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HAVE YOU BEEN STANDING FOR SOMETHING FOR A LONG TIME? IT MIGHT BE THE SALVATION OF YOUR CHILDREN OR SPOUSE OR PARENTS OR IT COULD BE THAT YOUR HOUSE WOULD BE PAID OFF OR THAT YOU WOULD FIND A GOOD JOB OR JUST ANYTHING. WHEN YOU PRAY, ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD, AND BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT, JESUS SAYS THAT YOU SHALL HAVE IT.
This scripture had been written prophetically by the prophet Isaiah about 650 years prior to this time. It was read in Jewish synagogues thousands of times. But the one this verse was speaking of had never spoken it before. With this pronouncement, Jesus began the year of Jubilee.
The Year of Jubilee was described in Leviticus 25. It was a year when everyone left their fields unworked and kept a sabbath unto the Lord. The Lord gave the people a miraculous provision the year before this jubilee started that sustained them for three years until their crops could once again be harvested.
This jubilee was different than the other sabbatical years in that every debt was cancelled. All property was returned to its original owner and anyone who had been sold into slavery was set free. It was a year of new...
DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING REALLY EXCEPTIONAL TODAY? GO TO SOMEONE WHO IS SICK AND HEAL THEM. IF YOU ARE BORN-AGAIN, YOU HAVE THAT POWER. YOU AND I KNOW THAT IT IS THROUGH JESUS THAT WE GET THIS POWER BUT IF WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE IT, HE WOULD NOT HAVE TOLD US TO. JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 10:8 TO "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give." OUR PROBLEM IS NOT THAT WE DON'T THINK JESUS CAN HEAL, WE ARE JUST NOT SURE WE CAN DO IT. WITH THAT KIND OF THINKING, WE CAN'T. WE HAVE TO HAVE FAITH TO TRUST IN WHAT HE COMMANDS US TO DO AND THAT IS "TO HEAL THE SICK". I WON'T EVEN GO INTO RAISING THE DEAD ALTHOUGH HE TELLS US TO DO THAT ALSO.
Jesus didn't have to touch the child. He didn't have to send anything home with the father to affect the cure. All He did was speak and the son was instantly healed (v. 53).
This man had traveled over fifteen miles from Capernaum to Cana to find Jesus. Therefore, the son was not within 'earshot" so that Jesus' words sparked some cord of hope in his heart, thereby releasing God's power. No, Jesus' spoken word had so much power that no barriers (such as time or space) had any affect on it whatsoever.
This is hard for us to comprehend. We spend an entire lifetime learning physical limitations and adapting to them. But there are no limits to the power of God's word. Jesus created everything in this physical universe by...
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO YOUR DOOR PASSING OUT PAMPHLETS ABOUT THEIR RELIGION? YOU KNOW WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT. DO YOU LISTEN TO THEM AND DISCUSS THE SCRIPTURES WITH THEM? YOU MIGHT THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT IT IS NOT. THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THIS MESSAGE THAT WILL EXPLAIN WHY.
Food is essential for life. Without it we couldn't grow. We get strength and vitality from food. Yet food can kill us. Improper diets kill more people than any disease.
Our soul needs nourishment too. The things we think on and the desires that we have are food to our souls. Jesus said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Mat. 4:4).
Jesus valued spiritual nourishment more than He valued physical nourishment. He was thrilled to see this woman and the people of this town respond to His gift of salvation. Likewise, we should set our desires on the things of God so that spiritual matters are more important to us than our physical food.
The wrong diet for our souls is the leading cause of failure and depression in...
WHEN YOU PRAY FOR SOMEONE TO BE HEALED, DO YOU LAY YOUR HANDS ON THEM? DID YOU KNOW THIS IS A BIBLE PRINCIPLE AND IS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES. LET'S LOOK AT JUST THREE OF THEM.
Man dwells primarily in the physical and emotional realm, but God is a Spirit (1 Sam. 16:7). To have true fellowship with God, we have to relate to God on the spiritual level.
In order to make this possible, God changed our spirit. At salvation, our spirit became totally new (11 Cor. 5:17). It is now righteous and truly holy (Eph. 4:24). It is now exactly the way Jesus is, because our born again spirit is the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Jn. 4:17; 1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 8:9; Gal. 4:6).
In our spirits we are worthy to come before God and worship Him without any fear. Our spirit is the only part of us that is worthy. That's why we must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
When we come before God dwelling on all our failures and problems, we are not...
This didn't take any great discernment on the woman's part. Jesus had just "read her mail". He told her the most intimate details of her life. Anyone could have perceived Jesus was a prophet after something like that.
This woman suddenly realized that she was dealing with more than just a man. God was speaking to her. What was her reaction? She changed the subject. She brought up a doctrinal issue concerning the proper place to worship--anything to get Jesus' attention off of her.
We all have a tendency to build walls of privacy around the intimate details of our lives. We are afraid to let anyone, especially God, look inside. But God already knows and He wants all of our heart.
Jesus brought this woman right back to the subject of her personal relationship with God. The...
I ASKED THE QUESTION, IN ONE OF MY MESSAGES, IF YOU BELIEVED IN ANGELS? WELL, SOME PEOPLE DO AND SOME DON'T BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE WHETHER PEOPLE BELIEVE OR NOT, ANGELS DO EXIST. IN HEBREWS 1:14, PAUL ANSWERS THE QUESTION WHEN HE STATED "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" WE CHRISTIANS ARE THE HEIRS OF SALVATION SO WE ALL HAVE ANGELS WATCHING OVER US.