This has nothing directly to do with Healing, but I thought it was worth saying.
I came upon some YouTube videos of newscasts that were speaking poorly of some televangelists whom I happen to like. The reporters themselves and some people they had interviewed were giving their opinion of whether what they were preaching was right. Mostly the reports were speaking against the prosperity message.
The bottom line for me is this: We are all responsible to learn what the Word of God is saying to us. Pastors and preachers are here to help guide us but we should know enough Word to know if what that preacher is saying is scriptural or not. After that, it's "done unto you according to your faith" and that's between you and God.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Help with Food Addictions
Addictions are tough; no two ways about it. I find in my practice that many people are addicted to sweets, or caffeine, or sometimes salty foods. Whatever a person's weak spot is, it can be very challenging in the natural to overcome that stronghold. Be encouraged! God has given us the Word to overcome this problem.
God wants us to, "Come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16). If we know what's right for our bodies, but are doing the opposite, we are in sin (James 4:17), and our own heart condemns us (1 John 3:20). It's hard to come to your Father for help when you have these issues, so here are some great Words of Wisdom and help...
First, God already knows what you are going through. 1 Corinthians 10:13 tells us that "No temptation has taken you but such is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with that trial will also provide you a way out so that you may be able to endure it".
He tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 that, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down of strongholds, casting down every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." Every action starts with a thought, and this is where the stronghold begins. As soon as we get the thought to eat or drink the thing that we know in our hearts is not God's best for our body, we AT THAT MOMENT must cast it down with our words! It is a mountain in our lives and we must speak to it! Jesus says, "Have faith in God. Verily I say to you, whosoever shall say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea' and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it". (Mark 11:22-24)
So, your prayer might go something like this, "In Jesus' mighty Name, I speak to this mountain of chocolate addiction! Get out of my head, out of my body, and out of my life! I cast you down and command that you, my body, get in line with the Word of God! Psalm 103:3-5 says that God satisifies my mouth and desire with good things so that my youth is renewed like the eagles! I receive it right now! I thank you, Father, that I have a desire for healthy foods that you provided for me in Your kingdom! I receive my healing right now according to 1 Peter 2:24, in Jesus Name, Amen!"
He goes on to say that when you are praying is when you are receiving what you pray for, because you are believing and having faith the moment you pray about it! We know that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the EVIDENCE of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1) Your faith in that moment, if you truly believe the Word of God and do not doubt in your heart, is the evidence that what you prayed about and asked for will come to pass. God is faithful and WILL perform as promised (Romans 4:21).
Next, as we go throughout our day, we need to line up our words with what we prayed about. We can't go around saying, "I'm addicted to chocolate, I just can't get through one day without it". That cancels out what we just prayed about! Instead, when tempatation comes, we say, "Satan, get out of my head! You have no authority over me! I am a child of God and I already cast this thought down and out of me! By Jesus' stripes I AM HEALED and I crave and feed my body only healthy foods!
Bless the Lord, He has given us help! I know that speaking the Word to the problem is a habit that needs to be developed, but with persistance, you will do it! Be healthy!
God wants us to, "Come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16). If we know what's right for our bodies, but are doing the opposite, we are in sin (James 4:17), and our own heart condemns us (1 John 3:20). It's hard to come to your Father for help when you have these issues, so here are some great Words of Wisdom and help...
First, God already knows what you are going through. 1 Corinthians 10:13 tells us that "No temptation has taken you but such is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with that trial will also provide you a way out so that you may be able to endure it".
He tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 that, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down of strongholds, casting down every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." Every action starts with a thought, and this is where the stronghold begins. As soon as we get the thought to eat or drink the thing that we know in our hearts is not God's best for our body, we AT THAT MOMENT must cast it down with our words! It is a mountain in our lives and we must speak to it! Jesus says, "Have faith in God. Verily I say to you, whosoever shall say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea' and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it". (Mark 11:22-24)
So, your prayer might go something like this, "In Jesus' mighty Name, I speak to this mountain of chocolate addiction! Get out of my head, out of my body, and out of my life! I cast you down and command that you, my body, get in line with the Word of God! Psalm 103:3-5 says that God satisifies my mouth and desire with good things so that my youth is renewed like the eagles! I receive it right now! I thank you, Father, that I have a desire for healthy foods that you provided for me in Your kingdom! I receive my healing right now according to 1 Peter 2:24, in Jesus Name, Amen!"
