Posts Tagged ‘healing’
How Does Perfect Love Cast Out Fear?
Perfect love.
Sounds impossible, doesn’t it?
But let’s take a look at what the word perfect means in the verses we’re unpacking today. The New King James Version of 1 John 4:16-18 says…
Read MoreSwitch on the Power
I think you’ll agree that the path down to discouragement is an easy one, and it will hold us prisoners if we let it take us captive. When you feel like you’re never good enough, when you start feeling sick, when people are talking down about you, and when you join in with your own negative, critical thoughts about yourself, it drains the life and power out of you. The enemy will try to keep you distracted from what God says about you by reminding you of difficulties in your circumstances. So how do you break the chain of discouragement?
Read MoreHealing, Faith, and the God of Miracles
We have a God who hears our prayers and is mighty to heal.
We can rest secure in faith that God, who is the God of miracles, hears our prayers – even our prayers for healing. He is an almighty God – not even a sparrow falls to the ground apart from His will.
Is it Always God’s Will to Heal Someone?
How can God choose not to heal someone when He already purchased their healing? Was His blood enough for all sin, or just certain sins? Were the stripes He bore only for certain illnesses, or certain seasons of time? When He bore stripes in His body He made a payment for our miracle. He already decided to heal. You can’t decide not to buy something after you’ve already bought it.
Read More8 Ways to Find Healing From Hurt
Life can throw us some unbelievable twists and turns, can’t it? I have never sat with a group of women over coffee who said, “Life has turned out exactly how I expected it to!” We are thrown curveballs, left and right, that we are often unprepared for, including unspeakable hurts and disappointments.
Read MorePraying for the Impossible
I was recently convicted about the power of prayer. Reading through the book of Acts, I came to the story of Peter’s imprisonment. If you’re just skimming your reading or you have read the story many times over, it’s tempting to take this moment for granted. With a fresh glance, I was struck by this encounter in the early church and all that it implies for my life and yours.
Read MoreHow to Get and Keep Your Healing
Your days of sickness and disease are over. No matter how long you’ve been struggling, no matter how serious your situation—healing belongs to you. Even if you feel like you’ve been standing for so long, you aren’t sure if you’ll ever see a manifestation—these words are for you. Not only are we to expect…
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