My father’s best man divorced his wife. Shocked to the core, my parents whispered the news so we children wouldn’t hear. Divorce was a dirty word. So was “illegitimate”—a child born out of wedlock in the fifties carried the stigma for life. […]
On my way to the Christchurch airport, we visited a rest home, to minister to a lady with a leg ulcer that wouldn’t heal. We anointed her with oil and spoke healing in the name of Jesus. We saw no change and […]
The church isn’t healing We have a responsibility to heal. Jesus told us to! Sadly, few Christians are actively obeying. If more believers stepped out in faith, more would be healed. When John G. Lake established the Healing Rooms in Spokane, USA, […]
Check out the situations when they used these. How to know which? Ask the Holy Spirit. Methods of Jesus and disciples For all situations: 1) Laying on hands (Mark 16:17-18) 2) Speaking the word (John 4:43-53) 3) Using authority (Luke 4:39) 4) […]
Anointing isn’t gifted worship or preaching. It’s the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It’s God’s will that every believer should be filled with the Spirit. That’s one reason we’ve been saved (study Galatians 3:6-14). Why? Power Jesus said, “You will receive power when […]
Deliverance isn’t the preserve of specialist ministries. It’s the privilege of every believer. “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons” (Mark 16:17). Demons make people sick. When we minister healing, we’ll sometimes encounter […]
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing” (John 14:12). What did he mean? We don’t put our faith in what we do, or pray, or say, or even fast. That […]
Authority is freedom Authority [Greek exousia] is different from power [dunamis]. Power is the ability to act, authority is the permission, right or freedom to act. Traffic obeys a policeman because of his uniform, not his strength. Authority is transferred by command […]
The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, means to be whole. The Greek, sozo, is translated salvation, healing, whole, or be whole in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul prays, “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May […]
In Exodus 15:26, the Lord says, “I am the Lord who heals you.” It’s his nature, character, and work. Healing is what he does. Restoration is the whole purpose of Calvary. God cannot change. “I the Lord do not change” (Malachi 3:6); […]