HEALING FAITH

Old Testament

Genesis 15:6 TNAB    Abram put his faith in the Lord, Who credited it to him as an act of righteousness.

Genesis 32:24-32 NIV    Jacob was left alone and a Man (God) wrestled with him (Jacob) till daybreak.  When the Man saw that He could not overcome (prevail over) him, He touched the socket (hollow) of Jacob's hip (thigh), so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.  Then the Man said, "Let Me go, for it is daybreak."  Jacob replied, "I will not let You go, unless You bless me.  The Man asked, "What is your name?"  "Jacob," he answered.  Then the Man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you (as a prince) have struggled (contended/wrestled/power) with God and with men and have overcome (prevailed/not quit/fainted/given up)."  Jacob said, "Please tell me Your name?"  He replied, "Why do you ask My name?"  Then He blessed him there, so Jacob called the place Peniel (Penuel), saying, "It is because I saw God face to face and yet my life was spared.  The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping (halting) because of his hip (thigh).  Therefore to this day, the Israelites do not eat the tendon (sinew) attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.

Exodus 14:15-16 TNAB    15The Lord said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to Me?  Tell the Israelites to go forward.  16You, lift up your staff and, with hand outstretched over the sea, split the sea in two, that the Israelites may pass through it on dry land."
Exodus 14:21 TNAB    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night, and so turned it into dry land.

Job 40:2,8 Messianic TLB  2Do you still want to argue with the, Almighty or will you yield? 
Do you, God's critic, have the answers? 8Are you going to discredit My justice and condemn Me,
so that you can say you are right? 
(Spiritual insight = It is a sin to discredit anything in scripture.  If scripture says we are healed by His stripes, then we are, regardless of what we see in the natural.  We can ask His Holy Spirit to reveal any blockage, such as a generational curse or sin.  Also, it can be a sin to publicly discredit His clergy.)

Jeremiah 15:19-21 Messianic TLB  19The Lord replied, "Stop this foolishness and talk some sense! 
Only if your return to trusting Me will I let you continue as My spokesman.  You are to influence them,
not let them influence you!  20  They will fight against you like a besieging army against a high city wall; but they will not conquer you, for I am with you to protect and deliver you," says the Lord. 
21"Yes, I will certainly deliver you from these wicked men and rescue you from their ruthless hands."

Daniel 10:7-14 KJVer    7I Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me saw not the vision.  A great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.  8I was left alone, saw this great vision, and had no strength in me.  My comeliness was turned into corruption.  I retained no strength.  9Yet, I heard the voice of his words.  When I heard the voice of his words, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground.  10Behold, a hand touched me and set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.  11He said to me, "O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words I speak to you and stand upright, for I am now sent to you."  When he had spoken this to me, I stood trembling.  12He said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the 1st day you set your heart to understand and chasten yourself before God, your words were heard.  I have come because of your words (prayers).  The prince (strongman/evil spirit/Satan's representative) of the kingdom of Persia withstood me 21 days.  Lo, Michael, one of the chief princes (holy angels) came to help me and I remained there with the (evil) kings of Persia.  14Now I have come to make you understand."  (Spiritual insight = Do not become fainthearted when you do not immediately hear from the Lord or immediately see results.)

New Testament

Matthew 8:5-13 TNAB    5When He entered Capernaum, a centurion approached Him and appealed to Him, 6saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully."  7He said to him, "I will come and cure him."  8The centurion said in reply, "Lord, I am not worthy to have You enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed."  9For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me.  I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come here,' and he does it."  10When Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those following Him, "Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I  found such faith.  11I say to you, many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven, 12but the children of the kingdom will be driven out into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."  13Jesus said to the centurion, "You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you."  At that very hour (his) servant was healed.
Matthew 9:22 NIV    Jesus turned about.  When He saw her, He said, "Daughter, be of good comfort.  Your faith has made you whole."  The woman was (cured/healed) made whole (well) from that hour.
Matthew 9:28-29 NIV    The blind men came to Him.  He asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"  "Yes, Lord, they replied."  Then He touched their eyes and said, "According to you faith will it be done to you."  Their sight was restored.
Matthew 14:31 NIV    Jesus reached out His hand and caught him (Peter).  "You of little faith," He said, "Why did you doubt?"
Matthew 15:28 NIV    Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith!  Your request is granted."  Her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Matthew 17:15-21 NIV    "Lord have mercy on my son," he said.  "He has seizures and is suffering greatly.  He often falls into the fire or into the water.  I brought him to Your disciples,     but they could not heal him."  "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "How long shall I stay with you?  How long shall I put up with you?  Bring the boy here to Me."  Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the body.  He was healed from that moment.  Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"  He replied, "Because you have so little faith.  I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there and it will move (remove).  Nothing will be impossible for you."
Matthew 19:26    Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Matthew 21:22 KJV     "All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

Mark 9:23    Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
Mark 9:24 KJV    Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.
Mark 11:24 KJV/RSV   "When you pray, believe that you receive (now - have already received) them, and you shall have them." (Spiritual insight = Do not believe what you see in the flesh; rather trust the Word of God!)

Luke 1:20 TPNT    "Behold, you (Zechariah) will be silent (mute/dumb) and not able to speak until the day these things happen because you did not believe my (an angel of the Lord's) words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
Luke 1:45 TPNT    "Blessed is she (Mary) who believed that there will be fulfillment for what has been spoken to her by the Lord."
Luke 5:12-13 NIV    "Lord, if you are willing, You can make me clean."  Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. "I am willing," He said.  "Be clean!"  Immediately the leprosy left him.  (Spiritual insight = Jesus is willing that we be healed.  God wants us to be well.)
Luke 8:43-48 NIV    A woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for 12 years, but no one could heal her.  She came up behind Him and touched the edge of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.  "Who touched Me?"  Jesus asked.  When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against You."  But Jesus said, "Someone touched Me; I know that power has gone out from Me."  Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at His feet.  In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched Him and how she had been instantly healed (Greek translation is sozo/saved).  Then He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed (Greek translation is sozo/saved) you.  Go in peace."   

John 20:24-29 TPNT    24Thomas, 1 of the 12, called Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.  25Therefore, the other disciples were telling Him, "We have seen the Lord."  But, he said to them, "Unless - I could see the mark of the nails in His hands, I could put my finger into the mark of the nails, and I  could put my hand into His side, I will not believe."  26After 8 days His disciples were again inside; Thomas was with them.  After the doors were closed, Jesus came; He was in the middle of the room, and said, "Peace to you."  27Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see My hands; you must reach out your hand; you must put it into My side and stop being faithless, but have faith."  28Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God."  29Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me have you believed?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."  [Spiritual insight = Receiving God's blessings (salvation/healing/deliverance) has more to do with BELIEVING than with doing or being or anything else!]

Acts 3:2 NIV    A man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
Acts 3:6-8 NIV     Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you.  In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."  Taking him up by the right hand, he (Peter) helped him up.  Instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong.  He jumped to his feet and began to walk. 
Acts 3:16 NIV    By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong.  It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through Him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.

