THE MIND - RABBIT
TRAIL
- Our experience says we can’t know
the mind of God, much less His Devine
WILL.
- 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 says that the “Gifts
of Healing” in the Bibles concluded with the end of the apostolic age of
Christ. But 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?
- Physical sickness,
mental disorders; Dementia, Alzheimer’s – Attacks on the Mind. – Is there
a connection between long term
life thoughts and our mind? – Does what you think affect your
health?
- Dr. Marytn
Lloyd-Jones, a Medical Doctor and Pastor shares from a Doctor’s point of
view that man is created with a pair of “WELLNESS SCALES” build inside of him.
- Our bodies have “bad”
cloistral and “good” cloistral; we have germs and we have antibodies. When the scale tips to the “sick side”,
the “well side” seeks to balance the scales by producing the antibodies
needed to fight; 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 in 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 healing and the man who does are BOTH RIGHT. We
walk by faith, not by our
experience. NYOBS 13
- There is a battle raging
over our minds – Satan tricks us into giving up on our prayer life – The
promises of God are there for the believer, but there is a war going on to
stop them from coming. We must keep
believing and keep praying. Help IS on the way !
- Give Thanks and
Praise IN all
circumstances; not FOR
all circumstances.
- God hears our prayer
before we start to pray, and sends the answer before we finish and the
battle continues in our favor as long as we continue to pray. - Sometime you need a partner to pray
in agreement with you - YES; there is ten times the power
when two agree in prayer.
Eph 6:12 – There is a war going on over your mind
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 10:12-13 – 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
James 4:3 – Pray according
to the promises in the Bible
3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you
ask with wrong motives, NIV
1 Thess 5:16 -18 – Give thanks IN everything
16 Be joyful always; pray continually;
18 give thanks IN all circumstances, for
this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. NIV
Prov 23:7 – You are what
you think
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. NKJV
Ex 17:11 -13 – Sometimes you need help in your prayer life
11 As long as Moses held up his hands (toward God), the Israelites were winning, but whenever he
lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
12 When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone
and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one
on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till
sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. NIV
Deut 32:30 – Two praying
puts the enemy to flight
30 One man chase a thousand, or two put ten
thousand to flight, NIV
Matt 18:19 – Two agreeing in prayer - It will be done
19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you
shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be
done for them of my Father which is in heaven. KJV
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