I Dare You to Believe
Richard Chiammaichella
rich@netapp.com

Why are you hungry?  Why are you dying of thirst?   Why are you sick?
Did I not feed 5000 men from 12 loaves of bread and 5 fish, and not just
once.  Did I not provide manna from heaven for over 600,000 men.  Did I not bring enough fish, where there was not, to break Peter's net and almost sink His boat?
Did I not bring water out of a stone?  Did I not turn water into wine?  Then why
are you hungry and thirsty?

Did I not raise Lazarus from the grave?  Did I not heal many people?  Did
I not say, that by My stripes you were healed.  I took 39 strips, the same quantity of
all categories of disease and sickness.  I paid the price of your healing; believe
and receive.

I dare you to believe Me.  I dare you to put Me to the test.  I dare you to prove
Me wrong, that I am not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  I dare you
to prove Me wrong that I did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is
on it.
I dare you to believe My promises to take care of those who are My children, all
of those who have faith in Me.
I love My people so much that I sent My only begotten Son to you, and sacrificed
Him for you so that you can be My children.  I love Him, do I love you less?
He died for you so that you may have life and have life more abundantly.  Does He
love you less that I?

I dare you to believe, that I will provide and care for you. I dare you to believe
that I will fulfill My promises as I have written them in the Bible.  That is My
word.  Will I not protect it and enforce it.  It is My word.  I will always
fulfill My word.
So I dare you to believe My word and see if I am not GOD.
I will make your desert a garden full of milk and honey.  I will make your dry
well a full spring of flowing water.  I will make your cracking river a mighty
flowing river forever.
If you dare to believe Me and have faith.  If you are starving or dying of thirst,
then what can you loose in believing and having faith in Me.
I dare you to believe Matthew 6 [33] "But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

I dare you to believe Psalms 23:1 "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in
want. [2] He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet
waters"
I dare you to believe Psalm 91
PS 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
  will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
PS 91:2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
  my God, in whom I trust."
PS 91:3 Surely He will save you from the fowler's snare
  and from the deadly pestilence.
PS 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers,
  and under His wings you will find refuge;
  His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
PS 91:5 You will not fear the terror of night,
  nor the arrow that flies by day,
PS 91:6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
  nor the plague that destroys at midday.
PS 91:7 A thousand may fall at your side,
  ten thousand at your right hand,but it will not come near you.
PS 91:8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
PS 91:9 If you make the Most High your dwelling--even the LORD, who is my
            refuge--
PS 91:10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
PS 91:11 For he will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your
            ways;
PS 91:12 they will lift you up in their hands,
  so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
PS 91:13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
  you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
PS 91:14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
  I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name.
PS 91:15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
  I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
PS 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

I dare you to believe that I will do what I say I will do. Put Me to the test and
see if I am not your GOD.
I cry when you hurt, and suffer especially when I will help you and deliver you,
but you do not ask for My help; you do not seek Me; you do not knock for
My help.

For I say

Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and
the door will be opened to you. [8] For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks
finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."


I dare you to believe.  I dare you to use your faith to release My blessings.  All
you have to do is to believe My Word, trust Me to fulfill My promises when you
ask, seek and knock for me.  Then wait for My answers.  This is faith:  believing,
trusting and doing.
Did I not way that in the end days that I would pour out My spirit on all?
So why are you dying?  I already did that for you.  So why then?  Because
you do not believe.  Believe so that I can bless you My children.  Believe so
that I can  care for you and that you might have life more abundantly.


All you need is faith the size of a mustard seed.  I dare you to believe
you have that much faith and come to Me.
Like with Lot trying to save Gomorrah, if there are but 10 who believe, I
will restore your land and you will prosper.



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