. When God

looks at you, He doesn’t see sin. He sees the blood of Jesus.

Most people can believe that God forgives them for all
their past sins that were committed before they became

born again. They can even believe that He’s forgiven them

of their present sins. However, when Jesus died for your

sins, you weren’t even born. Everything you would ever

do was in the future. So, when Jesus died for your sins,

He died for everything you would ever do in this life.

The only thing you need to do to receive forgiveness is

be born again. Thinking this way will eradicate your sin-

consciousness forever. Furthermore, condemnation is

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the number-one weapon the enemy uses to deflate the

confident faith a Believer has in the promises of God. But

if you’re rooted and grounded in eternal forgiveness, this

produces a robust faith that is dynamic in its working.

Hebrews 10:12-14 sums up our position with God

perfectly.

“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice

for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his

footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected forever

them that are sanctified.”

Notice the word forever is used twice. Jesus offered

one sacrifice for sin, for all time. And if that’s not enough,

look at Hebrew 9:28 in the Amplified Bible:

“Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take

upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once

and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry

any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full

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 salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently]

waiting for and expecting Him.”

Look at the terminology that is used concerning our

sins and Jesus’ sacrifice. It uses the term once and for all.

Then, to bring the point home even more, it says that

when Jesus returns He is not coming back to deal with our

sin. This is profound! From God’s perspective, once you’re

saved, your sin has already been dealt with. This knowledge

will boost your faith and confidence when going before

God in prayer. There is no cloud of sin separating you

from God!

Now, this is where some people say, “Are you saying I

can just keep sinning and still get answers to my prayers

and see manifestation?” I always respond to comments

like this the same way Paul did. God forbid! God loves

you. The reason why He doesn’t want you to sin is because

He knows sin will damage your life. But at the same time,

God is not saying, “I need you to be good this many days

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in a row so that I can bless you and answer your prayers.”

Your holiness doesn’t move God. Your faith doesn’t move

God. What Jesus did has eternally completed everything

about you. Under this new covenant, there is only one

thing left for the Christian to do, which I will discuss in

the next chapter.

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 Chapter 4
Only Believe

I know for many Christians this is the first time

they’ve heard about the finished works of Jesus and

that everything pertaining to our Christian life has

been completed in Him. I want to share a couple more

scriptures with you to drive this point home.

Second Peter 1:2 says: According as his divine power

hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and

godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called

us to glory and virtue.”

Ephesians 1:3 says: Blessed be the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all

spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ…”

Notice the tense of these scriptures are in the past. In

Christ, God has already given us everything concerning

this life and godliness. We’re not trying to use faith to get

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a blessing. Using faith to get blessed is not faith at all. If

you’re in Christ and born again, God has already blessed

you with all spiritual blessings in Christ. He left nothing

out. He’s given you every blessing to impact every area of

your life! This is the perspective God wants you to take

when viewing your relationship with Him. Until you see

the totality of Jesus’ work as being finished, your faith will

not have the proper starting point.

So what’s our response to the finished works of Jesus?

What would God have us to do? The disciples asked a

similar question of Jesus in the book of John. Jesus’ response

to them is the same to us today. Believe on Him ( John

6:29). Our only response to the finished work of Jesus is to

believe. Grace has provided everything freely through Jesus.

God just needs someone to believe that it’s already done.

This is why it is critical to first approach God from the right

perspective regarding the finished work. It is much easier

to believe for something that already exists. However, on

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 the other hand, it is more difficult to believe for something

when you think what you need is not complete and you

have to use your faith to get God to create it.

God is looking for some people to believe. Jesus knew

there would be things we would need in our lives. He told

us in Matthew 6 that if we seek first the kingdom of God,

everything concerning our lives would be added to us. All

those things Jesus was talking about are completed. But

you have to seek God from the right perspective of the

finished work and your position in Christ. He just wants

you to believe.

Some of you may be wondering what you need to believe.

If you are, this is a good sign because many Christians

miss it here. They struggle to believe God for healing, or

deliverance, or for their bills to be paid, but they don’t realize

that those things are the fruit, not the root. There is one

main thing that you must believe that turns on the rest of

the new covenant provision. It’s found in Hebrews 10:16,17.

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 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after

those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their

hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins

and iniquities will I remember no more.”

