Believing, Speaking and Acting.

Mark 5:22-42; Hebrews 11:6; Matthew 8:5-13; Numbers 23:19; Proverbs 24:19; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Philippians 4:6

We are walking in today:  Believing, Speaking and Acting.

 Are you ready to take a faith building journey through the word of God?  Get an in depth look at three people who's lives were transformed by Jesus' healing ministry and discover how believing, releasing their faith--trusting His word will bring you the same results!  One of the best ways to increase our capacity to receive from God is to study the accounts of the Bible which gives us people who were good receivers--I want to focus on three of my favorite:  the woman with the issue of blood, Jairus the synagogue ruler and the Roman centurion.  We find the first 2 are found in Mark 5.  These two accounts are intertwined in this section of scripture.  They are best told together.  Mark 5:22-34 22) And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 23) 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. 24) And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. 25) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26) And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27) When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28) For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29) And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30) And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31) And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 32) And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33) But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34) And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.  Let's look at the woman with the issue of blood first--she was facing some very bad circumstances.  She was not only sick, she was sick and broke, (and God will heal what is broken!)  She could have easily stayed home and felt sorry for herself.  She could have sat up in her bed crying and thinking if God is good, why had He let this happen to me?!  But something happened to her, that made her decide not to do that.  She heard and welcomed into her heart the word of Jesus.  She had no doubt about what she had heard. That He is a healer to the people and she believed it!  What more did she do?  She acted on that word!  The first action that she took was to open her mouth and say what she believed.  Notice that she did not say what she felt or how terrible her life had been--she spoke words of faith!!  Mark 5:28 (AMP) For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.  She did not just say that once, either, she kept on saying it!  Then she took the next step of faith!  You can't stay there and be stuck.  You have gotta move!  She left her home, in spite of the fact that doing so was against the Jewish law for her to be in a public place in her condition.  She fought and pushed her way through, the crowd that was surrounding Him.  She reached out and touched the hem of His garment--sure enough, exactly what she said happened!  She was instantly healed.  There were other people who were touching Jesus also, but their's was not a touch of faith.  So they did not receive anything from Him.  She is the one who is believing, speaking and acting on His word that she heard about Him.  So she is the one who received--according to Jesus, by her faith, her believing that made her whole!  Mark 5:34 (AMP) And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [distressing bodily] disease.  Look at how Jairus, the synagogue ruler sees what he immediately needed.  We can immediately see striking similarities between his behavior and that of the woman with the issue of blood.  He too had obviously heard the reports of Jesus' love and power--and had believed them.  We also find him speaking in faith, while telling Jesus about his sick daughter:  Mark 5:23 (AMP) And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.   Fiveamprayer, pay attention to those last three words.  They are not a request, they are a declaration of faith!  She will live!  Watch Jesus' response:  Mark 5:24 (AMP) And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him [from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him].   His response shows us clearly how God responds to those that reach out to Him in faith!  Those who are trusting His goodness and power!  Jesus did not say who do you think you are, telling Me what to do?  Maybe I don't want to come to your house.  Who are you to ask me to lay hands on someone for healing?  Maybe I want to do it some other way.  No, Jesus did not say any of those things.  On the contrary He immediately turned and went to Jairus' house, intending to do exactly what he asked.  He was easily entreated--Jesus is easy to receive from.  The Bible doesn't specifically say so, but I believe that Jairus exercised great patience to receive his miracle.  He had already told Jesus that his daughter was at the point of death.  Time was of the essence, but in spite of the critical nature of the situation, Jesus allowed an interruption.  He stopped and spoke to the woman who had been healed of the issue of blood.  Listened to her, and heard the story of her illness and confirmed that her faith has made her whole.  I can just imagine how Jairus could have felt.  Surely he was thinking, hurry up Jesus!  Can't you just talk to this woman, later?  To make matters worse, much worse, by the time the incident is over, Jairus receives very bad news.  Mark 5:35-36, 38-41 (AMP) 35) While He was still speaking, there came some from the ruler’s house, who said [to Jairus], Your daughter has died. Why bother and distress the Teacher any further? 36) Overhearing but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing. 38) When they arrived at the house of the ruler of the synagogue, He looked [carefully and with understanding] at [the] tumult and the people weeping and wailing loudly. 39) And when He had gone in, He said to them, Why do you make an uproar and weep? The little girl is not dead but is sleeping. 40) And they laughed and jeered at Him. But He put them all out, and, taking the child’s father and mother and those who were with Him, He went in where the little girl was lying. 41) Gripping her [firmly] by the hand, He said to her, Talitha cumi—which translated is, Little girl, I say to you, arise [from the sleep of death]!  I think that it is very interesting that when Jesus received the news of Jairus' daughter's death, He says immediately to him, be not afraid, only believe!  Why was Jesus so quick and definite about that?  He knew Jairus' whole hearted faith and his faith filled words had put him in a position to receive his daughter's healing.  He did not allow Jairus' faith to move out of position by letting fear into his heart.  Jesus did not want Jairus to have diminished capacity to receive, by speaking words of doubt and fear.  Thankfully Jairus did exactly what Jesus said.  He went to his house and took the girl by the hand and told her to arise.  She came back to life, healed just like Jairus said she would.  Some people seem to have the idea that faith offends God or maybe that God doesn't want to be bothered.  Religious people especially seem to get upset.  The idea that anyone would be bold enough to expect that God would do exactly what they asked, Him to do.  But the fact is, faith doesn't offend God, it pleases Him!  Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.  God isn't bothered by the boldness of the one who comes to Him in faith.  