Joshua and Caleb held onto their confession of, “We can
take the land” for 40 years, until they were both 80 years
old. Then Caleb said to Joshua, who was their spiritual
leader, “Give me that mountain. I can take the land.” His
confession had remained unchanged.

Caleb knew of the faithfulness and mercy of God. It
motivated him to draw closer to God instead of running
from Him. He was convinced his God was able. When we
get a revelation of mercy and obtain it for ourselves we will
begin to speak it out in faith. That’s when mercy begins to
explode and manifest itself outwardly.

It all comes down to this: God’s original plan was for
man to live in close communion with Him. But after Adam
sinned, this was no longer possible. God could only deal
with man at arm’s length. Fellowship was impossible.

But, the Father had mercy on man and sent His only
Son to be our Savior and Redeemer. Through His death
and resurrection, Jesus restored us to our rightful place in
God’s original plan—a place of fellowship and communion
with the Father.

As joint heirs through Christ’s saving power, we have the
right to God’s mercy and all that goes with it. So, take
advantage of this gift from God. Ignite the power of mercy
in your life by spending time in prayer and fellowship with
the Father. Study His Word. Take hold of the promises found
in His Word, and by faith speak your needs into being. Confess
and believe in His power. If you do these things, God’s mercy
will continually be manifest in your life. For His mercy
endureth…forever!

Gloria Copeland

Mark 11:22-24
Once you have planted God’s healing Word in
your heart, you can pray with confidence, knowing you
will receive your healing. Yet, to get results, you must
believe you receive when you pray. That is when God’s
healing power is released in your body.

KJV—And Jesus answering saith unto
them, Have faith in God. For verily I say
unto you, That whosoever shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt
in his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to pass; he
shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore
I say unto you, What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have them.

Amp—And Jesus replying said to them,
Have faith in God (constantly). Truly, I tell
you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted
up and thrown into the sea! and does not
doubt at all in his heart, but believes that
what he says will take place, it will be done
for him. For this reason I am telling you,
whatever you ask for in prayer, believe—
trust and be confident—that it is granted to
you, and you will [get it].

Moffatt—Jesus answered them, “Have faith
in God! I tell you truly, whoever says to this
hill, ‘Take and throw yourself into the sea,’
and has not a doubt in his mind but believes
that what he says will happen, he will have
it done. So I tell you, whatever you pray for
and ask, believe you have got it, and you
shall have it.”

NEB—Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in
God. I tell you this: if anyone says to this
mountain, “Be lifted from your place and
hurled into the sea”, and has no inward
doubts, but believes that what he says is
happening, it will be done for him. I tell you,
then, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe
that you have received it and it will be yours.’

Mark 6:5-6
KJV—And he could there do no mighty
work, save that he laid his hands upon a
few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled
because of their unbelief.

Amp—And He was not able to do even one
work of power there, except that He laid His
hands on a few sickly people [and] cured
them. And He marveled because of their
unbelief—their lack of faith in Him.

Moffatt—There he could not do any miracle,
beyond laying his hands on a few sick
people and curing them. He was astonished
at their lack of faith.

NEB—He could work no miracle there,
except that he put his hands on a few sick
people and healed them; and he was taken
aback by their want of faith.

Gloria Copeland

James 5:14-16
KJV—Is any sick among you? 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
shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they
shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one
to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much.

Amp—Is any one among you sick? He
should call in the church elders—the spiritual
guides. And they should pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the Lord’s name.
And the prayer [that is] of faith will save
him that is sick, and the Lord will restore
him; and if he has committed sins, he will
be forgiven. Confess to one another therefore
your faults—your slips, your false steps,
your offenses, your sins; and pray [also] for
one another, that you may be healed and
restored—to a spiritual tone of mind and
heart. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer
of a righteous man makes tremendous power
available—dynamic in its working.

Moffatt—Is anyone ill? let him summon the
presbyters of the church, and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name
of the Lord; the prayer of faith will restore
the sick man, and the Lord will raise him
up; even the sins he has committed will be
forgiven him. So confess your sins to one
another and pray for one another, that you
may be healed; the prayers of the righteous
have a powerful effect.

2 Peter 1:2-4
KJV—Grace and peace be multiplied unto
you through the knowledge of God, and
of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine
power hath given unto us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to
glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises: that
by these ye might be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust.

Amp—May grace (God’s favor) and peace,
(which is perfect well-being, all necessary
good, all spiritual prosperity and freedom
from fears and agitating passions and moral
conflicts) be multiplied to you in (the full,
personal, precise and correct) knowledge of
God and of Jesus our Lord. For His divine
power has bestowed upon us all things that
[are requisite and suited] to life and godliness,
through the (full, personal) knowledge
of Him Who called us by and to His own
glory and excellence (virtue).

By means of these He has bestowed
on us His precious and exceedingly great
promises, so that through them you may
escape (by flight) from the moral decay (rottenness
and corruption) that is in the world
because of covetousness (lust and greed),
and become sharers (partakers) of the divine
nature.

NEB—Grace and peace be yours in fullest
measure, through the knowledge of God
and Jesus our Lord. His divine power has
bestowed on us everything that makes for
life and true religion, enabling us to know
the One who called us by his own splendour
and might. Through this might and
splendour he has given us his promises,
great beyond all price, and through them
you may escape the corruption with which
lust has infected the world, and come to
share in the very being of God.

Gloria Copeland

Acts 19:11-12
KJV—And God wrought special miracles
by the hands of Paul: So that from his body
were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs
or aprons, and the diseases departed from
them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

Amp—And God did unusual and extraordinary
miracles by the hands of Paul, So that
handkerchiefs or towels or aprons which
had touched his skin were carried away and
put upon the sick, and their diseases
left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

Moffatt—God also worked no ordinary
miracles by means of Paul; people even
carried away towels or aprons he had used,
and at their touch sick folk were freed from
their diseases and evil spirits came out
of them.

NEB—And through Paul God worked singular
miracles: when handkerchiefs and
scarves which had been in contact with his
skin were carried to the sick, they were rid
of their diseases and the evil spirits came
out of them.

Acts 28:8-9
KJV—And it came to pass, that the father
of Publius lay sick of a fever and of
a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in,
and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and
healed him. So when this was done, others
also, which had diseases in the island, came,
and were healed.

Amp—And it happened that the father
of Publius was sick in bed with recurring
attacks of fever and dysentery; and Paul
went to see him, and after praying and
laying his hands on him he healed him. After
this had occurred, the other people on the
island who had diseases also kept coming
and were cured.

Moffatt—His father, it so happened, was laid
up with fever and dysentery, but Paul went
in to see him and after prayer laid his hands
on him and cured him. When this had happened,
the rest of the sick folk in the island
also came and got cured.

NEB—It so happened that this man’s father
was in bed suffering from recurrent bouts of
fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and,
after prayer, laid his hands upon him and
healed him; whereupon the other sick people
on the island came also and were cured.

Gloria Copeland