Exploits for God - Byron Howell Ministries

Given current events many people believe the end is near and the rapture may soon occur. While that might be true, we are also seeing the devil exert his influence and power like never before. Christians have been given tremendous authority over the devil and unclean spirits. We must start using it to see Jesus' enemies being made into His footstool, and we must begin praying for Jesus' return accordingly.

God's will for you is healing, all the time, every time. But God's healing will is not automatic and often it's not instantaneous in the natural realm. This message will greatly help you understand the availability and flow of God's healing power and how to stand in faith and patience for your full manifestation.

Doubt is one of the greatest enemies you will ever have. Doubt will rob you of God's promises for your life. We must learn to defeat doubt and live without it.

BHMP 73 - Succeeding In Difficult Situations by Byron Howell

The Bible is clear about money. God wants you financially blessed so that you can be abundantly supplied and so you can abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9). In fact, all of God's people are empowered to create wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18), and God's blessing will bring riches without painful toil (Proverbs 10:22). But God doesn't drop money out of the sky (unfortunately!). We need to learn God's financial system and start increasing financially God's way. No matter where you find yourself financially, you can start operating in God's economic system and start increasing. In this message I go through the basics of God's financial system and I look very practically at how to start increasing financially with God's help. The accumulation of wealth, for you and for others, should never be our goal, but it should be a byproduct of our service for the Kingdom of God, as we sow and reap correctly for Him. I know this message will bless you.

Seedtime and Harvest is the most important financial principle presented in the Bible. In fact, seedtime and harvest should be our primary financial mindset. I know some people think that God wants us poor or that God doesn't care about our finances, but that's just not true. 2 Corinthians Chapters 8 and 9 clearly teach that God wants us so blessed that we can regularly be generous and “abound to every good work.” God wants to bless us so that we can bless others, and this brings Him glory and honor. Seedtime and harvest has been widely taught, but it can be complicated and it has been abused. In this podcast episode I take a hard look at some of the scriptures and show you why seedtime and harvest is the most important financial principle in the Bible, and that, in fact, it's one of the most important principles for every area of our lives.

If you have spent any time in church you've probably heard that you must give 10% of your money to God and that if you don't (a) you are robbing God and (b) you are cursed. The good news is that neither of those is true (sorry to pastors everywhere who have been teaching that). However, the positive reasons that we should tithe, how it honors God as the King of our lives, and how it invites His protection and provision into our lives, are far better reasons to tithe than fear of His curses and punishments. As my dad likes to say, “if we had any idea, we would run to tithe.” In this podcast episode I examine all of this and show you some tithing truths you have probably never heard before. Thank you for listening!

The Bible is clear that God has plans for each of our lives. But how do we find these plans and what do they entail? I used to think God would reveal His plans after I reached some peak of spiritual maturity or devotion. But I realize now that starting to live in His specific plans for my life is much easier than I thought. In this message I will show you that, regardless of your level of spiritual maturity or what's going on in your life, you can easily begin living in His plans for you.

God has done great things for all of us, and God wants us to share our story with others. We are all called to share about God with our friends and family, and this is one of the most rewarding endeavors that life has to offer. In this message we look at how Jesus turned one man's life around in Mark chapter 5, and then I tell you a little of my testimony. God has a great plan for your life, and a huge part of it is sharing His love with the world.

This world is filled with opportunities for injury, sickness and disease. Unfortunately, it's very possible that you will suffer a physical problem at some time. But fortunately God's Word tells us what to do about it. In this teaching I show you how to approach every kind of physical problem, from the most mild to the most serious, and how you should involve God in every healing journey. No matter what you are going through, God wants you well, and this message will greatly help you focus on God and His promises and begin seeing His healing power flow into your body.

This is the first message from this semester of our Prayer and Healing group. At Prayer and Healing we focus on some awesome subjects and God's will for our lives, including spiritual realities, God's promises like healing, and growing in our relationship with the Holy Spirit. I've published this episode on my podcast so people can hear the recording and consider joining us for the class. Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at the Grace Family Church Carrollwood campus – 5100 W. Waters Ave., Tampa, FL 33634. Please note that you do not need to be a member of Grace to attend. We hope to see you there!

Marriage is not easy, but God still wants you to have a great marriage. Regardless of how you feel about your spouse today, God can change the way you feel, and God can change the way your spouse feels about you. God wants you and your spouse to do great things in this life, not just individually but also together. In your union you can do more than you can do alone. I hope you enjoy this message where I give you some practical advice and mental frameworks for taking your marriage to the next level.

