bill winston

Unless otherwise noted, all scripture quotations are taken from the
King James Version of the Bible.
Imitate God and Get Results
ISBN 1-59544-117-4
Copyright 2005 Bill Winston
Bill Winston Ministries
P.O. Box 947
Oak Park, Illinois 60303-0947
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April 2011 Reprint

CONTENTS
introduction

chapter one

HOW GOD CREATED YOU FOR DOMINION

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chapter two

LIVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Developing the Right Image of Yourself
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chapter three

PRACTICING THE GOD-KIND OF FAITH

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chapter four

YES, YOU CAN DO MIRACLES

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conclusion

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INTRODUCTION
Do you realize that we are living in the last
days the days Paul called perilous times in his
second letter to Timothy?
As believers, God has entrusted us with an
awesome responsibility. We are the harvesting
generation that must reclaim all the wealth
of the wicked that has been laid up for the just
(Proverbs 13:22), the wealth thats needed to
complete Gods plan of redemption by bringing
the Gospel to every nation.
To do this, we have to operate the same
way God operates with His power, with His
anointing, with His faith, with His love, and by
speaking His Word. We are His children, jointheirs with His Son, Jesus, and we have been
given that ability.

 The purpose of this book is to show you how,

by Gods grace and the power of the Holy Spirit
within you, you can operate like God, even in the
midst of perilous times, and come out on top. Let
me show you how to imitate God and get results.

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HOW GOD CREATED YOU FOR DOMINION

Things are happening fast these days. The
earth is reeling under a curse, the curse that was
brought on by Adam. Ever since Adam fell, sinful
man has been sowing to the flesh, and the earth
has been reaping corruption. Now judgment is
coming on the land.
However, you and I have been chosen by God
to live in this time. Like Queen Esther, we were
born for such a time as this. God not only had
us born now, but born again and equipped with
what it takes to overcome the world by using our
faith.
For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the
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victory that overcometh the world, even

our faith.
(I John 5:4)
We are here to fulfill what I call the Dominion
Mandate. Its the mandate that God gave to Adam
way back in Genesis 1. After God had created the
earth, light, day and night, etc., He created man.
And God said, Let us make man in our
own image, after our likeness: and let
them have dominion over the fish of
the sea, and over the fowl of the air and
over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.
(Genesis 1:26)
I want you to notice one thing. What God
expected Adam and mankind to do was to have
dominion over this earth. Now having dominion
means to rule, to govern, to subdue, or to
manage.

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for dominion

God made the earth for man. He expected

Adam, and those of us who came after him, to
exercise stewardship and ownership to take
care of the earth for God. We were meant to be in
charge here. That was Gods plan, and He never
changes His plan.

Adam was supposed to rule the earth. He
was created in Gods image after Gods likeness.
God didnt say, Let us have dominion. He said,
Let them have dominion. Them was Adam
and Eve. So, as Adams descendants, were the
ones who are to have dominion.
Its also important to know that God first
created Adam as a spirit. He didnt form his body
until Genesis 2:7. God is a spirit, Adam was a
spirit, and you are a spirit, first of all.
You live in your body, but the reason you are
in Gods image and His likeness is that you were
created as a spirit. Your body is just your house
while youre on the earth.
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The reason the Church hasnt been

dominating the earth and our circumstances as we
should have, is that most of us havent realized
who we are. It hasnt been taught.
Mans Reconnection to God
Before Adam sinned, he had a direct line of
communication with God through his spirit. God
constantly gave him revelation knowledge. Thats
how Adam was able to name all of the animals.
He was connected to God and he was walking
in faith and fellowship with God. He perceived
what God thought.
Once he sinned, that connection was broken.
He had to go from revelation to information
- what he could receive through his five senses.
Jesus came to restore that God connection for us,
so that we could walk in revelation knowledge, as
God always had planned.
After you were born again, you became
reconnected to God. You learned from the Word
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how to walk by faith and you started to receive

revelation knowledge, to see things you couldnt
see before.
What you were doing was seeing through
the eye of faith. Faith sees the invisible. When
youre walking in the flesh, walking only in sense
knowledge, you have to depend on information.
You process information with your natural
ability. You reason with your logical mind, and
thats limited, no matter how much education you
have.
Not one ounce of faith comes out of your
head. Faith comes from the spirit, or the heart,
alone. When Adam lost his connection to Gods
revelation knowledge, he had to operate in the
intellectual realm, on head knowledge.
Let me stress what being made in the image
and likeness of God really means for Adam and
for us. It means we are made to act just like God.

