HEALING SCRIPTURES
WHAT DOES GOD SAY - WHAT DOES GOD SAY - WHAT DOES GOD SAY -
WHAT DOES GOD SAY
Underlying
Belief
The Bible is without error
The Will of God does not
change
Healing can be
supernatural today
There are Spiritual
Roadblocks
Faith is required
2 Tim 3:16 – All scripture is God-breathed
16 All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training
in righteousness, NIV
2 Peter 1:20 -21 – There is no private interpretations
20 Above all, you must understand
that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.
21 For prophecy never had
its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried
along by the Holy Spirit. NIV
We must believe God’s Word is the FINAL AUTHORITY on everything in our
lives.
WHY DO WE
GET SICK ANYWAY ?
- Sickness is because
of Satan.
According to scripture man was made perfect with no sickness. When Adam
sinned; The earth and Man became cursed. Now Death is a normal process.
The Christian dies once, but lives twice.
The unsaved dies twice but lives only once.
- We not only toil in
the earth just to eat; but our bodies also toil to stay healthy. If Satan
can get his way, he will buffet us and steal the normal process of healing from our bodies Make no mistake:
Satan must stop the promises of God from bearing fruit. So it is a normal process for our
bodies to be attacked and for us to fight back.
- The good news is we
don’t have to be sick when we die.
We can go home healthy.
- God says his plan for
us is to live till we are about 70 years of age and if we have taken
exceptional good care of our bodies, then we can live till we are about 80
and longer than that if we took care of our parents. ( I hope
my kids read this)
- So we are all appointed
to die, but that time is certainly not a set time.
- Our way of life can
lengthen it and certainly shorten it.
- When the Christian
dies, he will have completed the thing which God created him for.
- Life is a wonderful
gift from God, but temporary. When we die this gift become eternal.
Gen 3:16-19 – Sickness was
part of the fall of man
16 To the woman he
said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with
pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you."
17 To Adam he said,
"Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I
commanded you, `You must not eat of it,'
"Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you
will eat of it all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns
and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your
brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from
it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
NIV
Ps 90:10 – We can live 70
to 80 years – It’s not set
10 The days of our years
are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they
be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is
soon cut off, and we fly away. KJV
Deut 5:16 – Live more years – Honor your folks
16 Honor thy father and
thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may
be prolonged, KJV
Heb 9:27 – Everyone must die once
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment: KJV
Job 14:5 – Man lives between the limits God has set.
5 Man's days are
determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits
he cannot exceed. NIV
MEDICAL - RABBIT TRAIL
- Dr. Marytn
Lloyd-Jones, a Medical Doctor and a Pastor sharing from a Doctor’s point
of view; says man is created with a pair of “wellness scales” build inside.
- Our bodies have bad
cloistral and good cloistral; we have germs and we have antibodies. When the scale tips to the sick side,
the good side seeks to balance the scales by producing the antibodies
needed; this is going on 24/7 and we have no clue.
- Vaccinations are a tiny invasion
of germs that the body sees trying to tip the scales and this produces the
needed antibodies. Antibiotics do
the same thing, they tip the scales back.
- Lots of things can
tip the scales and cause us to get sick.
Accidents – germs – infections -
stress – fatigue – depression – hurt – guilt – fear – malnutrition
– alcohol – tobacco - drugs.
- What you see and
think
also activates the “wellness center” to balance the scales. If you believe you will get better, your
mechanism works overtime to balance the scales.. If you think you won’t, the mechanism
just takes a break.
- My friend Ginger,
because of her prayers of faith, beat cancer three times;
bladder, abdomen and mandible. I
have another friend who got cancer and ask people at church to pray that
he would go ahead and die. He
did. - I can remember praying for a “brain dead” friend to live - her
family was in the next room praying she would go ahead and die. - She lived; is normal, got married and
has a family today. Unbelief and doubt can steal our health.
- Our responsibility is to pray in FAITH
the prayer of life, for both the body and the soul. – We are not
responsible for the outcome; that is the work of the Holy Spirit.
- So here’s where we are: The man who doesn’t believe he will
receive spiritual healing and the man who does - are both right. We walk by faith, not by our experience.
EXPERIENCE
VS: SCRIPTURE
- Our experience says, who can know
the mind of God, much less His Devine
will.
- Our experience with the TV Faith
Healers, seem to be that they only heal the things we can’t see. Where is the healing of the totally
blind, the totally paralyzed, those with Cancer, the straightening of
backs or growing new limbs. Maybe
these guys are fakes
- Our experience says; although we
have heard about God healing others, we have not personally
witnessed the miracle of healing in our own lives, and we probably won’t.
- Our experience says that God wants
some people sick to be used in His Devine plan.
- Our experience indicates that the
Bibles “Gifts of Healing” concluded with the end of the Apostles of
Christ. Does scripture support
this?
- Our experience says sometimes God
afflicts us to teach us something. Well,
what did you learn?
- We believe in the
power of prayer for healing “if it
is God’s will”. Sometimes He
says YES, sometime He says NO, and sometimes He says WAIT. But does
scripture support this?
- Are we correctly
applying the scripture; “If it’s the Lord’s will”? – Can we know His Will?
Is what you believe found
in the scriptures or is it just what you have always heard?
The question is; what does God say?
James 4:14-16 – Pray; “If
it is the Lord’s will”
14 You do not even know
what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a
little while and then vanishes.
15, you ought to say,
"If it is the Lord's will,
we will live and do this or that." 16
As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil
HAS GOD CHANGED ?
- Scripture states that
God does not change or vary His nature and cannot lie.
- If God
does not change,
then we should be able to look at the life of Jesus Christ, who did the
will of the Father, and learn the will of God through the scriptures.
- Yes, we can know the
will of God on a number of subjects, but let’s just look at healing.
Ps 119:89 –
When God speaks; the matter is settled
89 For ever, O LORD, thy
word is settled in heaven. KJV
Isa 55:11 –
His word will accomplish His plan
11 So is my word that goes
out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish
what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. NIV
Heb 6:18 – He cannot lie
18 God did this so that,
by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of
the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. NIV
Num 23:19 – He cannot change His mind
19 God is not a man,
that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. NIV
James 1:17 – There is no varying.
