Faith-filled Words and Actions Work!

Even as a minister of divine healing and miracles I too need to put my faith into action. Here is a real life testimony of what happened to me and how faith-filled words and actions work.

Yesterday, I took a not-so-graceful fall. I was walking around our ponds (my daily exercise and a place I just get alone with the Lord during the daytime hours.) And as I was going to cross the stream, I stepped on a board (a broken one) and I went crashing down, doing the splits. I hurt everything there was to hurt.

Our boys came running to my rescue and had to pull me up, cause I couldn’t get up. My nice outfit was sopping wet, full of mud, my rain boots were filled with water and mud. (Very graceful move on my part!)

Everything was in pain and swelling up. (My ankles, wrists, hands, thumbs, back, backside, and bottom. My hand and thumb were instantly swelling and I could see the black and blue marks forming.)

Honestly, my flesh wanted the sympathy of my husband, who kindly offered it (after he got himself to stop laughing). But I held my tongue and didn’t give into my flesh.

I got myself into the shower, and sized up the situation. Even though my body was shaking, and I knew I hurt myself. I said, “No! No weapon formed against me shall prosper! All pain and swelling be gone in Jesus’ name.”

When I came out of the room, my husband asked me if I was alright. I said, “I have exercised my authority. And I am just fine. Why would I expect anything different?”

All swelling and pain left. I have no bruises. I have been walking up and down hills and around the ponds, working with my hands and even typing on my computer too.

Faith-filled words and actions in the redemptive work of Christ, works! DARE to Believe!!!

Good News for All People

In Luke 2:10-11, the angel of the Lord appears to some shepherds in the fields and announces, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”

This message of good news still rings loud and clear for us today. Jesus Christ came from heaven to redeem people. To save us from hell, to rescue us from sin and to deliver us from the consequences of sin. This is the good news that we read in John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”

This is the simplicity and the good news of Christmas. The Father sent His Son, to give eternal life to all people who will believe. Let’s pray.

 

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© 2012 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

Blessed Is She Who Believed

Luke 1:45 “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

Mary receives the blessing of the fulfillment of the promise because she believes. And this is how it works for us as well. Faith activates the promise of God. We first believe and then we receive.

Jesus says in Mark 9:23, “All things are possible to him who believes.” There are no limits when we believe in Him to fulfill His promises to us.

What promise are you waiting to be fulfilled? Learn how to activate your faith and receive the fulfillment of His promise in your life.

 

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A Bondslave of the Lord

In Luke 1:38 we see Mary’s amazing response to the news she receives from Gabriel. “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” What a humble heart this young woman has. Not only does she surrender, but she enslaves herself to the will of God.

Perhaps, God is asking you to do something for Him that you do not fully understand. In fact, it borders on the line of being ridiculous and unbelievable to conceive. If so, I encourage you to humble your heart like Mary, and enslave your will to His.

There is a promise in Jeremiah 29:11 that we can claim, “For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”

His plans are to bless and prosper our lives, to save others, and to bring Him great glory through us.

 

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Christmas Gift from the Lord

I believe it is the simple gifts in life that mean the most to me. David and I took care of a very wild boy named Jonathan years ago in our early days at the Life Tender Mercy Homes. After several years of hard work the judge sent him back to his abusive family. We never knew what happened to him, but he recently returned to say “Thank You”. This is a Christmas gift from the Lord that I will treasure always.

 

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God Transforms Impossible

To confirm to Mary the message of the Lord, Gabriel gives her a Word of Knowledge in Luke 1:36 concerning her cousin Elizabeth. He says, “And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.”

This Word of Knowledge not only confirms the truth of the purpose of His visit with Mary, but it also encourages her to believe God to fulfill His promise.

In the natural it was impossible for Elizabeth to conceive a child. She was labeled “barren”. The Amplified Bible reads, “”Look, even in her old age, your relative Elizabeth has conceived a son. This woman who was labeled ‘unable to conceive’ is now six months pregnant.” Her womb was labeled with the words forever empty and childless.

But God is the Master at overriding natural impossibilities and transforming them into possibilities. He removes negative word labels that bind people to hopelessness and despair. He confirms this in verse 37, “For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.” AMP

What physical impossibility have you been labeled with? Is there an underlying hope within you to be free from this negative label? That hope is the precursor to faith to believe and receive your miracle from God today. Hebrews 11:1 puts it this way, “Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title-deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].”

Spiritually prepare your heart to receive. Just like  a womb receives a miracle seed to produce life, you receive this message as your hope seed and witness the label impossible transform into possible. You start right now, and take the word impossible or the negative report, renounce it in the name of Jesus, and transform it and say with God I Am Possible

 

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Shining Cloud of Glory

Gabriel answers Mary’s honest question, “How can this be?” He says to her in Luke 1:35, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.” The Amplified Version of the Bible describes this overshadowing as “like a shining cloud”.

