When you made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life and were born again, you were washed in His covenant blood, shed for you, and were made His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21)–no longer a slave of sin. You were not born a servant of the Most High, but a son (Galatians 4:7). You become a servant of God, like your blood Brother, Jesus, by choice (Philippians 2:7). Since you are a son and a joint heir of God through Him, then “let this [same] mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God” (Philippians 2:5-6, KJV). Jesus did not consider He was robbing His Father of honor, sovereignty, or deity to be equal with Him. Let that same mind be in you. He made you His righteousness and made you to sit together with Him in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). Then you should not consider yourself robbing Jesus to be called His joint heir. You didn’t do that for yourself. God did it for you, sacrificing His Son, Jesus, “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45), so you could be restored to the sonship and fellowship with Him that was lost by the first Adam.
When the fullness of time came, Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One of God, was born of a woman into a flesh body as the Lamb of God (John 1:29) in a little town called Bethlehem–the House of Bread (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6; John 6:51). He was born under the Law, as the final sacrifice of the Abrahamic covenant. He ushered the way for all who would receive it, into the eternal new covenant that can never be broken, which is based on better promises (Hebrews 8:6), that was cut between the Father and Jesus. This new and everlasting covenant was ratified, not with the blood of bulls and of goats, but in the precious blood of the Lamb of God (Hebrews 9:12), slain from the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:19-20; Revelation 13:8).
Though man’s commitment to keep God’s covenant failed, God’s hesed-agape, His great loving kindness and tender mercy, never failed. It produced Jesus, the Messiah, our LORD and redeemer. Isaiah 54:10 says, “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee” (KJV).
When man sinned in the Garden of Eden, God’s nature of hesed (Hebrew) -agape (Greek) was no longer part of his nature. But God “remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself” (2 Timothy 2:13). After the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, when the new covenant was in force, God called men to walk in agape and major in it. It was the key to the Apostle Paul’s ministry and to the ministries of all the writers of the New Testament. It is the very key to knowing God. Jesus said, “If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love [hesed-agape], even as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love [hesed-agape]” (John 15:10). In verse 5, He said, “Without me [hesed-agape] you can do nothing.”
Jesus, The WORD made flesh, gave Himself as the sacrifice to redeem mankind from the curse. He was made the curse–made to be sin for us. He was the snake on the pole described in Numbers 21:8-9. Why? “So that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:14). Because of His eternal sacrifice we can run to “the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16) and confidently declare, “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2, KJV)!
You don’t have to spend a lifetime studying faith before you can see results. Learn the quickest way to become a faith giant who wins every time.
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Do you feel like you’re going around and around the same mountain? Maybe it seems like you’re standing in faith and believing for financial breakthrough, healing or a miracle in your marriage, only to find yourself back in the same place again. Faith is a lifelong pursuit, but miracles and victories are for every day. The quickest way to get what you want is to make an intense shift in your thinking over a short time.
Here’s proof.
In World War II, the United States had a shortage of translators. We were in desperate need of people who were fluent in German and Japanese—and we needed them fast!
So the War Department created a six-week-long total immersion program. During those six weeks, participants were not permitted to speak English at all. They spoke and listened to only the language they wanted to speak. By the end of the program, they were fluent!
See the connection? If you want to be fluent in the language of faith, you’ve got to do the same thing. Keep everything that isn’t faith out, and immerse yourself in a faith-filled atmosphere until it changes the way you think and speak.
Here are just a few of the differences you’ll see in your life:
You’ll find you won’t speak doubt as often (if at all!).
You’ll start believing for bigger and better in every area of your life.
You won’t tolerate sickness, debt or strife like you used to—not even a little!
You’ll have the endurance to go after dreams you’ve kept tucked away, and you won’t quit until you have them in your possession.
Are you interested in the quickest way to become a faith giant who wins every time? Here’s the answer: Total Immersion. It’s an all-intensive move into the Word of God without the influence of the status quo. It’s demanding. It requires sacrifice. And it will completely change your life. Here’s how you start.
1. Carve Out Some Time
“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” –Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
Total immersion requires an investment of time. In a total immersion language program, the participants set aside four to six weeks to do nothing but attend the language school. They take time off work; they cancel other plans. This is the only thing they’re doing.
If you really want to get serious about this—to see results—you’ll need to carve out some time. Our suggestion is 30 days. You don’t necessarily need to take time off work (although that would be great), but you’ll need to adjust your schedule to make your focus the Word of God.
For example, if you usually go to lunch with friends during the workday, spend that time, instead, listening to or reading the Word of God. Carve out as much time as possible, and spend as many hours each day as possible in total immersion.
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2. Watch Out for Poison
“I will set no worthless thing before my eyes.” –Psalm 101:3 (NASB)
Once you have your time carved out, the next thing you’ll do to become a faith giant is to take an inventory of what you consume in a day. What does this have to do with total immersion?