This is the main clause of the new covenant. Did you

notice how many times God said I will. This new covenant

is not about what you will do or can do. It’s all about what

God will do and has done. He has removed you as the

major factor in the equation. The fault of the old covenant

was that God could only bless His people in response

to what they did. But now, under the new covenant, He

has released His blessing because of what Jesus has done.

All who receive Him receive God’s goodness, favor, and

blessing. This scripture also reminds us that sin is not the

issue. If you want your faith to produce the promises of

God, it has to be firmly founded on the central truth of

the new covenant. God is within you, leading and guiding

you by His Spirit. He’s writing His words on your heart

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 and mind. Your sin is not the major factor in your life with

Him. He doesn’t remember it. If you are going to believe

anything in the Bible, you must believe this.

Ultimately, what this scripture is saying is that God

is not good to us because we’re good. No, God is good

to us because He’s good. This is why God created the

new covenant. The old covenant was faulty because it

was based upon what man could do. The Bible is clear

that God Himself found fault with the old covenant, so

He established a new one in Jesus with better promises

(Hebrews 8:6-8). God never wanted to have anything

blocking the flow of His goodness in our lives. This is why

it’s so critical for us to view God and the Christian life

under the new covenant in Jesus. Faith can thrive when

it’s focused on God’s goodness in Christ rather than our

own merits and efforts.

Now, our response is to only believe that God has

been merciful to all our unrighteousness and our sins and

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iniquities He remembers no more. If you can believe this,

you can believe in healing, deliverance, and prosperity

because those things are the fruit of the new covenant.

When a farmer has the root, he knows he can get the fruit

anytime he wants.

Lastly, I want you to pay attention to another key

verse of scripture in Philemon verse 6:

“That the communication of thy faith may become

effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which

is in you in Christ Jesus.”

The word effectual means to produce results. This

scripture tells us that the communication or working

of our faith produces results through acknowledgment.

When we acknowledge something, we are admitting its

truth and the validity of its existence. So what are the

born-again Believers supposed to acknowledge? We are

to admit to every good thing that is already in us through

Christ. You already have it in you! So if you want to agree

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 with God’s perspective, the Christian life is not even

necessarily about receiving from God. It’s about admitting

what you already have and releasing all the resources that

are already in your born-again spirit by the Holy Ghost

who dwells in you. How do you release it? You release,

acknowledge, and admit what you have in you with the

words of your mouth.

The same way you received Jesus is the same way

you release the power within you that produces dynamic

results. You must say it. Begin to spend time thanking

God for the finished works of Jesus. The more you think

and talk about what you’ve already been given, the more it

will become real to you, and what’s within you will work

its way out into your physical life. The question is, are you

willing to admit it?

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 Chapter 5
What Are You Looking At?

God’s desire (and mine) is that you to learn how to

work your faith, see the manifestation of God promises

in your life, and be granted your heart’s desires. However,

I must first ask you a very important question. What are

you looking at? If you desire to see a manifestation of

faith concerning any area of your life, this question cannot

be ignored. I believe that as we continue to grow in the

revelation of God’s grace and the finished work of Jesus

under the new covenant, it will cause us to reevaluate the

life of faith. What I’ve come to understand is that one of

the reasons many people are frustrated is because of what

they’re focusing on.

One day during my prayer time, God showed me some

keys concerning faith manifestation that I think will set

you free from faith frustration. I heard this crystal clear

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 statement from the Lord: “Ask My people if they are looking at

Me, or if they looking at themselves.” You may be wondering

what this question has to do with faith and manifestation?

Actually, it has a lot more to do with it than you think. As

I mentioned in the beginning of this book, something very

subtle has happened in the body of Christ. We have lost

sight of Jesus’ grace and finished work and have turned the

life of faith into a work of the flesh.

We say confessions everyday. We pray for an hour.

We read the Bible. We go to church. We come up with

everything possible to force the results we desire from

the Word of God. Or, on the other end of the spectrum,

we spend our time condemned because we are unable to

continually do these things. Don’t get me wrong. These

things are good. However, God never intended for your

plan of discipline in spiritual things to be the answer.

This is why you see so many frustrated people vacillating

between high peaks of spiritual intensity and the lows

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of condemnation once they “fall off the horse.” For

instance, most Believers start off strong, believing God

for something, but two weeks later they are condemning

themselves because they haven’t done the right thing long

enough to feel they are worthy of the manifestation.

