We are to take God's Word like medicine.
Proverbs 4:20-23
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them,
and health/medicine to all their flesh.
Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
Meditate on them as much as possible. The more we let them fill our heart, the more faith will grow and the more effective our prayers will be.
Prayer is neither magical or mechanical. It's an important part of our relationship with God. It's not positive thinking or mind-over matter.
Faith is all about believing God and what He says in His Word.
Prayers concerning God's Will cannot be prayed with "if it be thy will", because His will is known and the "if" puts doubt or unbelief in our request.
"If it be thy will" is only appropriate for prayers of dedication or consecration where His will isn't known.
It is important to pray in faith when God's will is known. Prayers for forgiveness, salvation, healing, safety and protection are all known blessings in His will.
Faith will always praise and worship God before, during and after praying what is His will. This is done before we even see the answer to our prayers because we know He answers us.
"If it be thy will" is only appropriate for prayers of dedication or consecration where His will isn't known.
It is important to pray in faith when God's will is known. Prayers for forgiveness, salvation, healing, safety and protection are all known blessings in His will.
Faith will always praise and worship God before, during and after praying what is His will. This is done before we even see the answer to our prayers because we know He answers us.
As we take in the Word of God and meditate on it, faith grows and begins to stir in our heart.
By praying God's Word back to Him, we honor Him because His Word reveals His heart to us. Also by praying it back to Him our heart begins to line up with His.
Remember that we are not just seeking His blessings, we are seeking the Blesser!
By praying His Word back to Him, we are exercising our faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Jesus said that faith is like a mustard seed, it isn't the size that is important, its what we do with it. A seed must be planted and prayer is a way to plant it.
By praying God's Word back to Him, we honor Him because His Word reveals His heart to us. Also by praying it back to Him our heart begins to line up with His.
Remember that we are not just seeking His blessings, we are seeking the Blesser!
By praying His Word back to Him, we are exercising our faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Jesus said that faith is like a mustard seed, it isn't the size that is important, its what we do with it. A seed must be planted and prayer is a way to plant it.
The Word of God shows us the will of God and helps us to pray effectively.
1 John 5:14-15 "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He hears us:
And if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him."
Salvation, healing, deliverance, prosperity, love, joy, peace, and so much more is God's will for us; so we can pray confidently, knowing that He hears us and that we will receive what we ask. Of course it has to be according to His will.
In other words, we can't as for somebody else's husband or wife or anything that belongs to someone else. We can't ask for someone death or disaster or anything that may harm someone else. That all belongs to satan.
John 10:10 "The thief [satan]comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus]am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
John 10:10 distinguishes what is from the devil and what is from God.
1 John 5:14-15 "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He hears us:
And if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him."
Salvation, healing, deliverance, prosperity, love, joy, peace, and so much more is God's will for us; so we can pray confidently, knowing that He hears us and that we will receive what we ask. Of course it has to be according to His will.
In other words, we can't as for somebody else's husband or wife or anything that belongs to someone else. We can't ask for someone death or disaster or anything that may harm someone else. That all belongs to satan.
John 10:10 "The thief [satan]comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus]am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
John 10:10 distinguishes what is from the devil and what is from God.
Prayer is not about overcoming God's reluctance, but about laying hold of his willingness. God's willingness to heal is seen in His Word.
Begin reading the scriptures regarding the present need. Read them out loud, so that your eyes see them, your mouth will speak them, and your ears can hear them; then your minds can perceive them. Keep reading them, letting them penetrate into your heart and into your spirit.
"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"
Romans 10:17
Ask the Holy Spirit to make these words alive inside you. Then you will be able to speak them out by faith.
Jesus said that the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.
Begin reading the scriptures regarding the present need. Read them out loud, so that your eyes see them, your mouth will speak them, and your ears can hear them; then your minds can perceive them. Keep reading them, letting them penetrate into your heart and into your spirit.
"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"
Romans 10:17
Ask the Holy Spirit to make these words alive inside you. Then you will be able to speak them out by faith.
Jesus said that the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.
"For only we who believe God can enter into his place of rest."
Hebrews 4:3
When we are in difficult situations and need a miracle, we need to determine what we believe. Is it God's Word or is it what people say or our circumstances.
What we believe produces rest and what we hear determines what we believe. If we haven't entered into rest, we are not to waste our time feeling condemned, discouraged or upset; but just realize that our faith isn't strong enough yet to produce rest.
