Tuesday, January 20, 2015

"God Wants You Healed" by Joseph Prince


God Wants You Healed

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
—JOHN 3:16–17


“But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”
—ROMANS 5:8, NLT 


God So Loves You

Jesus was the apple of God’s eye. He was God’s darling Son, His infinite joy and delight.
Yet, God gave Jesus up for you. That’s how much God loves you.
Just think about it: If you knew you could save a dying person by giving up something precious to you, would you go as far as to give up your only child whom you dearly love for that person?
Yet, that is exactly what God did to save you. Jesus, His beloved Son, died on the cross to cleanse you, heal you and redeem you—spirit, soul and body! That is how precious you are to God!


“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”
—ROMANS 8:32 


Your Healing Is Part Of The Deal

Once you realize how very much God loves Jesus, His darling Son, ask yourself this: If God willingly gave Jesus up for me, would He withhold healing from me?
If God withholds your healing after He has already given you Jesus, then it would mean that your healing is greater or more important than Jesus.
No my friend, He has already given you heaven’s best. How will He not also freely give you all things, including the healing and wholeness you desire?

If God did not withhold Heaven’s best (JESUS) from you... He will not withhold healing from you.

 “Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.”
—ISAIAH 53:4–5, AMP

By His Stripes You Are Healed!

Isaiah 53 is proof forevermore of the Lord’s love for you and His desire for you to be whole. How important is your healing and health to Him? It’s so important that Jesus Himself paid the heavy and terrible price for your wholeness.
When Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ was released, people complained that the scourging scene was too graphic and violent. The truth is that it portrayed only a fraction of what our Lord really suffered on our behalf.
Jesus was violently scourged beyond human recognition by the Roman torture equipment. His flesh was shredded to the point His bones were exposed, starkly white amidst the blood and torn muscles.
He bore the stripes so that we don’t have to. His body was broken so that ours can be whole. And by His stripes, we have been healed! 


“...On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then He broke it in pieces and said, “This is My body, which is given for you. Do this to remember Me.” In the same way, He took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and His people—an agreement confirmed with My blood. Do this to remember Me as often as you drink it.”
—1 CORINTHIANS 11:23–25, NLT



Partake Your Way To Wholeness

When you remember how Jesus willingly came to save you and suffered for your healing at the cross, it will cast out every fear of not receiving healing from Him.
That’s what partaking of the Holy Communion is about. When you hold the bread in your hand, simply remember how Jesus’ body was broken at the cross so that yours may be healed and whole. Say, “Lord Jesus, thank You for bearing my condition on Your own body at the cross. When the lashes fell across Your back, my condition died. It has no right to linger in my body!” Likewise, when you partake of the cup, remember that Jesus shed His blood to save you. Say, “Jesus, thank You for Your shed blood that has washed away my sins and made me righteous. Because I am righteous in Your sight, healing belongs to me. I receive Your healing and resurrection life for my body right now.” Beloved, remember the Lord and partake your way to divine health!
Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached Him and knelt before Him. “Lord,” the man said, “if You are willing, You can heal me and make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” He said.


“Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared. —MATTHEW 8:2–3,NLT
“I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,” says the Lord.”
—JEREMIAH 30:17, NLT


God Is Able And Willing To Heal You

Once, there was a leper who came to Jesus saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” This man didn’t have a problem believing that Jesus had the ability and power to heal him. He just wasn’t sure if Jesus was willing to do it for him.
I want you to look at Jesus’ response to the leper and see God’s heart for you where healing is concerned. Jesus answered the leper by touching him and saying, “I am willing. Be healed.” What did Jesus say? “I am willing.” Did He just say it and do nothing? No, He stretched forth His hand to the leper and restored the afflicted man to wholeness.
Today, God wants you to know that He is both able AND willing to heal you. Start to realize and believe that He wants you healed more than you want to be healed!

‘I AM ABLE... I AM also WILLING.’ —Jesus


“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
—LUKE 12:32


“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
—MATTHEW 7:11


God Is Your Loving Father
God wants you to know that He is not the kind of Father who wants you sick and defeated. Instead, He is the kind of Father who enjoys providing for your needs. He is a good Father who will not withhold healing and a healthy body from you.
As your loving Father, God’s joy is to see you blessed with the best. If you, in spite of your faults, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to you when you ask Him!
My prayer today is that you will know just how much your Father loves you and be bold to ask Him for what you need.


