TODAY DCLM Sunday June 21 2026 Faith That Works

In 1896, Thomas Edison learnt that the young and aspiring Henry Ford, working in his company, had created an experimental car. Edison met young Henry at the company’s party and fired him up with the following words that generated faith in the heart of Ford to pursue his experiment: “Young man, that’s the thing! You have it! I think you are on to something! I encourage you to continue your pursuit.” That was the fuel of faith that fired the heart of Henry Ford and eventually helped him invent the car that made him famous and wealthy.

In today’s text, the Holy Spirit teaches us that saving faith comes by hearing and acting on God’s word. It is not enough to hear the Word, like the unbelieving Jews heard, without a corresponding obedient response. We must accompany our hearing of the Word with appropriate action. God’s word surpasses any other fuel to generate the faith that works in any dormant heart. Fill the empty tank of your heart daily with the fuel of God’s word, and nothing shall be impossible unto you. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

A definite way to cultivate the faith that works is by turning the words of Christ into songs and hymns and the psalms into songs. Sing these words and psalms gracefully until you own them. They will not only generate faith in your heart, but they will inspire faith in the hearts of those hearing you also.

We can become faith warriors and conquerors by deploying God’s word to quench Satan’s fiery darts of evil and unclean thoughts against our hearts. Like Paul and Silas in the dark dungeon of the Philippian jail, we can turn God’s words into prayers and praises, and the foundations of our prisons will begin to quake as all bondages are broken and all limitations overcome.