So we must go to the Word of God and see what it says about our situation. Then get the scriptures that cover our case and feed [read, speak and meditate by hearing them over and over] on them, which will produce faith. They will get into the heart and what gets into the heart will come out our mouths. Matthew 12:34
Hebrews 4:3
When we are in difficult situations and need a miracle, we need to determine what we believe. Is it God's Word or is it what people say or our circumstances.
What we believe produces rest and what we hear determines what we believe. If we haven't entered into rest, we are not to waste our time feeling condemned, discouraged or upset; but just realize that our faith isn't strong enough yet to produce rest.
So we must go to the Word of God and see what it says about our situation. Then get the scriptures that cover our case and feed [read, speak and meditate by hearing them over and over] on them, which will produce faith. They will get into the heart and what gets into the heart will come out our mouths. Matthew 12:34
". . .for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
Luke 6:45
We can find out why a person is struggling in faith by just listening to them for a short while.
Not only can we locate other people's faith by their words, we can also discover what we really believe as we listen to our own words.
When things aren't working well, we must listen to what we say. Our words are important. If we can get our thinking, believing and speaking straightened out, our lives will get straightened out.
Luke 6:45
We can find out why a person is struggling in faith by just listening to them for a short while.
Not only can we locate other people's faith by their words, we can also discover what we really believe as we listen to our own words.
When things aren't working well, we must listen to what we say. Our words are important. If we can get our thinking, believing and speaking straightened out, our lives will get straightened out.
"For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things.
And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong thing], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature."
James 3:2 AMP
If we can control our mouth, we can control our body and entire nature. James gives us information about the tongue. We can apply his words to our own life.
The problems we face come from within, our resistant will, the lusts of the flesh, etc. And they come without, symptoms of illnesses and accidents may come against us.
The principle holds true; as we control our mouth, we can control ourselves inside and out.
And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong thing], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature."
James 3:2 AMP
If we can control our mouth, we can control our body and entire nature. James gives us information about the tongue. We can apply his words to our own life.
The problems we face come from within, our resistant will, the lusts of the flesh, etc. And they come without, symptoms of illnesses and accidents may come against us.
The principle holds true; as we control our mouth, we can control ourselves inside and out.
"And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner."
Luke 18:9-13
Jesus is trying to show us the difference between the two men's attitudes:
The Pharisee arrogantly boasting....
The Publican humble....
True, we must stand up in our righteousness; but we shouldn't come with an arrogant attitude.
God's mercy, compassion and grace provides everything we have in Jesus Christ and we must treat His blessing as a gift.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner."
Luke 18:9-13
Jesus is trying to show us the difference between the two men's attitudes:
The Pharisee arrogantly boasting....
The Publican humble....
True, we must stand up in our righteousness; but we shouldn't come with an arrogant attitude.
God's mercy, compassion and grace provides everything we have in Jesus Christ and we must treat His blessing as a gift.
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
Romans 12:2
In order for God's word to work, we must be sure we're following His instructions. Many times we are deceived because we only try to stand on His word to believe for our answers to prayer.
We need to stand on the right scriptures, have them located and memorized and planted on the inside of us. We don't need head knowledge. Our heart needs to grasp what the WORD is really saying.
We need to read, study, meditate and confess the WORD continually. It takes time and work to believe what God says in our heart and not just our head, it's the difference between victory and defeat.
Do we just mentally agree with the word or do we know, that we know, that we know what it says?
If we go to the word and grasp it and believe it; then we can watch it go into action because "God watches over His Word to perform it"! Jeremiah 1:12.
Romans 12:2
In order for God's word to work, we must be sure we're following His instructions. Many times we are deceived because we only try to stand on His word to believe for our answers to prayer.
We need to stand on the right scriptures, have them located and memorized and planted on the inside of us. We don't need head knowledge. Our heart needs to grasp what the WORD is really saying.
We need to read, study, meditate and confess the WORD continually. It takes time and work to believe what God says in our heart and not just our head, it's the difference between victory and defeat.
Do we just mentally agree with the word or do we know, that we know, that we know what it says?
If we go to the word and grasp it and believe it; then we can watch it go into action because "God watches over His Word to perform it"! Jeremiah 1:12.
"The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself."
Ecclesiates 10:12
Our words create an atmosphere; they are powerful! They carry faith or unbelief, love or hate; they hurt or destroy. Whatever we fill our words with will affect our lives.
