Faith hears, faith sees and faith speaks

The doctor sat across the desk and observed his strange uneasy movements in his seat. He kept oddly changing positions in his seat. "Are you alright?" The doctor asked him. That was when he described his condition to the doctor. After speaking, the doctor leaned forward and told him, "This is a serious condition which demands a surgery on your spine." 

Rev. Jesse Sackey was on the verge of paralysis. He almost signed the documents for the surgery but the Holy Spirit instructed him to wait. Nonetheless, the condition worsened. It got to the point where he could not walk and was confined to a wheelchair. In fact, he had postponed a programme scheduled to take place twice. But this third time he was not going to postpone it. Men carried him on their shoulders into the meeting where he would minister- sitting. As he preached the Word of God, the pain would leave him and you would not even recall that this was the man who was carried in moments ago. 

That day, after ministering God's Word, the Lord asked him to pray for the sick. "Lord, pray for the sick?! I'm sick myself, how can I pray for the sick?" He objected within himself. The doubt was strong and the devil said to him, "Don't come and disgrace yourself here." But he was encouraged by what Jesus said they'd say: "Physician, heal thyself."

He called for the sick, still sitting down in front of the mammoth congregation in South Africa. It was like magic- from every angle of the auditorium they streamed forward, expectant to receive their healings. He prayed for the sick, still sitting in his seat. The aftermath was incredible healings and miracles. He had not moved an inch from his seat but the power of God was so strong and people were falling under the power of God even though he did not touch any of them.

Fast forward to some four months lying on his back and taking globe-spinning medications, Rev. Sackey distinctly heard the Voice of the Lord say, "..by His stripes you were healed." All along he presumed that "...by His stripes we are healed," (Isaiah 53:5) was the Word. But not so in 1 Peter 2:24! Our healing was effected when that Word was penned by the Prophet Isaiah and was fulfilled by Jesus Christ!

The moment he heard that, some strength entered his feet. He had been warned not to walk, for in the day he did- if he fell- that would be his paralysis. But holding unto that Word, he rose, walking out of his room. All that while he had been on his back, he could not go anywhere- not even to Church.

 

So that day his family returned from Church and found him seated at the edge of the staircase. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" his wife screamed. 

Calmly, he rose from the chair and started descending the stairs. It was rejoicing and celebration in the house that day! He'd been gloriously healed simply by holding on to God's Word in faith! Glory!

The fourth night of the 40 Days of Exploits of Faith was another supercharge of great faith for attendees. Rev. Jesse Sackey of the Latter Rain Chapel International, taught on the subject: "Faith hears, faith sees and faith speaks." Reading from 2 Corinthians 4:13, he noted that faith is in levels that we must progressively grow in. As we walk with Christ faithfully, our faith increases. He adumbrated some levels of faith as being:

# No faith

# Little faith

# Faith

# Great faith

He charged congregants to rise to higher levels of faith, outlining three means of doing so viz.

# The ability of your faith to hear the Voice of God.

He taught that our faith is an entity that is living. It therefore must be fed with the Word of God. He said, "You have to believe that you believe in order to enter into real faith."

He challenged congregants to copy God's example of faith which He exhibited right from creation (Genesis 1:1-3).

He hinted that your faith can work when you hear God's Word (Romans 10:17) which comes through the "Rhema-Word", teaching and preaching.

He taught that you must always expect a Word of faith directly addressed to you when you come into any Church Service.

He earnestly declared, "One verse of Scripture can transform your life and change the situation...the Word comes to your Spirit not just your ears."

# See it in the spirit realm.

The man of God turned over to Jeremiah 1:4, 11-12 and said, "See with the eyes of faith. See things which your physical eyes cannot see... See the Word that has been spoken."

He explained that we have to have what we hear in pictorial form and that's why Paul prayed that the eyes of your understanding will be enlightened (Ephesians 1:17). He challenged congregants to see the Word in manifestation (John 1:14).

He declared, "What you see with your spiritual eyes is what God will put into your hand. See the picture of what God is telling you...start imagining and picturing it. When God speaks to you, He describes it to you and wants you to start imagining...Don't see yourself down but lifted."

"When you hear and when you see, the Lord will perform it," he continued.

He noted that every true prophecy doesn't look like you at the time it is spoken. In fact, it is exactly the opposite. Rev. Sackey said, "When you hear the Word, open the eyes of your spirit."

He further admonished members to create photos and pictures of what God has said.

# Open your mouth and say it.

Narrating the story of Elijah and King Ahab (1 Kings 18:41), Rev. Sackey taught that once you say it, you have committed Heaven and there must be a performance of that which has been spoken.

Faith was alive all across the auditorium with congregants on their feet receiving prophetic utterances and decrees. Rev. Jesse, under a strong prophetic unction, announced, "In these last days the Church will be empowered with the overtaker's anointing...the Church will be the strongest force upon the face of the earth...there shall be an end time revival...you will confound and confuse people in your family."

He continued, "Between August and September this year, this Church will be turned into a testimony house!"

'Twas a night of hearing, seeing and speaking! Another level of faith awaits you tonight- be sure to attend the Service at the Phenomenal Faith Cathedral at 6pm.