July 28, 2009

You Can Be Used for Healing too.
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. When He walked the earth, He healed the sick, cast out demons, and raised the dead. This was His ministry. He passed it on to His disciples, telling them to go make disciples of all nations and to pass this ministry on. He came to bring us abundant life. We miss this abundance because we are not expecting it. We have lived in the natural realm so long that we have forgotten that we also live in the spiritual realm. God can use anyone who is willing to be used to pass on these gifts of healing. If you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you lay hands on the sick and you expect that the Holy Spirit will heal them.
Healing gifts belong to the Holy Spirit, not the person. So if someone is sick, you should not wait for a healer to come on the scene, but you should lay hands on the sick yourself and expect -- expect -- that they will be healed.
One time, I was ministering at a Presbyterian church in Shreveport, LA. Although the audience was filled with people seeking healing, I found my attention particularly drawn to a Catholic Sister sitting in the audience. I felt impressed to invite the Sister up on to the stage to minister with me, and the Sister agreed. I asked her to pray for a woman with a large, disfiguring growth on her face. Sister looked startled, and said, "I've never done this before, but I will try."
"No," I told her. "You will not try, you will do! Then God does the rest." Sister laid her hand on the woman's cheek and prayed. When she took her hand away, the disfiguring growth was gone. The first time this Catholic Sister prayed for someone, a great miracle was done through her!
Always know it is the Holy Spirit doing the work. We are just the messengers. This is the beginning of a great day in the church, where the Lord is pouring out His Spirit on all flesh. More and more churches will be carrying out the full ministry of Jesus, and healing ministries like mine will no longer be needed. The healing ministry will have returned to the church where it belongs.
Right now I know that God is changing hearts, preparing those hearts to believe in healing and be willing to be used. This is the cry of my heart, to see changed lives. This is the work of the church, to set people free.
I prayed for a man in one of my services who couldn't walk. To make a long story short, I took away his cane and he started walking, then running around the sanctuary. This man is now a minister in India, serving God.
Often we have to make an effort -- to step out in some way. God will honor it.

Blessings,

Delores