Proverbs 18:21 says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue...." we are what we have be saying. We must go to the Bible and get our minds renewed with the Word of God, so our thinking is straightened out, then we will speak great things to effect our lives.
We are in great shape when we get our thinking, speaking and believing in line with God's words!
Ecclesiates 10:12
Our words create an atmosphere; they are powerful! They carry faith or unbelief, love or hate; they hurt or destroy. Whatever we fill our words with will affect our lives.
Proverbs 18:21 says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue...." we are what we have be saying. We must go to the Bible and get our minds renewed with the Word of God, so our thinking is straightened out, then we will speak great things to effect our lives.
We are in great shape when we get our thinking, speaking and believing in line with God's words!
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised).
Hebrews 10:23
We are told to hold on to our faith. If we have to hold on to something, it means it is something we can lose. One of the most difficult things to hold is our confession of our faith.
Someone can make a comment to us that will tempt us to change from our confession of faith to the natural realm and speak it out. We can hold fast to our circumstances or we can hold fast to our faith in God's Word about our circumstances.
Holding fast to God's Word about our circumstances will bring us the results we will be happy with.
Hebrews 10:23
We are told to hold on to our faith. If we have to hold on to something, it means it is something we can lose. One of the most difficult things to hold is our confession of our faith.
Someone can make a comment to us that will tempt us to change from our confession of faith to the natural realm and speak it out. We can hold fast to our circumstances or we can hold fast to our faith in God's Word about our circumstances.
Holding fast to God's Word about our circumstances will bring us the results we will be happy with.
"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
In this verse, the word therefore is used 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.
We can spend a lot of time feeding on God's Word, but what we continually say is what we'll ultimately believe.
2 Corinthians 4:13
In this verse, the word therefore is used 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.
We can spend a lot of time feeding on God's Word, but what we continually say is what we'll ultimately believe.
"Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby."
John 11:1,3,4
We must not misunderstand Jesus' comment of Lazarus' sickness. He was not saying, "Lazarus' sickness isn't unto death; but that his suffering with this sickness to bring God glory."
If we're not careful, we can get confused because we don't study the Word enough to rightly divide it.
Jesus wasn't talking about the problem. He was talking about the result. Jesus always talked about the end result. He was saying the end result of this sickness will not be death but the glory of God. His life was given back to him when Jesus raised him from the dead.
Lazarus' sickness wasn't for the glory of God. It was his resurrection from the dead that brought God glory; the end result.
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby."
John 11:1,3,4
We must not misunderstand Jesus' comment of Lazarus' sickness. He was not saying, "Lazarus' sickness isn't unto death; but that his suffering with this sickness to bring God glory."
If we're not careful, we can get confused because we don't study the Word enough to rightly divide it.
Jesus wasn't talking about the problem. He was talking about the result. Jesus always talked about the end result. He was saying the end result of this sickness will not be death but the glory of God. His life was given back to him when Jesus raised him from the dead.
Lazarus' sickness wasn't for the glory of God. It was his resurrection from the dead that brought God glory; the end result.
"And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him [Jesus] he fell at His feet, and besought Him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her that she may be healed; and she shall live.
And Jesus went with him......
Mark 5:22-24
Jesus had started walking with Jairus to his house when a woman with an issue of blood came up behind Him in the crowd and touched the hem of His garment.
Jesus turned and asked who had touch Him, so the woman fell down before Him and told Him how she had been healed.
All this was going on while Jairus' daughter was at home dying.
When Jesus left the woman and started again to Jairus' house, some one came running and told Jairus that it was too late and not to trouble the Master because his daughter was dead.
Immediately Jesus turned to Jairus and told him not to fear but only believe. So at that point Jairus had a choice to either fear or believe Jesus. The man chose to continue believing Jesus that his daughter would be healed. His choice brought Jesus on to his home and his daughter was raised up and made whole.
Our choices can bring us the answer or open the door for the devil to attack us.
And Jesus went with him......
Mark 5:22-24
Jesus had started walking with Jairus to his house when a woman with an issue of blood came up behind Him in the crowd and touched the hem of His garment.
Jesus turned and asked who had touch Him, so the woman fell down before Him and told Him how she had been healed.
All this was going on while Jairus' daughter was at home dying.
When Jesus left the woman and started again to Jairus' house, some one came running and told Jairus that it was too late and not to trouble the Master because his daughter was dead.
