Dr. Jim Richards

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you...” (Job 22:28, AMP). To be true people of faith, we must understand that we are made in the likeness and image of God, and regardless of whether we deserve it or not, we have authority here on Planet Earth simply because we are human beings. Likewise, we have authority in heaven because we are in Jesus, and He has authority in heaven and earth. Because we are in Jesus, we have authority to harmonize what God has created in heaven here on Planet Earth. We often operate in our own concepts of faith instead of operating in the faith of God - faith the way God showed us. God wants us to walk in a faith that is not only immovable, but that sees the end from the beginning and takes hold of His promises, bringing them to ourselves. The parables have what I call the “golden thread of personal responsibility” woven into the fabric of every single message Jesus taught. Jesus was teaching us how to live and function in the kingdom of God and t