Victory Over Dieases

In the example of this desperate woman, there several important things I want to mention (1) Victory over diseases begin with a desperate desire to be well (2) A willingness to Act on Your Faith: put forth an effort (3) A Willingness to put Faith in Christ alone (4) A Willingness to Acknowledge the true source of victory and (5) A Willingness to Praise God and Testify before men. Her personal confession sealed the deal!

1. A Desire To Be Well - Most people would rather have "health" than "wealth". She was no exception, except that she lost BOTH. She had tried every doctor and every cure, but all it did was make her sicker and poorer. The Jewish Talmud gave 11 different cures for bleeding. Beside tonics and other remedies, the remedies ranged from “carrying the ashes of an ostrich egg in a linen bag in the summer, and in a cotton bag in the winter to squatting over 7 trenches. This woman sought every available cure and every available doctor. Nothing worked, and now she is both sick and broke. But She was rich with desire! No matter what you go through in life, don't allow the devil to kill your desire to well. I am amazing at the lengths that people are willing to go for physical healing, who are not willing to take a single step to benefit their soul. Physical healing at best is temporary, but healing for your soul is eternal. Do you have a desire to be well? Victory over diseases begins with a desperate desire to be made whole. More than that, you must act on your faith. Victory over disease requires personal effort.

2. A willingness to Act on Your Faith - There is danger in sitting around doing nothing. The attitude of some is, If God wants me heal, He will heal me and others say, If God wants me saved, He will save me. They fail to realize that 2000 years ago on Calvary, God demonstrated his will for us. God wants you saved, healed, delivered and set free. Although, the laws were against her, the crowd was against her and her own body and mind were against her, yet she kept saying, If I can but touch his clothes, I will be made whole. If we would have victory over the diseases of life, spirit, soul and body, we too must have a desire to be well and we must be willing to act on your faith, put an effort, and make our way into his presence and reach out and touch him.

3. A Willingness to Release Your Faith in Christ. The healing is not by mere contact with him. Many in the crowd that day had contact with Christ but received nothing. They were drawn by curiosity or habit or the crowd. They have no further interest in Christ. Some comes to Church from Sunday after Sunday, listen to the truth, sing his praises, hear prayer being made without any personal interest or application, and they leave with nothing. If we would have victory over disease, you must put forth your hand and personally take it. People come to Church for different reasons. Some will come simply to admire Christ while others will see his infinite worth and eagerly take the treasure offered to them. They will claim the promises of God personally. They make up their mind, "I will not leave until I get victory over dangers, victory over demons and victory over my diseases". "Greater is he that is within me, than he that is in the world."