Five Star Faith (Part 1)

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29 Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. 30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”

31 Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”

32 So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

33 They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

34 So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. Matthew 20:20-34 46 Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.

47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

48 Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

49 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.

Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.”

50 And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.

51 So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”

52 Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.

Mark 10:46-52 35 Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.

37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, 41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”

43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. Luke 18:35-43

From the Scriptures above we see that Matthew’s account says it is the healing of the two blind men, Mark’s account says it is the healing of blind Bartimaeus and Luke’s account says it is of a certain blind man. So, we can safely conclude that there were two blind men healed that day and one of them was Bartimaeus. It is possible that only Bartimaeus’ name is known, so, we will be referring more to Bartimaeus, but the three accounts refer to the same miracle.

In all three accounts, we read that Jesus said to Bartimaeus, “Your faith has made you well.” So, it is safe to say that whatever Bartimaeus did, Jesus described as faith, and I have chosen to call it, ‘A Five-Star Faith.’

Five-star is something that is supposed to guarantee you luxury, enjoyment, and great results.

In this article and the next, we are going to look at bive ways through which your faith will guarantee you efbicient and effective results.

A Five-Star Faith Comes By Hearing From the Scriptures above, we see that the blind man was sitting by the roadside. The Bible says, “He heard...” When he asked why there was so much noise, some people in the crowd told him Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. Immediately, he began to cry out to Jesus. This tells me that he had heard something about Jesus prior to this time. Even when people told him to keep quiet, he kept shouting because he had heard something about Jesus. One day, while meditating on this Scripture, I asked God, “Lord, we all say faith comes by hearing. What really happens? How does faith come by hearing?” Sometimes, you don’t always get an answer to such questions, but I believed God helped me see something. What I got in my spirit that happens is that it is when

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you hear the Word of God, that you create pictures. Everything you hear

whole. Speak to your womb. Declare that you are a fruitful vine and a

creates an image or a picture in you, and it starts

joyful mother of lovely babies. Call yourself

in your spirit. As you keep hearing, your mind is

who you see yourself as in the Word of

able to pull that picture from your spirit into

God.

your mind. That is why, as a Christian, you cannot afford to listen to unwholesome things or

A bive-star faith speaks. You can’t be quiet

words because what you hear creates images. It

and you say you’re in faith, what you speak

creates images of possibilities on a canvass of

is what you will have. See yourself

impossibilities.

pregnant! The people warned Bartimaeus.

It is when you hear the Word of God about this same Jesus of Nazareth that you begin to

That word “warned” means they told him he was going to pay a price for talking. You

imagine yourself walking if you were crippled,

may also pay a price for talking. The price

or seeing if you were blind. I mean this is Jesus;

maybe shame, persecution, ridicule, some

this is His Word. You begin to build images. That

other times, it might even be something

is faith coming. As faith comes, it births a desire

painful to your body. Are you willing to pay

in you for that image to become a reality and

the price?

you are ready to do anything, within the conbines of the Word of God, to make that image a reality.

Then, take a pillow, tie it on your tummy, wear your gown and tell your husband to take a picture of you. Print the picture and put it on your wall. You will

A Five-Star Faith Speaks 13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

2 Corinthians 4:13-14

From this Scripture, we see that there is a link between hearing and speaking. Speaking comes from a foundation of knowledge; you can only speak what you know. Many people who are blabbing have not bothered to know. As you hear the Word of God, it builds those images and that

see yourself pregnant; you will know that it is a pillow, but after a while, you will not remember that it is a pillow anymore. You would have created the image that feeds your hunger for your faith desire. Don’t sit there docile and dormant and expect something to just happen to you.

You’ve got to speak because a bive-star faith speaks.

A Five-Star Faith Holds Fast 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, or He who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:23

pushes you to speak. If you are in faith, you will speak. You can’t say, “No!

Bartimaeus did not cower in silence when the multitude threatened him.

I just decided to give God time and I am just watching Him.” No! Instead,

Instead, the Bible says that he shouted some more. He cried out all the

you will speak. Blind Bartimaeus cried out to Jesus, “Son of David, have

more. This is where many of us have a problem. When you do not see an

mercy on me!” It is when you speak that you pull in all your advantages.

immediate manifestation of your healing, then, there is a problem.

He called Jesus Son of David; he referred to Him with His covenant

However, the Scripture we read in Hebrews says to hold fast. When the

name. He had to pull in anything he could pull in. You speak out of a

prayer of faith goes forth, that faith is settled, it is done, it has happened.

foundation of revelation knowledge. What you speak may not be what

The only question is can you hold fast? Can you hold on? Always

another person may speak because of your unique and specibic

remember that a bive-star faith holds fast.

challenges, but there is a guarantee that both of you will get your miracle because it is from the depth of knowledge that you have that you

Intimidation will come, but you need to hold fast to the confession of

speak.

your faith. Different things will come to challenge you, but you should hold fast. Stop wavering and stop walking by sight. Why would you want

When Bartimaeus cried out, the Bible says Jesus had compassion on

to decide your healing based on what you see? Jesus asked Bartimaeus,

him. It is what you cry out for or what you speak that you will get. Have

“What do you want Me to do for you?” Today, Jesus is asking you the

you created an image of your expextation? Then, speak to your body.

same question. What do you want Him to do for you? This is between

Declare that your body is the temple of the living God; it is perfect and

you and Jesus; decide what you want Him to do for you.

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