IF YOU BEGIN TO PRAY FOR
THE SICK AS OUTLINED BELOW, YOU TOO WILL BEGIN TO SEE JESUS HEAL THE SICK
THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS..
(1 Ki
8:28 KJV) Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to
his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer,
which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
(2 Chr
6:19 KJV) Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to
his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which
thy servant prayeth before thee:
(Psa
102:17 KJV) He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise
their prayer.
(Prov
15:8 KJV) The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but
the prayer of the upright is his delight.
(Prov
15:29 KJV) The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of
the righteous.
(James
5:15 KJV) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven
him.
The
Basics by Dr. Gary S. Greig Dr. Mark Virkler Rev.
Frank Gaydos John G. Lake Ministries, Pennsylvania Healing Rooms Ministry
Director
THE BASIC KEYS TO RELEASING THE LORD’S HEALING ANOINTING IN,
ON OTHERS, OURSELVES
Basic Statements:
1)
Focus on God, His word, his promises, Jesus, not on yourself or the
others at all, do forget everything else, worship Him, God, Jesus
alone...
(Gen 20:17
KJV) So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Take
the initial step.. start a ongoing relation with Jesus through your ongoing
personal prayer, communication with God.
It is not God's ability to heal others too that is the
key issue but clearly our own personal lack of unpracticed faith, our
own lack of prayer.. for we are firstly too secular, too worldly minded too
often to be used spiritual by God. .
(Eccl 3:11
KJV) He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set
the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh
from the beginning to the end.
(Mat 6:24
KJV) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
(1 John 2:15
KJV) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If
any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that
is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
(Mark 3:27
KJV) No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods,
except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his
house.
(Rev 3:8
KJV) I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and
no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word,
and hast not denied my name.
2) As an obedient, humble, faithful servant of God
continually daily do Ask God by faith for the Holy Spirit’s power
to be released, to see it, and do beforehand by faith thank God for it .
Promise and give God all, all of the credit for the healings, miracles, works
of God, do not take any, any of it for yourself, for it will be deadly for
your own spirituality next if you do.. Pride still is a deadly
sin.
(Psa 51:17
KJV) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
(Isa 8:15
KJV) And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be
snared, and be taken.
(Ezek 34:16
KJV) I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was
driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that
which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them
with judgment
(2 Cor 4:7
KJV) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency
of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every
side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted,
but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about
in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be
made manifest in our body.
(James 4:3
KJV) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume
it upon your lusts.4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a
friend of the world is the enemy of God.5 Do ye think that the scripture saith
in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth
more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto
the humble.
3)
Rely on the direct input from the Holy Spirit, listen to him before
you do even next pray, Engage the Prayer-type that the Spirit leads you to
pray..
(John 5:19
KJV) Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for
what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
(John 15:5
KJV) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.
(2 Cor 13:8
KJV) For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the
truth.
4) Dipstick (Check personally for the full filling of
the Oil of the Holy Spirit) and Remove the personal Blocks
(1 John 1:9
KJV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The
Confession of sins, restitution might be first required by the person being
prayed for as well.
(James
5:14 KJV) Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the
church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
5)
Next do hold in your mind the detailed faith-picture of the
person healed as given to you by God , and do not waver, do continue to thank
God soley for it
(James 1:6
KJV) But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is
like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man
think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man
is unstable in all his ways.
6)
Differentiate between a miracle and a healing.. Miracles are
instantaneously while Healing my have a time element.. but all healings,
miracles too can be certified by medical
doctors.
7)
By faith in God hold on to the healing recognizing that false symptoms
counterfeit by the devil can come next instead and cause you to doubt, even to
lose your healing.
(John 5:14
KJV) Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto
thee.
(John 5:15
KJV) The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had
made him whole.
(John 8:11
KJV) And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and
sin no more.
Expanded
Statement:
1) See Jesus
transfigured in God’s light (Matt. 17:1-8), forget yourself, and worship
Him in your spirit. (Bib. Found. sec. III-IV)
2) Ask
for and see Jesus’ divine healing light and power radiating onto and
into the person; see it focused on the infirmity, and thank the Lord
that the anointing is being released and coming in. (Bib. Found. sec.
III,VI-VII)
3) Engage
the prayer-type that the Spirit leads you to--petition, command, or
pronouncement; if led by the Spirit to use command prayer, you may
first command the pain to leave in Jesus’ name, then command the
underlying disease to leave. (see Healing Prayer Outline)
4) Ask the
person how they feel (better, same, worse), and remove any inner blocks
or demonic influence, as the Lord leads you to. (see Healing Prayer
Outline and Bib. Found. sec. IX-XI)
5) Hold
in mind a detailed faith-picture of the person healed and say, "Thank
you, Lord, that that is the way it is going to be, because your power is
healing this person." (Bib. Found. sec. III, V)
Releasing
the Healing Anointing of Jesus in Prayer
Methods and procedures do not heal. Jesus does. But these are
some points which help us draw near to Jesus and discern what He wants
to do through us in prayer.