17 Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. KJV
Heb 13:8 –
He is always the same
8 Jesus Christ the same;
yesterday, today, and forever. KJV
JESUS DID THE
WILL OF GOD
- Christ says he only
does the things the Father has told Him to do. He healed
- Sickness is
identified as an oppression of the Devil.
This is a result of fallen sinful man; Christ was sent to redeem us AND heal us from the curse of
sickness. They go hand in hand.
- In the Lord’s Prayer;
Jesus said the “will of God” is done in heaven and He wants it done on
earth. We should therefore imitate
the life of Christ and do the works He did.
- You can say with
confidence and in FAITH; as
written in the scriptures, that you know the will of god concerning healing. - He wants you well.
- This is not far out boasting,
John 5:19 – God the Son did what He saw God the Father do
19 The Son can do nothing
by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever
the Father does the Son also does. NIV
John 14: 31 – Jesus did
what the Father said to do
31 but the world must learn that I love the Father
and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. NIV
John 5:30 – Jesus did the
will of the Father
30 I seek not my own
will, but THE WILL of the Father which hath sent me. KJV
Acts 10:38 –
Sickness is from Satan
38 How God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing
ALL that were oppressed of
the devil;
for God was with him. KJV
1 John 3:8 –
Jesus came to destroy the works of Satan
8 For this purpose
the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
KJV
Matt 9:35 – Jesus cured every sickness
35 And Jesus went about
all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing EVERY sickness and EVERY disease among
the people. KJV
Matt 6:9-10
– Jesus said pray for the Fathers Will to be done
9 After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. KJV
Mark 2:40 – Jesus said, He wants us well
40 If you want to,
you can make me well
41 and Jesus moved with compassion touched him and
said, LB
I WANT TO !
It’s the
Healer - not the healing.
The Gift of
Healing points back to Christ.
THE GIFT OF WEARINESS
- T.D.
Jakes,
a television teacher, says he likes to “crawl into the scripture”, like he
is present within the moment and just “look around” at what’s going on. I
think it’s important here to crawl into the moment with Jesus and examine the gift of healing in His ministry.
- Jesus was created as
a mortal man with all of man’s limitations. Weariness,
fatigue, hunger, thirst and the desire
to get away to rest or just have some “me time.”
- What if you had the
gift of healing
- With today’s communications and transportation; could you possibly be
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
I can well imagine why Christ would heal people and instruct them not to tell anybody.
- I am grateful for
those who are teaching healing
by systematically walking through the scriptures, reviving the hunger for the Masters Touch like
that seen in the scriptures.
- I strongly suspect
that if I had the “gift of healing”
I would operate secretly behind the scenes and not on TV. - I can just feel the spiritual load that
would be on that person as well as on his family; it would be incredible.
- Of all the gifts of
the Spirit that are available, this is the one that I would pursue – but I
don’t think I could handle the
responsibility of knowing that someone needs a touch and I’m just too
tired to go and pray. That’s
probably why the gifts are given “as
the spirit wills”.
Matt 14:13 – The crowds followed him wherever He went.
13 When Jesus heard what
had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing
of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. NIV
Mark 6:32 -33 - He withdrew to a quiet place
32 So they went away by
themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
33 But many who saw them
leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead
of them NIV
Mark 3:9-12 – The people
were pushing, crowding to touch Him
9 Because of the crowd
he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people
from crowding him.
10 For he had healed many,
so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
12 But he gave them
strict orders not to tell who he was. NIV
Mark 7:24 – He wanted to be alone for a while
24 Jesus left that place
and went to the vicinity of Tyre
WHAT ABOUT DOCTORS
- There were many
Doctors during New Testament times.
- There was no rebuke
from Jesus found in the scriptures concerning doctors. In fact Luke was a disciple as well as
a Doctor. Doctors give hope – Hope
is good medicine.
- So pray for wisdom
for your doctor, then pray over your medicine - then take your medicine.
Mark 5:26 – There were
many doctors in the time of Jesus
26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of
many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better
she grew worse. NIV
ANOINTING - RABBIT TRAIL
- There were instances
in the Bible of special anointing that happened by virtue of the Holy
Spirit.
- The anointed Bones of the prophet Elisha
brought life back into a dead man.
- Moses face was anointed by a brilliant light when he encountered
God.
- Stephens face became anointed with light just before he died.
- The Shadow of Peter fell on
people and they were healed.
- The Handkerchief of Paul was
placed on the sick and they were healed.
- Shadows and
handkerchiefs
evoke Hope, an expectation of
healing, a point of contact.
- A TV evangelist,
pushing his prayer clothes,
told the viewers he had received a letter from a woman who had sewed the
prayer cloth into her husband’s pillow case to get him saved.
Another letter exclaimed that a wife had ground up
the prayer cloth and put it in her
Husband’s hamburger to get him saved. This is salvation and healing by “Remote
Control.”
- What does God
say? No man comes to the Father
unless the Holy Spirit draws him.
- I am troubled by
those that would traffic in human suffering to grow rich. All compassion shown in the scriptures
was FREE.
- Using the scriptures
to raise money for a ministry is a misuse of God’s word and has caused
many to be turned off to the gospel and even to make fun of it.
- Nowhere in scripture
do you find Jesus using His special powers to provide for Himself or for
his immediate followers.
The anointing of God is still available
even if your
experience tells you it’s not.
Ex 34:29 –
Moses face radiated with the anointing
29 When Moses came down
from Mount
Sinai
with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his
face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. NIV
Acts 6:15 – Stephen’s face radiated with the anointing
15 And all that sat in the
council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of
an angel. KJV
2 Kings 13:21 – Elisha’s Bones had were anointed
21 When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on
his feet. NIV
Acts 5:15 – Peter’s shadow was anointed.
15 As a result, people brought the sick into the
streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow
might fall on some of them as he passed by. NIV
Acts 19:11-12 – Paul’s
handkerchiefs were anointed
11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that
had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured
and the evil spirits left them.
John 14:6 – Jesus is the
way
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me NIV
John 6:44 – The Holy Spirit draws men
44 "No one can come to me unless the
Father who sent me draws him,
FAITH HEALERS - RABBIT
TRAIL
- The New Age movement says; It doesn’t matter
what you believe as long is you are sincere.
