"We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed and therefore have I spoken; we also believe and therefore speak."
2 Corinthians 4:13
Paul uses the word therefore to combine the two parts of faith.
If we're going to believe something, we also have to speak it.
Believing alone doesn't make it come to pass.
It has to be combined with saying what God's Word says.
Jesus said, "If you believe in your heart that what you say will come to pass, you'll have whatever you say." Mark 11:23
The truth is, we can spend a lot of time feeding on God's Word, but what we continually say is what we'll actually believe.
When we first start saying, "By Jesus' stripes I was healed", it may sound strange.
It's easy to think we know the Bible says that, but we feel sick from head to toe.
But as we keep saying it and saying it, soon we'll believe it no matter what we feel like.
We get to that place of faith by feeding on God's Word and speaking it with our mouth.
Once we believe in our heart what God says, we can say it with faith behind it.
Then we can get ready for the answer to come to pass.