God never intended for us to look at ourselves. He

intended for us to look at Jesus and His finished work.

Hebrews 12:2 states:

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our

faith…”

We are supposed to be looking at Jesus. The Amplified

Bible says that we should look away from everything that

distracts us. Well, friends, if you are looking at your faith and

self-effort, or you are more conscious of what you do or don’t

do to build your faith to receive from God, you will end up

with a sick heart every time. Unfortunately, I have met many

people who have sick hearts. It seems as though their hope is

cut off while they are believing God for breakthrough.

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 Faith is the pipeline God uses to funnel everything

to us that grace has already provided. But we are not

supposed to be looking at our faith. God wants us to

focus on a relationship with Jesus, His goodness, His

mercy, and His love toward us. When we are conscious

of Jesus’ ever- abiding presence and the truth that He has

already completed everything concerning us, our faith will

manifest what God has already completed.

It’s just like Peter walking on the water. While he was

focused on Jesus, faith empowered him to do something

a natural man cannot do. But the moment he focused on

the circumstances, He began to sink.

All Jesus wants us to do is look to Him. He knows if

at any time we are focusing more on what we are doing,

or on ourselves, we will always internally disqualify

ourselves—even in our faith life. Jesus wants you to focus

on how much He loves you and to make that the primary

foundation of your life. That is when your faith will move

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to a level where it will work almost unconsciously.

“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I

have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with

lovingkindness have I drawn thee” ( Jeremiah 31:3).

Now, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t confess

scriptures, read the Word, or pray. However, I am saying

that you need to redirect your focus to the source of those

scriptures you are standing on—Jesus. As you focus on

what He has done, and His grace and compassion toward

you, your faith will effortlessly take what He has for you.

I encourage you to redirect your thoughts to God’s

goodness and His love for you. It’s time for you to rest

in Jesus. He loves you. He’s done it ALL. So there is no

need to continue living your life as if the final outcome

is dependent on what you can do. When your focus is

on Jesus, that is when you will receive the manifestation

of His promises. Let your faith life be one of reliance on

Jesus for everything!

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 If you can understand this, you can understand why

the Bible says faith works by love (Galatians 5:6). I

always thought this meant our faith works because we are

walking in the love of God. But that’s not what it means.

Faith is powerful and dynamic because of God’s love for

us. When we are focused on His unconditional, undying,

and never-failing love for us, faith reaches its highest level.

Faith that is not focused on the extent of God’s love for us

is faith that can be shaken by persecution, tests, trials and

temptation. Faith that is centered on God’s perfect love

will always produce.

Believe the love! God loved you enough to put

everything on Jesus’ tab. He just wants you to look away

from yourself—your imperfection and lack of goodness—

and focus on His goodness and love. By doing so, the funnel

of faith will sweatlessly begin to bring into manifestation

all that grace has already provided.

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 My Prayer for You

Repeat this prayer:

“Father, I thank You for the finished work of Jesus. I thank You for

loving me so much that You have already eternally cleansed me

and forgiven me of all my sins through Christ. I thank You, Lord,

that I am already blessed with every spiritual blessing through

Christ. Thank You, Lord, because everything I need pertaining

to life has already been provided and completed. Father, I thank

You and I enter into the rest. I thank You because my deliverance

is finished. I thank You because my financial prosperity is finished.

Thank You, Lord, because I was healed by Jesus’ wounds, and no

disease can live in my body. Thank You because I‘m free from the

struggle and bondage of legalism. Thank You because I don’t have

to depend on myself. I receive Your great love for me and Your

eternal forgiveness. I acknowledge that I already have it, and I

release Your blessing from within my spirit over every area of my

life now! In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

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 Have you been believing God for something for
a long time, but it still hasn’t happened yet? Have
you become frustrated in your faith, trying to
figure out how to get it to work? If so, Ending
Faith Frustration reveals the secret to effortless
faith. Confidence in the finished works of Jesus
and His love for you will boost your faith to
levels it has never been before. God doesn’t want
you frustrated and struggling, trying to keep a
list of rules and regulations in order to receive
from Him. He has already given it all to you
through Christ. It’s time to release the dynamic
power of faith that is centered in Christ and His
completed work!

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& © 2013 by Creflo Dollar. All rights reserved.

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