You May Be One Word Away From Your Breakthrough - Rick McFarland - Charis Daily - Season 16 Ep. 27

Main Ideas / Concepts

• Healing is tied to Jesus and hearing God personally. Healing is framed as receiving a word from the Lord that becomes personally applicable to your situation.

• “Word” in the New Testament has two related meanings:

  • Logos = the full revelation of God (with Jesus identified as the Word of God).
  • Rhema = a spoken, specific, spiritually “activated” message that comes from the logos for a particular situation.

• Rhema produces faith-driven action and releases God’s power into the natural.

  • When you believe and accept the rhema and act on it, God’s power leads to the manifestation of healing.

• You need “fresh” rhema—not yesterday’s word.

  • The “manna” analogy teaches that God provides renewal continually; using only an old word leads to “leftover manna” that no longer helps.
  • Pattern: renewal → fresh rhema → cooperation → breakthrough.

• Christianity is relationship, not formula.

  • The flesh prefers reusable “formulas,” but Jesus operates through living communication with the Father.
  • Jesus rarely did the same thing twice because He constantly listened for what the Father was doing and then acted accordingly.

• Biblical examples show that miracles follow rhema + cooperation.

  • Across multiple Gospel stories, Jesus gives specific words/directions (rhema), people respond, and healing occurs.

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Method / Instructions (Detailed)

1. Focus on the Logos (God’s Word / Jesus). Spend time reading Scripture so the Lord can bring something alive for your current day and circumstances.

2. Seek a Rhema for your specific situation (prayer + asking). Bring your situation to the Lord in prayer as a relationship (not just a technique). Ask for:

   • scriptures relevant to your circumstance, and
   • specific direction from God.

3. Don’t rely on what worked before. Avoid using “yesterday’s word” or last month’s revelation as if it guarantees the same outcome today. Even with the same enemy/situation, God may give a different instruction.

4. Identify 1–3 highlighted scriptures that “come alive” (rhema selection). You may find many related verses, but the goal is to let the Holy Spirit highlight one or two that the Lord wants you to stand on now. Memorize/hold those words in your heart.

5. Plant and cultivate the rhema with spiritual practices. “Plant that seed” and “water it” through:

   • thanksgiving and prayer over the promises,
   • praise and gratitude,
   • and actively internalizing the word.

6. Speak the word to the situation (not to God as a religious quote). Declare Scripture like a weapon:

   • speak it to your mountain/situation,
   • not merely quoting it.

7. Obey the practical instruction that often accompanies rhema. Rhema often includes a concrete action step—act on it, because miracles occur when people cooperate with Jesus’ rhema.

8. Use “asking again” when confusion/uncertainty comes. The David example teaches that when you’re unsure, you can inquire of the Lord again. The aim isn’t to change God’s decision, but to confirm and align with God’s guidance.

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Key Scripture Concepts Highlighted (As Presented)

• Jesus as Logos

  • John 1:14: “Word (logos) became flesh…”

• God’s people live by rhema

  • Matthew 4:4: living by every “word” that comes from God’s mouth (rhema)

• Hearing Jesus leads to healing

  • Luke 5:15 and Luke 6:17: people gather to hear and are healed

• Rhema examples with corresponding actions

  • Matthew 8: Paralyzed servant — “I will come and heal him… only say the word”
  • Matthew 9: Paralyzed man — “Get up, take up your bed, and go…”
  • Matthew 12: Withered hand — “Stretch out your hand”
  • Luke 17: Ten lepers — “Go, show yourselves to the priests…”
  • John 5: Bethesda man — “Rise, take up your bed and walk”
  • John 9: Blind man — “Go wash in the pool of Siloam…”

• Rhema/discernment for fresh battles (David)

  • 1 Samuel 23: David inquires again; God’s direction remains his stated will
  • 2 Samuel 5: same valley/enemy again, but a different approach is required (“don’t go headlong…”)

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Main Lesson / Takeaway

• You may be one rhema (one word from the Lord) away from breakthrough and healing.
• God supplies ongoing renewal: the Christian life depends on relationship with Jesus, receiving fresh direction, and cooperating with that word.

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Speakers / Sources Featured

• Speaker: Rick McFarland
• Referenced author / ministry content: Andrew Wommack
  • Book: The Truth About Healing
  • Larger book: God Wants You to Be Healthy
• Scripture sources (as cited):
  • Gospel of John
  • Gospel of Matthew
  • Gospel of Luke
  • Gospel of Mark
  • Psalms
  • Old Testament passages: Numbers, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel