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    Reasons why speaking out faith is important

    We need to speak because God spoke. As simple as that may sound, here are some reasons to consider doing this catively everyday. Speaking our faith is a direct confession of our believe to God.

    And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak. 2 Corinthians 4:13

    As you think about declaring God’s promises of protection over yourself and your loved ones, you may be asking, But Pastor Prince, can’t I just believe God’s Word in my heart? Why do I also have to say Psalm 91 out loud?

    Let me show you some Scriptures about faith and speaking that will help you. Romans 10:9 tells us that “if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (boldface mine).

    Our Lord Jesus also said, “Whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” Mark 11:23, .

    Now, reread what the apostle Paul wrote in today’s verse. Do you notice a pattern here? Faith involves believing in your heart as well as speaking with your mouth.

    When we are speaking our faith, we are imitating God

    You and I, we are made in God’s image. When God first saw darkness, He didn’t say, “Gosh, it’s so dark.” What did God do? He called forth light by speaking. Instead He said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3).

    In the New Testament, our Lord Jesus spoke to the storm and it subsided. He spoke to the fig tree and it withered. Regarding deliverance, He spoke to the demons and they fled. He spoke to the sick and they were healed. He spoke to the dead and they lived.

    Similarly, when we are faced with darkness in any area of our lives today, or trapped in a storm of challenges, let’s not be mired in looking at the problems and despairing. We should also call forth what we want to see!

    If we find ourselves caught in a dangerous situation, we should declare, “The Lord is my refuge and my fortress.” If there is a sickness in our body, we can call forth our healing by saying, “Thank You, Jesus, by Your stripes I am healed!” Start speaking forth your protection, your health, and your victory today!

    Devotional from Pastor Joseph Prince of New Creation Church.

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    Is righteousness changeable?

    Righteousness is believed to be changeable by some people. That is, they think, when they make a mistake, God takes away the gift. On the contrary, God’s gifts are irrevocable.

    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.”

    Genesis 7:1

    Remember how Noah was safe in the ark when the floodwaters came? While Noah was not perfect, God saw him as righteous because of his faith in God (Heb. 11:7).

    When the flood came, everyone outside the ark died, but Noah and his family were protected and saved. Why? Because they were in the ark, which is a type of Christ, who is our salvation (Acts 4:12).

    The ark didn’t have windows along its sides, only near the roof. The truth here is that God does not want you to focus on all the darkness, terror, and evil that are around you and in the world. He wants you to look up and know that His Son is coming back for you.

    I want you to see something else: I believe there were times when Noah might have lost his balance and fallen as the storm waters crashed against the ark. But Noah fell in the ark; he never fell out of the ark.

    Similarly, for the believer today, when the devil tempts you and you fall, you don’t fall out of your position in Christ; you are still in Christ. In the book of Proverbs, it says, “For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again” (Prov. 24:16).

    You see, a believer doesn’t fall in and out of righteousness. Our righteousness today is a gift from our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:17). This means that even though we may fail from time to time because we are imperfect human beings, we are still in Christ our ark and do not forfeit His blessings of protection.

    Now, in case you are wondering, does this make someone want to live recklessly? Certainly not! I believe that knowing you are righteous in Christ makes you live responsibly and in honor to the Lord (Rom. 6:10–14). The revelation of our righteousness in Christ produces righteous living (Titus 2:11–12).

    Devotional by Pastor Joseph Prince from New Creation Church, Singapore.

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    What is believing?

    Who do you think you are? Have you forgotten all the mistakes you’ve made?

    Things will never get better. You should just accept your lot.

    It’s not going to work—you are just going to fail again!

    Nobody loves you. You are all alone.

    Have you been at the receiving end of these words of discouragement, accusation, and dismissal?

    I’ve seen these tactics of deception, loaded with condemning judgment, used too many times by the adversary. I’ve seen too many people, who have tried to move out from under the shadow of their past or break free from their addictions, end up succumbing to these lies about themselves, their identity, and their future and their destiny. As a result, they are unable to break free, and day after day, they simply live to perpetuate the pain, fears, and addictions to which they’re bound.

    What is right believing?

    Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces. Psalm 107:13–14

    That’s the power of wrong believing.

