We are bombarded 24/7/365 with satan's lies of sickness and disease. We must constantly and consistently counteract that by meditating on God's Word healing.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Healing Journey
I am excited about being in the "Bible Belt". We have so benefitted from Brother Kenneth Hagin's ministry over the years, and are now attending Rhema.
As some of you might know, Brother Hagin was healed from two terminal illnesses as a teenager and that is what catapulted him into his healing ministry. He started Rhema Healing Center back in the 70's.
I have a couple of health challenges I am believing to receive my healing for, and have decided to go to the Healing Center every day for at least two weeks straight. I have "before" x-rays on my left knee and my spine and will someday show "after" x-rays of new joints in those areas!
I also am doing a home course from Kenneth Copeland Ministries called "Lifeline Healing Wellness".
Please stand in agreement with me for the complete manifestation of my healing! I know God is faithful and has already done His part. I'm am bumping up my committment to do my part.
Thanks! And, I will be journaling my progress!
Psalm 103, Psalm 91, Psalm 107, etc, etc, etc. God is sooooo good!
As some of you might know, Brother Hagin was healed from two terminal illnesses as a teenager and that is what catapulted him into his healing ministry. He started Rhema Healing Center back in the 70's.
I have a couple of health challenges I am believing to receive my healing for, and have decided to go to the Healing Center every day for at least two weeks straight. I have "before" x-rays on my left knee and my spine and will someday show "after" x-rays of new joints in those areas!
I also am doing a home course from Kenneth Copeland Ministries called "Lifeline Healing Wellness".
Please stand in agreement with me for the complete manifestation of my healing! I know God is faithful and has already done His part. I'm am bumping up my committment to do my part.
Thanks! And, I will be journaling my progress!
Psalm 103, Psalm 91, Psalm 107, etc, etc, etc. God is sooooo good!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Seek God First
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!
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 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!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
On Judgement
This morning when I went to take the dogs out at 6 a.m., I got quite a surprise! I opened the main door and before I was able to open the (glass) storm door, Rosetta and Josiah started barking violently! There was a huge black Labrador retriever standing there! I closed the main door as quickly as I could and quickly tried to quiet my doggies down, as I was sure by then they had woke the whole household! It's never fun to be startled awake, especially when it is still dark outside!
The black lab is one of our neighbor's dog, Stormy (aka Drake). The dog is adept at getting out of the yard and frequenting our yard. For the last month or so, our neighbor has kept Drake tied up to a tree, but apparently he escaped.
After I took Drake back, I started to get into judgement about the dog's owner and IMMEDIATELY a voice in my heart said, "Thank You, Father God, for all the times I was unconscious and lazy in my actions. Thank You for forgiving me." Boy, did that stop me dead in my tracks!
Now, we all have millions of thoughts everyday, some of God and some not. We are to cast those that are not of God down and cause them to come into submission to the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. 10:5). We are also to try every spirit whether they are of God (1 John 4:1-2). Well, I know this thought was of God because it is in alignment with the Word. In Matthew 7:1-2 Jesus says, "Do not judge, lest you be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured unto you" (NAS).
What does judging others have to do with health? (I'll tell you, but first let me say this: it is so awesome to me how science continues to validate the things God tells us in His Word.) All emotions cause the body to release chemicals in the blood. They come in the form of hormones and neurotransmitters. The science of it is very complex, but suffice to say that positive emotions, loving thoughts, joy, kindness, laughter, etc. release "happy hormones", and feel good chemicals like certain endorphins. ((Most people have heard of the "runners high".) Negative emotions like anger, grief, resentment, unforgiveness, etc. release pro-inflammatory chemicals that lead to health problems. When these negative emotions become habit and are a long-standing part of us, they can lead to many chronic, degenerative conditions like heart disease and cancer. Drs. Ted Morter, Dean Ornish, Richard Schultz, and many others have done research on the connections between emotions and physical health.
"The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I have come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly." (John 10:10)
"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:2)
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." (Galatians 5:22-23)
Science can now explain how long term anger, unforgiveness, impatience, faithlessness, hatred will steal and destroy your good health over time. Stay in alignment with the Word of God by developing the fruits of the Spirit and allow Jesus to give you abundant life and health!
The black lab is one of our neighbor's dog, Stormy (aka Drake). The dog is adept at getting out of the yard and frequenting our yard. For the last month or so, our neighbor has kept Drake tied up to a tree, but apparently he escaped.
After I took Drake back, I started to get into judgement about the dog's owner and IMMEDIATELY a voice in my heart said, "Thank You, Father God, for all the times I was unconscious and lazy in my actions. Thank You for forgiving me." Boy, did that stop me dead in my tracks!
Now, we all have millions of thoughts everyday, some of God and some not. We are to cast those that are not of God down and cause them to come into submission to the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. 10:5). We are also to try every spirit whether they are of God (1 John 4:1-2). Well, I know this thought was of God because it is in alignment with the Word. In Matthew 7:1-2 Jesus says, "Do not judge, lest you be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured unto you" (NAS).
