Scriptures to believe for your healing.
Luke 5:12-13 And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 13 Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
It is almost always God’s will for us to be healed.
Isaiah 53:4-5
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Jesus purchased our healing at the cross.
Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
You must ask!
Matthew 8:16-17 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “ He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”
He healed them ALL!
Matthew 18:19-20 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
Get others to agree with you in your prayer for healing.
Psalm 103:1-3 Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.
ALL means ALL!
Psalm 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.
1 Peter 2:24 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.
Notice it says that you were headed. The healing is completed, bought and paid for, you just need to claim it.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jesus still heals today!
James 5:14-16 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. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Mark 16:17-18 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything ly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
It helps greatly to have someone lay their hands upon you and agree with you for your healing.
Hindrances to divine healing.
Lack of faith. Faith comes by the Word of God. Keep reading the above scriptures!
Unforgiveness toward someone. Forgive whomever it is you need to forgive.
Unrepentant sin in the person’s life. Repent and stop habitual sinning.
God may still decide to heal people despite the above problems, he is sovereign.
Reasons for delayed healing.
God’s sovereign unknown will.
God wants to use a physician.
God wants to test and/or build our faith.
Lack of faith for immediate healing.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Power of Praise
The Power of Praise
Psalms 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Anytime we come before the Lord we come to Him praising him.
Psalm 150
1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp!
4 Praise Him with the timbrel (drums) and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!
Hebrews 13:15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
We may not always feel like praising God. It is a sacrifice, a putting under of the flesh. Putting aside pride. Not caring what others think. Football fans will shout, praise and get all excited for their team. How much more should we be praising the God who gave us eternal life.
Psalms 22:22 I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
Psalms 34:1-3 1 I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.
Whenever we hear people praising God we, as humble servants of God, should be glad. Only the prideful resist praise. Below we see as we praise Him he will save and heal us!
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.
Psalm 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its going down, The Lord’s name is to be praised.
Psalm 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
God inhabits the praises of his people!
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
We should praise Him in song. We can learn and remember scripture with the songs we sing.
1 Cor. 14:15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
Psalm 33:3 Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Be joyful in your singing of His praises! They will be rocking for Jesus in heaven!
2 Samuel 22:4 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psalm 8:1-2 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
Praise will deliver you from your enemies, including depression and other attacks of the devil.
Acts 16:23-26 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.
In the above verse we see that Paul and Silas were suffering some terrible circumstances yet still they began to worship and sing to God. God delivered them from their when he heard the praises come forth. We need to do the same even when we are at our lowest points.
Psalms 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Anytime we come before the Lord we come to Him praising him.
Psalm 150
1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp!
4 Praise Him with the timbrel (drums) and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!
Hebrews 13:15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
We may not always feel like praising God. It is a sacrifice, a putting under of the flesh. Putting aside pride. Not caring what others think. Football fans will shout, praise and get all excited for their team. How much more should we be praising the God who gave us eternal life.
Psalms 22:22 I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
Psalms 34:1-3 1 I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.
Whenever we hear people praising God we, as humble servants of God, should be glad. Only the prideful resist praise. Below we see as we praise Him he will save and heal us!
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.
Psalm 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its going down, The Lord’s name is to be praised.
Psalm 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
God inhabits the praises of his people!
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
We should praise Him in song. We can learn and remember scripture with the songs we sing.
1 Cor. 14:15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
Psalm 33:3 Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Be joyful in your singing of His praises! They will be rocking for Jesus in heaven!
2 Samuel 22:4 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psalm 8:1-2 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
Praise will deliver you from your enemies, including depression and other attacks of the devil.
Acts 16:23-26 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.
In the above verse we see that Paul and Silas were suffering some terrible circumstances yet still they began to worship and sing to God. God delivered them from their when he heard the praises come forth. We need to do the same even when we are at our lowest points.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Being "IN Christ"
On Being “In Christ.”