- Today we have Faith Healers who in their
services have manifestations of phenomena that are just
astounding. Some of their teachings
however, cause the believer to abandon their basic scriptural beliefs.
- The trend has begun
that it does not matter what you
believe as long as you have the manifestations of the phenomena in
your ministry.
- Phenomena should not
determine Doctrine. The magicians in Pharaohs’ court could produce the same
phenomena as Moses’ did. Here we
see darkness vs.; light. The
scripture says that Satan and his angles can transform themselves into
angels of light.
- Scripture alone should
determine your doctrine; proving scripture with scripture.
Matt
24:24
24 For false Christ’s and false
prophets will appear and perform great signs
and miracles to deceive even the elect-if that were possible.
25 See, I have told you ahead of time.
·
However,
we should not “squelch the working of the Holy Spirit”, but searching
the scriptures, we should check out all we see and hear.
1
Thess 5:19
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesying.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of
evil. KJV
·
Primarily,
Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Healing followed because of His
compassion.
Miracles and signs were used to confirm that Jesus
was who He said He was.
·
All
miracles of healing in the Bible happened spontaneously; they were not foretold
in advance; and there were no failures and no experimentations to see what
would happen. – There was no pre-selection.
·
Fake healers have a selection
process with staff “doctors” that select the “neurotics’ with no organic
disorder before they have their sessions, those whose’ mind can be manipulated.
I believe God answer’s prayers.
I believe the Special “Gift of
Healing” is available today.
And I check out what I
believe by what God’s Word says in the Scriptures.
2 Cor 11:14-15 – Demon’s can masquerade as angels of light
14 And no wonder, for
Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 It is not
surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness.
NIV
GIFTS OF
HEALING
- God gave the Church
spiritual gifts which are available to
- The Holy Spirit
determines which gift or gifts a person receives.
- In the body of
Christ, all the gifts are present including healing.
- NOTE: The gifts
of healing are “Plural” – Gifts – meaning; some may just have the gift of
healing a specific infirmity. – The most notable is television evangelist
Ernest Angley who is purported to heal people with deafness.
- All do not have the
same gift. (and for sure, all believers
do not speak in tongues)
- The Gifts are given
to encourage, benefit and bless those in the Church body.
- The calling to use these gifts is irrevocable.
Rom 12:2 - God’s will is that we renew our mind
2 Do not conform any
longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will
is - his good, pleasing and
perfect will.
NIV
1 Cor 12:1- God does not want us to be ignorant about the
gifts
1 Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be
ignorant.
NIV
1 Cor 12:28 - There are
many gifts of healing.
28 And in the church God
has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then
workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to
help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in
different kinds of tongues. NIV
1 Cor 12:11 - They are
given as the Spirit determines
11 All these are the work
of one and the same Spirit, and he
gives them to each one, just as he determines.
NIV
1 Cor 14:12 – They are
given to build up the Church
12 So it is with you. Since
you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up
the church.
NIV
Rom 10:12 - The gifts
are available to anybody
12 For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is
rich unto all that call upon him.
KJV
Rom 11:29 – His gifts and call is irrevocable
29
for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.
NIV
WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE THE GIFT OF HEALING ?
- \You can pray and
receive healing without having the special gift of healing.
- According to the
scriptures, we are already healed
by the wounds of Christ; we just need to receive it.
- “If” the Elders of
your church believe in the Gifts of Healing; have them anoint you
with oil.
- What we think
in our heart and mind is what we are. We must walk by our faith and not be
moved by what our body is telling us. The prayer of FAITH will heal. - We must be Patience.
- Pray about your needs
all the time, bringing your needs before the throne of God.
James 5:13-16 – Pray for
your healing
13 Is ANY one of you in
trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.
14 Is ANY one of you
sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him
and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer offered
in FAITH will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If
he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16 Therefore confess your
sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The
prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. NIV
2 Chron 7:14 – Turn from sin, humble yourself, seek His face
14 If my people, which are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. KJV
Mark 9:23 – Everything is possible for the believer
23 Jesus said. "Everything
is possible for him who believes." NIV
Mark 11: 24 – You must
believe that you have received it.
24 Therefore I tell you,
whatever you ask for in prayer, believe
that you have received it, and it will be yours. NIV
Prov 23:7 – Whatever is in
your heart; you are
7 For as he thinks in
his heart, so is he: KJV
2 Cor 5:7 – We walk by
faith not by what we feel
7 For we walk by faith,
not by sight. KJV
Rom 10:17 – Faith comes by reading God’s word
17 So then faith
comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Isa 53:5 – He was wounded
for our healing.
5 But he was pierced for
our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities the punishment that
brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we ARE healed. NIV
Heb 6:12 – Faith and Patience will inherit the promise
12 We do not want you to
become lazy, but to imitate those who through FAITH and PATIENCE inherit
what has been promised. NIV
1 Thess 5:17 – Don’t stop praying
17 Pray without ceasing. KJV
CHRIST
COMMISSIONS
- Jesus told His
followers that they will do even greater
works than Him since He is going to His Father. The greater works is about Quantity not Quality. – His
ministry was only three years – our ministry can be ten times that.
- Most of the Miracles
of Jesus was that of compassion;
healing the sick and the afflicted.
Matt 10:1 – Healed EVERY
disease and sickness
1 He called his twelve
disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and
to heal every disease and sickness. NIV
Matt 10:7-8 – We are
commanded to give healing
7 As you go, preach this
message: `The kingdom of heaven is near.'
8 Heal the sick,
raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely
you have received, freely give. NIV
Luke 9:2 – Christ sends us
out to heal
2 and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God
Mark 16:17 -18 – Lay hands and they will be healed.
17 And these signs will
accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up
snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt
them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get
well." NIV
John 14:12 – We can do more works – we have more time.
12 Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and
greater (quantity) works than these shall he
do;
because I go unto my Father. KJV
ROADBLOCKS TO RECEIVING
PRIDE
- The Pharisee had “I” trouble. The scriptures teach us to be humble
before our God putting others first and denying self.
- We should respond to
others immediately, whether it’s convenient or not.
Luke 18:10-14 – It’s all
about ME
10 "Two men went up
to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood up
and prayed about himself: `God, I thank you that I am not
like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector.
12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of
all I get.'