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Were Made Like God

We are made to walk just like God, by faith
and not by sight. Were made to talk just like
God, calling things that be not as though they
were. Were made to see just like God, looking
not at the things that are seen, but at the things
that are not seen.
We also are made to think just like God. In
the natural, that just isnt possible, as it says in
Isaiah 55:8-9, For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith
the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts. But once
were born again, God wants us to come on back
up and think like He does.
Thats strong stuff, but weve got to do it.
You cant keep thinking, Im from Alabama or
Im from Iowa. Thats just your body talking.
Where you are from now is from God!

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for dominion

You were born out of the womb of the Holy

Ghost. You were born of God and created in
Christ Jesus for good works that He ordained
before the foundation of the world works you
can do only with Gods ability.
The world needs to see those good works, for
we are in a time when the earth is reeling under
some things that have been done, things that bring
devastation. You see them in the form of sickness
and disease, famine and pestilence. These are
things that Jesus said will be indications of the
last days.
However, we are to be of good cheer for
Jesus has overcome the world, and so have we,
when we operate in faith. In the world ye shall
have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world (John 16:33).

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Faith Dominates the Enemy

Our faith is the first thing the enemy wants
to steal from us. Satan is coming after your faith
because he knows that without it, you can only
go as far as your natural ability can take you. And
thats not far enough.
Without our faith working for us, were
limited to Satans arena, such as is common
to man. And we cannot dominate him with
information; he has access to all there is. We must
have revelation.

Satan has to operate in the natural. Though
hes a fallen spirit, he no longer can operate in the
spirit realm. He cannot go up into that upper level
where you can live. You can put him under your
feet and keep him there. You have authority over
him and over all his demon hosts as well.

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LIVING FROM THE

INSIDE OUT
developing the right image of yourself

Faith Dominates Fear

You need to develop your faith because the
times are only getting harder. People, including
a lot of church people, are filled with fear - fear
of terrorists, fear of disease, fear of the weather.
When the hurricanes hit Florida, lines of cars were
scrambling to get out, almost bumper-to-bumper,
and people were panicking. They couldnt get off
the islands fast enough.
However, were supposed to operate in faith,
not fear. We have been made for such a time as
this. God knew these would be hard times, and
He knew that we could handle them.

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To exercise our faith, were going to have

to start speaking some stuff. Its the only way to
dominate. The world may not understand what
youre saying because youre from another planet.
You were born from above. And God wants to use
you to show people that His Kingdom rules over
everything.
We have to get back to where Adam was
before he fell. Even though he was made in the
image and likeness of God, when Adam sinned,
his faith turned to fear, and his righteousness
to unrighteousness. Gods plan is to restore us;
He wants us to take back everything the devil
has stolen from the body of Christ. Its our
inheritance, and we have to learn how to receive
it.
Something to Meditate. Gods plan was
always for man to have dominion in the earth.
We are to operate the same way He does by
speaking what we want into existence, by saying
exactly what the Word of God says.
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Faith Gets Your Needs Met from the

Inside Out
While your inheritance and your provisions
come from God, they come by faith, from the
inside out. Though they come from God, they
come through your spirit.
You were designed to operate just like God.
And how does God operate? How did He create
the earth, light, day and night, etc.? He spoke
them into being! Where were they before they
manifested? They were in God.
And thats how God wants you to operate.
You never were meant to operate from the outside
in. You always were meant to live from the inside
out.
Just think about that. It changes everything,
especially how youre thinking. If youre meant
to live from the inside out, your provisions dont
come from the outside, they come from the
inside. That changes everything around you.
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There is nothing around you that can keep

you down or hold you back. Because if you want
some more, all you have to do is speak some
more.
Faith Operates from the Heart, not the
Head
Jesus said to the father of the demonpossessed boy in Mark 9:23, If thou canst
believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth.
And how do you believe? With your heart.
You dont believe with your head. The head, the
mind, only believes what it can see. Its designed
that way. The head is not designed to see the
invisible; the heart is.
Your head feeds off the senses what it can
see or feel. But your heart feeds off the Word.
Whatever the Word says, your heart receives.
Many times when you speak something in the
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Word your head will go, Tilt! It wont receive

