In this passage of scripture we see a man outside of the covenant of God, commended and described by Jesus, as having GREAT FAITH.  In fact, Jesus also said that he had so far not found such faith in all of Israel.  What was it that distinguished this man, to be acclaimed as having Great Faith?

We know that the Scripture tell us in Hebrews 11:6

 “That without faith it is impossible to please Him (God) .”

I am sure as a believer you would want to please God!

Then you can, by following the example of the centurion.

The centurion respected Authority.  He was disciplined, and knew how to administer authority.  Therefore, he could recognize in Jesus, a higher authority than even he was subject to.  This was Divine Authority, and so all he required was the spoken Word of God!

The word tells us in Proverbs 18:21, that:

“Death and Life are in the Power of the Tongue.”

This is borne out by the apostle Paul in Romans 10:8-10:

“But what saith it?  The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is the word of faith, which we preach. That is thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Verse 8 tells you to put the Word in your mouth.  Then verse 10 tells us that if we do speak the Word out freely, we can be saved.  The full meaning of the word saved here is very interesting.  In the Greek text, it is the Greek word Sozo … which means to save, deliver, protect.  To heal, preserve, make whole.  It means to be delivered from the full penalty of sin, or we could say, original sin’s consequences, covering each dimension of Spirit….Soul….and Body.

This means we can actually begin to declare the Word of God by faith, and put into motion the healing of our bodies, by speaking the Word in the Name of Jesus.  At the same time, we can have absolute confidence that:

“God according to His Word, watches over it to perform it, and it shall not return to Him Void, but shall accomplish everything it is sent out to do.” (Isaiah 55:11)

Here is an example of how to pray, for a person with an arthritic hip joint:

Today in the Name of Jesus, I acknowledge that by ‘the stripes of Jesus I was healed at Calvary.’ (Stripes are when Jesus was lashed and whipped, Calvary is when Christ died on the cross for our sins)

Therefore in the Name of Jesus, I speak life and healing into my hip joint.  Arthritis, you are Bound and now Loosed from the joints in my body, and the creative power of God is now working inside my body, bringing health and restoration, and I am going to walk perfectly again.  I thank you Father in the Name of Jesus for quick results.

Keep doing this every day, until you see the manifestation of your healing.