How to Release Your Faith Through a Point of Contact with God

by Richard Roberts

Wouldn't it be wonderful if faith could be put into a bottle? If you felt like you needed more faith, you could just go to the store and buy another bottle of it.

Yes, that would be wonderful, but you would still have to figure out how to get the faith out of the bottle and up to the Lord. Why? Because faith isn't going to do you much good if it's in a bottle or if it's lying dormant in your heart.

Faith has to connect with God before it can make a difference in your life. And one of the most powerful ways I know of to help you get your faith connected with the Lord is through a point of contact.

What is a Point of Contact?

A point of contact is something you do, and when you do it you release your faith to God. It helps you set the time and place for your miracle to begin.

A point of contact is a faith builder. It's a hope builder. It's saying to someone, "The situation on its own may seem hopeless, but let's believe that God can make a way for a miracle."

I think the best way I can explain a point of contact is by telling you how I learned about it from my father, Oral Roberts.

When I was about 10 years old I had 22 warts on my left hand. One day my mother decided it was time to do something about it. So she told me, "Richard, we're going to the doctor and have those warts burned off."

Naturally, I was scared spitless. But later that day my dad came home, and I'll never forget what he told me. He said, "Richard, it's fine to go to the doctor. But I believe if we'll pray, Jesus will heal those warts." Well, I thought that was a great idea!

So Dad said to me, "I'm going to pray for you and when I do, I want you to release your faith."

"Daddy, how do I release my faith?" I asked.

He pointed over to the wall and said, "Do you see that light switch? That light switch is a point of contact." I still didn't know what he was talking about so I said, "What do you mean, 'point of contact'?"

Then he explained it to me this way. He said, "A point of contact is something you do, and when you do it, you release your faith. There's no power in the light switch. The power is in the power company. But when you flip the switch, you make a connection with the power company, and the lights come on.

"Richard, your faith is like that light switch. Instead of being hooked up to the power company, it's hooked up to God's power. But if you want God's power to be released in your life, you have to turn the switch on. A point of contact can help you turn the switch of faith on.

"When I pray for you today, I want you to let my prayer be your point of contact. Remember, my prayer can't heal you. God's power is what heals. But my prayer can help you release your faith so you can touch God's power."

Then he urged me, "As soon as I start to pray, you let your faith go up to God."

While he was praying for me, honest to goodness. I began to motion with my hands as if I were pulling faith out from inside me and throwing it up into the air. I said, "Faith, get on up there to God! Go on! Get up there to God!"

And you know, the older I get, the better that sounds. "Faith, in the name of Jesus, I release you. Now get on up there to God!"

What happened to those warts? Well, it took some time, but within two months every wart was gone, and I have never had another one since. What's more important is, I got a lesson in faith that I will never forget. I learned how to release my faith through a point of contact with God.

Yes, your faith has to be released before it can produce any results. It has to come out of you. It has to become an act of your believing.

James 2:17 says, Faith...[without] works is dead. Another translation says, Faith without corresponding action is dead (Weymouth).

That means, as long as your faith is lying dormant in your heart, it's not going to do you much good. But the kind of faith that can produce miracles is "live" faith, faith that has some action to it, faith that's "going...going...going" up to God!

What Is Faith?

We talk about faith all the time, but do we really know what it is? Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. In other words, faith gives substance to the things you're hoping for. It's a knowing down in your heart that what you've prayed about is going to happen.

I like to say it this way: Faith is what you hold on to until you receive what you're believing for.

Faith is right believing. It's believing what God says instead of believing what somebody else says. It's believing the truth about the Lord instead of believing somebody else's opinion about Him.

For example, faith is believing that God is a good God. The Bible makes it clear that God is totally good and the devil is totally bad. God is for the good things in our lives and the devil is out to destroy us.

Jesus came to show us what God is like, and Acts 10:38 says that Jesus went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. It doesn't say that He went about doing bad. He went about doing good and "undoing" the devil's badness.

I also want you to notice that sickness is an oppression of the devil. It's important to have a right belief about where sickness comes from. God doesn't make people sick, even though He gets blamed for sickness and all kinds of other bad things.

When you hear about a natural disaster such as an earthquake, a hurricane, or a tidal wave, it's usually described as "an act of God." But nothing could be further from the truth.

God is not in the oppression business. He's in the healing business. He's in the business of making people whole and restoring the things that have been broken or damaged.

Third John 2 says, Beloved, I wish above all things that [you may] prosper and .be in health, even as [your] soul [prospers]. That means God wants you healthy in every area of your life!

' I Feel Like I Don't Have Any Faith!’

You say, "But, Richard, I feel like I don't have any faith!"

The Bible says in Romans 12:3 NKJV, God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Everybody has faith. You use your faith every day, whether you realize it or not.

When you sit down in a chair, you have faith that the chair will support you without falling over. When you turn on a light switch, you have faith that the lights are going to come on.

Each one of us has the measure of faith God has given us. Maybe you feel like your faith isn't great...or big...or powerful. But you have all the faith you're ever going to need. It's not how much faith you have, but it's what you do with your faith that can make the difference!

Where Does Faith Come From?

Bible faith, the kind of faith that can cause miracles to happen, comes from God. To be more specific, it comes by hearing the Word of God. Romans 10:17 NKJV says, Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

In other words, the Word of God has to be preached before the faith you have in your heart can rise up and go up to God. And the more you feed your faith on God's Word, the stronger it can become!