Romans 3:2-4 Messianic TLB  2Yes, being a Jew has many advantages.  First of all, God trusted them with His laws (so that they could know and do His will).  3True, some of them were unfaithful, but just because they broke their promises to God, does that mean God will break His promises?  4Of course not!  Though everyone else in the world is a liar, God is not.  Do you remember what the book of Psalms (51:4) says about this?  That God's words will always prove true and right, no matter who questions them.
Romans 4:13-22 TPNT-The Promise Realized through Faith    13For the promise, that he was the inheritor of the world, was not through legalism to Abraham or his seed, but through righteousness by faith. 
14For if the heirs were from legalism (obedience to the Torah), faith has been made empty and the promise has been destroyed; 15for legalism produces wrath; but there is no law, then neither is there transgression.  16Because of this, it is by faith, so that through grace the promise is certain for every seed, not only for the one from the Torah, but also by faith to Abraham, who is (the spiritual) father (example) of us all (and ancestor by blood/DNA to many), 17just as it has been written that, "I have appointed you a father of many nations," (Genesis 17:5) before which he believed God, the One Who brings the dead to life (Isaiah 26:19) and calls those things that are not as though they are and they come into being. (Isaiah 48:3) 18Who by hope upon hope, when the situation appeared to be hopeless, did still believe in it, he became "father of many nations" according to what was said, "So will your seed be" (Genesis 15:5), 19and by faith he considered his own body not weak now, although it was as good as dead, being then about 100 years old, and considering the deadness of Sarah's womb.  20Because of the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but he was strengthened in faith, when he gave glory to God.  21He was fully convinced that what He has promised He is also able to do.  22For this reason "It was counted to him as righteousness (title deed)."  (Genesis 15:6)  23It was not written that it was counted to him for his sake only, 24but also for us, to whom it is going to be counted, who believe in the raising from the dead of Jesus our Lord, 25Who was given over (to death) because of our sins and raised (to life from the grave) because of our need for righteousness.
Romans 5:1-11 TPNT-Results of Justification    1Therefore, since we have been made righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Messiah  2also through whom we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we boast in hope of the glory of God.  3Not only that, but we also boast in the afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance, 4and patient endurance brings tried character, and character brings hope.  5Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hears through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.  6For, although we are weak, yet Messiah died in the appointed time on behalf of the ungodly.  7For very rarely will someone face death on  behalf of the righteous; for possibly someone also would dare to die on behalf of a good person; 8but God demonstrates His love for us Himself, because, although we are still sinners, Messiah died on our behalf.  9Then much more now, because we have been made righteous by His blood, we shall be saved by Him from the wrath.  10For if while we were enemies of God we were reconciled to God through the death of His son, we shall be saved all the more, since we have been reconciled by means of His life.  11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Messiah through Whom we took the reconciliation in our time (generation/opportunity).
Romans 10:17 KJV    Faith comes by hearing (knowing/being exposed to) the (spoken) Word of God and hearing (understanding/internalizing/appropriating) by the (working of the living) Word of God (inside our spirit/mind/body).
Romans 12:3 KJV    God has dealt (given/downloaded/made available) to every man a measure of faith.

1st Corinthians 2:5 TPNT    Your faith would not be in the (human) wisdom (intellect/knowledge) of man, but in the power of God.
1st Corinthians 13:1-10 NKJV    1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.  2Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I would remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  3Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.  4Love suffers long and is kind.  Love does not envy.  Love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;  6does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  8Love never fails.  Whether there are prophecies, they will fail.  whether there are tongues, they will cease.  Whether there is knowledge, it will vanish.  9We know in part and we prophesy in part, 10When that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV    For it is by grace you have been saved (and/or healed), through faith.  This is not from yourselves.  It is the gift of God.  Not by works, so that no one can boast.

2nd Timothy 1:5 TPNT    5Remembering your sincere faith, which dwelt 1st with your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice,...I have been persuaded that it is also in you.

Hebrews 4:2 KJVer   The gospel was preached to them as well as to us, but the Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews 11:1 KJV   Now faith is the (invisible/subatomic/heavenly) substance (assurance/title deed/legal paper) of things hoped for,
the evidence (conviction/quantum physics energy vibrations) of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:3 Youngs    By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen,
not having come out of things appearing.
Hebrews 11:4 NKJV    By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.
Hebrews 11:5 NKJV    By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death.
Hebrews 11:6 KJV   Without faith it is impossible to please Him.  He that comes to God must believe.
Hebrews 11:7 NKJV    By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his
household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Hebrews 11:8 NKJV    By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he was called to go out to the place
which he would receive as an inheritance.  He went out, not knowing where he was going.
Hebrews 11:11 NKJV    By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed; she bore a child when she was past the age,
because she judged Him faithful Who had promised.
Hebrews 11:13 NKJV    These (others) all died in faith, not having (yet) received the promises (of God),
but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them.
Hebrews 11:17-19 NKJV    By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac; he who had received the promised, offered up his only
begotten son, 18of whom it was  said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," 19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead.
Hebrews 11:20 NKJV    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning thing to come.
Hebrews 11:21 NKJV    By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped.
Hebrews 11:22 NKJV    By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel,
and gave instructions concerning his bones.
Hebrews 11:23 NKJV    By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden 3 months by his parents.
Hebrews 11:24-25 NKJV    By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God.
Hebrews 11:28 NKJV    By faith Moses kept the  Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he Who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Hebrews 11:29 NKJV    By faith they (the Israelis) passed through the Red Sea as by dry land,  whereas the Egyptians,
attempting to do so, were drown.
Hebrews 11:30 NKJV    By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for 7 days.
Hebrews 11:31 NKJV    By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
Hebrews 11:39-40 NKJV    All of these (subsequently mentioned) having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV    Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the same,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 1:2-7 NIV    2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith
develops perseverance.  4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, Who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.  (Spiritual insight = The devil is the fault finder/the finger pointer.) 6When he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 
7That man should NOT think he will receive anything from the Lord.  8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. 
(Spiritual insight = If you can believe God for something before you see it, then you will get it!
If you’re waiting to see it to believe it,
then you’re not likely going to receive it.)
(Spiritual insight = Many pastors & former patients believe that a schizophrenic person can have 2 personalities & thus be double-minded.)
James 2:17-19 NIV    Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.  Someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."  Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.  You believe that there is one God.  Good!  Even the demons believe that and shudder. (Spiritual insight = Satan and the demons believe in Both God and Jesus Christ.  However they will not receive eternal life in heaven.)  
James 5:15    "The prayer of faith shall save the sick (mind/body).  The Lord shall raise him up.  If he as committed sins, they shall be forgiven.

1st John 5:9-10 Messianic TLB  9We believe men who witness in our courts, and so surely we can believe whatever God declares.  God declares that Yeshua is His Son.  10All who believe this know in their hearts that it is true.  If anyone doesn't believe this, he is actually calling God a liar, because he doesn't believe what God has said about His Son. (and about us His other sons, we who have been deputized to do His wonders right now. = spiritual insight)

Jude 1:20 NIV    (Beloved) dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray (by praying) in the Holy Ghost.

Commentary

Many men failed due to trusting in themselves, feelings, others, or ideas rather than trusting God/Jesus.
Adam and Eve failed to trust God, choosing to trust a lie coming from a snake. See Genesis.
Ananias and Sapphira  trusted in their assets (and died) rather than in the Holy Spirit (and live).  See Acts.
Lot's wife, who turned to salt, trusted in her thoughts/feelings rather than in the angels' directives.
The Jewish rabbis (of the generation to which Jesus was sent) refused to recognize the Messiah.
Today many born again believers in Jesus fail to believe in (or fail to perform) signs and wonders, which scripture says will follow those who believe.
Let us beware, lest we ourselves are found without oil in our lamps when Jesus comes for His bride.

Satan wants us to rely on our flesh/feelings.  God wants to rely on Him/scripture.
When we cling to flesh/feelings/negative thoughts, we keep our infirmities.
When we cling to God/God's word, we come closer to loosing our infirmities off of us, for first they are loosed in heaven, followed by being loosed on earth.  Beware not to pray or think one thing and say another, lest we sabotage the healing. In addition, remember that some afflictions are only eliminated by both prayer and fasting. 
Why not begin now a lifestyle of fasting!  Healing Fast  
Blessings.

Remember, sometimes asking God in fear (as praying for a child/parent who has cancer) can create an atmosphere, soil PH, wrong electrical current, that is neither conductive nor conducive to healing.
Rather, remember to pray in expectation, anticipation, eagerness like a child's eager looking forward to Santa's arrival with his gifts.

Allen, AA      (1911-1970)            God's Guarantee to Heal You   republished by   www.schambach.org
Caption - Thus Saith the Lord, the God of David thy Father, I have heard thy prayer; I have seen thy tears.  Behold, I will heal thee.  King James Version 
"Rebellion, or self-will, will close the door of your heart to real faith and, at the same time, will open it to doubt and unbelief."
"Only by faith can anything be received from God.  Where there is faith (not hope) in God's faithfulness, God guarantees to heal you!"
"In one of my healing services, a man came who was deaf in one ear, blind in one eye, and had rheumatism in his knees.  He asked for deliverance for his ear...As prayer was offered and Satan's power was broken, he immediately received his hearing.  This so inspired his faith that he had courage to ask for healing of his eye,  When this prayer was also answered, his faith was strengthened further, and he asked and received deliverance for his crippled knees...As each need as specifically presented -   definitely - God was true to His Word and did exactly what was ASKED in Jesus' name."
"Many times, if we can persuade the person seeking healing to determine in his mind exactly what he needs and expects to receive, and get him to ask for that specific healing, the barrier to healing is immediately removed."
"When we pray for healing, we are praying for that which God has already revealed to be His will.  Why, then should we say, 'If it be Thy will'?"
Sometimes "the root of the disease is cursed in the name of Jesus...For a short time, the suffering may be even more acute than before, as this dead foreign tissue is being separated and carried away.  At this point, many fail to recognize what is happening, and they cast away their confidence.  They give open testimony ...they are not healed, that they are even worse, and fear they will die...Acceptance of Satan's suggestions opens the door for Satan to replace in their bodies the very thing which had been cast out by the power of God.  So the healing is lost before any of its benefits are even recognized."
"You are NOT to believe that you are healed - because the pain is gone.  And you shouldn't refuse to believe that you are healed - because you still feel the pain...Faith is believing that you are healed - because God says...A person who walks by faith ignores the testimony (feelings) of his senses, unless it agrees with the Word of God"
Allen, AA                               The Price of God's Miracle Working Power    www.schambach.org
Chapter 12 A Partaker of His Divine Nature  To the degree the grafted branch permits the tree's sap to flow into it is the degree it takes on the nature of the tree into which it is grafted.  Likewise, the same applies to our being plugged into the Trinity.  It is NEVER our doing, but always His, when fruit and gifts appear in our lives.  "Our accomplishments for God...are done according to the proportion of faith.  We are partakers of the divine nature according to the proportion of faith."
"God plays NO favorites.  The price of power sands; it's the same for all.  And the same power is available to all who will pay the price.  It is for anyone who will take by faith the 'exceeding great and precious promises' for himself, believing."  Those who do NOT take a NO for an answer and will wrestle with God for His promises to come to pass, will receive from God what they believe and fight for, without backing down.