1. FOCUS ON
JESUS/ FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE
--Dial down,
quiet yourself and tell the person being prayed for to dial down, quiet
themselves and focus on Jesus who is always with us (Matt 28:20).
Tell the
person just to receive and not to strive or pray themselves or pray in
tongues, which tends to block the Holy Spirit from healing a person (Isa.
30:15 ""In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust
is your strength"; Jesus had to take the blind man away from his friends
when his friends "begged Jesus to touch him," (Mk. 8:22) suggesting
emotionally intense fear-filled striving).
--With
your mind’s-eye (eyes of your heart) see Jesus as He is described in His
Transfiguration in Matt. 17:1-8—See Jesus’ face and clothes full of
God’s brilliant light (Heb. 1:3), surrounded by the bright cloud of
God’s Spirit. See Jesus’ light (His anointing and power) radiating onto
you and into you. Keep your focus on Him (worship the Giver not
the gifts) and praise Him in your spirit for His sacrifice on the cross
for our sins, for His love and power.
--Keep
your inner attention on Jesus always throughout the prayer time. Listen
to any specific insights or guidance Jesus may speak or bring to mind for
the prayer time or the person by tuning to the voice and vision of God
(i.e. spontaneous thoughts and spontaneous pictures—for help learning to
hear God’s voice, maybe go to http://www.cwgministries.org/Free-Christian-Books-and-Articles.htm and click on "The Four Keys to Hearing God’s
Voice"). What is the Lord doing in this person’s life and what does He
want to do through your prayers?
--Assume
God will send healing unless He has shown you otherwise ("the prayer of
faith will heal the sick person (Grk. fut. Indicative sosei "will heal"
not "may heal" or "might heal...if it’s God’s will")" Jas. 5:15).
--Keep your
eyes OPEN so you don't miss the signs of the Holy Spirit's
manifestations on the person.—some typical signs: eyelids fluttering, change
in breathing, slight shaking, flush on skin, radiant sheen on the face,
visible peace:
†
Possible responses to the presence of God and the power of the Holy
Spirit:
1. Shaking
or trembling (Exo. 19:16; Ps. 2:11; 96:9; 114:7; 119:120; I Chron.
16:30; Ezra 9:4; Ps. 2:11; 119:20; Isa. 66:5; Jer. 5:22; 23:9; Dan.
10:10-11; Mat. 28:4; Acts 7:32; Heb. 12:21).
2. Falling
over-- "resting" or "being slain" in the Spirit (I Kgs. 8:11; Ezek.
1:28; 3:23; Dan. 8:17-18; 10:9; Mat. 28:4; Lk. 9:32; Jn. 18:6; Acts 9:4
(26:14); I Cor. 14:25; Rev. 1:17).
3.
Intoxicated state of mind (Acts 2:4, 13, 15; Eph. 5:18; cf. I Sam.
1:12-17; I Sam. 19:23f.).
4. Laughing,
shouting, or crying (Gen. 17:1, 3, 17; Ezra 3:13; Neh. 8:9; 12:43; Ps.
126:2; Prov. 14:13)
5.
Feeling heat, energy (Mk. 5:30; cf. Col.1:29 energeia // dunamis ).
6. Deep
peace (Rom. 15:13; I Cor. 14:33), etc.
7. Radiance
on one’s face (Acts 2:3; 6:15 and 7:55; II Cor. 3:18 (and Exo. 34:29).
2. ASK
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT’S HEALING POWER TO BE FULLY RELEASED INTO THE PERSON
--Ask
the Lord to release His power--"Jesus, please release the healing power
and light of Your Holy Spirit on this person."/ "Come Holy Spirit,
release your healing power and light on this person." (Ezek. 37:9 Hebrew
bo’i haruakh "Come O (Holy) Spirit!" [Heb ruakh here clearly refers to the
Holy Spirit, because in Ezek. 37:6 ruakh is translated in the Greek
Septuagint as pneuma mou "My Spirit" referring to God’s Spirit and
because of the allusion to creation by the Holy Spirit in Gen. 1:2]; "O
Lord, I call to you; come quickly to me" Ps. 141:1; II Cor 3:17 "Now the
Lord is the Spirit").
† The
Holy Spirit is always with us (John 14:16-19; Psalm 139:7-10).
†† But
He comes specially and manifests special anointing for special purposes
(Luke 5:17 "the power of the Lord was present to heal" implying that
there were times when the power of the Lord was not present; I Cor. 5:4
"When . . . the power of the Lord Jesus is present"; Isa. 55:6 "Seek the
Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near").