Because that boldness isn't inspired in the boldness of the person, themselves.  It is inspired by his confidence in God and His goodness, love and power!  One of the best examples of such confidence is found in Matthew chapter 8, the account of the centurion.  Matthew 8:5-13 5) And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6) And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7) And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8) The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9) For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10) When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11) And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12) But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13) And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.  Isn't that amazing?!  Not only did Jesus do what this man requested of Him to do, He changed His plans in accordance with the man's next request.  Jesus intended to go by the house and heal the servant, but the centurion said in essence, I'd rather you not come to my house, because I am not worthy.  Just speak the word and the servant will be healed!
I don't know about you this morning--God is telling us to believe, speak and act and we shall receive.  We are to walk by faith not by sight.  We are no longer stuck, we are believing, speaking and acting on His word.  We are doers of the word, not hearers only.  Press your way through to touch the hem of His garment.  Ask Him to send the word. The word that does not come back void, that accomplishes all that it is sent to do!  Hold on and get unstuck!  Believe, speak and act on the word of God!  We are to speak to those mountains--believing, trusting and acting in faith like never before!  He stands at the door knocking, fiveamprayer.  Will you answer?  Will you get in motion, activating your faith?  God is calling us to believe, speak and act.  Now is not the time to give up nor turn around!  Speak His word!  Get unstuck and stay unstuck!  No weapon formed against us shall prosper!  Keep walking in His word, from Genesis to Revelations.  Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?  If He said it, He shall do it!  Walk by faith and not by sight!  The Lord is our Shepherd, we shall not want!  Tell yourself this morning that you will lay aside every weight that would so easily beset us!  We can cast our cares on Him for He cares for us!  He brought us this far!  Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?  No matter what the world is going through, believe His word and apply it to your life!  Believe, speak and act on it!  I don't care what is coming against you--be not afraid!  We shall reap the harvest if we faint not!  Believe, speak and act, it is time for us to move into position to be blessed.  Come out from among them!  Speak, believe, act on His word!  It doesn't change and neither does He!  Proverbs 24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked.  Tell yourself this morning, this is the year that we will see!  It is revelation time!  God is more than able.  Get up!  He will never leave us nor forsake us!  His goodness endures to all generations!  Thank You Lord!  We are blessed and highly favored!  Believe, speak and act.  The fervent and effectual prayers of the righteous avail much!  He is a deliverer!  What does His word say?  Believe, speak, act.  Be not stuck any more!   What did God say?  Well do you believe Him?  Are you speaking His words?  Are you in motion on what He said?  You have got to believe Him and speak His word.  Get in position, fiveamprayer!  Time to get into action on what He has already told you.  When the money runs out, favor keeps on spending!  He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.  Believe, speak and act on His word.  Be like David, hide His words in your heart that you may not sin against Him.  Put on the whole armor of God that you will be able to stand!  Believe that He hears our every prayer, that is according to His word!  Speak and act on His word.  Don't just sit there and not speak and act on it!  Without faith it is impossible to please Him!  Say it over and over again, like the woman with the issue of blood--I believe You, Lord!  I trust You!  I am not leaning to my own understanding!  I believe there is healing in the land!  2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.  Do you believe it, fiveamprayer?!  It is time to pray without ceasing!  Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  Believe it, speak it and act on it!  That is how we stay unstuck.  We are getting free this week! Thank You God!  Cast down every imagination that would attempt to exalt itself against the knowledge of God.  He said to be of good cheer, He has over come the world.  There will be tribulations in the world, He has made us overcomers and conquers!  On Christ the solid rock we stand!  What did God say?!  Hold to the word!  Walk in the word!  Get in motion on the word!  We are stuck no more!  A praying wife can save her husband.  God is a God of reconciliation, He will heal your marriage!  God supplies all of our needs!  He rewards diligent seekers!  Suit up in the word, to stand!  No longer choose to be stuck!  Reach out to Him, there is enough healing in His garment.  We shall know the truth and the truth shall make us free!  We are created in His likeness and image!  The devil is under our feet!  He has given us dominion.  The devil is still a liar.  The enemies time is up!  The devil wants us to be silent and still.  We are to speak God's word and get in motion!  If He did it for the woman with the issue of blood, Jairus and the centurion--He will certainly do it for us!  He is the same today, yesterday and forever more!   He told Jesus to speak the word only!  Send the word God!  Because we believe it!  It is how all things were made!  Believe it, speak it and act on it!  You said God that we shall reap the harvest if we faint not.  He is more than a conquer, more than a overcomer!  We believe what You said God!  All that You have said about us, that we are fearfully and wonderfully made!  That His grace is sufficient!  We choose to be unstuck!  We lift up fiveamprayer, the fervent effectual prayers of the righteous avail much!  Thank You Lord for lining us up with the word!  Thank You for making us free!  We lift up prayer requests--have them all to believe, speak and act!  Those that need healing, that by Your stripes we were healed!  We repent and turn from our wicked ways!  We believe, speak and act on Your word!  Thank You Lord for forgiving us with no condemnation!  That you would casts our sins into the sea.  Believe, speak and act!  Don't just sit there in your sins!  God forgives us with no condemnation!  Get up today and believe, speak and act!

We seal this prayer in His precious blood, by His Spirit:   We believe it, speak it, and act on it!

Welcome to the overflow...
God's response, your faith has made you whole!  Thank You Lord!  Thank You Lord for sending Your word to heal us, to restore us, to build us up!  This is a faith walk.  Hallelujah!  Thank You God!  Amen and glory to Your name!  We give You all the honor, glory and praise!  No man gets the glory, but You Lord!  Get up with a new mindset and praise Him like never before!  He lead captivity captive!  Get up and give Him some praise this morning!  Hallelujah!  Glory to Your name!  We are free because we believe what God said!   We are casting down every imagination!  Take time out to read these scriptures!  Visit us on facebook, it will encourage you!  Have a blessed day!