13 "But the tax
collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat
his breast and said, `God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
14 "I tell you
that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For
everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will
be exalted." NIV
2 Tim 4:2 – Do it even if
it is not convenient
2 be instant in season,
out of season KJV
WILLFUL SIN
- The scriptures talk
about adultery, fornication and male prostitutes. Their tithes, offerings and prayers are
an abomination to God.
- Christ says we should
examine ourselves and confess our sins before we partake of
communion. That is why many people
get sick and die.
- The scriptures below are
symbolic of
Deut 23:18 –Tithes of a whore or a homosexual - abomination
18 You shall not bring the
hire of a whore, or the price of a dog (male homosexual), into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow:
for even both these is abomination unto the LORD thy God. KJV
1 Cor 11:27-30 – Seek
forgiveness for your sins
27 Therefore, whoever
eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be
guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28 A man ought to examine
himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
29 For anyone who eats
and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on
himself.
30 That is why many
among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. NIV
FORGIVENESS
- Un-forgiveness is a curse on our
bodies. It takes a toll on our
health. We can carry a grudge for
years and the other person doesn’t even know it; but our body is eaten up.
- Un-forgiveness
hinders our prayers to the Father and is a curse on our body.
Mark 11:25 – Forgive so you may be forgiven
25 And when you stand praying, if you hold
anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may
forgive you your sins."
NIV
Acts 8:22-23 – Bitterness
in your hearts is sin
22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to
the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such a thought in your
heart.
23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and
captive to sin."
NIV
13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever
grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave
you.
14 And over all these virtues put on love,
which binds them all together in perfect unity.
NIV
Matt 6:12 – Forgive as you want God to forgive you
12 Forgive us our debts, AS
we also have forgiven our debtors.
NIV
Matt 6:15 – You do not
forgive – Neither will the Father
15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your
Father will not forgive your sins. NIV
STRIFE
- We are urged to have
compassion and not allow strife in our own household because it can hinder
our prayers. We are not to
“withhold ourselves” from our spouse for spite.
1 Peter 3:7 – Be
considerate to your spouse – not hinder prayers
7 Husbands, in the same
way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with
respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of
life, so that nothing will
hinder your prayers.
NIV
1 Cor 7:5 – Don’t deprive
your spouse – Satan can get a foothold
5 Do not deprive each
other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may
devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will
not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. NIV
UNBELIEVING FRIENDS
- Jesus and Peter both
did something unusual before they prayed.
- This is not seen at
first glance, but the UNBELIEVERS were sent out of the room so that the prayers would not be hindered
by doubt and unbelief.
- He included those in
authority; the father, the mother, and the Disciples to be a part.
- I know this is
pushing it, but it’s important to know that those laying hands on you to
pray, believe in healing today.
Acts 9:39 -40
- THE DEATH OF DORCAS
39 Peter went with them,
and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood
around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas
had made while she was still with them.
40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning
toward the dead woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her
eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. NIV
Mark 5:35 -43 - THE DEATH OF JAIRUS’
DAUGHTER
35 While Jesus was still
speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler.
"Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher any
more?"
39 He went in and said to
them, "Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but
asleep."
40 But they laughed at him.
After
he put them all out, he took the child's
father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where
the child was.
41 He took her by the hand
and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I
say to you, get up!").
42 Immediately the girl
stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At this they were
completely astonished.
43 He gave strict orders not
to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
NIV
DOUBT
- We can confess to others
with our mouth that we believe for our healing, but in our heart we doubt
if anything is going to change. God
says that this is double minded. You have no anchor and will be blown
about by every wind of different thought and opinion.
- In Jesus’ own hometown
where He had grown up, He was able to heal only a few folks. They all knew Him and hadn’t seen any
miracles in the past 30 years, therefore they doubted that He could
possibly be the Messiah. They just
plainly did not believe.
- Some folks doubt, but
just “try it” to “see what will happen”. Double minded people receive nothing. This
is not faith.
- It’s scriptural to
pray that God will help you in your unbelief; to grow you in your faith.
Faith is crucial in receiving the answer to your prayers.
James 1:6-8 – You must
believe and not doubt
6 But when he asks, he
must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the
sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 That man should not
think he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded
man, unstable in all he does.
NIV
Heb 11:6 –
You cannot please God without Faith
6 But without FAITH it
is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
KJV
Mark 9:23 -24 – Help me in my unbelief.
23 …” Jesus said. "Everything is possible for him
who believes."
24 Immediately the boy's
father exclaimed, "I do believe;
help me overcome my unbelief"
Mark 6:4-5 – No faith – no
mighty work
4 Jesus said to them,
"Only in his hometown,
among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor."
5 He could do no mighty
work there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. NIV
FEAR
- Lots of stuff can steal your healing. Sin – Strife - Un-forgiveness – Pride
– Doubt - Unbelief and Fear
Job 3:25-26 – What I
feared has come upon me.
25 What I feared has
come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
26 I have no peace, no
quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil." NIV
YOU ARE AN EXCEPTION
- You are
NOT an exception
to God’s grace and His Promises, you are included.
Rom 3:23 – We are all sinners – There are no exceptions
23 for ALL have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God, NIV
Jer 32:27 – Is anything too hard for the Lord
27 "I am the LORD,
the God of ALL mankind.
Is anything too hard for me?
THERE IS A WAR GOING ON
- There is a teaching
that once you have prayed for something, that to pray again is operating
in doubt and unbelief. This is just
not what the scripture teaches.
- Your prayer is heard
before you even start to utter it.
The answer is dispatched before you finish and warfare cranks up
immediately to prevent you from receiving.
Keep praying even if it takes three weeks. Don’t stop;
- There’s spiritual
warfare going on to cause you to give up, and stop the promises of God
from reaching you; to keep you from receiving your healing. All through
the scriptures, Satan’s quest is to stop the promises of God from reaching
His children.
Eph 6:12 – We are at war
12 For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. KJV
Dan 10:12-14 – Satan tries
to sidetrack your promises.
12 Then he said to me,
"Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your
heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were
heard; and I have come because of your words.
13 But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia Persia
1 Thess 5:17-18 – Pray every
chance you get
17 pray continually;
18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is
God's will for you in Christ Jesus. NIV
INSTANT HEALINGS
DEMON - THE PHONECIAN WOMAN
- The term “Dogs” here
is not as harsh as it sounds; it really translates “Little Puppies”.
