John J Yamin Ministries

Romans 8:8-9 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.  But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

How often and how many times have we heard about all the things we must do to “be in” or “get in” the Spirit. We are told we must pray and pray to breakthrough into the Spirit. We are told we must praise and worship harder to get in the Spirit. We are told we must crucify the flesh to be in the Spirit. The list goes on and on.

However, let’s look at what the Word of God says about being in the Spirit. It interesting how the wisdom of man complicates the Word of God. The wisdom of God is so simple for us; He declares in His Word that since the Holy Spirit dwells in us; we are in the Spirit. How long are we in the Spirit? Forever!

So, start today, believe the Word of God when it tells us that the Holy Spirit dwells in us now. Declare today, “I am in the Spirit now and forever because the Holy Spirit dwells in me.”

Father, I thank you that the Holy Spirit does dwell in me and I am the temple of the Holy Spirit now and forever.

Brother John

Romans 4:20-21 He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

While facing a financial need in our lives, I began searching the Word of God to know what to do to meet the need. I needed thousands in a short period of time. I was brought up to believe that I had to make things happen. I thought everything had to start with me. If I worked hard enough, if I sold more product, if I talked to enough people or if I came up with a better plan, everything would be alright. However, I was now faced with the impossible. This led to worry and anxiety. God showed me worry comes from meditating on myself and my problems. I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Why are you not fully persuaded?” Immediately, I looked up Romans 4:21 where Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to perform what He had promised. I began praising God knowing that He was able to meet all of our needs regardless of the circumstances.
 
I had a revelation that it’s God who does it, not me. God is faithful to keep His Word to us. That day I received a phone call from a business associate, three weeks later I deposited $38,000 in the bank. It was the Lord who had the plan and it was the Lord who carried out His plan for me.

Father God,

I thank you your promise to me is fully performed in my life. Amen.

Brother John

Pro 4:7 KJV – Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

At a family and friends gathering, I suggested we write our prayer requests down. There were many different requests, however the request for wisdom was on each list. The wisdom of God is a must for ruling and reigning over every situation we face. To apply the knowledge of God to every circumstance in our life, the wisdom of God is required. Wisdom is the principal thing.

The Hebrew word for principal, re’shiyth, is the same word found in Genesis 1:1 “ln the beginning”. So, we see wisdom is not only the main thing but first thing.

Years ago, I was faced with a difficult situation. The Holy Spirit directed me to James 1:5-8.
James 1:5 KJV lf any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 

I asked God for wisdom but after a few days I still had not received wisdom for my problem. I inquired of the Lord again and He showed me the words “nothing wavering (doubting)” in verse 6. Instantly the Holy Spirit showed me that I was waiting for God to give me His wisdom before committing to follow it. I wanted to hear His wisdom first and then decide if I would do it. That’s wavering, that’s double-minded.

After setting my heart to hear and carry out Father God’s wisdom for my problem, it was only a matter of a few minutes, and His wisdom came to me. Problem solved.

Prayer: Father in the name of Jesus, I ask you for Your wisdom concerning the situations and circumstances I am facing today. Thank you, Father, for your wisdom today! Amen.

James 1:1-8, Prov 3:13, Prov 4:5, Prov 4:7-8

Brother John

John 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
Mark 11:25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

Forgiveness is to do a favor, show kindness unconditionally, give freely, grant forgiveness freely. The root word in the Greek language for forgiveness is “charis”, the same as the Greek word for grace.

Forgiveness is made possible through Jesus Christ, who has provided forgiveness of all sins to all who receive Him.

Forgiveness is an act in which one person releases another from an offense – refusing to enact the penalty due that person. Refusing to sustain consideration of the cause of the offense and refusing to allow the offense to affect the relationship. Such forgiveness releases one from the sense of all unresolved guilt, restores a clean conscience, and restores relationship.

Another benefit Of God’s grace of forgiveness is remembering sin no more. We, by His grace, can walk in the wonderful freedom of remembering our sin no more and the sins of others no more.

Forgiveness is a choice, make a decision today by faith. I will no longer hold an offense or sin against myself or another person or group. By the grace of our Lord Jesus, I will remember it no more.

