Carried In, Jumped Out: A Footballer's Knee Healed at Church
Dr RJ Sing, 18 min
Originally preached as “God Can Touch You Where You Are”
Sermon outline
A healing testimony read to the church shows that God can touch you right where you are, and the church answers by declaring faith and favour over their lives.
Opening
He greets the church and has a written testimony from Senele Hadebe read aloud. It tells of a healing that happened at FCI in 2009, which the writer felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to send back to the church years later.
The testimony: carried in, jumped out
After a head-on collision with a drunk driver, doctors told a young football player he had bone grinding on bone in his knee, would never run again and should take a walking stick. A friend carried him into FCI, where the pastor laid hands on him and told him to jump, and his knee was fully restored.
Illustration: Asked whether he believed God had healed him, he said yes and was told to jump; he jumped and found his knee restored, stronger than ever.
Invest in wisdom
He announces that from January 2019 the monthly Chronicles will stop and a yearly devotional will take its place, with a monthly partnership letter. He urges everyone, including young people, to buy a copy and use it all year.
Illustration: One burger is gone tomorrow, but the devotional lasts 365 days.
“To get wisdom, you must invest.”
Declarations: use your words to change your situation
With Pastor Adrian's help, he leads the church in declarations spoken 'with all your might and all your heart': calm and peace, supernatural favour, victory, building others up, speaking only words of faith, choosing faith over fear, and trusting that God is working all things together for good.
“These are your words.”
- Genesis 1:27
- Deuteronomy 28:13
- Romans 8:28
Putting it into practice
- Believe that God can heal and restore you where you are.
- Invest in your spiritual growth with daily devotions.
- Speak declarations of faith over yourself, your family and your future.
Closing
After the declarations he has the church give the Lord a hand and be seated, ready for the preaching of the Word, which is not included in this recording.
Declarations he led
- I declare God's supernatural favor over my life.
- I am the head, never the tail. Above, never beneath.
- I will not use my words to describe the situation. I will use my words to change my situation.
- I will not talk to God about how big my problems are. I will talk to my problems about how big my God is.
- I declare I will choose faith over fear.
- I declare God is working all things together for my good.
- This is my declaration.
In his words
- “To get wisdom, you must invest.”
- “These are your words.”
- “At least after so many years of being healed, he thought about writing his testimony and sending it to church.”
Every scripture in this message
- Genesis 1:27
- Deuteronomy 28:13
- Romans 8:28