Keep Hearing the Word

My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.

Janet and I recently ministered in a Sunday morning church service, where we told the people, “Come back tonight expecting God to do something. Meditate on the Word. If you need something from God, find out what the Word says about it. If you need healing, find healing Scriptures and meditate on them. Dwell on them. Say them out loud to yourself all afternoon, and then come back tonight expecting.”

Some people came up to us after the service and said, “Just give us a couple Scriptures, and we’ll go home and meditate on them.” Others said, “We’re going home to pray and listen to the Word all afternoon. We’ll come back tonight expecting.”

The people did what they said they were going to do. They went home that afternoon and did their spiritual homework. They schooled themselves in faith—and what a difference it made!

I’m telling you, that night we had church! People were filled with the Holy Spirit and many others healed—all because they took the time to hear the Word.

When you set yourself to continually hear the Word, you build up your faith to be healed, filled with the Holy Spirit and set free from fear. Whatever God promises in His Word will manifest in your life—as long as you keep hearing the Word and building your faith for it.

CONFESSION:

The same virtue that flowed out of Jesus to heal the multitude heals me now as I hear the Word and draw on His power. Jesus is the same now as He was then. He was the healer then and He’s still my Healer today.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999