Immediately Jesus turned to Jairus and told him not to fear but only believe. So at that point Jairus had a choice to either fear or believe Jesus. The man chose to continue believing Jesus that his daughter would be healed. His choice brought Jesus on to his home and his daughter was raised up and made whole.
Our choices can bring us the answer or open the door for the devil to attack us.
"The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
And when he had given thanks, he brake it and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Under the new covenant, we take communion to look back and remember what Jesus did for us.
The perfect Lamb shed His blood to redeem us from every yoke of bondage that includes healing as well as forgiveness.
Communion services should be some of the biggest healing rallies. When we take part in communion we remember what Jesus did for us. The bread reminds us of His body broken for our physical healing.
Thank you Jesus that you shed your blood for our sins and the beating you took for our healings.
And when he had given thanks, he brake it and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come."
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Under the new covenant, we take communion to look back and remember what Jesus did for us.
The perfect Lamb shed His blood to redeem us from every yoke of bondage that includes healing as well as forgiveness.
Communion services should be some of the biggest healing rallies. When we take part in communion we remember what Jesus did for us. The bread reminds us of His body broken for our physical healing.
Thank you Jesus that you shed your blood for our sins and the beating you took for our healings.
"And being not weak in faith, he [Abraham] considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Romans 4:19
Abraham never denied the problem;he just didn't consider it. God doesn't want us to deny that problems exists. That would be lying.
God wants us to consider His word and keep our eyes on the answer. He wants us to say what His word says and not what we look like or feel.
The word says that by Jesus' stripes we are healed. So we are to choose to believe His word and not consider how we look or feel.
Then soon our bodies will look and feel what the word says.
Romans 4:19
Abraham never denied the problem;he just didn't consider it. God doesn't want us to deny that problems exists. That would be lying.
God wants us to consider His word and keep our eyes on the answer. He wants us to say what His word says and not what we look like or feel.
The word says that by Jesus' stripes we are healed. So we are to choose to believe His word and not consider how we look or feel.
Then soon our bodies will look and feel what the word says.
"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
Romans 5:5
One way for us to stay healthy, spirit, soul and body is to walk in love.
God gave His laws and commandment to His people to prove to them that they needed a Savior.
Galatians 3:24 says the served as a schoolmaster to bring His people to Jesus. They needed a redeemer.
Are we able to obey Jesus' commandment to "love one another" [John 13:34] any better than the Old Testament people were able to keep the Law? The people under the Law had no power to keep it. But we who are under the New Testament, who are born-again with the Holy Spirit indwelling us have the love of God in our spirits to give us the power to keep the law of love. And as long as we walk in love, we have the power to fulfill the other commandments also.
Our purpose on this earth is to walk in love. And as long was we walk in love and obedience, our God will take sickness from us when we ask.
Romans 5:5
One way for us to stay healthy, spirit, soul and body is to walk in love.
God gave His laws and commandment to His people to prove to them that they needed a Savior.
Galatians 3:24 says the served as a schoolmaster to bring His people to Jesus. They needed a redeemer.
Are we able to obey Jesus' commandment to "love one another" [John 13:34] any better than the Old Testament people were able to keep the Law? The people under the Law had no power to keep it. But we who are under the New Testament, who are born-again with the Holy Spirit indwelling us have the love of God in our spirits to give us the power to keep the law of love. And as long as we walk in love, we have the power to fulfill the other commandments also.
Our purpose on this earth is to walk in love. And as long was we walk in love and obedience, our God will take sickness from us when we ask.
"When he [Jesus] had thus spoken, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and he anointed the eyes of the bind man with the clay and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, [which is by interpretation, Sent.] He went his way therefore and washed and came seeing.
John 9:6,7
Jesus asked this man to act his faith by going and wash. We must not do something just because it worked for someone else, but let God show us what to do or how to act in faith.
That we know of, Jesus didn't tell anyone else to go dip in that pool. He gave people a variety of instructions for acting their faith.
We are not to try to make something happen instead of acting because we believe God has already healed us.
We must let God teach us what we need to do to act in obedience to His word and to receive by faith.
John 9:6,7
Jesus asked this man to act his faith by going and wash. We must not do something just because it worked for someone else, but let God show us what to do or how to act in faith.
That we know of, Jesus didn't tell anyone else to go dip in that pool. He gave people a variety of instructions for acting their faith.
We are not to try to make something happen instead of acting because we believe God has already healed us.
We must let God teach us what we need to do to act in obedience to His word and to receive by faith.
"And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, ...came in the press behind and touched his garment."
