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    Up From The Ashes
    Up From The Ashes
    Up From The Ashes
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    Up From The Ashes

    By Andrew Bills

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    This book is about recovery, inner healing, deliverance and restoration as it reveals the keys towards overcoming fear, conquering obstacles, moving beyond your wounded past and walking in the favor of God through Jesus Christ. It will awaken your soul and guide you towards victorious Christian Living.

    It’s here that you’ll learn that “the hardest spot in life can also become the place of new revelation or a new beginning in your life.”

    Up from a homeless, jobless, backslidden, convicted & divorced position, The Lord forgave and placed His Hand upon his life & took him from the “pit” to having a thriving global ministry. Now, Pastor Andrew Bills presents this inspiring book which is a series of ageless biblical principles and spiritual truths that NO BELIEVER SHOULD BE WITHOUT!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrew Bills
    Release dateJul 15, 2013
    ISBN9781931820073
    Up From The Ashes
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    Andrew Bills

    While Andrew Bills is a loving husband, father and grandfather, he has preached in various churches including Baptist, Pentecostal, Charismatic Catholic and Non-Denominational Faith Ministries, despite any minor doctrinal differences. He continues to reach out and touch lives in today's world with the very inspiring and special message of "Victory Thru Calvary." He's been in ministry for over 30 years, has a Bachelor's Degree and has served in many different capacities including Pastor, Lecturer, Advisor, Broadcaster, Evangelist and Author, and in various managerial positions throughout the Logistics & Warehousing Industry. As a preacher of Jesus Christ and as a teacher to the Body of Christ, he's taking The Word of God to the world and influencing many as he continues to build Faith, bring Hope, Joy, Inspiration and Deliverance to many hungry souls.

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      Up From The Ashes - Andrew Bills

      Chapter 1

      How To Obtain The Favor Of God?

      Did you know that God can do more in one moment of favor than you could ever accomplish in a whole life time of hard labor without Him?

      While we don’t see an exact definition of it in scripture, there are 200 times where the word Favor is used throughout the Bible and many great examples are given of people who had the favor of God in their lives. In each account, you’ll discover that favor had NOTHING to do with good luck or wishful thinking. Favor is not some magic formula you must learn or recite or some secret ingredient pill you have to take. You’ll also discover that it cannot be earned, purchased or achieved; it can only be RECEIVED.

      Next, it’s important for people to understand and realize that God’s Favor can find you wherever you are and in whatever situation or circumstance you may find yourself in. Unemployed, dealing with family problems, in financial ruin, sick, in a dead end job, lonely, out-numbered, living in an obscure environment, facing eviction or foreclosure, or even incarcerated. There’s NO SITUATION so dark or impossible that The Holy Spirit cannot enter into.

      Well, what does Favor look like? How do we get it? Once we get it can we ever lose it? Is it only for a select or chosen few? Favor is God showing up and showing out in the life of any believer. You cannot force it, manipulate it or pretend that you have God’s favor. Many false pretenders have come and gone, but Christ will always have the final say-so and render judgment. God’s favor is God divinely, supernaturally and graciously doing something that only He can do in your life for your good and His glory. It’s God’s Almighty hand at work in your life where only He can get the credit.

      Its God doing for you what you cannot do for yourself or others in seemingly impossible or unfavorable situations. Favor is His presence, grace and power wonderfully at work in your life to draw attention to Himself that He’s mightily at work, orchestrating through you.

      Now, obtaining the favor of God DOES NOT require a college education, a high credit score, any political connections or that you hold a certain religious position within your church community. It is only received from God or bestowed upon anyone who has already dedicated, surrendered, committed, submitted, yielded, purposed in their heart or made a clear choice to take God at His Word and stand in faith against all the odds surrounding them that dictate otherwise.

      It’s God then wanting to touch and bless your life to show the world who He is and what He can do for no other reason than to declare that HE ALONE IS GOD AND THAT HIS WORD NEVER FAILS. God’s Favor in your life does not mean that you’re now on easy street and that you’ll have everything you want when you want it. Neither is God’s Favor in your life just for your earthly convenience or to fulfill your fleshly desires. God’s no genie in a bottle that if you rub you’ll get 3 wishes that will make you happy.

      God’s Favor comes upon or dwells in the life of any believer that makes a clear decision to stand for God and believe His Word regardless of any contrary outward evidence, negative remarks, demonic activity, physical hardship, dark circumstances or impossible situations surrounding you. The Favor of God will be seen in any believer’s life who demonstrates that obeying God is more precious to them than obtaining fame or fortune without Him. It comes from denying your flesh because your love for Christ is greater than your love for the world.

      The favor of God was so upon the life of Noah because Noah believed in him when the rest of the world didn’t. God then saved him, spared his family and delivered many of the animals from the worldwide destruction of the flood. (Read Genesis chapters 6-8)

      The favor of God was so upon the life of Joseph that after proving that he believed God no matter what situation he found himself in, in one day God took him from the pit in the prison and set him at the right hand of the pharaoh of Egypt. (Read Genesis chapter 41)

      Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself while in Babylonian captivity and God’s Favor mightily moved upon his life in many amazing ways. (Read Daniel chapter 1)

      Manasseh was the worst king in the history of Jerusalem. Murder, political corruption, bribery, human sacrifices, adultery, idolatry and greed had ravaged Judah, so God rose up the Assyrian enemy. They captured Manasseh, put a hook through his nose, led him like a common slave through the streets with brass chains on and then threw him in the Babylonian prison. But, in 2nd Chronicles chapter 33, Manasseh repented, humbled himself, greatly sought the Lord and God heard his prayers. God so mightily moved in his life that he was set free and then even brought back to the throne in Jerusalem as king of Judah. He then spent the remainder of his years undoing all the things he had previously done to bring honor to

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