Matthew 15:28 - Then Jesus answered: "Woman, you have great
faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed from that very
hour. (NIV)
Matthew 9:2 - Some men brought to him a paralytic laying on a
mat. When Jesus saw their faith He said to the paralytic, "Take heart, son;
your sins are forgiven." (NIV) The paralytic then picked up his mat and
walked away, healed by Jesus through their faith in Him.
Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Today we have a few
prayer requests and it is also the day we pray for cures for cancer, heart
problems and other diseases of all types. Cures for them. Along with that we
keep praying for Pastor Larry Hale and Pastor Carolyn Sites, pastors at Glenvale
Church of God. Also for Valerie who has breast cancer and new on this list
today, for Mae Rambo who had eye surgery yesterday. Also a mother, Leslie has
asked for prayer for her son Travis (last names withheld by me). Leslie is an on-fire Christian and her son Travis is as put, walking with Satan, going down the
wrong road. Also please keep praying for our other Leslie who needs a bunch of
prayers and also for Vicki...
Now folks, I was going to start a message geared toward Palm
Sunday, however, I will get started on that tomorrow. As you know, God guides me
in what to write and this just came in this morning... Let me background you a
bit. It is about Allison, a young lady we have been praying for over the years
as she has cancer. She found out about this cancer when in High School and she
has been treated since. The cancer was in remission for a while and we praised
the Lord, and now the cancer is back. Allison is now at Messiah College and has
written about this cancer and her plans for how she is going to handle it... I
think we just need to read it the way she wrote it. And then, my dear
brothers and sisters, I am requesting that you put her on your daily prayer list,
tack her name someplace where you do not forget to pray for her. I am asking
that you look at this young lady as if she was your child and put those kinds of
prayers into her, and have FAITH THAT GOD WILL ANSWER THEM. My closing will be
after her words... This starts with her mother... I have not changed
anything.
The following update was written by Allison for each of
you. Allison had a
CT of the lungs and abdomen and an MRI of her liver at Hopkins on Thursday.
The results were not what we have hoped or prayed for. I think it is best to
let you read Allie's email. In His Love and Peace, Zina
I have struggled over how and when to tell everyone the results of my scans.
Today I read a devotion about the carnality of our flesh and the war that is
waged within ourselves. The flesh longs to explain away what it does not
understand, to hide the undesirable parts of itself. But, those who walk in
the spirit stand bare before the Lord and wholly trust. Easier said than
done, right? Well, allow me to stand bare:
The doctors determined that I have new lesions in both of my lungs. Surgery
is no longer an effective option. There is a new chemo drug that they are
offering to try which is a pill I would take every day. Its side effects are
mild and I will not lose my hair or become violently ill. Right now, in the
eyes of many specialists, it looks as if I will be battling this cancer for
a long time, possibly my entire life. That is their opinion. I choose God's
truth over that opinion. Yes, God has gifted doctors to aid in our healing
and he does work through them but I feel in my spirit that in this instance
I need to wait on the Lord.
What does this mean? It means that I will not be starting the chemo they
recommend right now. I have decided to wait 3 weeks and then get another
scan. In that time I will receive no treatment or cancer-related medication.
I trust wholly in the Lords goodness and grace. He is greater than any
medicine, any doctor and any surgery. He can see what we cannot find, heal
what we cannot fix, redeem what we see as unredeemable. I don't claim any
special understanding or revelation. I simply claim God's love. I believe in
my depths that he can heal me. I believe without a doubt that in 3 weeks my
scans can be clear. That is not through any special faith or work of my own.
It is by the mercy and healing of God. I have not given him complete control
over this. I did not feel, up until now, that I should not act upon the
doctor's opinions. However, there is a knowing in my spirit that tells me
this time, to wait on the Lord. He is not done here.
I would ask that you believe with me. Thank God for what he has already
done. Praise him for the clear scans I will receive. Do not become angry
because you do not understand. Let your spirit rest in the assurance that
God has nothing but good things planned for us. Do not pity me. I am healed.
Do not treat me as if I am sick. I am healed. Do not act as if God has
stopped working. He has not and will not.
This is not me giving up. This is me surrendering all to Christ in the only
way I know how. When I handed the reigns to God alone, my mind was flooded
with assurance from his word: Romans 4:18- "Abraham against all hope, in
hope believed.", John 20:29 "blessed are those who have not seen and still
believe". The woman who had a bleeding disorder for 12 years sought help
from everywhere but then she turned to Jesus and believed if she could only
touch his robe she would be healed. When she did she was SUDDENLY made whole
and Jesus said "Take heart daughter, by your faith you are healed." I heard
these words in that moment when I made my decision. As I said before, I
don't claim any great faith that brings this about. I simply know God's
love.
At Powerhouse last night (Powerhouse is a student-led praise and worship
service on Thursday nights at Messiah) God spirit was moving in an amazing
way. We sang "Your great name", a song by Natalie Grant. I would encourage
you to go on YouTube and listen to it. It assured me that this is what I
need to be doing. I know God will heal me.
