Luke 5:12, 2 Kings 5:1-14, John 11:22, Mark 10:46-52

Men and brethren, many times we will come to the edge of faith in our own lives; a time when we are not sure where things are headed. Maybe it is a decision to start a relationship with Jesus for the first time. Maybe you need to trust him with a business decision or career or choosing who to marry. There is a risk in stepping out in faith. Who will you trust? Will you trust in the Lord with all your heart? What if you’re wrong? Is it really God telling you to take the step of faith? Therefore, Faith always means risk. Everything in life is a risk. There’s nothing we can do that doesn’t have some element of risk in it.
The bible speaks of a man who took risk to have an encounter with Jesus “And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean” Luke 5:12. ‘Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean’ was the cry of the man full of leprosy. Remember as a leper, he could have been stone to death for walking into the fellowship of the clean and the holy and the righteous; and that is what we call a ‘Risk Taker’

Who is a leper? A leper is a social outcast; if a leper proposes to marry your daughter, you will fight like a lion. A leper is the one who cannot sleep with the wife or eat with the wife. A leper is the one whose escorts are flies; anywhere he goes the flies would announce his presence because they will be singing behind him saying this guy is a leper. The bible says that the man Naaman was a man of mark; a man admired; a man that was celebrated; he was a General but he was Leper 2 Kings 5:1. When he murmured and pondered about obeying the oracle of God, the servants reminded him and they urged him to take the ‘Risk of Faith’ “And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 2 Kings 5: 13
Your leprosy could be that you look happy on the outside but your wall is collapsing. Today, there shall be a divine intervention. Yours could be in your family that nobody had ever had an uncommon success because there is success and there is what we call an uncommon success. When you come from the family where everybody is struggling; you are likely going to end up as a house boy or a house girl. When I speak of miracle, I speak in the context of God suspending the natural laws of life to answer your prayers. Every one of us has a core need that requires Gods attention. I declare today, the end has come to that leprosy, to that unfruitfulness, to that sickness, to that stagnation in Jesus name

There was this woman named Martha, the brother died and was buried and Jesus came late to the burial ceremony. She said to Jesus even now my brother is buried but my faith is not buried. People have given up on my brother; I have not given up on him. I know your prayers will cause him to bounce back to life. Daddy Uma Ukpai wrote a book on ‘Even Now’ because that simple sentence mesmerizes him. I am amazed that a woman could say that. Do you know that a woman’s love for his brother is inestimable; particularly if they have only one brother? She said to Jesus ‘But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee” John 11:22
I challenge you today to break every known record. The stick or your wheel chair must be thrown away because God is ready to wipe your tears of pain; he is able to heal your disease. Are you expecting a financial miracle, give him from what he has already blessed you before, take a risk of faith. The leper that knelt before Jesus did not care what anybody would do to him for breaking limits. Men and brethren, passion persuades; what was passionate is that he knelt down while ??others were standing; an act of humility; an act saying to God this is my last chance to play my last card; the risk of faith must go with humility. The man said to Jesus, I know, my leprosy is not a big thing with you. Do you know at that time, leprosy was incurable? Right where you are today, I don’t know if your doctor has told you that your sickness is incurable; I therefore want to announce to you that He that cures the incurable is on duty; the only wounded surgeon is on duty. “And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.” Mark 10:46 Jesus was in a hurry and the man Bartimaeus needed to do something that will stop the master from rushing out of the city. He needed to take the risk of faith even in his blindness, he refused to allow his circumstances to control his destiny; he refused to allow people around him to stop him from screaming and crying for attention.

You must find out what you can do to attract divine attention; something that will bring Jesus to a standstill and meet you at the point of your need. Brethren, I don’t know what your qualification is but this man had no qualification. He was a hopelessly, wretchedly poor man; he was also a blind man; his profession was a professional beggar; he was the man in the midst of the crowd that moved heaven; the maker of heaven and earth stood still for a blind man. Therefore, it is not what we say about you that matters; but what you say about yourself; what risk of faith are you willing to take to get to your appointed place in life; will you surrender to your problems; will you surrender to your sickness; will you surrender to what people say about you. The blind man and the Leper said to Jesus ‘the referee has been blowing his whistle but we ignored the referee.’ And I want you to ignore the referee today; that voice that says you have past redemption; that voice that says there is no hope for you; you must ignore it because today, there is hope.
The blind man said to Jesus ‘Thou son of David have mercy on me’ Mark 10:46. The word mercy means whatever that must have caused my problem forgive me; whatever it will take, that I may be set free; that I might receive my sight. He took the risk of faith and got his miracle; ‘And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. Mark 10:52’. ‘Therefore, I declare that ‘Even Now’ you can receive your miracle

Before I share testimonies and the concluding prayer. Please ignore fake profiles of Uma Ukpai Breakthrough Prayer.. We dont have Ophanages.