He goes on to say that when you are praying is when you are receiving what you pray for, because you are believing and having faith the moment you pray about it! We know that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the EVIDENCE of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1) Your faith in that moment, if you truly believe the Word of God and do not doubt in your heart, is the evidence that what you prayed about and asked for will come to pass. God is faithful and WILL perform as promised (Romans 4:21).
Next, as we go throughout our day, we need to line up our words with what we prayed about. We can't go around saying, "I'm addicted to chocolate, I just can't get through one day without it". That cancels out what we just prayed about! Instead, when tempatation comes, we say, "Satan, get out of my head! You have no authority over me! I am a child of God and I already cast this thought down and out of me! By Jesus' stripes I AM HEALED and I crave and feed my body only healthy foods!
Bless the Lord, He has given us help! I know that speaking the Word to the problem is a habit that needs to be developed, but with persistance, you will do it! Be healthy!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Hearing His Voice
Hearing God's voice and knowing that it is really Him speaking to you comes from spending time with Him. There is a reason why Joshua (Joshua 1:8) was told to "meditate day and night" on God's Book of the Law. We are told in Romans 12 to "renew our minds" to what God's Word says.
In a world where we are bombarded with voices from every angle, it is vital that when we hear the One Voice that really counts, we KNOW that it's Him. He will never mislead us. He is always there to guide us when we need it. The challenge comes if we aren't sure it's Him when he calls us.
This is an important aspect of creating good health in your life. What you should eat and not eat might be different that what your sister or neighbor should eat and not eat. The exercise that is right for you might not be right for me.
In my chiropractic practice, I do a lot of "muscle testing". It is a technique where I can challenge a strong muscle with a substance like a food, or a nutritional supplement, or a thought and your body will respond. It is all very scientific and I won't go into that here. My point is that in my experience, the more time you spend with God, the less you would have a need for muscle testing. The Holy Spirit guide us into all truth and to show us things to come (John 16:13).
God put doctors on this earth to help guide us with their learned knowledge and wisdom. But, God is the Great Physician and will ultimately guide each and every one of us along the path we should go (Jeremiah 17:17).
In a world where we are bombarded with voices from every angle, it is vital that when we hear the One Voice that really counts, we KNOW that it's Him. He will never mislead us. He is always there to guide us when we need it. The challenge comes if we aren't sure it's Him when he calls us.
This is an important aspect of creating good health in your life. What you should eat and not eat might be different that what your sister or neighbor should eat and not eat. The exercise that is right for you might not be right for me.
In my chiropractic practice, I do a lot of "muscle testing". It is a technique where I can challenge a strong muscle with a substance like a food, or a nutritional supplement, or a thought and your body will respond. It is all very scientific and I won't go into that here. My point is that in my experience, the more time you spend with God, the less you would have a need for muscle testing. The Holy Spirit guide us into all truth and to show us things to come (John 16:13).
God put doctors on this earth to help guide us with their learned knowledge and wisdom. But, God is the Great Physician and will ultimately guide each and every one of us along the path we should go (Jeremiah 17:17).
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Many Names of God
When God told Moses to tell Pharoh that, "I AM sent you", what was God saying? He was telling Moses Who He is. Who God is is included in His seven redemptive names. They really speak for themselves:
Jehovah Tsidkenu - The Lord Our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6)
Jehovah Mkaddesh - The Lord Our Sanctification (Leviticus 20:8)
Jehovah Shalom - The Lord our Peace (Judges 6:24)
Jehovah Shammah - The Lord is Present (Ezekial 48:35)
Jehovah Jireh - The Lord our Provider (Genesis 22:14)
Jehovah Ropha - The Lord our Healer (Exodus 15:26)
Jehovah Nissi - The Lord our Banner (Exodus 17:15)
When we have a need, we can call on the Name above every name to guide us down the path of victory!
