PRAYING FOR YOU 

PRAYING FOR YOU: FOR AN EFFECTUAL FAITH COMMUNICATION TO LIFE AND GRACE MATTERS! 

“A man’s belly shall be SATISFIED with the FRUIT of his MOUTH; and with the INCREASE of his LIPS shall he be FILLED. 21 DEATH and LIFE are in THE POWER OF THE TONGUE: and they that LOVE it shall EAT the FRUIT thereof” Proverbs 18:20-21. 

WORDS matter in the kingdom and in grace. 

Indeed, WORD FORMULATION and COMMUNICATION define you, every day as you endeavour to DO LIFE and LIVE GODLY in grace. 

And there is SATISFACTION in the FRUIT of our SAYINGS — our COMMUNICATION — for it defines our TODAY and TOMORROW. 

Hence we must WATCH OVER our WORDS, so that they may do us EARTHLY GOOD and HEAVENLY GOODNESS. 

And to be EFFECTUAL in our WORD OF FAITH COMMUNICATION is to be SUCCESSFUL in ACCOMPLISHING — producing or being capable of producing — the desired and intended results in grace. 

It thus means that EFFECTUAL FAITH COMMUNICATION is OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE to your THRIVING, FLOURISHING and FULFILMENT if you are to experience MEANINGFUL, PURPOSEFUL and FULFILLING living as a Believer in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

Let us recall a PURE EXAMPLE for our living as found in our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. 

For while in His humanity, He was COMMUNICATING GRACIOUSNESS in the midst of all odds and contrary, to SILENCE the religion and sectarianism of His days; and to DEMONSTRATE HOW to communicate on EARTHLY AFFAIRS with HEAVENLY REALITIES, by the MYSTERY OF FAITH. 

For where others might be communicating SWEAR WORDS, FOUL WORDS, FAITHLESS WORDS, HOPELESS WORDS and LOVELESS WORDS, RELIGIOUS DOGMAS and CREEDS, and such like UNSCRIPTURAL WORDS, Jesus was TESTIFYING and COMMUNICATING HEAVENLY GRACIOUS WORDS to life situations in every phase of DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY in His humanity. 

And the Scripture BEARS Him witness in this ACT OF COMMUNICATION.  

“And ALL BARE Him (Jesus) WITNESS, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED OUT OF HIS MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22. 

And to COMMUNICATE is to — SPEAK, SAY, TALK, DECLARE, ANNOUNCE — forth to life MATTERS — challenges and situations — by your FAITH in the WORD of God, in Christ Jesus’ stead, in order to get EFFECTUAL RESULTS. 

For FAITH is to ACT CORRESPONDINGLY on what you BELIEVE of the WORD of God accordingly in context. 

FAITH is ACTIVE while TO BELIEVE is PASSIVE. 

And TO BELIEVE is to be PREGNANT WITH THE WORD which, by EXERCISING FAITH, THE CONTENT IN CONTEXT MUST DELIVER UNHINDERED.  

“I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 that the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING which is IN YOU in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:4-6. 

That MATTER, or THE MATTER OF LIFE, that appears as MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, CROOKED ROAD and ROUGH PLACE — is classed as LONG-STANDING OBSTACLE to your path to EFFECTUAL and SUCCESSFUL WELL-BEING. 

And for your MEANINGFUL TRIUMPH and VICTORY, it requires FAITH COMMUNICATION to ensure you have an EFFECTUAL — productive and results-oriented — ATMOSPHERE in your PURPOSEFUL walk of faith in God, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“For verily I SAY unto you, That WHOSOEVER shall SAY unto THIS MOUNTAIN, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART, but shall BELIEVE that those things which he SAITH shall come to pass; he shall have WHATSOEVER he SAITH. 24 Therefore I SAY unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye PRAY, BELIEVE that ye RECEIVE them, and ye shall have them” Mark 11:23-24. 

And to COMMUNICATE to your life MATTERS — challenges and situations — is the only means to EFFECTUAL (PRODUCTIVE) RESULTS that are free of sorrow, stress and sweat, in matters of DOING LIFE and GODLINESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

All this is simply because VICTORY and TRIUMPH HAVE BEEN WROUGHT — meaning A DONE DEED — in Christ Jesus, and ours is to live daily in the affirmative to ENACT and AUTHENTICATE it by TESTIFYING to it through the ACKNOWLEDGING (ACKNOWLEDGEMENT) of the good done in us by God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Those who OVERCAME in Bible days did not only believe in the blood of their redemption in Christ Jesus but TESTIFIED to the TESTIMONY of their redemption before the devil and his cohorts in grace. 

