A Sermon
Delivered on Wednesday Evening, July 8th, 2026, by
Evangelist PAUL ACQUAH,
Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.
Have you been praying for a breakthrough, but nothing seems to be changing? Have you been believing God for healing, restoration, provision, or an answer to a long-standing challenge? The Bible teaches that faith is more than believing. Faith responds. Faith moves. Faith takes action. In Mark chapter 5, we meet a woman who had suffered for twelve years. She refused to let her circumstances stop her. She heard about Jesus, believed He could heal her, declared her faith, and pressed through the crowd to touch His garment. Her miracle came because she put her faith into action. God still responds to faith that moves beyond hope into obedience. He honours those who trust His Word enough to take the next step, even when circumstances seem impossible. In today’s message titled “Put Your Faith into Action,” Evangelist Paul Acquah teaches on how hearing God’s Word, believing His promises, speaking with confidence, and acting in faith can position you to receive the breakthrough God has prepared for your life.
Be blessed as you listen!
Learn the keys to putting your faith into action through the powerful story of the woman with the issue of blood. The story (found in Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34 and Luke 8:43-48) recounts the miraculous healing of an unnamed woman described as the woman with the issue of blood who suffered from a bleeding condition for 12 years. After suffering for 12 years and spending all her money on doctors, she put her faith into action and by secretly touching the hem of Jesus’ robe in a crowded place, her illness was instantly cured, leading Jesus to publicly acknowledge her profound faith. Learn how hearing, believing, speaking, and acting in faith can lead to breakthrough and healing in your life. The story of the woman with the issue of blood highlights her as the ultimate example of relentless faith. The bible makes us understand that she secured her miracle by hearing the Word, putting her faith into corresponding action, and persevering through all obstacles until she received the victory.
Let’s read from the Gospel of Mark, Mark 5:25-34: 25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. Every person reaches a point in life when nothing else seems to work. You’ve tried everything — in your business, your career, your marriage, your health and yet, breakthrough seems faraway or even impossible. It’s in these moments, when you’re at the end of yourself, that true faith must rise. Hold onto your faith and don’t throw away your confidence in God. The woman had been sick with an issue of blood for 12 continuous years. She had spent all her money on doctors, yet no doctor was able to heal her for 12 years. Can you imagine being sick that long, can you imagine all the things you would need, this was not an easy situation at all. The woman was sick and seemingly without hope until one day when Jesus passed through her city with a crowd surrounding him.
The Bible says: 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” 29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the [f]affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?” This is incredible. Jesus, surrounded by people, suddenly stopped and asked, “Who touched Me?” 31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ” When Jesus asked who touched His clothes, the disciples were confused because of the massive crowd pressing on Him! They said that the massive crowd physically crowding, pressing, and pushing against Him on all sides. But Jesus recognised a different kind of touch, a touch of faith. Yes, the crowd pressed together in very large numbers, but there’s a difference between being merely physically pressed in a crowd versus actively reaching out to touch Jesus with intentional faith.
A touch of determination, hope, and relentless belief. That touch pulled power out of Him. 32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction.” These are words that changed her life: “Daughter, your faith has made you whole” (Mark 5:34). What a powerful moment! Her faith, combined with her action, drew power from Jesus. Her heart decision became a divine encounter. Her journey represents moving from a place of suffering, shame, and isolation to a miraculous encounter with the presence and power of God. This is about a woman who experienced Jesus being the answer to her sickness. Jesus being the way out of her problems. This is a story of a desperate woman who had been battling the same sickness for twelve years. This text of scripture about the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5) perfectly illustrates that true faith requires corresponding action. Instead of passively hoping for a miracle, she acted on the Word by speaking her healing, pressing through the crowd, and physically touching Jesus’ garment,
Faith requires corresponding action. The Bible says she heard about Jesus. That was the first step. Faith comes by hearing (Romans 10:17). But she didn’t stop at hearing. She acted on what she heard. She said to herself ““If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” We need to understand that the woman didn’t just passively hope for healing; she spoke what she believed and acted on it, and she risked everything to press through the crowd to touch Jesus’s garment. She was not just another face in the crowd; she was a woman on the edge, holding onto nothing but faith and it changed everything. Recognise that faith is a force that requires a corresponding action to access what God has already provided. Jesus doesn’t force victory, deliverance, healing or anything else on us. He freely gives them to us, but we can’t access them unless we reach out and take a step of faith.She could barely see Him in the crowd, only sandals and dusty feet yet she pressed on. In a crowd that was pushing and chaotic, she reached out with faith and touched the hem of His garment.
So you can see that this woman took some important actionable steps: She said it; she took action, she received it; and she testified. Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction (Mark 5:29, NKJV). It’s not enough to just know about faith. You’ve got to use it. Speak it. Act on it. God already placed His power in you—but it won’t move until you take action. Like a light switch, it stays off until you flip it. Are you ready to flip the switch and activate it. Your breakthrough doesn’t happen by emotion, but by faith in action. When you make a heart decision to trust God not just with words, but with steps of faith, you won’t just reach out to Jesus, Jesus will respond to you with what he’s already provided by grace. It’s time to hear, believe, declare, and act. It’s time to let your faith rise again. She heard about Jesus, which built her foundation. This is a woman who had suffered for over a decade. She had spent all her money on physicians, tried every solution, and yet grew worse. Her circumstance was not just painful; it was hopeless. In her desperation, she found hope in Jesus. She declared, ” If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well “ (Mark 5:28). This wasn’t just casual belief. It was a heart decision. She believed in her heart that Jesus was her last hope and her best hope.
