Paul and Silas operated in the gift of faith when they were beaten and jailed for their faith in Acts 16. Despite the impossible situations they faced, they prayed and worshipped and the supernatural power of God manifested in their midst.

Here is one instance in which the Lord gave us this supernatural gift. David and I had signed an interest-free contract to purchase a piece of property for the ministry in Guatemala for $90,000 USD. At the time of the signing we paid $50,000 down, which the Lord had miraculously provided, and agreed to pay the remaining $40,000 balance within two years. That meant every six months, for the next two years, we were to pay $10,000.

Then during a time of prayer the Lord spoke to us and said,

“I want you to start building homes and do not stop. And I do not want you to save one penny for those payments. I will provide.”

We put our natural faith into action and did as the Lord instructed us to do, but then our natural faith was replaced by a divine gift of faith.

We did not have the means in the natural to pay this bill. In fact, this was downright risky for us to do. Nevertheless, we knew we heard from God. We also knew that, in reality, this bill belonged to Him and that He was faithful, willing and able to pay the full debt for this piece of property for the ministry.

It was the week when the first $10,000 installment was due, and the owner of the property came to David and said, “I know that the payment isn’t due for a few more days, but you can pay me now if you’d like.” David looked at him and said, “I would like to do that, but I don’t have the money yet. But I will.” At first the owner thought David was joking with him, but he soon realized that David was telling him the truth. Then David testified to this man of God’s faithfulness.

A few days later, in the afternoon, we received a phone call from the mission’s office and they asked to speak to David. They said, “David, we just wanted to let you know that we just received a check in the mail for the amount of $10,000. When is that first payment due?” David answered, “Tomorrow morning!”

The remainder of the payments all came in a similar fashion and right on time.

This was a divine gift of faith that the Spirit had given to us to believe for these finances. We did not fret over those payments. We knew we received an assignment and a word from the Lord and knew that He would provide. We thanked God for His supernatural provision before His provision had manifested.

We had a peace within our spirits that He would provide. And He did.
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By the true power of faith we heard God speak, we saw what He had for us and we gave voice with our faith and spoke hope into our future. But had we stopped there, nothing would have happened because faith needs works to be alive. It says in James 2:17 that faith without works is dead.

Faith involves action; a person of faith is a doer of the Word.
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It says in James 1:22-25,

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”

Hearing God speak His plan to us was the first step, receiving the vision from God was the second step, then by speaking this vision out with our faith-filled words we were completing the third step. These first three steps were necessary to fulfill His purposes, but without the fourth step the vision would die and our faith for this vision would be dead.

In order to bring the vision of God into fruition, we must physically work it out with our hands.

While living in the children’s home, the Holy Spirit never told me to speak a word and the babies would be supernaturally fed and changed. I had to physically feed and change them myself. But He did tell me to speak to their sick and crippled body parts and they were made whole supernaturally. He never had me speak to the mountain of dirty laundry and say,

“Be thou cleansed and removed from here and back into the closets!”

I had to physically work that part of the ministry, but He did teach me to speak words of faith to empty closets and cupboards and they were filled with the daily provisions that we needed.

Why would I share this with you? Many people are quick to hear God, they are excited to see the vision, they talk the talk, but many are not willing to work the vision that God has given.

It takes the working hands of faith to work out a vision.
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Working hands take and transform a vision into reality. As we can see, faith involves action. What is God asking you to do? Be a doer of the Word, activate your faith and do what He has asked of you. Perhaps you may not be able to do it all in a day, but you can start the process today.

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The other day, after a DARE to Believe Healing Conference, I was sitting in a restaurant with a group of people near Ocklawaha, Florida. As the waitress came to our table, she asked us,

“What church do you belong to?” And she continued to say, “I ask because you all just shine.”

We shared with her where we were all from and what we were doing. Then we asked her if she needed prayer for anything. She opened up to the three of us sitting at the far end of the table and shared some personal matters that needed inner healing. We also asked her if she needed any physical healing. She said she had a lot of trouble with her back and it was in a lot of pain.

So, right at the table, we laid our hands upon her. I placed my hand upon her back and as soon as I reached out and touched her, all pain was gone.

We prayed over the personal matters and spoke a prophetic word from the Lord, then we gave her some contact information for her to connect with the local body of believers in her area.

But did you notice that the opportunity opened up for us to minister to her because she first could see a shine on us?

Do you shine? Can others see the glory of the Lord upon your life?
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In Matthew 5:16 Jesus tells us to “let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” We have been supernaturally equipped to create for the good of this earth—to create good that will bless and benefit the inhabitants of the whole earth.

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