When Faith is Spoken
The call came in the middle of their small group meeting. “Go immediately to the hospital.”
Our son had been sent home on anti-seizure medicine weeks before with two simple instructions. Don’t drive for six months and return to normal routine. While grateful, something still didn’t seem right.
So many kept praying for answers. One day I walked into a coffee shop and saw an old friend. An avid prayer warrior, she took my hands and began to pray with me for our son. I will never forget her words. May nothing be hidden any longer but may it be uncovered, rising to the top like bubbles in a pot of boiling water. My faith grew stronger as she spoke to the mountain we were facing.
Some friends in the medical field encouraged our son to push for more testing. But even after more scans and MRI’s, there was still no conclusive diagnosis. That is, not until the very last one! The answer rose to the top like bubbles in a pot of boiling water. It was a shocking diagnosis. Three blood clots in the veins in his head.
Shaken by the call, he spent the entire Easter weekend connected to wires and monitors. The good news was it was manageable with medication. And blood thinners would dissolve the clots within a few months.
But what if this had gone undiagnosed and untreated? What if his physician friends had not encouraged him to push for more tests? What if the root cause had never been discovered?
Thankfully, our family lives by faith. We have witnessed answers to prayer in the past, and we have an ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ. Not that we deserve His favor but we depend on the loving mercies of our God. He answered the prayers of many, but I am especially grateful for the boldly spoken prayer of faith made in that crowded restaurant. Our words hold the power of life and death. Let’s use them to speak faith to our mountains.
Read Habakkuk 2:3-4
1. What truths stand out to you in these verses? What does waiting have to do with faith?
Read Mark 11:22-25
2. What actions should accompany our faith?
3. Why do you think it’s important to speak our faith?
4. What is the enemy of faith from this passage?
5. What verses can you speak over your mountains today?
We often talk about our mountains rather than taking to them. Our faith is released when we speak the truths of scripture over our problems. Rather than wallowing in self-pity and empowering the enemy with negative words, try declaring the decrees of the Lord. This is not a magical formula to get what we want. It is an act of trust spoken from a believing heart unhindered by unforgiveness toward others. Lamentations 3:37 says it best, “Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it.” What truths do you know are decreed by God? Start declaring them in prayer. None of us has perfect faith, but even when we are faithless, He remains faithful (2 Timothy 2:13). What a promise!
When the LORD has promised something to us – we have to use our time in prayer and wait on the LORD – HE is saying in these verses – WAIT UPON THE LORD – sometimes we get so much in a hurry for an answer to our questions and we do things and do not wait upon the LORD to finish HIS work – the waiting part is hard for us as people to do sometimes – but GOD will finish what HE has started in our lives – at the end we will be lifted up by the LORD and HE is always just on time – PRAISE THE LORD. Our actions going along with faith is not to doubt that the answer will come right on time with the
LORD – if you and I say these things along with faith – things will happen as the LORD says and they shall come to pass just like HE says – the scripture tells us we will have whatsoever we saith according to the LORD and HIS word. I believe the enemy of faith is holding things in our memory about other people – HIS word says to forgive and forget and everything will be forgiven and forgotten by HIM – that is so wonderful and such a good scripture. The verses we can say is “What things soever ye desire – when ye pray – believe that ye receive them – and ye shall have them.” And if there is anything standing in our way it will be removed from our sight – such a wonderful thought. You and I must believe – declare it and it shall happen according to the word of GOD. Reading the word of GOD and meditating each day will increase our faith and help us in our lives each day. Our church this last Sunday – started a plan for each person to read 6 chapters in the New Testament – Starting with Matthew and going all the way through – our Pastor passed out slips for us to sign our name and check if we will follow through with this – I thought that was so wonderful – just getting the people to agree to reading GOD’s Word – so great. Another great lesson on FAITH – Karen – enjoy them so much.