John J Yamin Ministries

Romans 4:19-21 And not being weak in faith, he (Abraham) did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He promised He was able to perform.

While I was cutting vegetables, I sliced my finger. It appeared stitches would be required, and I applied a towel to stop the bleeding. Suddenly I knew what to do. I said to my finger, “Stop bleeding and be healed in the Name of Jesus!” The bleeding stopped, but the cut remained. Several hours later I checked on the cut; it looked the same. A little while later I looked again, and later that evening I looked again.

Then Romans 4:19-21 came to me through the Spirit. As I read it, I immediately saw and understood that Abraham did not consider his circumstances.

To “consider not” means to not focus on, to not think about, or to not pay attention to the circumstances. It does not mean it is not there; it means God’s Word has the final say concerning any problem. So I said, “I will not pay attention to the cut on my finger.”

Focusing on Mark 11:22-23, Jesus said, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will happen, he will have whatever he says.” I declared, “Finger, you are healed and whole in the Name of Jesus,” and I went to sleep for the night.

The next morning, while preparing for the day, I noticed that the wounded finger looked exactly like the others, no cut, no scar. Praise the Lord. His Word is true, and He watches over His Word to perform it.

Brother John

2 Cor 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

Over the years, folks have asked, “Should I pray for unsaved family and friends since they have their own free will? How can God respond to my prayer?” The answer is in the Word of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4 tells us two things regarding those who have not received Jesus as Lord. First, they do not believe. Secondly, Satan, the god of this age, has blinded their eyes.

Shortly after Priscilla and I received Jesus as Lord of our lives, we believed God’s Word in Acts 16:31: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” The Lord had arranged for Priscilla and me to share our testimony and the Word with her father, Richard. The strongest weapon against unbelief is the Word of God. The Word has the power to defeat unbelief in any area of your life.

Several weeks later, I walked into the house, and the Holy Spirit impressed upon me to come against the spirit of blindness over Richard’s mind. Our weapons are not carnal, but mighty to the tearing down of strongholds of the mind. I bound that blindness and commanded it to cease its operation against him. A week or so after that, at three o’clock in the morning, my father-in-law called to share with us that he had accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Thank God for His mercy and grace toward us.

Brother John

Matt 6 31-33 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Many years ago, when Priscilla and I were called to Pennsylvania, I had decided to go there before our planned departure date in order to arrange for housing and other needs. After two days nothing was coming together. Inquiring of the Lord as to what was happening, He responded by asking me, “Did I tell you to go up early and do this? Now go back to Orlando and come as planned.” When we arrived, the Holy Spirit led me to where we should start. He instructed me to rent a meeting room for our first Sunday service. After making these arrangements, we rented a room to stay at the hotel.

Within two days all our needs were met. The Lord provided a house to rent, additional furniture, and food. We lacked for nothing. I was thrilled when I realized that the Holy Spirit led us to act upon the words of our Lord Jesus in Matthew 6:33. Allow me to encourage you to put first the Kingdom of God and all things will be added to you. Seek the King of the Kingdom as to how He has graced you to build the Kingdom of God and your life will be supernatural every day.

Blessings,

Brother John

2 Cor 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might
become the righteousness of God in Him.

Often when we hear or read the phrase “might become,” we tend to believe that righteousness is achieved if we try or work really hard to do the right things. If we obey the Bible enough, or what we are taught or told in church enough, we can become righteous. If we do enough right things, we will be right with God or accepted by God. Nothing could be further from the truth of the Word of God.

Let’s look at “might become” in the Greek. It means to have come into existence or, simply, to be.

When you and I receive Jesus as Lord and believe that He was raised from the dead, the divine nature of God is imparted to us from above. We are made a new creation in Christ Jesus. The righteousness of God is who and what we are. We are right with God because of who we are, not because of what we do. There is not enough obeying we can do to be in right standing with God. Our Lord Jesus did it all for us. He was made sin with our sin so that we “BE” (having come into existence) the righteousness of God.

When we receive righteousness by faith and not by works, the wonderful fruit of righteousness is manifested in and through our lives. Praise God for His wonderful grace.

Brother John

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God

Before I became a new creation in Christ Jesus, anger was a way of life for me—anger so intense that it would not subside until my revenge was complete against anyone who wronged me. Taking account of a wrong suffered was a large part of my life.

But God, through the riches of His great mercy and grace, saved me and delivered me from anger and unforgiveness. There was a marked improvement in my attitude and thoughts. After observing my behavior, I thought and even said, “I’m doing so good—I’m not getting angry or vengeful.” It was not very long after that when a car cut me off in traffic, and I was fuming. My first reaction was to speed up and cut him off. “I’ll show him he can’t do that to me!”

Suddenly, the Spirit of the Lord rose up and said, “See! See what happens when you boast in your own ability. You could not control your anger before you confessed Jesus as Lord. What makes you think you can now without My mercy and grace?”

Praise God for our Counselor and Helper. He led me to the Word. When we boast, we are to boast in the Lord—boast in His grace toward us. Pride resists the grace of God. It is by grace, through faith, that we are saved, not of our works or ability, lest anyone should boast. Just think about it: not only do we have the opportunity to experience and walk in His grace now, but God intends to show us the exceeding riches of His grace in the ages to come.

We are so blessed.

Brother John