- This teaches that you
do not have to be of a special race or status to receive God’s healing. Some feel like they are not worthy to
receive God’s gift of healing. This
delusion is sent from Satan, from the pit of hell itself to rob you of
your rights as a child of God.
- Jesus tested the
faith of the Phoenician woman for the benefit of those listening. This increased their faith. The woman left with what she came for,
the healing of her daughter.
- It was
the Woman’s Faith, not her daughters that released the power of healing.
Mark 7:26-29 – Her faith
was tested. – Their faith increased.
26 The woman was a Greek,
born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her
daughter.
27 "First let the
children eat all they want,"
he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it
to their dogs."
28 "Yes, Lord,"
she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children's
crumbs."
29 Then he told her, "For such a reply, you
may go; the demon has left your daughter." NIV
DEMON POSSESSION CHILD
- The Disciples could
not heal the young lad that was possessed by a demon. Jesus said it was because of their
little Faith.
- Faith
is the subject
of this discourse, not the Demons.
The Disciples will increase their faith by fasting and prayer and
thus will be able to cast out the demons.
- A mustard seed, as
small as it is, if watered will grow large enough for birds to take
refuge. The smallest Faith, if watered will also grow and become a place
of refuge and of power.
Faith releases the power to heal
Matt 17:15-21 – Faith
releases healing.
15 Lord, have mercy on my
son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for often he falls into the fire, and
often into the water.
16 And I brought him to
thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and
said, O faithless and
perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you?
Bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed
out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples
to Jesus apart, and said, why could we not cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto
them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith
as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove
hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible
unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goes
not out but by prayer and fasting. KJV
LAME MAN AT THE GATE BEAUTIFUL
- The Disciples
equipped with the Gifts of healing gave this man a gift he did not dream
of. The lame man did not have any faith; it was the faith of
the disciples that healed him.
- Note: There was action on
the part of the man – They helped him up and he leaped.
Acts 3:2-9 – The Disciples
had the faith
2 And a certain man lame
from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the
temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the
temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and
John about to go into the temple asked alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his
eyes upon him with John, said, look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto
them, expecting to receive something of them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver
and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted
him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 And he leaping up stood,
and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and
praising God.
9 And all the people saw
him walking and praising God: KJV
THE LAME MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA
- Why did Jesus walk past
all those that were afflicted at the pool and select just this one to
heal? It would seem that God is
particular about who receives healing and who doesn’t, but this is just
not the case. God is not a
respecter of persons, He has compassion for all.
- Jesus asked the
question: Do you want to be healed?
Some people secretly don’t want to work at anything, but just enjoy
the attention they get as they sit in their infirmity.
- Jesus perceived this
man’s faith and with compassion He healed him. Christ still has compassion today.
John 5:1-9 - The lame
man’s Faith was operative
1 Some time later, Jesus
went up to Jerusalem
2 Now there is in Jerusalem Bethesda
3 Here a great number of
disabled people used to lie-the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
4 For an angel went
down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever
then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of
whatsoever disease he had. KJV
5 One who was there had
been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying
there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked
him, "Do you want to get
well?"
7 "Sir," the
invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water
is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
8 Then Jesus said to him,
"Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."
9 At once the man was cured; he
picked up his mat and walked. NIV
Acts 10:34 – God does not respect one man over another
34 Then Peter opened his
mouth, and said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
KJV
Rom 2:11 – God does not respect your position in life.
11 For there is no
respect of persons with God. KJV.
ATTACHED DEMON - WOMAN BENT OVER
- Luke, one of the
disciples and a doctor says
that sickness is a demonic curse.
- For this woman, bowed
over and not able to straighten up, to leave her home and to seek out
Jesus was surely faith. Jesus saw her faith and had compassion on her. – She was healed.
Luke 13:11-13 – A Spirit
of Infirmity
11 And, behold, there was
a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed
together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
12 And when Jesus saw her,
he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, you are loosed from your
infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately
she was made straight, and glorified God. KJV
GRADUAL
HEALINGS
THE TEN LEPERS
- Interestingly, these
lepers believed that Jesus could heal them, and as they obeyed what Jesus
told them, the healing began. They put into action their faith.
- It was
the Faith
of the ten lepers that was in operation.
Luke 17:12 -14 – As they went they were healed
12 And as he entered into
a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar
off:
13 And they lifted up
their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show
yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. KJV
THE MAN BORN BLIND
- The case of this
blind man leads the reader to believe that God puts sickness and
afflictions on certain people for His own Devine purpose. Could
be… but this man was healed.
- Scripture does not
support people being sick because God predestined them to be sick.
- The belief in
reincarnation was prevalent and the belief that imperfections in a man
were because of his sin now or in a previous life, or they were the sins
of his father and mother. Without
debating the issue, Christ was teaching His disciples that regardless
of the cause of the blindness, it was “God’s will” that he be healed.
- God chose this man
before he was born to be healed physically
and spiritually. Double blessed.
- By
faith
this man received his healing in his spirit, and when he obeyed and
washed in the pool of Siloam he received it physically. Sometimes we have to exercise our
faith.
John 9:1-25 –
Specifically; this healing was predestined.
1 And as Jesus passed by,
he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked
him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born
blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither
hath this man sinned, nor his parents:
but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the
Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came
home seeing.
25 He answered and said, whether
he is a sinner or not, I don’t know: one thing I know, that, whereas I was
blind, now I see. NIV
ANOTHER BLIND MAN IN BETHSAIDA
- This blind man
evidently had been able to see before he became blind as he knew what men
looked like. His healing came in two stages
- Jesus warned him not
to go into the town. He knew the
town’s people would try to talk him
out of his healing. That is a message for us today. Friends will try to convince us that our
affliction will come back.
- Here; it was the faith of the friends of the blind man that invoked the healing.
Mark 8:22 -26 – Placed hands upon him
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida
23 And he took the blind
man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes,
and put his hands upon him, he
asked him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and
said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put his hands again upon
his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man
clearly.
26 And he sent him away to
his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
KJV
So the Bible
teaches that healing can be
instantaneous
or it can be gradual.
PAUL’S AFFLICTION
- Does God afflict some
with sickness and not others? Could be.
