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We are Healed by Faith -
By Our
Belief that
God is Faithful
to His Promises
"And Jesus rose and began to
follow him, and so did His disciples. And behold, a
woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for
twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe
of His cloak; for she was saying to herself, "If
I only touch His garment, I shall get well." (Attitude
of sincere faith). But Jesus turning and seeing her
said, "Daughter,
take courage; YOUR FAITH has MADE YOU WELL." And at once
the woman was made well." [Matthew 9:19-22]
Jesus Healed All
Who Asked, Even if They Were Undeserving of
Themselves
"And Jesus went away from there,
and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. (Very
wicked pagan cities involved in sacrificing their
children to Idols) And behold a Canaanite
woman came
out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, "Have
mercy on
me O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed."But
He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came
to Him and kept asking Him, saying, "Send
her away, for she is shouting out after us." (Notice
how even when the Lord did not answer her readily, she
persisted in her appeals to Him) But He answered and
said, "I
was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But
she came and began to bow
down before Him, (worshipping Him) saying, "Lord
help me!" And
He answered and said, "It
is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to
the dogs." But
she said, "Yes,
Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall
from their master's table." Then
Jesus answered and said to her, "O
woman YOUR FAITH IS GREAT; be it done for you AS YOU
WISH." And
her daughter was healed at once." (Her PERSISTENCE paid
off)
FAITH is Formed
in Us Through Hearing the
Word of His Promises
"However, they
did not all heed the glad tidings; for Isaiah says,
"Lord, who
has BELIEVED our
report?" So FAITH comes from HEARING, and hearing by the
WORD OF CHRIST." (Romans 10:16-17) Will
you simply receive the glad tidings that you were healed
by His stripes?
"Now FAITH is the ASSURANCE OF
THINGS HOPED FOR, the CONVICTION OF
THINGS NOT
SEEN." (Hebrews 11:1) Faith
allows you to believe God regardless of what your eyes
see or your body feels.
King Jehoshaphat's Prayer turned FEAR into FAITH through
Praise and Thanksgiving, and Remembering the
Faithfulness of God.
"Now it came about after this that
the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with
some of the Meunites, came to make war against
Jehoshaphat. Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat,
saying, "A GREAT MULTITUDE is coming against you from
beyond the sea, out of Syria and behold, they are in
Hazazontamar."(Have you received a bad report?)
"And Jehoshaphat WAS
AFRAID and TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO SEEK THE LORD; and
proclaimed a FAST throughout all Judah. So Judah
gathered together to SEEK HELP FROM THE LORD; they even
came from all the cities of Judah to SEEK THE LORD. Then
Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and
Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord before the new
court, and he said, -"O Lord, the God of our fathers,
art Thou not God in the heavens? And art Thou not ruler
over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might
are in Thy hand so that no one (or disease) can stand
against Thee. Didst Thou not, O our God, drive out the
inhabitants of this land before Thy people Israel, and
give it to the descendants of Abraham, Thy friend
forever? And they lived in it, and have built Thee a
sanctuary there for Thy name, saying, "Should evil come
upon us, the sword, or judgment, OR PESTILENCE, or
famine, we will stand before this house and before Thee
and cry to Thee in our distress, AND THOU WILL HEAR AND
DELIVER US." And now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab
and Mount Seir, whom Thou didst not let Israel invade
when they came out of the land of Egypt, behold how they
are rewarding us, by coming to drive us out from Thy
possession which Thou hast given us as an inheritance. O
our God, wilt Thou not judge them? FOR WE ARE POWERLESS
BEFORE THIS GREAT MULTITUDE (Problem) who are coming
against us; nor do we know what to do, BUT OUR EYES ARE
ON THEE."
"Then in the midst of the
assembly the SPIRIT OF THE LORD came upon JAHAZIEL the
son of Zechariah.....and he said, "Listen, all Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat; THUS
SAYS THE LORD to you, "DO NOT FEAR or be DISMAYED
because of this GREAT MULTITUDE, for the BATTLE IS NOT
YOURS BUT
GOD'S......YOU NEED NOT FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE; station
yourselves, STAND AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD ON
YOUR BEHALF, O Judah and Jerusalem. DO NOT FEAR or be
DISMAYED; tomorrow go out to face them, FOR THE LORD IS
WITH YOU."
"And they rose early in
the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and
when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen
to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, PUT YOUR
TRUST IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, and YOU WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIS PROPHETS AND SUCCEED." And when he
had consulted with the people, he appointed those WHO
SANG TO THE LORD and those WHO PRAISED HIM in holy
attire, as they went out before the army and said, "GIVE
THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IS
EVERLASTING."
"And WHEN
THEY BEGAN SINGING
AND PRAISING, the
Lord set ambushes against
the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come
against Judah; so they were routed." (2 Chronicles
20:1-22)
READ THESE
SCRIPTURES DAILY, NOT SILENTLY, BUT PROCLAIM THEM WITH
YOUR VOICE.
