The Fight of Faith

By Tony V. Hammack

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1 Timothy 6:12

I. Grace not law
II. 1 Timothy 6:12
III. Faith to manifest God’s kingdom

John 6:29
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent.”

We mustn’t trust in our own abilities to create spiritual realities but our trust must be in Jesus Christ, operating through us.

Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Fighting the good fight of faith in the context of 1 Timothy 6 is avoiding:
1.) an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and
2.)the love of money pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

Thesis: 
I’ve noticed many in the body of Christ don’t have any fight in them. They are bobbing in the water but aren’t fighting for anything. It’s time we picked up the fight of faith.

Fighting for what we cannot see.

Hebrews 11: 1 says, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. “

Faith begins where the will of God is revealed. What has God told you? What are you fighting for?

Why is there a “fight” of faith? Well, we have to fight against the inclination to just allow circumstances to determine our reality. When God speaks through His word or into our hearts and we believe it, now we have to fight for it because nothing in the kingdoms of this world or the demonic world wants to see the kingdom of God expressed!

We also have to fight ourselves!

Often the Word of God can be contrary to paradigms of thinking that we’ve grown accustomed to.

Isaiah 55:9
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

When God spoke to Moses and told him what to do, go into Egypt and liberate the Israelites he began to “sputter” a bit in Exodus 3. He tried to hide behind his inability to put his thoughts together quickly.

Acts 7:22
Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

If anything is created in the world, it starts with a thought that is believed in. I would call this faith. If you don’t believe you can do something, chances are you will never try it while this remains your mindset. However, if you believe you can do something you will persist until you see it accomplished.

Much of the church has divorced itself from faith because of the fight. It’s much easier to say, “God works in mysterious ways”. Than it is to say, “I’m very sorry, I didn’t have enough faith for this situation.”

Matthew 17:14-20
14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.” 17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Why were the disciples unable to expel the demon that was causing the manifestation of epilepsy? Was it because God was trying to teach the parents and the boy something important? Was it because God had a greater plan for the boy that included this disease? Was it because he would reach people with the disease he had that otherwise he couldn’t reach?

All these reasons come out of the mouths of Christian leaders on a fairly regular basis but let’s take a look at where Jesus squarely places the responsibility for the solution to this difficult situation.

Reason #1 or Rebuke #1
v. 17 Unbelief

Reason #2 or Rebuke #2
perverse generation

Perverse - turned away from what is right or good : corrupt Generation - a group of individuals born and living at the same time

Reason #3
little faith v. 20

Now in Mark 9:14-29 we see another similar story where Jesus mentions prayer and fasting as the reason the disciples could not drive out a spirit. I believe the prayer and fasting increases the faith of the believer. I don’t believe there is a prayer or fasting threshold that is reached and then spirits come out. It’s not like saving up enough money to buy a car or some other object.

So, you’ve heard the message, and you’re thinking, “I want to fight!”. The fight of faith begins with the work of Jesus on the Cross and is followed up with prayer, fasting and victory over sin. When this starts the fight will begin to be won.
   

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Healing is the Nature of God

by Tony Hammack

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Jehovah Rapha is one of the Old Testament names for God.  It means the Lord our Healer.  Very often in scripture a person's name indicates something about their personality.  Because one of God's names is "The Lord our Healer" I believe from the context of scripture it indicates that His nature is to heal.

Introduction
Exodus 15
26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

Rapha – To heal
Rapha conveys the idea of restoring something to its "normal" or useful state.


Listen and Do What the Word Says
James 1:22-25
22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

How can we Obey the Word?
Titus 2:11-13
11For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

What Brings Grace?
James 4:6-10
6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:    "God opposes the proud       but gives grace to the humble."  7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

When we listen carefully to the Lord and do what he says according to His Word He Heals us.

By his Wounds
Isaiah gives preview of a clear prophecy that by Messiah's "scourging we are healed" (Isa 53:4,5)
Isaiah 53:4,5
4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Peter reaffirms this great truth
1 Peter 2:21-24
21To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.  22"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 23When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

One conclusion from the passage in Isaiah 53 and 1 Peter is Jehovah Rapha is not only our healer but is also our Lord Jesus Christ.

