Courage to fight through to Healing!

Evangelist Steve Hill is known to many as a revivalist in the Brownsville Revival in the mid 90's.   I can't begin to express how great an impact the Brownsville Revival had on my husband and I, not only personally but it completely revolutionized our ministry.  Even to this day we are carrying and ministering from the impartation we received through Steve Hill and John Kilpatrick.

When I heard that Steve Hill was battling Melanoma cancer, taking time out from Pastoring his church in Texas and then that he was gravely ill, I was so burdened for this great man of God.  I had just gone through what I now see was a minor incident with a Thyroid cancer scare and treatment, but it had produced in me this overwhelming compassion and empathy for people facing cancer.  

I have kept up with the reports on his condition through his Church's website.  What an amazing Church he has that has continued his legacy and are with great diligence doing the ministry with his heart on a daily and weekly basis believing and standing with him for Divine Healing to manifest and ultimately his return to the pulpit and helm of ministry.  

It was just recently I discovered that hospice had been called in giving him only days to live.   But just as quickly as I read that report it seemed other reports of his resurgence appeared.  Now Steve and his wife are in Germany, receiving holistic treatments to regain his strength and allow his body to heal not just from the cancer but the affects of the horrific chemo therapies that destroy not only cancer but all the body.  With great praise to GOD, Steve Hill is up walking, talking and preaching to the body of Christ once again through status updates and video!

I am reminded of Hezekiah who received the report from the prophet that God himself was giving him his death notice. 

"In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith The Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto The Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore." (2 Kings 20:1-3 KJV)

Hezekiah cried out to the Lord...he prayed.

"And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of The Lord came to him, saying, Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith The Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of The Lord. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered." (2 Kings 20:4-7 KJV)

Oh, it is NEVER too late to cry out for healing no matter what the report is and who gave it to you!

So here is Steve Hill, who just recently was confined to his bed, a wheelchair and was straining to speak.  Hospice was called, the family was called to his side, not even recognizing his wife.  NEVERTHELESS....

Healing: Faith, Fear & Divine Healing: FIGHTING FEAR

"While He was still speaking, someone came from Jairus', the ruler

of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead.

Do not trouble the Teacher.” But when Jesus heard it, He answered him,

saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, (LUKE 8:49,50)

God has made it abundantly clear through His Word that FAITH is the key to pleasing Him, getting prayers answered and receiving healing. Over and over again Jesus taught that anything we ask BELIEVING we would have it and then reinforced the truth while He was healing by telling the sick He was about to heal to believe and it would be done to them according to their faith.

Faith is the ONLY thing that a Christian has to DO to receive salvation, access God's throne and inherit Covenant promises.

Faith is simply believing, trusting, committing and relying. 

 Faith needs no outer resources, in fact, it wouldn't be FAITH if it did. We know Hebrews 11:1 makes it plain that faith operates in the realm of unseen, so we it gains no fuel from the natural realm but rests solely on the promises that cause us to HOPE.

And this is precisely why the adversary of our soul does everything possible to get us focused on the natural realm, dimming hope and spotlighting the negative of every circumstance igniting the nemesis of FAITH- FEAR.

The Kingdom of Hell is intimidated by FAITH. It knows the power of FAITH. Jesus said, "Everything is possible for him who believes."

That must scare hell!

So you can see that the first thought the enemy wants to put in your mind in every circumstance that has potential for miracles and blessings is FEAR! Fear will steal your focus from the covenant, the ability of God and your faith to believe for them!

We see it happening in the opening verse of this blog. Jairus has a deathly ill daughter at his home. He travels to find this Jesus he has heard about that is healing people. He finds Jesus doing what Jesus does, healing. He tells Jesus of his need and the Healer turns to go to Jarius' house to heal his daughter and BAM! Someone runs up with a bad report to drain Jairus of his hope and faith in what Jesus was going to do for him. They literally say, "Don't bother Jesus anymore, your daughter is dead!" Right there the focus is moved from the hope of healing to giving up and turning hope away from Jesus.