"Surely our
griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet
we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted. But He was pierced through for our
transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities; The
chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His
scourging WE ARE HEALED." (Isaiah 53:4-5)
"My son, give attention to MY
WORDS; (bring to mind Isaiah 53 concerning your healing)
Incline your ear to my sayings.(say them out loud, let
your ears hear the word of God) Do no let them depart
from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart.
For THEY ARE LIFE to those who find them, and HEALTH to
all THEIR WHOLE BODY." (Proverbs 4:20-22)
"Ask, and it SHALL BE GIVEN to you; seek, and you shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone
who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it shall be opened. Or what man is there
among you, when his son shall ask him for a loaf, will
give him a stone? Or if he shall ask for a fish, he will
not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more shall your Father who is in heaven give what is
good to those who ask Him?" (Matthew 7:7-11)
"And when He had entered
Capernaum, a centurion came to Him entreating Him, and
saying, "Sir my servant is lying paralyzed at home,
suffering great pain." And He said to him, I will come
and heal him." But the centurion answered and said,
"Lord, I am not qualified (worthy) for You to come under
my roof, but just say the WORD, and my servant will be
healed. For I too am a man under authority, with
soldiers under me; and I say to this one "Go!" and he
goes, and to another, "Come!" and he comes, and to my
slave, "Do This!" and he does it." Now when Jesus heard
this, He marveled, and said to those who were following,
"Truly I say to you, I have not found such GREAT FAITH
with anyone in Israel." And Jesus said to the centurion,
"Go your way; let it be done to you AS YOU HAVE
BELIEVED." And the servant was healed that very hour."
(Matthew 8:5-10, 13)
"And as Jesus passed on from
there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, and
saying, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" And after He
had come into the house, the blind men came up to Him,
and Jesus said to them, "DO YOU BELIEVE that I am able
to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He
touched their eyes, saying, "Be it done to you ACCORDING
TO YOUR FAITH." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus
was going about all the cities and the villages,
teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel
of the kingdom, and HEALING every kind of disease and
every kind of SICKNESS." (Matthew 9:27-30, 35)
"And when He came out, He saw a great multitude, and
FELT COMPASSION for them, and HEALED THEIR SICK."
(Matthew 14:14)
"And great multitudes came to Him,
bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind,
dumb, and many others, and they laid them down at His
feet; and HE HEALED THEM." (Matthew 15:30)
"Because of the LITTLENESS of YOUR FAITH; for truly I
say to you, if you have FAITH as a mustard seed, you
shall say to this mountain, "Move from here to there",
and it shall move; and NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
YOU. But this kind does not go out except by PRAYER and
FASTING." (Matthew 17:20-21)
"And it came about that when Jesus
had finished these words, He departed from Galilee, and
came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; and
great multitudes followed Him, and HE HEALED THEM
THERE." (Matthew 19:1-2)
"And He HEALED MANY who were ILL with VARIOUS DISEASES,
and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the
demons to speak, BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHO
HE WAS." (MARK 1:34)
"And He said to Her, "Daughter,
YOUR FAITH has MADE YOU WELL: go in peace, and be HEALED
of YOUR AFFLICTION." (Mark 5:34)
"And answering him, Jesus said, "What do you want Me to
do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, I
want to regain my sight!" And Jesus said to him, "Go
your way; YOUR FAITH has made you well." And immediately
he received his sight and began following Him on the
road." (Mark 10:51-52)
"And Jesus said to him, "If you can!" All things are
possible to him who BELIEVES." Immediately the boy's
father cried out and began saying, "I do believe; HELP
MY UNBELIEF." (Mark 9:23-24)
And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have
FAITH IN GOD. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this
mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea" and DOES
NOT DOUBT in his heart, but BELIEVES that what he says
is going to happen, it shall be granted him. Therefore I
say to you, all things for which you pray and ask,
BELIEVE that you HAVE RECEIVED THEM, and they shall be
granted you." (Mark 11:22-24)
"And He descended with them, and
stood on a level place; and there was a great multitude
of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all
Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and
Sidon, who had come to hear Him, and to BE HEALED of
their DISEASES; and those who were troubled with unclean
spirits were being cured. And all the multitude were
trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and
HEALING THEM ALL." (Luke 6:17-19)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he
who BELIEVES IN ME, the works that I do shall HE DO
ALSO; and greater works than these shall he do; because
I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in My Name,
that WILL I DO, that the Father may be glorified in the
Son. If you ask Me anything in My Name, I WILL DO IT."
(John 14:12-14)
"You know
of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy
Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good,
and HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL; for God
was with Him." (Acts 10:38)
"The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I
came that they might have life, and might have it
abundantly." (John 10:10)
"Beloved, I pray that in all
respects you may prosper and be in GOOD HEALTH, just as
your soul prospers." (3 John 2)
"But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness
will rise with HEALING IN ITS WINGS; and you will go
forth and skip about like calves from the stall."