And the TESTIMONY of their redemption is nothing other than Jesus Christ. 

And that is the true SPIRIT OF PROPHECY — TESTIFYING [COMMUNICATING] of what God has done in you, is doing in you and will do through you by His Word and the indwelling Holy Spirit, in Christ Jesus. 

And the Believers of God in Christ Jesus’ stead have the SURE and ASSURED WORD OF PROPHECY to SPEAK [COMMUNICATE] forth by faith, in DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY, as they communicate their VICTORY as being VICTORIOUS in grace, and not as VICTIMS — for this is the HOW to OVERCOME the camouflage of the world and its daily challenges. 

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:12. 

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY of Jesus: WORSHIP God: for the TESTIMONY of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” Revelation 19:10. 

“We have also a more SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God SPAKE [COMMUNICATED] as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” 2 Peter 1:19-21/Emphasis Mine. 

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the VICTORY that overcometh the world, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

It is upon the above KNOWING and UNDERSTANDING of the scriptural context that I therefore PRAY FOR YOU today, just as the Apostle Paul prayed for Philemon in Philemon 1:4-6, that you might come into the knowledge and understanding of having EFFECTUAL RESULTS in all life dealings in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

That is how to articulate Abrahamic BELIEF and FAITH to turn things around — even that which was contrary to the natural law concerning Sarah’s womb — in order for her to give birth again after the time to do so had passed, by CALLING [SAYING, DECLARING, ANNOUNCING, PROCLAIMING, TESTIFYING, COMMUNICATING] the THINGS that are NOT as though they WERE, in grace. 

“We having the SAME spirit of FAITH, according as it is written, I BELIEVED, and therefore have I SPOKEN; we also BELIEVE and therefore SPEAK [COMMUNICATE]” 2 Corinthians 4:13/Emphasis mine. 

“Therefore it is of FAITH, that it might be by GRACE; to the end the PROMISE might be SURE to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the FAITH of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (as it is written, I have MADE thee a father of many nations,) before Him whom he BELIEVED, even God, who quickeneth the dead, AND CALLETH [COMMUNICATED] THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE . . . ” Romans 4:16-25/Emphasis mine. 

Therefore, both in THOUGHTS and in WORDS, COMMUNICATE to life circumstances by FAITH in grace to our God in Christ Jesus, for He who SEARCHES the hearts and minds of our being HEARS our communication to the heavenly, for our EARTHLY OUTPOUR. 

The WORDS OF FAITH must DWELL RICHLY in your heart and mind, for with the heart you BELIEVE [CONCEIVE] the words of VICTORY, TRIUMPH and such like, and with the MOUTH you make DECLARATION [COMMUNICATION], so that the reality is made manifest by faith in grace. 
[Psalm 19:14; Romans 10:8-13; Revelation 2:23; Romans 8:27]  

May you be blessed in the knowing and understanding of this perspective and context in the grace. Amen. 

FURTHER SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. 4 Every VALLEY shall be exalted And every MOUNTAIN and hill brought low; The CROOKED PLACES shall be made straight And the ROUGH PLACES smooth; 5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken” Isaiah 40:3-5. 

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For WHATSOEVER is born of God OVERCOMETH THE WORLD: and this is the VICTORY that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, but he that BELIEVETH that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:3-5. 

“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 and seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and SAID unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it . . . 20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter calling to remembrance SAITH unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering SAITH unto them, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. 23 For verily I SAY unto you, That WHOSOEVER shall SAY unto THIS MOUNTAIN, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART, but shall BELIEVE that those things which he SAITH shall come to pass; he shall have WHATSOEVER he SAITH. 24 Therefore I SAY unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye PRAY, BELIEVE that ye RECEIVE them, and ye shall have them” Mark 11:12-14, 20-24. 

“But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 that if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the HEART man BELIEVETH unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is MADE unto SALVATION. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever BELIEVETH on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no DIFFERENCE between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is RICH unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall CALL upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:8-13. 

“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:4 (Romans 1:16-17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38; Romans 14:23). 

“Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, AND CALLETH THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 20 he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness . . .” Romans 4:16-25. 

SUMMARY: 
This message centres on one truth: Believers overcome life’s challenges by SPEAKING the WORD OF GOD in FAITH. Your words, formed by belief and released through faith, create your reality in grace. 