Banks, Bill                                                              Alive Again
Banks, Bill                                                              Deliverance from Childlessness
Banks, Bill                                                              Is It God's Will to Heal You
A delay is NOT a NO from God!  Memorize/stand on/pray relevant scripture.

Bevington, Guy C                                                    Remarkable Miracles
Chapter 8 Instances of Healings shares this poem
"Faith drops out where our doubts step in
And faith stops just where doubts begin.
Faith, mighty Faith, the promise sees
And looks to that alone;
Laughs at impossibilities
and cries, 'It shall be done!'"
"Bevington prayed, 'Now, Lord, I believe she (Mrs Medler) is Your child, and if she is, we have a right to claim healing for her - yes, complete healing.'"
Mrs GL Medler of Kingswood, Kentucky, USA responded, "It was right then that my faith took hold for the 1st time and I said, 'Yes, Lord, I am Thy child.  I shall be healed on the ground that I am Thy child.'"  The Lord removed her rheumatism, but not all at once.
"The promise (of healing) is according to your faith, not according to the conditions or surroundings - just your faith."

Bolz, Shawn                                                         Keys to Heaven's Economy          www.streamsministries.com      www.whitedoveministries.org
Subtitle = An Angelic Visitation from the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of heaven -
Chapter 6 The Economy of Heaven shares that those who partner with God can call forth from heaven's warehouse both earthly material (money/buildings) and physical (eyes/legs) gifts to accomplish His will on earth.  Bolz cites Iris Ministries and Global Children's Ministries as receiving some of these heavenly gifts (food and clothing), because of their bold demand on Heaven's response.  One needs to pray in agreement with what is available in Heaven.  Receiving faith is a place in God's heart where one needs to be; a place where angels do not access.

Burt, Arthur                            Surrender Your Key to Spiritual Success    www.arthurburt.com
Chapter 4 Some Keys, but Not the Key  "Your faith is in His Word; His Word is a fact; and therefore you act on a fact!  And if you don't act, you don't believe!"
"Are you prepared to water down the standard and make God a liar because of your (own limited) experience?  Does believing come by feeling, seeing, or having, or does it come by hearing?"
"You will find it very difficult to believe God after an argument with your wife!  How can you love and believe God whom you don't see, if you can't love your brother whom you do see?"  1st John 4:20
Burt, Arthur              Around the World in 88 Years   www.arthurburt.com
Chapter 14 Far & Away  "In Russia I saw young girls (aged)19,20,21...pastoring whole congregations in the faith...
'Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.'  (Romans 4:3)  It was a (God) substitute for what he hadn't got. And it would seem that for many of these girls, their faith is counted for experience.  And they moved into a (supernatural) realm, by the (Holy) Spirit, altogether beyond human experience (credentials)."

Cho, David Yonggi    Successful Home Cell Groups    http://www.bridgelogos.com publisher
Seoul, Korea
Chapter 1 Personal Ambition - Key to Disaster explains that head faith, the logos Word of God, is not heart faith, the rhema reveled Word of God which gives specific confirmation to an individual.  Although Cho had a healing ministry, he could not heal himself!  The Lord told him he would have to wait 10 years for his healing, the time he needed to (a) die to self and (b) be tutored by the Holy Spirit.  Claiming the Word of God for himself at that time was head faith.
Cho, David Yonggi    The 4th Dimension volume #1   http://www.bridgelogos.com publisher
Subtitle = Discovering a New World of Answered Prayer  Superior expose on faith.
Chapter 1 Incubation - a Law of Faith says (1) make and then visualize a specific/detailed goal, (2) have a red-hot burning desire, (3) pray until you get God's assurance, and (4) proclaim the goal as done.
Chapter 4 Rhema notes, "Rhema...faith given is not your own; it is imparted faith that God has given you.  After receiving this imparted (downloaded) faith, then you can command mountains to be removed.  Without receiving God's (rhema/imparted) faith you cannot do this (even if you believe/claim/quote logos Scripture day in and day out)."  5 steps to receiving rhema faith = (1) Wait in serenity on the Lord. (2) Ask the Lord to give you His desire.  Screen the result(s) with Scripture. (3) Ask Him for a sign. (4) Wait for a green light.  Wait for God's time. (5) If you hear correctly and immediately obey, signs, wonders, miracles will follow.
Chapter 6 God's Address shares "If you look at your circumstances with your physical eyes and live by your senses, Satan will destroy you with fear.  But if you close your eyes and look to God, then you can believe.  There are 2 different kinds of knowledge, sensual knowledge and revelation knowledge."
Cho, David Yonggi          The Holy Spirit My Senior Partner          www.charismahouse.com publisher
Subtitle Understanding the Holy Spirit & His Gifts - including author's personal testimony
"The communion of the Holy Spirit - daily traveling and constant fellowship with the Holy Spirit - is essential for our spiritual well-being.  The measure of our faith is in direct proportion to our communion with the Holy Spirit.  Through  the communion of the Holy Spirit, we receive spiritual blessings...They are useless to us if they do not reach us."
Cho, David Yonggi                The Holy Spirit My Senior Partner   www.charismahouse.com publisher
Subtitle Understanding the Holy Spirit & His Gifts - including author's personal testimony
Chapter 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit   "Though I prayed at length with many tears, the anticipated (Holy Spirit) gifts were not forthcoming.  Though it seemed that those gifts appeared for awhile, I did not have an outstanding flow of those gifts of the Spirit continually.  Instead, gifts I did not ask for or pay much attention to began to appear...The gifts I received were none other than the gift of faith and the gift of prophecy... Bold confession...sprang out  from my mouth and the miracles actually happened as I spoke.  Those gifts did not stay with me continuously.  The gift of faith does not manifest itself in every situation."
Chapter 9 Gifts of Power - The  Gift of Faith  "It is not important whether your faith is strong or weak, great or small, but whether you have a living or a dead faith...Faith given as a gift (from the Holy Spirit) is deposited in the heart of the believer...so that great miracles may be performed by God.  This faith is not possessed by a believer permanently, but is manifested through the believer when a(n emergency) need arises in accordance with the Holy Spirit's time and place."

Coe Senior, Jack                 Curing the Incurable    book or audio     http://www.jackcoe.com/mambo/
There are 3 types of healing (instant/gradual/unclaimed). Curing the Incurable        (web video)
Chapter 1 5 Key Steps to Receiving Your healing  "Both salvation and healing are brought about by faith.  Hebrews ll:1 says, 'Now faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things NOT seen.'  Faith is our proof and the material substance of our healing...It does NOT matter whether or not you feel saved.  We are NOT saved by our feelings...nor haled by our feelings.  Both...are products of faith...Begin praising God and thanking Him for the manifestation of our healing, regardless of whether you feel healed or not...
After you have been healed, it is the devil's job to make you feel sick...Biblical faith is an action word that takes place in your spirit, not your emotions...When you worry over whether God's done it or not, you may lose your healing through doubt and unbelief, both of which are sins...Refuse to allow the enemy to change your mind concerning God's healing...One of the chief reasons people do not receive their healing is because they continue to hold grudges in their hearts, unmercifully condemning.

