News about Him spread all over Syria and people with various
diseases, to those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having
seizures and the paralyzed, and He healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the
Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed Him.
Good Salvation Wednesday morning to you, my dear brothers and
sisters. It is Wednesday and the day we pray for the Lost, and pray that those
who are born again go out and help seek out the lost to bring to the feet of
Jesus to be saved. Also today please pray for Rick Brouse who is having back
surgery today, and pray for Donna Pierce who could not get out of her wheelchair
last night to get into bed.
Vicki had some good news from her doctor yesterday but still
has a lot of health issues and needs prayer.
They Came to Be Healed! Matthew 4:24 - News about Him spread
all over Syria and people with various diseases, to those suffering severe pain,
the demon-possessed, those having seizures and the paralyzed, and He healed
them. 25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the
region across the Jordan followed Him. (NIV)
How many times have you been healed by Jesus? Now think
about that question a bit, it is not a loaded question, but think about it. Let
me throw in some more guidelines to the question. How many times were you
healed by Jesus when you did not even know you were sick, or when you had
something wrong and it just seemed to clear up on its own? And how many
times did Jesus block the sickness that was heading your way? Or even this,
how many times has He kept you safe on the highways? One last question and this
the biggie. How many times has Jesus forgiven you of your sins? Now a few
other quick questions. How many times did we sort of ask to be sick? Come on
now, how many times have you gone out and did things that gave you that sore
back, because you lifted wrong and you knew better?
How many times have you been warned that smoking causes cancer
and also bad lungs?How many times has Jesus blocked us from an accident even
though we were speeding, or ran a traffic signal or stop sign? And another big
question, how many times have we asked to be forgiven of our sins, only to sin
again, sometimes within the hour? Have I told you how often I think God gives
me a message to write that He is pointing right at me?
How many times have we really stopped to give thanks to Him
for healing us and looking after us and forgiving us of our sins? Let me
answer that one right now. Not near often enough!!!!
When we dig into the scriptures of today the Bible talks about
how the people followed Jesus as the news spread of His healing every disease and healing of pain and even driving out demons. Folks, I know of churches that
have services to heal and to drive out demons and some will laugh at those
services most often if they are having hands on to drive out demons. Brothers
and sisters, please do not think that things are different today. Would you,
if you really hurt and knew of people coming to your area that were going to
have a big healing service, would you not try and go? Or do you think this is
fake? When you see Pastor Benny Hinn lay hands on someone and they claimed to
be healed, do you believe it to be done or do you doubt it happens? Maybe
thinking just showmanship or a way to raise money. Let me tell you that there
are people today who have been given the gift of healing, but they do it through
Jesus and always give Him the Glory. We have healing services many times
throughout the year at The Bridges and each week we pray for people to be
healed just like we do on this line. Has God blessed me with the gift of
healing? I don't know, even though I have prayed for people who were healed,
but I AM SURE THEY WERE HEALED BY JESUS AND NOT BY ME. I want to be very
clear on that. Do I believe in direct healing from Jesus through the power of
the Holy Spirit? Yes, I do, and it is in the Bible. The power of the Holy
Spirit is the most powerful source of power in the world. Let me repeat that
again. The POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MOST POWERFUL SOURCE OF POWER IN THE
WORLD. The Holy Spirit sent from God has the power to drive out demons, heal
the sick, calm the storms, not just those storms of weather, but the storms in
your very own life. Oh, and remember this, that power, that power of the Holy
Spirit, can work the other way. When Katrina hit a few years ago, people said
God did not cause that storm to happen, and I said, who is in charge of the
weather, your local weather reporter?
Tomorrow I am going to talk more abut Spiritual Gifts. Not
all of us have been lent the same gifts, but trust me when I say, we all have
have been trusted gifts from God. To use that term of Rush Limbaugh, "Talent
on loan from GOD." If God has trusted you with a gift from Him, learn to use it
for the good of mankind and to promote the Kingdom of God. To get ready for
tomorrow I invite you to read 1 Corinthians 12:1/30, yes, all of chapter 12. Now let us use
one gift that we all have been given and this one is given and that is the power
of prayer.
Dear Father in Heaven, I am still trying to figure out all of
the gifts You have trusted to me from time to time in my life. I am sorry when
I did not even know that I had been trusted with the gifts and turned my back on
not only them but on You also. Dear Father, many of us have done that on this
line and right now I want to just ask that You forgive us for that and help us
to use the gifts wisely as long as You have them trusted to us. Lord Jesus, I
love You very much and today I pray for those who are not saved and pray for
all of us who are saved to come even nearer to You and work harder at repentance
of our sins. I pray that You will honor our prayer requests for healing
according to Your will for us. And I pray that we may honor You this day by
living a life that is pleasing to You and so that others also see we live for
You, that we are proud of it and of You and tell others the good news of Your
coming kingdom. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth, doing at least one thing you can do with gifts
from God and that is share them with others. And know this. I love ya, Pastor
Dan.
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