--WAIT--and this is hard--until you see signs of the Holy Spirit's
presence on the person—often but not always eyelids fluttering, change
in breathing, muscle spasm or rippling, shaking, flush on skin, radiant
sheen on the face, visible peace, falling, laughing, crying ("And the
power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick" Luke 5:17; "Be still
before the Lord and wait patiently for him" Ps. 37:7)
--With
your mind’s eye, see the healing power of Jesus as His radiant light
entering the person’s body. Whether you perceive the anointing as
warmth, tingling and electricity, as many do, or not, keep seeing in
your mind’s-eye the anointing entering the person and going to the place
of infirmity (while keeping your primary attention on Jesus), because
unless there is a block of some sort (sin, unforgiveness, anxiety, fear,
unbelief), the Lord’s anointing is really going into the person. Focus
the healing anointing by asking Jesus to intensify His power and healing
light in the spot of the infirmity and by seeing Jesus’ healing light
penetrating and increasing in intensity in the exact location of the
infirmity.
--Thank the
Lord as an expression of faith (Ps. 22:3-4; 50:23; 2 Chron. 20:21- 23,
27): "Lord, thank you that your healing light and power is going into
this person and into the place of infirmity." Thank the Lord whether you
feel or sense anything happening or not.
3.
ENGAGE PRAYER AS THE SPIRIT LEADS—PETITION / COMMAND / PRONOUNCEMENT
--Pray
as the Lord leads you to, with Petition/intercession to God and/or words
from God spoken to a condition or demon or to the person (e.g. Mk. 1:25;
7:34; Luke 4:39; Jn. 11:41-43; Acts 28:8).
--Petition/Intercession ("So they took away the stone. Then Jesus
looked up and said, 'Father, I thank you that you have heard me. . . ."
Jn. 11:41; "His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and
dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands
on him and healed him" Acts 28:8. --Command ("Be quiet! . . . Come out
of him!" Mk. 1:25; "Be clean!" (to a leper) Mk. 1:41; "Get up!" (to a
lame man) Mk. 2:11, Jn. 5:8, Acts 9:34; "Stretch out your hand" Mk. 3:5;
"Get up" (to a dead person) Mk. 5:41, Lk. 7:14, Acts 9:40; Jesus spoke
to a deaf man's ears, "Be opened!" Mk. 7:34; Jesus "rebuked the fever,
and it left her" Lk. 4:39; "See again! (Grk. Anablepson)" (to a blind
man) Lk. 18:42; "Lazarus, come forth!" Jn. 11:43; "Walk!" (to a lame
man) Acts 3:6; "Stand up!" (to a lame man) Acts 14:10).
--The
Command prayer is the most frequent type of healing prayer in the
Gospels and Acts, so expect the Lord to lead you to use the prayer of
command a lot in healing prayer.
--Maybe
First command the pain to leave the person: "Pain you leave this
person’s body (arm, leg, heart, etc.) now! Obey the body and blood of
Jesus! It is written, ‘By His wounds we are healed’ (Isa. 53:5; 1 Pet.
2:24), and we proclaim that by Jesus’ wounds this person’s body is
healed in Jesus’ name."
Don’t be
afraid to command pain to leave more than once (Jesus had to pray for
the blind man more than once in Mark 8:23, 25.) Usually it leaves after
2- 3 times of command prayer.
--Then
command the underlying disease (cancer, arthritis, etc.) to leave the
person—treat it like an intruder and tell it to leave and never return in
Jesus’ name. Notice Jesus "rebuked" the fever in Lk 4:39 like He
"rebuked" (same Greek word) demons elsewhere (Matt. 17:18; Luke 9:42;
Mark 9:25 He rebuked the evil spirit: "You deaf and mute spirit . . . I
command you, come out of him and never enter him again!").
--Pronouncement ("Woman, you are set free from your infirmity" Lk.
13:12; "Your faith has healed you" Lk. 18:42; "Take your mat and go
home" Mat. 9:6; "Go . . . wash in the Pool of Siloam" Jn. 9:7; "’Go,
show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were cleansed"
Lk. 17:14).
4.
DIPSTICK (CHECK THE OIL) & REMOVE ANY INNER BLOCKS
--Ask
questions?? ("How are you feeling? Better? Worse?") during prayer to
find out what the Holy Spirit is doing, for more information or
redirection ("Do you see anything?" Jesus said to a blind man during
prayer Mk. 8:23; Elijah sent his servant to the edge of Mt. Carmel seven
times to see if the rain he was praying for had come yet, James 5:18 and
I Kings 18:41-44).
--Be
sensitive to the Holy Spirit for insight about possible blocks to the
Lord’s healing in the person’s life--e.g., unforgiveness, anxiety and
worry, fear, unbelief, demonization, sinning which led to damaged
emotions or damaged relationships, etc. (James 5:15-16 "The
prayer of faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him
up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven; Therefore confess your sins
to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed"; Matt.
13:58 "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of
faith"; 1Cor. 11:29-30 "For anyone who eats and drinks without
recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. That
is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have
fallen asleep [died]").