Amen.
Brother John

Ps 103:10-12 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

It is such good news that our Father God out of His abundant mercy and grace does not deal with us according to our sin but rather deals with us according to who He is. He is love, mercy and grace. The Lord never forgets who He is, not even for a moment. Through Jesus, He has dealt with sin forever. He has forgiven all sin and set us apart from sin. He has removed all sin from us. Sin no longer has dominion over us. (Romans 6:14)

Sin shall not have dominion over us, for we are under grace and not under the law. We have been freed from every sin. Let’s focus on the fact that God does not deal with us according to sin. Because of this there is continuous mercy and forgiveness toward us.

Often, believers become entangled in unforgiveness and bitterness. This is poison to the believer. Unforgiveness and bitterness hinders our faith. It is like drinking poison to try to get back at someone for what they did to you. It’s foolish to believe that your unforgiveness will hurt someone else but not yourself.

However, God has given us grace and made us righteous. Now we can deal with people according to who we are and not according to what they said or what they did to us. We, the body of Christ, are love, mercy and forgiveness at all times. We can walk in forgiveness. We can cancel the debt. We do not have to allow unforgiveness to destroy the relationships God has brought into our lives to bless us.

Father, in the Name of Jesus, thank you, you have made me a new creation in Christ Jesus. Because I am a new creation, from this day forth, I deal with every relationship in my life according to who I am and not according to anyone’s mistakes, wrong doings or sin.

Amen.
Brother John

Gal 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

After receiving Jesus as Lord of my life, the scripture, “faith works by love” came to my attention. I knew faith was very important since “we are saved by grace through faith.” However through study and different teachings at church, I concluded that one had to do their very best to walk in love in order for their faith to work. But it wasn’t working for me and it was hard, too hard. I read where Jesus said, “Come to me all you who are burdened and I will give you rest for my burden is easy and my load is light.” Something was wrong.

After asking my helper, the Holy Spirit, for guidance, He impressed upon me that the Father’s loves is not in proportion to how much I love or serve Him. The Father loves me because I am His creation, because I am His, because of who I am. His love is not based on how much I obey Him or what I have done for Him or how much time I am in His Word or pray or my church attendance. He loves me apart from anything I have accomplished or how well I perform. Yes, even apart from the strength of my faith.

The next morning, there was more, I knew that I knew that I am Father God’s beloved son in whom He is well pleased.  He directed me to 1 John 3:1, what manner of love God has bestowed on us that I am called a child of God. Wow! It became so real to me by the Spirit. There was more, He told me to say, “I am the one that you love, Lord!” After a few days, that truth just set me free. Faith began to work as never before in my life. Loving God became so easy. It was effortless. 1 John 4:19, Knowing that God loved me first, loving Him was a simple faith response. I realized faith works by knowing God’s love for us first, not by how much I am able to walk in love in my own effort.

One of my favorite verses of scripture will work for you as well. 1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love..

Brother John  

Matt 11:28-30, Eph 2:8

Romans 10:3-4 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Let’s take a moment to examine ignorance. The word of God declares that my people perish for lack of knowledge. We can see that not knowing can be a problem. Paul is making reference here to the nation of Israel. They were ignorant or did not know that God is righteous. Because of this they believed that they had to make themselves righteous enough for God to accept them.

Ignorance is one of our worst enemies. Not to know or not to understand is a result of ignorance. Ignorance is also not to perceive with our mind. Many of the mistakes we make are through ignorance which is lack of knowledge. We can fall into unbelief through ignorance. Paul said I received mercy from God because my unbelief was through ignorance.

God desires that we have knowledge through the Holy Spirit. Our prayer is that we receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus, the word of God.  So often we stay ignorant because we do not earnestly seek after the word of God.

Please make a decision today to not have any unbelief in your life because of ignorance. You see in 3 John 1:2  that we prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers. One of the main ways that our soul is to prosper is all ignorance is removed and defeated from our mind. It is the knowledge of the word of God that causes our soul to prosper.

So let’s agree today that we have the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Father God and that the Holy Spirit is teaching us, guiding us and causing us to have full understanding of the knowledge of God.

In the name of Jesus, amen.

Brother John