[My awesome, loving and wonderful Grandchildren, and Annika and Kaleigh, whom I love and pray for every day…“IS ANYONE AMONG YOU SICK? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them…And THE PRAYER OFFERED IN FAITH WILL MAKE THE SICK PERSON WELL; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.” (Jam. 5:14-15)
[Thank God for healing and for the forgiveness of sins! Did the Lord suffer “wounds” in vain, NO! So why are we not seeing miraculous healings? We occasionally hear of them, we read about healings in our church paper, but this should be a regular occurrence in our lives! Why…] “…the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED.” (Isa. 53:5)
[Peter said:] “…by his wounds YOU HAVE BEEN healed.” (1 Pet. 2:24) [Isaiah says, “we are”, Peter says “WE HAVE BEEN” HEALED!]
“…people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least PETER’S SHADOW MIGHT FALL ON SOME OF THEM AS HE PASSED BY…and ALL OF THEM WERE HEALED.” (Acts 5:15-16)
[This is the reason for Peter saying, “we have been healed” he was there and ALL of them WERE healed!!]
“Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and DO NOT DOUBT…If you believe, YOU WILL RECEIVE whatever you ask for in prayer.” (Matt. 21:21-22)
[Doubt: comes from the word diakrinō: to separate thoroughly, stagger or waver! We have to SEPARATE OUR UNBELIEF FROM OUR FAITH!]
“Very truly I tell you, WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ME will do the works I have been doing, and they will do EVEN GREATER THINGS than these…You may ask me for anything in my name, and I WILL DO IT.” (John 14:12-14)
[Stephanie, Ethan, Camden, Olivia, Aidan, Landon, Kinsley, Annika and Kaleigh, our thinking NEEDS TO CHANGE, we need to set our hearts and minds ON THINGS ABOVE!]
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ…SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, not on earthly things.” (Col. 3:1-2)
[We must KNOW that our Abba Father HAS NOT CHANGED!] “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Col. 3:17)
WE MUST SET OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE!
Notice: […We must understand that the bible says: “Very truly I tell you, WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ME will do the works I have been doing, and they will do EVEN GREATER THINGS than these, because I am going to the Father.”!!!] That’s for you: Stephanie, Ethan, Camden, Olivia, Aidan, Landon, Kinsley, Annika and Kaleigh