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The bitterness caused by sin can be healed by the Cross of Christ Who became a curse for us on the tree and made available the Tree of Life forever.

Healing Keys

1. Sickness Can Be Related to Personal Sin
Psalm 38:3
 3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.

Proverbs 28:13,14
13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. 14 Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

The Healing at the Pool
John 5:14
14Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

2. Not all Disease is from Personal Sin
John 9:1-3
1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"  3"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.

3. Not all Accidents are a Result of Personal Sin 
Luke 13:4,5
4Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."

4. Not Taking Communion Properly can Bring Sickness and Premature Death
1 Corinthians 11:29-30
29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

When we think about rightly recognizing the body of the Lord I think it's right to think about his body that was broken for us, His blood that was shed for us.  I however also think it's correct to consider the people that make up the current body of Christ.  Mistreating people who make up Christ's body can cause illness and even physical death to come upon people.

5. Confession and Prayer
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

6. The Word of God Heals
Psalm 107:19-20
19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. 20 He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.


7. The Fear of the Lord Brings Healing
Proverbs 3:7-8
 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.

8. Faith Brings Healing
Mark 11:22-24
22"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

9. Sōzō
1a: to save b: to heal c: to deliver
2: to save a suffering one, to make well, heal, to deliver from penalties of judgment.

The best way to understand Sōzō is by using the “English word” savedhealeddelivered.

A.  Saved
Romans 8:24
24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
...for in this hope we are sōzō.

Sōzō translated Saved
Acts 2:47, Acts 16:31, Rom 8:24, Eph 2:5,8: 1 Tim 2:4, 2 Tim 1:9, Titus 3:5, Rom 11:14, 1 Cor 7:16, 1 Cor 9:22. 

B.  Healed
Mark 5:23
23and pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.“
...so that she will be Sōzō and live.

Sōzō translated Healed
Matt 9:22, Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48, James 5:15.

C.  Delivered
Luke 8:36
36Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.
...had been Sōzō.

Sōzō translated Delivered
Matt 1:21, Rom 5:10, 1 Cor 15:2, Heb 7:25, James 1:21, 1 Pet 3:21, 1 Tim 4:16

From the Heart of Jesus
Mark 2:9-12
9Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? 10But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, 11"I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 12He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Please take some time to take authority over disease for yourself or for someone you know who need to be healed. Jesus Christ is Jehovah Rapah, The Lord our Healer.

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Jesus Didn’t Pray for Sick People (Part 5)

A Chronological look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ
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Introduction
Fullness of Christ
Ephesians 4:11-13
11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Fullness in Christ
Colossians 2:9,10
 9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.

Prayer
Talking to God

Body
Jesus Heals the Blind
Matthew 9:27-31
27As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"  28When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"       "Yes, Lord," they replied. 29Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you"; 30and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." 31But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.

1.  Son of David 
2 Samuel 7:15,16  15 But my love will never be taken away from him,(David) as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.' "

Seventeen verses in the New Testament describe Jesus as the "son of David."
From the line of David will come an everlasting kingdom. Calling Jesus the Son of David is a way of saying, “You are the messiah.”
It references his kingly identity as well.

Matthew 1 gives the genealogical proof that Jesus, in His humanity, was a direct descendant of Abraham and David through Joseph, Jesus' legal father. The genealogy in Luke chapter 3 gives Jesus' lineage through His mother, Mary. Jesus is a descendant of David, by adoption through Joseph, and by blood through Mary. Primarily though, when Christ was referred to as the Son of David, it was meant to refer to His Messianic title as the Old Testament prophesied concerning Him.

Jesus Christ, the only son of God and the only means of salvation for the world, is also the son of David, both in a physical sense and a spiritual sense.

2.  Jesus keeps on Walking
The blind men call to Jesus while he is walking and he keeps on walking. Then when he gets indoors the blind men keep following him. How long did this happen? It’s impossible to tell but we can see that Jesus isn’t caught up in the urgency of the moment.

3. No offence
The blind men don’t get offended at Jesus for walking away from them.

4. A question & an Answer
Jesus then asks the two blind men, “Do you believe I am able to do this?”
The men answer in the affirmative.

