Monday 1/21/13 Healing

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and Happy Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Anniversary.  Praise Report, Praise Report, Praise Report.  We have been praying for Carry The Light Ministries' partner Pamela Bower's brother Richard Mowery who had a tumor, and yes, it was cancerous.  Last week Dick had a CT scan and PRAISE THE LORD, the tumor is gone, brothers and sisters, it is gone.  Goodbye tumor, and all GLORY AND HONOR AND PRAISE TO JESUS.  Thanks for all of your prayers.

Brothers and sisters, this is what needs done, when we ask God in our prayers of faith for something, anything, and the prayers are answered, we need to praise God and all the praise should go to God.

Please, please, keep us updated on your prayer requests.  Again, THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR REMOVING THE TUMOR from our brother in Christ, "Dick".  Brothers and sisters, I, being cured of cancer by Jesus also, have goose bumps all over me after receiving this great news.  Prayer requests today for safety of our President, Vice President, and their families, not just for today but for their terms of office. Please pray also for Salvation through Jesus for those same leaders of ours.  Pray also that there is peace across the world today, as we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., truly a man of God, who walked in the light of Jesus in all he did.  Like so many others over the years who walked each day with and then for Jesus after Jesus went back to Heaven, he gave his life.

After hearing this great news today of healing, God is giving me this message.  Like so many days, He gives it to me word for word as I go forth walking with Him.  Let's get started!  Yes, it is about HEALING!

Healing (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 1/21/13)

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)

Let's start out the message today looking at that first verse where it asks this question:  "Is anyone happy?  Let him sing songs of praise."  I am sure you, like me this morning, are very happy on the good news we received.  So let's do as the Bible tells us, let us sing songs of praise.  Let's start with My Tribute.

"To God be the glory, to God be the glory, To God be the glory for the things He has done.
With His blood He has saved me, with His power He has raised me, To God be the glory for the things He has done.
Just let me live my life:  Let it be pleasing, Lord, to Thee.  And if I gain any praise, let it go to Calvary.
With His blood He has saved me; With His power He has raised me:  To God be the glory for the things He has done."


"To God be the glory, to God be the glory, To God be the glory for the things He has done.
With His blood He has saved me, with His power He has raised me, To God be the glory for the things He has done.
Just let me live my life:  Let it be pleasing, Lord, to Thee.  And if I gain any praise, let it go to Calvary.
With His blood He has saved me; With His power He has raised me:  To God be the glory for the things He has done."

Let's do this one now!

"Let's just praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord;  Let's just lift our hearts to heaven and praise the Lord.
"Let's just praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord;  Let's just lift our hearts to heaven and praise the Lord.

"Let's just praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord;  Let's just lift our hearts to heaven and praise the Lord.
"Let's just praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord;  Let's just lift our hearts to heaven and praise the Lord.

Now let us go back to the scriptures.

James 5:13 - Is any one of you in trouble?  He should pray.  (NIV)

I would think there would be a lot of people on this line who are in one way or the other in trouble.  Please do not think of this as if you broke a law, although surely if you did that you could be in big "do do".  Let us think of our troubles may that we spent too much money over the holidays or let's keep it simple, let's think of our troubles as "we have sinned."  Let's face it, folks, if we have sinned, and we are all sinners, right?  If we have sinned, we are in trouble with whom?  Yes,of course we are in trouble with God and also the one we sinned against!  God is telling me that all sins are against Him, but many of them are also against others.  Think about it as we pray today for those sins to be forgiven.

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins, all of them, Lord, even those that I cannot remember doing, and I am sure there are some of them.  Lord, help me, help all of us this day to repent and live free of sin.  In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

James 5:14 - 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.  (NIV)

As we look at this scripture today, I might want to ask it this way, is any one of you "not sick" in any way?  Most all of us in some way or another is sick.  Maybe you carry a lot of pain, maybe right now you have the flu or maybe some kidney problems.  Many on this line have a "full plate" of things that are wrong.  Now let's look at the scripture.  "He should call the elders of the church to pray over him (or her) and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord."  Brothers and sisters, here is another example from the word of God as to why we need a good church.  In our ministry team, our elders from Carry The Light have prayed over many, many people right here in our food pantry and anointed them with oil and asked in faith for healing.  Now look at these next words from James 5:15.

James 5:15 - And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up.  (NIV)

Read it really well.  THE PRAYER OFFERED IN FAITH!!  They are key words, folks.  I have heard people pray, and when finished say, He is not going to heal me.  That, brothers and sisters, is not faith.  So when you pray and you ask God for healing, pray as if the prayer has been answered.

This scripture also tells us that if we pray in faith and we have sinned, we will be forgiven.

So brothers and sisters, let's pray in faith, and I am going to leave space for your prayers.  An then I will close it up.

Dear Father in Heaven, hear our prayers this day, Father, as we ask them of You in faith and to be answered according to Your will for us.  Hear our prayers to be forgiven-----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ and hear our prayers asking for healing of family, friends, and even ourselves ------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.  Hear our prayers of praise this day.  Thank you for all things. -------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for hearing our prayers, Lord.  And thanks for this prayer You taught us to pray when we pray.  Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil for Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever.  Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  Love your neighbor and flocks, REJOICE FOR GOD IS GOOD, AND HE IS STILL IN CONTROL.ove ya, Pastor Dan.