(Malachi 4:2)
"And Jesus was going about in all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming
the gospel of the kingdom, and HEALING EVERY KIND OF
DISEASE and every KIND OF SICKNESS among the people. And
the news about Him went out into all Syria; and they
brought to Him all who were ILL, taken with VARIOUS
DISEASES and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics;
AND HE HEALED THEM." (Matthew 4:23-24)
"O Lord my God, I cried to Thee
for help, and Thou didst HEAL ME." (Psalm 30:2)
"For you have made the Lord, my
refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. No evil
will befall you, nor will ANY PLAGUE come near your
tent." (Psalm 91:9-10)
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And do not lean
on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge
Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be
wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from
evil. It will be HEALING TO YOUR BODY, and refreshment
to your bones." (Proverbs 3:5-8)
"And He said, "If you will give
earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do
what is right in His sight, and give ear to His
commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none
of the DISEASES on you which I have put on the
Egyptians; FOR I, THE LORD, AM YOUR HEALER." (Exodus
15:26)
"Is anyone among you SUFFERING?
Let him PRAY. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.
IS ANYONE AMONG YOU SICK? Let him CALL FOR THE ELDERS of
the church, and LET THEM PRAY OVER THEM, ANOINTING him
with OIL in the NAME OF THE LORD; and the PRAYER offered
IN FAITH will RESTORE THE ONE WHO IS SICK, and the Lord
will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they
will be forgiven him." (James 5:13-15)
"And He Himself bore our sins in HIS BODY on the cross,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; FOR
BY HIS WOUNDS YOU WERE HEALED." (1 Peter 2:24)
"Why are you in despair, O my
soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope
in God, for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my
countenance and my God." (Psalm 42:11)
"Be
gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away; HEAL ME, O
Lord, for my bones are dismayed. And my soul is greatly
dismayed; But Thou, O Lord - HOW LONG? Return, O Lord,
RESCUE MY SOUL; Save me BECAUSE OF THY LOVINGKINDNESS.
For there is no mention of Thee in death; In the grave
who will give Thee thanks?" (Psalm 6:2-5)
"As for me, I said, "O Lord, be
gracious to me; HEAL MY SOUL, for I have sinned against
Thee." (Psalm 41:4)
"Bless the Lord, O my soul; And
all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the
Lord, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; Who
pardons all your iniquities; WHO HEALS ALL YOUR
DISEASES; Who redeems your life from the pit; Who crowns
you with LOVINGKINDNESS and COMPASSION; Who satisfies
your years with good things, so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle." (Psalm 103:1-5)
"HEAL ME, O Lord, and I WILL BE HEALED; Save me and I
will be saved, FOR THOU ART MY PRAISE." (Jeremiah 17:14)
"But seek for His kingdom, and
these things shall be added to you. DO NOT BE AFRAID,
LITTLE FLOCK, forYOUR FATHER has chosen GLADLY TO
GIVE YOU THE
KINGDOM.(or whatever you need) Sell your possessions and
give to charity; make yourselves purses which do not
wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no
thief comes near, nor moth destroys. For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Luke
12:31-34)
A Personal Note: While I was writing this paper,
my youngest son Matthew, who is nine years old came in
asking to be anointed. He was coming down with the flu
which I had been suffering with for almost two weeks,
and was experiencing a terrible headache. After a reminder,
I told him I would be with him in a moment.
I approached where he was lying with my wife and
oldest son and knelt down before him. Then I explained a
certain amount of suffering was necessary to sometimes
get our attention, and that we often neglect to thank
God each morning when we feel
good. I told Matthew that common illnesses come and
pass on their own, but that I would still anoint him if
he wished.
Although I have been priviledged to be involved
in some magnificent and wonderous healings, I honestly
did not expect him to be healed of this flu, though I am
now ashamed to admit it. Somehow it just didn't seem
thatimportant to me, afterall it would eventually
pass and
he would recover.
To my surprise, he was completely healed! Then I
realized that although I was working on this paper
concerning healing, it still took
a little child to teach me that
we must come before our heavenly Father with the faith
of a little child. All Matthew knew, and needed to
know, was that he was suffering and God could stop it.
It was so simple and pure to him.
And I learned an important
lesson, even though his healing of a common sickness
didn't seem that important to me, it was to his heavenly
Father. Thank you Father for this revelation, and thank
you Matthew for your faith. What a great and wonderful
God we serve!
While on earth, Jesus
healed all
who asked, and even some who didn't. Jesus will
heal MEtoday
because, -"JESUS CHRIST IS THE
SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY, YES AND FOREVER." (Hebrews
13:8)
I AM NOT WORTHY,
BUT JESUS IS - I THANK YOU FATHER FOR BUYING ME WITH THE
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF YOUR SON - SPIRIT OF SICKNESS, YOU
HAVE NO LASTING PLACE IN ME, OR PART IN THE BODY OF
CHRIST - I REBUKE YOU AND DEMAND YOU LEAVE MY BODY, BY
THE HOLY NAME OF MY LORD AND DELIVERER, JESUS, THE
CHRIST! PRAISE HIM!
THANK YOU FATHER,
AND THANK YOU JESUS - MAY YOU RECEIVE ALL THE GLORY, AND
LET MY
LIFE GLORIFY
YOU BOTH! AMEN
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