THE FATHERS PERSONAL HEALING PRESENCE


Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4)

The Word of God tells us that Jesus was raised up from the dead by the Glory of God.
In order for us to understand what this means, we need to understand the Glory of God. We must ask ourselves what or more accurately Who is the Glory of God?

In Exodus 33:18-23 we see Moses asking God to see His Glory.

"And he (Moses) said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.  And He (God) said, I will make all MY GOODNESS pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; ….. And He said, Thou canst not see MY FACE: for there shall no man SEE ME, and live….And it shall come to pass, while MY GLORY passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with MY HAND while I PASS BY:  And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen."

God's reply to that request was to reveal himself personally to Moses.  Notice it is recorded here in Exodus that God said “while I PASS BY”.   God personally came on the scene and walked by Moses.
So when we start talking about the Glory of God we are talking about the personal presence of God Himself.

So to grasp the reality of what happened in Romans 6:4 we can now see that the Father personally came to Jesus, rescued Him, and raised Him up from the dead.  It was not some far out, impersonal mystical energy that did this.

In Habakkuk 3:1-6 we read where the prophet Habakkuk prayed to God.  Habakkuk saw the evil in his day.  The conditions were not up to Gods standards of life.

You may be seeing situations in your life right now that may not be in agreement with Gods standards, situations such as sin, poverty, sickness, bondage, or oppression.

When Habakkuk saw these conditions he went to God and prayed that God would make Himself known. He prayed for revival, and God answered his prayer.

How did God answer His prayer?  He did so by personally coming onto the scene.  His glory came and covered the heavens.  The Earth was full of His praise.  His brightness was like that of the sun and rays or bright beams were coming from his hands.   

After describing the Glory of God, Habakkuk declared that there in God’s Glory was The Hiding Place of His power. 

In the Glory of God is where you and I find the Power of God. 

It’s this power that saved, healed and raised Jesus up from the dead.

This is what you and I need today.  We were never created to live without God's personal presence.   Adam was clothed in God's Glory in the day that He was created.

Clothed with the Glory of God, His personal presence, Adam receives power to live in divine health free from sickness and disease.

Look at Romans 3:23; “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”   Sin separated us from the Glory of God, His presence, and by doing so it separated us from the His power to save, and heal as well.

But that's not the end of the story. God's plan was to restore you and I back to His Glory, back to His presence. In verse 24 we continue to read “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”  Through the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ we now have been redeemed back to the Glory of God, back to His presence!

Another passage of scripture tells us that  “Christ in you” is our “hope of Glory.”  (Col 1:27)   Because of Jesus we have now been reconciled back to the Glory of God.

In reality that's what the day of Pentecost was all about.   It was the restoration of man back to the personal presence of God.  Acts 2:1-4;  “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come… suddenly there was a sound from… it filled all the house where they were sitting… and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost…. "

Look at what Jesus said in Acts 1:8 “...you shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you.”  Why because the Holy Spirit is the very personal presence of God Himself.

The Holy Spirit is the Glory of God with us. The Holy Spirit is Gods personal presence in our lives. This is what the disciples were experiencing on that special day.

And now, like disciples, this is what you and I can experience today as well.  We can be filled with the personal presence of the Father.  We can be filled with His power to save and heal!

Finally let’s look at what God said in Romans 8:11;  “If the Spirit (Glory) of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you…” 

Praise God!   If the Spirit of God is the Glory of the Father, His personal presence, and the Spirit of God dwells in you, the believer,  that means then that the power of God to save heal and deliver dwells in you as well!

He went on to say that the Holy Spirit, the Glory of God... "shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.”

It is the personal presence of the Father and His power that will quicken or make life in your body.   

That's what the power of God will do.  God's personal presence is His healing presence.  His Glory is where your healing is experienced!

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, He personally dwells within you. This means that His power to heal your body is in you as well!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing the Father's personal presence, His Glory, is right there with you.   Whatever situation you are in, God's Glory and His power is with you to assist you and to give you whatever you need to overcome.

In Acts 10:38 we see it written where God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost, (His Glory) and with power.  It says that Jesus took the personal presence of God and His power, and went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.

Grab hold of the scriptures today meditate on them until the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead rises up within you and manifests His power in you.   Salvation, healing, and deliverance are yours!   Understand that God is with you personally. Take His power and kick that sickness right out the front door and walk in your new found freedom today!





YOU WILL RECOVER


"And these signs shall follow them that believe...they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." (Mark 16:17-18)

We just read here that when a person believes and lays hands on the sick, the sick SHALL RECOVER! The Bible didn’t say that they might recover, it says they SHALL recover.

You may be thinking, “Well I had hands laid on me, and I didn’t get healed. So what happened?”