Mark 5:25,27
The more we consider this woman with the issue of blood, the more we understand that she had to be determined to be healed.
Under Jewish law, she was considered unclean and when a woman with an issue of blood was out in public, she risked being stoned.
And if that wasn't bad enough, a ruler of the synagogue was walking with Jesus at the time.
Jesus was on His way to Jairus' house to heal his daughter when He perceived power flowing out of Him and stopped to find out who had touched Him. Jairus had the authority to have her stoned.
This woman had to overcome her fear and go against the religious leaders. She also had to overcome unbelief and her weakness. She had to decide that no matter what happened, she was going to receive her healing.
We have to do the same and not care what others say if we want to receive out healing. We have to take a stand on God's Word and that's all there is to it.
Mark 5:25,27
The more we consider this woman with the issue of blood, the more we understand that she had to be determined to be healed.
Under Jewish law, she was considered unclean and when a woman with an issue of blood was out in public, she risked being stoned.
And if that wasn't bad enough, a ruler of the synagogue was walking with Jesus at the time.
Jesus was on His way to Jairus' house to heal his daughter when He perceived power flowing out of Him and stopped to find out who had touched Him. Jairus had the authority to have her stoned.
This woman had to overcome her fear and go against the religious leaders. She also had to overcome unbelief and her weakness. She had to decide that no matter what happened, she was going to receive her healing.
We have to do the same and not care what others say if we want to receive out healing. We have to take a stand on God's Word and that's all there is to it.
"Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."
Matthew 15:25-28
If that had happen to us, most would have given up; but not this woman.
First Jesus ignored her; then He said to His disciples, "I'm not even sent to help her." Still she continued to worship Him saying, Lord help me." She would leave Him alone.
Then Jesus told her it wasn't right to take the children's bread and give it to dogs. He called her a dog!
Most of us would have gone home angry; but she said, "Truth Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
She was saying, Lord I don't need the whole loaf, give me a crumb. I know what your bread will do.
She talking about how powerful Jesus was. He could call her any thing, but heal my daughter!
Jesus said, "With faith like that, you can have anything you want."
He took her to the limit and she past. He knew her faith would turn His power loose.
Her daughter was healed then!
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."
Matthew 15:25-28
If that had happen to us, most would have given up; but not this woman.
First Jesus ignored her; then He said to His disciples, "I'm not even sent to help her." Still she continued to worship Him saying, Lord help me." She would leave Him alone.
Then Jesus told her it wasn't right to take the children's bread and give it to dogs. He called her a dog!
Most of us would have gone home angry; but she said, "Truth Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
She was saying, Lord I don't need the whole loaf, give me a crumb. I know what your bread will do.
She talking about how powerful Jesus was. He could call her any thing, but heal my daughter!
Jesus said, "With faith like that, you can have anything you want."
He took her to the limit and she past. He knew her faith would turn His power loose.
Her daughter was healed then!
"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." Joshua 1:8
If we want to walk in divine health and God desires that we do, we have to be doers of His Word. We must meditate on God's promises. That way we will find His Word getting so big on the inside of us that we start acting like healthy people.
He also says that WE will make our way prosperous and/or deal wisely in all the affairs of life.
God has made health and success available to us in every area of our lives. It's our choice whether or not we become a doer of His Word and actually receive what He has given us.
If we want to walk in divine health and God desires that we do, we have to be doers of His Word. We must meditate on God's promises. That way we will find His Word getting so big on the inside of us that we start acting like healthy people.
He also says that WE will make our way prosperous and/or deal wisely in all the affairs of life.
God has made health and success available to us in every area of our lives. It's our choice whether or not we become a doer of His Word and actually receive what He has given us.
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witness." 1 Timothy 6:12
Some think when a person operates in faith, they wouldn't have any problems. If we pray for no problem we are asking to die because it is the only way to get away from problems. We can count on it because the enemy will come with them. He comes to kill, steal and destroy. John 10:10.
The devil tries to stir up negative circumstances, symptoms, thoughts, imaginations and trials. He does anything he can to discourage us and to make us quit.
We need to stay scriptural, when every time symptoms, temptations, test or trials come along. We throw in his face the Word of God, in the name of Jesus!
Some think when a person operates in faith, they wouldn't have any problems. If we pray for no problem we are asking to die because it is the only way to get away from problems. We can count on it because the enemy will come with them. He comes to kill, steal and destroy. John 10:10.
