GREAT EXPECTATIONS PASTOR BILL VASILAKIS 11 TH February 2007
EXPECT HEALING … From Christ our Miracle Worker Mark 5:34 “Daughter, your faith has healed you (Greek sozo i.e. has saved you). Go in peace and be freed from your suffering”. Question: What did this nameless woman say and do to attract the power and grace of God? Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Question: How can we activate and release our faith potential? 1. By receiving the hope-filled words of Jesus … Vs 27 “When she heard about Jesus”… Romans 10:17 “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.”
2. By courageously breaking free from impossibility thinking Mark 5:27 “She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak”. Mark 10:27 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."
3.By developing a deep inner conviction that Jesus is willing and able to work miracles V28 … because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
1.By receiving the hope-filled words of Jesus 2.By courageously breaking free from impossibility thinking 3.By developing a deep inner conviction that Jesus is willing and able to work miracles Mark 5:34 “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering”.