    Wrong believing puts people in a prison—a prison where its inmates behave as though they are incarcerated in a maximum-security penitentiary. They march inexorably to their dank cells of self-doubt and addictions. Equally, they allow themselves to be led into dungeons of destructive behaviors.

    They have convinced themselves never to dream of a better place, believing that they have no choice but to live in despair, frustration, and defeat.

    If that describes you, it’s time for a prison break, my friend. It’s time to break free from the crippling grip of all that has held you back. How?

    Through right believing—the light that illuminates the path of freedom out of this prison.

    Know and believe that God does not want you to live imprisoned by fears, guilt, and addictions. Open your heart to believe His plan for you is to live with joy overflowing, peace that surpasses understanding, and an unshakable confidence in what He has done for you. Through the cross, Jesus has paid for you to have His abundant life—a life marked by His liberty, His power, and His blessings.

    It’s time to let go of the life of defeat and step into a life full of victory, security, and God’s abundant grace!

    This devotional is from Pastor Joseph Prince of New Creation Church, Singapore.

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    Giving thanks is acknowledging the presence of Jesus

    When we ccknowledge Jesus’ Presence by Giving Thanks, everything falls in place.

    In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

    There are Christians who know in theory that Jesus is with them, but they do not actively practice His presence.

    For me personally, one of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time.

    You can give thanks to Him for everything. Just say, “Lord, I thank You for this beautiful sunset. I thank You for Your love and for surrounding me with good things and good friends.”

    There is no limit to what you can thank Him for since every good and perfect gift that we enjoy today comes directly from Him (James 1:17).

    Even if you have had a rough day at work and you are facing a seemingly impossible challenge, you can practice His presence.

    When should you be giving thanks?

    The moment you realize that your heart is heavy with worry and your mind is plagued by anxiety, share your challenge with Jesus and thank Him that this problem is not bigger than His hands. Begin to surrender it to Him and depend on Him for His strength, power, and peace.

    As you do that, you are already practicing the presence of the Lord. And as you honor His presence and behave like He is indeed with you, He sees it as faith in Him and intervenes on your behalf for your success in whatever situation you may be in.

    What is an example of not appreciating God or people?

    It is sad when Christians behave like some husbands who bring their wives to a party, only to ignore them completely. Their wives could be right there with them physically, but these guys are so engaged with their own friends, talking about the stock market, economy, or latest game on television, that their wives might as well not be with them.

    Ladies, do you know men like that? Now, men who are reading this, I know you are not like that, so don’t get offended, all right? I know you cherish and love your wife.

    What I am trying to illustrate is that just because someone is with you physically, it does not mean that the person feels appreciated by you.

    Appreciation only occurs when you start acknowledging the presence of that person.

    Now, what does the word “appreciate” mean? It means “to increase in value.” If you appreciate someone, the person increases in value in your eyes.

    My friend, the Lord is already with you, so start to practice His presence. Begin by thanking Him, appreciating Him and increasing His value in your eyes. Certainly, you will see Him acting on your behalf.

    This artcile is a devotional by Pastor Joseph Prince from New Creation Church, Singapore.

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    Did You Know God Will Never Be Angry with You?

    “For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you. Isaiah 54:9–10

    A warning is issued in 1 Peter 5:8—“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

    I know that a lion roars to intimidate and to bring fear, but I used to wonder what kind of fear the devil tries to instil in the believer. We must let the Bible interpret the Bible. We can’t base our interpretations on our denominational backgrounds or our experiences.

    One day, I was reading Proverbs 19 when I came across verse 12: “The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.” Who is the king that this verse refers to? It is our Lord Jesus!

    So when the devil goes about like a roaring lion, he is trying to impersonate the King. He is trying to make you feel as if God is angry with you. Every time you hear preaching that leaves you with a sense that God is angry with you, guess what? You have just been roared at!

    Is God furious with us?

    But know this, beloved: God will NEVER be angry with you ever again. He only has to tell us this, but He wanted us to be so sure that He swore in His Word that He would never be angry with us again.