The devil tries to stir up negative circumstances, symptoms, thoughts, imaginations and trials. He does anything he can to discourage us and to make us quit.
We need to stay scriptural, when every time symptoms, temptations, test or trials come along. We throw in his face the Word of God, in the name of Jesus!
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." James 1:2-4.
"Let patience have her perfect work...." test and trials don't perfect us. It is what we do with them that is important.
We are not perfect because of a bunch of problems come our way. We are perfected because we stick with the Word of God in the midst of those problems and patiently endure. That's when patience has its perfect work.
Patience is constant endurance. When we walk in patience, we stay consistent throughout our problems. We base everything on God's Word.
We can't get up in the morning and check to see how we feel about what is going on in our lives or bodies. We must open our Bibles and tell ourselves how we feel according to the Word of God.
"Let patience have her perfect work...." test and trials don't perfect us. It is what we do with them that is important.
We are not perfect because of a bunch of problems come our way. We are perfected because we stick with the Word of God in the midst of those problems and patiently endure. That's when patience has its perfect work.
Patience is constant endurance. When we walk in patience, we stay consistent throughout our problems. We base everything on God's Word.
We can't get up in the morning and check to see how we feel about what is going on in our lives or bodies. We must open our Bibles and tell ourselves how we feel according to the Word of God.
Jesus went to the cross and shed His blood for us. Through His death, burial and resurrection, He forgave our sins, redeemed us, delivered us from the power of darkness and enable us to become partakers of His inheritance.
Most Christians have had a very low opinion of what redemption really is. They will say, "Well, Jesus redeemed me from sin." That's true, but there's so much more to it. Thank God, we've been redeemed from every curse in the Old Testament and that includes sickness!
Jesus didn't redeem us from all the Old Testament blessings, healing was a blessing back then, so it's still a blessing. Jesus didn't do away with the blessings; He just added to them.
Jesus not only redeemed us from our sins, but He also redeemed us from torment and oppression so we could have peace. He redeemed us from sickness so we could have health.
God's word says we were forgiven, delivered and healed. Not all we have to do is receive by faith any and all of the covenant blessings.
They all belong to us because Jesus has already paid the price so we don't have to.
Most Christians have had a very low opinion of what redemption really is. They will say, "Well, Jesus redeemed me from sin." That's true, but there's so much more to it. Thank God, we've been redeemed from every curse in the Old Testament and that includes sickness!
Jesus didn't redeem us from all the Old Testament blessings, healing was a blessing back then, so it's still a blessing. Jesus didn't do away with the blessings; He just added to them.
Jesus not only redeemed us from our sins, but He also redeemed us from torment and oppression so we could have peace. He redeemed us from sickness so we could have health.
God's word says we were forgiven, delivered and healed. Not all we have to do is receive by faith any and all of the covenant blessings.
They all belong to us because Jesus has already paid the price so we don't have to.
Hearing the Word of God produces faith. We can't call on God unless we believe and we can't believe unless we hear. Romans 10:13-14.
That's why hearing and healing go hand in hand. Once we hear, we can believe; and once we believe, we can be healed.
Romans 10:17 says, "So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God." Hearing God's Word causes faith the rise up on the inside of us. That's why Mark 9:23 says, "All things are possible to him that believeth."
God made it easy for us. He said simply to hear and be healed. So if we are having trouble believing God for our healing, we don't try to work up faith; we back to the Word of God and hear what He said by reading it out loud. Then keep on hearing until faith rises up on the inside.
Healing will be the result.
That's why hearing and healing go hand in hand. Once we hear, we can believe; and once we believe, we can be healed.
Romans 10:17 says, "So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God." Hearing God's Word causes faith the rise up on the inside of us. That's why Mark 9:23 says, "All things are possible to him that believeth."
God made it easy for us. He said simply to hear and be healed. So if we are having trouble believing God for our healing, we don't try to work up faith; we back to the Word of God and hear what He said by reading it out loud. Then keep on hearing until faith rises up on the inside.
Healing will be the result.
My blogs have had technical difficulties since Nov 20th. The company I am with put up a create a new blog page and it kept me from getting to my blog dashboard. So I had figured I am out of the blogging business.
There has been a lot of communication between myself and google, blogger.com and webcolleagues in order to get this back online. I do thank every body for their patience and all those who helped to solve the problem. I am sure I wasn't the only one who was having this problem because there are 100's of thousand of people blogging on these cites. Thanks again everyone!
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