{"id":12139,"date":"2025-06-18T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=12139"},"modified":"2025-06-10T06:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:31:28","slug":"actions-speak-louder-than-words-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=12139","title":{"rendered":"Actions Speak Louder Than Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><em>Jesus expects action!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus commissioned the disciples to heal the sick, cast out demons, and proclaim that the Kingdom of Heaven had arrived on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 9:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Jesus summoned together his twelve apostles and <strong><u>imparted to them authority over every demon and the power to heal every disease<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 <strong>Then He commissioned them to proclaim God\u2019s Kingdom and to heal the sick to demonstrate that <u>the Kingdom had arrived<\/u><\/strong>. As he sent them out, He gave them these instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 \u201cTake nothing extra on your journey. Just go as you are. Don\u2019t carry a staff, a backpack, food, money, not even a change of clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 Whatever home welcomes you as a guest, remain there and make it your base of ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 And wherever your ministry is rejected, you are to leave that town and shake the dust off your shoes as a testimony before them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 The apostles departed and went into the villages with the wonderful news of God\u2019s Kingdom, and they healed diseases wherever they went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 <strong>Months later, the apostles returned from their ministry tour and told Jesus all the wonders and miracles they had witnessed<\/strong>. Jesus, wanting to be alone with the Twelve, quietly slipped away with them toward Bethsaida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus didn\u2019t say, \u201cPray that the people would be healed\u201d, He told them to take action and heal the sick and cast out devils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In sending out the twelve, Matthew records additional detail of what Jesus said.&nbsp; Matthew chapter10:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 Heal the sick, <strong><u>cleanse the lepers, raise the dead<\/u><\/strong>, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus told the disciples to specifically raise the dead.&nbsp; Jesus expected what previously had seemed impossible, to occur through the disciples.&nbsp; Was Jesus concerned about their comfort level when He instructed them to cleanse the lepers?&nbsp; Not in the least.&nbsp; The Comforter is the One Who makes us comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are to be led by The Holy Spirit without limitation.&nbsp; This is contrary to many sermons I have heard in the past.&nbsp; The world\u2019s view is one of scarcity and limitation whereas from Heaven\u2019s perspective, these is abundance and no limitation.&nbsp; Our challenge is to embrace Heaven\u2019s mindset and dispose of the world\u2019s perceived limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Beloved Disciple wrote in John chapter 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">34 \u201cThe One whom God has sent to represent Him will speak the Words of God, because God has poured out upon Him <strong>the fullness of the Holy Spirit without limitation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">35 The Father Loves His Son so much that <strong>He has given <u>all things<\/u> into His Hands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">36 Those who trust in the Son possess Eternal Life; <strong>those who don\u2019t obey the Son will not see Life, and God\u2019s anger (G3709) will rise up against them.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G3709 (<em>org\u0113<\/em>&nbsp;) is defined as:&nbsp;properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment:\u2014anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.&nbsp; Its root word G3713) has as a portion of its definition: the love of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1<sup>st<\/sup> Timothy chapter 6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 <strong><u>Loving money is a root of all evils<\/u><\/strong>. Some people run after it so much that they have given up their faith. Craving more money pushes them away from the faith into error, compounding misery in their lives!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why do people crave more money?&nbsp; They don\u2019t comprehend the abundance of Heaven and how to properly access such abundance.&nbsp; They rely on themselves rather than trust in GOD.&nbsp; This mindset pushes them away from walking in faith.&nbsp; The love of money compounds misery and depression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love of money does not differentiate the poor from the rich.&nbsp; Generosity counters the tendency to love money <em>aka greed<\/em>.&nbsp; Isn\u2019t this why FATHER established the tithe as the firstfruits thus acknowledging HIS preeminence in our lives as we give?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being a generous giver is one of the actions Jesus expects of us!&nbsp; We are to walk in abundance in all areas: healing, health, and generosity to name a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus expects action! Jesus commissioned the disciples to heal the sick, cast out demons, and proclaim that the Kingdom of Heaven had arrived on earth. Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 9: 1 Jesus summoned together his twelve apostles and imparted to them authority over every demon and the power to heal every disease. 2 Then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12140,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139\/revisions\/12140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}