Da da daaa!!! What you have all been waiting for! :D There is not much that is more exciting than seeing God heal people and bring them to salvation!! It's like the cherry on the sundae.
At the beginning of this Journey of Compassion we had 2 days of training, as I have mentioned. Steve taught a lot on the Kingdom and healing. The message of the Kingdom is of the power of the age to come! The bible says that there is no sickness in Heaven, and to be healed is to receive a taste of the Kingdom.
John 1:5 says, "The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can not overcome it."
Jesus RAN into the darkness! Darkness is dark, sin is sin, but Jesus made the exchange. We need to connect the supply of Heaven to the need in front of us. Heaven is waiting for the words we speak, then power is released!
And so, there are a few keys of healing. The first is Expectation. We need to move from the "hope so" to the "KNOW so". The second is participating in Heavenly activity, and then recognizing that we are a part of what God is doing. Matthew 11:12 says that "the Kingdom of Heaven is forcefully advancing"! The last 3 keys are: understanding what the bible says about healing, (we need to study!) knowing the authority we carry to take back what the enemy has stolen, and knowing the delight of God- Jesus loves to heal!!
Now, there is a LOT more to all of this, but I'm sure you don't want my notes copied out on this page. If you want more information, let me know!
We followed a very simple 5 step prayer model (Jesus doesn't need 5 steps, but it helps us keep things simple and allow Him to do the work!)
1. Ask, "What do you need?"
2. Listen to God
3. Invite God's Love
4. Command the healing (eyes open!)
5. Test it out!
Over 6 days of clinics and evening meetings in the villages we had MANY opportunities to pray for the sick. In the waiting areas of the clinic, out in the village as we walked around, and in the evening meetings. The meetings would start with music, dancing and skits from the FM team. Then Steve or RK would give a salvation message and pray for those who would accept Christ for the first time. Then they would direct those who needed prayer to come to one of our team. So many saved, and many healings as over 30 of us prayed for so many!
One man with a very sore back was able to bend over and touch his toes, and came up smiling! I remember him because of his smile :)
A woman with very painful, tight shoulders couldn't lift her hands above shoulder height. After prayer she could raise them all the way straight up without any pain!
One woman had very poor vision due to cataracts. After prayer her eyes went from cloudy to clear and her vision was fully restored!
There were two women with leg pains healed, and many with headaches and fevers healed as well!
One little boy had one hand that had been curled up for 2 years. We shook hands while playing during the service. Afterwards his mother came up to us to show that he could now freely open and close his hand!
One of our translators brought her mother to the open-air concert we took part in. She couldn't understand why, with all of the healings we had been seeing in the villages, her mom was still almost completely deaf. So we prayed, and her hearing was fully restored!!
A young girl, from her apartment could hear the music from the same concert. She had pills in her hand, ready to take her life. As she listened to the worship music, she changed her mind! Praise God for loud music!
One young girl who had never spoken spoke her first words after prayer in one of the clinics.
An elderly lady who was deaf and dumb received prayer and was able to speak AND hear again! She and her husband were overwhelmed with joy!
A woman who had been blinded by cataract surgery in one eye and had blurry vision in the other eye had her sight in BOTH eyes restored!
These are just a few, a sampling of what went on all week. Mostly these are what I witnessed, others are testimonies from our team.
I went to India hoping I would come home with a better understanding of how healing works, why some people are healed and not others, etc. And sadly, I am none the wiser. BUT I did learn that Jesus LOVES to heal, and every single person I prayed for was healed in Jesus name!
At the beginning of this Journey of Compassion we had 2 days of training, as I have mentioned. Steve taught a lot on the Kingdom and healing. The message of the Kingdom is of the power of the age to come! The bible says that there is no sickness in Heaven, and to be healed is to receive a taste of the Kingdom.
John 1:5 says, "The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can not overcome it."
Jesus RAN into the darkness! Darkness is dark, sin is sin, but Jesus made the exchange. We need to connect the supply of Heaven to the need in front of us. Heaven is waiting for the words we speak, then power is released!
And so, there are a few keys of healing. The first is Expectation. We need to move from the "hope so" to the "KNOW so". The second is participating in Heavenly activity, and then recognizing that we are a part of what God is doing. Matthew 11:12 says that "the Kingdom of Heaven is forcefully advancing"! The last 3 keys are: understanding what the bible says about healing, (we need to study!) knowing the authority we carry to take back what the enemy has stolen, and knowing the delight of God- Jesus loves to heal!!
Now, there is a LOT more to all of this, but I'm sure you don't want my notes copied out on this page. If you want more information, let me know!
We followed a very simple 5 step prayer model (Jesus doesn't need 5 steps, but it helps us keep things simple and allow Him to do the work!)
1. Ask, "What do you need?"
2. Listen to God
3. Invite God's Love
4. Command the healing (eyes open!)
5. Test it out!
Over 6 days of clinics and evening meetings in the villages we had MANY opportunities to pray for the sick. In the waiting areas of the clinic, out in the village as we walked around, and in the evening meetings. The meetings would start with music, dancing and skits from the FM team. Then Steve or RK would give a salvation message and pray for those who would accept Christ for the first time. Then they would direct those who needed prayer to come to one of our team. So many saved, and many healings as over 30 of us prayed for so many!
One man with a very sore back was able to bend over and touch his toes, and came up smiling! I remember him because of his smile :)
A woman with very painful, tight shoulders couldn't lift her hands above shoulder height. After prayer she could raise them all the way straight up without any pain!
One woman had very poor vision due to cataracts. After prayer her eyes went from cloudy to clear and her vision was fully restored!
There were two women with leg pains healed, and many with headaches and fevers healed as well!
One little boy had one hand that had been curled up for 2 years. We shook hands while playing during the service. Afterwards his mother came up to us to show that he could now freely open and close his hand!
One of our translators brought her mother to the open-air concert we took part in. She couldn't understand why, with all of the healings we had been seeing in the villages, her mom was still almost completely deaf. So we prayed, and her hearing was fully restored!!
A young girl, from her apartment could hear the music from the same concert. She had pills in her hand, ready to take her life. As she listened to the worship music, she changed her mind! Praise God for loud music!
One young girl who had never spoken spoke her first words after prayer in one of the clinics.
An elderly lady who was deaf and dumb received prayer and was able to speak AND hear again! She and her husband were overwhelmed with joy!
A woman who had been blinded by cataract surgery in one eye and had blurry vision in the other eye had her sight in BOTH eyes restored!
These are just a few, a sampling of what went on all week. Mostly these are what I witnessed, others are testimonies from our team.
I went to India hoping I would come home with a better understanding of how healing works, why some people are healed and not others, etc. And sadly, I am none the wiser. BUT I did learn that Jesus LOVES to heal, and every single person I prayed for was healed in Jesus name!
"And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind
and unplug the ears of the deaf.
The lame will leap like a deer,
and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! "
Is. 35:5-6a
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