An All Powerful God Looking for Faith

Looking at Luke chap 18. Jesus is speaking a parable, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. And he talks about a judge which feared not God or man. That used to sound so strange to me, growing up, that there was a judge that didn't fear the laws of mankind, and didn't fear the laws of God. But it is so common place in our world today, that there are those with agendas and political ends, that they have no fear of the true law of the land, or the law of God. But there was a widow who needed an avenging, a favorable judgment, from this unjust judge. And she continually troubled him. Every day. Verse 6: "And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?"

There's a fresh revelation that I've received recently about this scripture, and how God works this out, of miracles and healings in our life. And he has sent me here today to prophesy to you, that there's healing in the house. That there's miracles in the house. And more than in the house — if you can receive the word today, he's got a miracle for you. He's got a healing for you. There's a deliverance for you in the place today. Amen. Amen. One more time, would you lift your hands in expectation? Tell them you want that miracle. Tell them you want that healing, that deliverance, in our lives, in our body, in this place today. the name of the Lord Jesus. God bless you. You may be seated.

widow needs a favorable judgment from this unjust judge. And quickly, as you read between the lines, it seems that she has come to the court many times, and he easily has ignored her many times. Perhaps he has spoken to her with words that would dismiss her. She probably felt like she wasn't important. She probably felt like she had no value. But she continually, day after day, came back to the court, pleading her situation: "I need this judgment in my favor." And finally, the unjust judge said, "This widow is going to trouble me until I avenge her, so I'm just going to Avent." Not because he's obeying the laws of the land, or because of even God's laws, but because he was just wearied with dealing with the situation over and over. And he could not disappoint or disillusion her, that he said, "I don't want to be wearied. Here's your favorable judgment." And this is the parable that Jesus speaks about, when he talks about us receiving healings and us receiving miracles.

But what I want you to see is this. Because I honestly will tell you, growing up in Sunday School classes, and hearing this preached, I was disappointed. Because I felt like the scripture was saying, well, if you're going to get your miracle, then you've got to be — uh you got to be you got to be a nag. you just got to nag God, and nag God, and nag God, and finally he's going to be like, "You're driving me crazy. Here's your miracle." That's what I thought, because that was the only way to get to the unjust judge. But when I begin to look at the rest of this scripture, there something so much more deeper there.

I have found, through my study and through my experience, that there are many miracles in healings that we observe and are part of. Twice in our ministry we have been privileged to see the dead raised. And we have literally seen the crippled walk — have videos of it — and blind eyes open, deaf ears unstopped. We have seen tremendous miracles, and countless outpourings of the Holy Ghost upon hungry individuals. But I'll tell you, some of the greatest miracle stories, and some of my favorite healing stories that I could tell you, were — well, they happened to people that were guests in our church services, or brand new converts among us. Sometimes people that we would see once or twice, and never again, even though they received a miracle or a healing in their life. And that seems to be my experience. And that seems to be what others tell me in experience. But I look in the word of God, and find a dichotomy to that experience. Because over and over, we understand that miracles and healings are for God's people. When Jesus sends out the 70 disciples, he said, "Go heal the sick. Go raise the dead. Go do deliverance. But don't go to two groups of people." That's the Samaritan and the Gentiles, because they're an unprepared, uncovenanted people. Miracles and healings are for God's people. I challenge you to find places in the scripture — I can only find two of them — where Jesus did tremendous miracles and healings that was outside the covenant children of Israel. Only find two that we can be sure of. And that's the sarap phenician woman, who's a Greek, needed a miracle of deliverance and healing for her daughter. And it's a centurion that needed a miracle of healing for his servant. But in both of these cases, Jesus is blown away by their great faith. "I've not seen this kind of faith, no, not in all of Israel." Covenant people should have greater faith than uncovenanted. Even if you're not in covenant, God still responds to a great faith. If you want to know how miracles and healings can happen across this world, with all kind of individuals that are not even in close relationship with God — I'm telling you, great faith, God responds to, and miracles and healings happen.