5. A touch
Jesus touched their eyes.

6. A phrase
According to your faith will it be done to you.
Jesus gives the faith of the blind men as the reason for their healing.

7. The Results
Their sight was restored

8. The Focus of Jesus
Jesus had his focus on his 12 disciples. He’s not trying to build a big following. If he was he would’ve told the blind men to spread the news far and wide. But he instead told them sternly not to tell what had happened.

Jesus heals the Mute
Matthew 9:32-34
32While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. 33And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel."
34But the Pharisees said, "It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons."

1. The Symptoms
Can’t talk

2. The source of the problem
A Demon

3. The Solution
Jesus drives out the demon.

4. The Crowd
Amazed

Conclusion
Let’s walk in the God ordained and deputized authority we’ve been given in Christ. As we operate in this authority via revelation knowledge I believe, according to the authority of the scriptures, we’ll see healings and deliverances like we’ve never seen before.
This healing and deliverance will facilitate evangelism and we won’t have enough room to contain the people.

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by Tony V. Hammack

Jesus Didn’t Pray for Sick People (Part 4)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ

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Deputized Authority
Luke 10:17-20
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." 18He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Greater Works
John 14:12
12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman
Mark 5:21-43
 21When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23and pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live." 24So Jesus went with him.    A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.  27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." 29Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.  30At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
31"You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?' "32But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.  34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."  35While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. "Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher any more?"  36Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."  37He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38When they came to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39He went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep." 40But they laughed at him.  After he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" ). 42Immediately the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Points of Interest
1. When the kingdom of God is in operation as it’s designed, crowds gather. Some have desperate needs and some want to watch.

2. You see Jairus, a synagogue ruler exhibit subordinate honor in his desperate state. He believes Jesus has a solution to his daughter’s problem and she will be healed if he lays his hands on her. His desperation is heightened due to the gravity of the situation. I believe Jairus has faith for a healing but not for a resurrection. This is similar to the people around Lazarus.

3. The woman, bleeding is ceremonially unclean. She is therefore making everyone else she touches ceremonially unclean. It takes courage to press through the crowd.

4. Her thinking told her, “If you can touch his cloak you will be healed.” These thoughts and her desperation override her sensibilities.

5. She had an inner witness that she’d been healed.

6. Jesus sensed power going out from him.

7. Jesus asks “who touched me?” I believe he didn’t know the answer to the question. I also believe that Jesus was fully God but I believe he chose to empty himself of his “God the Father” properties. When Jesus knew things supernaturally about people he was operating in a word of knowledge gifting.

8.  I’m sure Jesus was interested in who touched him in Faith.
Mark 5:34
34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

9. People see physical death as the end. Jesus however ignores the words of the people that come with the bad news and says, “Don't be afraid; just believe.”

10. Jesus only allowed Peter, James and John to come with him when he was going to raise Jairus’s daughter.

11. The world will laugh at the irrational faith minister. What Jesus is about to do defies the “laws” that everyone is familiar with.

12. Jesus is selective of who he allows into the room allowing only the girl, her mother and father and his inner 3 disciples.

13. Jesus doesn’t pray for the girl but...  41He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" ).

14. The girl is raised from the dead and Jesus gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this.

God awaken our understanding to move and flow in the deputized authority you’ve given to us, increase our faith and your authority in us so we can do the works you did.

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by Tony V. Hammack

Jesus Didn't Pray for Sick People (Part 3)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ
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Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son
Luke 7:11-15
11Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
13When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry." 14Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" 15The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Some points to consider from the above passage.

1. The Woman’s Situation is dire. No husband and no children. Her emotional state couldn’t be much lower.
2. The large crowd could mean that the woman, the son or her deceased husband were popular or that the people of the city had compassion and wanted to show support to the woman.
3. The woman’s situation touches the heart of the Lord Jesus.  5 Times in the New Testament it’s stated that Jesus is “moved with compassion.”
4. Obedience to the voice of God and walking in Love are the ways we fulfill the will of God.
5. Jesus stops the funeral procession with a touch to the coffin and says, “young man, I say to you, get up!”
6. Notice that Jesus didn’t pray for the dead boy but commanded him to get up.