    Today’s verses are from Isaiah 54, which is right after the famous messianic chapter of the sufferings of Christ in Isaiah 53. Therefore, Isaiah 54 is spelling out the triumphs and spoils of His sufferings.

    Do you know why God will never be angry with us again?

    It is because of what Christ has accomplished for us! On the cross, God poured out all His anger on the body of His Son. Jesus exhausted all the fiery indignation of a holy God against all our sins. When all of God’s judgment of our sins had been completely exhausted, He shouted, “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

    And because our sins have already been punished, God, who is a holy and just. God will not punish us today when we believe in what Christ has done. God’s holiness is now on your side. His righteousness is now for you, not against you. You are His beloved, in whom He is well pleased because of Jesus’ finished work!

    The next time the devil tries to rob you of your sense of being beloved by making you think that God is angry with you, just ignore him. Ignore him when he says, “How can you call yourself a Christian?”

    You are a righteous, accepted, and beloved child of God! When you believe this, you will have the confidence to face every challenge with boldness. It will make you know that you have God’s unmerited favor on your side!

    This article is a devotional from Pastor Joseph Prince of the New Creation Church, Singapore.

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    What is the greatest achievement on earth?

    Achievement to man is not the same as achievement to God. What are you boasting about?

    This is what the Lord says:
    “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
    or the strong boast of their strength
    or the rich boast of their riches,
    but let the one who boasts boast about this:
    that they have the understanding to know me,

    that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
    justice and righteousness on earth,
    for in these I delight,”
    declares the Lord.”
    Jeremiah 9:23-24


    The greatest achievement on earth is to pray as God wants us to pray, because prayer is a relationship that exists between God and His children, a relationship that will take you beyond the grave, to eternity.

    This means all that you hold dear in this world is nothing compared to knowing God, and to be known by Him. So, how can we have understanding to know God? Knowing God is not only to see His miracles, His works, His hands but to learn His ways.

    How do we learn His ways as an achievement?

    Through His Word and by His Spirit in our heart. God tests our hearts to reward us. In God’s way, our life is measured by the movement of our heart. What you see as failure may not be at all in His way, what you see as success may not be at all in His way.

    We need a greater understanding of God’s heart to know that what we are going through, God is aware. God is working through your circumstances, sicknesses, affliction, setback. You need a greater understanding of God’s heart to understand this, if not you continue to run after alternatives. Whereas God works through your circumstances of life.

    Lord, give me a greater understanding of Your heart because You are Lord over my life.

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    God doesn’t condemn you

    Neither do l condemn you, go and sin no more”. John 8:11

    When Jesus was on earth, a woman caught in adultery was brought before Him by the scribes and Pharisees, the religious mafia of His day.  They tried to trap Him by posing a question that was difficult to answer, “Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stones. But what do You say? (John 8:5).

    Jesus answered, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” (John 8:7). The scribes and Pharisees began to leave one by one till none of them were left. 

    The people in the crowd who wanted to condemn the woman could not. But Jesus, the only one in the crowd who truly had the power to condemn her, would not. He then asked her, “Woman….Has no one condemned you?” (John 8:10)

    Why did Jesus not condemn her?

    He spoke such words of grace to her because He loved her. Also, by asking her the question, He was giving her a chance to speak words of no condemnation to herself– “No one (condemns me), Lord.”(John 8:11)

    Jesus not only spoke words of grace to her, he also gave her the gift of no condemnation—”Neither do l condemn you; go and sin no more”. It was when she received the gift of no condemnation that she had the power to “go and sin no more”.

    Today, you have the gift of no condemnation because the Son of God was condemned for all your sins. (Romans 8:1). Today, God cannot condemn you when you sin because He is faithful and just to what His Son has done. 

    So if the devil tries to convince you that God is angry with you when you blow it, just say, “God does not condemn me today because He has already condemned Jesus at the cross 2,000 years ago!”

    Unfortunately, we still hear people saying, “Go and sin no more first, then l won’t condemn you.” Maybe you have been saying this to yourself too. But God says, “I don’t condemn you. Go and sin no more.” Be gives you the gift of no condemnation, so that you have the strength to go and sin no more!

    Devotional by Pastor Joseph Prince of New Creation Church, Singapore. 