- Paul writes he was
given something that tormented him and that God would not remove it.
- Let’s
look at Paul’s affliction - To use this scripture
to say that it is sometimes “God’s will” for you to be sick; you must ask
yourself this question. - Has God given you any surpassing great
revelations? - Have you rote any extraordinary miracles? - If not, then this scripture does not
apply to you.
- We do not even know
if Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was physical or not. – The unpacking of the
scriptures reveals to me that everywhere Paul went, people wanted to
worship him as a god and he was forever telling them, he was a man just
like them.
- Satan wants men to
look at Paul instead of Jesus Christ
Acts 19:11 -12 – Because of extraordinary miracles
11 God did extraordinary
miracles through Paul,
12 so that even
handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick and their
illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
NIV
2 Cor 12:7-9 – Because of
surpassingly great revelations.
7 To keep me from
becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations,
there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to
torment me.
8 Three times I pleaded
with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 But he said to me,
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness." NIV
THORN IN THE FLESH
- Thorn
in the flash
can be a metaphor like “Pain in the
neck”.
- Some think Paul had
trouble with his eyes. That may be,
but I personally think his “thorn in the flesh” was people trying to
worship him like he was a god and others demon possessed people running
around shouting and calling attention to Paul instead of Christ.
- Regardless… scripture
says it was a “messenger from Satan”, not from God.
Acts 28:5-6 – Said he was
a god
5 But Paul shook the snake
off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
6 The people expected him
to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing
nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. NIV
Acts 14:11
11 When the crowd saw what
Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in
human form!" NIV
Acts 16:16 -18 – A demon spirit – Drawing attention to Paul
16 Now it happened, as we
went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of
divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
17 This girl followed
Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants
of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation."
18 And this she did for
many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I
command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came
out that very hour. NKJV
PRAYER
FIND A QUIET
PLACE
Matt 6:6 But when you pray, go
into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then
your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
7 And when you pray, do
not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because
of their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before
you ask him NIV
HUMBLE YOUR SELF
Dan 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been
published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem
1 Tim 2:8 I want men everywhere to lift
up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing. NIV
Lam 2:19 Lift up
your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger NIV
Lam 3:41 Let us lift
up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven
APPROACH THE THRONE ROOM BOLDLY
Heb 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,
so that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help us in our time of need. NIV
Jer 14:9 You are among us, O LORD, and we bear your name do not forsake us! NIV
Eph 3:12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and
confidence. NIV
CONFESS YOUR SINS – FORGIVE OTHERS
Ezra 9:6 O my God, I am too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face
to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
NIV
Num 5:6-7 When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is
unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty 7 and must confess the sin he has committed. NIV
Ps 69:5 You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you
Matt 6:12 Forgive us our
debts, as we also have forgiven our
debtors.
PRAY THE WILL OF GOD
Matt 6:9-10 Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your WILL be done on earth as it is in heaven. NIV
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and
with power: who went about doing good, and healing
ALL that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
KJV
PRAY
Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I
do believe; help me overcome my
unbelief!" NIV
James 5:15 And the
prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; NIV
1 Chron 5:21.He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. NIV
Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in
prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours. NIV
John 12:44 When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only,
but in the one who sent me. NIV
James 1:6 But when he asks, he
must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the
sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive
anything from the Lord; 8 he is a
double-minded man, unstable in all he does. NIV
Matt 9:29 According to your faith will it be
done to you
ANOINT WITH OIL
James 5:14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of
the church to pray over him and anoint
him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in FAITH will make the sick
person well; the Lord will raise him up NIV (If they
believe in the gift of healing)
PRAY OUT LOUD
Ps 9:1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of
all your wonders. NIV
Ps 15:2 He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who
speaks the truth from his heart
NIV
Ps 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; NIV
Matt 12:34 For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks
PRAY IN THE SPIRIT
John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter to
be with you forever-
17 The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it
neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and
will be in you. NIV
Rom 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our
weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot
express.
27 And he who searches our
hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
NIV
Eph 6:18 And pray in the Spirit
on all occasions with all kinds of
prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. NIV
1 Cor 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also:
I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. KJV
PRAY
SPECIFIC
John 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead
came forth, KJV
Gen 32:11 Save me, I pray,
from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me,
and also the mothers with their children NIV
PLEAD YOUR CASE
Ps 35:1 Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight
against those who fight against me. NIV
Ps 51:9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure
heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from
your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy
of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. NIV
BE PATIENT WITH GOD
Rom 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
PRAY FOR A SPEEDY ANSWER
Ps 40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me. NIV
Ps 40:17 Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my
help and my deliverer; O my God, do not
delay. NIV
Ps 69:17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. NIV
Ps 70:1 Hasten, O God, to save
me; O LORD, come quickly to help
me. NIV
PRAY IN AGREEMENT WITH A FRIEND
Matt 18:19 "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will
be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three come
together in my name, there am I with
them." NIV
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you
may be healed. The prayer of a
righteous man is powerful and effective. NIV
Deut 32:30 ONE man
chase a thousand, or TWO put
ten thousand to flight, NIV
PRAY SONGS OF PRAISES TO
GOD
Ps 22:3 Thou art holy, O thou that inhabits the praises of Israel
Ps 13:5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me. NIV
Eph 5:19-20 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and
spiritual songs. Sing and make music in
your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks
to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. NIV
PRAY ON THE MOVE
Ps 55:17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress,
and he hears my voice. NIV
1 Thess 5:16 Be joyful always; 17 pray continually;
Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that
they should always pray and not give up.
NIV
1 Tim 5:5 who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope
in God and continues night and day to
pray and to ask God for help. NIV
THANKS GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS
Ps 55:18 give thanks
IN all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. NIV
Ps 107:31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men. NIV
MEDITATE ON HEALING SCRIPTURES
Ps 119:169 Give me understanding
according to your word. NIV
Ps 119:133 Direct my footsteps according to your word;
NIV
- The scriptures say
that God lives within our songs of
praises. Sing unto the Lord.
- We are to give thanks
IN all things – Not FOR all things.
- Two people praying in agreement increases the
power of the prayer ten times.
- Some have the gift
of tongues; they should pray for
themselves and for others in the Spirit
as well as in the understanding.
