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This really ministered to me today, so I wanted to share it with you all.  <>< Kelly

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE WELL
by Billy Joe Daugherty
Sep 07, 2006

YOU CAN BE HEALED - HOW TO BELIEVE GOD FOR YOUR HEALING

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE WELL

Third John 2 says, "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers." John was expressing the very heart of God for your life. "I wish, I pray, I desire more than you can eve r imagine, that you prosper, that you be blessed in your family, blessed in your mind, blessed in your life. I want everything you touch to prosper, and I want you to be in health. I want you to be strong. I made man for wholeness, not for sickness nor for the mental ward. I made man to stand upright and rule and reign in the earth." Hallelujah! You were made to rule and reign! Sickness, disease, sin, and poverty are not to have the rule over you. Why has the devil struck with sickness and disease?

Because man was made for the glory and honor of God. We were made to reflect the very likeness and presence of the Lord. When you are blessing God and doing what He has called you to do, you are fulfilling your divine purpose in life and God's glory radiates from you. When the devil strikes you, he strikes at God's glory. Perhaps your calling is to be a mother to your children. Satan has removed more than one mother from this divine calling prematurely, but you and I as believers have the power to stop satan's works. However, we must first come into agreement that it is God's will to heal.

Healing – An Expression of God's Love

Jesus came to free us from the devil's domination, which includes sickness, disease, and infirmity. He came to lift us into abundant life and health. Jesus' compassion motive is revealed again in John 10:10 (AMP): "I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)." Jesus' compassion is further enforced in 3 John 2 (AMP): "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers." According to God's Word, "It is appointed unto men once to die" (Heb. 9:27 KJV).

Whenever a believer dies, he simply changes clothes. He gets a glorified body and goes immediately into the presence of Jesus. However, it is not the will of God that we s pend our entire life with the effects of death latching on to us. It is God's will that you spend your days with the expression of life and health in your body . You are to be healthy. You are to live until you die. God's will for you is to live every day to its fullest.

Sympathy feels badly for someone and identifies with their situation, while compassion moves to do something about the problem. Jesus healed because of compassion, and there's a big difference between sympathy and compassion. Sympathy feels badly for someone and identifies with their situation, while compassion moves to do something about the problem. Sympathy is like an automobile in "park," while compassion is in "gear." When you're in gear, you move toward someone.

The traditional view of healing is that Jesus healed sick people to prove He was the Son of God, that miracles were proof of His divinity. If miracles were done just to prove that Jesus was the Son of God, the n there is no more need for miracles, because Jesus has proved that He was the divine Son of God. This theological viewpoint is the basis for many Christians rejecting healing for today.

If Jesus' reason was simply to prove who He was, that reason no longer exists, because now we have the written record of what He did. However, if Jesus healed because He was moved with compassion, then His compassion has not changed in 2,000 years. Lamentations 3:22-23 says, "His compassions fail not. They are new every morning." Hurting people can still touch the heart of God. His compassion still flows, and when hurting people release their faith, they will receive from Him.

by Billy Joe Daugherty
http://www.victorytulsa.org/