Copeland, Kenneth    Kenneth Copeland Ministries    John G Lake                       www.kcm.org
We do not doubt whether or not God wants us to repent of our sins and take Jesus as our savior, but we drop the ball when it comes to healing, raising men from the dead, or miracles.  That is unbelief/sin/failure to do/be what Christ died on the cross to accomplish through us on earth.  Healing/deliverance/teaching ministry is the responsibility of every human once he has received God's Holy Spirit power/love.
God comes down out of His realm, the faith realm, into the human realm, the reason realm, and does things down here that are normal upstairs but abnormal downstairs.  Reason contradicts faith.  Faith and reason are jealous of each other.  They compete.  Faith always triumphs, for it belongs to God.
Chapter 25 Adventures in God  Lake shares a healing by Elias Letwaba of South Africa.  An infant had a broken neck for which Letwaba believed but Lake did not.  After God healed the infant, Lake prayed, "Lord, take every cursed thing out of my soul that keeps me from believing the Lord Jesus Christ."  That chapter also shares another story of faith where a native, Edward Lion, went up a hill and prayed for the ill villagers gathered below, resulting in 100's being healed.
There is a testimony told by John de Witt regarding William Bernard for whom Lake prayed.  Billy contended that he did not have enough faith, but Lake countered, "I have enough faith for the both of us."  Bill was cured.
Chapter 29 Science of Healing shares that a missionary instructed a woman to be content with her partial cure.  3and a half years later at Spokane Healing Rooms a Mr. Westwood rebutted that the missionary had not yet grown up in God.  God then healed Lamphear through Westwood.  (Lake adds a footnote to this testimony by using the illustration of himself, where earlier in Africa he did not have the faith of Elias Letwaba a native pastor who believed for the healing of a baby with a broken neck.  God healed that infant, as cited above.)
Chapter 30 Results of Believing Prayer shares that when 2 or 3 gather in believing prayer, the Lord will bless.  Lake with the encouragement of John Alexander Dowie raised his dead sister.
Chapter 32 Sin in the Flesh shares that faith is a product of your spirit, not of your intellect.

Copeland, Kenneth    Kenneth Copeland Ministries    Grow Your Faith kit   www.kcm.org
Contains a number of items that will contribute to faith building.

Cornelison, Zona Hayes    Avenge Me of My Adversary    www.nhm.cc   autobiography    Action Faith Ministries + New Life Ministries
(Norvel Hayes Ministries, New Life Bible College, New Life Maternity Home, New Life Missions Department, New Life Community Kitchen)
Chapter 4 Peter Faith or Abraham Faith  "Many Christians do NOT realize sickness is NOT theirs; it is simply a name for a devil.  They believe they have to die from disease, although Jesus gave them the gift of healing.  Healing (, health, demonic deliverance, and miracles) comes with salvation.  It is a gift to the body of Christ.  Healing is NOT only about confession.  The 1st step is to believe that you are (already) healed.  There have been people who died from disease, although they claimed Jesus' healing.  They didn't have the faith to be healed.  It is as simple s that.  God meet you where your faith is...
Faith means NOT quitting...Discouragement is the name a psychiatrist put on a devil...Faith...is about building a foundation before the devil attacks."

Ferrell, L Emerson    The Supernatural Believing the Consciousness of Christ    www.voiceofthelight.com
Chapter 1 Centers of Belief  "We hear proclamations such as 'I am believing for my healing, car, finances, wife...'  In general, these 'confessions,' imply a future manifestation...The Bible says, 'Now faith IS...' which means presently, not in the future."
Most Christians "have been  trained to believe only what they can see, touch or fee.  The soul (mind) is the home to such emotions, senses and physical experience and is NOT the center where faith resides."
"God, Who is Spirit, designed man's spirit as the apparatus to receive His instructions."
"Spiritual decisions are NOT the function of our soul.  The soul is to believe and act according to our spirits.  The spirit is the source of faith and power, whereas the soul is the magnificent tool God created to manifest from faith (believing into the senses, will and emotions).
Chapter 2 Sin Consciousness Versus Christ Consciousness  "If we are quoting scriptures such as, 'By His stripes we are healed,' we should NOT be taking medications.  If we are saying, 'No weapon formed against me shall prosper,' we should NOT be buying home-security systems." 
Chapter 3 Believing Is the Substance of Our Reality  "The invisible substance we call faith is actually Jesus."
"The Spirit and Consciousness of Christ is the substance on which our belief rests.  This is much more than just His (spoken) word; His actual substance must enter into hour hearts and minds."  One bears "fruit according to the level of their sanctification (character formation/spiritual maturity) in their spirit, soul AND bodies."  Fruit is NOT operating in the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit, which is what God does through us.  Additionally, secular education "will NOT educate anyone about the kingdom of God," who/which is revealed only by His Holy Spirit to our human spirit, and subsequently to our minds. "Faith is to the spirit of man what believing is in the soul."  Originally "Adam had the ability to see the visible and the invisible at any time...Since Good is Spirit, the fall removed" from man his ability "to commune with Him face to face in the spirit," until Christ came and restored this capability.  For the person (who has repented from his/her sins and asked God reinstate him/her as a family member) who believes the Bible, "the substance of the Bible is the invisible God manifested in Words."  Likewise, "Faith is a spiritual material or substance of God.  The Holy Spirit releases this substance according to the demand made on Him by someone's (human/born-again/alive to God) spirit and soul" (mind/will/thoughts/speech).

Fruit of the Womb Christian Childbirth Ministry handbook    Fruit of the Womb's Zion Birth
has 3 excellent chapters on faith- Fighting the Enemies of Faith, Balancing Faith, and Scriptures of Faith & Birth. Their approach is extreme, however very useful, if doing spiritual warfare.  Euless, Texas, USA

Garborg, Rolf    The Family Blessing - Creating a Spiritual Covering for Your Family's Future  familyblessingrg@aol.com
Chapter 4 Making It Work  Section The Chinese Bamboo Tree  According to Zig Ziglar, "When the seed is planted...the Chinese bamboo lies dormant for 5 years with no apparent signs of growth. Then in one year it suddenly grows over 60 feet into a mature tree." This illustration reminds us to rely on God's invisible love, wonders, and workings rather on the visible manifestation. 

Hagin, Kenneth E (senior)                                  I Believe in Visions                        www.rhema.org
Chapter 1 How God Raised Me Up from a Deathbed The following
sections My Struggle with Mark 11:24 , I See It and Up and Out of Bed help clarify why many fail to enter into their healing. 
"In this moment, I saw exactly what that verse in Mark 11:24 meant.  Until then, I was going to wait until I was actually healed before I believed I had received my healing.  I was looking at my body...but I saw that the verse says you have to believe WHEN you pray.  The having comes after the believing.  I had been reversing it.  I  was trying to have 1st and then believe 2nd.  That is what most people do...I've got to believe that my heart is well while I'm still lying here on this bed...I've got to believe that my paralysis is gone while I'm still lying here helpless...
(Father God,) 'I believe in my heart that You heave heard my prayer.  I believe that my heart IS healed and that my paralysis IS gone...
(Satan,) I didn't say that I am healed BECAUSE I feel like it...I'm healed because I believe it...Devil, if you say I am not (healed), then you are a liar.  I am acting on the Word of God.  If I am not healed, then Jesus is a liar.  Go argue with God about it; don't fuss with me'....
Then I said, 'Thank God, I'm healed.' I lifted my hands and praised God...
As long as the devil can keep us in the sense realm, he will defeat us, but if we will stay in the faith realm, we will defeat him."
(Each morning) "I declared I was healed and I WAS going to walk...On the 3rd morning I got out of bed, dressed (and) walked."
Section Feelings vs. Faith  "I know now that just feeling better after you pray is NO sign that God heard you; likewise, feeling no better after you pray is NO sign that God didn't hear you.  We cannot rely on how we feel.  We have to come back to what God's Word says."
One Gleam of Light  "My faith was not yet based on what God's Word said, but only on what I could see and feel."
Hagin, Kenneth Jr                          Blueprint for Building Strong Faith    booklet    www.rehma.org
"If you would believe, like God's Word says, you could be healed from a child's prayers just as easily as you would from...a preacher's prayers...
(additionally) If you're a believer, you qualify to lay hands on the sick."  Agreeing with another also works. Reading/memorizing/quoting the Scripture daily will also heal an individual, eliminating the need to go to another person.
"If you know what God's Word says, every time Satan starts to take a swing at you, you can say, 'It is written' (in Scripture) and block it. 
When he comes at you with another weapon, you can (refute/contradict/refuse/reject) say, 'It is written'...blocking all of the enemy's darts."
Hagin, Kenneth Jr                          Faith Takes Back What the Devil's Stolen    booklet    www.rehma.org  wonderful read
"Things have to be taken in the spiritual realm.  They don't just fall on you.  You have to reach out and (tenaciously/aggressively/violently) take them...Did salvation just fall on you or did you respond and reach out and take the (free) gift...How many businessmen...just (idly) sit back in their offices...Receive (take/wrest from the devil and the heavenly storehouses) what (inheritance/escrow) God (already) has for you...2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ Himself...on that rugged cross, said, 'It is finished.'" 
Hagin, Kenneth E (senior)     How You Can Be Led by the Spirit of God                         www.rhema.org
Chapter 15 Depend of Your Spirit  "Your (human) spirit knows things that your head (mind/intellect/understanding) does not know, because the Holy spirit is in your (human) spirit...I finally saw that I had to believe I (had already) received my healing, before it would be manifested...
Draped over that bedpost I said it again, 'I want to announce in the Presence of Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the holy angels present in this room, and I want to call the devil to record and all evil spirits that may be present in this room, that according to Mark 11:24 (in the New Testament of the Bible), I BELIEVE that I (NOW) receive my healing'...I want you to see this.  I listened to my spirit.  Faith is of the spirit (not the mind)."

