Healing Power of God

Cool story... So yesterday I'm at doctor's and the receptionist is sick and sneezing wheezing.

So I say, "Sounds like you're not doing too good." 

"No" she says, "I'm allergic to everything and have all sorts of ailments, and have tried all sorts of remedies, etc".

So I say, "have you ever been prayed for?"

"No," she replies. 

"Would you like to be?" 

"Yes!" She replies. 

So she and I go around the corner, I tell her I pray in the name of Jesus because that's the only name by which we are saved. 

"I know," she replies. 

So on I go to pray a quick 60-second prayer, and instantly the power of the Holy Spirit falls on both of us. "Do you feel that?" I ask her. 

"Yes!!!"

"That's the presence of God. His Holy Spirit is here, can you feel it?" 

"Yes! I'm shaking!" she replies. 

She excitedly says this must be the reason she came to work today when she didn't want to, and asked me to pray for her dad and on and on, we broke family curses and strongholds over her family, she was healed, and it was awesome how God showed up so fast!

Go God!!

Jesus

Hebrews 4:12 "for the Word of God (Jesus! who is 'the Word') is alive and active, sharper than any double edged sword; it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

"Jesus is the Word, made flesh and who made his dwelling with us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only begotten Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God's One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known." (John 1:1-2, 14)

"Look! The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John (1:29)

"Jesus found the blind man he'd healed who was thrown out by the Pharisees, and he asked him- Do you believe in the Son of Man? Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him? Jesus said, -You are speaking with him now. The man replied, Lord I believe! And he worshipped Jesus. Jesus replied, For judgment I have come into this world. So that the blind will see and those who see will become blind. (John 9:35-39)

"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and  whoever lives and believes in me will never die." -Jesus (John 11:25)

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really have known me you will know the Father as well. From now on you do know and see the Father. 

"Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. Don't you believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own.  Rather, it is the Father living in me who is doing his work.  Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Faher is in me, or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth- anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name so hat the Son may bring glory to the Father.  You may ask for anything in my name and I will do it. If you love me you'll obey what I command. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Counselor  to be with you forever-- 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. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you'll realise that I'm in my Father, you're in me, and I'm in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he's the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father. And I also will love him and show myself to him."  

John 14

Jesus is Lord! I pray this blesses you and that the Spirit of God gives you revelation of His Glory. We. Overcome the world and the enemy by the Blood of Jesus and by the Word of our testimony.  Do not hide the light of the world under a bushel but go and tell of His Goodness,His  Mercy, His Love to the ends of the earth. For He goes with you if He lives inside you.

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My Best Friend takes care of me;

I shall never lack anything I need.

He insists that I chill out and relax;

He makes a comfortable space for me in a soft field. He surrounds me with thoughts that awaken all my senses of the most lovely things- a warm bath, a feather pillow, lavender and jasmine. A flood of memories of campfires and chocolate Labradors. Sunbathing and scuba diving.

He knows how to restore my tired heart. He calms my cluttered mind. Salty waves play on my exhausted muscles like kneading bread dough.

He softly guides me along the paths of Good and True and Right, for his own Names' sake. He will not let me get lost, not even for one careless step.

Even though I walk through the valley of hard times, I see only whispered threats of defeated foes- they have no power over me. 

I have experienced death already.

I am reborn with the Living God dwelling inside.

He is true to his name Loving and Good.

His shepherd's staff keeps me on the straight path. He is armed to defend me from any wild beasts as a shepherd defends his lamb.

He prepares a beautiful table and he laughs seeing how undone I am at his lavishness. The hall is robust with flavours and smells, and my eyes drink in the ornate golden goblets, the burgundy linens, the violet dressings, the precious stones on the inlays of the chairs. 

No dark thing may enter to disturb the feast. It is forbidden. It may at best perceive what it is not invited to from the doorway.

As I enter the room, my friend marks my forehead with sacred oil. This distinguishes me as His; under His care I am protected, healed.

My goblet overflows with a King's best wine and the ripest fruits.

Surely goodness and love are always before me. A scent near enough for me to perceive how closely He stands gently by my side. 

This is the place I am invited forever. At this banquet table. In His house. In the inner chambers. Not only in the formal rooms, but freely passing from the front of the house to the back. Intimate with my Friend, my Lord, my Redeemer, forever.

Prints

I long to follow the footprints in front of me. Made by my Abba. My Lord.  I wish the prints were easier to track; it's as if He wants me to study the surface with a scrutinous eye before stepping forward. If the ground was wet and muddy I would have no difficulty following. But the prints are hardly perceptible, like flour on a dusty chalk floor. One swirling into the next. Tan and beige and white dust, like the mixing of cake batter when for only a moment your eye can see the distinctness and then the powders are swiftly one. 

I know my Lord is ahead of me, softly whispering 'this is the way- walk in it, daughter.' But here I am at the convergence of paths in the wood. All freshly plowed clumps of dirt. Markings absent. Just a soft whisper of a voice saying 'this way- come.' 

Did my Lord call me from this way? I ask a fallen leaf. Did my Lord call me from this way? I plead with a small acorn on the path. Did my Lord call me from this way? I cajole a crossing ladybug. I am left alone with the echo of my Lord's voice in my head, in my heart. 'This way, daughter, I am leading you. Come fast.' I bite my lip and close my eyes tightly. I squint in the sun setting low on the horizon. I turn my head to hear the faintest sound, but still just an echo of words from before.

