SPEAKING PRECEDES SEEING
Friday, 30th August 2019
Pastor Victor
Matthew 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Take a careful look at the opening scripture and you will see something amazing. We are told that they brought one who was blind and dumb. But the moment the man was healed, it was reported as the blind and dumb both “spake and saw”. Before the healing it was “blindness” preceding the “dumbness”. But after the healing, it is “speaking” preceding “seeing”.
This is not a grammatical error. This is a lesson on faith that you have to glean. If you want to see your healing, you will have to speak before you see it come to pass. If you want to see your breakthrough, you will have to speak it before you will ever see it.
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FAITH IS A PERSONAL THING
Thursday, 29th August 2019
Pastor Victor
Mark 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
You cannot force your faith on people. Sometimes in our eagerness to see people get well or receive their breakthrough, we try to force our prayers and faith on them. In my experience in ministering to people, when they are eager to receive, it is much easier ministering to them.
We have to learn from the way Jesus ministered. Jesus always waited for the faith response from people before ministering to them. He knew their faith in the delivery of their miracle was vital. So, very often, He would ask, do you believe I am able to do this? He knew the miracle was more dependent on the people’s faith than His power.
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