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What do people draw from your well?

I love wells. They remind me of the country. They give life because the community can come and draw life-giving water any time they need it. A well is connected to a huge underground stream of clean, pure water so it can provide this precious substance to a community for years to come. Proverbs 10:11 says: “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life”. This is so important to understand because we speak from the abundance of our hearts. We can either give life-giving wisdom, love, inspiration and truth, or depending on what stream we are connected to, we can release hate, fear, doubt, confusion and deception among other things. The tongue can defile the whole body. The tongue can bless or curse. The power of life and death is in the power of the tongue (James 3, Proverbs 18:21).

The Apostle James reminded us that we need to be very careful as to how we use our mouths. Our communication is part of the way that the Holy Spirit ministers through us. Even the Gospel of Jesus Christ cannot be known unless we use our mouths and speak it! So the Apostle reminds us of this powerful truth: “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh” (James 3:10-12).

What do people draw from your well? Selah.

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Could it be that your suffering is over?

Please look at my invitation at the end of today’s devotional. Blessings.

In the book of Mark, chapter five, there is an account where a sick woman makes her way to Jesus and touches the hem of His garment. Her faith posture was that if she could just touch the hem of His garment, she would be healed. She had heard that Jesus was the Messiah, and that He was healing and delivering people wherever He went. When she arrived to where Jesus was, she saw that there was a literal multitude of people surrounding Him. This made her plan very difficult. However, her faith and resolve impeled her to the task and she pushed her way through to Jesus. When she got to Him, she grabbed a hold of His garment and immediately her sickness was healed. Jesus told her “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.” What speaks to me is that Jesus said her faith had made her whole and that her suffering was over. Be reminded today that your faith in God and His word can move mountains. It can heal you. It can bring in the needed provision. It can get you that job that you need. It can give you favor when needed. It can take the suffering away. It can release the power of God in your situation. Your faith in God is more powerful than you realize.

Mark 5:34 (NLT) “And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”

Don’t miss this Sunday’s service at 11 am (Tomorrow). Our guest speaker will be Bishop Joseph Mattera. He is an internationally sought out speaker, who flows with prophetic insight. His teachings on the Kingdom of God are being taught in in cooperation with Oral Roberts University. His articles can be seen in Charisma magazine. He is the founder of Christ Covenant Coalition, an international network of networks.