The comforter intercedes for us in the perfect will
of God. The gift of tongues is not a requirement for God to hear
and answer your prayers.
- Ask for forgiveness of your sins, both
those that you committed and those things you should have done and
didn’t.
- Call the Elders of
the Church to lay hands on you, pray and anoint with oil. Make
sure they believe in the Gift of Healing.
- There is power in the
spoken prayer. In all instances of healing, words were spoken audibly. It’s a wonderful thing to pray in our mind,
heart and spirit, because what is in the heart will eventually overflow our
mouth. Pray, praise and give thanks
often.
- By the time you go to
bed, you will be “All Prayed Up”.
You will have said it all. Sweet Sleep.
- If Jesus had not used
Lazarus’s name, everybody that was dead would have come forth from the
grave. The real teaching here is that we should be specific in our prayers.
- There is power when
we pray in agreement with each
other. Pray only with those that believe healing is the will of God.
- Don’t just pray, “if its Gods will”, that surely
means you are in doubt.
Search the scriptures about “God’s will” concerning your need. Then “pray the scriptures” back to God
in agreement with Him.
- Pray
according to the scriptures. Example: Pray that my son will make a good
grade on his test…. NO. Pray
that he will be able to remember what
he has studied. – How about this one; Pray my boyfriend will leave his
wife and come back to me. Is that
scriptural?
- You cannot agree in
prayer with an “unspoken request”.
You really don’t know what you are agreeing to, yet we hear this in
church all the time. Some requests
are just not Biblical.
Matt 19:26 with God all things are possible.
KJV
Praise God for answered
prayer – Thank
God for your groceries – Thank God for a warm house - Sing songs to Him as you
walk about your yard - Pray for the sick – Pray for others when you hear a fire
engine or an ambulance – Pray for your gold fish and puppies - Pray over the
weather - Pray for favor in business matters - Pray over a parking space.
Don’t save your prayers for the BIG ONES. There are NO Big Ones for God – He wants to
be involved at every level of your life.
Nothing is impossible with God - He still has compassion.
Prayer is a running
Conversation with God. Don’t be a stranger –
Tell Him: Hey, It’s me again.
Trouble sleeping? - Pray for your needs and
for others – You won’t get to finish your prayers.
SILENT
HEALING - CONFESSION
- The Faith of the woman with the issue
of blood, healed her infirmity; but Jesus wanted her to confess it openly.
- Sometime people are
healed, but don’t tell it because they think, “what if it comes back”
and I have told everybody that I am healed.
- When you receive your
healing, God wants you to confess
it with your mouth. Don’t lose
your healing because of doubt and unbelief.
- God wants to hear you
speak your heart.
Mark 5:30 - THE
WOMAN CONFESSES
30 At once Jesus realized
that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked,
"Who touched my clothes?"
NIV
Mark 5:33-34
33 Then the woman, knowing
what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
34 He said to her,
"Daughter, your faith has healed
you. NIV
John 21:15 - PETER CONFESSES
15 When they had finished
eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than
these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love
you." NIV
PERFECT
ACCESS
- When Jesus died on
the cross, the veil of the temple was torn into from the top to the bottom revealing The Holy Place. This allowed for the first time, man to
have direct access to God. Now, no
priest is required to intercede for you.
You can approach the throne room of God boldly.
Matt 27:51 – The curtain is opened – we can enter
51 At that moment the
curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth
shook and the rocks split. NIV
METHODS OF HEALING
John 9:6-7 - SPIT, CLAY AND A BATH
6 he spat on the ground,
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind
man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go,
wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent).
Mark 5:41 -
TOOK HER BY THE HAND AND SPOKE TO HER
41 He took her by the
hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little
girl, I say to you, get up!").
Luke 13:12-13 - SPOKE AND LAID HANDS
12 And when Jesus saw her,
he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.
13 And he laid his
hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Matt 17:18 - SPOKE
18 And Jesus rebuked
the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that
very hour.
Matt 8:13 - THOUGHT
IT
13 Then Jesus said to the
centurion, "Go! It will be done
just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that
very hour. NIV
Mark 6:13 - ANNOINTED
WITH OIL
13 And they cast out many
devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. KJV
Mark 7: 29 - SPOKE
29 Then he told her,
"For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter."
NIV
John 5:8-9 - SPOKE AND GAVE INSTRUCTIONS
8 Then Jesus said to him,
"Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."
9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat
and walked. NIV
Acts 3:6-7 - SPOKE LIFTED BY
THE RIGHT HAND
6 Peter said, Silver and
gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by
the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones
received strength.
Luke 17:14 - GO SHOW YOURSELVES TO THE PRIEST
14 And when he saw them,
he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass,
that, as they went, they were cleansed. KJV
Mark 8:23 - TOOK
HIM BY THE HAND – SPIT ON HIS EYES
23 And he took the blind
man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes,
and put his hands upon him,
1 Cor 1:27 - But God
hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;
and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which
are mighty;
The Bible
teaches that there is no specific method
required for
you to receive your healing.
DIESEASES AND AFFLICTION
All diseases and afflictions are subject to the
authority of Christ.
This is a partial list of diseases and afflictions
that are mentioned in the Bible that
God through
faith gave us dominion over.
Eph 1:22 And God placed all things under his feet
and appointed him to be
head over
everything for the church, NIV
- Ague: Fever
and disease of the eyes; malaria
– Lev
- Atrophy:
Withered parts of the body – Matt
- Blain:
Boils, sores, inflammatory abscess – Ex
- Blemish:
A physical deformity; a marred face, any limb to long or short, a
broken foot or hand, a hunchback, a dwarf, a eunuch. – Lev
- Blindness:
The Loss of sight from birth, by disease or by the hand of
man. (also a blemish) John 9:1-7 – Matt 27-30 – Mark 8:22-25
– Gen 19:10-11
- Boils: A
tumor on the surface of the body accompanied by scabs and itching. Also, called blain or furuncles
associated with diabetes, Brights disease, fever,
undernourishment, fatigue or constipation.
Deut 28:27,35 – II Kings 20:7
- Consumption: A disease of the eyes and lungs which is
very grievous; Tuberculosis.