I was preaching in Pennsylvania. It was one of them Sundays where I'd be speaking in eastern Pennsylvania for a morning service, and traveling almost 2 hours to a afternoon service in central PA. And I lasted longer than you thought I would, didn't I? I had to come off here. And I was preaching in central Pennsylvania, after 2hour drive, in the afternoon, or the noon time. And then I would travel back to the same service that we were at that morning, and preach an evening service. It was going to be quite close in timing, and indeed I would arrive late to the last two services. pastor in the first service was there to escort, or show for, me. And so I was almost certain that I was going to get the chance to, you know, rest a little bit in between services, and catch my breath, and get ready for the next services. And so we began that first service, eastern Pennsylvania. I'll never forget: there was a couple sitting on this side over here, very demonstrative in their praise and worship — standing to their feet, hands up in the air, tears pouring down their face, as they sung about God, and they loved on him, and they showed their gratitude. Something about their posture of worship stirred the gift of God in me. And I brought them down to the front, to speak to them prophetically, that their lives were being changed that day, that God was going to give them a miracle in their life, and great things are happening. The altar service is given, in Pastor grabs me, and he says, "We've got to go. My car is waiting. We're going to be late for the next service." Altar service still going on, we run out the door. We settled in his vehicle. I was expecting a 2hour rest — nap, meditate, focus in — because I am a very strong introvert. I get my energy from being away from people. When I'm with people, even in fellowship, it's draining me. Doesn't mean I don't love people. I love people. But it's costing me in energy, and in passion. Pastor, on the other hand, was a flaming extrovert. I don't know if I can be more specific than that. He had been in church service with his people, and great things were happening. He was pumped and full of energy. So he begins driving, and he's shouting about what God had done, and "Did you know this?" — slapping the dashboard. I'm trying to sleep. Finally, about an hour and a half down the road, he said, "You know what, I need to give you some time to rest." I'm thinking, oh, there is a God. He answer prayers. I had resulted to close in one eye that he could see, hoping that he would think I was asleep, and just trying to go on. And it was a crazy time. I was actually asleep when we pulled into the parking lot, trying to rest and refocus my thoughts. And he woke me up, and said, "We need to get refreshed quickly, and go into church. They've already started." And by the time we got into the service, it was just a few moments before they brought me behind the pull pit. And when I looked up, I was shocked to see that, in the same position in place, was that couple that I had ministered to in eastern Pennsylvania, were in that service. I don't know how they beat us there. How fast they drove — cuz Pastor was getting it pretty good. But there they are. Most people go to one service, and receive a prophetic word, and they're done. "Got what I needed today." But they were hungry. Their worship was just as demonstrative. Their faith stirred in me. And in that altar service, I had them come back down, because God was speaking to me prophetically concerning them. There was a healing upon his body, and a healing upon her body. And there was lifechanging things. And we spoke the words we needed to. alter service happening, Pastor grman says, "we got to go, to the third service." Out the door we go. Get in the car. I'm trying to nap. He's trying to talk. We get to the service. It's already started. Sound like I've said this before? Already started. We got refreshed, and immediately, when we got into the auditorium, they ushered me behind the pull pit. And I wasn't so amazed this time, but there they were. Many people, if they've been to two services, and received a prophetic word in both services, they're done. But here they are, for the third service. Their worship is not diminished. Their faith is high. And when God had me bring them down to the front, I spoke very specifically to them: that "you've not been able to have babies, and it's been the desire of your heart. But in this morning service, God answered your prayer. In the afternoon service, he healed your physical bodies. And within 10 months, you'll hold the baby that God has speaking to you prophetically is yours, and you have desired to have." And powerful revival services — I left, went on to the next revivals. It was it was 10 months to that day, when Pastor called me up, and he said, "Do you remember that couple?" And I said, "You mean that couple that just translated from one church service to the next?" He said, "That's the one. I'm at the hospital right now, holding in my arms the little baby boy that God has given him." And I could hear the baby cry. We Rejoice together. We we thank God together over the telephone. And he was reminiscing about the revival. And he said, "You know what's amazing to me, is, first of all, what you had no ability to know, is that we've only known that couple for two weeks. Two weeks ago, we taught them a Bible study. One week after that, they were baptized and received the Holy Ghost. We've only known them for two weeks. And having been only two weeks coming to this new life, this outpouring of the Holy Ghost in their life, this new — God gave them such a powerful miracle, that they had desired for all of their married life." And then he reflected, and said, "I've also thought about some of the best saints that I have. Some of the most powerful, faithful individuals came to that same church service, and some of them left still needing a miracle, still needing a healing." This is not something that is abnormal. This is what we see over and over and over again. It's what we experience.

