 Amen, so my title, my message today is gonna be called faith activated type your neighbors say activate your faith Amen, and I'm be speaking from the book of March chapter 10 verse 46 and 52 If you guys could pull out your Bibles if you guys want to Read there or we got it there probably up on no on the screen. So Verse 46 and it says then they reached Jericho and as Jesus and his disciples left town a large crowd Followed him a blind beggar named Bartimaeus son of Timaeus who was sitting beside the road When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby He began to shout Jesus son of David have mercy on me And this is an OT version just for you that I'm wondering and verse 48 says and in the crowd said be quiet Many of them yelled at him, but he only shouted louder son of David have mercy on me When Jesus heard him he stopped and said tell him to come here. So they called the blind man said cheer up They said come he is calling you Bartimaeus threw aside his coat Jumped up came to Jesus verse 51 says What do you want me to do for you Jesus asked my rabbi the blind man said I want to see and Jesus said go for your faith Has healed you So I kind of want to emphasize a part. He said he didn't pray for him He said just go your faith has healed you So I believe a lot of us here in this place that we're asking God for a lot of things But the thing that differs this this story from a lot of other stories is when Jesus would pray for them He would lay their hands on him, but this story is a little different because Jesus didn't pray for the blind man All he said he said go your faith has healed you So I believe in this place a lot of us We're coming before God and God and we have everything we need for our miracle inside of us and God is just wants to Activate that faith inside of you for your miracle for your healing for your deliverance and Jesus might name and amen Amen, amen and See in the olden days when you had an infirmity like a like a big or bad like blindness or here deafness or lame In back in those days in the society, they would just really when you had something bad They would just kind of push you aside. They didn't really have a cure for you So what they would do is it would kind of just like give you no tea coffee something like that But they wouldn't really cure your thing You clear your disease or the problem that you had they would only just give you a little something to to deal with it And so that's why a lot of people would always go into their into their places and a lot of even society some Some people would were be would be killed if they knew that they had either leprosy or blindness or something like that And so they would always push him aside and that's honestly how our society is something that we can't deal with We begin to push aside we begin to shove to the back and that's what happened back then in those days And but that's why in the New Testament in the days of Jesus. There was so many miracles There was so many healings there were so many people that that begin to receive sight that be begin to receive their healing It's because miracles occur when humanity runs out of options Miracles occur when you come to the end of yourself and you say God I tried everything that I can but I can't do it God I've come to the end of myself and God says where you end is where I begin where you're at Where you run out your in your your power. That says this is where I start and see Blind Bartimaeus he didn't always want to be Blind Bartimaeus no he didn't in the classroom. He didn't say teacher I want to be a blind beggar when I grow up No, he said probably astronaut or something or whatever they want to be back in the day And so he didn't always go up wanting to be a blind beggar No, I mean blind and being a beggar they don't they don't you you could do one without the other But it was a his situation in life begin to bring down his hopes His situation in life begin to bring down what he can hope for what he could dream for what he can ask God for and begin to limit him and that's what Satan wants to do He wants to take you in this situation that you're at and he wants to begin to limit Even what you ask God for and you say you you've dealt with this issue for so long that you're gonna say God I'm not I'm not even gonna ask God for for healing. I'm not even gonna ask God for a solution This is just I'm beginning to begin to be comfortable in the position that I meant and the thing is how we know He didn't always want to be blind is because in the Bible when they when they most of the time when they give you a name They actually name you that means you got to be some somewhere in life there somewhere higher in life because like you look at the The woman with the issue of blood. What's her name? The woman with the issue of blood She didn't really have a name or the woman at the well her name is the woman at the well because so Being named something Bartimaeus son of Tamaeus that means he was supposed to be somewhere in life He could have been a mayor could have been a governor a ruler or something He was something Something should have been something in life But his situation began to bring down his hopes what he could dream for and God and the thing is What he began to do is he began to become comfortable in the position he is and that's my first point I want to bring to you guys is a curse of comfort seeing Story of Bartimaeus he began to they begin to bring him into the side of the road