“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent out His word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.
—PSALM 107:19–20, NLT


“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”
—COLOSSIANS 1:13–14


Your Redeemer Has Delivered You From All Sicknesses

Jesus willingly came down from heaven to redeem you from a life of sickness, poverty and death to a life of freedom, health and blessings! He willingly suffered for you at the cross so that you may walk in the fullness of redemption’s blessings—divine health, restoration, peace and provision!
Simply look to Jesus and His finished work today and see how much God loves you. You will see how much more God wants to bless you than you want to be blessed, and how much more He wants to heal you than you want to be well!


“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
—ROMANS 8:38–39


“Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
—3 JOHN 1:2, NASB


God Wants You To Always Prosper And Be In Health
The Bible tells us that God’s love is so immeasurable, powerful and all-encompassing that nothing can ever separate us from it.
Because God loves you so much, His desire above all things is always for you, His beloved child, to prosper in all that you do and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
If an earthly father would want his child to be happy and healthy, how much more God, your heavenly Father? He wants you well and He is willing to use His power to make you well!


“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
—JEREMIAH 29:11


“...the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.”

—LUKE 12:7, NLT


If It Troubles You, God Wants To Take Care Of It!


Many Christians make the mistake of thinking that God is too busy taking care of the “big things” to be interested in the little problems they are facing.
But God is not like that. He is not just God Almighty, He is also your heavenly Father who loves you! To God, whether it’s a new pimple on your face, a sore throat or an aching back, no matter how trivial or commonplace it sounds, if it troubles you, He wants to take care of it!
If, as the Bible says, God bothers to keep track of how many hairs you have on your head, then there is no symptom, no discomfort and no condition in your body that He doesn’t know of or care about. His love for you is all-encompassing, personal and in-depth. There is nothing in your body or life too small that you can’t bring to Him and watch Him take care of!


“...I have loved you with an everlasting love...” —JEREMIAH 31:3
“Since you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you...Do not be afraid, for I am with you...”


—ISAIAH 43:4–5, NIV
“...He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.”
—1 PETER 5:7, AMP



I have loved you with an everlasting love because you are precious to Me. Do not be afraid.’
—Jesus


“Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit...For He [Jesus] said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!”
—MARK 5:1–2, 8


“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me...And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life...”
—JOHN 6:38, 40

He Has Gone The Distance To Heal You


The Gadarene demoniac was someone who was isolated, left alone and shunned by people. He had no one to turn to. People were afraid of him and there was no one who could heal his condition—until Jesus came.
Jesus crossed the entire lake of Galilee just to heal this man, despite the devil trying to stop Him with a storm. He travelled a great distance just to minister healing to that man and set him free. That’s the kind of loving Savior He is!
Just as Jesus went a long way to heal one man, He went to great lengths, to the point of death, to purchase liberty, blessings and health for you. No sickness or circumstance, however grave or disastrous, is greater than what He has already done for you!


“Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”
—HEBREWS 2:14–15, NIV


“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
—JOHN 10:10


Rescued From Death


God never meant for man to die. God counts death as an enemy. He hates death. All things that lead to death—all forms of sickness and disease—are not from God. Jesus wept at Lazarus’ tomb because He remembered that it was never God’s heart for man to fall sick, grow old and die.
But because the consequence of sin is death, God sent Jesus to bear the punishment for all our sins. And at the cross, Jesus conquered death once and for all, setting us free from sicknesses and diseases forever!
Today, God’s heart is for you to be healed and whole. He loves you so much that He sent Jesus to redeem you from death. The cross of Jesus is the reason you can enjoy His divine health, peace and abundant life today!


“The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.”
—PSALM 121:7–8


“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.”
—1 JOHN 4:9


The Divine Exchange Has Set You Free


Jesus wore the crown of thorns on His head so that you can have a sound mind free from fears, guilt, depression, anxieties and stress.
Jesus’ feet brought Him to places where there was lack, diseases, condemnation and even death. At the cross, those feet were nail-pierced so that you do not need to be in such places yourself. He has rescued you from having to accept and suffer these things in life.
Jesus didn’t have to. He chose to. Why? Because He loves you. He spared not even Himself so that you may have every blessing of health, wholeness and abundant life!


