Thanks for sharing the article about pumping gas! I will keep that in mind, even though I don't like to fill up our vehicles (I always end up smelling like fuel and the handles at the pump are very dirty). I prefer full-service stations where they pump and wash your windows. I suppose if you do it yourself you can regualte the flow of the fuel and get more gas and less vapor. I can't wait to tell my Dad I am now gas-station saavy!
Thank you most especially for the awesome letter on healing, by Kieth Moore! He is one of my favorite teachers and I will definately print off your post. Most of us know someone who has a need for healing and once we build our faith (faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word) we can help others to build theirs. We can also lay hands on the sick and they will recover. Jesus came to earth and died on the cross not only for our sins but for our healing
Isaiah 53:5 "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed."
However, some precious people, hold on to their illness like a mascot. They become identified with it and so accomstomed to having it that healing really cannot occur. The Lord will not take from us what we are not willing to let go of. Some people even nick-name their illness and as a friend of mine once said, "They want the rest of us to pet their demon." My deep desire is for people to know that God does not put illness on us and He does not just "give us the strength to cope with it". Jesus endured the crucifixtion so we could
CONQUER SIN, DEATH AND SICKNESS BY THE STIPES HE TOOK AND BY HIS BLOOD! Yes, we wil go through things,
BUT WE WILL GO THROUGH THEM AND COME OUT AS VICTORS! Then our testimony becomes how we conquer the devil
Revelation 12:11 "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of their
testimony." If God gets glory from our illness, then we might as well pray to get HIV, think of the glory he will get from that! No! The Lord Jesus gave us His name to conquer the attacks of the enemy and the curse of the earth so we can accomplish our purpose and spread the good news! Part of the good news is
JESUS HEALS!