Hankins, Mark                               The Spirit of Faith                         http://www.markhankins.org/

Hayes, Norvel                                Faith Has No Feelings   booklet        http://nhm.cc                 

Hickey, Marilyn                              Wow Faith                                   www.mhmin.org 
Subtitle = Bringing the childlike heart back to faith
Marilyn Hickey Ministries, Denver, Colorado, USA
Chapter 9 Real People, Real Faith shares the biography of Marilyn's dad, who was healed of a nervous breakdown by her mom's laying on of a handkerchief, as directed by an evangelist.
Hickey, Marilyn   Marilyn's personal messages on the web   =    http://www.mhmin.org/ch-resource/mh-index.htm
Hickey, Marilyn   Marilyn's daughter's messages on the web =     http://www.mhmin.org/ch-resource/sb-index.htm

Hayes, Norvel                                 Faith Has No Feelings                                 www.nhm.cc

Keesee, Gary                                  Faith Hunt                                                http://www.fflc.info/
The best of the best in reading, especially for hunters!

King, Patricia                                  Spiritual Revolution                         www.extremeprophetic.com
Chapter 5 The Vital Connector notes that, "In the faith realm, feelings are NOT valid if they are contrary to the truth" of God in scripture.  Having repented for all known sin, having asked Jesus to be your Lord and savior, "You are absolutely and completely righteous in Christ.  This is the truth whether you feel it or not, and truth prevails over the fact.  Your actions and behavior will eventually come into line with what you truly believe....
How I feel though is NOT what is true.  His Word is truth....Because I believe the reality of that, I confess it.  When I confess it, I activate the reality of it within my life, and the manifestation...begins... Confession is what activated your faith."
We access salvation by faith.  We access healing by faith.  We access heavenly visitations by faith -  faith that the Word of God is true, yesterday, today, tomorrow for me and for my descendants.  Deuteronomy 29:29 NASB The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the Words of this law.
If we do not "see/believe/take/speak/appropriate" God's Word, we may not receive until our hunger pangs are great.  Crying/begging/pleading/wailing are NOT signs of spiritual hunger.  They are negative.  They are doubt.  They nullify God's Word.  Faith is positive/expectant.

Lake, Brian                                    Romancing the King                            www.brianlake.org    
Chapter 4 A Living Fellowship  "Real faith is always reaching out in trust for that which is beyond our immediate grasp.  But 'whatever is not based on faith is sin.'  Therefore, standing still in the Christian life actually causes us to lose ground."
"It is NOT up to God's power for you to be healed...Your faith will make you whole; according to your faith...You cannot have faith in God beyond the degree of your relationship (with Him)."

Liardon, Roberts                             God's Generals                               www.robertsliardon.org   
Subtitle = Why They Succeeded and Why Some Failed
Chapter 7 Smith Wigglesworth - Apostle of Faith
Liardon says that until the ministry of Smith Wigglesworth, the popular theology was that God answered prayer without our interference or involvement.  God's angel comes, taps us on the head with a magic wand, and then we are cured.  Smith on the other hand contends that man NEEDS to become involved, the same way that Jesus was involved in the carrying out of God's purposes.  If a cripple claims healing, then he needs to stand and begin taking baby steps, doing what is impossible, in order to convince the enemy to leave and in order allow the Holy Spirit to fill the vacant spot left by the enemy.  Smith  taught that, faith should be acted upon, regardless of - how we feel, what we see, or what our present medical circumstances are.  Smith also taught that the greater the response to faith, the greater the blessing.   If a baby takes one step, the father cheers, but if the baby gets all the way to the father, the baby gets a hug and a cheer.  The Father does not go to us.  We need to go to the Father.  It is called a faith walk.  Smith called this aspect of his healing ministry retail healing due to the pastor's encouragement and the person's participation/response/obedience to the word of God.  Peter walked on water with Jesus' encouragement and his obedience.  Out of the 12 disciples, Peter was the only 1 who was willing.

Madison, Richard L.                 Raised from the Dead    www.rickmadison.com  www.rickmadison.org
Chapter 5 Running out of the Wheelchair  "I said, 'I can't rise and walk, Lord, I don't have any feeling in my legs yet.'  He answered, 'You do not walk by feeling; you walk by faith.'  'But how do I walk by faith?'  I asked.  Jesus replied, 'You just stand up and walk.  It is not hard.  Man has tried to make healing difficult by putting limits and doctrines on it, but I have made it so simple.  Just believe; accept your healing and walk.'"

McKenna, Sister Briege with Libersat, Henry        Miracles Do Happen      www.sisterbriege.com
"Faith and feelings are 2 different things.  There is NO place in the Word of God where Jesus said, 'By your feelings you will be  saved' or 'By your feelings you will be healed.'"

McLean, Renny                        Eternity Invading Time                                      www.globalglory.org
Our faith will determine if we get a miracle (now) or a (gradual) healing (later).  It is our choice!  Rather it is our unbelief!  "When" we receive is often based on our time frame, not God's.  Faith is the time zone where God dwells.  Faith operates by the law of truth, not fact/science.  Christ/God is truth.  Until we speak/believe by faith, miracles/healings seldom happen.
"Father, I/we ask You, in the name of Jesus Christ Your son, to release the hunger for Your presence, right now.  Allow the revelation of how to walk in Your marvelous trust. Grant us the fullness of our yearning.  Baptize and empower us so we are full of Your Holy Spirit, NOW!  Change us from old paths.  Teach us the new path.  Make us new wineskins.  Give us strength of mind, will, and emotions to stay the course You have called us to.  Let us not despise the days of small beginnings, for in them are lessons we will need for the maturing of the saints in our care.  Cause those influences which are holding us from accessing the Glory to be disassociated from us immediately.  Fill our temple with the train of Your Glory!  From this moment on, never let us regret we have made the decision to be a cloud builder of Your Glory.  In Jesus name I/we pray.  Amen.!"

Moyo, Andrew                                   Working the Works of God                             www.messengerministry.com
Subtitle - The Keys to Supernatural Ministry Are in Your Hands
Chapter 6 Faith - Standing on God's Word  "Your faith will not produce your desired miracle until you release it by acting on God's Word...You cannot change your current circumstance until you get fed up with where you are and what is happening in your life - physically, spiritually, emotionally, financially, mentally and socially...How you respond to God establishes how He will respond to you."
Mark 5:30,34 KJV  Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue (God's anointing power) had gone out of Him, turned Him about in the press and said, 'Who touched My clothes?...Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace and be whole of thy plague.'
Moyo continues, "Remember, faith is tangible.  Faith is (becomes) so tangible that God can see it when we put it into action."

Osborn, Tommy Lee (TL)         Frontier Evangelism                                             www.osborn.org 
"Where God has revealed His will by promising to do a thing, then we have no right to imply that His promise is unreliable by praying, 'If it be Thy will.'...Faith is simply expecting God to do ass He has promised to do.  His Word reveals healing to be His will for all, just as forgiveness is His will for all who fulfill His conditions and believe His Word."