    Condemnation bible verses

    John 3:18

    Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

    1 Corinthians 11:32

    Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

    Titus 3:11

    You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned.

    Mark 16:16

    Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

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    What is God’s opinion about Divorce?

    In ancient times, arranged marriages had a very low rate of divorce, and this may be true, in part, because of the great amount of shame that comes with divorce in those cultures. This is interesting to consider since there is very little to no shame for divorce in many other cultures, especially in the west. It has almost become popular.

    Divorce has become almost expected, which is why so many people are choosing not to marry and to instead just live together. And if they do marry, they realize that they have a “get out of jail” card, which they keep close to the chest. 

    This attitude is obviously very different from the way God views divorce. Consider God’s anger over divorce in Malachi 2:16. It says:

    ‘l hate divorce’, says the LORD God of Israel, ‘and l hate a man’s covering himself with violence as well as with his garment,’ says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith. 

    Here in this passage, God rebukes the Israelites because of how common divorce was in their culture. God said he hated the violence divorce created in the family, and he taught the Israelites to guard themselves and not to break faith with their wives. 

    What did Jesus say about divorce?

    In the New Testament, Jesus responded to questions about divorce. For exmple in Mathew 19:9, Christ says, “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

    In that chapter, Jesus gave one of two exceptions that can break the marriage convenant. 

    1. Adultery is the first exception for divorce

    Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.

    In  a marriage where there is unfaithfulness, if the innocent spouse leaves the union, he or she is free to remarry.

    However, Christ said that if anyone married a divorced person, not under the exception of adultery, they would be living in a continual state of adultery.

    Why would they be in a continual state of adultery?

    This is because God still sees the divorced person as married to his or her first spouse. The first exception that can break the marriage covenant is adultery. 

    With that said, we must still remember God’s ideal. Even though adultery breaks the marital covenant and allows the innocent spouse to seek divorce and remarriage, that still is not God’s ideal.

    As seen in the book of Hosea, Israel was adulterous in their liestyle to God many times, but he still continually took them back. As the prophet Hosea imitated God’s committed love, he took his own adulterous wife back.

    Even under the exception, God’s ideal is for the couple to restore the relationship, and by doing this, they demonstrate his committed love. Look at what Paul said about divorce in 1 Corinthians 7:10-11. He said:

    To the married l give this command(not l, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

    Adultery is a reason for divorce

    What about those who divorced without adultery?

    Those who get divorced, for any reason other than adultery, must remain unmarried or reconcile with their mate. This includes situations where there is abuse, irreconcilable differences, etc. Marriage is supposed to be a life-long relationship, and when a person divorces, Scripture says he or she should remain single.

    In the case of divorce because of infidelity, the cheating spouse should be encouraged to seek reconciliation. If that is impossible, they must recognize that cheating is not an unforgivable sin. Jesus Christ died on the cross for all of our sins and there is forgiveness available. (1 John 1:9).

    However, forgiveness does not always remove the consequences. If reconciliation is impossible, the cheating spouse must accept God’s forgiveness and give himself to a life of serving the Lord as a single person. God will give him grace to fulfil that call and will make him fruitful, if he is faithful.

    As for the innocent spouse, God’s ideal is for her to seek to restore the marriage. If that is not possible, she is free to marry another.

    Why is marriage relevant?

    It is because those who want to follow God’s design must understand how important the marriage covenant is to God. For God, marriage is to be a committed relationship that is essentially unbreakable between a male and emale. Those who break it, except under adultery, are to stay single and continue to pursue the Lord.

    These regulations for marriage are strict and were given by God to discourage divorce.

    In a society with no regulations and no shame with regards to divorce, it has become rampant and a viable option in a difficult marriage.

    Scripture teaches marriage is a covenant which should reflect God’s covenant with us. Even when we fail him and turn our backs on him, he remains faithful because of his covenant which he sealed with the blood of his son. 

    2. Death is the second exception for divorce

    In Romans 7:1-3, Paul said this:

    Do you not know, brothers- for l am speaking to men who know the law-that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is  released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she married another man. 

    Here, Paul taught that the second exception, which would allow for remarriage, is death.