Imagine attending a pizza party where a large, cheesy pizza with all your favorite toppings is being prepared. It probably makes your mouth water just thinking about it! Your host sets the pizza before you, and you reach out to grab the biggest, cheesiest slice. As the cheese strings and the steam pipes up from the perfect bite, your host shares a bit more about the ingredients. “There’s just a little bit of rat poison in that pizza,” he says. “You probably won’t taste it, and it’s not enough to kill you. So, don’t worry about it. It’s just a little!”
What would you do?
Hopefully, you’d pass! Now, think about other areas of your life? Do you watch out for poison and avoid it like you would that pizza?
Proverbs 4:23 says, “Guard your heart.” Yet a lot of Christians view worldly influences just like the host of the pizza party. Just a little cussing on your favorite album. Just a little sexual content and violence in the movies you watch. Just a little fear, doubt and irreverence coming from your friends. It won’t hurt, will it? It’s just a little, and besides, I don’t do those things, you reason.
Just like you would toss away that ooey, gooey piece of pizza that looks and smells so good, that’s the way you’ve got to be with anything that can put “just a little” poison in your mind and spirit. The devil doesn’t need a big opening in your life. It’s the small foxes that spoil the vine, so all he needs is “just a little” area of compromise to get his ugly foot in the door.
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Remember the language immersion program we talked about? They weren’t allowed to speak English—at all. If you want to experience the quickest way to become a faith giant and someone who wins every time, you’ve got to get rid of the things that speak against the Word of God in your life, especially during your initial time of total immersion.
Here’s what to remove altogether during the 30 days:
Movies
Secular television (sitcoms, news programs, etc.)
Music (other than worship)
Magazines and books (non-Christian)
Social gatherings with those who don’t speak the language of faith
Any other area of your life that may be sending you messages opposite of the Word of God.
Once the 30 days are over, consider evaluating which of these should come back at all. Anything that causes you to weaken in your faith isn’t worth its limited entertainment value.
3. Fill Up to Overflowing on the Word of God
“Faith comes by hearing…the Word of God.” –Romans 10:17 (MEV)
As you continue on your way to becoming a faith giant, your total immersion journey includes filling up to overflowing on the Word of God.
Before Kenneth Copeland became the powerhouse of faith he is today, he was hungry for truth and knew he wanted to have the kind of faith that got the same results as Oral Roberts.
Of that desire, Kenneth says, “I was traveling with Brother Roberts. I was ministering along with him and watching him use his faith. And I was astonished at the way he used his faith on purpose. He used his faith the way a mechanic uses a tool. And it caught my attention.”
That, in combination with his exposure to another faith giant, Kenneth E. Hagin, made Kenneth realize he needed to go into total immersion the same way people learn a foreign language if he wanted to reach that level of faith.
He didn’t have money to purchase ministry materials at the time, so he offered the title of his car as collateral until the money was there to pay for the tapes he secured from Kenneth Hagin’s ministry. He came home with an armload of tapes, set up his tape player and a chair in the garage, and shared his plans with Gloria.
He told her, “The minute I come home from school (Oral Roberts University), I’ll be in the garage. And if I’m not at the table when you and the kids get ready to eat, just forget me. I have to get this.”
He listened to the faith teaching tapes when he woke up. He listened to the Word when he got home from school. He listened when he went to bed and kept a tape playing all night. If he woke up in the middle of the night and heard the tape had ended, he’d get up, rewind it and start playing it again. He took the player in the bathroom to listen while he was shaving. He fed on the Word of God continually.
Total immersion.
Kenneth made a decision. If Kenneth E. Hagin mentioned the book of Romans, then he’d read the whole book of Romans. Any book Brother Hagin mentioned—Kenneth read the entire book.
What happened?
Kenneth says, “My faith skyrocketed.” Suddenly, things started happening. Gifts of the Spirit were manifesting. Miracles were taking place in every area of his and Gloria’s lives.
His prayers yielded results so much that his professors at ORU were coming and asking him to pray for them.
It was all a result of total immersion in the Word of God and filling up to overflowing.
You can do the same thing and get the same results as Kenneth Copeland. Set a goal for 30 days and treat your time the same way you would a total immersion foreign language program, by only listening to and speaking the language you want to learn. That language is faith!
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Here are some goals you can set for your 30-day period.
Download teachings from those who teach the full gospel. Listen to them as you work around the house or yard, as you cook, as you get ready in the morning, and as you drive. Leave them running quietly while you sleep. Keep the Word going in you nonstop!
Keep VICTORY™ running all day long in your home.
Set a Bible-reading goal for each day. Make it a high goal! Gloria Copeland once challenged herself to read all four Gospels and the book of Acts three times in 30 days. That would be a great place to start.
Purchase some faith books and devotionals to read whenever you have some downtime.