5. KEEP
PRAYING AS THE LORD LEADS, PICTURING THE PERSON HEALED
--Hold a
detailed picture in your mind of the person completely healed (Heb.
11:13 shows that faith-picturing is a key element of faith). Ask the Lord to
give you a picture of the person healed as the Lord wants Him to be.
Then hold that picture of the person in your mind as you thank the Lord
that His power and healing anointing are accomplishing the healing:
"Lord, thank you that this is the way this person is going to be healed,
because that is your will for him. We thank you that your power is
working this healing in him now and bless what you are doing in him."
6
BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS
I. Healing
is Not Just "One of the Gifts"--Healing Shows Non-Christians and
Christians God’s Power and Love. A careful study of the Gospels and Acts
shows that one of the chief functions of healing in the New Testament is
to accompany the preaching of the gospel and to show people God’s power
and mercy. Healing is not just one of the gifts of the Spirit. In the
New Testament, healing ministry is a primary tool alongside preaching
God’s Kingdom to show those who don’t know God as well as God’s people
the power of Jesus’ cross to forgive their sins and restore them to the
life of God: Mat. 4:23; 9:35-36; 10:1, 7-8; 11:5; 12:15, 18; 15:30; 19:2
(cf. Mk. 10:1); 21:14 (cf. Lk. 21:37); Mk. 1: 38-39; 2:2, 11; 3:14-15;
6:12-13; 10:1 (cf. Mat. 19:2); Lk. 4:18; 5:17, 24; 6:6-11, 17-18; 7:22;
9:1-2; 10:9, 13; 13:10-13, 22, 32; 14:4, 7ff.; 21:37 (cf. Mat. 21:14);
16:15-18, 20; Jn. 3:2; 7:14-15, 21-23, 31, 38; 10:25, 32, 38; 12:37, 49;
14:10, 12; Acts 1:1; 2:22; 3:6, 12; 4:29-30; 5:12-16, 20-21, 28, 42;
6:8, 10; 8:4-7, 12; 9:17-18 (cf. 22:13), 34-35; 10:38; 14:3, 8-10, 15ff.;
15:12, 36; 18:5, 11 (cf. II Cor. 12:12; I Cor. 2:4-5); 19:8-12; Rom.
15:18-19; I Cor. 2:4- 5; 11:1; 12:1-11, 28-31; 14:22-25; II Cor. 12:12;
Gal. 3:5; Phil. 4:9; I Thes. 1:5-6; Heb. 2:3-4; 6:1-2; Jas. 5:13-16.
II.
Embracing God's General and Specific Will concerning Healing Scripture
clearly shows that as a general rule it is God's will to heal the sick.
James 5:15 says "the prayer of faith will heal (Greek future indicative)
the sick" not "the prayer of faith may or may not heal the sick." And
the overall witness of the New Testament regarding God's attitude toward
healing shows that God desires to heal. Any reader of the Gospels knows
that God’s Son healed the sick. Acts and the Epistles show that the
apostles and Early Church laity healed the sick (Stephen, Philip,
Ananias, the Corinthians, Galatians, Jewish Christian churches, etc.;
E.g., Acts 3:6, 12; 4:29-30; 5:12- 16, 20-21, 28, 42; 6:8, 10; 8:4-7,
12; 9:17-18 (cf. 22:13), 34-35; 14:3, 8-10, 15ff.; 15:12, 36; 18:5,
11(cf. II Cor. 12:12; I Cor. 2:4-5); 19:8-12. Rom. 15:18- 19; I Cor.
2:4-5; 11:1; 12:1-11, 28-31; II Cor. 12:12; Gal. 3:5; Phil. 4:9; I Thes.
1:5-6; Heb. 2:3-4; 6:1-2; Jas. 5:13-16.). God gave the church gifts of
healing (I Cor. 12:9). As well, He commands the church to pray for the
sick in James 5:14-16. So we know from all this evidence that as a rule,
God desires to heal the sick. Scripture also makes it clear that in a
minority of cases for various reasons the early church did not always
see all the sick healed (2 Tim. 4:20; Phil. 2:26-27; 1 Tim. 5:23; Gal.
4:13-14). If we read about the prayer of faith that makes the sick
person well in James 5:14-18, we find that the way that Elijah listened
to God's immediate word and then prayed in 1 Kings 18, is an example of
the prayer of faith that will make the sick person well. Elijah first
heard the prophetic word of God in 1 Kings 18:1 that God was going to
send rain, and then in 1 Kings 18:41-45 Elijah actually prayed for the
rain that God said He was going to send. So the faith that heals the
sick involves hearing what God wants to do in prayer for the sick person
and praying that out over the sick person until we see the fullness of
healing manifested in their body, just as Elijah prayed until he saw the
rain finally begin to come.