it because to your head its impossible.
Remember when Jesus came to the gravesite
of Lazarus? Martha came up to Him first and
said, (Im paraphrasing) Master, if you had been
here earlier, my brother wouldnt have died.
And Jesus answered her, Thy brother shall rise
again.
She thought Jesus was speaking of the Last
Day Resurrection. She couldnt get her mind
around the idea that Jesus was going to raise
up Lazarus then and there. And, lets be honest,
you probably couldnt have either, if youd been
there.
Martha had heard Jesus preach about the
resurrection and she believed in that. But she
was looking at the current situation in the natural.
There was a disconnect from her spirit. Her natural
mind was thinking that Lazarus had been dead for
four days and his body was starting to stink.
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But, what Jesus really was saying to Martha

was what God said to Moses way back in Exodus,
I AM. God has no future and no past. Hes
outside of time.
Faith Overrides Time Delays
When youre dealing with faith, you come
out of time zones and go into the eternal. Martha
was looking at time, but when you walk by faith,
you can have dominion over time.
The Syrophenician woman who came to
Jesus in Mark 7:26 had faith that moved Jesus
out of time. Her daughter was sick at home and
she wanted Jesus to heal her. But because she
wasnt a Jew, she didnt have a covenant. Still,
she persisted with her faith.
When Jesus told her He was sent only to the
Jews (at that time), and not to the Gentiles, whom
the Jews considered the same as dogs, the woman
called Jesus Lord and said that even the dogs
get the crumbs that fall under the table.
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Seeing her great faith, Jesus stepped out of

time and healed her daughter. What He did was
give her the same blessing we have as Gentiles
after the cross. He was responding to her and her
faith as if she were under the New Covenant.
When you really have faith in God and His
Word, all things become possible for you. It
means that your heart is convinced. What you
believe has changed you, glory to God!
Faith Draws from Heavens Provisions
You know in your heart, in your spirit man,
that God has a heavenly reservoir, or treasury, for
you. Peter describes it this way, According as
his divine power hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to glory
and virtue (2 Peter 1:3). God has already given
us all things, and all things means that nothing is
left out.

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We started out talking about the perilous

times we are in according to II Timothy 3:1. The
Amplified Bible Translation calls them times
that are hard to deal with and hard to bear.
And its only going to get worse in the worlds
system.
But you and I are in the Kingdom of God
were on the Kingdom system. We have been
sent here as ambassadors to manifest Gods will
in this earth no matter what Satan has done or will
do. Were here to manifest the Kingdom and to
draw in people to be saved.
God Does Not Respond to Begging
We are not beggars. God does not respond
to begging, He responds to faith. Look at the
difference between two beggars we see in the
New Testament.
The beggar Lazarus that Jesus talks about
in Luke 16 sat daily at the gate of the rich man,
begging and getting nothing. The rich man
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was living high, but Lazarus was crippled and

immobile. He even had sores that the dogs came
and licked.
Then this beggar died. Nowhere in the Bible
does it say that he ever got his needs met. He died
just as broke, and just as sick, too, even though
he was the seed of Abraham. Do you know why
he died broke? Because he was trying to beg God
and God doesnt respond to begging.
Now lets look at another beggar - blind
Bartimaeus in Mark 10. He was on the roadside
when Jesus passed by. He knew Who Jesus was,
and when he heard He was passing by he cried
out, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on
me!
Jesus apparently kept walking, which caused
Bartimaeus to yell louder. Those around him told
him to shut up, but he just kept screaming and he
got Jesus attention. Jesus asked him to come, and
Bartimaeus dropped his beggars garment that he
was required to wear and ran to Him.
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Bartimaeus had faith. He knew he wasnt

going to need that beggars garment any longer.
He already saw himself healed.
Jesus asked Bartimaeus what he wanted Him
to do for him, and the beggar replied, Lord, that
I might receive my sight. Can you see that?
He saw with the eye of faith that the sight was
already his my sight it belonged to him. It
had been stored up for him already.
He was demanding from Jesus, getting in His
face. And he received what he had the faith to
demand.
A Personal Testimony Begging vs. Faith
The Lord taught me about begging early in
my ministry, when I was in Minneapolis. It was
almost midnight on a Saturday, and I was trying
to get a message to preach Sunday morning. I was
crying out, God, I need a message. The people