Galatians 3:24-29 “Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Put on Christ as you would a parachute. If you jump out of a plane you are totally trusting that parachute. The NIV translation uses the word “clothe.” Cover yourself with the fullness of Christ and everything that he is.
Romans 13:14 “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its s.“ If we have PUT on Christ and are IN Christ, we will be able resist the sinful desires of our bodies.
Romans 7:24,25 “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of ?” Paul knew it was impossible to do all that is demanded of the believer without help. Religion only gives us the letter of the law. See 2 Cor. 3:6.
Hebrews 3:14 “For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;” We are not imitators of Christ, but are participators in his Spirit. That means to die to self and be led totally by His Spirit in all things.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
We should not feel guilty about our past because Christ has set us free from that guilt us being forgiven by faith in his shed at the cross. We can continue to feel guilt free if we walk according to the Spirit and not practicing sin. If we do sin, we should immediately confess our sin, repent and God will forgive us according to 1 John 1:9.
Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and .” The Christian Faith is not a scheme of Salvation intellectually accepted, but a Life of power and holiness that one can enjoy if we die to self and walk after the Spirit. Example: a book marker in a book will go wherever the book goes.
Romans 8:11 “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” If He dwells in you and you in Him. How can we act out the old man (old self)?
Colossians 3:1-3 “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
If we try to live by man’s ways and man’s abilities we will fail. We can only have victory by trusting in “the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ”, given by his grace and achieved by Christ at the cross. We cannot trust religion. We cannot trust our own strength and abilities. We must continually fall on our knees at the cross and yield totally to the Spirit, who dwells in us. The Spirit cannot and will not help us outside the cross.
Luke 9:23-24 “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.”
2 Corinthians 5:14-21 “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Phil. 2:13 “for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Again, allow God to do the work, yield to the Holy Spirit for the ability to overcome.
Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:19 “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
These “things” and “supplies” must always be things that are pleasing to God and give Him glory, not things that are for our selfish, fleshly wants. Our whole life is meant to give HIM glory. When we operate in that capacity then we will find true joy and peace.
Galatians 3:24-29 “Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Put on Christ as you would a parachute. If you jump out of a plane you are totally trusting that parachute. The NIV translation uses the word “clothe.” Cover yourself with the fullness of Christ and everything that he is.
Romans 13:14 “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its s.“ If we have PUT on Christ and are IN Christ, we will be able resist the sinful desires of our bodies.
Romans 7:24,25 “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of ?” Paul knew it was impossible to do all that is demanded of the believer without help. Religion only gives us the letter of the law. See 2 Cor. 3:6.
Hebrews 3:14 “For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;” We are not imitators of Christ, but are participators in his Spirit. That means to die to self and be led totally by His Spirit in all things.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
We should not feel guilty about our past because Christ has set us free from that guilt us being forgiven by faith in his shed at the cross. We can continue to feel guilt free if we walk according to the Spirit and not practicing sin. If we do sin, we should immediately confess our sin, repent and God will forgive us according to 1 John 1:9.
Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and .” The Christian Faith is not a scheme of Salvation intellectually accepted, but a Life of power and holiness that one can enjoy if we die to self and walk after the Spirit. Example: a book marker in a book will go wherever the book goes.
Romans 8:11 “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” If He dwells in you and you in Him. How can we act out the old man (old self)?
Colossians 3:1-3 “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
If we try to live by man’s ways and man’s abilities we will fail. We can only have victory by trusting in “the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ”, given by his grace and achieved by Christ at the cross. We cannot trust religion. We cannot trust our own strength and abilities. We must continually fall on our knees at the cross and yield totally to the Spirit, who dwells in us. The Spirit cannot and will not help us outside the cross.
Luke 9:23-24 “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.”
2 Corinthians 5:14-21 “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Phil. 2:13 “for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Again, allow God to do the work, yield to the Holy Spirit for the ability to overcome.
Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:19 “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
These “things” and “supplies” must always be things that are pleasing to God and give Him glory, not things that are for our selfish, fleshly wants. Our whole life is meant to give HIM glory. When we operate in that capacity then we will find true joy and peace.
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