Market Place Church
One time the Lord spoke to my heart, “Do not just believe IN Me, believe Me.
Let us act like the Bible is true!
“I watch over My Word to perform it,” Jeremiah 1:12
“He sent His Word and healed them,” Psalm 107:20
God tells us in His Word that He will work with us and confi rm His Word with signs! Mark 16:20 “And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word with signs following.”
Kenneth Hagin, an amazing healing minister and teacher, writes a story about this scripture.
“I was reading this passage in Mark one day when I was pastoring my last church, and I got stirred up about it. I began to fast and pray and wait on God.
“Lord,” I said, “things are comfortable in our church. The church is growing. It’s fi nancially sound. A few people are getting saved and baptized in the Holy Ghost, and a few are being healed. But as I read Mark 16, it seems to me we ought to be experiencing more supernatural signs and demonstrations of Your power than we are.”
On the third day of my fast, the Lord spoke to my spirit, “I said I would confirm My Word with signs following.”
I said, “I know that, that’s what I’m praying and fasting about. I want to see You do it.”
The Lord said again, “I said I would confi rm My Word with signs following.”
I said, “I know that You said, You would confi rm Your Word with signs following. That’s what I’m trying to get You to do.”
He said the third time, “I said I would confi rm My Word with signs following.”
I said, “I know that, Lord. It’s written right here in Mark 16. I just read it. You said You would confi rm Your Word with signs following. That’s what I want You to do.”
The Lord said, “Do you think I am a liar?”
I said, “Oh no. You’re not a liar.”
“Well,” He said, “you don’t have to pray that I will do it. You don’t have to fast to get Me to do it. If you will put the Word out, I will confi rm My Word.”
Put the Word out! That’s what I thought I was doing!
I said, “Lord, I’m a stickler for the Word. You know me. I’m a Word man!”
He said, “Check up on what you’re preaching.”
So I checked up on what I was preaching, and I was amazed! I found out I was preaching sixty percent Word, fi ve percent tradition, and thirty-fi ve percent unbelief! I wacked off unbelief instantly. But it was not as easy to get rid of the religious tradition I’d been preaching.
Finally I stopped preaching tradition and unbelief and began to teach more of the Word. Immediately we began to see results. Signs followed the Word, and the miraculous power of God began to be manifested in our church.
The early Christians didn’t heal the sick and cast out devils without putting out any Word. First they preached the Word. Then the Lord worked with them to confi rm the Word they preached with signs following. Find out how God works and work with Him. Then He will work with you supernaturally.”
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