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have to have a message. I was bawling and

squalling, trying to con God.
I heard a voice say, What are you doing?
That brought me up short. God asked me how I
was to come before Him.
I realized I wasnt acting on what the Word
says in Hebrews 4. I wasnt coming boldly
before the throne of grace. I was begging.
I straightened out my thinking and my
asking, and as soon as I did, the sermon started
to flow from God into my spirit. I almost couldnt
write it down fast enough. Where begging
had accomplished nothing, faith and boldness
accomplished everything.
I go to different countries preaching faith, and
for some reason they seem to think that the God
of America is different from the God of Uganda,
or the God of Australia, or the God of some other
country. I dont know where they got that idea.
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Ive got to believe for my healing the same way

theyve got to believe for theirs.
Ive got to believe for the money to operate
our mall facility the same way theyve got
to believe for money to run their churches in
Costa Rica. Ive got to believe for my clothes,
my increase, my promotion, everything, just the
same way they do over in France.
God is no respecter of persons. Wherever
you are, God has put you there so you can
demonstrate that in the Kingdom of God there is
no lack.

No More Begging Allowed!
That begging mentality is a spirit. You let that
thing get on you and youll always be begging.
Youll always want a handout, some welfare,
something for nothing from someone else to take
care of your needs.

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Thats just not the way God wants it. He

wants you to get your needs met from the inside,
by faith.
Youve got to stop that begging. Begging
not only doesnt work, it sets a sad example
for the Kingdom. It makes people think that the
Kingdom is broke. The Kingdom is not broke.
Theres wealth in the Kingdom, but even some
pastors dont know it.
They send me letters asking for money. I
might be able to help them, but thats not Gods
best for them. Instead, I send them tapes teaching
what Im telling you here, so they can get what
they need for themselves, and not have to ask
anybody else.
Instead of begging, stand up for yourself in
righteousness, speaking the Word of God. Thats
what David did when he faced Goliath. He came
up to the front line and found all the Israelite
soldiers hiding from that giant.
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What did David do? David didnt look

at Goliath; he looked at Gods Word. He
had a covenant with almighty God and that
uncircumcised Philistine didnt.
David spoke what he knew he had. He
dominated Goliath just as he had dominated the
lion and the bear when he was a shepherd. David
demonstrated the Kingdom in his day.
Now Dominate Your Circumstances
Now its up to us to demonstrate the Kingdom
in our day, to manifest the power and the glory of
God. Our job is to take back everything that Satan
has stolen.
We have the Dominion Mandate to subdue
the earth. Weve got to start getting some
boldness, Saints.
We have to see ourselves the way God sees
us. The Word says the righteous (thats us) are as
bold as a lion. God will supply your needs just
like He will supply mine, every time.
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Something to Meditate. We have to do more

than speak the way God speaks. We have to think
the way God thinks. And that starts with how we
think about ourselves. We have to see ourselves
as children of the Most High God.
Remember the two blind beggars. Bartimaeus
saw himself healed, and he became what he could
see. David saw himself as a victor, not just over
the lion and the bear, but over Goliath as well.
Get the right image of yourself on the inside,
and before long that image will manifest on the
outside.

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PRACTICING THE
GOD-KIND OF FAITH
God is ready to take you further, much
further, than your natural mind thinks you can go,
because it isnt about your mind. Its about your
spirit, being led by His Spirit.
You shouldnt be looking for welfare; you
should be expecting to fare well. Its time for
the Body of Christ to stop looking like were
something thrown out, orphans with no daddy,
just hoping we can get the building fund going
and get some old van so we can pick some people
up for service because they aint got no car.
We have to understand the promises of God
with our hearts. Our minds just cant get around

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them. Our minds are too small and the promises

are too big. As it says in Hebrews 10:35-36, Cast
not away therefore your confidence, which hath
great recompense of reward. For ye have need of
patience, that after ye have done the will of God,
ye might receive the promise. That confidence,
or faith, must be in our hearts and it links us to a
reward and receiving the promise.
One promise the mind (thats not renewed)
has a hard time understanding is that you can
have what you say. We never can forget that basic
faith scripture in Mark 11:23-24, whosoever
shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to pass; he
shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say
unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall
have them.

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Thats about the best promise you could have.