A Mute Man
Luke 11:14
14Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

1. The nature of the demon effects the man. In this case it effects his ability to speak.
2. Demons cause health problems and specifically mental health problems.

That doesn’t mean however that if you’ve ever had mental health problems you have or had a demon.


The Healing of a Demon-Possessed Man
Mark 5:1-20
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain.
4For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
7He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!" 8For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?“ "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many." 10And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." 13He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well.
17Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." 20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

1. When we are walking in our God prepared authority the demonized people will come/run to us.
2. Some demonized people have incredible strength.
3. A demon inhabiting a persons body (soulish realm) can cause mental illness and strange behavior.
4. Demons can talk through people.
5. This demon dis-obey’s Jesus and doesn’t come out when He commands it to.
6. Jesus then asks the Spirit what it’s name is.
7. A demonized person can have more than 1 spirit, it’s thought that a Roman legion had 6000 soldiers in it. This is a large number of demon spirits.
8. The Spirit doesn’t want to leave the particular area it’s in.
9. Pigs can have demons if even for a short time. Apparently there was something appealing about going into a pig before being “out” that the demon’s desired.
10. The demons caused the pigs to commit suicide. Suicide for a pig is probably a very strange phenomenon.
11. When the supernatural is in operation people will talk and come and see.
12. The people were afraid of the man when he was in his right mind? Maybe they did something to him and were afraid of revenge or being found out. Maybe they cast some type of spell on him making him some kind of substitutionary sacrifice and now he’s free causing the retribution to fall on them again? But what I think is that the people were also under the influence of the spirits and the spirits were afraid. Maybe they were just amazed and afraid about what had happened?They pleaded with Jesus to leave their region. Maybe they had demons themselves that didn’t want to be exposed and cast out? Maybe they didn’t want to take another financial loss.
13. Daniel 10:13But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
14. Daniel 10:20  So he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Soon I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the prince of Greece will come;
15. Ephesians 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
16. The first missionary is commissioned to go home but he actually goes through a 10 city region telling about all Jesus did for him.

When People receive a touch from the Lord in deliverance they are motivated from within to do amazing things, overcoming fear and doubt to share about Christ.

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by Tony V. Hammack

Jesus Didn't Pray for the Sick (Part 2)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ

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Revelation Knowledge
Ephesians 1:17
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

Lord show us who you are and then show us who we are in you. Help us to believe what you say about us in your word and by revelation.
Revelation Knowledge is foundational
Matthew 16:17-18 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

If Jesus didn’t pray for the sick, What did he do?
He took authority over disease.

Authority
One thing that increases our authority in the Earth is when we love enough to take personal responsibility. This love and personal responsibility brings with it authority that is received.

Exousia
The Greek word for authority is exousia (from the impersonal verb exesti, "it is lawful").

1. the ability or strength with which one is endued,
2. the right to exercise power;
3. the power of rule or government,
4. the power of one whose will and commands must be obeyed by others.

Satan’s Position before the cross
Luke 10:17-20
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." 18He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Jesus talks about the position of Satan then he starts to talk about the deputized authority he’s given to his disciples.
Mark 3:27
27In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house.

Satanic authority’s current Position
Colossians 2:13b-15
He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

The Man with the Shriveled Hand

Luke 6:6-11
6On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. 8But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Get up and stand in front of everyone." So he got up and stood there. 9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" 10He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was completely restored. 11But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

1. Jesus was not afraid of men
2. Even though he knew what they were going to do he had the man stand up in front of everyone.
3. Jesus Uses the healing as a doctrinal teaching point with the stubborn Pharisees.
4. The Pharisees stubbornness is illustrated by them responding to this wonderful miracle by being furious.
5. Jesus doesn’t pray for the man with the Shriveled Hand.

Crowds Follow Jesus and try to touch Him

Mark 3:7-12
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. 8When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. 11Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.