I was preaching my home state of Georgia. And it was another one of them Sundays, that I'd have to quickly leave the first service and run to the next, Etc. And I can remember, as I began to give an alter call, two ladies stood up from the right side. One of them looked like she was a member of the church, and the another one, I kind of thought she was probably a guest there with this lady. But as she stood up, I could see faith. And I spoke to her — she's still standing there, waiting to come down to the front — and I said, "Ma'am, do you believe that God can heal you?" And she looks at me, kind of surprised. I don't think she's ever had anybody speak to her like this in a church service, from behind the pull pit. And she's like, "You're talking to me?" Not like, "You talking to me?" But — and I said, "Yes, ma'am, you." And she said, "Well, I believe that God is our healer." I said, "If you'll come down in the front, he's going to heal you right now. I can see and perceive that there's a lot of pain in your shoulder, or your upper chest area, and God is going to deliver you right now, if you would let me pray for you in the name of Jesus. And when I say 'Jesus,' you throw at both of your hands. God's going to immediately take away the pain, and heal your body." And she's like, "Okay." So the church is raising hands toward her. She's standing in the front, not touching her, just looking at her there. And I begin to pray. And when I speak the name of Jesus for healing, she begins to lift her hands. I thought she should throw her hands up, but instead, she was just kind of slowly lifting them. But when she got about this high, and there was no pain anymore, then she threw it the rest of the way up. Surprise look in her eyes, as she started moving her arm around, and doing some bends and different things. And faith is in the place, and miracles are starting to happen. And I had to quickly leave the church service.

I came back a few months later, and was on the platform, and looking out over the congregation, I saw her. And when she caught my eyes, she left where she was sitting, and came down to the platform. And she's doing this — you know, I'm guessing she doesn't know the rules, right? We don't do that in the middle of service, normally. But I went down to see what she wanted. She said, "Do you remember me?" I said, "God healed you last time I was here." She said, "That's right. What you didn't know, is that I've been diagnosed with a blood clot. It was in my upper chest area. The doctors were very fearful it was going to loose, and hit my heart, and cause me a major heart attack. She said, I've been in such pain, unable to sleep, unable to go through my life. But when you spoke the name of Jesus, and this church prayed," she said, "instantly the pain was gone. I've had no pain since. I went back to the doctor. The doctor said there's no blood clot. Whatever you do when, you need to keep doing." So we're in the front. Everybody else is singing and worshiping. We're in the front, up here. And so I just began to talk to a little bit. And I said, "Don't you love this church? Isn't this an incredible church?" And she's kind of hung her head, and said, "This is only the second time I've been here." And without thinking — I wouldn't have said this normally — I said, "You're kidding me. Last time you were here, you were healed of a life-threatening situation, and you haven't been back to where God healed you?" And she kind of looked at me, a confused look on her face. And she said, "You know, I don't know why I've not been back. I should have been." I said, "But you're here for a reason today." She said, "I believe that." I said, "If you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, evidence of speaking in other tongues —" She said, "My friend has been telling me about that." So I gave her a little five-minute Bible — we're still worshiping, I'm giv her a little five-minute Bible study in the altar. And I say, "Now lift your hands and receive it." She's like, "Okay." I mean, she's already got faith. She saw what happened last time she was in church. She threw up her hands, and we began to pray. And just a matter of few moments, she was speaking other tongues, as the Spirit of God give the utterance. She has only been in two Apostolic Pentecostal-style church services. The first time, she was healed from a life-threatening situation. The second time, she receives the powerful gift of the Holy Ghost. And she's only been in two. But what about the hundreds that come, service have to service — faithful in their sacrifice, their stewardship, their worship, their praise, their prayer — and often times, many of them go home still needing miracle?