if you study there They brought him every single day to the side of the road and the thing with blind people is they like to be in a place That is familiar they like to be comfortable in the place because well obviously they can't see so they're blind So they like to know that if I count 15 steps here, I'm in this place I know I'm at I'm comfortable in the position that I'm in and the thing about comfort It's a very dangerous thing church comfort could kill your dreams more than a failure can comfort can kill your dreams More than a mistake can comfort begin to hinder what you can dream for God He said and the thing is God doesn't want you just to be comfortable in the position And God isn't a God of just comfort. He wants to push you to limits He has great things in store for you But the thing with Bartimaeus is he began to be comfortable in the position he was in and Just because you're comfortable in the position and it doesn't mean you like where you're at But a lot of us in life that we were in a position that and we we hate our job We hate our life. We hate Everything that's going in our life But we begin to be comfortable in the position and we begin to accept the fact of where we're at and a Lot of times you begin you be you you become something Not because you wanted it but because of the situation chooses you you didn't choose to become that Blind Bartimaeus didn't choose to become it didn't want to be a beggar, but his situation he made him choose That's what he can do and in your comfort zone Like in the story of blind Bartimaeus When he would be on the side of the road He would every single day he had his coat and he had his cup and what the coat and the cup? Symbolizes is your your safety what you can you have where you could touch and it's what you know And it's what you have everything by you and it says it symbolizes safety So he would be on the side of the road every single day. They're blind and begging But what God wants you to do God wants you to begin to step out of your comfort zone God doesn't want you to be stuck in the position you're in and in the story of blind Bartimaeus when he when he began to Sit there every single day he began to accept the fact He is where is and he begins to accept the notion that The God isn't here that I wouldn't be I wouldn't be here if God exists and in the city A lot of us we have storms in our lives and in the midst of our storms We feel like God isn't here and that's a lie of Satan He puts this notion in our mind that just because we have a problem God isn't there Just because you how you're going through this that you wouldn't be going through bankruptcy if God was with you You wouldn't be having this sickness if God was with you and he begins to put that in your head that just because you have a problem God isn't there Do we have to begin to see sometimes we it's not always demons and and Satan that we're fighting a lot of times We're fighting our own comfort We're fighting our own flesh to stay in our comfort zone and the thing is Satan doesn't want you to come out of your comfort zone Satan doesn't want you to begin to feel uncomfortable because the moment you begin to feel uncomfortable in the situation You're in Satan knows you're about to fight for your freedom Satan knows you're about to start praying for deliverance Satan knows you're about to start believing for our healing So what Satan doesn't want is for you to feel uncomfortable Sometimes he even wants he he will let you come to church as long as you stay comfortable on the position in the situation And you're never asking for prayer You're never asking God for something and you begin to stay comfortable in the position you're in We have to know that this might be our condition, but this is not our position in Christ This might be what we're going through but this is not who we are and we have to begin to believe that just because See us as believers. There's something about falling into a situation That you begin to feel not at he and not as at ease about Because you know who you are when you know who you are That's when you're able to fight it when you know what you're destined for you begin to fight that situation You begin to fight for it because you say yes, I'm going through a divorce, but that is not me Yes, I'm going to bankruptcy, but that is not me. Yes I'm going through a sickness, but that is not me when you know who you are You begin to fight for it Life will only change when you become more committed to your breakthrough Then you are committed to your comfort zone life will only change when you begin to step out of what your your familiar place And like Bartimaeus you're in your comfort zone, but you begin to go to Jesus. That's only when the healing comes That's only when the deliverance the salvation comes the solution comes a man church begin to step out of your comfort zone Just like them just like the lame man in the story in the story of the lame man by the pool He was he was around whole bunch of people that had the same situation and that's exactly what Satan wants Yeah, because when you're around people that going through the same thing as you when you're when you're poor You don't think to be rich when you're sick You don't think to be healthy because all you're around is sickness So Satan doesn't want you to be surrounded by people that push you to believe for the impossible Satan doesn't want you to be to for you to be around people that make you believe for a healing