Does God heal or doesn’t He? Does He choose to heal some and not others? Is He even in the healing business today?

These are valid questions. Even though the answers may seem mysterious or unreachable, the answer to these questions is really very simple.

I have good news, and it might shock you, but the truth is your healing did come. As a matter of fact your healing is still there!

I had one person say to me, referring to ministers who pray for the sick; “They have tried and tried to heal me, and it didn’t work.”

When the person said this, I immediately responded saying; “Yes it did! In fact you have your healing now!”

How can I say this?

First of all, in Mark 16:18 we read where; “... they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” The word SHALL does not mean might. It has been translated from a Greek word which means; “To have, to hold, to possess”

The word RECOVER here, has been translated from a Greek word which means; “Well, good, recovering health.”

So we can literally translate this promise from scripture this way. “...they shall lay hands on the sick, and they (the sick) will have and possess recovering health.”

Second of all, God is not the One holding healing back from us. Look at what He said in Exodus 15:26; “...I am the Lord that healeth thee.” And in Malachi 3:6 He declares “I am the Lord I change not.” James 1:5 says; “...(God) giveth to all men liberally…” And then in I John 4:8 we read where “...God is love.” And finally in 1 Corinthians 13:8 “Love never fails..”

So God is the One Who gives us healing, He never changes, and since He is love, and love never fails, then God never fails to give us healing! 

So why does it appear at times that we are not healed?

This issue is not God. The issue is with us. We are the ones who need to receive what He gives. We must understand that it takes faith to receive anything from the Lord.

“For by faith are you saved, through grace, and not of your selves it is a gift of God.” (Eph 2:8).

Salvation is a gift. The only way you receive salvation is by faith. The word SAVED here in Eph 2:8 does not merely mean salvation from hell after you die. This word has been translated from the Greek word SOZO which means “to save, to deliver, protect, heal, preserve, be made whole.”

We can see here that salvation, which includes healing, is a gift from God, and is freely given to us by His grace. This gift though, can only be received through faith.

You see the very moment hands are laid on a person for healing, it is given. What we need to do is to simply believe that God has given it! 

The only way to receive anything from the Lord is by faith, through grace.

Mark 16:17-18 tells us that, “...they shall RECOVER.” Again the word RECOVER means “RECOVERING HEALTH” which implies time.

Healing is instantaneous. But the manifestation of your healing can be a process. As you continue to believe that you have received, your healing begins to manifest over time.

When you have been dealing, or living with a problem for some length of time, it can literally become your giant.

A giant, like the warrior Goliath in 1 Samuel 17, is a challenge or an obstacle that stands in front of you to block you from receiving the promises of God.

A giant can be a stronghold in your heart that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ, thus making the Word of God unfruitful in your life.

What you need to do in this scenario is to continue thinking, believing and acting on what God has said about your healing. When God's promise of healing is bigger in your heart than the sickness in your body, that promise overthrows the stronghold that was hindering your victory! 

When we only see the promise of God's Word in our heart that is when the saving power of that Word is activated and released into our bodies.

I used to get frustrated when I would pray for people to be healed and it appeared that nothing took place.

There would be times where I would sense the healing power of God bouncing right off of their body and back into my hands.

In other cases I would sense the power of God going into their body, but it would only go so far, and then stop. This person could say that they actually felt something, but in the end no real manifestation took place.

Then there were those times when I would sense the power of God being received into their body, and they would immediately see a manifestation of healing! They were healed, and they would rejoice and give God the glory. But then a few days later the symptoms of that issue would appear to come back and they would lose the manifestation of their healing.

What was happening? They were not receiving or keeping what the Lord had given them.

Let these words sink into your heart and form your faith.

God said the sick would recover, and God never lies! So if He said they would recover, then that means healing was given.

When you realize that it's not your loving Father who's holding back, but that it’s up to you to believe and receive His promise, you will be on the road to recovery.

I have no problem laying hands on people and believing for them to be healed. Whether they walk away well or not, I just keep standing in faith for them.

I don’t look for the outward manifestation. I look to the Word of God. He said that they would recover. In fact, I know that if they believe God and His Word in their heart--I don't care if it's five years from now--they will experience their healing!


If you've laid hands on someone who didn't receive their healing, don't cut off the flow of God's power by withdrawing your faith. Stand fast! Keep believing that God gave them what they asked for.
 
If hands have been laid on you for healing, believe that God has given you your healing! Activate the power of that promise, by believing God and His Word in your heart!

As you continue in His Word, you will see the manifestation of your healing. The Bible says that after you have done all that you can do, STAND until it manifests!

Bless God, believe that God has given you your healing, see your giant die, and experience your healing today!

THANK YOU