What does judging others have to do with health? (I'll tell you, but first let me say this: it is so awesome to me how science continues to validate the things God tells us in His Word.) All emotions cause the body to release chemicals in the blood. They come in the form of hormones and neurotransmitters. The science of it is very complex, but suffice to say that positive emotions, loving thoughts, joy, kindness, laughter, etc. release "happy hormones", and feel good chemicals like certain endorphins. ((Most people have heard of the "runners high".) Negative emotions like anger, grief, resentment, unforgiveness, etc. release pro-inflammatory chemicals that lead to health problems. When these negative emotions become habit and are a long-standing part of us, they can lead to many chronic, degenerative conditions like heart disease and cancer. Drs. Ted Morter, Dean Ornish, Richard Schultz, and many others have done research on the connections between emotions and physical health.
"The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I have come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly." (John 10:10)
"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:2)
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." (Galatians 5:22-23)
Science can now explain how long term anger, unforgiveness, impatience, faithlessness, hatred will steal and destroy your good health over time. Stay in alignment with the Word of God by developing the fruits of the Spirit and allow Jesus to give you abundant life and health!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Speak the WORD to overcome negative thinking
I love what Brother Kenneth E. Hagin once said, "If a bird lands on your head, don't let it build a nest there."
He was talking about how thoughts come into our minds and that we have a choice whether to let them stay there or not. Thought can be very powerful. They can produce emotions, which produce a mindset, which can produce actions or habits. They can lead down a positive, Godly path, or a negative, wicked one.
Worriesome or negative thoughts can be deblitating and even paralyzing. If they have been plaguing you for a while, they can seem almost impossible to overcome. Thank God He has given us a way to get over those attacks from the enemy.
First we must realize their source. In Acts 10:38 it says that, "...Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by the power of the devil..." (amplified) Satan oppresses and harasses people in different ways, one of which is through negative thinking. Paul was harrassed by Satan (2 Corinthians 12:7) "to keep him from being excessively exalted". Satan knows you have a mighty job to do for God and has made it his mission to stop you. One great way is to attack you in the mind realm to get you to believe you are a pathetic loser, weak and unable to do what God has called you to do. If he can get you to focus on the lie of the enemy, then you are unfocused on God's opinion of you and the truth that you can "do all things through Christ and His anointing which strengthens you". So, negative, unproductive, destructive thoughts are from the devil.
Now, remember we have power and authority over that defeated worm, satan. Genesis 1:28, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Mark 11:22-24 all tell us that we have the authority to cast Satan out! We have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) and satan and his lowly thoughts do not belong there! And yet, they come! That's why the Word tells us to renew our minds DAILY (Romans 12:2), and meditate on the Word DAY AND NIGHT (Joshua 1:8), and to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). If we are constantly and continually filling our minds with what the Word says about us, we give no place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27)
In conclusion, we can overcome those destructive negative thoughts. We first recognize that they are from satan and they have no place in us; we have the mind of Christ. Then we use our authority to cast them out in the Name of Jesus, ordering them to be obedient to the knowledge of Christ. Then we replace them with what God's Word says about you. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21)!
He was talking about how thoughts come into our minds and that we have a choice whether to let them stay there or not. Thought can be very powerful. They can produce emotions, which produce a mindset, which can produce actions or habits. They can lead down a positive, Godly path, or a negative, wicked one.
Worriesome or negative thoughts can be deblitating and even paralyzing. If they have been plaguing you for a while, they can seem almost impossible to overcome. Thank God He has given us a way to get over those attacks from the enemy.
First we must realize their source. In Acts 10:38 it says that, "...Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by the power of the devil..." (amplified) Satan oppresses and harasses people in different ways, one of which is through negative thinking. Paul was harrassed by Satan (2 Corinthians 12:7) "to keep him from being excessively exalted". Satan knows you have a mighty job to do for God and has made it his mission to stop you. One great way is to attack you in the mind realm to get you to believe you are a pathetic loser, weak and unable to do what God has called you to do. If he can get you to focus on the lie of the enemy, then you are unfocused on God's opinion of you and the truth that you can "do all things through Christ and His anointing which strengthens you". So, negative, unproductive, destructive thoughts are from the devil.
Now, remember we have power and authority over that defeated worm, satan. Genesis 1:28, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Mark 11:22-24 all tell us that we have the authority to cast Satan out! We have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) and satan and his lowly thoughts do not belong there! And yet, they come! That's why the Word tells us to renew our minds DAILY (Romans 12:2), and meditate on the Word DAY AND NIGHT (Joshua 1:8), and to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). If we are constantly and continually filling our minds with what the Word says about us, we give no place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27)
In conclusion, we can overcome those destructive negative thoughts. We first recognize that they are from satan and they have no place in us; we have the mind of Christ. Then we use our authority to cast them out in the Name of Jesus, ordering them to be obedient to the knowledge of Christ. Then we replace them with what God's Word says about you. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21)!
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