KEY POINTS: 

1. THE PRINCIPLE: WORDS RULE YOUR LIFE:
   Proverbs 18:20-21: “DEATH and LIFE are in THE POWER OF THE TONGUE”. What fills your belly and your future is the FRUIT of your MOUTH.WORD FORMULATION and COMMUNICATION define you. They determine your TODAY and TOMORROW.To be EFFECTUAL means to produce the desired, intended results. Therefore EFFECTUAL FAITH COMMUNICATION is OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE for THRIVING, FLOURISHING and FULFILMENT as a Believer.  

2. THE PATTERN: JESUS AND THE SAINTS

Jesus is the pure example. In the midst of religion, odds and contrary, He communicated GRACIOUS WORDS. “ALL BARE Him WITNESS, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED OUT OF HIS MOUTH” — Luke 4:22. He demonstrated how to address EARTHLY AFFAIRS with HEAVENLY REALITIES by the MYSTERY OF FAITH. Those who OVERCAME in Bible days did not only believe the blood. They TESTIFIED to it. “And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the WORD of their TESTIMONY” — Revelation 12:11. 

The TESTIMONY of Jesus is the SPIRIT OF PROPHECY — Revelation 19:10. To testify is to communicate what God has DONE, IS DOING, and WILL DO in you by His Word and the Holy Spirit. 

3. THE MECHANISM: BELIEF CONCEIVES, FAITH DELIVERS

• TO BELIEVE is PASSIVE — it is to be PREGNANT WITH THE WORD. 

• FAITH is ACTIVE — it is to ACT CORRESPONDINGLY on what you believe. 

• By EXERCISING FAITH, the CONTENT IN CONTEXT MUST DELIVER UNHINDERED. 

• COMMUNICATE means to — SPEAK, SAY, TALK, DECLARE, ANNOUNCE — forth to life MATTERS by your FAITH in the WORD, in Christ Jesus’ stead, to get EFFECTUAL RESULTS. 

4. THE FOUNDATION: A DONE DEED IN CHRIST

VICTORY and TRIUMPH HAVE BEEN WROUGHT in Christ Jesus. Our work is to ENACT and AUTHENTICATE it daily by ACKNOWLEDGING the good done in us — Philemon 1:6.This is Abrahamic BELIEF and FAITH: “CALLETH THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE” — Romans 4:17. Even against natural law concerning Sarah’s womb, he spoke until it manifested. “We having the SAME spirit of FAITH… I BELIEVED, and therefore have I SPOKEN; we also BELIEVE, and therefore SPEAK” — 2 Corinthians 4:13. 

5. THE APPLICATION: SPEAK TO MOUNTAINS

Every MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, CROOKED ROAD and ROUGH PLACE is a LONG-STANDING OBSTACLE. It requires FAITH COMMUNICATION to create an EFFECTUAL, results-oriented ATMOSPHERE. 

“WHOSOEVER shall SAY unto THIS MOUNTAIN… and shall NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART… he shall have WHATSOEVER he SAITH” — Mark 11:23-24.Even Jesus spoke to the fig tree and it dried up — Mark 11:12-24. This is DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY with heaven’s language. 

6. THE ALIGNMENT: HEART, MOUTH, HEAVEN, EARTH

God SEARCHES the hearts and minds. He hears our communication to the heavenly for our EARTHLY OUTPOUR. “With the HEART man BELIEVETH unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is MADE unto SALVATION” — Romans 10:10. The WORDS OF FAITH must DWELL RICHLY in you. Believe with the heart, declare with the mouth, and reality is made manifest by faith in grace. 

7. THE PRAYER AND CHARGE

Just as Paul prayed for Philemon, the charge is that you come into the knowledge and understanding of having EFFECTUAL RESULTS in all life dealings. Watch over your words. Refuse SWEAR WORDS, FAITHLESS WORDS, LOVELESS WORDS, RELIGIOUS DOGMAS. Choose HEAVENLY GRACIOUS WORDS instead. Live as VICTORIOUS, not as VICTIMS. This is HOW to OVERCOME the camouflage of the world and its daily challenges. 

SUMMARY IN ONE SENTENCE: 
Because the work is finished in Christ, you are called to COMMUNICATE BY FAITH. Believe the Word in your heart, speak the Word with your mouth, and you will see the Word produce EFFECTUAL, PRODUCTIVE RESULTS free of sorrow, stress and sweat. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI