I'm going to preach for a few moments today about
having faith for a miracle. We're going to read
in the book of Mark, chapter 10. And verse 46.
What a beautiful worship we were a part of today.
I love our praise team, our musicians, amen.
Let's thank God for them. Mark chapter 10, verse
46 through 52. We're going to read in Spanish,
but you can follow on the screen in English if
you would like. Y oyendo que era Jesús Nazareno,
comenzó a dar voces y a decir, Jesús, hijo de
David, ten misericordia de mí. Y muchos le reprendían
para que callase, pero él clamaba mucho más,
hijo de David, ten misericordia de mí. Entonces
Jesús, deteniéndose, mandó llamarle y llamaron
al ciego. diciéndole, ten confianza, levántate,
te llama. Él entonces, arrojando su capa, se
levantó y vino a Jesús. Respondiendo, Jesús le
dijo, ¿qué quieres que te haga? Y el ciego le
dijo, maestro, que recobre la vista. Y Jesús
le dijo, vete, tu fe te ha salvado. Y enseguida
recobró la vista y seguía Jesús en el camino.
Amén. Someone say amen. Alguien diga amen. Let's
pray. Vamos a orar. Father, we love you today.
We thank you for your spirit that we feel here.
We're believing God. That someone is going to
receive their miracle. I pray Lord. That you
will anoint my lips. Put your word in my heart.
That I declare boldly. With faith. Your word
today. And we will not hold back our praise.
We're going to worship you. We're going to thank
you for all that you do today. Father, in the
name of Jesus, we pray, amen. Clap your hands.
Thank the Lord. You may be seated. In this story,
Jesus is passing through Jericho. And the streets
are filled with many people. There are many voices
shouting. Everyone wants to see Jesus. Many people
are there. But there was one cry that rose or
rises above the crowd. This cry was different
from all the other noise that was being made.
It was the cry of... A man named Bartimaeus.
Bartimaeus was blind. He cannot see with his
natural eyes. However, Bartimaeus could see with
his spiritual eyes. In his faith. he could see
his miracle. On that day, he could see his life
changing. On that day, he could see his life
changing. Being healed. And he could see the
one who had the power to heal him. And his name
is Jesus. How many of you know his name today?
I said, how many of you know his name today?
This story shows us something powerful. Sometimes
the difference between staying Where you are.
And receiving a miracle is one cry. Amen. One
act of faith. One moment of desperation. That's
all it takes. It's very simple. Very simple.
Your life can change in a moment. You don't have
to wait until tomorrow, next week, next year,
but here right now, if you would cry out to God
and believe for your miracle, everything in your
life can change. I wonder if there is a witness
here today. that knows that it only takes one
cry to see the power of God. Come on and clap
your hands. Hallelujah. I am a witness today.
There have been many times where I would just
cry out to God and say, God, I need you. And
I need you right now. I can't wait till tomorrow.
God, I'm not going to let you go. Hallelujah.
I won't let you go until you bless me. Is there
somebody like that here today? Oh, I'm not convinced.
Is there somebody like that here today? Jesus
was going out of Jericho. That means that Bartimaeus
almost missed him. This was his last chance.
This might be your last chance. And he could
have stayed quiet. He could have let the moment
pass him by. But instead he lifted up his voice.
I'm not going to let this moment pass me by.
I'm not going to watch my miracle pass me by.
My healing pass me by. And so he began to lift
up his voice. There will be moments in our life
church. Friend there's going to be moments in
our life. When Jesus is passing by. His glory.
His power. His grace. His mercy. Is passing by.
Amen. When he moves. When he calls. And when
God does that. We must take the time to respond.
We must respond. Someone else cannot cry for
you. Amen. Don't look at your neighbor. Your
neighbor is not going to cry for you today. It's
got to come from you. My God. God's looking at
you. I can't cry for you. I can pray with you.
But the desire, the faith, has to come from you.
It says, I believe. Hallelujah. Somebody say,
I believe. Let's look at three simple but powerful
lessons today. Amen. Number one. We must see
with the eyes of faith. Bartimaeus was blind.
But his faith gave him vision. Hallelujah. He
wasn't looking at everybody else. He couldn't
see anybody. He couldn't even see Jesus with
his natural eyes. But he could see Jesus in faith.
And he believed that Jesus could change his life.
That's what faith will do. Faith sees with the
eyes cannot. Somebody say amen. I said somebody
say amen. Hallelujah. That's why the Bible says
to walk by faith and not by sight. Don't trust
what your eyes tell you. Don't go by your eyes.
Don't look around. Don't look over there. Put
your faith in Christ today. Believe with the
eyes of faith. And that faith will show you your
miracle today. Oh, hallelujah. Faith looks past
our problems. And it sees the promises of God.
I'm getting excited now. It looks past all of
your issues. It looks past your present. And
it sees your future. I'm talking to somebody
right now. You got to put your faith in God.
Don't put your faith in man. Don't put it in
me. Don't put it in your friend. Not in your
family. Not in your job. Oh, but put it in Jesus.
Put it in. Come on, can somebody love him today?
Why don't you give God a praise right now? Somebody
shout hallelujah. Gotta put it in God. You know
why? Because man will fail you. Man will fail
you. But God never fails. Love never fails. Hallelujah.
Turn to somebody and tell them, God never fails.
Hallelujah. In fact, God doesn't even know how
to fail. He's never failed ever. He doesn't know
how to do it. Because everything he does he will
accomplish it. Everything he says will come to
pass. Hallelujah somebody. God cannot lie. But
his word will stand forever. Maybe you cannot
see your answer right now. But can you see it
in faith? Can you? Let me ask you. Can you see
your family being saved right now? Not with your
eyes. Because maybe they're not serving God.
Maybe they're resisting the Lord right now. Maybe
they're saying, I don't want to hear about God.
But what does your faith tell you? My faith tells
me that God's going to save my family. God's
going to restore my family. Can you see your
body being healed today? Don't listen to the
pain you're feeling right now. I thank God for
the doctors. And they give us their reports.
And they show us those x -rays. They show us
those pictures. They say, you have a problem
right here. When they show you those things,
you can just say, thank you, doctor. But my faith
tells me something different. Oh, I wish I had
a witness here today. I'm going to ask you whose
report will you believe today? The doctor's report?
The lawyer's report? Or will you believe the
report of the Lord today? Because his report
says I am free. I wish I had a witness. His report
says I am healed. It says I am delivered. That's
the report of the Lord. Bartimaeus could not
see with his physical eyes. But he saw his miracle
in the Spirit. So he started to cry out. But
then something happened. People tried to tell
him to be quiet. So number two, I want to tell
you, don't let fear silence you. He cried out,
Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. And those
around him tried to shut him up. He said, shh,
stop it. Keep it down Lower your voice Jesus
doesn't have time for you Nobody wants to hear
you right now So they tried to tell him to stop
To control his worship But do you know what Bartimaeus
did? He said Just for that. I'm going to be louder
now. Hallelujah. Because you told me to be quiet.
I'm going to lift my voice all the more. And
say Jesus. Son of David. Have mercy on me. Fear
will try to shut you up. It will try to silence
your voice. and tell you to stay where you are
but I've come to tell you you can open up your
mouth today and say I'm going to trust in God
clap your hands and give God some praise when
you're desperate for a miracle You can't stay
silent. You know the Bible says that if we don't
praise him that the rocks will cry out. You know
the difference between me and a rock? How many
of you want to know the difference? Is that I
need a miracle and the rock doesn't. I'm not
going to let the rock cry out for me. Come on,
somebody. Come on, somebody. Are you going to
let a rock? cry out for you that rock don't need
a miracle that rock don't need healing but if
you stay silent that rock is going to take your
place but I got news for that rock today I'm
sorry rock but I'm going to cry out to Jesus
I'm going to cry out to the Lord I wonder if
there's somebody right now stand up on your feet
and cry out unto God and say bless me now my
Savior come on and lift up your voice unto God
Es lo que tenemos que hacer. We've got to cry
out unto him. Tenemos que clamar a él. Bartimaeus
is a witness of what God can do. De lo que Dios
puede hacer. When you simply trust in him. And
forget what everyone else is saying. My God.
Bartimaeus. Maybe he told his friends. If you
don't want it. I'll take it. If you want to act
like you don't need it. If you just came to church
to look cute. And say hi to your friends. If
that's all you want. You can have that. But if
you don't want that miracle. I'll take it I come
to tell somebody today if you don't want God's
blessing on your life that's your choice you
can leave this place the same way you came in
but I'll take your blessing hallelujah but don't
let fear stop you because your miracle is just
one Shout away. Somebody say amen today. Let's
just thank God in this place. Hallelujah, Jesus.
Oh, thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. Let's thank
God in this place. God wants to work right now.
How many of you believe that? I don't have a
long message today. because it doesn't take very
much but there's one more thing I need to tell
you if you want your miracle whatever it is you
see a miracle is something that you need that
only God can do. If someone else could do it,
then it's not a miracle. If it's impossible,
that's when God steps in. Amen. But before Bartimaeus
could receive it, The Bible says he did one more
thing. He did something bold. Before he was healed.
Before he received his sight. The Bible says
that he threw aside. His garment. He was wearing
a garment. And that garment, that garment marked
him as a blind man. Because those who were sick,
had to wear certain garments which identified
them as having a disease. It pushed them away
from other people. And they wore that garment
Everywhere they went, they couldn't take it off.
It became a part of who they are. It became their
identity. If you saw somebody with a sick garment,
you wouldn't have to ask them if anything was
wrong. You just knew that they were sick. Because
you saw their garment. That person is sick. That
person is a beggar. And Bartimaeus wore this
every day. He woke up in the morning. And when
he put on that garment. He was telling the world.
I've got an impossible problem. I'm sick and
I can't get well. And he would walk around everywhere
with that garment. He could not be seen without
wearing that garment. He was attached to that
garment. But when Jesus came by, even though
he was blind, he could see his miracle. and he
said to himself I'm not going to need this garment
anymore and so the Bible says he threw it off
and I've come to tell somebody right now when
Jesus walks your way and you want your miracle
you've got to throw off your old you gotta put
away your old self put away you need to throw
off that garment that garment of depression that
garment of fear of hopelessness of addiction
The shame. Hallelujah, Jesus. Throw it off. Because
you're not going to need it anymore. I'm going
to invite you to close your eyes right now. Because
the Holy Spirit. It's passing by. So I want you
to close your eyes. With your eyes closed. Yes,
with your eyes closed. Now you know what it's
like to be Bartimaeus. This is how Bartimaeus
felt. He couldn't see anything. He couldn't look
at what other people were doing. He didn't get
distracted. But he saw his miracle. So right
now with your eyes closed. You're going to be
like Bartimaeus. Because now you're going to
see. Not with your eyes. But with your faith.
So I want you to see. See your body healed. See
your family healed. See yourself stronger. See
yourself better. See your deliverance. Your deliverance.
Being delivered. Set free. Set free from sin.
Set free from that addiction. Set free from that
depression. Come on. See it in your faith right
now. Hallelujah.