God knows what you need in every circumctance, including the healing of your body and soul. That's why He gave us an owner's manual! When faced with a health challenge, seek God first for the answer. 2 Kings 20 shows us through Isaiah the prophet and King Hezekiah the importance of making counsel with God our top priority. Your healing journey most likely will be different than someone else's. Sometimes it's a matter of forgiving a family member, other times it's a diet and lifestyle change. Often it's a combination of approaches. Living a Matthew 6:33 (Seek first the Kingdom of God and His way of doing things...) life takes practice; like developing any good habit. Especially when we have a little bit of education on a matter, we tend to go to that educated knowledge first, instead of seeking God's wisdom and truth.
Ask God first what to do in the situation. Then do what you know to do in the natural, applying sound healing advise from the qualified people or sources. That will give God something to work with as you apply your faith.
May you walk in the Blessing of good health!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Imaginations and Hope
I heard a story about a woman whose vision was so bad that she wore glasses as thick as the bottoms of coke bottles. She had been prayed for so many times, that when yet another evangelist was coming to her church, she did all she could to avoid him. But, he finally cornered her and wanted to pray the prayer of faith so her eyes would be healed. After he laid hands on her and prayed, he asked her, "can you see?" She started to open her eyes and he stopped her. "No! Don't open your eyes. Can you see?" He asked her, "Can you see yourself seeing in your imagination?" She spent some time developing that image in her mind and when she could finally see herself seeing, she opened her eyes and her vision was normal.
We must see ourselves healed before it can manifest. What we can believe and see (on the inside), we can achieve. The Word tells us that "Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty before God for the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
If you do a study on the word "imagination(s)" in the Bible, you'll find that most of the references are negative. God is telling us about the evil, negative imaginations of man. That's where most peoples' imaginations tend to go; to the bad stuff. That is why the God tells us to keep the Word in front of our eyes, and in our mouths, and in our hearts "night and day" (Joshua 1:8, Romans 12:2). We are bombarded with negative stuff 24/7 and we tend to dwell on it instead of meditating on God's will for us.
In working with sick people, I often tell them, "Please DON'T go to the internet and start looking up all your symptoms and diagnoses. You don't want those images in your mind. You want a positive, healed image in your mind to work toward."
Building your faith for something starts by finding out God's will for you in that situation, then building up your hope - real, Bible hope - positive image. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of that hope. It is a real thing! It is as real as any other physical substance; the amplified calls in the "title deed".
Athletes who rehearse their performance or routine in their mind get almost as much benefit as physically rehearsing it. The mind is that powerful! It takes time to develop. But, once you have it on the inside of you, it's unstoppable!
We must see ourselves healed before it can manifest. What we can believe and see (on the inside), we can achieve. The Word tells us that "Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty before God for the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
If you do a study on the word "imagination(s)" in the Bible, you'll find that most of the references are negative. God is telling us about the evil, negative imaginations of man. That's where most peoples' imaginations tend to go; to the bad stuff. That is why the God tells us to keep the Word in front of our eyes, and in our mouths, and in our hearts "night and day" (Joshua 1:8, Romans 12:2). We are bombarded with negative stuff 24/7 and we tend to dwell on it instead of meditating on God's will for us.
In working with sick people, I often tell them, "Please DON'T go to the internet and start looking up all your symptoms and diagnoses. You don't want those images in your mind. You want a positive, healed image in your mind to work toward."
Building your faith for something starts by finding out God's will for you in that situation, then building up your hope - real, Bible hope - positive image. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of that hope. It is a real thing! It is as real as any other physical substance; the amplified calls in the "title deed".
Athletes who rehearse their performance or routine in their mind get almost as much benefit as physically rehearsing it. The mind is that powerful! It takes time to develop. But, once you have it on the inside of you, it's unstoppable!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Natural Methods
Jesus healed all who came to Him in faith for their healing. While most of the time He rebuked each spirit of infirmity, in some cases He used what we would call "natural methods". In Mark 7:33 and 8:23, he used His spit to assist in healing a blind man and a deaf man. In John 9:6, he used mud to help a blind man regain his sight.
God always meets us at our level of faith. He also gave us natural laws and guidelines to live in this physical world. If diet was not important, He wouldn't have given instructions for it. Asking God for wisdom in our specific situation is the most important thing (Proverbs 4:7), because everybody's journey is different. God might direct you to change your diet while someone else might be moved to attend a specific Word convention. Many times, it is a combination of many things because there is rarely one cause for our infirmities. Even though every seed for illness comes from the curse, activating the Blessing in our lives starts with the Word and as we take single steps forward in faith, God lights the next one and the next one and the path becomes clearer. Giving God something to work with starts with us taking natural, physical action as we are standing on the Word promise for that particular situation.
I have begun to explore the different healing oils used in the Bible. I will keep you posted on my progress and discoveries!
God always meets us at our level of faith. He also gave us natural laws and guidelines to live in this physical world. If diet was not important, He wouldn't have given instructions for it. Asking God for wisdom in our specific situation is the most important thing (Proverbs 4:7), because everybody's journey is different. God might direct you to change your diet while someone else might be moved to attend a specific Word convention. Many times, it is a combination of many things because there is rarely one cause for our infirmities. Even though every seed for illness comes from the curse, activating the Blessing in our lives starts with the Word and as we take single steps forward in faith, God lights the next one and the next one and the path becomes clearer. Giving God something to work with starts with us taking natural, physical action as we are standing on the Word promise for that particular situation.
I have begun to explore the different healing oils used in the Bible. I will keep you posted on my progress and discoveries!
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