I take a small cautious step to the right. No, this can't be it. It doesn't feel like the way my Lord would have gone. I retreat and choose the path to the middle. I think this might be the way, I decide. Setting my hat and gripping my bag, I shove my hands into my deep pockets and step with a little more confidence. Forward. Yes. This must be the way. I am following my lover into my future. This is the way.

Pray

Pray, people, pray. The Lord says this is a critical season to press in to Him as a woman giving birth in travailing intercession for what is to come swiftly on the world. Don't sit back. Get on your knees, pray in spiritual tongues for God's will to be done and for His mercy, and His protection. Pray for the unsaved to have dreams and visions to understand Messiah and be saved. Pray! It is a critical hour. The Spirit groans at what is to come. Between now and April 25 this is a critical and history-altering time. Do not be caught asleep before The Lord. Be worthy of being a disciple of the Rabbi Jesus. The Lord gives signs in the skies; He established the sun, moon and stars to be guideposts for critical attention-getters to His people. This season is upon us, with four blood moons on Pesach and Tabernacles in 2014 and 2015 and premonitions and warnings from the Lord's prophets to the people. 

"You have let go of the commands of God and are holding onto the traditions of man." Mark 7:8

"Everything on earth will perish." Genesis 6:17

"For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. And they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. This is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." Matthew 24:37-39

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up until the day that Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one I'm the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot's wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life will preserve it." Luke 17:26-33

Receiving God's Best

Here are a few gems I collected from a man I have a high regard for. You'll have to read to the end to see the credit. It's about receiving God's best. As I am transitioning to a new season and then soon after to another new season and then another... the words of encouragement in these passages from Scriptures light a fire to my feet and kindle the spark to fuel me onward with hope, joy, and love.

"Does not the ear taste words as the tongue tastes food? If we put something unpleasant in our mouth, we spit it out. Likewise, if we hear something bitter, negative or destructive, we should reject it. 

The ear should test words, like eating fish. You swallow the meat but you spit out the bones. Take heed how you hear. 

Consider this...

Both faith AND unbelief come by hearing." Which do you want?

Avoid godless chatter because those who indulge in it become more and more ungodly. Their teaching is cancerous and destroys the faith of others. 2 Tim 2:16-18.  Have nothing to do with fruitless deeds of darkness, but, rather, expose them. Eph 5:11-12.  Flee evil desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on The Lord with a pure heart. 2 Tim 2:22

We know from Scriptures that God promises to give us all the (temporal) things that we need after we seek His (eternal) Kingdom and His Righteousness.

A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. Despite what you may think, even your paycheck is not yours, but God's. He gave you the job. He gave you the ability to work that job. He gave you your life. These things are temporal. He knows your need, and He provides good things to His children.

However, sometimes His kids get a little grabby, feeling impatient, feeling entitled. 

**There is a difference between grabbing and receiving.** Do not labour and take and grab and get stuff that you won't be allowed to keep. Instead, why not rest, turn your face toward God, and say, "God, show me what it is Your good pleasure to give me."

The Lord says, "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your father's good pleasure to GIVE YOU the Kingdom."

Don't grab. Learn to rest a little while from grabbing. Be willing to see what God wants to give. Many times when we grab and have that grabbing attitude, we aren't in a condition to be able to receive what God is freely offering to us.

So ask Him,

"God, what is it Your good pleasure to give me?"

"God chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom He loves." Psalm 47:2-4

Here's something to think about...

God didn't tell Israel to find the best piece of land and grab it. He would give them a place that HE had chosen. And He gave them the best! Israel's land is the glory of all lands... The beautiful land, the desirable land. God chose much better for them than they would ever have chosen for themselves. When it was a question of their getting their inheritance, God fought for them and He subdued the nations under their feet. 

If we go out and grab, we don't have God fighting for us. Wow.

If we go out and grab, we'll probably get in a war we're going to lose. Ouch.

There's no need to grab. For God will do everything that is needed to bring us into our inheritance. Our inheritance is the only place we can know true rest. (Deut 12:9). Restless Christians have never come into their true inheritance because they've never allowed God to give it to them. Because they thought they had to grab it for themselves. 

In John 10:29, Jesus is quoted saying, "What Abba's given me is greater than all."

Don't get nervous or uptight about the opposition. The very fact that you get uptight is evidence that you're not really moving into what God has given to you; otherwise you could smile at the opposition. God's inheritance for you is absolutely guaranteed.

So, to receive God's best,

1- want God's best; don't settle for less.

2- focus on Jesus

3- meditate on God's word.

4- make friends with the Holy Spirit.

5- hear and promptly obey God's voice.

6- be careful how and what you hear.

7- be more concerned with the eternal than the temporary.

8- let God choose for you.

Abraham obeyed quickly with Isaac.

Lot's wife delayed. See Luke 17:32- Do not delay or it'll be too late. 1 Corinth 1:25 

Be prepared to seem foolish. The foolishness of God is wiser than men.

Noah built a boat. Foolish?

Namaan dipped seven times. Odd?

Jesus put clay on blind eyes. Weird?

Check out 1 Corinth 3:18.

God, I want Your best, and I want only the inheritance that YOU have already established for me before any of my days came to be (Psalm 139). Amen, Lord Jesus!

(Check out the book, "Receiving God's Best, by Derek Prince.)

I hope this message blesses and encourages you. Shalom!