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August 16, 2023
Activate Your Faith
For assuredly, I say to you; whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. (Mark 11:23-24 NKJV)
My beloved God is stretching your faith – stand on His Word, not your circumstances. Faith is not a feeling. You can’t rely on your feelings. What does God’s Word say about the situation? (Luke 1:45) Jesus said, “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” (Mark 11:23-24)
The problem is you read or speak this scripture with your mouth and in your mind, but you do not believe it in your heart, and you’re not acting on what God has put in your heart. (Hebrews 11:6) You must first believe before you can receive. (Hebrews 11:1) Are you hoping your circumstances will change for the better or are you praying by faith God will do what His Word says He will do, and a turnaround is on its way? Hope is not faith, and it will not produce your miracle. When you have been given a death sentence, and the doctor says, “You have six months to live” you are now a candidate for a miracle. I do not care how bad the situation is, ‘you are a candidate for a miracle.” Get excited that you are next in line for a miracle. (Luke 18:27)
When you are in this situation, the doctors have exhausted their ability to help you no Dr. Jesus the great physician, Jehovah Raphe your healer is now in charge. Activate your faith and trust Him to heal and restore you. (James 1:22) Don’t focus on a diagnosis, which can be wrong – focus your faith on God’s Word and listen to healing scriptures set to music. Faith comes by hearing! (Romans 10:17) So if faith comes by hearing, that means you have got to hear something! If God said it, that settles it, I believe it! He is not a man that He should lie. (Numbers 23:19) Then begin to walk by faith and not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7) Sight tries to move you every time. You cannot pray for faith because faith comes from hearing. You gain faith in the knowledge of the Word of God. (Proverbs 2:6) When you know the Word of God faith is automatically there. You must believe when you pray; the having comes after the believing. If you are trying to have the answer yet there is doubt in your heart you will not receive the answer. First, you must believe then you will receive. You must believe while you are still lying in bed, by faith you are healed. It is written, ‘by His stripes, you were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
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