Walking by Faith

Asking Jesus to be your Savior is only the beginning of the Christian life. He wants to be your Lord, too. The promises and blessings God has for you are waiting to be claimed, but you can’t claim and experience them if you don’t know about them. The good news is that when you know how to receive what God has for you, the devil won’t be able to keep you miserable, lonely, or depressed. Each chapter describes an area where God wants you to experience freedom as you learn to walk with Him each day. Now that you have been born again, it’s time to discover what YOUR NEW LIFE is all about!

Listen as Pastor Duane Vander Klok's book "Your New Life" is read and hear conversation about each chapter afterward.

In this Faith Essentials session, we are discussing the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, Pastor Ryan Peters emphasizes the desire of God to work in our lives in ways that can only be attributed to Him, drawing more people to Him. The narrative begins with the angel's message to Mary about the Holy Spirit's involvement in the birth of the Messiah. Then traces the role of the Holy Spirit from Jesus' baptism to how believers today are called to model a Holy Spirit-empowered life, echoing Jesus' teachings and performing even greater works. The importance of childlike faith, a focus on relationship with Jesus, and the significance of asking for the Holy Spirit's presence are highlighted as key elements in this spiritual journey.

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We encourage you to embrace the Word of God concerning your healing and to begin speaking out with His creative power. Proverbs 18:21 says that “life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Begin now to speak out what God says (the solution) rather than focusing on the symptoms.

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Romans 10:17 NKJV
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Exodus 15:26 NKJV
“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Exodus 23:25-26 NKJV
“So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

Deuteronomy 7:15-16 NKJV
And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the Lord your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

Joshua 21:45 NKJV
Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

Psalm 37:5 NKJV
Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 91:16 NKJV
With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.”

Psalm 92:13-15 NKJV
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Psalm 103:1-5 NKJV
Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 105:37 NKJV
He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.

Psalm 118:17 NKJV
I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.

Psalm 146:8 NKJV
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous.

Proverb 3:1-2 NKJV
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.

Proverb 3:7-8 NKJV
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.

Proverb 4:10 NKJV
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many

Proverb 4:20-22 NKJV
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.

Proverb 9:11 NKJV
For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

Proverb 12:18 NKJV
There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.

Proverb 14:26-27 NKJV
In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.

Proverb 14:30 NKJV
A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverb 15:30 NKJV
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy.

Proverb 16:24 NKJV
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Proverb 17:22 NKJV
A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverb 18:14 NKJV
The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?

Proverb 18:21 NKJV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Isaiah 53:4-5 NKJV
Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 55:11 NKJV
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 57:19 NKJV
“I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “And I will heal him.”

Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV
For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord, ‘Because they called you an outcast saying: “This is Zion; No one seeks her.” ’

Joel 3:10 NKJV
Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears;Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

Mathew 7:11 NKJV
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Mathew 8:2-4 NKJV
And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Mathew 8:6-7 NKJV
saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

Mathew 8:16-17 NKJV
When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”

Mathew 9:35-36 NKJV
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

Mathew 10:1-2 NKJV
And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Mathew 14:36 NKJV
and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.

Mathew 15:30-31 NKJV
Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Mark 16:14-18 NKJV
Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Luke 4:40 NKJV
When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.

Luke 6:19 NKJV
And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.

John 10:10-11 NKJV
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

Acts 10:38 NKJV
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Acts 28:7-8 NKJV
In that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days. And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him.

Romans 8:11 NKJV
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

2 Corinthians 1:20 NKJV
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

Hebrews 10:23 NKJV
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

James 5:13-16 NKJV
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

1 Peter 2:24-25 NKJV
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

2 Peter 1:3-4 NKJV
as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.



1 John 5:14-15 NKJV
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

3 John 1:2 NKJV
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

Revelation 12:11-12 NKJV
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”