1. Jesus want’s a small boat ready so the crowd’s can’t crowd him.
2. Ironically people were healed when they touched Jesus
3. The Demons were also manifesting/exposing themselves because of the authority on Jesus life.
4. Jesus didn’t want or need the demons to reveal who he was.
5. Jesus didn’t pray for the sick people

The Faith of the Centurion

Luke 7:1-10
1When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, 5because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." 6So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

1. When you’re highly valued by your boss your life just might be saved.
2. Self Righteousness may demand Jesus to show up in person but when revelation comes a person can repent and say, “merely say the word, I’m not worthy to have you come under my roof.”
3. Sometimes God may speak to us using illustrations from our daily life and interpersonal relationships.
4. Jesus is amazed by the man’s revelation of authority. It’s interesting that Jesus equates this revelation of authority with faith.
5. The servant was healed and Jesus didn’t pray for him.

In conclusion let’s take authority over disease and sickness in people we know and love.

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Jesus Didn't Pray for the Sick (Part 1)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ

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Prayer – having a conversation with God.

Jesus took authority over sickness and demons but for the purposes of this message we’re going to focus in on disease and sickness.

Exousia

The Greek word for authority is exousia (from the impersonal verb exesti, "it is lawful").
1. "the ability or strength with which one is endued,"
2. "power of authority," the right to exercise power;
3. "the power of rule or government," the power of one whose will and commands must be obeyed by others; more specifically of apostolic "authority," the "power" of judicial decision, it stands for "that which is subject to authority or rule,"

I will contend that the Church of Jesus Christ lacks revelation knowledge in the areas of understanding their authority.

Where we walk in the revelation of our authority in Christ things become subject to the rule and reign of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Heals the Official's Son
John 4:43-54
43After the two days he left for Galilee. 44(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) 45When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there. 46Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. 48"Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." 49The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies." 50Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour." 53Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed. 54This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus Heals Many
Matthew 8:14-17
14When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. 16When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He took up our infirmities
and carried our diseases."

The Man With Leprosy
Matthew 8:1-4
1When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." 3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. 4Then Jesus said to him, "See that you don't tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Matthew 9:1-8
1Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven." 3At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!" 4Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? 5Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? 6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and go home." 7And the man got up and went home. 8When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to men.

The Healing at the Pool
John 5:1-8
1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
8Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, …

Prayer associated with healing.
Here in Acts 28:8 we see the Apostle Paul praying before he ministeres healing through the laying on of hands. It could be understood that the healing came from the prayer but it's more likely that the healing virtue of Christ flowed through Paul into the man. It's probably that Paul was praying about this situation and the Lord may have spoken to him to lay his hands on him to cause the healing to take place.

Acts 28:8
His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him.

This instance of prayer being associated with healing is in regard to church elders who also anoint with oil in the name of the Lord. This is a prayer of faith that will make the sick person well.

James 5:14-15
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. 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.

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Two by Two

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When hearts connect God moves in the miraculous

1 Corinthians 4:15
Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

I’ve been meditating on deliverance and different seasons of my ministry where deliverance has happened frequently and when it has happened infrequently.

Mark 6:7-13
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits. 8These were his instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9Wear sandals but not an extra tunic. 10Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them." 12They went out and preached that people should repent. 13They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.


1. The Calling – Jesus Called the original 12 disciples to himself and gave them instructions as to what they were to do.

2. The Sending – he sent them out ahead of him to go into the villages where he was going to preach.

3. The Administration – 2 x 2

4. The Impartation – Jesus gave the disciples authority to cast out evil spirits. They were deputized with his authority to do his work.

5. The Instructions - "Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9Wear sandals but not an extra tunic. 10Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them."

6. The Message / Method - Repent / Anointing with oil.


7. The Results – They drove out Demons and healed the sick.

What does this mean for us today?
I’m going to talk to the modern day disciples of Jesus today. The saved and spirit filled people in this room. If you are not saved or spirit filled we will talk to you at the end but for now I want to address the believers in the building.

1. You are called
The Calling – Every believer has a calling to put people back into right relationship with the Father. We’ve all been given the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18 (God the Father) reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
Romans 11:29 29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.

Your calling may not be to vocational ministry but you are called!