You do the saying, you do the believing, and God
brings it to pass.
Theres no lack in the Kingdom of God. Start
thinking like God thinks, because as a man
thinketh, so is he.
Its time for the church to get wild for Jesus!
Start dominating the devil by keeping the Word of
God in your mouth day and night, just like it says
in Joshua 1:8, This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all that is written therein: for
then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
When Satan comes to your house, let him
have it! Spear him on the end of your sword.
Let him know you understand and practice the
Dominion Mandate by operating like God, and

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pretty soon you wont be seeing him around as

often. Hell be seeking whom he may devour
somewhere else.
Listen to the Holy Spirit for ways to dominate
in every situation. Be bold! Take your city for
Jesus! Make a declaration in your church one
night. In the name of Jesus, were taking this
whole city, and devil, you cant stop us. God said
were to dominate the whole earth and thats just
what were going to do.
The church isnt supposed to be in the back
of the parade. Were supposed to be the drum
majors, the leaders of the parade.
The devil will try to use your relatives and
your friends to turn you aside. Dont listen to
them. Youre going to be like whomever you
hang around with, and every morning at 4
oclock, I start hanging around with Jesus.

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Prayer and Faith Work Together

Glory to God! My wife said some time
ago, Sweetheart, people see the results of
your hanging around with Jesus, but they dont
know how much time you spend in prayer
every morning. You need to tell them. Some of
them think they just can get up at 8:30, get the
newspaper, have a cup of coffee and turn on the
TV, and still be powerful for God. It doesnt work
that way.
It sure doesnt work that way. To do something
great for God, you have to pray the price. I hit
the carpet on my knees in the morning. God gives
me a watch. He says, Youve got this watch.
That means Im responsible for a certain
amount of prayer to go forth out of my mouth at a
certain hour. Im responsible for taking Chicago
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Speaking of holding back, God is not holding

anything back from you. He wants to give it to
you even more than you want to have it. He is so
good.
But you have to do your part. You are His
arms, His legs, His feet and His mouth in this
hour. If you dont say it, you hold Him back. If
you dont go, He cant go. He is depending on
you as His ambassador.
God has put us here in these last days. Hes
depending on us to get the job done, to get His
plan accomplished. But we cant do anything
without faith.
Faith is not a feeling. Feelings are in the
natural realm, not the spiritual realm. As we said
before, you cant believe an ounce with your
mind; you have to believe with your heart.

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Faith Sees Beyond the Senses

Your mind may believe in the things you can
see, touch, taste, smell, figure out, but thats not
faith. Your heart doesnt participate in those things.
But once you get out beyond what your
senses can perceive or your mind can reason out,
youre in the heart realm, the spirit realm. We can
be witnesses to all nations of what the Kingdom
of God is really like. Romans 14:17 states, For
the kingdom of God is not meat and drink: but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost.
When youre walking in faith, God will
respond. Jesus didnt stop for Bartimaeus because
of his screaming; He stopped because He could
see his faith.
Faith connects you to the anointing, and the
anointing will remove every burden and destroy
every yoke - yokes of lack, yokes of sickness nothing can withstand the anointing.
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Youll begin to see the unseen reality the

heavenly reservoir of blessings that God has
stored up for you. And the blessings arent for
you alone. Theyre to meet the needs of everyone
that you know that God has appointed you to
bless.
First, youll have to get your mind and your
mouth lined up with the Word of God. As long as
you think broke and talk broke, youll stay broke,
no matter how much God wants you to prosper.
Faith Dominates What Appears As
Natural
Part of your work in these perilous times is to
demonstrate the will of God to those around you.
Some of them believe hurricanes and tsunamis
are the will of God. When you know and teach
what the Word says about storms in Mark 4, you
can demolish that idea.
Jesus was crossing the Sea of Galilee with
His disciples. He was in the back of the boat
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sleeping when a fierce storm came up and the

waves began filling the boat. The disciples, even
though they had been hearing Jesus teach about
faith, still became overcome with fear. They
awoke Jesus and asked, Master, dont you care
that were about to die?
Jesus didnt even bother to answer that
foolish question. Instead He took dominion. He
rebuked the wind and stopped the storm. Now, if
that storm had been Gods will, would Jesus have
rebuked it? Of course not! The devil had sent that
storm to kill Jesus and His disciples.
Folks, including a lot of Christian folks, need
to find out what God is really like and what the
devil is really like. As we used to say when I was
a kid, the devil is very good at throwing the
rock and hiding his hand, so people will blame
someone else for what he did.