Every interaction you have with another person is an opportunity for a God-moment, even your hardest interactions. You are going to have many interactions with difficult people. Handling these in a Godly manner is often very difficult. However, you can turn every interaction into an opportunity for an encounter with God. Your interactions, even in mundane or basic areas of life, can become adventures with God and the most exciting part of your life. In this message I explain how to have the right perspective on yourself and others and I give practical guidance for experiencing God in all your interactions.

Obeying God can be hard. I'm not saying it's meant to be hard or should be hard, but it still can be. My own obedience journey has been long and difficult, and I know I still have a ways to go. Fortunately, I've learned a lot along the way, and I know some of these Biblical and practical insights will help you on your journey. God has a wonderful plan for your life, and all of His directions will help you get there. Listening to God and obeying His directions is how we start living in His plan for our lives. I know this discussion will help you on your way.

I have often struggled with the idea that Jesus' yoke is easy and His burden is light. To be honest, many times have I thought that God's requirements are burdensome. Especially when I consider the world around me, I regularly experience inner conflict when making decisions in virtually every area of my life. Shall I do right or wrong? Shall I follow God's directions or not? But I believe God has helped me understand these problems and their source. I can experience the easy that Jesus wants for me, the rest for my soul that He promises.

Many of us listen to podcasts and take in a variety of content, and personal growth content is extremely influential right now, even for Christians. Personally, I read a lot of books, listen to a lot of podcasts and generally consume a lot of content. Some of the secular personal growth content I consume has been very helpful to my life and even my relationship with God. However, it's important to have the right mental framework for these materials, especially for Christians trying to follow God's plan for their lives. In this message I discuss some of my personal experiences with secular personal growth content and entertainment, and how I make sure these sources add to my life for God's Kingdom and don't pull me in the wrong direction. I know you'll find this helpful for you own journey, regardless of what content you consume.

As you spend time with God and His Word you learn about His wonderful will for your life. You also read about His amazing promises. But how can we see God's will, and God's promises, in our lives? The answer is faith, understanding operational faith that brings God's will into our lives. In this teaching I explain how you can easily understand and begin using your faith to see God's best in every area of your life.

You can easily learn to hear from God, and you can start hearing from Him clearly and regularly. Here is a relatively short message covering all the basics you need to know. Your destiny, the good works God has planned for you to do, can only be found in God's specific directions for your life. The highest expression of you and your best possible life will only be found in your obedience to Him. Moreover, making the best decision every time is possible, and divine direction for every decision is available, when you start hearing God. God's voice to us is one of life's greatest treasures, and you will hear Him regularly and clearly when you start tuning in to Him.

There is another realm of reality, the unseen realm or the spiritual realm. If you want to see God's miraculous power manifest God's will in your life, you need to start focusing on what can't be seen, the realities of the spiritual realm. When you learn to focus on the unseen, and ignore opposing circumstances that can be seen, you will strengthen your faith and position yourself for God's supernatural force to produce in your life.

In this podcast we see what the Bible says about God's will for our financial lives, and then we learn how to integrate our spiritual and financial lives. We also discuss practical steps to begin operating in God's financial system. In God's amazing economic system, we increase, bless others, honor God, and draw closer to Him all at the same time!

In this teaching we look at the Biblical truths that God wants everyone baptized with the Holy Spirit and speaking in new tongues. Many people have been wrongly taught that those practices are outdated, weird, or unbiblical. But such teachings are wrong, and they are keeping millions of people from two of the greatest gifts that God has for all of His children. Regardless of what you have heard about these subjects, please give this a listen and receive all that God has for you.

Waiting for prayer answers to show up can be tough! How can we stay in faith for God's promises when all we see are problems? Sometimes it takes a little while to see the mountain move, but by faith and patience we inherit the promises. In this podcast I discuss a number of practices that will help you stay in faith and focus on God while you wait. (And if you don't have the time, here they are: Enter the rest and peace of faith. Confess God's promises. Spend time in thanksgiving. Worship God regularly. Pray and worship in the Spirit, in your prayer language. Resist the devil. Do whatever God tells you to do. Remind yourself of all God has done for you and for others.)

God wants everyone healed, but that truth won't do us much good if we don't know how to see His healing power operate in our bodies. In this teaching we look at the Biblical methods to see God's healing power flow into our physical bodies.

In this message I briefly go through scriptures which teach us that God wants everyone healed. I then go through all the major arguments against divine healing, and show you problems I see with those arguments and why I still believe in healing.