DIVINE
HEALING TOOLBOX
JAMES
5:14-18 1. Remove blockages by confessing your sins one to another
(Jas. 5:14-18): Each person in the group (prayer ministers and person
being prayed for) is to focus on Jesus with the eyes of your heart. Fix
your eyes on Jesus and ask Him if there is anything that is blocking
His healing power from flowing to you. Receive His response back by
tuning to spontaneous thoughts and pictures (For help learning to hear
God’s voice, go to http://www.cwgministries.org/Free-Christian-Books-and-Articles.htm and click on "The Four Keys to Hearing God’s
Voice."). Make sure you are living a healthy lifestyle, which includes a
nutritious diet, regular exercise, fasting/cleansing and stress-free
living. Confess your sins based on what you receive. Learn to confess
your sins moment by moment so you stand clean before the Lord. This
group stance of humility and holiness releases God’s power.
2. The
foundation for healing is entering God’s presence: The Lord said to one
Christian colleague of Dr. Virkler’s, "First you must practice My
presence. Then we'll talk. My presence is really more important than My
words. The healing takes place while in My presence." Become
Christ-conscious by worshipping Christ in your spirit. See Jesus
transfigured in God’s light (Matt. 17:1-8). Ask for, see and release His
healing power, which can be seen as light, and felt as heat and
tingling. His power to heal is released through His presence.
3. Discover and
deal with the root cause of the infirmity: Have the sick person, pray,
"Holy Spirit, please show me the root cause of this sickness in my
body." (His body, his memory and the Holy Spirit within him know exactly
what the root of the sickness is.) Then instruct him to quiet himself
and tune to the voice and vision of God (i.e., spontaneous
thoughts and
spontaneous pictures) and share with you what comes to him. Apply the
appropriate prayer.
4. Assume three
parts to healing prayer: (removing pain, casting out demons, restoring
body parts) Speak to the pain to be removed. It is easy, builds faith
once the person being prayed for feels some pain leave, and removes this
distraction from the person being prayed for. Firmly command the
specific afflicting demons to be loosed. Assume demons in most/all
situations. Demons were frequently involved in the conditions Jesus
healed, as is suggested by comparing the summary description in Mark
1:39 with the parallel summary statement of Matt. 4:23: Mark 1:39
"So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and
driving out demons." Matt. 4:23 "Jesus went throughout Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom,
and healing every disease and sickness among the people." Speak
lovingly and specifically to the damaged body parts to be restored to
their normal function.
5. Receive
divine revelation: As you see Jesus and watch His healing power and
light pour into a person, ask Him to show you exactly what needs to be
healed and how He wants to heal it. Receive His answer by tuning to
spontaneous thoughts and pictures, and act in obedience on what He is
telling you. Engage the prayer-type that the Spirit leads you
to--petition, command, or pronouncement.
6.
Team up for greater revelation: Two or three prayer ministers
who are all open to God showing them any keys to removing blocks
and sharing what they are receiving with the group which then acts upon
it, will generally widen the reception of divine revelation and very
quickly break the yoke of the infirmity, restoring the person to
health.
7. Powerful
prayers which detach demons: Person being prayed for and prayer
counselors stay tuned to flow and act upon impressions to pray in any of
the following ways:
1. Forgiving
anyone God brings to mind;
2.
Confessing any sins God brings to mind;
3.
Breaking generational sins and curses;
4. Severing
ungodly soul ties;
5.
Replacing negative beliefs;
6.
Renouncing inner vows; 7. Breaking word curses;
8. Receiving inner healing through seeing visions of Jesus
in the memory;
9.
Casting out demons. All of these can be covered systematically with a
"Contributing Strands Worksheet" found at
www.cwgministries.org/Freebooks. htm and see Dr. Mark Virkler and
Dr. Patti Virkler’s book, Prayers
that Heal the Heart (Bridge-Logos,
2001), for full discussion of these issues.
10 . Anoint
with oil: Use oil that has been prayed over for an impartation of divine
healing power (James 5:14-15).
11. Intensify the
flow of healing power by seeing: Ask for and see Jesus’ divine healing
light and power radiating onto and into the person; see it focused on
the infirmity, and thank the Lord that the anointing is being released
and entering the body.
12. Give a divine
radiation treatment: Have a group of two to five people keep their hands
(both hands – so an spiritual circuit is completed) on a sick person for
10-20 minutes releasing God’s power/light into him.
13. Get
feedback regularly: Ask the person how he or she feels (better, same,
worse), and respond as necessary. Learn again from your own personal past
experiences too.
14. See it done: Hold in your mind a detailed
faith-picture of the person healed and say, "Thank You, Lord. That is
the way it is going to be, because Your power is healing this
person.
(1 Tim 5:22
KJV) Lay hands suddenly on no man,
Additional
Notes
Some of the
distorted preachers, even pentecostals do too often do teach that
any Christian should not be sick at all and that we can always
immediately claim our sickness healing by faith and God will always heal
us. They seem too easily to forget that a temporary human sickness
can temporary serve God's purposes. But also yet the Fundamentals
Evangelcials too now also go overboard denying that healing tend to exist
today as well.