Father God, I thank you for your sustaining grace. I thank you for the
warriors and men and women of courage that you have raised up through this
battle with cancer. I praise you for your goodness and amazing love. I thank
you for the healing I have received from you. Continue to make my body
whole. Continue to pour out your grace. In your word you say that you will
give us the desires of our hearts. That if we only ask, we will receive. You
know the desires of my heart. I ask, in Jesus name, that in three weeks my
scans will be clear and all cancer will be completely gone from my body
forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you for healing me.
I ask this humbly and wholly.
Amen
Oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
"The Lord's love never ends; his mercies never stop. They are new every
morning; Lord, your loyalty is great. I say to myself, 'The Lord is mine, so
I hope in him.' The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to those who seek
him." -Lamentations 3:21-25
Blessings, Allie
CT of the lungs and abdomen and an MRI of her liver at Hopkins on Thursday.
The results were not what we have hoped or prayed for. I think it is best to
let you read Allie's email. In His Love and Peace, Zina
I have struggled over how and when to tell everyone the results of my scans.
Today I read a devotion about the carnality of our flesh and the war that is
waged within ourselves. The flesh longs to explain away what it does not
understand, to hide the undesirable parts of itself. But, those who walk in
the spirit stand bare before the Lord and wholly trust. Easier said than
done, right? Well, allow me to stand bare:
The doctors determined that I have new lesions in both of my lungs. Surgery
is no longer an effective option. There is a new chemo drug that they are
offering to try which is a pill I would take every day. Its side effects are
mild and I will not lose my hair or become violently ill. Right now, in the
eyes of many specialists, it looks as if I will be battling this cancer for
a long time, possibly my entire life. That is their opinion. I choose God's
truth over that opinion. Yes, God has gifted doctors to aid in our healing
and he does work through them but I feel in my spirit that in this instance
I need to wait on the Lord.
What does this mean? It means that I will not be starting the chemo they
recommend right now. I have decided to wait 3 weeks and then get another
scan. In that time I will receive no treatment or cancer-related medication.
I trust wholly in the Lords goodness and grace. He is greater than any
medicine, any doctor and any surgery. He can see what we cannot find, heal
what we cannot fix, redeem what we see as unredeemable. I don't claim any
special understanding or revelation. I simply claim God's love. I believe in
my depths that he can heal me. I believe without a doubt that in 3 weeks my
scans can be clear. That is not through any special faith or work of my own.
It is by the mercy and healing of God. I have not given him complete control
over this. I did not feel, up until now, that I should not act upon the
doctor's opinions. However, there is a knowing in my spirit that tells me
this time, to wait on the Lord. He is not done here.
I would ask that you believe with me. Thank God for what he has already
done. Praise him for the clear scans I will receive. Do not become angry
because you do not understand. Let your spirit rest in the assurance that
God has nothing but good things planned for us. Do not pity me. I am healed.
Do not treat me as if I am sick. I am healed. Do not act as if God has
stopped working. He has not and will not.
This is not me giving up. This is me surrendering all to Christ in the only
way I know how. When I handed the reigns to God alone, my mind was flooded
with assurance from his word: Romans 4:18- "Abraham against all hope, in
hope believed.", John 20:29 "blessed are those who have not seen and still
believe". The woman who had a bleeding disorder for 12 years sought help
from everywhere but then she turned to Jesus and believed if she could only
touch his robe she would be healed. When she did she was SUDDENLY made whole
and Jesus said "Take heart daughter, by your faith you are healed." I heard
these words in that moment when I made my decision. As I said before, I
don't claim any great faith that brings this about. I simply know God's
love.
At Powerhouse last night (Powerhouse is a student-led praise and worship
service on Thursday nights at Messiah) God spirit was moving in an amazing
way. We sang "Your great name", a song by Natalie Grant. I would encourage
you to go on YouTube and listen to it. It assured me that this is what I
need to be doing. I know God will heal me.
Father God, I thank you for your sustaining grace. I thank you for the
warriors and men and women of courage that you have raised up through this
battle with cancer. I praise you for your goodness and amazing love. I thank
you for the healing I have received from you. Continue to make my body
whole. Continue to pour out your grace. In your word you say that you will
give us the desires of our hearts. That if we only ask, we will receive. You
know the desires of my heart. I ask, in Jesus name, that in three weeks my
scans will be clear and all cancer will be completely gone from my body
forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you for healing me.
I ask this humbly and wholly.
Amen
Oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
"The Lord's love never ends; his mercies never stop. They are new every
morning; Lord, your loyalty is great. I say to myself, 'The Lord is mine, so
I hope in him.' The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to those who seek
him." -Lamentations 3:21-25
Blessings, Allie
Brothers and sisters I am back... Let's pray...
Dear Father in Heaven, hear our prayers this day for all those
on our prayer list, and we ask Your will be done in all cases. However, Lord, we
do want to just really lean on You today for healing of Allison from cancer from
the top of her head to the tip of her toes and every spot in between. Lord, stand with her family and her church family as they walk this walk with her.
Lord, hear our prayers in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.
Now brothers and sisters, go and pray and of course share your
blessings... Love ya, Pastor Dan.
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