This is what happens when we activate our faith and believe in His promises. We allow His presence to come upon us, and overshadow us like a shining cloud. In Genesis 1:1-3, we read about this overshadowing when God creates the heavens and the earth. It says in verse 2 that the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, is hovering and brooding over the situation, and His glory  releases into the situation when the Father says in verse 3, “Let there be light”. 

This light is not the sun, moon and stars, God creates these in verses 14-19, on the fourth day of creation. What is this light that He releases in verse 3? It is the manifested glory of God. And it is in this realm where miracles release and manifest.

If we read through the rest of the encounter between Gabriel and Mary, we will see that in verse 38 Mary says, ““Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” She binds herself to the Word of the Lord and releases the glorious power of the Holy Spirit into her life, through the agreement of her spoken words, just as the Father did in the beginning of creation, and the miraculous then happens.

Does the Spirit of the Lord want to release in us an unimaginable miracle? Are we struggling to find the manifestation of this promise? We need to be like Mary, surrender our will to His, and give the invitation to the Holy Spirit to manifest His shining cloud of glory over us to release and create our miracle.

Let’s pray.

Dear Holy Spirit,

I am your bondslave, I bind myself to You. I invite You to come and overshadow me with Your shining cloud of glory. With my spoken words of agreement, I release Your power to create Your miraculous will for my life.

In Jesus’ name,  amen.

 

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An Honest Question

Luke 1:34, “Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” This is Mary’s response to the most astounding news she receives from Gabriel, that she would give birth to Jesus, the Son of God.

Mary was a simple young girl, and yet she was chosen to carry out a great task of love for God.

Imagine how difficult news of this magnitude was to believe and receive. We would all wonder how this was possible.

Her response was not that of doubt, but an honest question. She truly wondered how God could accomplish this promise.

Where as a doubtful response would mock, negate, and push away the promise of God.

Did you know that God can handle and will even welcome an honest question. He wants us to understand His plans and purposes for our lives. He says in Jeremiah 33:3, “Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).” AMP

Do you have questions concerning the promise of the Lord for your life? Don’t be afraid to ask Him. He will answer you, and show you great and mighty things that He has for you.

 

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Prophetic Messages from Heaven

As we continue on with the real life account of the birth of Jesus we read from Luke 1:31-33, the prophecy that the angel Gabriel came to deliver to Mary. “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”

What an amazing prophecy that Mary received. It forever altered the future. She was to become the earthen vessel that God would choose to supernaturally conceive, but physically carry and birth Jesus Christ into this earth.

The Christmas story is filled with supernatural events, angelic appearances, prophecy, supernatural conception, and we will read later on in the story about dreams and visions, a guiding star, and more angelic visitations. It is a fascinating portion of Scripture.

I want to focus today’s blog on prophetic messages. Mary received this prophecy about 2000 years ago. But did you know that God still speaks to His people with prophetic messages today? And He may be waiting to speak to you in this manner.

A prophetic message may come through an angel sent from Heaven as in the encounter between Gabriel and Mary. A heavenly message may come through someone who holds the office of a prophet, (see 1Corinthians 12:28). It may come in a dream or in a vision, and it can even come through an everyday believer in Jesus Christ as we see in Acts 2:17-18. It says, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God’s kingdom].” AMP

God wants to speak to you. He wants you to understand His will for your life. Allow Him to speak to you prophetically as He desires.

 

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Favor With God

The story of the birth of Jesus continues in Luke 1: 28-30, “And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.”

The angel Gabriel comes down to Earth, appears to a young virgin girl named Mary to deliver an astounding message from God in Heaven. The message that he has to give is so amazing, even the greeting itself is perplexing to the young girl. And its this greeting that we are going to look at today.

How would you react if the angel Gabriel suddenly appeared to you and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”? And while you are trying to absorb what is happening he speaks again and say, “Do not be afraid, for you have found favor with God.” I would render to guess that most would be speechless.

Maybe you have not had Gabriel or any other angel appear to you, but did you know that you do have the unmerited favor of God upon you? This unmerited favor is called grace. And it is a free gift given to those who will simply believe and receive.

The Greek word for grace is Charis. And the Greek word for gift is Charisma. The root meaning of the word grace is gift.

It says in Ephesians 2:8-9 in the Amplified Version of the Bible, “For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]

This unmerited favor of God upon your life is what Christmas is all about. This is why God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth. To gift to you His grace, that was purchased for you by the redemptive work of Jesus at Calvary.

It says in John 3:16, “For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.” AMP

You can receive this unmerited favor today. Let’s pray.

 

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