Had the privilege to preach in Malaysia. Was doing a conference in the capitol city, koala lur. And Malaysia is a Muslim nation, but they allow us to come in, to have Christian celebration services. It is illegal for us to convert anyone into Christianity while we are in the nation of Malaysia, so we have to be very careful what we say, and what we testify. If I apply for visa now to go back to Malaysia, they will absolutely vet me online, and any services or things that they've heard me preach or do, they will analyze to see if I'm abiding by the rules. So we were there in koala lumur, having a celebration service with Christians. And there was several different languages that we had to deal with. Maybe 800 people in the ballroom of that downtown hotel in KL. And there were individuals there from Hong Kong, and China, and Philippines, and Singapore, and Indonesia — lots of areas around there. And we realized there is a need for seven languages to be spoken, in order to connect with everybody in the room. Well, that would have been an impossibility, for me to preach and have six other people that are translating, because my 5-minute message would be 45, if we did that. And so what we decided to do was just get every group of language into a pocket in that room. And I would speak, and then one individual would turn to a pocket of 20, 30, 40, speaking whatever language, and translate. So you can imagine the distraction and the confusion that was in that house, when I speak a sentence, and then individuals turn, and loudly began to translate to their group, and people are trying to hear. You had to focus, if you wanted to get something from the message that was being preached. There was those speaking Mandarin over here, and those speaking to GOC over here. And there was one group, back toward this section, that was a group of Iranian refugees. At least 20 of them were in the house. I preached a simple message, and I gave the story of barus as a point. And I made a statement of faith, and declared this: that if you are as hungry, or as desperate, as blind bmus was, that all you need to do today is to call out to Jesus, hollering to him to get his attention, and he would stop everything he's doing to see what your need is. I spoke a simple word of exhortation. I was ready to go on to my next sentence, as all these translations are happening. And when I began to speak again, one of the Iranian refugees stood to his feet. But when he stood, he was at the top of his lungs, screaming out — what we later — the accent was so thick — but what we later realized was the name of Jesus. "Jes! Jesus!" And if it was distracting before, now everything is watching this distraction. Now, this man — almost everybody had noticed him when he came into the church service, because his arm literally was extended from his side, because he had three growths, the size of soft balls, on his arm: one wrist, one the elbow, one of the upper bicep. And it hung by his side. His threadbear T-shirt that he had extended from his abdomen — it would seemed to be obvious that he had other growths, and tumorlike situations, on his abdomen. But that's who standing up, both hands up in the air, and loudly calling on the name of Jesus. And I'm trying to be sensitive to the Holy Ghost, as the leader of that service. What should we do? Should I encourage some faith prayers to get a hold of him, and take him to the room? Should we all just focus, and let's pray a prayer? What should happen? But as I'm seeking the direction of the Holy Ghost, his uplifted hand — the tumors on it began to shrivel in front of our eyes. It was a matter of just a few seconds — I'm guessing maybe 30, 45 seconds at the most — that all three of them, softball-siiz growths, had shriveled, until there was nothing on his arm, just a scar on his upper bicep. And when those around him saw the miracle, they are trying to let him know what's going on. He's oblivious. He's shouting the name of Jesus, and miracles have already happened. And they're trying to get his attention. It must have been like what they did with bmus. He thought they were trying to get him to hush up and sit down, so he's just ignoring them, and he's shouting all the louder: "Jesus! Jesus!" Finally, they almost tackle him, and let him see: there are no more growths on your arm. When he saw what was happening, he went leaping and jumping in the house of God. He was trying to tell everybody about his miracle, showing off his arm. And no one understands his language, but he's trying to share it with everyone. About that time, someone got his attention, and pointed to his abdomen, and he realized that his T-shirt was now lying flat on his abdomen. So he quickly proceeded to take his shirt off, and show all of us his miracles. I want you to know that I'm not recommending that — if God heals you, go to the restroom, check it out. We will believe you. We're trying to get his shirt on. He's trying to take it off. He thinks that we're trying to destroy his testimony, and what Jesus has done for him. And there is pandemonium in the house. Finally, we get him down to the front, and the translator for the Iranian refugees comes down, and we begin to communicate a little bit. I said, "Do you have family in the house?" He said yes, and he started bringing them down. There were seven he brought down to the front. I think there was something lost in the translation, because they all look about the same age. And here they all are. And so I taught them a quick Bible study, and one by one, every one of them received the gift of the Holy Ghost, evidence of speaking in other tongues.

After the service, the translator brought him up, and we began to quiz him a little more about his testimony. And this is what he said: that not only had he never been in an Apostolic Pentecostal service, he had never been in a Christian service. In fact, he had never heard of the name of Jesus, until we sang, until we preached about that lovely name. That is a powerful miracle. But I personally know great saints of God, even pastors and preachers, that left that same conference still with healing needed in their body.

