{"id":16280,"date":"2018-01-14T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16280"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:32","slug":"the-mystery-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/the-mystery-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Faith is agreement with what God says<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faith is mysterious to many.\u00a0 Faith is not tangible as we would consider something tangible.\u00a0 Faith itself is an invisible force that can only be sensed in the human heart.\u00a0 Faith is like a \u201csixth sense.\u201d\u00a0 Faith pays no attention to current symptoms or circumstances; it only pays attention to what God\u2019s Word says.<\/p>\n

You currently may be sick or suffering from a disease.\u00a0 The doctors have no answers nor can they figure out a cure.\u00a0 Faith would ask, \u201cWhat does God have to say about this?\u201d\u00a0 As we delve into the Word of God we find out that God heals.\u00a0 God\u2019s will is for your wellness and He has made provision for your total healing through the stripes of Jesus.\u00a0 The very stripes and wounds that Jesus suffered was full-payment for your<\/u> healing.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 53:4-5 says, \u201cYet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.\u00a0 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bible is filled with verses about healing and examples of healing.\u00a0 Jesus NEVER refused anyone who asked for healing.\u00a0 The Bible clearly says that He healed them ALL (Matthew 8:14-17).\u00a0 God MUST heal based upon Jesus\u2019 payment for healing.\u00a0 But like any other gift, it must be received.\u00a0 The only way to received what God HAS provided is by faith.<\/p>\n

So, why aren\u2019t more people healed?\u00a0 One answer may be their lack of true faith.\u00a0 Faith becomes the only evidence that anyone needs to prove their healing.\u00a0 Faith becomes their conviction that they HAVE BEEN healed.\u00a0 They know that time doesn\u2019t matter because faith is not bound by time or space.\u00a0 Faith is bound only by what God\u2019s Word says. The answer to ALL your problems is FAITH!<\/p>\n

Faith is a heart matter.\u00a0 It resides in the heart of the believer.\u00a0 How does one get faith into their heart?\u00a0 Faith comes by hearing God\u2019s Word over and over and over.\u00a0 Faith comes by hearing the testimonies of others who have believed God\u2019s Word and overcome their adversity by it.<\/p>\n

As our heart meditates on what God says, faith wells up.\u00a0 Faith becomes the conviction that \u201cI will have what God says.\u201d\u00a0 Faith eradicates doubt and produces confidence in God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 The Bible calls is confidence in God\u2019s Word: Trust.\u00a0 When faith is present NO ONE or NOTHING can convince you that you are sick and broke.\u00a0 Faith speaks exactly what God\u2019s Word says in spite of the circumstances or evidences present in the natural realm.\u00a0 Faith reaches into the eternal and pulls what is not visible into the visible and tangible realm.<\/p>\n

Since time is not a factor with faith, time means nothing to the believer nor is the believer dissuaded by the passing of time.\u00a0 They are too busy declaring what God has said.\u00a0 They are too busy feeding their imagination with pictures of God\u2019s promises.\u00a0 They are actively pursuing what the Bible PROMISES and know that they have it already.\u00a0 Stubborn time just has to release it (time doesn\u2019t give up easily, but will always bow to God\u2019s Word).<\/p>\n

Faith is not hard to get, but there are challenges.\u00a0 What are these challenges:<\/p>\n

Current symptoms or evidence that contradicts God\u2019s promises.\u00a0 You may be sick and the doctor might have decreed a death sentence over you.\u00a0 Now you have both the symptoms and the diagnosis of a medical professional working against you.\u00a0 This stuff is REAL, no doubt about it, but according to God\u2019s Word these things should not be the final say!\u00a0 After all, who or what are you going to give your allegiance to?\u00a0 Symptoms and a doctor\u2019s diagnosis or God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 This is YOUR choice!<\/p>\n

Your bank statement says your broke and you can\u2019t afford what you desire.\u00a0 You have a choice:\u00a0 Go out a get 2 or 3 jobs and try harder to be successful or go to God\u2019s Word and feed on His promises of prosperity and success.\u00a0 Decree what God says about your finances!\u00a0 You can do it your way or God\u2019s way.\u00a0 Your way has failed you over and over.\u00a0 Why keep doing what has proven not to work.\u00a0 What you need to do is baptize yourself in God\u2019s Word which contains His promises and let that Word produce faith in your heart.\u00a0 Once you are in faith God can instruct you on what to do.\u00a0 His instruction will be nothing short of miraculous!\u00a0 I am not saying not to work.\u00a0 I am saying let God\u2019s Word do the hard work and you just follow His instructions.\u00a0 His instructions WILL lead you to the wealth you seek without the painful toil and sweat that failed you in the past.<\/p>\n

Yes, faith can be mysterious, but the mystery can be solved when you simply pick up God\u2019s Word and allow it to occupy your mind and heart.\u00a0 When you do all the things contained in THE BOOK will become your reality.\u00a0 I know, for this has been my experience!\u00a0 Glory be to God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since time is not a factor with faith, time means nothing to the believer nor is the believer dissuaded by the passing of time.\u00a0 They are too busy declaring what God has said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,1,201],"tags":[692,691,220,428,257,695,484,421,690,693,694,267,232,290,231,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}