Changing Your World Podcast with Creflo Dollar

Done properly, prayer is not just communicating with God, but it is also communing with Him. This loving communion should be constant, not just for a few minutes each day. We must approach our heavenly Father as a real person, not as a religious symbol. With this kind of attitude, we can magnify Him over any issues we face, and acknowledge that His name is above all other names. Coming before God...

Our beliefs are so powerful that most of the uncomfortable issues we face are the results of wrong-believing. What we think determines what we do, and we spend a large amount of time trying to live right without first believing right. Our prayer life is an example. We are supposed to get results every time we pray. When we pray in faith, and not simply recite words, we will see the manifestations....

Jesus accepts us as we are, regardless of the emotional baggage we may be dragging around with us; but His intention is to transform us. Christians must understand that transformation should happen in our lives, but we will not experience any change until we understand our true identity. Our beliefs affect our entire lives, and wrong-believing is behind every fear, addiction, shame, and other stru...

As Christians who have been born again, we should see real life transformation, but many people are still waiting to experience it. This delay can only happen if we have been lied to about being born again. Wrong-believing puts us in bondage, because it causes us to live wrong. We make the mistake of focusing on living right without paying attention to believing right. Believing in Jesus and what...

The essence of something is its very nature, and when we study the essence of prayer, we must take into account how powerful it really is. Prayer is communicating with God, not simply a recital or a constant repetition where we do all the talking. If we have reduced our prayer life to this level, it has become merely words that we say. The purpose of prayer is for fellowship and communion with God...

If we are not careful, pride can sneak up on us, and we can find ourselves operating in it without ever being aware of it. It can manifest itself either as pride and arrogance, or as timidity and shyness. Proud people disregard the Word of God, choosing to exalt themselves instead of Him. Pride causes us to be self-centered, and when we find ourselves there, we are trusting ourselves instead of Go...

As Believers, it is important for us to be able to authenticate our trust in God. When we trust Him, we lean on Him confidently, but if we have confidence solely on ourselves, we will not last very long. If we do not realize that we need God, we will end up in failure. We must begin developing this trust in Him long before trouble hits, and we can do that with the little things in our everyday liv...

When we strike a balance between faith and grace, we learn that trust is the currency of the kingdom of God. This trust teaches us that God is faithful, and He will do exactly what He says He will do. When we examine the word "trust," it must go beyond the simple cliché most people utter when they say they trust God. For many, this is just a word, but it actually boils down to what we practice bey...

Influence is defined as the ability to produce an effect on others without any apparent exertion, and in our soul-winning efforts, the power of our influence is important. Jesus set the example for us during His earthly ministry, and the Holy Spirit provides the opportunity to continue that ministry today. When we depend on Him, our lives become a living testimony to God To support the ministry fi...

If we are to see manifestations in our life, we must develop our faith, and we do that by digging deep into the Word of God. Whether we need healing, deliverance, prosperity, wholeness, or anything else in our lives, Jesus has provided it for us because He loves us. Believing that we have a right to all He has made available to us through the shedding of His blood is an important part of our faith...

When we are highly developed in something, manifestations will develop quickly, and our faith is no different. There is a link between grace and faith, and also a difference between works of the Law and works of faith. The will of God is for all the spiritual promises made to us in the Bible to be manifested in our life, and our faith is the bridge that connects the spiritual to the physical. To s...

Sometimes we may wonder whether works are necessary now that we are under grace. If we choose to depend on the Law of Moses to justify us, then that means we are declaring ourselves righteous by self-performance. Grace means we no longer have to perform according to the Law to get God to bless us or show us favor. But we must not get confused between the works of the Law and the works of faith. To...

Our minds can play tricks on us. If we believe something that is incorrect long enough, our minds can become closed to the truth. The truth is that Jesus freed us from sin when he died on the cross, which means we no longer have to keep sinning. If we continue in sin, it is because we have a flawed understanding of the power of his death and resurrection. However, we do not have to condemn ourselv...

Jesus, who is Grace, is all sufficiency when we do not have enough. He is our focus, and the one we must look at when problems crop up. He is everything we need, yet we can fall back into self-effort by trying to add to something that is already perfect. We can say with our mouth that we believe in Him, but if the evidence of our belief does not back up what we say, we are being insincere. If we t...

Before Adam and Eve fell from grace, both of them were intimately connected with God, and the power that flowed through Him affected every area of their lives. Their direct and immediate access to Him gave them authority over all the earth and everything in it, which automatically came with the right to command. When we realize the connection we have with our Creator, we can experience the same th...

When we live a life of grace and walk by faith, we will confess what we believe. The Law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. As Christians, verbalizing our beliefs is an automatic response to receiving what He wants to give us. Depending more on ourselves than on the finished works of Jesus takes us out of grace and back into works and self-effort. But by simply accepting what...

When life throws us a challenge that requires a response, there are many ways we can choose to respond. If we want a positive outcome, the response we give in the middle of that challenge is important. How we respond determines what happens next, and a faith response will always release supernatural manifestation. To support the ministry financially, text "CDMPodcast" to 74483 or visit www.worldch...