A too common
Pentecostal Word Faith teaching is that it is solely, always
your own personal fault for being sick. This false teaching can be found
in Hinduism as well. They teach that it is because of your own lack of
faith and/or knowledge, unconfessed sins if you are sick or
poor. This unloving, cruel and unbiblical teaching does not
come from God but from Satan who distorted God's basic truths on healing.
Can you imagine the gall of anyone, even a false elder, pastor,
unlovingly trying to tell a person to their face that the reason their
daughter sick is because of their lack of faith? or that God is
punishing them of their own sin? Can you imagine the cruelty in telling a
person bound to a wheelchair that if they had enough "faith" they would
surely "Rise and be healed?" But what does the Bible say about it,
teach.
Most of the problem with the
clear Christian teaching discrepancies on Healing and Sickness is due
firstly to the real personal ignorance of what the Bible
teaches even about Healing. Most Christian people wrongfully rely mainly on
some famous preacher who is pro or con to healing and Not on God and his Word
firstly. Many people have their mind made up beforehand anyway and are not
honestly open to the subjects and they thus tend use out of context bible
verses, the preachers quotations to try to suit, substantiate their own
pet views.. they need to read these verses..
(Mat 8:7 KJV) And Jesus saith
unto him, I will come and heal him.
(Mat 10:1 KJV) And when he
had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner
of disease.
(Mat 10:8 KJV)
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received, freely give.
(Mat 12:10 KJV) And, behold,
there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
(Mat 13:15 KJV) For this
people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their
eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and
hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them.
(Mark 3:2 KJV) And they
watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might
accuse him.
(Mark 3:15 KJV) And to have
power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
(Luke 4:18 KJV) The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that
are bruised,
(Luke 7:3 KJV) And when he
heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that
he would come and heal his servant.
(Luke 9:2 KJV)
And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
(Luke 10:9 KJV) And heal the
sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto
you.
(Luke 14:3 KJV) And Jesus
answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal
on the sabbath day?
(John 4:47 KJV) When he heard
that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought
him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of
death.
(Acts 4:30 KJV) By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child
Jesus.
Just cause some preacher
does not have the faith to heal, has never been used by God in healing does
that now wrongfully mean the Holy spirit gift o healing has ceased? no! Of
course not. So what if there any
instances of believers in the Bible that asked God for a
healing and were refused? Do we next make the false general statement
wrongfully that God refuses all request for healing thus? Did Jesus automatically heal all those who came to him?
no? or there were conditions to be met to be healed by Jesus in the New
Testament too. Now what were the conditions of healing? And why
were some refused their healings? just Unconfessed sins? Does the fact that a
sickness may return nullify the first healing? No of course not.. I prayed for
a person and he was healed.. years later the sickness return and I wanted to
pray for them again but God said no, I will not hear your prayer, he is an
unrepentant evil person. Are
there any instances of believers in the Bible that remained sick or died from
a sickness and does the death of any believer now supposedly nullify any
possible healing of others? of course not! ? Is it not a fact
that all healing are temporary anway for we all do
die?
Now let us all look at the common
quotation of Apostle Paul supposedly applicable on
Healings "For this thing I besought
the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace
is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most
gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong," 2 Corinthians
12:8-10.
It is agreed that the Apostle Paul had a thorn in the flesh that
was particularly troublesome. Now was this thorn specifically a
sickness and so what specific sickness? Partial Blindness?
Why does God in his word define it as a "thorn", a specific
abusive messenger of Satan, and not rather a specific sickness.
Paul he had asked the Lord three times to take it the thorn, not to some
it only means the supposed sickness away but God said, "no." So
despite God's refusal to heal him? Paul rejoiced because of his infirmities?
and where is such a reference in the Bible it is a sickness still?..
there is no such reference the bad preachers imply the thorn was a sickness
cause it is convenient for them to do so.
Here is the undeniable reality God rather promised
the Apostle Paul that he would next suffer physically for Christ
sake cause he persecuted Christians.. this suffering included
the physical persecutions he received while preaching the Gospel. (Acts
9:15 KJV) But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel:16 For I
will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
(1 Cor
4:11 KJV) Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and
are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
(1 Pet
2:20 KJV) For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,
when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable
with God. if you have doubts what it means to be buffeted see (Mat 26:67
KJV) Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their
hands,)
"Ye know
how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you
at the first.
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but
received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus," Galatians
4:13-14.
(2 Cor 4:7 KJV)
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are
troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the
Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'
sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal
flesh.
Now in the Old Testament King David said this
about his own afflictions: "It was good for me to be
afflicted so that I might learn your decrees...I know, O Lord, that your
laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have
afflicted me," Psalm 119:71, 75.
