Mark 11:23

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’

DAILY READING – -Acts 16:16-40; Judges 4-5; Job 35

In December 1981, Dodie Osteen, wife of founding pastor of Lakewood church, John Osteen, was diagnosed with metastatic cancer of the liver.  The doctors told her she only had a few weeks to live. When the diagnosis came, Dodie knew that she had no hope except for the Word of God!  So she decided to go home and seek God’s face. The doctors told her not to go home longer than 10 days, before returning to be admitted at the hospital. But she never went back. That day she made a decision to live by faith. When people would ask her how she was doing, she would say “By the stripes of Jesus I’m healed.” With every step throughout her day she would repeat a healing scripture.  She had to cast down so many imaginations because fear and torment came against her, she had to bring all thoughts under the captivity of Christ. Every time the devil told her that she would die she would declare God’s Word  instead. Her husband prayed for her, though outwardly  nothing seemed to change, she didn’t give up, she continued her good fight of faith.  Dodie  put younger pictures of herself at the foot of her bed and asked God to make her like she was in those days.  Like Abraham she “called things that were not as if they were.”  She would envision herself well, see herself with her children grown, and seeing them become married.  She made “healing cards” with healing scriptures on them.  She would read them and remind God of His Word.  The healing scriptures were her medication.  Dodie, recognizing that Forgiveness is a key to healing, also took the time to write letters to everyone she felt she needed to ask forgiveness from.  She also prayed for others, as Job prayed for his friends and was healed. Like Hezekiah she asked Jesus to give her extra years.

And eventually, to the amazement of the doctors,  Dodie was declared totally healed of cancer. She has lived well and healthy since then with no further sign of cancer.

Indeed the Word of God works. Dodie could have given up right then when she heard the doctor’s verdict. But she knew that the Word of God is true, and decided to hold on to it until it became her reality.

So can it be for you. What are you believing God for? There is really nothing impossible to God. Don’t give up too soon! Whatever you’re  believing God for can also come to pass. It is closer than you think. God gave us His Word as building blocks for whatever we desire in our lives. The Word starts by building pictures in our minds, and these pictures as we hold on to them eventually become our reality. It is not just enough to read The Word, through meditation we allow the Word to build the right pictures in our minds. What you see within eventually is what you will experience outwardly. When you desire health, then meditate on healing scriptures until the picture is painted in your mind and you can see yourself healed. Once the inner picture is established within, it is only a matter of time before the outward picture becomes a reality.

Stay with the Word no matter how long it takes until the picture is formed. That inner picture once conceived in your mind is like carrying a baby in the womb. It is only a matter of time, before it is birthed forth, as your outward reality. When you believe  in your heart, and continue to  speak forth what you believe, you will surely receive.

In Mark 11:23 Jesus tells us we can have whatever we say when we believe. So the work really is in staying with The Word until faith arises in our hearts. Faith will paint an inner picture in our mind,  which when we hold to it and keep confessing it, eventually becomes our reality. And that is why the enemy battles the mind, because he knows once he has lost the battle in your mind, he has truly lost the battle over your life. This is why we keep meditating in The Word, to keep our hearts constantly filled with faith, so that there is no room for doubt. When The Word dominates our lives then it is only a matter of time before our desire manifests.

What God did for Dodie Osteen, He can do for us in any area of our lives when we believe.

PRAYER: Lord, please open my eyes to behold the wonders that are stored up in your word for me. Let pictures of your promises grip my mind until they become my reality. May I walk in the fullness of Your blessings in Jesus Name

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For you to enjoy victory in The Kingdom of God, you need to develop a kingdom mind, that thinks in line with The Word of God. – WORDBITE 222.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]