Last story. it's preaching in the Midwest. And as I got to the altar service, God directed me toward a gentleman that was sitting on the back row. And I asked him to stand up. "Is that your family with you?" Yes. He had a girl, maybe 10 or 11, beside him, and the wife, sitting just down the pew. I said, "Sir, I want you to come down to the front, because this is a moment of destiny for your family. Your family will never be the same again." He came down to the front, and we're standing there. And as we're standing there, and I'm about to speak prophetically what's on my heart, his phone, on his belt, vibrates. Now, everybody knows this gentleman, and it's his habit, when he goes to church, he doesn't turn his phone to vibrate — he turns it completely off. That's been his habit for years. But this particular time, he just turned it to vibrate, for whatever reason. And when the phone vibrated, he looked down, almost involuntarily, and he said, "Wait a minute, preacher. This is my son, from a former marriage. You said my family has had a moment of destiny, and this is my family. Can I include my son in what's happening?" I said, "Just answer the phone, and tell him you're in the middle of an altar, and there's a prophetic word going forth." And he did exactly that, and he put the phone right there on the pull pit. God redirected me, from just that family, to this young man that was on the phone. And I began to speak to that man, just standing here, and the phone's on the pulpit: that hope is not lost, that God knows where you're at, that there's joy coming to your life, a fresh infilling of the Holy Ghost, and this is your time of destiny. The church is excited. They're moved by faith. They're worshiping. When I pick up the phone, all I can hear on the other side is a young voice that's speaking in other tongues, as the Spirit of God gives the utterance. I go to hand the phone back to the father, and the father takes the phone. He's going to go to the back of the church, and say, "I love you, son. I'll call you as soon as church service is over," and stuff. But the son says, "Wait a minute, Dad. I knew, when I called you, I'd not get your phone, because you turn it off. How come your phone is on?" He said, "I only meant to call and talk, not to you, but to your voice voice ma, because I'm standing on a busy corner here, thousand miles away. I've given up all hope. I've given up all faith. I was just going to call and say, 'I love you. Forgive me. I'm sorry,' and jump in front of the next big truck to come racing this way." He said, "Dad, how did God know where to find me?" Understand, this young man doesn't have faith. He doesn't have hope. He's not even in the church service. Somebody else's faith, somebody else's prayers, are reaching out to him. That is a powerful miracle story. But even in that service, faithful saints of God went home still needing miracles, healings, deliverances.

The passage we read here is speaking exactly to this phenomena. Because the Lord says, "Shall not God avenge his own elect" — that's his beloved, that's his children, that's the ones that he love — "will he not avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he's bearing love on with them?" They're crying in the night time, and they're crying in the daytime, but he's not healing. He's not doing miracles. Not for his elect. He's just bearing with them. He is with them, with encouragement, and with his presence. And with his — but he's not healing yet. But then there's a shift that happens in the last verse, that says, "I tell you he will avenge them speedily." But here's the question: "Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" Now, traditionally, we've taken that last verse, and we've said that means that, when Christ returns, will there be any faith on the earth? And that's appropo to our generation, and where we're at. But contextually, what's happened in the text is that he's saying, "When I do come, very quickly and speedily, to do the miracle, will I find faith?" So here's where we're at, child of God. We have become disciples of this Christian way, and his word is our life plan, and his Spirit is our constant companion. And when we get into situations, we need to realize that this is the answer to our prayers. Because we have beg God: "Lord, I'm pressing toward the measure of the man, Christ Jesus. I want me to decrease, and you to increase in me. I don't want to be the old creature, and the old flesh. Disciple me, Heavenly Father. Draw me close to your gleaning side, Jesus. Let me somehow be more like you." And the process that brings Christian discipline into our life is trouble. It's sickness. It's pain. It's loneliness. It's rejection. And when he begins to allow that in our life, so that we can grow and mature as Christians, we forget what we prayed, and we're like, "Deliver me now." But God knows the desires of our heart. And so he doesn't heal us immediately. He bears long with us. And through the night, when we're confused, and lonely, and hurting, he's just there, with his presence to comfort, his word to strengthen. But he doesn't heal or deliver yet. And then daytime comes, and we're struggling, and we don't know if we're going to make it through, and we're weary. He doesn't heal us. Not yet. But he's there, because the Christian principles need to be developed in our life. Character of Christ needs to live in us. So he allows us to go through tribulation, that builds within us. And he allows us to go through sickness, that builds within us faith, and love, and compassion — all the fruits of the Spirit. We become disciples. And we make it very plain that we want to be used of God: "Use us to change our generation. Use me to be a testimony to my family. Let me be a witness on the job. Let me be a witness where I'm at." And so God puts us in a journey that pays the price for that ministry. Do you know that nothing in the kingdom of God is free? We talk about salvation being free. It's not free to him. He gave his life and his blood. It's not free to us, because it cost us everything. we got to sell, and give, our life to him. Sometimes we get to thinking that ministry is free. I would submit, for your reasoning, that every individual that is anointed of God has paid a price, their own self. And also, members of their family pay a price. Perhaps even Saul, who became the Apostle Paul, watched the price being paid, when that first martyr, Steven, is being stoned, and he's holding the coats of them that are stoning him. And when Steven declares, "Forgive them," then the price of his martyrdom — perhaps is the beginning of the price that was paid for an Apostle Paul. Jesus Christ paid the price at the whipping post for our healing, which means that his physical body would never have health again. But that's the price that he paid, so that "with his stripes we are healed." Everything in the kingdom of God is not only costly, it's very costly, expensive.