God calls Himself The God Who Heals in Exodus 15:26. One of the Bible's great messages is God's healing will for our physical bodies. God's healing promises are totally available to Christians, in fact, they are part of a Christian's inheritance as a child of God. So how can a Christian receive God's healing promises every time and see manifestation of God's healing will? I explain the process and more in this teaching that I know will bless you and encourage your faith for your healing.

This message will teach you how to use your faith. I have been learning how to use my faith for approximately 18 years. In that time I have seen many people believing God for something but not receiving it in the natural realm. I've also heard countless teachings on faith, but very few that try to put it all together, that try to truly teach you the entire faith process. But all of God's promises are available to you now. All of your inheritance as a child of God is available to you now. And if you will learn how to use your faith, you can see them all in your life. This teaching is my best attempt to help you learn the process.

God designed a system for us to receive all of His amazing blessings and promises in our lives. God wants us to have them all. Your voice and your faith are extremely important parts of that system. God used His voice to create the world, Jesus used His voice to work miracles, and we must also use our voices if we are going to accomplish all of God's will for our lives. To use your faith correctly, you must use your voice correctly. Once you understand the connection between your voice and your faith, you can start using your voice to dominate your life and see all of God's promises manifest.

The Bible describes many blessings that God has for our lives, and God wants us to have them all. They have been completely released to us, and we are empowered to obtain them. But if you don't open the faucet you won't get water. If you don't flip the switch the light won't turn on. God's Word teaches us how to see God's blessings in our lives. If we will, in faith, do what God's Word tells us to do, we can immediately begin receiving all of God's blessings.

On February 16, 2022 I was again blessed to speak at Grace Family Church's Prayer and Healing School. This time I focused on the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and your personal prayer language. God wants all believers baptized with the Holy Spirit and praying in tongues (in their private prayer language) and the benefits of these blessings are huge for the life of a Christian believer.

Over the first month of 2022 I've taken a hard look at my life and in many ways I know that I could do better. So I have really sought the Lord's guidance for some practical steps to doing and becoming all that I can. For many Christians, we know what we should do in many areas of our lives, but we don't do it consistently so that it produces as God would have it produce. In this message I get practical on renovating your mind, focusing on God's presence in your life, learning to live by faith, and committing to holiness. I know that those practices will bless anyone that starts to live in them. God bless you!

The world around us is filled with sickness, poverty, violence, and innumerable other terrible things.  Yet somehow many Christians believe that God wants everyone financially prospered and physically well.  How can they believe that when one simply looks at the world in which we live?  If God is in control and everything we see is God's will, people must be crazy to think God wants everyone healthy and wealthy!  But what about those promises in the Bible for our financial and physical blessings?  How do those work in this world and how should we approach those promises if obviously God wants some people sick and broke.  We answer all of these questions and more in this podcast.  May God bless you!

This message is about living in the supernatural. How can we see the impact of God and the supernatural in every area of our lives? What steps do we take so we can cooperate with God to see His supernatural will always manifested? In this message I give you a step by step process to start living with the spiritual and supernatural as constant parts of your reality. God has a wonderful plan for your life, but you won't experience most of it unless you develop your spirituality and draw closer to God. Here is how you do it. Happy New Year!

Your personal reality, the reality of who you were created to be, should live in harmony with your Creator and what you were created to do. This is the secret to purpose, fulfillment, contentment and excitement in life. This is also the secret to learning how you are supposed to change the world. But all that God created you to be and all that God created you to do, and this amazing harmony that is possible for your life, can only be found in God. In this teaching I break down some Biblical concepts to show you how to find true fulfillment and purpose in your life.

Last week I posted the recording from Grace Family Church's Prayer and Healing School on October 27, 2021. That was part 2 of my two part message, so here is part 1 from October 20 (sorry for the out of order posting). This teaching shows God's will for divine health in our lives. Then we look at how Jesus operated in authority and power for divine healing, and how we can operate in the same authority and power to see God's will for healing manifested in our lives. A born again Christian who is baptized with the Holy Spirit is a walking, talking healing meeting waiting to happen, just like the first apostles were!

On October 27, 2021, I taught at Grace Family Church's Prayer and Healing School. I taught on the link between faith and divine healing, and how to operate in true Biblical faith. Hope is not faith, really want is not faith, begging God is not faith. Only faith is faith, and the supernatural requires faith. I also gave practical tips for walking through a healing journey.

God has an economic system that is far superior to the world's. God invites us to operate in His economy. If we will learn to live in God's economic system, and God's money flow, we can live in complete financial freedom with God's unlimited resources available to us.

