How To Write Your Own Ticket With God part 1

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Today's Lesson:

How to Write Your Own Ticket With God 1


Central Truth: If we find ourselves at the bottom of life's ladder, it is because that is all for which we have believed. When we talk right and believe right, we will climb to the top.


The four steps to faith outlined in this lesson are so simple that they almost seem foolish. But in Jesus' ministry on earth, He talked in terms that even the uneducated could understand. He talked about vineyards and orchards, sheepfolds and shepherds. He illustrated spiritual verities in such a simple way that the common people could understand. His message was never complicated but rather clear and concise.

25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.


Mark 5:25-34

What is the first thing that this woman did? Verse 28 of the above text says, "For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be made whole." Someone had told this woman about Jesus. She knew that He was healing people. Having this information, what was her first step in receiving healing for herself? The first thing she did was to say it.
There is a Godward side and a manward side to every battle, every victory, to everything that we receive from God. We have our part to play. There is something that we must do. God is not going to fail. If there is any failure, it has to be on our part. If we see to it that we do our part, then we can be sure that there will be an answer and a victory. If we find ourselves at the bottom of life's ladder, it is because that is all for which we have believed. When we talk right and believe right, we will climb to the top.

MAKE A POSITIVE STATEMENT
This woman could have made a negative statement or confession instead of a positive one. And that would have been what she would have received. She could have said that there wasn't any use, that she had suffered so long and been to many doctors. She could have said that perhaps it was best for her to die. But she did not speak negatively. She spoke positively. She said, "If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole." And it came to pass, for we can have what we say.
Therefore, the first step in writing our own ticket with God is to say it. If we are defeated, we are defeated with our own lips. "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth" (Proverbs 6:2).


Live well, live blessed,
Bernard