This is what total immersion looks like. And it’s the quickest way to become a faith giant who wins every battle, every time.
4. Find Your Faith Voice
“People will give account for every careless word they speak.” –Matthew 12:36 (ESV)
You’ve carved out the time, ejected the negative and imported the positive. In the meantime, for total immersion, focus on finding your faith voice. You learn a language by practicing out loud. When you first start speaking another language, you don’t necessarily feel confident in what you’re saying, and you may fumble around a bit. You’ll even have to stop and think or check the translation book before speaking.
The same is true while you’re finding your faith voice.
In a total immersion language school, you would not be allowed to speak English. Zero. All day long. You would only speak the language you were learning. So as you are in total immersion for learning the language of faith, you will only speak faith—no doubt, fear, negativity or anything else outside of the confines of faith is allowed. Ever.
Within four to six weeks, people find themselves fluent in the language they’re learning. If you can do it with a foreign language, you can do it with the language of faith. If you don’t know what to speak—say nothing until you can get to the Word of God and find out what you should be saying.
Talk faith all week long, all 30 days long. Talk prosperity, healing, deliverance, joy and peace. In doing so, you’ll find that total immersion will draw you very quickly out of your intellect and over into your spirit. When the 30 days are over, you’ll respond quickly and more powerfully than you ever have to in any and every situation—no matter how severe. You’ll be a faith giant who wins victory every time!
You’ll reach out and take the promises of God as easily as you’d pick an apple from a tree. You won’t hesitate to take God at His Word and stand as long as it takes to see a manifestation.
The best part about refusing to give up is that it expedites your miracle. Kenneth Copeland says, “When you’re ready to stand in faith forever, you won’t be there very long.” Hallelujah!
After 30 days of keeping the bad out, the good in, and speaking only faith, you’ll experience such a change, you’ll wish you would’ve known how quick and easy it is to become a faith giant who wins every battle years ago. And that miracle you’ve been believing for? Start taking steps to prepare for its arrival. It’s coming. Total immersion means Jesus is abiding in You and you in Him. And, according to John 15:7, that means your answer is a certainty.
Watch Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons discuss the power of total immersion.
Righteousness is not something that grows up and becomes. It’s a gift you received the moment you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Romans 5:17 says, “For if by one man’s trespass [ Adam’s] death reigned through him, then how much more with those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign and live through the One, Jesus Christ.“ Just as you can’t buy a Volkswagen and hope it will grow up and become a Cadillac, you can’t gradually become righteous. You were re-created in Christ Jesus–made the righteousness of God in Him, by faith. You receive this gift by faith. What will happen when you do? This scripture says you shall “reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.“ The Amplified Bible, Classic Edition says “reign as kings in life.“ can you hear the authority there? There is no fear of failure in righteousness. There is no fear at all in righteousness. Fear comes from sin consciousness.
No one can earn righteousness. You can’t be good enough long enough for God to call you righteous. He’s already given you authority and made you righteous with His righteousness. It’s up to you to “receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness”
(Romans 5:17). Second Corinthians 5:21 says, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (KJV). The Greek word for MADE here in the King James Version is GINOMAI, which means “to come into existence or begin to be.”
A petition is, by definition, “a formal, written request addressed to a sovereign superior for a particular right or grace.” Supplication is “a humble, earnest petition.” If we put them together, we could say the prayer of petition and supplication is “an earnest, humble, written request addressed to a sovereign superior for a particular right or grace.”
Because of our redemption through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, we are in a covenant position with God. He has made us to sit together with Him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:6).
We have the right to take the Name of Jesus before the throne of grace and whatever we ask in prayer, we receive because our faith is in His WORD and our covenant with Him. The effectiveness of our prayer lives depends on the degree of confidence we place in The WORD of God and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus, the Anointed of God, is the second Person in the Godhead. He is The WORD, who was in the beginning with God (John 1:2). All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made (verse 3). God told the devil in the Garden of Eden that there would be One coming who would bruise his head (Genesis 3:15).
And generations later God told his covenant partner Abraham that in his seed all the nations of the world would be blessed (Genesis 22:18; 26:4). Throughout the Old Testament He spoke through the mouths of the prophets, calling those things that were not as though they were, that this Messiah (Hebrew: Meshiach; ha meshiach: The Anointed One) was coming (Isaiah 7:14; 53:1-12; 61:1-2; Micah 5:2; Malachi 4:6; Romans 4:17). Moses said, referring to Him, in Deuteronomy 18:15, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You must listen to him.”
Hesed-agape is God’s loving kindness–His intense and unconditional love. Those words cannot ever be adequately described or defined. There must be a revelation of them before they can be understood and received it. When you receive a revelation of real love, you receive a revelation of God, and vice versa. God has faith, but He is love (Hebrews 11:1-6; 1 John 4:7-8). Love is not an emotion. It is a person. God is love.