In Mark 16 Jesus said that believers would speak in new tongues. This is another controversial and difficult subject, but speaking in tongues is a tremendous blessing that God has for His people. In this teaching we walk through many verses discussing speaking in tongues, and we also deal with some of the arguments against it. When you pray in tongues, your spirit is praying God's perfect will, you are speaking mysteries by God's Spirit, you are praying directly to God, you are edifying yourself, and you are building yourself up on your most holy faith. Those statements come straight from the Bible. It's worth your time to learn about speaking in tongues so you can receive this blessing God has for you.

Jesus wants to baptize all believers with the Holy Spirit and fire. When you receive the Baptism with the Holy Spirit you receive the miracle working power of God, immediately becoming a divinely empowered witness for Jesus. Listen to this teaching and then reach out to some trusted believers you know so that you can receive this blessing.

In this teaching we learn about the power and authority to operate in the healing ministry of Jesus. Jesus used both power and authority to cast out demons and heal the sick, and Jesus wants all Christians to do the same. This teaching will build your faith to be healed and minister healing as Jesus always intended.

The Bible clearly describes how to release and receive God's power for healing. We shouldn't expect to receive divine healing if we aren't seeking it correctly. In this teaching I explain the various ways to receive divine healing, and how to work with God and doctors together on your healing journey. Remember, God wants you well!

In this podcast we are continuing to learn about divine healing, and today we have a special focus on faith. Without faith it is impossible to receive anything from God (James 1:6-7), so understanding faith is key to divine healing. Understanding true, Biblical faith is really the key to walking in all of God's promises. Once you understand faith you can move mountains and you will see answers to prayer like never before.

This week we continue our study on Divine Healing. In this message I show you that the major arguments against Divine Healing are wrong, and how we should approach these arguments. We also go through God's Word so you can see that God has already provided for your healing and that Divine Healing belongs to every Christian as part of their inheritance from God!

This is the first teaching in a new series about Divine Healing. Many people believe different things about God's power and desire to see you healed, but the truth is that healing is God's will all the time, every time, for every one. In this podcast I will show you from God's Word how healing is God's will for you. In the next few podcasts I will show you how healing belongs to you as God's child and how you can receive healing.

The final evolution for humanity is not a microchip in your brain, it's the complete integration of your natural and spiritual realities. If you will allow your spiritual reality to be the foundation and guiding light of your existence, you will begin living on another level, the level where Jesus lived and operated. This integrated natural and spiritual reality was always God's intention for mankind, and it is one of the master keys to seeing God's will in every area of your life.

When you become a Christian, amazing and wonderful things immediately happen to you. However, they are spiritual and can't be seen or felt. If you will learn about them and allow them to become foundational and pervasive in your thinking, they will impact every area of your life and help ready you for all that God has for you.

You can quickly and clearly know God's will in a given situation according to Godly peace. God will use peace in our hearts to lead us into His perfect will. We can learn to discern the presence (or absence) of Godly peace in our hearts, and this will help us correctly know God's will in many areas of our lives.

God wants you to know His will more than you do. Not only is the Bible clear about this, but God has provided several ways for us to live with a constant working knowledge of His will. This week I'm explaining how it's clearly God's will for you to know His will, and I'm describing how to start recognizing His will for your life. It's easier than you might think and you already know more of His will than you would expect.

Life with God should be fun and adventurous. God has an amazing plan for your life, and it involves relationships, places, works, family, excitement and more. Maybe it’s hard for you to believe that when considering your current situation. But don’t worry about that. If you will tune in and listen to God's directions, a life of Kingdom excitement and adventure is available to you.

This week I am talking generally about practical steps to seeing God's best in every area our lives. If we will learn God's ways and begin following them, we can truly begin to see what God has for us. The changes start in our minds, as we learn God's ways and directions, but then the changes take place in our hearts. The ways of God can become part of our thinking and our nature, and God's ways always lead to God's plans and God's best.

You can succeed and dominate in every area of your life. This is what God wants and God will help you get there. With God, nothing can stand against you, everything you touch can prosper, and nothing can keep you from your destiny of being a blessing to the world around you. It's time that we start taking our true place in the world, as the head, as the top, and as the blessed of the Lord. We should see God's best in our lives, which will then permeate to the world around us. If enough of us do this, we will change the world for the Kingdom of God.

Sin in your life can be drastically reduced (if not altogether eliminated). The Bible tells us how to do this, and it's not nearly as difficult as we might think. However, simply focusing on the evils of sin or quitting won't get you there. The correct mental approach to God's directions, combined with a mental focus on God's Kingdom, will lead you away from sin and into God's best in every area of your life.