Daily Focus
Reading Mark: Week # 5 Mark 13-15
I just finished reading Mark 15 for today
Ending Prayer:
Father God, grant me the knowledge I need to speak to the mountain, and with that knowledge understanding, so that I can use wisdom to move mountains out of my life. This knowledge that I have received now I give You praises. I desire to walk in victory just as Jesus did when He walked on this earth, amen.
Questions:
1). Why are we to believe in the power of our words?
The Lord commands us to believe that what we say will come to pass, and that our words has power in them.
2). What is in the power of every word we speak?
There is death or life in the power of every word we speak (Proverbs 18:21)
3). The mountain symbolically refer to what?
The mountain symbolically means any high obstacle that might stand in our way.
4). What is faith?
Faith is the substance of things hope for, and the evidence of things now seen (Hebrews 11:1).
5). What is confession?
Confession means you are getting honest; you realize you have something to confess, acknowledge, or admit to, fully. It is a heart transaction, not a mere movement of the lips or flippant thought of the mind. When we confess, we declare, we assert, we fully acknowledge in all honesty, that something is so, without doubt or ambiguity.
6). What part of man doubts?
Doubt comes from the mind.
7). When a problem stands in our way, we must do what?
We must speak to it in faith, trusting God's Word, and standing on it concerning this matter.
8). What do 1 Peter 2:24 says?
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed."
9). Repeat week #5 applications
I am not shaken because of bad reports; I choose to believe the Lord's good report. Bad news doesn't faze me a bit because I have learned to trust God and believe His Word even in the midst of challenging circumstances. I don't deny that sickness exists; I just deny it has a right to exist in my body. The word of men doesn't change the Word of God. I don't deny what the doctor's word says; I just deny that it is the final word, because God's Word supersedes the word of men. I choose to believe God's report that says Jesus paid for my healing as my substitute on the Cross. His report says the law of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. His report says that healing and health are my right and privilege. God's Word says that by Jesus' stripes I was healed, and that is the report I choose to believe. It doesn't matter what the doctor says; I am healed. It doesn't matter what the medical tests say; I am healed. I doesn't matter what my body says; I say (speaking to this mountain) I am healed. God's Word says that I am healed, and I believe it. That settles the matter. Amen. (Isaiah 55:11; Matthew 8:17; Philippians 4:8). I am strong, and very courageous; I will not fear. I will not let fear impact my life. I am not afraid, because God's Word gives me boldness and audacity. I do not fear the devil, I fear no sickness, I fear no disease, I am not intimidated by sickness and disease, but they are intimidated by my faith in God's Word. My faith and trust in God and His Word destroys the power of fear. God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind of Christ. I refuse to get stressed out; I refuse to worry or be anxious. I stand firm and fearless in my faith. I will not fear because God is for me, God is with me, and God is in me. When God is for me, then nothing can be against me. Because God is in me, I can conquer anything. I am bold in my faith and I refuse to let one ounce of fear enter my life. I shall not fear, because my confidence is in the Lord. No fear here, in Jesus' name! AMEN. (1 Chronicles 28:20; Isaiah 41:10; 2 Timothy 1:7; John 14:7; Mark 5:36).
10). What did the Lord say to Paul in a vision?
""Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city."
Question: What did you learn from this week's study?
Mark 11:23-24 says we can speak to the mountain, and Jesus was not just talking or should I say teaching about natural things, but spiritual things too. We can speak to things that happen in our lives. We have authority over these things. Jesus spoke to the ragging sea and it stood still. His Words was powerful, and that is why we know it is still powerful and shaper than any two edge sword, amen. (Hebrews 4:12). I have and still learning to speak things in my life, and believe that those things will happen according to God's will for my life. It is God's will for us to have an abundant life, amen. (John 10:10). I learned that the mountain symbolically means any high obstacle that might stand in our way when we are doing God's will. Faith is the substance of things hope for, and the evidence of things not seen in our lives, and Confession and forgiveness are realities that transform us, and it is a means of healing and transformation for the inner spirit. Before this study I was reading this book call "Scripture confessions for healing" by Keith and Megan Provance. It's a good book! I saw that it confirm the study, and added it to this study, because it talks about speaking to the mountain, and trust God's Word to speak to it in faith. 1 Peter 2:24 says, "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." I learned that because of Mark 11:23-24 no weapon that is formed against me shall prosper, amen.
Week # 5……Paul spoke the Word
Acts 18:9
9 One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city."
(Apostle Paul spoke the Word with boldness, and he was not afraid to speak to the enemy. We should not be afraid either.)
Acts 5:20
"Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."
(God through the Holy Spirit spoke to Apostle Peter and told him to speak the Word, and he did with power and boldness; we must speak God's Word too).
Titus 2:15
"These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee."
(Apostle Paul was ministering unto Bishop Titus to speak God's Word with boldness. We as Christian believers can speak to the mountain in our lives through God's Word. )
The application is something we can read until it becomes a part of our daily lives. These applications can be prayed or we can just speak them into our lives. I read mine every morning and every night when I get the chance. If not every night I make sure I speak them that next morning. I am getting them in my spirit-man, so when a problem or situation comes up I can speak to it and move it out of my life. The mountain I spoke of earlier I am speaking to it every chance I get and I can see results now, and I will continue to speak to it. There is a book you can get called "Scripture confessions for healing" by Keith and Megan Provance. Great book! I am looking for one that teaches me how to speak to my financial problem too. Reading material is a good thing to have to help us live an abundant life, amen.
Each week there are different applications, but the morning and evening are the same.
Matthew 12:36-37
"36 I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter; 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Mark 1:42
"41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I will; be clean." 42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean."
Proverbs 18:21
"21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits."
Proverbs 6:2
"2 if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;"
Matthew 10:32
"32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;"
Matthew 16:16
"16 Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Luke 17:5
"5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
James 2:17
"7 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."
1 John 5:4
"4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith."
Romans 10:9
"9 because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
James 5:16
"6 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects."
2 Corinthians 5:19
"19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling[a] the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation."
1Timothy 2:5
"5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,"
1 John 1:5-10
"5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
1 John 2:1-2
"2 My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."
Psalm 32:1-2, 6
"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit."
(v. 6)
"Therefore let every one who is godly offer prayer to thee; at a time of distress,[a] in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him."
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. We honor You, Lord. We praise You, Lord. We give You that is due to Your holiness. Our faith in is You, Lord. We confess You before all people. We love Your Word, and honor it with our life. Thank You for blessing us to stay free to share Your Word online, and wherever we go in this country. Help those in other countries to be able to live a life that honor You, and that they may share Your gospel with whosoever will listen. This we pray in Jesus Christ Mighty Name, AMEN.