Jehovah Tsidkenu - The Lord Our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6)
Jehovah Mkaddesh - The Lord Our Sanctification (Leviticus 20:8)
Jehovah Shalom - The Lord our Peace (Judges 6:24)
Jehovah Shammah - The Lord is Present (Ezekial 48:35)
Jehovah Jireh - The Lord our Provider (Genesis 22:14)
Jehovah Ropha - The Lord our Healer (Exodus 15:26)
Jehovah Nissi - The Lord our Banner (Exodus 17:15)
When we have a need, we can call on the Name above every name to guide us down the path of victory!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Today
I will
Meditate on
Eternity
God's Word is eternal. His Word is truth. What you choose to focus Your thought, faith, and action life on is what you will have. How much TIME do you spend pondering the circumstances of life versus meditating on God's Word, His truth, for your life? Since God's Word is truth, then any circumstance in your life that is contrary for God's truth, the highest truth possible, must be an untruth. Something that is untruth will be found out eventually. The physical world was created out of the spirit. All things that are opposed to God's best for you can be changed by praying, meditating on, and renewing your mind with God's Word and will for your life.
Pick a scripture promise that is an answer to an undesirable circumstance in your life. For example, if you have a pain or a sickness, pick a healing scripture like 1 Peter 2:24, Jeremiah 30:17, or Psalm 103:2-5. Start by meditating one or all of these scriptures for a few minutes each day. The word meditate from the original Hebrew text means to "ponder and mutter (speak softly but out loud) repeatedly". Read them so they get in your eyes. Say them out loud so they get in your ears. Work up to several minutes per day. The more you focus on them, the more they get into your down into your soul so that when that knee pain strikes the first thing that comes out of your mouth are those Godly promises instead of some explicative that against His Word and will for you.
If you are in Christ Jesus, you have the same power inside of you that raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him at the right hand of the Father. Activate that power by taking the TIME to speak faith-filled words over your life! Hallelujah!
Isaiah 40:8, John 17:17, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 3:20, Psalm 145:21
I will
Meditate on
Eternity
God's Word is eternal. His Word is truth. What you choose to focus Your thought, faith, and action life on is what you will have. How much TIME do you spend pondering the circumstances of life versus meditating on God's Word, His truth, for your life? Since God's Word is truth, then any circumstance in your life that is contrary for God's truth, the highest truth possible, must be an untruth. Something that is untruth will be found out eventually. The physical world was created out of the spirit. All things that are opposed to God's best for you can be changed by praying, meditating on, and renewing your mind with God's Word and will for your life.
Pick a scripture promise that is an answer to an undesirable circumstance in your life. For example, if you have a pain or a sickness, pick a healing scripture like 1 Peter 2:24, Jeremiah 30:17, or Psalm 103:2-5. Start by meditating one or all of these scriptures for a few minutes each day. The word meditate from the original Hebrew text means to "ponder and mutter (speak softly but out loud) repeatedly". Read them so they get in your eyes. Say them out loud so they get in your ears. Work up to several minutes per day. The more you focus on them, the more they get into your down into your soul so that when that knee pain strikes the first thing that comes out of your mouth are those Godly promises instead of some explicative that against His Word and will for you.
If you are in Christ Jesus, you have the same power inside of you that raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him at the right hand of the Father. Activate that power by taking the TIME to speak faith-filled words over your life! Hallelujah!
Isaiah 40:8, John 17:17, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 3:20, Psalm 145:21
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Don't Let Depression, Anger and Sin Rule over You!
When GOD didn't respect Cain's offering, his countenance fell and he got angry - angry enough to kill his brother! GOD told Cain, "If you do well, shall it not be lifted up? And if you don't do well, sin couches at the door, and unto thee shall be its desire, BUT YOU RULE OVER IT"!
So, Cain was angry and depressed and he allowed his feelings to rule over him instead of ruling over them like GOD told him!
How do we rule over our emotions and the possible sin that we will commit if we let our emotions rule us?
Let's look at 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 - "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4) For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in GOD for pulling down strongholds, 5) casting down arguments (imaginations) and every thing that exalts itself against the true knowledge of GOD, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.."
Many times negative emotions start as thoughts in our heads. They are thoughts/arguments/imaginations that are exalting themselves against the true knowledge of what GOD says we are! Don't let them! Rule over them! Cast them down and bring them into capitivity to the obedience of Christ. How do we know what the obedience of Christ is? By "meditating on this Book of the Law day and night" (Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:2) By knowing what Christ has told us. And by meditating on these things: (Philippians 4:8) "whatever things are are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good virtue, and are praiseworthy..."
