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.

If I touch his clothes, I will be healed. This is a proof of faith; that is the level of faith of the woman is high. Therefore a sick person can only be healed if he / she have a strong faith or depends on the level of his/her faith. If a Pastor pray for a sick person to be healed and the person has no faith; it won’t work.

Why do we ensure regular medical check-ups? This is because we want to ensure that we are safe. So in spiritual realms; we need strong faith to be safe in spirit. Let’s consider these areas of faith:

1. Our Prayer Life: The first level of checking our faith in spirit is our prayer life. We talk to God and hear from Him through prayers. You can miss your breakfast but for your devotion, do not miss. There are two main means of devotion; a lone with God devotion and family with God devotion. Therefore learn to devote with God not minding your wife or husband or children for they will not be there to defend you when the Day of Judgment comes. Let us look at Jesus. Even he the controller of all things had time alone with himself and God. Most often we make our choices before praying to God about them. Read Matthew 6:12-13…before Jesus could choose the twelve disciples; he spent a whole night with God in Prayer. We should make priority to seek from God before we decide in our life because we may make wrong choices. According to Daniel 6:1-17, the people knew that they would not find any fault on Daniel except his prayer life; that he disturbs with his prayer. Daniel prayed three times a day. People may tempt you according to your faith level. Let our life style of prayer be like that of Daniel or the master Jesus Christ.

2. In Times Of Trouble & Trials:  Do we pray or go to our friends outside Christ during time of and hardship? Esther 4:1-17. When we pass through troubles and trials, where do we go? The world or to Jesus (word of God)? If we make our life a prayer life; we would pray before the troubles began.

3. What Type Of Prayer Do We Pray: Matthew 6:7-8. Let us have a valid prayer life – May your kingdom come, let your work be rooted and grow – Matthew 6:12-15. I Timothy 2:1-4, we pray for men in Authority. If we do so it will work for our own good. Pray that men in authority should be guided by God because they can tell all churches to shut down their services or may cause inconveniences in our life. II Corinthians 12:1-11, tells us the work of the Holy Spirit. According to I Corinthians 15:1-8, we are to pray for ministers of the gospel to tell the truth and nothing else to deceive us lose the kingdom.

4. The Work Of God: The moment we began to absent ourselves from the presence and work of the Lord signifies that our faith in Christ is going down. We are not in the presence because of somebody, neither are we worshipping God for somebody, but to serve and listen to God therefore do not rely on what someone has done to you in the presence of God. We can learn from the Book of Acts 8:1...that the Christians did not stop or kept quite in spreading the Gospel.

Let us be challenged to fire our faith in Christ because it is faith only that does all things. Jesus once said to his disciples “if you have faith, you would command these mountains to move into the sea and they will obey. May the God of Faith increase your faith and build your confidence and trust in Him, making you love and have interest in serving Him well till the end of the world in Jesus’ name, AMEN!!!