April 29, 2010 Great Promises 4

"And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well."

Good Family Thursday, my dear brothers and sisters. It is a really beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. We had a tad bit of cold weather overnight dipping down to the mid 30's. Today it is to warm up and tomorrow summer is due back. Today is family day and as always I ask you to pray for the family in the White House. Our President did call on the Reverend Graham last week and I am sure there were seeds planted. Water those seeds, warriors, water those seeds.

Great Promises 4: James 5:13/16 - 16 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him (them) and anoint him (them) with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise Him (them) up. If he (they) have sinned, he (they) will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (NIV)

I have been praying about this series of messages and talking to God and asking about more time on these. There is just no way that I can finish out all of the many great promises of the Lord and get it done in one week. So I have asked God to please help me with more of these promises into next week when we will get to the one that I, well never mind, I will tell you that on that day.

Let's look at the scriptures from James and see how many of you it fits. First, is any one of you in trouble? Well, I guess we could all fit this one at one time or another in our lives. Think of it, in trouble! Who among us has not bit off more than they could chew up at one time or another when it comes to our spending habits? Who among us did not do something wrong in our lives and we were afraid we would get into trouble? Look back into your school days. Here is one example of what I did, and sorry to say I did it more than once. First, my parents were both school teachers. Son Dan, that would have been me, hated school, so I never did homework; however, I had a classmate who knew I worked at night that would help me get something on paper in the mornings. But when the tests came, I would get that poor grade. I took the submarine course in high school, yes sir, all my grades were below "C" Level. I even failed jokes!! Anyway, I would get a poor grade and knew I would be in trouble for that, so I would sign my dad's name on those test papers. Then I would be in trouble twice. However, God got me through it all, even before I knew about this scripture. My point on this is that regardless of the trouble you are in, the trouble you have, God will help you get through it. Even if you did a crime, and you must do the time, God, if you come to Him, will help you get through it.

We are also told in this scripture if you are happy you should sing songs of praise, and folks, I am a happy person most of the time and I love singing and more than anything. I love singing songs about God and for God, and yes, even to God. Someday soon we should have a day of singing on the line.

So that brings us to this part of the scripture. Is any one of you sick? Folks, all of us at one time or the other would fit right in here. For all of us at one time or the other have been sick, some serious and some maybe not so bad. But we have cancers, heart problems, broken bones, dislocated parts, we have been in accidents, you name it, and at one time or the other in our lives it was nice to have people pray for us. Now here we find one of God's great promises. If we are sick we are to follow these orders... Call the elders of the church to anoint you and to pray over you. We are to offer up prayers IN FAITH. And the Lord will raise him up. If you have sinned you will be forgiven.

Now it is question time... Have you ever prayed for healing from your sins? Yes, I really would like to hear from you. Yes, if you prayed along with this line you prayed for forgiveness of sins just yesterday. Now have you ever prayed to be healed from some sickness? Were you healed?
While other than our faith in our Lord Jesus that our sins have been forgiven, we really will not know that till we stand in front of God on judgment day. We know that Jesus went to the cross to save us from our sins, we know it because of our faith in Jesus. But what about being sick? I have been healed from cancer by God. I have had bones healed. The fact is I don't know of anyone who has not had the healing hand of God in some way or another in their lives. Think about it. If someone tells you that they never had the healing had of God or they do not believe in the healing hand of God, ask them if they ever broke a bone. Or tell them of someone who has had a broken bone. Doctors can set a break, but only God, ONLY GOD, can mend it together... AMEN!!

So today as we go to prayer, thank God for the healings that have occurred in your life...

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for forgiving my sins and thanks for healing me from cancer and other things... I love You Lord, may I use this day to live for You... In Jesus' name, Amen.

Go forth sharing your blessings and telling others about the great promises... love ya Pastor Dan
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