One way to do this is to start in the epistles to find out who you are IN CHRIST. Every verse that says, "In HIM, in WHOM, in CHRIST", etc. tells us who we truly are. If what you are thinking or feeling about yourself is contrary to what the WORD says, cast it out and down! Then fill your head with what GOD has said about you and go forth victorious!
So, Cain was angry and depressed and he allowed his feelings to rule over him instead of ruling over them like GOD told him!
How do we rule over our emotions and the possible sin that we will commit if we let our emotions rule us?
Let's look at 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 - "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4) For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in GOD for pulling down strongholds, 5) casting down arguments (imaginations) and every thing that exalts itself against the true knowledge of GOD, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.."
Many times negative emotions start as thoughts in our heads. They are thoughts/arguments/imaginations that are exalting themselves against the true knowledge of what GOD says we are! Don't let them! Rule over them! Cast them down and bring them into capitivity to the obedience of Christ. How do we know what the obedience of Christ is? By "meditating on this Book of the Law day and night" (Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:2) By knowing what Christ has told us. And by meditating on these things: (Philippians 4:8) "whatever things are are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good virtue, and are praiseworthy..."
One way to do this is to start in the epistles to find out who you are IN CHRIST. Every verse that says, "In HIM, in WHOM, in CHRIST", etc. tells us who we truly are. If what you are thinking or feeling about yourself is contrary to what the WORD says, cast it out and down! Then fill your head with what GOD has said about you and go forth victorious!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
You Can't Get Abraham's Blessing with Thomas' Faith
Romans 4:19 says, "And without becoming weak in faith he (Abraham) contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness or Sarah's womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able to also to perform". NAS Bible
The King James translation says, "he considered not his own body...neither the deadness of Sarah's womb". In other words, if you look at both versions, Abraham knew what God had told him; that he would be the father of many nations. But, he was 100 and Sarah was 90! He contemplated those "facts" for a moment, then came back to the Truth of God's WORD...he was to be the father of many nations! The bible goes on to say in verse 22: "therefore, it was reckoned (NAS) or imputed (KJV) or counted (NKJ) unto him (Abraham) as righteousness" for him to continue to believe what God had told him and NOT to consider the circumstances. He was walking by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
Abraham "grew strong in faith" and "did not waver". These two actions say to me that growing your faith is a process; it doesn't happen overnight. But if you don't waver, in other words, listen to doubt and unbelief and start to think it and speak it, then your faith will continue to grow. Satan comes to steal the WORD (Mark 4:3-9, the parable of the sower). Our job is to continue to sow the WORD, (Mark 4:14) God's WORD, which is Truth (John 17:17), and not the world's words of doubt and unbelief.
As we continue in this way, the Blessing (Deuteronomy 28:1-14) comes and overtakes us (Galatians 3:14). We walk with the faith of Abraham, not the doubt of Thomas: Jesus said to him (Thomas), "Because you have seen Me have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." John 20:29.
Every promise that God offers us is yes and amen, if we only BELIEVE.
The King James translation says, "he considered not his own body...neither the deadness of Sarah's womb". In other words, if you look at both versions, Abraham knew what God had told him; that he would be the father of many nations. But, he was 100 and Sarah was 90! He contemplated those "facts" for a moment, then came back to the Truth of God's WORD...he was to be the father of many nations! The bible goes on to say in verse 22: "therefore, it was reckoned (NAS) or imputed (KJV) or counted (NKJ) unto him (Abraham) as righteousness" for him to continue to believe what God had told him and NOT to consider the circumstances. He was walking by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
Abraham "grew strong in faith" and "did not waver". These two actions say to me that growing your faith is a process; it doesn't happen overnight. But if you don't waver, in other words, listen to doubt and unbelief and start to think it and speak it, then your faith will continue to grow. Satan comes to steal the WORD (Mark 4:3-9, the parable of the sower). Our job is to continue to sow the WORD, (Mark 4:14) God's WORD, which is Truth (John 17:17), and not the world's words of doubt and unbelief.
As we continue in this way, the Blessing (Deuteronomy 28:1-14) comes and overtakes us (Galatians 3:14). We walk with the faith of Abraham, not the doubt of Thomas: Jesus said to him (Thomas), "Because you have seen Me have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." John 20:29.
Every promise that God offers us is yes and amen, if we only BELIEVE.
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