Friday 8/24/12 Healing 5

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James 5:13 - 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 and anoint him 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 up.  If he has sinned, he 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)

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  (NIV)

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks again for another day, thanks for forgiving us of our sins and thanks for Your healing hand upon us.  Father, on this our Salvation Friday, as we call it on this line, we pray for all of the unsaved that they might come to You to be saved, that they might enjoy Your healing hand, healing them of their sins.  And Lord, we pray for all those who are saved and all those who are working for You.  Included in this group is our dear friend Tom Sansoni who even though he lost his job and needs one, and we trust You will help him find one, in the meantime goes to work for You.  Please bless him and those he is traveling with, along with all others who are working the fields of Harvest for You.  Hear our prayers for Joe, who has cancer, and Lord, this man has sort of given up.  Lord,help me and /or others to reach him for You.  And Lord, please help me with this one, I am trying and really, really need Your help.  Lord, thanks for helping Grant and that he is feeling better, and thanks for bringing peace to Pam as she was in the jury box this past week.  In Jesus' name I give praise and pray.  Amen.

Good Salvation Friday, my dear brothers and sisters.  Yes, Salvation Friday and that seems strange after saying Salvation Wednesday for so many years.  But Salvation Friday, and the day we pray for the unsaved and for those who are saved to work the fields of Harvest for our Lord Jesus.  Please also read the prayer request in from my friend Tom, who might have lost his job for man, but never stops working for the Lord. His complete request will be posted after my closing.  Also, please wrap me in your prayers as I work with a man who has cancer, and it is said to be bad.  He is refusing treatment, and I need to reach him for the Lord.  I have only posted his first name, but this man thinks God keeps us on strings and plays with people as a person would work a puppet.  I need your prayers, folks, this is for real, I need to reach him for Jesus.  Pray for God to heal his cancer also.

Healing (Day Five).

James 5:13 - 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 and anoint him 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 up.  If he has sinned, he 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)

Hebrews 13: 8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  (NIV)

Please do not be upset because I have repeated some of the scriptures.  They are very important as are all the scriptures in the Bible.  Today I want to bring out some more scriptures where our Lord has healed people and what those scriptures say about it.  Let's get moving.  Have you ever seen someone who you thought was "demon possessed?"  I have!  Do you know that Jesus can drive the demons out of people?  Yes, still done today, yet when you find a church that will pray for this, some think the church, pastor, and flock are all crazy, yet I have talked to some who said they saw the demons come out of the people, and I believe them.  Please read about this in Mark 5:1-20.  I am not typing it out for you.  Going on.

Luke 4:33 - In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an evil spirit.  He cried out at the top of his voice, 34 "Ha!  What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth?  Have you come to destroy us?  I know who you are, the Holy One of God!"  35 "Be quiet!" Jesus said sternly.  "Come out of him!"  Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.  (NIV)

Luke 5:12 - While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.  When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."  13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.  "I am willing," He said.  "Be clean!" and immediately the leprosy left him.  (NIV)

Okay, let's look at some key words in this last scripture.  "Lord, if you are willing."  This man, covered with leprosy, was asking our Lord Jesus as we should always ask.  If it is Your will, Lord, will you please heal me.  Let's move on.

Luke 8:42 - As Jesus was on His way, the crowds almost crushed Him.  43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.  44 She came up behind Him and touched the edge of His cloak and immediately her bleeding stopped.  45 "Who touched me?" Jesus asked.  When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.  46 But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.  47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at His feet.  In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched Him and how she had been instantly healed.  48 Then He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you.  Go in peace."  (NIV)

Okay, let's look at the key area in this scripture.  Do you see it?  Let me give you a hint.  Let's look back.

James 5:15 - And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well:  (NIV)

Now look at the verse we were working on.

Luke 8:48 - Then He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you.  Go in peace."  (NIV)

Do you see in this scripture, your faith has healed you?  And once again it is time to remind you, just in case you forgot ...

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  (NIV)

John 9:6 - Having said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.  7 "Go," He told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam."  (This word means Sent.)  So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.  (NIV)

Now you should read John 9 to get the most out of this scripture, but to bring the point home, Jesus just healed a blind man's eyes.  Right now, can we just pause and pray for a dear friend of ours?  His name is Art and he is having eye trouble.  Dear Father in Heaven, as You have done over and over again, please touch the eyes of Art and heal them so he might see as new.  In Jesus' name I make this request.  Amen.

Now do you ever think about those TV preachers that you see healing others in the name of Jesus?  And yes, I asked Jesus over and over again to also give me that gift of healing, in the name of Jesus, and yes, I would give Jesus all the honor and glory.  That is why I pray for healing and have faith it still happens.  But just in case you think the power has not been given to others and you question that some have the gift ...

Listen to this scripture and it is about Philip in Samaria ...

Acts 8:6 - When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close attention to what he said.  7 With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed.  (NIV)

Okay, I must wrap this day up.  Now why, why in the world, would an old pastor like me, crippled up from a motorcycle accident, a really messed up back, hurting from a messed up knee, and crippled up; and a wife who is bent over from a twisted spine and who has had knees replaced, not be healed when they work hard for God?  I am sure a lot of folks think about that.  Here is a man praying for God to heal me, and God has not touched him.  Well, that is wrong for God has touched me and I have been healed of cancer, but what about the rest?  That is what I am going to write about tomorrow.  Why some get healed but some do not.  It is God's will but there is more to it than that.  You do not want to miss the special Saturday edition.

And yes, you are welcome at the Bridges on Sunday.  Prayers and faith, my brothers and sisters.  Prayers and faith.  Will it be your day to be healed?

Now go forth and share your blessings ... Love ya, Pastor Dan.  Now the request from Tom ...


As a friend, family man (Steve) and I drive a van full of missionary goods/supplies for the now retired brother/sister in the Lord caravan to FL on Thursday night to Orlando on Friday.  Goods to be unloaded into a container for eventual destination of the back country in Malawi Africa. where water well repair needs will be met along with my friends, George/Phyllis Crispi going back to Malawi in Nov. Safe traveling mercies. surefoundationministry.com  I lost my job last week however God still gives us opportunities.  That I would have the sensitivity to listen to where He directs.
Thanks Brother Dan