Hi, friend! I enjoy singing songs about the Lord and what He has done in us or for us—songs of faith! Our topic today is faith.
But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, ‘Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.’ (Matt. 9:22 NKJV) This woman’s faith reached out and connected with the power that was in Jesus, and she received her healing.
Then He touched their eyes saying, ‘According to your faith let it be to you.’ (Matt. 9:29 NKJV) “According to your faith,” you will receive whatever you need or desire if you will connect to a promise of God found in His Word, and simply and sincerely believe it.
Then Jesus answered and said to her, ‘O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. (Matt. 15:28 NKJV) Jesus says it quite plainly in this verse: “Let it be to you as you desire.” He said that to her because He was also able to say, “Great is your faith!” Your faith is the hand that connects with God’s power and obtains His blessings.
Then Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your faith has made you well.’ And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. (Mk. 10:52 NKJV) This Scripture maintains the Truth revealed in the verse above—that faith obtains the promises.
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’ and it would obey you.” (Luke 17:6 NKJV) Jesus is teaching us that it’s not the amount of faith that’s important or the size of our faith, but rather the purity and sincerity of it. God sees the heart and reads its desires perfectly.
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom. 10:8-9 NKJV) Faith must reside in our hearts before we can speak it, but speak it we must! When we have faith, we receive boldness to decree it and declare it with our lips.
Speak forth your sincere faith today and receive the blessings of God in your life and circumstances.
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