Dearest Saints,
In order to look at being healed from our soul wounds, which goes deep within, we need to be persistent about being in prayer and confession while not thinking that doing this once is all that is needed. During these processes, I like to point out something vital that we need to be persistent in. With Gods help, we need to deter any negative circumstances from having dominion in our lives. I find it extremely important to speak positive words into our lives and refuse to allow any negative conversation to come forth, which only allows the enemy to infiltrate his ways that ends up contaminating our soul when the Lord is willing to heal and restore your wounded soul. Our words which the Lord reveals to us can either bring forth life or death in to our situation (Prov 18:21). When we consider that the tongue can be very powerful and poisonous venom just by the words we speak, it even enlarges the flames of hell itself (James 3:5-8). That's why the Lord is serious about our words, because unrepentant people are going to give an account for every idle word spoken (Matt 12:36) because of the power of what we confess. If words can be that powerful in the negative realm, don't you think that speaking positive words (according to His Word) can be equally powerful, if not moreso? Therefore, we need to take heed how we think and speak. If our soul wounds get healed and restored for a short time, we may cause ourselves living a "yo-yo life" by being up one day and down the next simply because we failed to discipline our thoughts and words. I know it can be difficult at first because I was a constant complainer and often critical. The results of my life was often negative because of it. With Gods help, we can make changes because He tells us that we can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens us (Phil 4:13) and He has given us the Spirit of Self-Control (Gal 5:23) to help us do that.
What I have found out that helps is to not just stop speaking negatively, but to purposefully speak positive Words that agree with Gods Word over ourselves and get used to speaking Gods Word over us which brings forth life. Gods Word is always positive and encouraging. Jesus tells us that He is life (John 14:6), and He is the Word (John 1:14), then we need to speak His Word which brings forth life in to our circumstances. I know of a few people who are often just constant complainers and yet nothing right ever seems to go their way. This has nothing to do with their circumstances being negative as much as they themselves create negative circumstances just because they speak negatively all the time and refuse to follow His instructions. If people would submit themselves to God, and realize His love and care for them while submitting to the wisdom of His Word, we will often find ourselves living with much more Joy, Peace, Gladness of heart. I am a testimony of just that, which I have proven His Word many times over concerning this.
I would like to share a wonderful revelation to add when we want to go beyond being healed and actually be restored. A person may wonder "What is the difference?" When you go to Luke 17:12-19, you will read about the ten lepers and how Jesus healed all of them. However, in vs 19, He tells about one out of all ten who came back to thank Him was in addition, made whole. When you consider people who have leprosy, they may be healed from leprosy from a divine touch from God or by medication they take. However, over a period of time, leprosy causes eyes to sink, noses, hands and feet become deformed. They may be healed, but their deformities remain. When nine of the people who had leprosy and were healed, they may have been healed, but the symptoms of sunken eyes, deformed hands and feet may have still been evident. The one who returned back to Jesus to praise Him and thank Him, Jesus told him that he was made whole in addition compared to the other nine. I believe this person who came back to thank Him was restored to perfect health by having every part of his body restored as opposed to the others who just been healed from this disease. If there was not a difference, why would the Lord indicate this additional restoration to the one man? I want to share something that I believe the Lord was showing me that shows a comparison by not having our wounded soul just healed, but totally restored. When we plead the Blood of Jesus over ourselves, our situation, our family, health, we can believe that because of the Blood, we are healed (1 Pet 2:24). But we often stop at that. I like to share something significant. Not only did Jesus shed His Blood, but He was also Resurrected by the Power of Gods Spirit, which is the Spirit of Dunamis, which is a Greek word for Power, which is where we get our strength from. When you type in Dunamis in Google, here is what is translated:
strength power, ability
- inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth
- power for performing miracles
- moral power and excellence of soul
- the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth
- power and resources arising from numbers
- power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts
When you notice on para c, it mentions about ones soul being excellent. So when we plead the Blood of Jesus to heal our wounded soul, we need to pray the Resurrection Power of His Spirit to restore our soul which will result of our wounded soul not only being healed, but restored with excellence!! Just like I mentioned about speaking positive words in line with His Word, we need to declare when we pray persistently over our soul, that not only are we healed, but by His Grace and Power, we need to declare: "My soul is restored, I now have excellence of soul." And like the one man who was leprous who came back to Jesus to thank Him immensely, we need to do just that and give Him thanks. We should be most thankful because He has proven His love by suffering such extreme pain on our behalf, by offering us life in abundance and to live a resurrected life. He tells us that we have been resurrected with Him (by virtue of our being) (Eph 2:6).