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Youll hear some foolish Christians saying,

Well, God made me sick and put me in the
hospital so He could teach me something. No,
thats the devil trying to kill you.
Dont fall for his trap. You have authority
over him, so take dominion and stop him in his
tracks. Thats what God expects you to do, not
only for your sake, but also for the sake of others
wholl notice what you did and learn from it.
When you can testify of how God took
away the sickness when you took dominion and
spoke His Word, youll be giving God glory and
showing what He is really like.
Taking dominion applies to your finances
as well. No way are you supposed to be in lack.
Youre supposed to be wealthy.
When you exercise dominion by standing on
the Word, youll have enough for every good
work even after all your own needs are met.
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Everyone around you - your neighbors and your

relatives - should be able to see the blessings of
God on your life.
You Must Overcome Unforgiveness
Those neighbors and relatives can be a
problem. One thing that can stop you from
fulfilling Gods plan for you is unforgiveness.
If someones hurt you, you need to get over
it. You have to let it go, because the enemy will
play on that. Hell use pride to keep you in
unforgiveness. Youll be thinking that because
someone owes you something, youre better than
they are.
What you need in these last days is faith, not
unforgiveness. Unforgiveness will stop your faith
from working.
Overcoming unforgiveness includes forgiving
people for racism: what those people did to me
or to my people. Didnt the Bible say that if
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youre in the Kingdom you have to love your

neighbor? Jesus said that was the second great
commandment of the New Covenant, right after
loving God. Thats all the commandments there
are for us, so wed better keep them!
The damage that fear can cause cant be
emphasized enough. Things really are going to
look bad in these last times. You cant worry
about layoffs. That job isnt your source God
is your source.
Keep your faith on the line and use Gods
Word to get your needs met. Satan responds to
fear the same way God responds to faith. Fear
gets Satan moving. Hell try to use fear to pull
you back over into the sense realm. Stop him by
exercising your dominion, walking in faith, and
using the Word.
Something to Meditate. God used His faith
to create the world. Abraham used his faith to
become the father of nations. Jesus used His
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faith to heal the sick, feed multitudes, and raise

the dead. And, as it says in Romans, we have that
same spirit of faith.
Develop your faith by spending time in the
Word of God. Find promises that apply to what
your need is. Keep speaking the promise, not the
problem. It will come to pass.

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four

YES,
YOU CAN DO MIRACLES
Our first job in these last days is spelled out
for us by Jesus in Matthew 6:33, But seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
I am the righteousness of God, and so are
you! Were in the God class. I used to kind of
shrink back and not say that so boldly because
it would upset folks. Youre saying that youre
God.
No, Im a child of God. I have the same
attributes as my Father. He doesnt have any
problem with me saying that, nor should you. Im
supposed to talk like Him. If He is my father, I am
supposed to act like Him.
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To act like our Father, were going to have

to start speaking to some storms. Were going to
have to start doing things that are supernatural.
We are made for the supernatural; as prophesied
in Isaiah 8:18, Gods children are for signs and
for wonders.
Miracles attract everybody, educated and
uneducated folks alike, because inside every one
of us is a remnant of where we came from and we
want to go home.
We want to go back to the supernatural, to
where God lives, to the eternal. We have a hunger
for it. I know I like miracles to see someone get
up out of a wheelchair or receive a new heart!
God never changes and Hes no respecter of
persons. Its up to us to bosom the promise we
need, and to keep saying it until it manifests in
our lives.

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yes, you can do miracles

When you believe and act on the Word, when

you know who you really are in Christ and the
power thats in His anointing, taking dominion is
not that hard. Its not hard to grow a ministry. Its
not hard to take a city for God.
The problem is, the church hasnt been
following the rules that God laid out. If we
come back to doing it Gods way, we will see
some results that will astound us. There are
two scriptures in I and II Peter that will make it
clearer.
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten
us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead. To an inheritance incorruptible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for you.
(I Peter 1:3- 4)

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Although that inheritance is reserved in

heaven for you, its not talking about when you
get there. Its something you can partake of right
now.
The second scripture is:
Grace and peace be multiplied unto
you through the knowledge of God and
of Jesus our Lord, (Thats revelation
knowledge.) According as his divine
power hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue: Whereby
are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in
the world through lust.
(II Peter 1:2-4)

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yes, you can do miracles

With revelation knowledge, acting in faith on

the precious promises that God has made to us,
we can, like the early church in Acts 17:6, again
turn this world upside down.
We especially are to show people the joy of
the Lord in the midst of hard times. We believe
and live according to Philippians 4:19, But my
God shall supply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Never forget your inheritance, the things
you have received by promise. Hold fast to your
profession of faith, and stay in the spirit realm.
Dont let the devil drag you back into your flesh.
When you go the faith way, nothing can stop
you.
We have been ordained, like Esther, for such
a time as this. God is ready to take us further than
any of us ever have gone in our lives. He loves
to see us exercising our Dominion Mandate,

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start acting like youre in charge here, because
you are!
Something to Meditate. You are the righteous
child of a miracle-working God. You were made
for signs and wonders and miracles. God believes
you can do them. Keep reading and speaking His
Word, and you will be doing them.

