From October 1, 2023

Faith for Salvation – Faith for Healing

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 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. -Romans 10:6-9

This one passage of Scripture tells you not only how to be saved, but how to be healed—by speaking in faith. Notice what Paul says in verse 6: “But the righteousness [in right standing with God] of faith speaks in this way…” Faith always speaks. What you say is your faith speaking. I don’t mean just what you say once, but what you say over a period of time.

Then in verse 8, Paul asks, “But what does it say?” What does the righteousness which is of faith say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” Faith has to be in both places.

Verse 9 goes on to say, “…that if you confess with your mouth…” You may say, “I don’t believe in Bible confessions.” If you don’t, you have to throw out the whole book of Romans!

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.

You may argue, “But that verse is talking about salvation.” Yes, I know, but the same faith that got you saved will get you healed. You just have to take your faith and point it in a different direction. Remember, Jesus said, “All things are possible to him who believes!” (Mark 9:23.)

CONFESSION:

God’s Word in my heart and in my mouth says that the Lord Jesus is my healer! By faith I speak healing to my body, and according to my faith, it will be done unto me!

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

 

The Connection Between Saying and Believing

We, having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written. I believed, and therefore I have spoken; we also believe and therefore speak. -2 Corinthians 4:13

I heard a minister say, “Anytime you see a therefore in the Bible, stop and see what it’s there for.” In this verse, Paul uses the word therefore to combine the two parts of faith. “I believed and therefore I have spoken, we also believe and therefore speak.”

If we’re going to believe something, we also have to speak it. Believing alone doesn’t make it come to pass. It has to be combined with saying what God’s Word says.

Jesus said, “If you believe in your heart that what you say will come to pass, you’ll have whatever you say.” (Mark 11:23.) The truth is, we can spend a lot of time feeding on God’s Word, but what we continually say is what we’ll ultimately believe.

When I was growing up, I had a friend who was a chronic liar. He started out lying just to get himself out of trouble, but it eventually became a habit. He’d make up a whopper of a lie about some situation, then six months later, no one could convince him it hadn’t happened that way. He had said the lie so much that he actually believed it.

If that can be done with a lie, we should be able to do the same thing with the truth of God’s Word. When we first start saying, “By Jesus’ stripes I was healed.” It can sound hollow. It’s easy to think, I know the Bible says that by His stripes I was healed, but I feel sick from head to toe. But as we keep saying it and saying it, soon we’ll believe it no matter what we feel like.

How do you come to that place of faith? By feeding on God’s Word and speaking it with your mouth. Once you believe in your heart what God says, you can declare it with the added push of faith behind your words. Then get ready, for your answer will come to pass!

CONFESSION:

God’s Word is truth. As I continually speak His Word and believe it with my heart, His Word becomes truth in me. I believe God’s truth, I declare God’s truth and I receive His very best!

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

 The Same Measure of Faith

We, having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written. I believed, and therefore I have spoken; we also believe and therefore speak. -2 Corinthians 4:13

Paul starts out in this Scripture saying, “We having…” I like that. The great apostle Paul was talking to the Church, not just to apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. He was writing to the body of Christ.

Then Paul said, “We having the same spirit of faith…” We have the same spirit of faith that the apostle Paul had. He had a measure of the God-kind of faith, and we have that same measure and the same faith.

God didn’t give Paul a greater dose of faith than He gave us. If He did, He’d be a respecter of persons, because the Bible says, “This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith (1 John 5:4). If God gave Paul a greater does of faith, Paul would have had a greater ability than we do to overcome the devil’s attacks.

But no, God gave each and every one of us the same exact dose, or measure, of the God-kind of faith. (Rom. 12:3) Now it’s up to us what we do with that measure of faith.

You see, faith is like a muscle. Think back on a time when you physically exerted yourself, such as in yard work or exercise, and you found a muscle you hadn’t used for a while. Maybe it hurt for two or three days, having become weak from lack of use.

If you start using that forgotten muscle every day, it will actually grow in size and strength. However, if you let it lie dormant, then the next time you use it, you’ll have to pump it up and get it working all over again.

So use your faith on a daily basis. Be in faith all the time. As you diligently exercise your faith muscles, your faith will grow strong enough to overcome any obstacle!

CONFESSION:

I exercise my faith by believing God’s promises of healing and divine health. By the power in His Word. I’m free from all sickness and disease. Praise God, it’s good to be well!

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

 

“Mutter” the Word

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. -Joshua 1:8

The word meditate means “to read, to study; to think about; to mutter.” We are to keep that Word coming out of our mouths.

