All eyes were riveted on Dr. Jesse Duplantis as he delivered a powerful message to the church. "I am not participating in the world's recession!"

"Nothing is achieved without faith. Nothing is impossible with faith. There is only one place from which you can overcome the world and that's the faith zone. See, when you live in the faith zone, you're cooking. You're like Michael Jordan when he's in the zone, slamming the baskets and building the score."

People ask me, "Why are you into this faith stuff?"

I'll tell you the same thing I tell them: nothing is achieved without faith, and nothing is impossible with faith. I've lived in the doubt zone. I've lived in the unbelief zone, I've lived in the drug and alcohol zone. But I prefer to live in the faith zone. Why? Because faith produces things and it pleases God.

If I allowed myself to dwell on the finances I need to meet my budget every month, I'd go into the depression zone. I've been asked, "Don't you get nervous about it?"

No, I don't. First, there's no way I can generate the kind of cash flow needed each month for telefvision production and airtime, magazine printing and postage, evangelistic meetings, and the many other outreaches of my ministry. Second, I refuse to walk into the depression zone.

"Well, what makes it work?"

What makes it work is 1 John 5:4, "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. I've been born of God, and the victory that overcomes the world is my faith!" The bible says that every man has been given the measure of faith. ....(Romans 12:3) Have faith in your faith and step over into the faith zone. When you do you'll have to delete some words from your vocabulary. One of them is the word "impossible." Nothing is impossible when you live in the faith zone, regardless of the economy.