God can heal you (5)

Here’s a prayer for healing and continued good health: ‘Father, the power of Your Word is the source of my healing and continued good health. It declares that You have delivered me from all destruction. I may have made decisions in the past that caused ill health in my life, but You have forgiven me in Christ, and You deliver me continuously from all sickness, pain, weakness, and disease. Your Word says: “Because you have made the Lord… your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling” (Psalm 91:9-10 NKJV).

You are my refuge and my dwelling place. There is no sickness in Your presence, and since I abide in you, sickness cannot remain in my life. I am protected because I am in Christ. Your Word says, “Let the weak say, ‘I am strong'” (Joel 3:10 NKJV). So I call myself strong even when I feel weak. Lord, your Word says You will satisfy my mouth with good things so that my youth is renewed (see Psalm 103:5).

You are my source of complete satisfaction, and I believe my youth and strength are being renewed. As a result, I age gracefully in Christ. Lord, Your Word says that I can call upon You, and You will answer me. You will be with me in trouble; You will deliver me and honour me. With long life You will satisfy me, and show me Your salvation (see Psalm 91:15-16). Therefore, I stand on Your Word and declare by faith: “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord”‘ (Psalm 118:17 NKJV).

Soul food: Exo 4-6; John 1:43-51; Ps 92; Pro 26:1-3

God can heal you (4)

Just because you haven’t seen results yet doesn’t mean your prayer is not being answered. The Word of God is a seed; it needs time to produce fruit. Ask God for the grace to hold on to what you believe from His Word while it takes root and grows. No matter what the situation, it’s always a good time to be thankful.

Satan wants you to focus on your circumstances and what appears unchanged instead of thanking God for the part of your life that has gotten better. As you are standing in faith and allowing the Word to work inside you, continue to meditate on the promises of God about healing. God’s Word works when you plant it in your heart. Keep watering that seed by continuing to speak God’s promises over your life.

God said: ‘The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it’ (Isaiah 55:10-11 NLT). What did God say about His Word? ‘It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.’

Keep your faith strong and stand on God’s Word; ‘I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living’ (Psalm 27:13 NIV).

Soul food: Exo 1-3; John 1:29-42; Ps 63; Pro 25:26-28

God can heal you (3)

Healing can happen in different ways. Sometimes God performs a miracle and instantly heals someone. Other times He heals a person progressively. When looking at Scripture and the many miracles Jesus performed, it’s easy to think He always healed people in the same fashion. But on closer examination, we see that in many cases He didn’t do the same thing twice.

For instance, here’s how He healed those who were blind: 1) In Matthew 9:29, Jesus healed two blind men by simply touching their eyes. 2) In Mark 10:52, He healed blind Bartimaeus by speaking to him rather than touching him. 3) In Mark 8:22-25, He put saliva on a blind man’s eyes and laid hands on him twice before he was completely healed. Jesus wasn’t bound by one method of healing people – but He was always willing to heal them. Regardless of the method, the receivers consistently showed belief in His ability to heal and willingness to release His power on their behalf.

And the same is true today! If you’ve prayed for healing and nothing happened immediately, that doesn’t mean your faith faltered. It also doesn’t mean that God is angry at you or that He wants you to suffer. It just means it’s time to thank God that you are taking Him at His Word and believing you are getting progressively better day by day: ‘By whose stripes you were healed’ (1 Peter 2:24 NKJV). That means believing that what is already accomplished in the Spirit realm will eventually manifest itself in the physical realm. From God’s perspective, your healing has been bought and paid for.

Soul food: Jos 1:7-8; 2 Tim 3:14-17; Ps 119:1-16

God can heal you (2)

The psalmist wrote: ‘Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies’ (vv. 2-4 NLT). David reminded himself of these four things, and you should too. God had forgiven all his sins. God had healed all his diseases. God had redeemed his life from death and destruction. God had crowned him with love, kindness, mercy, and favour.

The Bible records: ‘A vast crowd brought to him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all’ (Matthew 15:30 NLT). Were these born-again Christians that Jesus healed? No, this took place before the cross. Think about it: if Jesus was willing to heal all of them, then as a redeemed child of God who has put your trust in Christ for salvation, He can heal you too.

Are you a believer? Yes? Then read this Scripture and stand on it: ‘These signs will follow those who believe… they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover’ (Mark 16:17-18 NKJV). James wrote: ‘Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up’ (James 5:14-15 NKJV). If you are sick, stand on God’s Word and believe Him to heal you.

Soul food: 2 Cor 11:16-13:14; John 1:14-28; Ps 51; Pro 25:23-25

God can heal you (1)

The Bible says: ‘A man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can heal me.”…Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared’ (vv. 2-3 NLT). God does not want us to go through life wondering if it’s His will to heal us. That’s why He graciously gave us His Word. David said: ‘O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health. You brought me up from the grave’ (Psalm 30:2-3 NLT).

God is so serious about our healing that He connected it to the death of Jesus on the cross. ‘Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed’ (1 Peter 2:24 NKJV). We don’t doubt Christ’s triumph over death at the cross or our salvation because of it. Neither should we doubt the Father’s will to heal us. Note the words, ‘By whose stripes you were healed.’ That’s past tense. From God’s perspective, all that’s required for your healing was accomplished at the cross.

This leper knew that Jesus could heal him; he just didn’t know if He would. Jesus cleared up his doubt with three powerful words: ‘I am willing.’ And then He said, ‘Be healed!’ (Matthew 8:3 NLT). The Bible records that the man’s leprosy disappeared instantly. It also says: ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever’ (Hebrews 13:8 NKJV). That means you can go to Him with confidence and believe for your healing.

Soul food: 2 Cor 9:1-11:15; John 1:1-13; Ps 60; Pro 25:21-22