“...I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the land. I will make a difference between My people and your people...”
—EXODUS 8:22–23


“A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.”
—PSALM 91:7


“Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are... They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”
—JOHN 17:11, 16


Protected In The Secret Place Of The Most High


When there were plagues and pestilences all over ancient Egypt because Pharaoh refused to let God’s people go, look at what God said about the children of Israel: “...I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell...I will make a difference between My people and your people...” The Bible records that although Egypt was plagued by swarms of flies and other pestilences, the Israelites were safe in Goshen, completely untouched by the troubles!
Don’t be afraid when you hear or read of terrible diseases in the world. As God’s beloved child, you are in the world, but not of the world. And as the children of Israel were kept safe and protected in Goshen, so will the Lord keep you safe in the secret place of the Most High.


“Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.”
—PSALM 91:5–7, NLT



DO NOT BE AFRAID.

There is NO disease or terror that JESUS has not taken on and DEFEATED FOR YOU.


“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, “Abba, Father.” — ROMANS 8:15, NIV


“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.”
—1 JOHN 4:18


His Perfect Love Drives Out Every Fear


If you think that God is mad at you or that He is out to punish you, how can you have faith that He hears your prayer for healing? How can you believe Him for your miracle?
Yet, the truth is that God loves you so much that He gave you Jesus, heaven’s best, so that you will NEVER be cut-off from Him no matter what you’ve done or not done. Jesus went to the cross for you so that God will always be with you and for you, to heal you and do good to you.
When you have a deep revelation of how much God loves you, you can’t remain sick for long. You won’t be afraid that He may be keeping His healing power from you. Keep feeding on His perfect love for you. Keep meditating on it. It’s the sure antidote to fear!


“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
—MARK 10:45


When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.”
—LUKE 4:40


God Wants You To Draw From Him


Did you know that giving to you actually brings joy to God’s heart? When you place a demand on Him—like look to Him to heal you—you let Him be God. When you draw from His fullness—His abundance of life, health and blessing—you delight Him!
That’s why God wants you to come expectantly to Him for your healing today. See Him ready to pour His abundance out for you. See Him rejoicing when you call upon Him. As you see His heart of love that always wants to give to you, you will see your healing manifest!

“Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask Me, and I would give you living water...But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
—JOHN 4:10, 14, NLT


“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
—PSALM 84:11


God Wants To Pour Healing Into You


Come to God for your healing. Don’t hesitate. God, who is so full of goodness and supply, is always willing to bless, preserve, heal and restore you.
Jesus was physically weary when He ministered to the Samaritan woman at the well. Yet, He invited her to draw from Him the living water that would never run dry. When she went away, full in her heart and rejoicing, He was strengthened, refreshed and rejuvenated!
Beloved, when you come empty and draw from God, the One who has endless supply, you honor Him and let Him be God. You free Him to pour His abundant supply of health, wholeness and peace into your life!


“A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind Him through the crowd and touched His robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch His robe, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.”
—MARK 5:25–29, NLT


Hear How God Is Always Good Toward The Sick

She had been hemorrhaging continuously for 12 years. Medical science had no answer. Money to pay for expensive medication had run dry, very likely with all faith and hope that she could be made well.
And then one day, she heard of a travelling preacher, teacher and healer. She heard about His compassionate touch, His kind eyes and healing hands. She heard that everyone who came to Him to be healed was healed. Suddenly, faith to believe that she would be next sparked on the inside. And when this woman touched Jesus with that faith, power left His body and healed her instantly!
What had fired up her faith? It was simply hearing about how good, kind and loving Jesus was that led her to believe that He was both able and willing to heal her.
God is just as willing to heal you today. Just focus on His love for you. See His heart to heal you of your condition and faith will ignite in you, sparking off an explosion of healing in your body!


“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink?
What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs... and He will give you everything you need.”
—MATTHEW 6:31–33, NLT


“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”
—JAMES 1:17 



Excerpt By Joseph Prince

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