A Man Who Found a Point of Contact with God

The Roman centurion in Matthew 8 NKJV was a man who found a point of contact with God. He was a Roman army captain who was stationed on the coast of Israel, somewhere near the city of Capernaum.

Now Jesus had ministered in Capernaum many times, and this army captain must have heard about the Lord because one day he came and fell down on his knees before Him. He told Jesus, "My servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented" (v. 6).

I want you to notice Jesus' response. He said, "I will come and heal him" (v. 7). Notice that He didn't say, "Let Me pray about it," or "Let Me finish My lunch first," or "Let Me seek the counsel of My twelve elders." No. He said, "I will come and heal him. " Once again Jesus reveals that it's God's will to heal.

Then the centurion said something very interesting. He said, in essence, "Jesus, You don't have to come to my house. You just speak the word, and my servant will be healed" (v. 8).

He didn't say, "Speak the word and we'll see what happens." And isn't that what we do so many times? Someone prays, faith is released, and then we walk out of the room and say, "Well, I wonder what's going to happen." We play the "wonder" game, and we cancel out our faith.

But not the centurion. Why? Because he had a point of contact to help him release his faith. What was his point of contact? The words of Jesus. His attitude was, "You just speak the word, Lord, and I'll let my faith go up to God."

Now listen to Jesus' reply. He said, "As you have believed...let it be done for you" (v. 13). And the servant was healed that very hour!

Do you see how powerful a point of contact can be? Faith has to act, and the point of contact caused the Roman centurion's faith to move into action. It caused the faith that was already in his heart to go up to God. And it caused a great big miracle to be released

from the Lord. Your point of contact can do the same thing for you!

A Real-Life Miracle Through a Point Of Contact

My wife, Lindsay, and I have received thousands of testimonies from people who have seen God perform miracles when they released their faith through a point of contact. I want you to read one of these real-life stories because I believe it can help you find your point of contact with the Lord.

'I Can't Explain It, But the Brain Aneurysm has Disappeared!'

"Richard, my husband, Ron, recently had a heart attack. On the way to the hospital, I called the Abundant Life Prayer Group to pray in agreement for Ron's total recovery. I also anointed his forehead with oil I'd received from Oral Roberts Ministries as a point of contact for his healing.

"After a week Ron was released to go home. But two days later, he had a stroke. So I rushed him back to the emergency room, calling the Prayer Tower as I drove. At the hospital, the doctors discovered Ron had a brain aneurysm.

"I called the Prayer Tower again and sowed a seed as a point of contact, aimed at Ron's healing. After prayer, I remembered the prayer cloth Oral Roberts Ministries had sent me after Ron's heart attack. I wasn't allowed to put it on him in ICU, so I anointed his driver's license with oil and wrapped it with the prayer cloth as a point of contact for his healing.

"That night Ron said he felt a sensation like a hand moving across his chest. The next day the doctor said, 'I can't explain it, but the EKG and CT scan show the brain aneurysm has disappeared!' Ron is back home and in good health, and we give God the glory!"

—Debra from Louisiana

Did you see how Debra used one point of contact after the other to receive the miracles she needed from the Lord? Every time she faced a new problem, she found another point of contact to help her keep her faith going up to God.

And God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). He can do the same thing for you that He did for Debra when you release your faith through a point of contact!

God Uses Many Different Points of Contact

A point of contact can be many things: a prayer, a seed that you sow, a healing touch, a verse from the Bible, a word you receive from the Lord, a prayer cloth, anointing oil, Holy Communion, a letter someone writes to you, or a prayer that you pray for someone else.

A point of contact can help you:

1. Focus your faith on God.

2.    Set the time and place for a miracle to begin.

3.    Turn loose of all of your doubt.

4.    Release your faith to the Lord.

You Can Set the Time and Place for Your Miracle

If you're facing some kind of problem or struggle, you can do what Debra and the Roman centurion and so many others have done to help them receive a miracle from the Lord. You can release your faith and let it go to God through a point of contact.

As I pray for you today, let my prayer be your point of contact. Begin to say, "Faith, get on up there to God!" and then hold on to what you've believed until the answer comes.

Heavenly Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, I come to You today, asking for a miracle.

Friend, I pray for you to set the time and place for your miracle to begin right now. As you let your faith go up to God, I'm believing for His healing power to flow.

I pray for the needs that have tried to take you to the bottom for you to feel the power of the Lord lifting them off you and removing them from your life. I'm believing for those problems not to rule over you anymore! In the name of Jesus I pray, and I expect a miracle! Amen and amen.

Richard Roberts is President and Chief Executive Officer of Oral Roberts University. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree and has written such faith-inspiring books as He’s the God of a Second Chance,

The Joy of the Lord: How To Get It and Keep It, and Claim Your Inheritance.

For almost 25 years Richard has conducted healing crusades throughout America and around the world. Through his daily television program, The Hour of Healing, tens of thousands of miracle testimonies have poured into the Oral Roberts Ministries from people who have experienced God’s saving, healing, delivering power.

Richard and his wife, Lindsay, often minister together. They reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and have three daughters: Jordan, Olivia, and Chloe.

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