I Sam
- Deafness:
The physical inability to hear; was inflicted by God in the Old
Testament. Also, referred to as a
spiritual deafness; can be caused by Meningitis, Scarlet fever, Measles,
Whooping cough, Pneumonia and Hysteria. Matt 11:6 – Mark
- Demons: A
distressing spirit; they can possess a person and alter their
personality. Also known as an
unclean spirit; You can be possessed by more than one; They can render you
mute as well as blind; They can cause epileptic seizures; Throw you to the
floor, bruise you, make your body rigid, foam at the mouth, cause you to
grind your teeth – They can cause sickness; insanity, give you great
strength for destruction. - They recognize the Holy Spirit and become
afraid. Before leaving a person they try to do as much damage as possible
hoping you will give up and not receive your healing. – The blood of Jesus Christ gave us
authority over them. I Sam 16:14 – Matt 8:28, 9:32-33, 12:22,
17:14, - Mark 1:23, 3:22, 5:2, 5:9, 9:18 – Luke 8:2, 8:27-29, 9:39,
- Dropsy: Also known as Nephrosis or Edema; an abnormal
accumulation of serious fluid in the body’s tissues causing swelling. A badly swollen face that almost closes
the eyes. Luke 14:2
- Dysentery:
A rotting of the bowels, the fibrine separates from the inner
coating of the intestines and is expelled as a bloody flux. Acts
28:8
- Epilepsy: Convulsive attacks; temporary loss of
consciousness. Mark 9:17-22
- Fever: Also known as Ague, a burning fever; may be accompanied
by chills and soreness of muscles, dry skin and headaches. Lev
26:16
- Gonorrhea: A Venereal disease; an unclean discharge from
the body or a stopping up of the body by the discharge; Causes
blindness. Lev 15
- Gout: Excessive uric acid in the blood; painful
inflammation of the joints; can settle in the feet. II
Chr 16:12
- Hemorrhage: A discharge of blood; bleeding; a ruptured
blood vessel; blood that will not easily clot; also referred to as
menstruation; Mark
- Hemorrhoids:
Also
called Piles; a swelling of veins inside and protruding outside the anus;
referred to as tumors in the OT. I Sam 5:6, 5:11-12, 6:4
- Insanity:
A mental disorder; referred to as a madman; behavior that is
degenerative from the normal; Confusion.
Prov 26:18 – I Sam
- Itch: Can be caused by; Nervous disorders, reaction
to certain foods, drugs, chemicals, material, dust, parasites, fungus such
as ringworm, diabetes, gout jaundice and digestive disturbances - Scratching
gives temporary relief, but damages the skin, intensifying the discomfort. Deut
28:27
- Lameness: Partial loss of muscle functions, deformation
or dislocation of bones; Injury. Matt 11:5, Acts 3:2-11
- Leprosy:
A moderately infectious disease, some of the symptoms include;
ulcers, tuberculosis nodules, loss of fingers and toes, abnormal coloring,
gangrene. Luke
- Murrain: A plague; Death, seemingly limited to
livestock. Ex 9:3, 9:6, Psalms 78:50
- Paralysis; Temporary or permanent loss of all
muscle functions – Some types of paralysis are known as Parkinson’s
disease or Shaking palsy. Matt 4:24,
8:6, 8:13, 9:2, 9:6, Acts 8:7, 9:33-34
- Scab: A disease of the skin; sent as a curse in OT. Lev
13:2,
- Scall: A form of Leprosy. Lev
- Scurvy:
A nutritional disorder caused by lack of vitamin C - Extreme
weakness, spongy gums, bleeding under the skin. Lev
- Spermatorrhea: A disease of the genital organs. Lev
- Stammering: A heavy of dull
tongue; slow of speech – Also stuttering:
Sudden checks in the flow of words or rapid repetition of a
consonant – Usually caused by lack of self confidence – Shyness, fear. Ex
- Sun Stroke: Exposure to excessive
heat; dizziness, headache, dryness of the mouth and skin, nausea, rapid
pulse, occasional convulsions or even death. II
Kings
- Tumors: A morbid swelling; a malignant tumor is a
form of cancer. There are tumors
that are benign or not harmful.
They exert pressure as they grow.
I Sam 5:6, 5:9,
SUMMARY
- It is a normal process for our bodies to
be attacked by sickness. Our
bodies “wellness scales” fights against this invasion to balance the
scales. - Satan then attacks our mind.
- Most people do not
read the Bible, so they don’t know the promises of God. They only know what they have
experienced. – So their experience becomes “Truth”.
- Because of our experience, our mind tells our
body that we probably won’t receive supernatural healing. So - to receive healing we must renew our mind and embrace the
scriptures as the FINAL
AUTHORITY.
- Nowhere in scripture
are we told or is it implied that the
gifts of healing have stopped.
The gifts are dispensed as the Spirit of God Wills - Who is
man to limit the compassion of God.
- With all that said;
and believing God has made healing available to the believer; we need to
be aware of what stops the promises from being received.
- This study has shown
that the scriptures indicate that willful
sin; strife, pride, doubt, fear, unbelieving friends and scriptural ignorance can steal
our promise.
- The scriptures also
indicate that there’s a war going on with principalities and powers to
stop the promises of God from reaching us.
So we must pray often.
- To receive; first of all we must
believe and not doubt; then pray often about our need. Although we are believers, we also have some
un-belief. To grow our faith
and to get a good crop, we should spend time tilling the soil of
the scriptures and watering Daily.
If you have sown some bad seeds, then this is a good time to pray for a crop failure.
- The scriptures show
that supernatural healing can be instant
or gradual.
- We can also see in
the scriptures that there is no
special method to receive our healing.
The emphasis is on the result not the process.
- There are no Devine
healers, just Devine healing.
- Praise God that you are not an exception or a
special case. All sickness and
afflictions are under the feet and authority of Christ.
- All that remains is
for you to grab hold of the promise, believe, pray often and be patience.
I
am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses.
Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I
otherwise ever could have.
All the Miracles of the Bible – Herbert
Lockyer
Amplified Bible
Annotated Bible – Dake’s
Bible Commentary; The - Wycliffe
Bible Dictionary - Harper’s
Commentary - Matthew Henry’s
Commentary of the New
Testament - Liberty
Healing and the Scriptures – Lloyd-Jones
How to stand in a crisis of Sickness – Dana A. Holmes
King James Version Bible
New International Version
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