for deliverance That's not what Satan wants, but we have to begin to surround ourselves and believe for the impossible and men church In the in the story. He said he called out to Jesus So they said so he called the blind man cheer up. They said come on. He is calling you Bartimaeus threw aside his coats So I want you I want you guys to see that he began to throw the throw away What's been hindering down him down for so long his familiar place? And so he began to Give up the cup in the coat For the calling and I want to encourage us today that when and you're in your situation that you're in you're in your comfort zone You're shaking that same cup you say you have that same coat around you that symbolizes your issues You're your thing what you what you like have around you to keep you safe And when God is calling you you have to begin to let that I go let that go You have to begin to let go the cup in the calling and run to the calling of Jesus the cup in the cold and begin To run to when Jesus calls you you begin to run to him and leave aside your coat Leave aside your garment because God says I'm gonna begin to give you a new garment a garment of praise a garment of worship a garment of healing And the thing is the crazy thing is just like the story of the lame man When he began to come to Jesus and Jesus said no what's going on and all the lame man did is he began to Give excuses to God he began to say well I was trying to get into the pool so many times But never every single time I tried to get into the pool someone get him before me, but how crazy it is that in the midst of A God such a great magnitude you could only bring him excuses That in the midst you have to be able to know the magnitude of the of the person of whose presence you're in Because when you go there you begin to bring him something different though when you begin to realize the magnitude of our God You know you begin to pray different prayers you begin to believe for the impossible you begin to believe for your dreams for your healing for your deliverance my second point is to begin to fight for your freedom see Bartimaeus When he was he shouted one son of David have mercy on me and everyone told him. Hey shut up Stop talking as Jesus let him do his own thing. Let just let him go just stop talking. You're always gonna be blind You're always gonna be like this just to shut up and in that moment Blind Bartimaeus had to know how to kind of step back and see is This really what God has in store for me And in that moment blind Bartimaeus had the choice and the thing is you have two choices when Jesus is passing by Because not all the time Jesus is gonna come to you in this story Jesus Didn't come to blind Bartimaeus He was just passing by and when Jesus is passing by you have two choices Do I begin to step out into growth or do I begin to step back into safety? And in that moment blind Bartimaeus begin to shout the more son of David have mercy on me And in that very moment Jesus begin to stand still In that very moment When he shouted one more time because not every time and you guys know that's not every time the first time you pray a prayer It's gonna work But the second time he began to shout one more time it began to stop Jesus in his tracks And how amazing it is To know that we have a cry that we have a worship With us within us that stops the heavens that makes the heavens be Bend their ear towards our situation that makes the heavens know that I hear your cry That begins to when you cry out to begin to stop Jesus in his tracks That we have that kind of a faith To believe for your miracle and the woman with the issue of blood Jesus didn't pray for her Jesus was walking and then in that very moment the blind the woman with the issue of blood She had a choice. Do I stay in my comfort zone? Because unclean people aren't allowed in public places, but she had in that moment a choice Do I do I step into growth? It's gonna be uncomfortable It's not gonna feel good or do I step into safety and she begins to run after Jesus and touch the The dirtiest part of his cloak and in that very moment Jesus stopped and said so and touched me It's because when you begin to there's two different types of cries You know when I when I hurt myself it hurts But then there's a different type of cry when a mother loses her child That cry comes from the innermost That cry becomes you become so desperate for the touch of God that you don't need you don't need a You don't need him to touch you that all you have to do is to begin to come into the presence of Jesus and your face becomes activated and nothing and nothing becomes impossible to our God Every time that you begin to The funny thing is every time you begin to try to believe for you here And every time you try to believe for something people are always gonna begin to try to shut you up and That's how it's always gonna be when you begin to be passionate about something someone that is not passionate about something It offends them so they're gonna begin to shut shut you up They're gonna try to but in that moment you have to believe and you have to know because the moment you accept the Situation you're in you're no longer gonna fight it if you begin to sit and your ashes long enough It's gonna kill you if you sit in your situation long enough It's gonna begin to pull you down so you have to know who you are in Christ in order to fight it so he shouted again and The thing something how he know this was a different shot is because every single day blind Bartimaeus He was in that same situation that same routine and and the funny thing is it's Bartimaeus is a lot of times just like us We we do the same stuff Every single day we're in the same cold shaking that same cup in our lives, and we completely hate it But we began to be comfortable about inside of it And that's what Satan wants, but he began to shout one more time He began to cry out one more time to believe force healing and in that very moment The thing is every single day people put change into his cup people put money into his cup But it was until that one time that Jesus passed by and that was the ultimate change That was the time when Jesus began to give him that freedom that he's cried out for so long for You have to know who you are in Christ in order to fight for your freedom to order in order to know who you are in Christ So it was the same it was the same type of same type of day the same type of issue that he was going going through He was living his regular life, but in this very moment church Jesus began to walk by and In that very moment It wasn't just Jesus that walk by grace begin to walk by hope begin to walk by his grace in his mercy Begin to walk by and when Jesus begins to walk by you have that choice to shout out to God and begin to Begin to stop the foot of Jesus and say God begin to begin to look at my need And the thing is when you begin to worship when you begin to cry out to God God can't step over it God can't step over the worship when you begin to have that radical faith that faith that says I'm so desperate That I don't care about what people think about me. This is between me and God I know God what God has done for me. You have the radical faith To cry out to God and the thing is the wonderful thing about Jesus is he won't always let everything Be bound out once see the blind Barton Mace He said yeah, I might be blind but Satan when you didn't take away from me is my mouth So with my mouth, I will worship God with my mouth I would declare freedom with my mouth. I would declare deliverance. I was my mouth I declare financial breakthrough. I declare freedom. I declare healing in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Satan today. We serve you and notice that you no longer in our lives and Jesus mighty name You have to begin to use And see the thing is God won't always God doesn't need what you don't have to create your miracle God only needs what you do have to create your miracle. He said you have your mouth when you cry out I will reach I will reach out my hand to you when you cry out the heavens bend that year towards your situation You have to begin to use what you have and begin to use that faith Inside of you might be small But you begin to use that faith inside of you to believe for the impossible See the story this this thing might not be for everyone, but I believe there's people in this place That are going through things there's people in this place that going through Situations, and I believe like in the in the story of blind Bartimaeus. There was there was a cry that everyone heard But I believe that before the cry that everyone heard there was a there was a secret screen before he screamed to everyone There was a there's a secret cry the cry that when he went back home every single day Said God why me Why God why does it have to be my son? God why does it have to be my family? God why does it have to be my fan of finances and he begin to cry out to God every single day and That's the cry that God hears God says your tears have filled up the cup But today is the day that I'm walking by and that took that cup tips over and I'm gonna begin to answer your cry I'm gonna begin to answer your calling what you what you want We have to begin to know who we are and the thing is in the story of blind Bartimaeus Jesus says go your faith has made you well He even he didn't said blind Bartimaeus you can go your faith You're ready healed but in that very moment right after he said that blind Bartimaeus begin to follow Jesus And that is that is the ultimate goal is not for our healing not for deliverance Which is good, but it's to begin to follow the footsteps of Jesus that when he does something to you That you don't just leave it alone But you begin to follow Jesus that you begin to create that relationship with Jesus and when you begin to Have the relationship with Jesus either you don't go back You don't go back to the side of the road when blind Bartimaeus begin to got healed He begin to follow Jesus and never again that he go back to the side of the road see a lot of times We have we've created that system in our lives where we're in that situation 15 steps here, okay? I'm comfortable with the situation. I hate it, but I'm comfortable in it And the moment we try to cry out for breakthrough and something doesn't happen We go straight back to it. We go straight back to the alcohol We go straight back to the drugs We go straight back to the thing that we're comfortable with but we have to in the moment And when we cry out that we don't run back to that stuff that we begin to run back to the To the hands of God that we begin to run back to God and man church I Believe in this place that we that God has something in store for us that God has something Plan for our lives, but we have to begin to fight for it It's a breakthrough, but it's something that we have to begin to fight for Jesus died on the cross for it But Satan