It’s ironic when you stop to think about it. The enemy has propagated a theory in this world that people who talk to themselves are going crazy. But we Christians ought to be speaking the Word to ourselves all the time. We ought to be meditating on the Word of God continually—reading it, studying it, thinking about it, “chewing on it” and saying it to ourselves.

For instance, you can use the time when you’re driving in your car to speak the Word aloud to yourself. You can say: “Thank God, He sent His Word and healed me. Jesus had compassion on the multitudes and He healed them all. Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching and preaching and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. By His stripes I am healed!”

The world might think you’re a little strange when they see you muttering to yourself. But that’s okay. You know something they don’t know—you’re on the edge of a  miracle!

CONFESSION:

I keep God’s Word before me and mediate on it day and night. His Word is seed planted in my heart, and it’s working mightily in me to produce a harvest of healing!

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

 

 

Be a Doer of the Word

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. -Joshua 1:8

If you want to walk in divine health, as God desires, you are to be a doer of the Word. For one thing, that means meditating on God’s healing promises. As you do, you’ll find His Word getting so big on the inside that you start acting like a healthy person!

God told Joshua the results he could expect for being diligent in His Word. “For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success.” Did you notice that it doesn’t say, “For then God will make your way prosperous”? No, it says, “For you will make your way prosperous.” I’ve also heard it put this way—"Then you will deal wisely in all the affairs of life.”

God has made health and success available in every area of your life. Now He says, “I give you the wisdom and ability to deal wisely in all the affairs of life. But it’s your choice whether or not you become a doer of My Word and actually receive what I’ve given you.”

CONFESSION:

I have planted God’s Word in my heart, and that Word is life to me and health to all my flesh. Because I meditate on God's Word, I deal wisely in all the affairs of my life.

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

 

 

Pray the Answer; Not the Problem

And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. -Matthew 21:22

I was born-again right in the middle of the Charismatic move. I visited a small full gospel church and was filled with the Holy Spirit. I had a lot of enthusiasm and excitement in those days, but I didn’t know a lot about the Bible.

I prayed a lot. In fact, I was constantly praying at the church late at night and early in the morning. The pastor finally gave me my own key to the church! But I didn’t know how to pray. Over and over, I prayed, "Oh, dear God, You see how bad my problems are.” But if anything changed in my situation, it was always for the worse.

I had a plaque hanging in my home that said, “Prayer Changes Things,” but I was saved, filled and defeated. It seemed as if everything was going wrong. After a year and a half of this, I couldn’t decide whether to throw that plaque away or just burn it!

I finally thought, The answer has to be in the Bible someplace. So I started researching the Scriptures. Matthew 21:22 is the verse that got my attention. Jesus said, “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

I found the key in the verse that unlocked a door of understanding how to pray in faith. Suddenly I realized I’d been talking to God about the problem instead of the answer. And I sure didn’t want to believe I received my problems—I already had them!

Another key to praying in faith is found in Isaiah 43:26. “Put me in remembrance, let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted” God wants you to remind Him of what He’s already said about your need. So pray God’s answer according to His Word, then believe you receive it by faith. That’s the true prayer of faith!

CONFESSION:

Father, I put You in remembrance of Your Word. I thank You because You said that by Jesus’ stripes, I was healed. I know You’re faithful to make Your Word true in my life, so I believe I receive my healing.

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

 

 

Choose To Believe God’s Word

How then shall they call on Him to whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. -Romans 10:14,17

Believing is a result of hearing. Once you hear the Word, you have the ability and the capacity to believe it, but you still have to choose what you will believe. I’ve seen people hear and hear and hear the Word. But then when the pressure was on, they believed their symptoms instead of what God says.

In John 20, the resurrected Jesus had already appeared to His disciples at a time when one disciple, Thomas, wasn’t present. Before His death, Jesus had told His disciples over and over again that He would be raised from the dead. After He appeared to the other disciples, they all told Thomas, “We’ve seen the Lord!”

So Thomas had the capacity to believe in Jesus’ resurrection because he’d already heard about it from Jesus and the other disciples. But Thomas made his choice. He said, “Except I shall see in his hand the print of the nails and put my finger in the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe.” (John 20:25).

Thomas wasn’t alone in his unbelief. That’s often where we get in trouble as well. We hear the Word, but then choose to believe the natural circumstances. As a result, we don’t receive the blessings God wants to give us.

Don’t make that mistake. As soon as you hear the Word, just make the quality decision to believe what you hear. That’s how you keep God’s blessings flowing into your life!

CONFESSION:

Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. I hear the Word, so I have the capacity to believe it, even when I face adverse circumstances or painful symptoms. I choose to believe the Bible and walk in the fullness of His blessings!

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