How to Write Your Own
Ticket With God
By Kenneth E. Hagin,
Sr.
Mark 5:25-34
25 And a certain woman, which had an
issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of
many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but
rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came
in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but
his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of
her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that
plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in
himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and
said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him,
Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see
her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and
trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and
told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter,
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Step
No. 1 – Say It
What is the first thing that this
woman did? Verse 28 of the above text says, “For she said, If I may touch but
his clothes, I shall be made whole.” Someone had told this woman about Jesus.
She knew that He was healing people. Having this information, what was her
first step in receiving healing for herself? The first thing she did was to say
it.
There is a Godward side and a
manward side to every battle, every victory, to everything that we receive from
God. We have our part to play. There is something that we must do. God is not
going to fail. If there is any failure, it has to be on our part. If we see to
it that we do our part, then we can be sure that there will be an answer and a
victory.
This woman could have made a
negative statement or confession instead of a positive one. And that would have
been what she would have received. She could have said that there wasn’t any
use, that she had suffered so long and been to many doctors. She could have
said that perhaps it was best for her to die. But she did not speak negatively.
She spoke positively. She said, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be
whole.” And it came to pass, for we can have what we say.
Therefore, the first step in writing
our own ticket with God is to say it. If we are defeated, we are defeated with
our own lips. “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with
the words of thy mouth” (Proverbs 6:2).
Step
No. 2 – Do It
It wouldn’t have done this woman any
good whatsoever if when she said, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be
whole,” she hadn’t acted upon it also. Our actions either defeat us or they put
us over. According to our actions, we either receive or are kept from
receiving. The woman with the issue of blood said it and she acted upon it. She
touched His clothes.
Step
No. 3 – Receive It
She felt in her body that she was
healed of that plague. Jesus said, “Who touched me?” Jesus knew that virtue, or
power, had gone out of Him. The woman first of all said it, she confessed her
faith. Then she acted upon that faith and reached out and touched the Master.
Then, step number three, she received her healing. She felt in her body that
she was healed of the plague.
Notice that the feeling and the
healing followed the saying and the acting. Most people want the feeling and
the healing first, and then they think they will have the saying and the doing.
But it doesn’t work that way. You have to have the saying and the doing first.
Then you will have the feeling and healing.
Jesus perceived that power had gone
out of Him. The whole world has become concerned about the nuclear bombs that
have been exploded in the atmosphere because they release radioactive material
into the atmosphere-power that cannot be seen or felt, but power that is deadly
and dangerous. Yet there is an unseen power at work in the earth that is
neither deadly nor dangerous. It is a power that is good, and that power is
always present everywhere. This power can deliver from anything that binds or
hurts us.
Step
No. 4 – Tell It
Verse 33 tells us that the woman
with the issue of blood acknowledged what she had done. She “told him all the
truth.” Jesus wants us to tell it so that others might receive.
The first step in writing our own
ticket is to say it; the fourth step is to tell it. There is a difference. At
first the woman said what she believed. Then she told what had happened. We
have to say some things in faith before we ever receive them from God. People
say the wrong thing because they believe the wrong thing. When they start
believing the right thing and saying the right thing, then that is what they
will have.
1. Decide what you want
from God. Be firm in what you want, and not wishy-washy.
2. Believe in your heart
(not your mind) that you have received it.
3. Do not have any doubt
in your heart.
4. Do not waver, for he
who wavers is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, and cannot expect
to receive anything from the Lord.
5. Call it into existence;
decree a thing and it shall be established unto you; “Command ye Me”. You shall
have whatsoever you say.
6. Thank God for it daily.
7. Create a vision board
that has pictures of what you are believing for. Stare at it every day until
the answer manifests. What you look at daily attracts it to you.
8. Be patient and steady
until the answer comes.
9. Never let go of your
faith and hope. Hope is positive expectation that what you are believing for is
likely to happen. Hope and faith make preparation for your miracle. If you are
believing for a baby, begin to prepare the nursery. Take steps of action.
10. Testify about your
miracle. Give all the glory to God for doing this mighty thing in your life.
For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.
The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.
I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow.
Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus (if you are not able to call him Lord yet, then just say "Jesus")
I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved.
I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me.
Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come.
And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.
I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints.
Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make.
God bless you!!!