doesn't want you to be free Satan doesn't want you to have healing salvation deliverance We have to begin to fight for a church We have to begin to worship we have to begin to cry out to God Then we have to begin to in that very moment that we have to begin to drop to our knees and say the only way God I'm gonna get through this I don't know how but I'm gonna begin to worship you because I've tried it without your grace I tried it without your mercy and I am where I am because of that and God I don't I don't care whether whatever I go through just let me begin to stay in your presence Let me begin to spend another moment in your presence, and that's what he begins to mold you That's it begins to take away your problems So if I ask every single person to rise up on their feet When we're gonna begin to go into worship right now, I want us to begin to cry out to God I want us to begin to worship Christ. I wanted we all have our issues We all have our situations But right now let's begin to worship and cry out to God and say God I'm in the situation and I am but I'm gonna begin to worship you I'm in the situation. I am but God you are I look up to you where my head I look up to the hill where my help comes from and that is you Jesus So I want us every single person if you guys can to begin to lift your your hands in this place Let's begin to worship Christ Let's begin to worship God and begin to give him the glory and the worship that he deserves and Jesus mighty name This afternoon we lift you up in this place We're wishing to you Because you are the way Spirit is in this place right now. We have come to a time of prayer right now We're gonna pray first of all for the mercy and the divine favor of God Almighty to speak for our situation The bible makes us to understand that when his mercy and favor speaks for us That is all we need The mercy spoke for the woman with the issue of blood and she was restored The mercy and the favor of God spoke for Peter and Jesus Christ pick him up From sinking into the sea the mercy and the favor spoke for the crippled man and he was restored Whatever situation that we may be in today We're gonna pray for the mercy and the favor of God Almighty and don't just pray The normal kind of prayer let it come from your heart The kind of prayer they kind of cry that stops Jesus Christ and says what do you want me to do for you? Let us pray right now say Lord Jesus Christ Lord Jesus Christ Let your mercy And your divine favor Speak for my situation In the name of Jesus Lord Jesus Let your mercy And your divine favor Speak for my situation In the name of Jesus Right now begin to open your lips whatever that situation may be it may be a physical condition It may be a mental situation It may be anxiety and depression. It may be nightmare setback hardship and failure It might be financial setback. It may be headache back egg, knee, egg Whatever pain in your body and your spirit or your soul cry out with a cry of fate right now A kind of cry that will stop Jesus Christ to say yes What do you want me to do for you open your lips right now and begin to pray in the name of Jesus In Jesus mighty name all son of david have mercy on my situation We ask you holy spirit whatever situation that we are going for whatever single thing that we're going through god We be into cry out. We say son of david have mercy on my situation Son of david have mercy on my family son of david have mercy on my situation We really we believe for your mercy and your grace god to begin to come through in the mighty name of Jesus Holy spirit will come before you god asking you god for your favor god to begin to speak for our situation We believe for healing god for deliverance and your divine favor in the mighty name of jesus christ In the mighty name of jesus christ we pray In jesus mighty name right now in this prayer We're gonna pray and we're gonna declare that I leave my comfort zone I leave The the things that I got used to it. It's it's comfortable because we're used to it But it doesn't necessarily mean we like it. We would we wish to have something better And so right now in this place we're gonna make a declaration of faith that i'm leaving what i'm used to I'm leaving the my tradition the things that i'm stuck in the cycle the repeating cycle of things I am going for what jesus has for me. I'm going for my dream. I'm going for my healing I'm going for my breakthrough. I'm getting my fight on i'm not giving up I'm pushing forward in jesus mighty name amen and that's what faith is faith is action and faith is risk I'm gonna go and apply for that job. I'm gonna go and start that business. I'm gonna go ask for promotion I'm gonna go back to school and I'm gonna finish what I started I'm gonna do what god called me to do and I'm gonna step out and I'm not gonna stay back amen church Amen church We are people of faith and that's how faith is activated right now put your hand on your heart and let's begin to pray Let's begin to say I leave my comfort zone behind. I leave my what i'm used to behind I'm taking a step of faith. I'm making a decision that i'm going after jesus I'm gonna cry out until I get my breakthrough. I'm not gonna get stuck in a rut I'm not gonna get stuck in a routine. I'm not gonna get stuck in what i'm used to I'm going after what god has called me to go after in jesus mighty name Let's begin to pray that prayer in the mighty name of jesus christ We pray right now lord. We step out of our comfort zone