What Are You Believing?

…for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. -Luke 6:45

You can sometimes find out why a person is struggling in faith just by listening to him for a few minutes. For instance, people have come up to me after being prayed for in a healing line and have said, “Well, I still have such and such in my body. I don’t know why I can’t get rid of it.”

I want to say to them, “You just told my why you haven’t gotten rid of your condition!” You see, they believe they can’t get rid of it.

I’ve had other folks say, “I never get healed. When someone prays for me, I never receive anything.” These people receive nothing because nothing is exactly what they’re believing for!

When people come to receive prayer, they ought to be saying, “I’ve come to get rid of these symptoms.”

“What do you have?”

“Well, I don’t ‘have’ anything, but the devil is trying to put symptoms of sickness on me. I’ve come to get rid of them. You lay hands on me in the name of Jesus, and I’ll receive my healing!”

Not only can we locate other people’s faith by their words, but we can also discover what we really believe as we listen to our own words. When things aren’t working right, we must listen to what we say.

Our words are important. If we can get our thinking, our believing and our speaking straightened out, our lives will get straightened out. It may not happen instantly, but it will come to pass!

CONFESSION:

I change my thinking, my believing, and my speaking by feeding on God’s Word. As I think, believe, and speak God’s truth, His Word changes every area of my life!

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