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CONCLUSION

I hope this book has convinced you of the

power of God that is in you right now. You were
created to operate the same way your Heavenly
Father does. As you do, youll experience more
of His spiritual and material blessings in your
life. God bless you!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

William (Bill) S. Winston is a

visionary leader with an insightful
awareness of what people need
to succeed and how he can
empower them for success. Born
in Tuskegee, Alabama, Bill credits
the strong community and spiritual influences that
surrounded him while growing up for the bold
determination to be successful and to help others
succeed. As a young boy, he was influenced by
the courageous examples and historic aviation
accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen. As
a young man, he attended the internationally
known Tuskegee Institute (Now Tuskegee
University) where the spirit of invention and
leadership permeated the environment.
After graduating from Tuskegee Institute,
Bill served for six years as a fighter pilot in
the United States Air Force, where he received

numerous awards and medals for his superior

flying skills. His extraordinary achievement in
aerial flight earned him The Distinguished Flying
Cross, The Air Medal for performance in combat,
and Squadron Top Gun Pilot competitions. After
completing his military service, Bill joined the
IBM Corporation as a marketing representative.
His exceptional managerial and relational skills
rapidly earned him several promotions within the
organization. Before he resigned in 1985 to enter
full-time ministry, he was a regional marketing
manager in IBMs Midwest Region and was
responsible for more than $35 million in sales
revenue per year.
Today, Bill Winston is Founder and Pastor of
Living Word Christian Center, a 19,000-member
church located in Forest Park, Illinois. The church
has a broad range of entities including a School
of Ministry and Missions, the Joseph Business
School, the Forest Park Plaza shopping mall, Living Word Christian Academy, and many others.
He also hosts the Believers Walk of Faith televi-

sion and radio broadcast which reaches more than

80 million households nation-wide and overseas.
Pastor Winston is also the Founder and Chairman of The Joseph Center for Business Development and Chairman of the Board of Covenant
Bank.
He is married to Veronica and is the father of
three children: Melody, Nicole, and David.

BOOKS BY BILL WINSTON

Born Again and Spirit Filled

Divine Favor
The Power of the Tithe
Power of the Tongue
The Power of Grace
The Spirit of Leadership
Divine Health: A 30-Day Devotional
Seeding For the Billion Flow
Kingdom of God In You
Transform Your Thinking
Law of Confession

BILL WINSTON MINISTRIES

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PRAYER FOR SALVATION

AND BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of

Your Son Jesus Christ. You said in Your Word
that whosoever shall call upon the Name of the
Lord shall be saved (Romans 10:13). Father, I am
calling on Jesus right now. I believe He died on
the cross for my sins, that He was raised from the
dead on the third day, and Hes alive right now.
Lord Jesus, I am asking You now, come into my
heart. Live Your life in me and through me. I
repent of my sins and surrender myself totally
and completely to You. Heavenly Father, by faith
I now confess Jesus Christ as my new Lord and
Savior from this day forward, I dedicate my life
to serving Him.

TO RECEIVE THE INFILLING

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

My Heavenly Father, I am Your child, for I believe in my heart that Jesus has been raised from
the dead and I have confessed Him as my Lord.
Jesus said, How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who
ask Him. I ask You now in the Name of Jesus
to fill me with the Holy Spirit. I step into the
fullness and power that I desire in the Name of
Jesus. I confess that I am a Spirit-filled Christian.
As I yield my vocal organs, I expect to speak in
tongues for the Spirit gives me utterance in the
Name of Jesus. Praise the Lord! Amen.
Scripture References:
John 14:16-17
Luke 11:13
Acts 1:8a
Acts 2:4
Acts 2:32-33, 39
Acts 8:12-17

Acts 10:44-46
Acts 19:2, 5-6
1 Corinthians 14:2-15
1 Corinthians 14:18, 27
Ephesians 6:18
Jude 1:20