right now lord Just like peter did on the sea lord We step out of that boat lord and we keep our focus on you lord and we say it doesn't matter what waves or winds Are around us lord. We step out lord and we wish for you lord. We want new levels in you lord We step out and wish towards our breakthrough lord right now lord towards our promotion lord towards our healing and our deliverance lord Whatever you have in store for us lord. We need to take that first step lord and we step out right now lord You will not leave us nor forsake us. You will be there to guide us and to carry us when it's heavy lord We pray right now lord begin to take us out lord and help us to step out of our comfort zone lord To reach you lord to reach another level name of jesus christ Before we're gonna pray for Give an opportunity of people to give their life to jesus. I just want to encourage you with this thought if Well, what zake mentioned is that if satan has taken your side Don't let him take your voice your cry Maybe you face something in life and it took something from you lost something Don't lose yourself Don't lose your crying Don't let one situation kill your passion for god kill your presence With the family in relationship. Maybe one of your relationship died. Don't let that relationship kill your other relationships Maybe something is happening With in your family with your children and one of them is just going haywire going astray Don't let that kill your relationship with others because god the god that helps you to raise The two will help you to recover the third one because the god that that that gave you the mouth He can restore the sight to you Just because you lost something in life in one area Don't let it kill the other areas. Don't let it kill your cry Don't give up get back in the fight get back Into pursuing and fighting and believing don't give up hope don't give up faith Because god has an answer for you There's going to be a time and a moment where jesus will be passing by in that area of your life will be Will receive solution and healing in jesus mighty name amen church Keep on faith. Keep on fighting. Keep on moving forward amen Close your eyes and bow your heads and Right now is a time and moment that if you don't have a relationship with god or you lost it Or you're maybe backslidden is opportunity to give your life to jesus christ life is short Life is not promised anything can happen at any moment and it's important that you know that you know that you know That you have a relationship with god And you will be Internally with him Or maybe you've been coming here first second third time Somebody brought you here and you don't have a relationship with god at all This is the good moment. This is a good time To give your life to jesus. Maybe your heart is beating a bit faster because you know god is calling and he's calling to your heart You will never be satisfied. You will never be fulfilled without him You will not have a purpose and meaning in life without him So if you one of those people Just lift your hands and we will pray with you If you need to give your life to jesus This is the moment this is a time lift your hand and we'll pray for you in jesus mighty name If you're watching us on live right now We're rewatching this broadcast and you need to give your life to jesus comment below And our moderators will reach out to you and we will pray with you and we will introduce you to the greatest person in the world In jesus mighty name and a mighty name of jesus lord. We thank you We honor you thank you for a great gift of salvation We thank you god that you're here today That your mercy and favor is passing by and today somebody is walking out of this place With their healing today's walking out today somebody is walking out of this place with their breakthrough with their promotion With their answer pray in jesus mighty name lift up your hand And say thank you jesus for your mercy Thank you jesus for your favor Thank you that you're passing by today Thank you that you hear my cry today Thank you that today is my day in my moment that my life and my situation is turning around god I thank you god that your ear is not Heavy to hear and your hand is not shortened to answer and today is the day that you will bring Out your salvation your healing and deliverance father I pray for every person that is here in this place That have needs for healing for freedom for breakthrough for jobs for opportunities I pray that you touch them. I pray that you reach out with your hand And speed up the process god I pray that you provide the resources in jesus mighty name whatever that it might be god. I pray that your Healing touch with okay those that need healing in jesus name freedom for those that need freedom We pray against anxiety. We pray against depression. We pray against every heaviness be broken in jesus mighty name in this place Father touch your people Reach your hand god And save them heal them and deliver them in jesus mighty name and if you receive it Shout a man in jesus name. Come on. Let's put our hands together for jesus christ Thank you for watching this content. I know this was a blessing to you We would like to ask you to subscribe to our channel and click on the bell on our channel So that each time we upload something you can be notified Don't forget to share this content with your friends and family and on social media. We're so thankful to you Better is not good enough. The best is yet to come