Mar 5:25-34 WNT Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from hemorrhage, (26) and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse, (27) heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak; (28) for she said, “If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured.” (29) In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured. (30) Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” (31) “You see the multitude pressing you on all sides,” His disciples exclaimed, “and yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?'” (32) But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this, (33) until the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself at His feet, and told Him all the truth. (34) “Daughter,” He said, “your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint.”
Here we have a story of a woman who suffered for twelve years with a certain affliction. From the story we can conclude that she was incurable. After spending all her money on doctors and cures things didn’t get better but worse. Someone told her about a Man that could cure her of her problem. The bible teaches that faith comes by hearing words. It also teaches that faith is released by words and corresponding actions. In this lesson we will focus mostly on words. This woman’s faith filled words was a major key in her deliverance from an incurable situation. In this lesson I purpose to show you how you can use faith filled words to deliver you from any situation, curable or incurable!
Rom 10:10 WNT For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness, and with the mouth they make confession and obtain salvation.
Salvation is an all inclusive word that takes into account all the redemptive acts of Christ. The Greek word soteria is translated into English as healing, wholeness, health preservation, safety, prosperity, Savior, welfare, deliverance. These all come into your life by believing with your heart and speaking it out in faith. Faith must be released in words in order for it to give substance to that which you hope for.
Confessing is the act of admitting to something or owning something. To confess means to speak the same thing, to agree with, to assent, declare or admit. To get a broader understanding of the importance of your confession let us quickly look at its definition. To assent is to willingly submit to the commands or wishes of others and to allow. To declare here means to state to be true or to claim. To admit means to recognize or regard, often reluctantly, as being valid or true and to receive. Concede is another word used to define confessing or to confess. When one concedes he/she submits to the wishes of another, surrenders, gives in or throws in the towel. The bible says that a heartfelt faith filled confession obtains salvation. When a person obtains something he acquires or secures it. Your faith filled confession causes you to bring in or receive that which you spoke in faith.
Mar 11:23-24 (Murdock) Verily I say to you, That whoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and fall into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said will occur, to him will be the thing he spoke. (24) Therefore I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall pray and ask for, believe that it will be, and it will be to you.
When we believe something and speak it out of our spirits those words carry creative or destructive ability.
Pro 6:2 BBE You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
Pro 12:18 BBE There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Pro 18:20-21 GNB You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say. (21) What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
Mat 12:34-36 GNB You snakes—how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (35) A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things. (36) “You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken.
Mat 12:37 MSG Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
Jam 3:5-6 MSG A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything–or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. (6) A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
When we speak facts we reinforce and own them; we surrender to them whether the facts agree with the word of God or not. We give those facts control over our lives and they began rule us. Speaking in line with God’s word in faith will always change the facts.
Jon 2:5-10 KJV The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. (6) I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. (7) When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (8) They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (9) But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD. (10) And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
Did you notice how Jonah got out of his trouble? Here was an impossible situation to get out of by human standards. Faith filled words directed in the right place provided the remedy.
FAITH FILLED WORDS WILL CHANGE FACTS EVERY TIME! Facts are information presented as objectively real or true. If facts are not in agreement with God’s word they cannot be true. Jesus stated that truth was only found in God’s word.
Joh 17:17 KJVA Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
The main characteristic of facts is FACTS CHANGE! The main characteristic of truth is TRUTH NEVER CHANGES! Because facts change, they are unsettled. God’s word is settled, and that is why His word is true.
Psa 119:89 MSG What you say goes, GOD, and stays, as permanent as the heavens.
Throughout the bible God spoke truth and changed facts. In the ministry of Jesus, he spoke God’s truth to facts and again changed the facts. You settle or establish facts or truth in your life by your faith confession. Speaking God’s faith-filled-power-filled word to the apparent facts will change the facts and bring into being the truth-God’s Word.
Job 22:28 KJV Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 22:28 MKJV You shall also order a thing, and it shall be fulfilled to you; and the light shall shine on your ways.
Job 22:28 MSG You’ll decide what you want and it will happen; your life will be bathed in light.
When facts speak defeat, we are to answer with the truth, God’s Word.
(Isa 54:17 CEV) Weapons made to attack you won’t be successful; words spoken against you won’t hurt at all. My servants, Jerusalem is yours! I, the LORD, promise to bless you with victory.
Num.20:8 Fact: Rocks do not contain water.
Moses spoke God’s word to a rock and that rock produced enough water to supply a nation and its livestock.
2King 4:20-37 Fact: This woman’s son had died.
She refused to accept the fact that he was dead. With faith filled words she changed the facts and brought life to her son.
Jos.10:12-14 Joshua faith filled words moved God to stop the sun and moon.
Zec. 4:6-7 Zec. spoke words of faith to his problem and turn his hindrances into help.
Mark 4:36-41 Jesus didn’t like the fact that this storm was the cause of Him being awaken, so He spoke words of faith and changed the facts.
Joel 3:10 says when facts speak weakness to you, reply with the truth. Say I am strong.
This is the principle of calling the things that be not as though they were.
Rom 4:17 KJV (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Rom 4:17 GNB as the scripture says, “I have made you father of many nations.” So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed—the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist.
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For 24 years Abram had a blood- covenant promise from God, but never had the promised son it until he began to speak in agreement with what God had said. When he and his wife started speaking what God had said, it only took 3 months before things began to change. Before the year was out they had the fulfillment of the promise, a son. Their faith confession brought into being that which did not exist. They spoke the desired results and received the results they desired. Faith filled words spoken from their hearts turned back their biological clock and removed the curse from Sarah’s life.
Remember James said that the tongue can turn the cycle of life.
Heb 4:14 GW We need to hold on to our declaration of faith: We have a superior chief priest who has gone through the heavens. That person is Jesus, the Son of God.
Heb 10:23 GW We must continue to hold firmly to our declaration of faith. The one who made the promise is faithful.
Personal Testimony
I once attended church with this couple. She was several months pregnant with child. The child died and it was ten days in her womb before she found out that she was caring a dead baby. The child had begun to decay inside her and began to poison her systems. They rushed her to the hospital dying. After examinations the doctors told her husband that the decay and poison produced by the dead baby was killing the mother. They said that she was so far gone that there was nothing medically they could do. The father was advised to call in the family for their last visit and to get his business in order for the funeral. The man thanked the doctors for their work and concern, but his wife would not die but live and declare the works of God! The doctors got upset and tried to convince this man to abandon all hope because the monitors his wife was connected to was saying she was getting closer to death by the minute. When the report came to this man that his wife had less than 10% chance of living, he repeated again in faith “My wife will live and not die and declare the works of God.” Forty- five days later the hospital released this woman totally healed by the power of God. This man spoke the truth of God’s word to the apparent facts and changed the facts. This man brought salvation to his wife through his Faith Confession! You can do the same. Develop your faith in God’s Word, then speak it from your heart in faith and watch the facts change.