2. You have been sent
The Sending –
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.“
City (Cape Girardeau) State, (Missouri) Country, (United States of America) and the entire globe.

3. You need ministry accountability
Matthew 18:19
19"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 4:12
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 11:14
14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

4. You have a spiritual impartation available to you
Matthew 28:17-19
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Receiving an Impartation of God from a Man
2 Kings 3:11
But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD through him?" An officer of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah. "

2 Kings 2:9,15
v9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?" "Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit," Elisha replied.
v15 The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, "The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha." And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

5. The Instructions –
“Travel Light” trusting the Lord to provide for the essentials of life.
1. 1 Timothy 5:18
For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages."
Go where you are celebrated not just tolerated.
If people don’t receive your ministry move on.

6a. Your message
Stop sinning
6b. Our Method
Anointing with Oil
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.

7. Our Results
We should be casting out demons and being used to heal the sick.
These ministries are for those who want them and will press into his presence to be used in these areas.
Acts 10:34
34Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism

Luke 11:20
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Note: 54 our of 65 times the phrase kingdom of God is referring to a present or past kingdom. Only 11 times does it refer to a future coming kingdom.

I pray that if you need to make Jesus the Lord of your life you'll do that now. If you need an infilling of the Holy Spirit I also pray that you'll ask the God that gives generously to those who ask. Maybe you need to be healed, declare the word of the Lord over your situation or maybe you need deliverance from demonic activity. I pray that you get freedom from the spirits that are oppressing you.

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How to Receive Healing

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The Woman with the Issue of Blood
Matthew 9:20-22
Mark 5:25-34
Luke 8:42-48

Luke 8:42-48
As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44She 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."

46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."
47Then 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. 48Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

Points in the Story

1. Jesus is going somewhere else when the miracle takes place. He’s going to the home of a very important person. The synagogue ruler Jairus’s house to pray for his sick daughter.

2. The crowd is listed here in Luke as “crushing”. Meaning everyone else is trying to see something or get something from Jesus.

3. She heard about Jesus and reasoned from what she heard, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.“ The scriptures say specifically that she said to herself.”
This act of “saying to herself” causes her to rise up with courage to reach out to Jesus through the crowd without an appointment for a miracle even though she’s ceremonially unclean.

4. She hasn’t gotten better due to the medical care she’s received but she’s gotten worse!
The Jewish Talmud preserves a record of medicines and treatments prescribed for illnesses of this sort.

Leviticus 15:25
" 'When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period.


5. The woman is there and has suffered for 12 years and is completely broke due to her medical bills.

6. It appears that she may have snuck up behind Jesus to avoid being noticed.

7. All the faith for this miracle is in the woman. We know this because Jesus was oblivious to the woman until she touched Him. He even states, “Who touched me?” in v. 45.

8. Immediately her bleeding had stopped.

9. Jesus calling her Daughter is the only place in the scriptures where Jesus addresses a anyone as “daughter”.

The Greek word translated “healed” actually is also translated “saved.” Here both physical healing and spiritual salvation are meant. The two also appear together in Mark 2:1-12 (Jesus heals a paralytic)

SOZO is the Greek word for healing, wholeness, recovery and salvation. Healing of the body was not separated by Jesus from healing of the person, to be healed by Jesus was to receive God’s salvation. The verb Sōzein means both “to heal” and “to save”.

Salvation is a future event and is also deliverance from the dominion of sin and Satan; it is freedom to love and serve God now.

Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.

Application Points

1.If you have a need, don’t let intimidation stop you. Sometimes we see ourselves as insignificant and disqualify ourselves from receiving things from the Lord that are part of the promises of God.

2. Sometimes we have to press through the “crowd” between us and Jesus.
a. Our crowd can be thoughts, doubts, actual people etc.

3. Faith rises with meditation on the person of Jesus and confession of God’s word. This faith defeats fear that would prevent us from stepping out. We also must defeat fear to receive our miracle.

4. Unfortunately sometimes we put more trust in man’s solutions than God’s. When man lets us down and we lose hope in man we often turn to God in desperation. We should turn to God first but sometimes we don’t.