This is what happens to us when we get the "call back" from the doctor the day after a test, or circumstances get worse. We shift our focus from our hope in Jesus to the possibilities of death. Instead of activating our faith, we ALLOW our fear to be activated and thereby we BLOCK the flow of what we need- the promises, the covenant and God's power. Faith makes things possible and fear makes them impossible.


Let me get right to it- 

the moment something causes your focus to be placed on the negative possibilities, instead of activating FEAR, put up your SHIELD OF FAITH by doing THREE THINGS:

 REFUSE! REFUTE! REJECT!

James 4:7 tells us to "Submit yourselves to God, resists the enemy and he will flee from you." Submitting is trust - trust is Faith and belief that "God's got this!" Once you put yourself there you can refuse the intimidation, refute it by claiming the promise and reject the lie!

This must have been the principal at work in Jairus. He refused to do as the messenger said. He continued with Jesus. This very action refuted the argument that it was no use. His simple action of continuing to walk toward his house with The Healer was a rejection that his daughter wouldn't live! WOW!

Nothing is impossible to him that believes!

Divine Healing is being poured out in our time and God's people are rejecting FEAR and intimidation of death and sickness and walking toward their house with THE HEALER fully expecting He will heal. 

Faith, Fear & Divine Healing: The Covenant of Healing

It is time for God's people to once again come into a season of moving in signs and wonders. Divine Healing is one of those wonders! It is a sign of God's redemptive power to man. We have spent a long season of embracing diseases and infirmity. With the increase of medical intervention and the availability of many earthly remedies it has been a temptation to lean to the natural before we even consider the supernatural provision of our God for healing.

We too soon embrace fear from statistical reports, symptom lists and put our hopes in and enslave ourselves the cures of this world. There is nothing wrong with modern medical cures and the science thereof, but we as Covenant Heirs have more than that to partake of in the area of health and healing. We need to pursue our Covenant Source over all other sources! We should go to the promise FIRST - and start moving in Divine Faith for HEALING! Let it be restored to the Body of Christ, this passion for HIS HEALING! He is able.

Let's lay a foundation:

The first step in this direction for anyone is truly believing in Divine Healing. Jesus said "if you believe" it will be done. Believing is the spark of the ignition of healing. So let me build your faith that God WANTS you to be healed.

3 John 1:2

Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health

even as your soul prospers.

The word "health" here means to be well, uncorrupted by sickness and disease, and safe and sound. This is what healing is and it's affects on the physical body. God expressed His desire for His people to experience health in Exodus 23:25,"and you shall serve the Lord your God and he shall bless your bread and your water and I will take sickness away for the midst of you."

In other words, He will heal you from your sickness. Not only take sickness away but keep it from you according to Exodus 15:26," I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

God made these promises as part of the Old Covenant. If you served Him you had access to healing and protection from disease. Through the New Covenant God once again ensured healing as a major component of redemption through Jesus Christ. In fact, healing is so important to God He placed sickness on the Cross with Jesus to crucify it, taking it's authority, dominion and power over those who would be redeemed as we see in 1 Peter 2:24.

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

Healing is such an important thing to God that it is one of the MAJOR works Jesus did when He walked the earth.

Matthew 4:23-25

"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed the Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and fromDecapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan."

I think this scripture shows the heart of God to heal; He desires to heal. Jesus was healing because it was the heart of Father God to heal. How do we know this? Jesus made it clear that he did NOTHING he hadn't seen his Father do and he said nothing on his own, but only that His father said and all he did was the will of Him who had sent him.

John 8:28

"I do nothing of myself, but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things"

John 12:49

"I have not spoken on my own. Instead the Father who sent me told me what I should say and how I should say it."

