Whenever the gifts of healing or miracles are mentioned the thoughts of many drift to far away places. Somewhere overseas in third world countries… (or someplace where you don’t happen to be). Get away from that type of thinking. Healing is for you. We have seen many people healed. No, we don’t dwell on the gifts. We dwell on the healer, Jesus, and give Him glory for setting people free inside and outside. Sometimes people tend to complicate a simple matter. Let your faith be child-like & you will receive a grown-up healing:

(Never forget…)
A. GOD IS INTERESTED IN YOUR HEALTH:
The physical body is important to God (1 Thess. 5:23) and needs His healing touch at times. The early church’s ministry included an expectation of miraculous physical healings. Jesus was the one who started the trend, “… they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick. “ (Matt 8:16, 17). Why is God interested in you health? Take a good look at look at your children. Parents are in agony when one of their children falls ill, especially when the sickness is serious. Our heavenly Father is no different (Matt. 7:9; Luke 11:11). God takes no pleasure in seeing you suffer with disease, pain or any physically ailment. God is interested in your health and Jesus is proof. A total of twenty-seven individual miracles of healing credited to Jesus are found in the scriptures. In each case Jesus presented Himself as being the answer to the sickness. It is the same today (JOHN 14:12). He cares about your health and He can do something about it, (EX. 15:26; Matt. 12:15). Start to be convinced that He cares about your health, so much so that He wants to intervene & heal you.

(Never forget…)
B. GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR HEALING:
To be healed, it sure helps to believe that God does want to heal you (MARK 1:40). Amazingly, I have seen God heal people who just minutes before confessed that they were not sure if God would heal them. Oh, they believed God could, but they were not sure if He would. If anyone ever tells you they have healing figured out (unless it’s Jesus) don’t believe them because at this time we only “know in part” (1 Cor. 13: 9 & 12). I tell people “If you want to find out if it’s God’s will to heal you, study Jesus.” Not one person who asked Jesus for healing was refused…all received. Dear one, it is much easier to be healed when you are convinced God wants to heal you. Someone once told me that God inflicts sickness on His children to teach them a lesson. Sure, I believe God can use negative things to teach us about Himself. But I struggle with the belief that God in one hand bestows sickness and disease on His children and with the next hand bestows blessings. If I want to teach my daughter not to touch a hot stove I don’t break her arm. God’s not in the business of breaking arms, just healing them. If God is the author of disease then every physician is a law-breaker and every hospital is in rebellion. If God wants people to be sick then it’s a sin to want to be well. God wants you well, period. Get that in your heart. Speak it out loud, dream it, believe it, resist anything else.

(Never, ever forget that…)
C. GOD IS GOOD:
In the midst of your sickness and pain look for God’s goodness. There is something inside every man and woman than instinctively wants to be well. This is from God. We fight against disease and sickness because it is natural to do so. It is natural for God to desire to heal you also. It is because He is good. The first thing God did with this earth was good (Gen. 1:4). The first thing God did with you was good (you were born). His Word is good (Heb. 6:5). He is good to Israel & those who are of a clean heart (Psalm 73:1). The Psalmist wrote “No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11). Healing is good. A GOOD GOD DOES NOT DESERT HIS CHILDREN!

(Never forget…)
D. GOD HEALS DIFFERENT WAYS (and there is a way for you):
God anointed Jesus for what purpose? “To do good and heal all who were oppressed of the devil” (ACTS 10:30). Much sickness comes from the devil (JOHN 10:10). Look, there are many reasons why people aren’t healed: lack of faith, possible sin in their lives – bitterness, unforgiveness, or oppression of the enemy. Believe God, clean up your act, resist the devil and get ready to receive from God. We have seen some people healed immediately after rebuking the spirit of pain and infirmity (Luke 13:11-16). Others were healed that night after the service, still others days later. Sherry & I are constantly asking God for discernment in each service we go to. The point is, let God heal you the way He chooses. The Lord can heal by a touch, a word, by physical anointing. He healed those close and at a distance. He healed on the Sabbath (any day will work), He healed individuals and groups. Of the twenty-seven cases of healing there are seven cases where a demon was cast out. On eleven occasions friends brought the sick person to Jesus. On six occasions the sick person asked for healing himself. On three occasions the Lord performed the healing while at a distance, He healed eight persons up close with a touch. He healed seven simply by speaking a word. Three were healed when He spat & touched them. In one instance He healed through a gradual cure (John 4:52 ‘He began to mend...’) Millions have been healed since (John 14:12) How is He going to heal you?

Friend, God wants to heal you someway, somehow. I’m absolutely convinced; I’m fully persuaded that He loves you that much. His goodness is available to you. Reach out and allow Him to touch you today. And don’t let go, don’t give up. Need someone to pray with you? Come to one of our meetings or write or e-mail us and we will agree with you for your healing. He will heal you.