Mark 5:28–29
28For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” 29Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
You have heard people of the world say, “I will believe it only when I see it.” Generally, that is the way the world thinks. But God’s ways are not like the ways of the world. The world says, “If I can’t feel it or see it, I cannot believe the miracle is here.” God says, “If you believe it before you feel it or see it, you will see your miracle.”
Believing first before seeing the evidence of what we are believing for is called faith. Faith is like a spark and Jesus is the dynamite powder.
In the story of the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, there were many people who touched Jesus (Mark 5:31), but nothing happened to them. They didn’t touch Him in faith. But when the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years came to Him and touched Him in faith, He felt power leave His body (Mark 5:30), and it sparked off an explosion of healing in the woman’s body!
Hearing about how good, kind and loving Jesus was fired her faith to believe that He could and would heal her. So convinced was she (even when the condition in her body was still evident) that she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Did she experience her healing first before she believed? No, she believed first in Jesus’ goodness and power, acted in faith and only then felt the healing in her body.
In the same way, God wants you to believe in His goodness and love toward you. He wants you to know how willing He is to act on your behalf to bless you, and how, with Christ, He will freely give you every good thing. (Romans 8:32)
He wants you to declare by faith that all is and shall be well with you, and to expect to see just that. And then, no matter how long you have had the problem, no matter how bad the experts say it is, an explosion of healing and restoration will take place, and you will receive what you are believing for!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Recieve His Mercy = Joel Osteen
TODAY'S SCRIPTURE
"…Mercy triumphs over judgment"
(James 2:13, NIV)
We've all made mistakes. We've all made wrong choices; but as believers in Jesus, that doesn't change our heritage. God doesn't kick us out of the kingdom because we're not perfect. Maybe you don't feel like you deserve God's goodness, or you think you're supposed to suffer through life and just endure that problem. But friends, this is what mercy is all about. His mercy will renew and restore you if you receive it by faith today.
No matter what you may have done wrong, you are still the apple of God's eye. You are still His most prized possession. You can still activate God's promises by faith today. Why don't you shake off the guilt and condemnation? Put your shoulders back and say, "I refuse to live below my privileges. I may not be perfect, but I am forgiven. I may have made mistakes, but God knows my heart is to please Him, and I am changing my ways. Even though I may have brought this trouble on myself, I'm going to stay in faith and expect God to turn it around."
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
" Gracious heavenly Father, thank You for Your mercy. Thank You for receiving me, loving me, cleansing me, and changing me. I dedicate every area of my life to You and invite You to have Your way in me. In Jesus' Name. Amen."
"…Mercy triumphs over judgment"
(James 2:13, NIV)
We've all made mistakes. We've all made wrong choices; but as believers in Jesus, that doesn't change our heritage. God doesn't kick us out of the kingdom because we're not perfect. Maybe you don't feel like you deserve God's goodness, or you think you're supposed to suffer through life and just endure that problem. But friends, this is what mercy is all about. His mercy will renew and restore you if you receive it by faith today.
No matter what you may have done wrong, you are still the apple of God's eye. You are still His most prized possession. You can still activate God's promises by faith today. Why don't you shake off the guilt and condemnation? Put your shoulders back and say, "I refuse to live below my privileges. I may not be perfect, but I am forgiven. I may have made mistakes, but God knows my heart is to please Him, and I am changing my ways. Even though I may have brought this trouble on myself, I'm going to stay in faith and expect God to turn it around."
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
" Gracious heavenly Father, thank You for Your mercy. Thank You for receiving me, loving me, cleansing me, and changing me. I dedicate every area of my life to You and invite You to have Your way in me. In Jesus' Name. Amen."
You, brethren, are not in darkness..... You are all sons of light 1Thessalonians5:4-5
You, brethren, are not in darkness..... You are all sons of light 1Thessalonians5:4-5
The born again Christian sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful. His eyes have been opened to spiritual truth.
In Christ's first sermon at Nazareth He said that one of the reasons he had come to earth was to preach "recovery of sight to the blind" (Luke4:18). By nature we are all spiritually blind because of sin. But the spirit of God helps us see our sin and helplessness and shows us God's redeeming Grace in Christ. The spirit reveals the truth of Jesus' declaration: "i am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life"(John 8:12)
In the Bible we are called Children of the Light and Children of the day" (1 Thess. 5:5), because it pleased God to share his mysteries and secrets with us. We ware no longer in the dark - we know where we came from, we know why we are here, and we know where we are going. In the midst of the world walking in spiritual darkness, walk as a child of the light!
The born again Christian sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful. His eyes have been opened to spiritual truth.
In Christ's first sermon at Nazareth He said that one of the reasons he had come to earth was to preach "recovery of sight to the blind" (Luke4:18). By nature we are all spiritually blind because of sin. But the spirit of God helps us see our sin and helplessness and shows us God's redeeming Grace in Christ. The spirit reveals the truth of Jesus' declaration: "i am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life"(John 8:12)
In the Bible we are called Children of the Light and Children of the day" (1 Thess. 5:5), because it pleased God to share his mysteries and secrets with us. We ware no longer in the dark - we know where we came from, we know why we are here, and we know where we are going. In the midst of the world walking in spiritual darkness, walk as a child of the light!
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