5. Turning to man for the solutions to our problems will cost us money. Turning to God will cost us everything.

6. Reaching out to Jesus even though you are afraid is O.K. just reach out with resolve and determination. The definition of courage is - firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty. Being afraid but doing it anyway!

7. Faith is the key component in our lives that unlocks the supernatural from God. Faith that is founded upon the will and word of God and causes action on our part. This is the type of faith we need to have also.

8. True faith always moves God to action! If you don’t get your miracle, examine your faith.

9. How you reach out to Jesus is what he will give you. If you receive him as Father then he will call you son/daughter. If you see him as friend then he will receive you as a friend. If you see him as a historical figure than that’s what he will be to you.

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Today and Tonight

Well I had a very eventful day.

I got to the gym today at 7:00 AM and worked out with Jeff. We pushed it pretty hard but I got out of there relatively early.

I jumped in my green machine and headed over to the church where I watered our recently transplanted Barberry bush (Thanks Ray) and also noticed we had another bush that is absolutely beautifully in bloom. I don't know what the bush is called but it was amazing. I took a couple pictures with my cell phone. I had a really nice talk with Steve Chism about putting in an alarm system at the church as well. Steve's a really cool brother who is filled up with the Spirit of God.

From there I headed over to Fred's Fish house to have some lunch with Gary Brock and Jerry Cook. Jerry is a fish addict so we had to go to Fred's. The meal was good and the service was even better.

After lunch I headed back over to the church to try and tackle a project that I've been needing to get to for a long time. I want to stream our church services live over the Internet and haven't been able to do it so I decided today, I was going to figure it out. Well after about 5 hours of studying, configuring walking back and forth and port forwarding I still haven't figured it out but I believe I will. I'm still in the experimental phase with the video streaming but I was able to stream video from the sanctuary into the office so if I can figure out how to configure our router and IP address properly I'm pretty sure we can get a video stream outside of the building. That would be a great way to amplify the ministries of Jubilee Family Church outside our four walls. Anyone anywhere in the world could "tune" into our service via the Internet. Right now they'll have to sit in the Church office to see the feed. That kind of defeats the purpose. (That was supposed to be funny, imagine a bunch of people from all over the world coming to our church on a Sunday morning and piling in the office when they could just come the rest of the way into the sanctuary) OK if you have to explain it, it's not funny anymore.

From my attempt at live web casting I headed over to Fitzhugh park to watch Brooke play a T-ball game. The park is packed and there's such a nice family friendly environment at the park. I really enjoy those game nights. We meet a bunch of nice people and enjoy the opportunities that the Lord puts before us. Andrea really has an evangelistic anointing on her. So I hung out at the park with the family as they all went their separate ways. Once we finally reeled them all in we were heading for the house. When we got home the phone rang. It was Carlotta Brown who told me that sister Helen had some type of stroke. Well I finished my strange dinner and headed out the door to the hospital. As I was driving over there I was praying about the word of the Lord for Sister Helen. I explained to my sister Connie, over my cell phone, how nice sister Helen is. I was really believing for a good report but heard that she'd had what seemed like some kind of stroke.

When I got to the hospital I got to meet Ryan. Ryan is Sister Helen's grandson who we've been praying for for months and months. He's recently back from Iraq and I just want to say how much I appreciate all the people in the military who put themselves on the line for those of us who are in the U.S. "holding down the fort". Thank you Ryan!

Any how sister Helen had trouble articulating sentences when I came into her room at the White River Medical Center. Her daughter Lou Ann was there and we prayed with Sis. Helen for a long time. I didn't really feel called to say much, just to hold her hand and see in my spirit the healing taking place in her nervous system and in her arteries. After quite a long time of silence we prayed a short prayer and I mean in no time Sister Helen was back to her old (39 year old) self again. When Ron and Carlotta came in they prayed a prayer of agreement with Lou Ann and myself and in no time Sister Helen was ribbing Ron like she was in Sunday school class. I really love Sister Helen and to see her doing well made me very happy. God is wonderful and is exceedingly, abundantly, able to do more than we ask think or imagine. I'm so glad to be a part of God's family and know that I serve the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is mighty to save!
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