Sermon Tone Analysis

*I.       **INTRODUCTION:* *You can make your words work for you.*

*You can cause the things in God's Word to come to pass in your life.*

*Whatever you believe in your heart* *and say with your mouth, you will have.*

*II.

**THE BASIC PRINCIPLE* - *MARK 11:22-24.*

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**Jesus*, *Almighty God come in the flesh,* *the Creator of the universe,* *was speaking in Mark 11:22­24.*

*God cannot lie;* *therefore*, *these words are* *true* *and they apply to you.*

*B.

**Jesus said,* *“**TRULY** **I say to you ...”* - *verse 23 NASB.*

*Jesus was saying, **“I am telling you the truth, this is a trustworthy saying.”*

*Jesus' statements are absolute fact.*

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**The words* *“have faith in God”*/ /*(verse 22)* can be *better translated* *from* the *Greek* language as *“have the faith of God.”*/ /*In other words, **have the God-kind of faith*/, /*the faith that God has,* *a supernatural faith.

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*D.

**Jesus said*, *“Whoever says”* - *verse 23.* *This principle will work for anyone* *who puts it into practice,* *including you.*

*E.  **The last part of* *verse 23* *says*, *“... he shall have whatsoever he saith.”*

*You can have what you say*.

*F.  **There are* *two important steps* *that you* *must take* *before you can* *have what you say.* *You must do both of those steps.*

*God's faith operates in the same way.*

*1.   *You *must speak what you want.*

*Verse 23 states,* *"whosoever shall say.”*

Your *choice of words is important*.

*2.   **You must* *believe in your heart (your spirit),* *not just in your* *mind*.

*Faith comes from your heart.*

*Verse 23 says,* *"And shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe."*

*What are you to believe?*

*a.   **Believe in your words.

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*b.   **Believe that what you say will come to pass* - *verse 23.

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*G.

**If* *you really* *believe* *something* *in your heart* *and* *say it* *with* *your mouth,* *you will have what you say;* *your words will come to pass.

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*H.  **Either the belief or** faith* *in your heart* *and release of that faith through your spoken words* *must occur.

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*1.   **The blessings of God,* *answers to prayer,* *and even salvation do not come* *simply* *because* *you have faith in your heart*.

*a.   **Both belief and confession* *are necessary* *for salvation* - *Romans 10:8-10.

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*b.   **Your faith* *must be* *released* *and* *put into action with your words *- *II Corinthians 4: 13. *

*2.   **Everything* *that* *you receive from God comes in this way* *(salvation, healing, being filled with the Holy Spirit, having your needs abundantly supplied).

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*I.     **In order to* *believe* *or have* *faith for something*, *you* *must know* *that the **scriptures say* *that it* *belongs to you* *through Jesus Christ.*

*Faith comes by hearing God's Word* - *Romans 10: 17. *

*1.   **Your* *choice of **words* *will be a* *result of what you believe.*

*2.   **Your* *words that are full of faith,* *based on God's Word,* *will* *create* *the* *reality* *of* *what you want* *in your life.*

*III.

**Biblical Examples.

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*A.

**Jesus* *followed* the *principle* *of* *believing* *and* *speaking* - *Mark 11: 12-14, 19-23.

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*1.   **Jesus spoke to the tree* - *verse 14.*

*2.   **Jesus* *believed in His heart* *that* *what He said* *would* *come to pass*.

*3.   **Jesus' words came to pass* - *verses 20 and 21.*

*4.   **Through this action*, *Jesus* *showed* the *disciples* *the truth* *stated* *in verse 23.*

*5.   **Jesus spoke* *directly* *to the tree*.

*He also said in verse 23*, *"whosoever shall* *say unto this mountain”*

*a.   **You can* *speak to Satan* *and* *command him to leave*.

*b.   **You can* *speak to disease* *and* *command it to leave*.

*c.   **You can* *speak to your body* *and* *command it* *to* *come in line* *with* *the* *Word* *and be healed.*

*d.   **You can* *speak to the problems* *that you face* in your life.

