Today I want to go back to the basics a little and share Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional!
Faith Defined
"For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith" (Mark 11:23).
Just after Jesus had demonstrated the God-kind of faith, He defined it. Mark 11:23 is Jesus' definition of the God-kind of faith. He described it as the kind of faith in which:
(1) A person believes in his heart
(2) Then, a person says with his mouth what he believes in his heart
(3) And it comes to pass
God used that kind of faith to create the world in the beginning. God believed that what He said would come to pass! So He said, "Let there be an earth." And there was an earth.
In fact, He created everything, the sun, the moon, the stars, the plants, and the animals, everything except man by believing what He said would come to pass. Then God said it. And it came to pass. That is the God-kind of faith!
Confession: "Whosever shall say 'What I believe in my heart, and say with my mouth, shall come to pass. I live and operate in the God-kind of faith.'"
AMEN! Everything that was ever created by God cme into being when HE spoke HIS WORD! The same will be true of us! Anything that we need or desire from God comes by faith in His Word! Romans 10:17 tell us this:Just after Jesus had demonstrated the God-kind of faith, He defined it. Mark 11:23 is Jesus' definition of the God-kind of faith. He described it as the kind of faith in which:
(1) A person believes in his heart
(2) Then, a person says with his mouth what he believes in his heart
(3) And it comes to pass
God used that kind of faith to create the world in the beginning. God believed that what He said would come to pass! So He said, "Let there be an earth." And there was an earth.
In fact, He created everything, the sun, the moon, the stars, the plants, and the animals, everything except man by believing what He said would come to pass. Then God said it. And it came to pass. That is the God-kind of faith!
Confession: "Whosever shall say 'What I believe in my heart, and say with my mouth, shall come to pass. I live and operate in the God-kind of faith.'"
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1 John 5:14-15 tells us this:
14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. 15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.
God's Word IS His will! So find out what the Word of God says about your particular situation. Meditate on that Word until faith rises within you. Now SPEAK that Word over your situation and FAITH will be released to bring it to pass! I highly recommend all of the "Faith Food" devotionals by Kenneth E. Hagin, and also his "Health Food" devotionals. They not only show the Word on faith and healing, but they reveal ways in which to walk it out! My very first devotionals almost 30 years ago and still my favorites! Here is Hillsong with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