    Death breaks the marriage covenant. Marriage is a physical covenant that makes a couple one flesh(Gen 2:24). They become one in body, soul, and spirit. Only a physical thing can break this covenant and that would be adultery or death. 

    In fact, in the Old Testament a cheating spouse was put to death, and the faithful spouse was allowed to remarry (Lev 20:10).

    In the New Testament, this is no longer true, but the cheating spouse is called to remain single.

    death is a reason for divorce

    How should we treat divorced people?

    Again, it should be heard that divorce is not an unforgivable sin. God’s love and grace are experienced in an even greater way in our failure. Where sin increases, grace increases all the more (Romans5:20). God certainly wants to give grace to restore divorced couples to one another and more importantly to himself.

    As the church, Christ’s body, we must love and comfort those who suffered through a divorce. With the advent of sin, marriage has been severely damaged. Sadly brokenness is common, so, as God’s church, we must seek to be conduits of God’s abundant grace so there can be healing and restoration for all who suffered.

    Doesn’t the amount of commitment required for marriage, especially a bad marriage, sound scary? It almost sounds impossible. The marriage Union is supposed to be a lifetime commitment, without a “get out of jail” card. It is meant to be something that can only be done through God’s power.

    In fact, when the disciples heard of these rigid stipulations, they responded with a similar awe. They said, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry” (Mathew19:10). That’s how strict the stipulations seemed to the disciples, and it should also challenge us as we consider this lifetime covenant.

     Why did God make the marriage covenant so stringent?

    Simply put, our God hates divorce, and he intended for people to marry and stay together for their lives on earth.

    Our legal system provides strenuous consequences to discourage people from stealing, killing, raping, etc . Heinous crimes can incite a potential lifetime sentence in prison or the death penalty. Extreme consequences deter sin in society. This is the same thing God has done with marriage.

    He wants people to know that marriage is a life-long calling. It is a covenant commitment and the only way out is to, essentially, remain single. Because people in the church have not been taught this or truly considered it, they have adopted the culture of the world, which looks at divorce as a viable option or as a necessary consequence of seeking self-fulfillment and happiness. 

    If divorce is necessary to find happiness they say, then so be it. And, therefore it has become increasingly common even among Christians. Statistics reflect no difference in the number of divorces occurring in the church compared to those outside the church. 

    However, since marriage is meant to reflect God and his love for his people, it is meant to be a Union based on commitment. It is a Union in which both say ,”l will love you even when you are unlovable. Also, they say I want to be with each other even when they don’t feel like loving them. I will love you like God loves me for his glory and his name which is my purpose in life.”

    Conclusion 

    God covenants with his people through good, the bad, and the ugly. So we must consider marriage as a lifelong covenant.

    It is a covenant based on commitment and not feelings, for feelings come and go. We need to approach this covenant realizing the potential consequences of not fulfilling it.

    It should be just as people did in establishing an ancient covenant. We must come into this covenant seeking to resemble and reflect God’s covenant love for us. 

    The bottom line question before marriage should be, “Am l truly willing to love like God loves and commit like he commits for his glory and joy?”

    Source of Article from The Bible Teacher’s Guide. Building Foundations for a Godly Marriage book by Pastor Gregory Brown.

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    The power of your words

    In recent times, most people, when they desperately want something, will say words like, “I am dying for the piece of cake!”. Few will say, “I am living for that piece of cake!”

    Sadly, many people are quick to mention death when things go wrong. Yet, the truth is that every word you speak has power- to build or destroy hopes and dreams, to restore or cause loss, to bring fright or despair, to bless or curse-for God’s Word says that death and life are in the power of the tongue.

    The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21

    So stop lining your words up with the negative circumstances. Instead, start lining your words up with God’s Word and release the power of His Word to work for you.

    How can you use your words positively?

    For example, instead of speaking of lack and poverty, say, “God’s Word tells me that the good things are already here. I therefore pronounce my life blessed. I pronounce my life successful. I declare my life great. Darkness, gloom, poverty and sickness, defeat and depression, will not be in my life!”

    Instead of saying sickness and death, say, l will live long. I will not die young. Jesus died young for me so that I can live long for Him. I am the righteousness of God in Christ, and God’s Word declares that no evil will come on me now and in the future!”