What we saw Jesus do was simply expressing the heart of His Father to people. Father God knew that there are sick people dying in hopelessness and it breaks the heart of God to see the ones created in His image suffering. God is moved with the oppressions of people. "I have indeed seen the misery of my people" and God responds. He responded with Jesus. He responded with the cross and the stripes on Jesus' back. He responded with His Spirit in the spirit of the redeemed.

Romans 8:11

"If the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, dwells in you, he will quicken your mortal bodies."

Bring life. Heal. Ordain the purpose of God and perform it.

It is the heart of God to heal. He made provision for it. He made the way for it. He gave us access to it and it is within His will for us to take it. We must BELIEVE this. We must RECEIVE this. "Be ye made whole".

Need more convincing of how willing God is for you to be healed? Check this link out by my good friend Keisha Cory. She was writing this at the same time I was writing my blog. God is seriously trying to get our attention! http://www.keishacory.com/

NEVERTHELESS!!!

Have you had a situation that made you think you would just have to settle for something less or you felt you might just give up on the hope of obtaining it?

Don't give up; keep knocking at that door, keep seeking, keeping praying, keep moving forward! It's not over! Despite the present indicators and circumstances, it's not over! It doesn't matter if all the odds seems stacked up against you - don't give up!

I want to encourage you with a word I preached a few weeks ago! By the Spirit of God and His Word the future can be changed and conformed to God's purpose just for you!

Keep on- NEVERTHELESS!!!!

nev·er·the·less/ˌnevərT͟Həˈles/

Adverb:

In spite of that; notwithstanding; all the same: "statements which, although literally true, are nevertheless misleading".

Only Believe...

It seemed like this week there were more people that I know, either by acquaintance or closely, who were facing intense medical tests. Maybe I was just noticing this because I myself was facing such a situation. October was Breast Cancer Awareness month, yet I wasn't even connected to that fact when my Primary Care Doctor suggested I go for a basic mammogram.

I had already had one a few years ago because of a concern but that was several years ago. Now at my age its strongly suggested to go yearly. I went with that, "its routine" attitude, leaving the newly remodeled facility feeling great for getting it done and thanking God I come from good genes of longevity and health. That elated feeling flew with great speed out of my living room sliding glass door when I saw the caller ID telling me the call I was receiving was from the hospital that did my mammogram. The thought of no news is good news but a "call back" can't be good, sent a chill down my spine.

The woman on the other end gave me the routine as vague- as- you- can- be description of why I needed a diagnostic mammo as well as a sonogram immediately. As I pressed for more specifics she continued to repeat there were "changes" that needed to be looked at closely and I we hung up.

It is true that FEAR is based in the unknown and that for the most part John Kennedy got it right, there is nothing to fear but fear itself. "Changes" could mean absolutely anything, especially to a mind that is creatively imaginative. I didn't fear the test I feared the unknown meaning of "changes" and feared all the unproven possibilities that it could be and the many more variables of what the outcome of those possibilities could be.

It mattered not that I had just lain my hands on a woman in our church with a massive lump on her breast and the severe pain left her immediately. It mattered not that I have been teaching and preaching on Dominion, Kingdom Authority, the power of Prayer and Prophesy. I melted like that colorful crayon my son left in the backseat of my car in the middle of the summer in the Florida heat.

So after walking through this process of the dreaded "call back", having one full week to let fear creep into my mind and soul, having the actual test, seeing women with REAL cancer and problems in the halls of the women's center, and then coming out relieved and ready to eat a good lunch- my heart is full of the lessons learned. Not only that, but a deeper compassion for those who are facing the fear of disease, confirmed or unconfirmed.

This wasn't my first rodeo with fear of cancer. I had gone through this two years ago with another issue. But time heals wounds and clouds our memory of truth and sometimes we need a nudge to remember. Thanks a lot Holy Spirit!

So for the next couple of blogs I'm going to share some on faith, fear and Divine Healing. I'll see you then.