*e.   **If you* *will* *believe* *in* *your* *heart* *that the words you speak* *will* *come to pass*, *you* *will* *have* *what you say.*

*B.

**A **woman* *with* *an* *internal hemorrhage* *followed* the *principle* *of believing and speaking **Mark 5:21, 25-34.*

*1.   **The* *woman's condition* is *seen* in *verses 25 and 26.*

*2.   *The *woman* had *heard* *reports about Jesus*.

*Someone had told her about Jesus* *and how* *He was healing people* - *verse 27.* *She* *received faith* *from what she heard* *about Jesus* *(Romans 10: 17).*

*3.   *The *scripture says* that *she said something** *- *verse 28.

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*a.   **She said*, *“If I may touch but His clothes, I **shall** be whole.”*

*b.   */The /*Amplified Bible*/ /says, *“For she kept saying …”*

*c.   **In the* *account* *recorded in* *Matthew 9:20-22*, *verse 21 says,* *“For she said within herself....” * 

*(1) */The /*Amplified*/ Bible /*reads*, *"For she **kept** saying to herself.

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*d.   **She* *said it aloud* *and repeated it* *to herself.*

*e.   *As *she kept saying to herself*, *"If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole,” her faith became stronger.*

*(1) **She* *was* *meditating* *on what she* had *heard about Jesus.*

*(2) *The *word* *“meditate”*/ /*means*: *to murmur; to mutter; to ponder.*/

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*(3) **Meditation* *on* the *Word* of God *will help* *build your faith.*

*f.     *The *sick woman said what she believed* *(her faith).

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*g.   **What* *she said* *was an* *expression of her faith*; *it was her* *faith speaking*.

*4.   *The *woman applied action to her words.*

*a.   **If she had not done* *what she said she would do* (*touched His clothes*), *her* *words* *would have had **no effect.*

*b.   **Her* *actions showed* *and* also *released* *her* *faith*.

*c.   **When* *she touched Jesus*, *her* *faith* *and* the *words* *she spoke* *caused* the *power* *in Jesus* to *enter her body **and* *bring to pass what she had said* *(verse 30).*

*5.   **She was made whole*.

She *received exactly what she had confessed* - *verse 29.*

*6.   **Jesus said that her faith* had *made her whole* - *verse 34.*

*7.   **You will receive the results of your words* *if you believe them in your heart.*

*If you speak positive words*, you will *reap positive results*.

If you *speak negative words*, you will *receive negative results.*

*C.

**When* *David defeated Goliath* *he* *followed* the *principle of believing and speaking* - *I Samuel 17*.

*1.   **Notice* what *David said* *before he went* *out to* *meet* *Goliath* - *verses 36 and 37.*

*a.   **David* *was* *speaking his confidence and faith* *that God would deliver him.*

*b.   **David knew the power of God*.

He *said what he knew and believed* *it in his heart.*

*2.   **Notice what David said* *in the face of Goliath* *and what* *Goliath had said* - *verses 44-47*.

*a.   **David was looking at what God could do*, *not at the giant's* size.

*b.   **You can* *do the same thing* *in the face of any giants* *in your life* (*sickness*, *poverty*, *the devil*).

*3.   **David ran toward Goliath* *and the Philistine army* - *verse 48.*

*a.   **David acted on what he had said*.

*b.   **If David had turned* *and run away*, *his words would have had no effect.*

*4.   **David received exactly what he had said*; *his words came to pass* - *verses 49-51.*

*a.   **God will bring to pass what you believe in your heart* *and say with your mouth.*

*b.   **What you have believed in your heart** **and** **said with your mouth** **in the **past** **has** **determined what you are** **and what you have now.*

*D.

*The *Israelites followed* the *principle of believing and speaking* - *Numbers Chapter 13 &14.**

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*1.   **When* the *Israelites* *reached* the *edge* of the *Promised Land,* they *sent twelve men* *to spy out the land*.