Peck, George W. (George Wilbur), 1840-1916   
The Methodist Episcopal Pulpit: A Collection of Original Sermons from Living Ministers of the M.E. Church 
By Davis Wasgatt Clark and George Peck    Compiled by Davis Wasgatt Clark
http://www.google.com/products?q=Methodist+Episcopal+Pulpit
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/p#a3383   www.gutenberg.org/files/25490/25490-h/25490-h.htm  
http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/4/8/1/14815/14815.htm
nonapplicable/outdated children's books

Roberts, Oral             When You See the Invisible, You Can Do the Impossible     www.orm.cc 
Chapter 7 How I Discovered God Is a Healing God says that - Faith is not something you get.  Rather it's something you have.  Act on it.  Release it to God, so your healing can begin.  (As one needs to plug a lamp into an outlet, so one needs to plug into God.  God is always here!  We can miss God.  We can miss our healing.  Be expectant.  We are expectant for the mail man to deliver the daily mail; let us be equally expectant of God to deliver healing.  We are expectant for the doctor to deliver our newborn baby; let us eagerly await for Doctor Jesus to deliver us from evil.)

Rushness, Squire             Listen to Stasia Kelly and Diane Lane's amazing stories in book When God Winks at You
Read Excerpt  http://www.whengodwinks.com/  

Ruth, Peggy Joyce     Psalm 91 for Youth                     www.peggyjoyceruth.org
Chapter 8 Disease Won't Hurt Me says, "Faith is not a feeling.  Faith is simply choosing to believe what God says in His Word and refusing to doubt."

Sheets, Dutch                       Authority in Prayer          http://www.dutchsheets.org/index.cfm
Subtitle = Praying with Power and Purpose  Chapter 13 The Levels shares with us God's words,
"I am never going to heal your (warts on your) hands based upon someone else's prayer or faith.  You must fight the good fight of faith and lay hold of this healing yourself.  I have taught you well; you have sat under tremendous teaching for years.  To whom much is given, much is required, and I am requiring you to do this."
Sheets continues, "If we are ignorant of what is rightfully ours through Christ, we will not exercise authority to lay hold of those provision by faith...Covenantal provisions promised to us in Christ do not automatically come to us just because we're Christians...Learn to exercise our authority, release our faith, and seize (take hold of) these provisions."
Another favorite story is of an African missionary whose orphanage children prayed for a hot water bottle for a newborn.  www.holytrinityrochelle.org (2005)

Sumrall, Lester                                        Faith Can Change Your World                            http://publishing.lesea.com/

Walters, Kathie                                                                        http://www.goodnews.netministries.org
Order 3 books "Living in the Supernatural" "The Visitation" "The Spirit of False Judgment"       http://www.sidroth.org/
Chapter 10 Faith - God's Vehicle from Living in the Supernatural warns us that "What we feel is irrelevant; it's what we believe that will rule us.  The devil is a liar and a thief.  When he comes around, say, 'Satan, I know you're trying to discourage me, but what you've really done is remind me that I have received a word from the Lord concerning this situation.'" 
"Everything the Holy Spirit does bears fruit.  It is impossible for Him to be barren...God believes in His own ability and power, so we had better agree with Him."  His promise in Ephesians 3:20 to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think "is tied to the amount of God's power we allow to work in us.  Even if we have broken the power of a negative religious spirit, it can come back in through a 'works' mentality."
"Faith is like electricity.  Turn on the switch you have light.  But without an electric current nothing will happen.  Having the Word only in your mind produces no power; it merely give you mental assent to the truth.  Faith releases the power, but the Word of God (the switch) directs the flow and tells you what to believe."
"You must tell Satan, 'Satan, Christ has already blessed us and you cannot prevent His blessing.'  Satan's only power is to lie...Reject his lies and speak the promises of God."
"One Sunday morning an evangelist taught on faith, exhorting the people to believe their prayers were answered at the time they prayed, according to Mark 11:24.  She received her husband's salvation by faith.  That night as her husband slept, she said to him, 'Little do you know that you are saved!"  example #1
"'Lord, we will believe when we pray, not when we see.'  After we finished praying for each parent, we simply said, 'Thank You, Lord.'...Every day we continued to thank Him...We treated them as though they were already saved."  example #2
"We thanked the Lord that she was saved, even though she didn't realize it yet...I'd say, 'Thank You for her salvation!'  Though my ears told me the opposite."  example #3  (Each example would apply also to healing or deliverance or finances.)
Walters, Kathie                                  Angels - Watching Over You    Booklet    www.goodnews.netministries.org
Faith is Not a Feeling  "Remember -  faith is NOT a feeling.  It's something we make a decision about.  Sometimes, something can be true, but not THE  truth."   

Yun, Brother with Hattaway, Paul The Heavenly Man www.backtojerusalem.com  www.asiaharvest.org
Trials are to kill self and to make alive/resurrect God in our lives.  Our faith/dependency must be in Him alone.

PERIODICALS

Copeland, Gloria    You Can Have Fearless Faith    editorial 1/2008 Believer's Voice of Victory magazine  www.kcm.org 
"What is our soul?  It is our mind, will and emotions...what we think, how we make decisions and how we express ourselves.  Our faith in God's Word changes our soul to agree with Him...By His Word (Scripture) and by His Spirit speaking to your heart, you receive faith, direction and blessing."   We fatten up our spirit, like the holiday turkey, with the Word of God and the fellowship of spiritual champions, so that our sprits can impart to our minds the tenacity never to quit and the tenacity to continually confess agreement with the Word of God, regardless of what the ears hear, the eyes see, the mouth says, the nose smells, or the body feels - that is contrary to the Word of God.  "In the  early days I knew that from the Bible, but today I also know it from experience."
Copeland, Gloria    Abraham    editorial 12/2008 Believer's Voice of Victory magazine  www.kcm.org 
"The Greek word translated receive in Mark 11:24...means 'to take, to get hold of, to receive to oneself, to take back'...I think seize would be an appropriate word to describe it.  If we don't seize by faith what God has offered to us in His Word, it's NOT His fault - it's ours.  God has already done His part...provided EVERY blessing...But that by itself does NOT complete the transaction.  For a gift to be exchanged, there MUST be a giver and a receiver!"
"With God's promises...we must say, 'Thank You, Father, for that promise.  I believe it's mine and I take it by faith right now.'  We must begin to think, speak and act as if that promise is already ours.  That's just how faith works.  Then, when the devil tries to talk us out of that promise, we refuse to give it up.  We rebuke the devil and tell him to get his hands off our situation, in the Name of Jesus."
"Remember this: Faith comes by hearing, but faith goes into action by saying'...When we release our faith with the words of our mouth, it goes to work for us like a servant and does what we send it to do."
"I had been listening to Kenneth E Hagin's tape You Can Have What You Say...suddenly, the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart.  He said, 'In consistency lies the power'...What we say consistently will come to pass in our lives, because that's what we really believe in hour hearts.  Jesus said, 'For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks' (Matthew 12:34 NKJV)."

Schambach, RW    THE CHILD OF GOD CANNOT BE SHAKEN
"In the ministry to which God has called me, I’ve encountered many desperate people.  Most of them have been children of God.  You may have heard me tell the stories—a woman whose son was being executed for murder falsely; a mother whose little child was dying with 26 major diseases; a man wrapped up in a sheet, already stinking of death from a horrible cancer; a woman with a blind mama, being evicted from her home because of financial problems.

Wilkerson, David                        An Eclipse of Faith                4/21/2008 Pulpit Series newsletter            www.wourldchallenge.org
Biblical spiritual giants had severe siftings and faith eclipses.  "Satan (the thief) doesn't demand (legally contend for) opportunities to break down people whose faith is weak or wavering."  Job is a great case in point.
Job 1:9 NKJV  9Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?  10Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, around all that he has on every side?  You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 
11But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" 
Even Jesus was sorely tested by Satan.  Also look at Elijah, Simon Peter, Jeremiah, and David.
Luke 22:31-34 TPNT   "Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan demanded to sift you all like wheat, 32but I asked concerning you, that your faith would not fail; and you, when you have returned must at once strengthen your brothers."  33And to said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to to with You even to prison and to death."  34But He said, "I say to you, Peter, a cock will not crow this very day until you would 3 times deny knowing Me."
Jeremiah 20:7-8   My life and ministry have ended in shame.  You (Lord) should have killed me in the womb.
Psalm 55:9          Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues.
Psalm 56:5-6       Every day they wrest (twist) my (David's) words. All their thoughts are against me for evil...They mark my steps.

