Thoughts for Life: #51 I Believe in Divine healing

Samuel Chadwick: I believe in the healing power of faith. Apart from religion there is, generally speaking, health for the man who lives by faith. Sickness is of the mind rather than of the flesh.

Divine healing is more than healing by faith. It is not to be confused with hypnotism and autosuggestion. The Lord is the Healer. The faith is in Him. (Google image, Praying for someone)

The grounds of my faith are in Him. I trust His Word, the redeeming work of Christ, and the sanctifying power of His Spirit who quickens our mortal bodies.

The main concern is to know the will of God. Sickness may be chastisement for disobedience, and by faith the cause my be removed, the sin forgiven, and health restored.

I am bound to believe that sickness may be in the will of God, for the purpose of discipline, for the glory of His grace, and for demonstrating the ministry of Christ.

I am sure that divine healing is a fact; and that the gift of healing waits within the Church for the prayer of faith. I am sure that many people are sick who ought never to have been sick, and who might now be healed.

I am sure that no life is so health-giving and so radiant as the life of joyous and obedient faith. I am sure I believe with all my heart and mind in divine healing, in spite of the fact that I am often ailing. (pp. 123-124)

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THE PATH OF PRAYER
By Samuel Chadwick
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Let's pray-

Father, may the grounds of our faith be in Christ Jesus, and in our trust in His Word, that His redeeming work and the power of His Spirit will quicken our mortal bodies.

Help us understand that the main concern is to know Your will in our sicknesses, whether from disobedience that has caused it, or a health problem that needs to be resolved with medical assistance.

We know that sickness may be in Your will; for demonstrating the healing ministry of Christ, for the purpose of discipline and for the glory of His grace. No doubt there are many people who are sick who ought not not to be, who are waiting within their churches to now be healed by the faith of those who believe in faith-healing.

May we begin to understand that You are willing to heal us, one way or another, that we may continue to serve where we are in Your Kingdom's work.
In the strong name of Jesus, we pray for the healing He's provided. Amen

Today's Bible verses-

Ps. 46:1 (NKJV) "God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.

Heb. 5:4 (NKJV) "Let us therefore come boldly to
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and
find grace to help in time of need."

James 4:10 (NKJV) "Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up."

James 5:16 (NKJV) "Confess your trespasses to
one another, and pray for one another, that you
may be healed. The effective fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much."

Today's quotes-

~ Dallas Witmer- "Abraham's descendants became the children of Israel. At times the Israelites believed God and walked in His ways. But more often they showed their unbelief by sinful rebellious living. wickedness, witchcraft, disputes, and greed governed their lives until God Himself (in the person of Jesus) came to earth to speak with them.

A few of them, those that followed Jesus, paid attention to what God said. They believed God, and because of their faith, God adopted them into His family (Galatians 3:26). By faith they became children of God and as children, heirs; 'heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ' " (Rom. 8:16-17). (p. 7 in The Faith Worth Dying For, a Lamp and Light Bible Correspondence Course).

~ Lisa Buffaloe: "Keep moving forward. Keep your eyes on the goal. You’re not running alone. You’re not on the field of life without help. Jesus will never leave you or forsake you. Encourage your teammates, cheer them on, remember as Christians we are on the same team. So, keep moving forward, keep pressing in and pressing on, for at the end an eternal, amazing prize waits!

Press into God and press on, for everyone in Christ will receive eternal rewards!" From Unfailing Treasures by Lisa Buffaloe

What I Should have said

Dr. Dobson: "If I had one evening I could spend with any person, no one in the world would outrank my wife. We have grown in mutual understanding so that it is rarely necessary to quarrel and argue. Nevertheless, Shirley and I once had a dandy fight and three distinct concepts emerged which may assist you in your marriage."

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