"The LORD hath chastened me
sore: but he hath not given me over unto death," Psalm 118:18.
"Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy
word," Psalm 119:67.
The lying bad
Preachers here too try to tell you this affliction was a sickness of
David .Yet we have no mention at all in the Bible that these
afflictions were any specific sickness, rather David clearly was persecuted by
his son, and others.. and all as a direct result of his adulterous sin with
Bathsheba and the murder by David of her husband now as well. What
the preachers too do not know the Bible well enough to share the truth? it
sure seems so.
Let us all refer also to the case of Job
and his sickness.. who said " Naked came I out of my
mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD
hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD...Then said his wife unto
him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women
speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and
shall we not receive evil (Calamity)? In all this did not Job sin with
his lips...Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain
mine own ways before him," Job 1:21, 2:9-10,
13:15.
Clearly note that Job was eventually
healed and lived to an old age.. this is undeniable too. (Job
42:10 KJV) And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for
his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had
before.
(Job 42:11 KJV) Then came there unto him
all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his
acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they
bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought
upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring
of gold.
(Job 42:12 KJV) So the LORD blessed the
latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep,
and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she
asses.
(Job 42:16 KJV) After this lived Job an
hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four
generations.17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
Some people are sick due to their own
fault.. but not all persons. We need spiritual discernment on how to deal with
the sick..
(1 Cor 10:21 KJV) Ye cannot drink the cup
of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's
table, and of the table of devils.
(1 Cor 11:29 KJV) For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning
the Lord's body.30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you,
and many sleep.31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be
judged.
(James 5:14 KJV) Is any sick among you? let
him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall
save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him.16 Confess your faults one to another, and
pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.
I rightfully suggest all person
themselves now really go back to the Bible.. even on the subjects of healing
and sickness.. I believe in going to see a doctor after we prayed about
it.. still God has promised for his children he would do for them
what the Doctors cannot do. We as Christian operate also under a higher law
than the earthly laws of medicine.
(Eccl 3:11
KJV) He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set
the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh
from the beginning to the end.
(1 John 2:15
KJV) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If
any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(Prov 23:4 KJV) Labour not to be
rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
(Prov 28:20 KJV) A faithful man
shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be
innocent.
(Prov 28:22 KJV) He that hasteth
to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon
him.
(Mat
6:24 KJV) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
(1 Cor 16:22
KJV) If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema
Maranatha.
(Mat 7:16
KJV) Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?
(Mat 7:20
KJV) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are
by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Phil. 1:11
The
perverse prosperity prostitutes, adulterers. It has been my too many years of
personal experiences that the perverse prosperity prostitutes, adulterers,
idolterers persons, who mainly tithe to get richer and not rather
to help the poor persons, for they do generally as well
despise the poor and needy persons, covet to be rich they can be found in both
the secular and religious camps, and their behaviors tend to be very similar.
Even the religious persons, the rather still carnal persons, the Judas
followers, while they now even do profess to be moral good living
persons still when it comes to making more money they clearly bend their
rules on morality, ethics, honesty, and they will even cheat, lie steal to
acquire more wealth... they mainly still also do see other people as slave
objects, slaves that can be used to help them increase their personal
acquisitions and they will cast out, sell out their poor relatives,
relationships still too.. but they still will even profess to be good
persons now too... and try to by their way into heaven.
(Mat 25:34
KJV) Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world: 35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and
ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye
have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil
and his angels: 42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me
not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me
not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee
an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and
did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily
I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did
it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
(James 2:1
KJV) My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord
of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your
assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a
poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the
gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the
poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not
then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich
in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love
him? 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and
draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy
name by the which ye are called? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according
to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of
the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and
yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do
not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery,
yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
(1 Tim 5:8
KJV) But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his
own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an
infidel.
(1 John 1:9
KJV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.10 If we say that we have not
sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
(Jer 2:20 KJV) For of old time I have broken thy yoke,
and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every
high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the
harlot.
(Jer 3:6
KJV) The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast
thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every
high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the
harlot.
(Jer 3:13
KJV) Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed
against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under
every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the
LORD.
(Mat
23:37 KJV) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and
ye would not!
(Prov 23:5
KJV) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
(Ezek 6:13
KJV) Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall
be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all
the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick
oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
(Psa 35:13
KJV) But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
(Psa 69:13
KJV) But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable
time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy
salvation.
(Psa 9:9
KJV) The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times
of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises
to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
(Psa 48:1
KJV) Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our
God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy
of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the
great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
(Psa 62:5
KJV) My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be
moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength,
and my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour
out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men
of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the
balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in
oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your
heart upon them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that
power belongeth unto God. 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy:
for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
(Psa 104:16
KJV) The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he
hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the
fir trees are her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild
goats; and the rocks for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for
seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it
is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 21 The
young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The
sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them
all: the earth is full of thy riches.