AUDIO VISUAL

Branham, William Marrion             CD/MP3 audios                                    www.branham.org
Branham's camp meetings share that to the degree that we believe is the degree to which we will be healed.  Christ provided a trinity for us 2,000 years ago - healing/salvation/deliverance.  It is ours for the receiving - NOW 
(When a certified/registered letter/package comes to the door, one needs to sign for it, if the sender requires a signed receipt.  Likewise, we need to be aware of our spiritual inheritance and sign for it, prior to the mail/delivery man releasing it into our possession.  In order to loose our inheritance/salvation/healing/deliverance out of heaven into our possession, we need to agree with God that it is ours.  If we beat around the bush and say that the package might not be ours, then the postmaster will not leave it with us.  If we do NOT sign for it, then Satan can continue to oppress/terrorize us with malady.  If we continue to trust our symptoms instead of the Word of God, we will continue to be deceived/harassed by the lies of the enemy, the lies/ignorance of the medical community (that your case is incurable), and the lies/ignorance of the school of theology that teaches salvation only is obtained at the cross, whereas healing/deliverance is obtained (a) via medical science or (b) in heaven, after death.  Consider that we might end up in heaven, only to discover our unhappy/powerless lot in life is due to our own failure to take God at His Word, that the Bible says what it means and means what it says, literally.)

Copeland, Gloria                           God Can Turn It Around      #k080109 4CDs      www.kcm.org
Biblical examples of those who operated in the spirit of faith and caused miracles to happen.

Hayes, Norvel                                The Price Of Wavering Faith          video               www.nhm.cc

Hickey, Marilyn                              Get Real                              CD              www.mhmin.org
Hickey, Marilyn                                    The Power of Prayer & Fasting      audio                www.sidroth.org
Radio interview with Sid Roth the week of 3/20/2006.  Marilyn shares how her dad had a nervous breakdown
and was not expected to recover and how her mom did a 21 day fast, resulting in her dad's healing. 
Hickey, Marilyn    Also see Marilyn's TV June 5-11, 2006 interview with Sid Roth about mental illness of her own father and brother healed by God through her mother's fasting.  Click onto TV archives to WATCH.  Video (DIS372)   DVD DVD372) 
Hickey, Marilyn                 Prayer & Fasting - The Ultimate Breakthrough          video       www.mhmin.org
(Marilyn on a Joni Lamb TV 3/2006 broadcast (not the one above) shares how a pastor went into a hospital and delivered a woman from severe mental illness from which no priest/MD could rescue her. 
This was done through fasting and prayer.    [Perhaps she was thinking of Pastor Lester Sumrall in      
True story of Clarita Villanueva - A 17 year old girl bitten by devils in Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines      www.amazon.com   
The Case of Clarita Villanueva    Cached   www.reptilianagenda.com/exp/e100799c.shtml   www.reptoids.com  
Witnesses to May 1951 story are the Manila police, attending physician Dr. Marianna Lana,
Mayor Arsenio Lascon, two local constables and several newspaper reporters.]
Also see book A Look Through Secret Doors By John Mackim, 1969, Ace Publishing]  Actually God is healing many incurables!!!

Steyne, Danny        Messianic Vision radio broadcasts    8/6-10/2007 - Show #1551  http://www.sidroth.org
Book #1110 These Walk on Water    LISTEN by clicking onto radio archives.    On Wednesday's (6/8/2007)broadcast,
Dan's daughters were stolen, but God restored them to him...God taught Dan to teach faith in Him before he taught others to worship to Him.

WEB SITES

Ahn, Che      Faith that Heals   http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/che_ahn_042704.aspx
www.harvestrockchurch.org      book How To Pray for Healing
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Che-Ahn/22560886676?v=info
http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/columns/che-ahn/17493-stay-filled
Harvest Rock Church, Pasadena, California, USA

Balizet, Carol                Home in Zion Ministries      http://www.homeinzion.com/faith.html
Natural childbirth ministries similar to Christian Science ministry with 100%  reliance on God  rather than medical science or man.

Brown, Tom      http://www.tbm.org/original_sin_was_doubt.htm
Brown, Tom      http://www.tbm.org/believe_you_receive_by_tom_brown.htm
"One distinct difference is that faith and hope operate in different time zones. Hope is in the future, faith is in the present...Many want to believe when they see, but faith works in reverse. You must believe if you want to see...Many Christians doubt their salvation because they do not 'feel' the same as they once did. Unfortunately they are going by their feelings, not their faith (in what God says in His Word, the Bible). As long as their feelings become supreme, they are likely to backslide...The same mistake is made when it comes to the baptism in the Holy Spirit; people want God to make them feel something before they believe in it. Some have said, 'Well, if speaking in tongues is of God, then God knows where I live, and He can give it to me anytime He wants. I’m open'...They are waiting for some sign or feeling that it is real. However, it is legitimate because Jesus promised the Spirit. The Spirit has come and will fill anyone who wants all of the Spirit. You must believe first, then you will receive...
F. B Meyer translates Mark 11:24: 'What things so ever you desire, when you pray, believe that you have taken it.'  When is the answer yours, before or after you have seen the answer? You must believe it is yours at the moment you have believed. Believing makes you a receiver...an angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him, 'See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.'
(Joshua 6:2). Jericho was still standing when the angel made this statement. The angel was speaking in the present tense even though the walls were still surrounding Jericho. Joshua had to believe that Jericho was theirs before he could see it falling...The people gave a loud SHOUT. They shouted, 'For the LORD has given you the city!' (Joshua 6:16) As they shouted, the walls fell. They did not wait for the walls to fall, and then shout victory. Victory must be received at the instant you believe...
Jesus NEVER asked anyone to declare their infirmities or their problems. He did not ask a sick person, 'So, what’s wrong with you?' Yet, that is the common question that ministers ask before prayer.  Instead Jesus asked, 'What do you want me to do for you?' That is a far different question than asking them, 'What is wrong with you?' Jesus wanted them to believe not in what they could see, but what God had SAID was reality. He did not see cripples or blind people. He saw them whole...
'Don’t recite the same prayer over and over as the heathen do, who think prayers are answered only by repeating them again and again.' (Matt 6:7-8, Living Bible)...why not thank God for the answer? Rejoice in the Lord! Tell the Lord how grateful you are that He has answered your prayer. Take the full armor of God and cut the devil inside and out. Release your angels to work for you. (Verbally) stand on God’s Word."

Copeland, Kenneth   www.kcm.org   Webcasts - Copeland, Gloria  The Lifestyle of Faith
7/09-13/2007  Click onto TV archives to WATCH

Francis, Bishop John , founder and senior pastor of Ruach Ministries, Brixton, South London with Benny Hinn Tuesday 11/28/2006 TV broadcast from Jerusalem on Faith http://www.bennyhinn.org/television/weeklyreview.cfm

Hayes, Norvel                New Life Bible Church          www.nhm.cc   View as HTML
"If you can believe God for something before you receive it, then you can get it!  Do you understand that if anybody on earth can believe for something before he sees it, then he will get it!  If you're waiting to see it to believe it, then you're not going to receive it, because that's not the way faith works." 

Hinn, Benny            Impartation and Anointing Conference from Christchurch in New Zealand
3 Revelations of Faith, Part 1      3/12/2008     SEND TO FRIEND    
 “The gift of faith is God’s faith,” he shares, “so we are actually commanded to have the faith of God.” 
3 Revelations of Faith, Part 2        3/13/2008       SEND TO FRIEND  
The fruit of faith which is produced by God’s presence, not His power.
3 Revelations of Faith, Part 3      3/14/2008      SEND TO FRIEND  
Benny ministered to pastors, praying for an impartation of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
3 Revelations of Faith Teaching from New Zealand 3/17-18/2008    SEND TO FRIEND
The gift of faith is from God.  The fruit of faith is from Christ. 
The 3rd faith is our walking in obedience, our flexing/exercising/using our spiritual muscle, lest we lose it.
The 3rd is our daily saying no to the flesh and to Satan + daily discipline of such as reading scripture.
Hinn, Benny   2008 Louisville, Kentucky, USA Fire Conference day #2 - healings of pain 12/4/2008 broadcast
http://www.bennyhinn.org/media/2008-12-4.asx  inspiring especially 2nd half  - First half deals with RECEIVING / taking one's healing!