So we get into that mode of God using us. And when he puts us in that journey — and we didn't know that we was going to be rejected by those that we love the most, and turned aside by those that came into our own, own received us n we. We didn't realize that we was going to struggle so much, physically, and mentally. Was going to fight this battle, and emotionally, that — and our family, and this. We didn't realize all that's going to happen. So we cry out in the daytime, and we cry out not — "Save us" — but he knows the desires of our hearts, so he doesn't. But every journey of developing Christian principles, every journey of developing Christian anointing and value in the kingdom of God, has a beginning, and it has an ending. These all come to pass. Doesn't come to stay for eternity. It comes, and then it will pass. So every cup of sorrow that you have to drink has a volume. It's not an endless supply. Every journey has a time period. And so, when we get into that journey, and we drink that cup of sorrow, there comes a time in our life, when we have paid the price for the Christian morality and the Christian discipline, we paid the price for the ministry, and Jesus, who loves us so much — our heavenly Father doesn't want us to be in pain one second longer than necessary — so he comes, as quick as he can. He comes immediately to heal us. But in context of the story, we quit coming to the court, and asking for our healing. What happens is this, is that we move over into the faith that Job had: "Though he slay me, " — still going to love him, still going to trust him, still going to believe in here. That's a powerful dimension of faith. But this text is speaking about, when you have paid the price, and it comes time for your healing, you got to show up one more time, with faith, for your healing. Because it has been a lengthy journey. So many of us quit asking. We just quit believing. Maybe we have decided, "This is valuable to us, and so we're going to develop in this area, and be anointed in this area," not realizing that there's an end to the price that we have to pay. And so we settle into this mode where, when God sends his servant to declare, "There's healings and miracles in the house," we don't move with our faith again. We don't come again to the court, and say, "I'm here again, Father. I need a favorable judgment." Because we're, first of all, not sure, and we're afraid that we're just going to be slapped down with our faith again. Jesus, in this scripture, in this parable to us, is not telling us that he wants us to nag him. He's not even saying that the squeaky wheel gets all the grease. What he's saying is this: is that, when you don't even know what the time of your journey is, but you show up one more time to the church service, because healing is being spoken in the house, and you come down to the altar one more time — "I need healing in my physical body" — and even if you've asked a thousand times before, if God, who knows all things, has determined the journey is over, then you are receiving an immediate, suddenly, miraculous, powerful miracle.

Now, how many of you have heard things like this preached before, that there's healings in the house, miracles in the house, and you got yourself anointed, and prayed for, and went down the front, and elders laid hands on your head, and prayed the prayer of faith, and it didn't happen? Probably all of us. But we don't know the timing of what God is doing in our life. And it would seem a huge shame to me, that just because we're worried that our faith might not be responded to like we want it to, that we just sit back, and don't try one more time. Because the principle of this verse is that, when he comes to do a healing, and it's your time — you can't be down at the docks in the harbor, when your train comes in. That's the wrong place. Don't be at the airport when your ship comes in. Don't be any place except the place of faith and expectancy, for your healing, and for your miracle, for the deliverance that God has prom don't.

Don't you wait. Sis, you come on down. I know you are. I want you to stand with me, all over this house, today. hallu. See, Mama — Mama, I don't know if this is your moment of miracle, but I know, so far, you're the only one responding to the altar service, and say, "Here I am again." There you go. If you need a healing in your body, child of God, then it's time for you to come down one more time, and lift up your faith, and declare it one more time. If you are not a child of God, and you have great faith, this is the time for you to respond. There are healings. There are miracles. There's outpourings of the Holy Ghost. There's deliverances. And there are confirmations for individuals in this place today. Sometimes, when you don't feel it, sometimes, when you don't see it, you just got to respond in faith one more time.