    Instead of speaking fear over your children, say, “God’s Word declares that the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Therefore, my children are delivered from every curse, every power of darkness and every evil. In the name of Jesus, l call forth a great, bright and blessed future for my children!”

    God wants you to have a life filled with good days and an abundance of every good thing. So say, “In the name of Jesus, l command blessings, favor, health, provision, protection, dominion and power to fill my life!”

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    What’s God’s opinion about healing?

    Many people think that, sickness is natural, so they don’t see healing as important. For some, there’s no need to pray when disease comes. Others say, God gave them the sickness so they think it is his will not to heal them.

    Do you know it is God’s will to heal everyone? The whole Bible is full of verses where Jesus himself as God healed many people. The healing of the blind, lame, maimed, mute, deaf and demon-possessed were common place in those days. Everyone who came to him with faith, received a miracle.

    Mathew 8:16,  When 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.

    Out of love and compassion for us, God sent Jesus to show us we have a relationship with him.

    In John 14:9, he said he who has seen Jesus has seen the Father. God and Jesus never gave sicknesses to anyone. On the contrary, when a leper or sick person came to him for healing, Jesus, full of compassion, told the leper, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

     

    Is God willing to give us healing?

    God is willing and ready to give us healing for every aspect of our lives. Every part like All about us. Healing doesn’t only imply health when we are sick in the body. Healing extends to financial, emotional and even mentally. 

    Wasting time to think, your broken situation is the plan of God to make you learn something, is a popular myth. It is funny that some people say God wants me sick, but they go to the Doctors, take medications and rest. God created the plants used to make the medicines. Whether we recognize it or not, that’s still part of his love for us.

    In summary, God wants us to be well and healed. 

    If you still doubt how much God is willing to see us healthy, check out his prophecy of what Jesus will do to us through Prophet Isaiah.

    Isaiah 53:3-11

    He was despised and rejected by mankind,
        a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
    Like one from whom people hide their faces
        he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

     Surely he took up our pain
        and bore our suffering,
    yet we considered him punished by God,
        stricken by him, and afflicted.
     But he was pierced for our transgressions,
        he was crushed for our iniquities;
    the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
        and by his wounds we are healed.
     We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
        each of us has turned to our own way;
    and the Lord has laid on him
        the iniquity of us all.

     He was oppressed and afflicted,
        yet he did not open his mouth;
    he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
        and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
        so he did not open his mouth.
     By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
        Yet who of his generation protested?
    For he was cut off from the land of the living;
        for the transgression of my people he was punished.
    He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
        and with the rich in his death,
    though he had done no violence,
        nor was any deceit in his mouth.

     Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
        and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
    he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
        and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
    After he has suffered,
        he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
    by his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many,
        and he will bear their iniquities.

    What does God want us to do?

    If you are sick in any area of your life, know that God did not give you the disease or problem. 

    God is all powerful. He could’ve saved us without dying. Yet, he suffered and died to make us see how he relates with our suffering and life. 

    I recommend you search all healing miracles of Jesus and spend time reading. You will see that, Jesus was happy to heal everyone who was sick. 

    Exodus 15:26.  He said, “If you listen carefully to 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.”

    He wants us well. 

    All we need to do is to believe in him. We have to have that unwaving strong conviction which says God’s with us, and he wants us to be in the healthiest state of mind and body.

    If we call upon his name, he is ready to respond if we will just call upon him. If you didn’t know, healing is our right. Jesus paid it all on the cross. Every stripe on his body was a significance of our peace and health. He paid the price for our healing.

    Healing is our right

    So if the devil says, and he always does that you cannot be healed,”just declare”, Jesus has paid for my healing, disease has no right to be in my body. I am healed in Jesus’ name!”

    Did you know that every curse of sickness that was supposed to fall on you fell on Jesus instead? He bore every one of those painful stripes on his body, so that you and I can walk in divine health all the days of our lives. The price has been paid so that we can rise up and get out of our bed of affliction in celebration.

    Regardless of what you are experiencing today, God has healed that marriage, job situation, relationship and body. In his perfect time, he will make it manifest, so let’s rejoice in hope and Thanksgiving. 

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