Kornacki, Carol  I Believe In God, But Do I Believe Him?    http://carolkornacki.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2007-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=9

Matthews, Victor M    The Daily Affirmation of Faith    http://www.gracenotebook.com/pub/335
"God loved me and chose me in Christ before time began (Eph. 1:1-7)...
I sincerely receive Christ as my deliverance from Satan and take my position with Him in the heavenlies asking the Holy Spirit to apply to me the work of the Ascension. In His Name I submit myself to God and stand against all Satanic influence and subtilty. In cooperation with and dependence upon God, I obey the command to 'resist the Devil' (Eph.1:20-23;2:5,6;4:27; 6:10-18; Col. 1:13; Heb. 2:14,16; James 4:7; I Pet. 5:8,9)."

Moore, Beth    Believing God - Bible Study    especially for women    http://www.lifeway.com/believinggod/

Moore, Keith    2 week TV series   Thanksgiving Victory 
Thank God in advance regardless of feelings and He will open the door to victory.  http://www.kcm.org 11/30/2009  http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/091130.asx recommended
12/1/2009    http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/091201.asx
12/2/2009    http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/091202.asx   
12/3/2009    http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/091203.asx recommended
12/4/2009    http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/091204.asx 

Prince, Joseph    www.josephprince.org  
Prince reminds us that knowledge is NOT belief.          (A person can know by heart the Bible, but if he does NOT believe it, it is of NO avail to him/her.  In fact, Satan believes the Bible, but does NOT trust in it to help him.  God's Word needs to be known and then both accepted and applied personally, in each generation, in each life, in each circumstance.  Salve is no good in a jar.  It needs to be applied to the wound.  Communion on the altar needs to be consumed.  A dusty Bible on the shelf is of NO avail to the woman/man dying spiritually or physically. 
A Christ who died 2000 years ago is of NO use to anyone now, unless he/she recognizes that Christ is alive NOW and available/asking us to apply His blood to our sin plus His body/wounds to our emotional and physical wounds. Communion   Applying the Word of God)

Steyne, Danny    8/6-10/2007 - Show # 1551   http://www.sidroth.org   Book These Walk on Water #1110
LISTEN  by clicking onto broadcast archives.
Love is God's atmosphere, but faith is God's action in the spiritual realm - today and tomorrow! 
The body parts that exist in heaven, in the spiritual realm, manifest themselves on earth
when we speak them into our human existence.

White, Todd    7/13-17/2009 Healing Is Easy CD or Messianic Vision radio broadcast
http://www.sidroth.org/site/News2?abbr=rad_&page=NewsArticle&id=8525&news_iv_ctrl=1121
Friday the 17th shares greater revelation about those NOT healed in Jesus' neighborhood.
Few sick were brought to Jesus, thus few were healed.  If they had been brought, Jesus' own faith would have healed them. 
According to Todd, in large measure, healing depends on the faith of those who minister and NOT on the recipient's faith; mostly, healing is based on the degree of faith of the one laying on of hands, and NOT on the faith of the one receiving prayer! 
Friday's ministry includes healing prayer for bipolar and schizophrenia.  Receive!
Todd indicated that he was formerly diagnosed with and healed of bipolar.  No more mental illness, in Jesus' name!
(The Giver is here; the gift is here.  Often we do not take/acknowledge/accept/receive the Giver's gift: healing.  Most of us fail to ACT or behave as though we are healed, after receiving ministry. 
Think of the chicken.  It needs to ACT, to peck its way out of its shell, in order to be born.)
Additionally, the CD of entire radio program is well worth the purchase.
radio archives   http://www.sidroth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=rad_archives    
tv archives        http://www.sidroth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tv_archives   
White, Todd 7/17/2009 biography - formerly addicted to drugs  http://www.powerandlove.org/Groups/1000030968/Power_and_Love/Speakers/Todd_White/Todd_
White.aspx
White, Todd u-tube Todd White-School of Power Evangelism  1/31/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypsHb38dhRQ
White, Todd u-tube - 1st of 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUx9akIpv9g&feature=related 
White, Todd Street Healings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU3_r_B6taI&feature=related

Wommack, Andrew    Faith Builders               audio series    http://www.awmi.net/extra/audio/1046
The Reality Of Faith, Walking By Faith,  How To Overcome Doubt,  The End Of Self Is The Beginning Of God
Wommack, Andrew    God Wants You Well    audio series    http://www.awmi.net/extra/audio/1036
Healing Is In Christ's Atonement    What About Paul's Thorn In The Flesh   
Why Isn't Everyone Healed?           The Laws Of Faith
Wommack, Andrew  How To Become A Water Walker: Lessons In Faith    audio series     http://www.awmi.net/extra/audio/1037  Be Of Good Cheer    Get Out Of The Boat    Unbelief Will Sink You
Wommack, Andrew   Living In The Balance Of Grace And Faith   series  http://www.awmi.net/podcasts
10/27/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/10oct/awm_tv20091027.wmv   excellent 
Faith appropriates what God has already provided.  We are NOT to wait on God; He is waiting on us. 
God does NOT respond to me; I respond to God. 
10/28/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/10oct/awm_tv20091028.wmv
Faith is RESPONDING (as an heir or executor) to God's former provision/will of His son Jesus Who died
leaving us an inheritance (salvation/healing/health/deliverance/miracles).  (The relevant deed, check, bail/get-out-of-jail-free and mental-hospital-release-form is signed in blood.)
[Remember, (physical and/or emotional) healing and deliverance can be 2 separate things.  If a malady is caused by an evil spirit, one needs to identify it, repent for it in self and family blood line, refuse and reject it, in the name of Jesus, bind and cast it out never to return, in the name of Jesus, then thank and praise the Lord, and refuse the evil sprit when it tries to return.]
Wommack, Andrew   Living In The Balance Of Grace And Faith   3rd week of series  - 
(Forgiveness of sins, eternal life, healing, deliverance, and miracles have already been provided by God
 and await our believing and taking.)
Our faith is our response to (appropriation of) what God has already done through Jesus Christ. 
(After believing and acting, we need to give thanks rather than asking God to do what He has already done.
If God gives us a gift, then we need to open it.  If it is a bike, then we need to ride it, not look at it.  If it comes in pieces, then we first need to assemble it according to the directions.  Let us ask Jesus to be both our savior plus baptizer in His Holy Spirit and then begin DAILY to spend time with Papa God, son Jesus, and Holy Spirit, Who together will begin to grow up our newborn human spirit into a matured spirit able to do great feats using our human soul and body.)
Wommack contends that the human spirit is fully mature when man is "born again" but not our human soul/mind which needs to mature and cooperate with God.  Regardless, (whether human spirit, mind or both) human maturity and quick obedience is required in the spiritual kingdom. HEART_MIND_WILL
11/2/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/11nov/awm_tv20091102.wmv
11/3/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/11nov/awm_tv20091103.wmv
11/4/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/11nov/awm_tv20091104.wmv  excellent
11/5/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/11nov/awm_tv20091105.wmv
11/6/2009  http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/11nov/awm_tv20091106.wmv
11/16/2009 http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/tv/2009/11nov/awm_tv20091116.wmv
We can NEVER prequalify for salvation or healing - only receive what He did before we were born!
Receiving forgiveness and eternal life free CD Grace a Done Deal - Request in writing.

EVIDENCE based FAITH

Authentic faith is based on evidence, evidence in the Word of God in Scripture.  Any other evidence is insufficient/inadequate/short in amount/a lie of Satan.  Scientific, mathematical, physical (5 senses), spiritual (invisible/demonic), or medical evidence that contradicts God's thoughts/words in scripture equals a lie.  For instance, if a doctor declares that one has an incurable  disease or if a lawyer declares one is guilty - if God declares the opposite, then God, not man, is Truth - even if it is invisible/ not evident/not yet manifested/not yet loosed from heaven/not yet loosed from the enemy/not yet visible to the eye!
What if the doctor says one is depressed or insane or terminally ill?  One can take the meds or not, according to his heart and ability to pay.  Regardless, he/she or the loved one can still stand on God's spoken word, which contradicts that lie.  Why?  Because Satan is the author of all maladies.  Jesus on the cross made a way for healing and deliverance, when we believe and avail ourselves of it.  Salvation is NOT just for the spirit, but also for the body and mind, right NOW.  Sometimes the patient has to agree with God and sometimes he does not.  However to prevent relapse or hang onto remissions, the patient will need to agree with God for himself. 
If suffering is to be part of God's will for man, God will reveal this.  For instance, God revealed to Jesus that He was to suffer and die on the cross, to allow the eradication of sin/disease/insanity for those who elect to take Jesus at His Word.  The contemporary idea of suffering for our sins is a lie of Satan.  Jesus is the one Who suffered for our sins on the  cross.  He bore our sins, already, 2000 years ago.