I don't want to make this sound like it is some 'magic formula' of some sort, but when you compare it to the light of His Word, we need to see how we are healed by our confession (James 5:16). We need to repent, because Jesus told the crippled man who became healed to stop sinning or something worse may come (John 5:14). Plead the Blood of Jesus (1 Pet 2:24) and declare by His power and authority to heal (Mark 3:15). When I read Mark 3:15, He not only mentions (power or authority) but both. In other words, we have His authority to use His Name and the power that is given to us is His Resurrection Power of His Spirit. So it is not a matter of only having one or the other, but both power and authority. When you go through this process of healing, I would like to encourage you to not only pray that you are healed by the Blood of Jesus, but also restored to divine health by the Power of His Holy Spirit (Dunamis)who is the exact expression of His Spirit. Afterall, Jesus told His Disciples that He would send the Holy Spirit to be our Guide, Comforter, Teacher and Helper upon His departure(John 16:13). So if the Spirit is ever present with us, and we believe we need His help, should we not acknowledge the help of His Spirit in all our requests? I want to encourage you to continue to be persistent, continue to give Him thanks and be purposeful to speak the positive life giving Word that comes in agreement with His Word. We need to know and be positive also that He not only wants to heal and restore us, but He wants to give us double recompense for every trouble that we have endured (Isa 61:7 and Zech 9:12). Just like He did for Job, He restored everything back to him double-fold. We need to have that same mindset because if God said it in His Word, we need to act like we believe Him.
I hope you are blessed and be a blessing to others by sharing my Blog Site @ www.helpingcopewithhope.blogspot.com We are blessed (Eph 1:3) to be a blessing to one another.
I don't want to make this sound like it is some 'magic formula' of some sort, but when you compare it to the light of His Word, we need to see how we are healed by our confession (James 5:16). We need to repent, because Jesus told the crippled man who became healed to stop sinning or something worse may come (John 5:14). Plead the Blood of Jesus (1 Pet 2:24) and declare by His power and authority to heal (Mark 3:15). When I read Mark 3:15, He not only mentions (power or authority) but both. In other words, we have His authority to use His Name and the power that is given to us is His Resurrection Power of His Spirit. So it is not a matter of only having one or the other, but both power and authority. When you go through this process of healing, I would like to encourage you to not only pray that you are healed by the Blood of Jesus, but also restored to divine health by the Power of His Holy Spirit (Dunamis)who is the exact expression of His Spirit. Afterall, Jesus told His Disciples that He would send the Holy Spirit to be our Guide, Comforter, Teacher and Helper upon His departure(John 16:13). So if the Spirit is ever present with us, and we believe we need His help, should we not acknowledge the help of His Spirit in all our requests? I want to encourage you to continue to be persistent, continue to give Him thanks and be purposeful to speak the positive life giving Word that comes in agreement with His Word. We need to know and be positive also that He not only wants to heal and restore us, but He wants to give us double recompense for every trouble that we have endured (Isa 61:7 and Zech 9:12). Just like He did for Job, He restored everything back to him double-fold. We need to have that same mindset because if God said it in His Word, we need to act like we believe Him.
I hope you are blessed and be a blessing to others by sharing my Blog Site @ www.helpingcopewithhope.blogspot.com We are blessed (Eph 1:3) to be a blessing to one another.
In the Matchless Name of Jesus
Richard
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In quietness and in (trusting) confidence shall be your strength (Isa 30:15b).
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