(Isa 25:1 KJV)
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou
hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a
palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore
shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall
fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to
the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat,
when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even
the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be
brought low. 6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto
all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things
full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy
in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil
that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death in victory;
and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of
his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken
it. 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him,
we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 10 For in this mountain
shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him,
even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 11 And he shall spread
forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his
hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of
their hands. 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he
bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
I have had
some very dramatic, real VALID personal experiences with Healing.. they
were mostly unexpected ones
It all started
mostly when my 6 month daughter was diagnosed as being seriously ill, likely
to die a vegetable within 3 years. I had no experiences in healings. I had
also just gone to a new church, the Christian Missionary Alliance church, and
I had read their church doctrines on healing. She was diagnosed with
hydrocephalus, which is derived from two Greek words,
hydro, meaning water, and cephalus, meaning head, and once was
called "water on the brain." Hydrocephalus is the condition caused by the
accumulation of an abnormally large amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the
skull, or cranium. Normally, CSF flows continually from the interior cavities
in the brain (ventricles) to the thin subarachnoid space that surrounds the
brain and spinal chord. 1/10000 babies are born that way.
My wife who was
also a nurse was very very depressed about it.. so I suggested we
separately read the Bible and ask God what to do about it
God next told
us three things in our Bible reading-
1 She our
daughter was not sick for our sin, or our fault
2: She will be
healed God had needed her for his glory
3: I now was to
ask the local church elders to pray for her healing.
(James
5:14 KJV) Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of
the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven
him.16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.
When I
approached the local Alliance Church pastor to have the elders to pray for my
daughter he was hesitant, the local Church had really never done it before but
eventually they agreed to come to our home two days later to pray for our
daughter
About 6 elders
came and prayed for her and next day God had told me she was healed, but
physically there was no evidence of it.. her head swelling had not gone
down... that was what I was expecting to happen.. I was really expecting a
miracle, not a gradual healing.
I was dismayed
next also that I got a phone call that two church elders who prayed for my
daughter undeniably rather clearly got immiediately healed, one of a neck
problem and one of an arm problem too.
Next the local
Shriner's children Hospital called and wanted us to bring our daughter
for medical testing and surgery. When I prayed God had replied that the
doctors had told me she was sick, and the doctors would tell me she was well.
When we went to the Hospital, I told the attending nurse that my daughter was
healed but she of copurse did not believe me. I als had told her no
operation would be needed. On the next day at 8:30 am they took her for a
brain scan, and hours later it became very quiet on the floor, the nurses were
whispering. and 3 doctors dressed in white came to see me and my wife
and said.. we have no explanation for it but she has healed herself,
there will need no need for surgery and I can take her home the next
day.
My story
did not end there, for the next day at 3:30 pm ,when my wife and I got in the
family car to take our daughter home, and when I went to start the car, the
gas accelerator got stuck and the car started to race down the street at
rapidly accelerating speed on it's own. it was a dead end street too. And all
I could do was cry Jesus help me.. and next the car stalled and stopped
immediately.
God told me
that the devil was mad, mad that we had robbed him of a sick child
and that he the devil was going to punish another child next, and that I was
to pray for the child and the father. So I did right there I prayed for the
unknown to me Child's protection and healing.
We next took
our daughter home and the doctors told us that she would have headaches for a
few days cause of the medical testing, and you could see her in pain, her eyes
were rolling.. but I said if God could heal her of brain problems he can deal
with a headache and I prayed for my daughter immediately at home and
clearly her headaches stopped.
The next day we
got a phone call that the visiting Church football evangelist daughter was
born that day at the same Shriner's hopistal with the same sickness my
daughter had, she had hydrocephalus and spinal Biff. The very
next day I divinely met the same football player on the street on the
way to work unexpectedly and we both went for coffee. I told him that God had
told me that he God would hear my prayer and his daughter too would be
healed.. even though he may not believe me.. and she evntually was
too.
It was not all
personally rosy for me after my own daughter's healing for too many
local Christian people got mad, jealous, bitter over the miraculous
healing.. some even lied and said the devil healed her, and sadly eventually I
had to leave this local church because of the too many unpleasantness. but a
doctor in the same church was converted, he had recognized personally what
sickness my daughter had being a doctor, and he next said only God could heal
her and he accepted Jesus as his savior. And while God still heals the devil
also still tries to rob it, to destroy it, to discredit it.. and he will even
uses some professing Christians to do so.. sad isn't it.
(Psa 34:18 KJV) The LORD is nigh unto them that
are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
(Psa
51:17 KJV) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
(Isa 57:15 KJV) For
thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is
Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite
and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart
of the contrite ones.
(Isa 66:2 KJV) For all those things hath
mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this
man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at my word.
(Isa 40:31
KJV) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint.
(Luke 18:1 KJV) And he spake a
parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to
faint;
(Heb 13:5 KJV) Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.6 So that we may boldly say, The
Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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