EWS2304@TAMVENUS (CATMAN) (02/01/90)
Here are just a few of the verses from the bible on healing. God said that if we pray anything according to His will it will be done! Some try and say that healing is not allways God's will but this is not true. The bible promises that if we turn to Him and follow Him that he will heal us. Also we see promises that we can lay hands on the sick and they will recover. This is just a short list some of which I found at the end of Rice Brooks book "Change The Campus Change The World" and others that I just remebered. I used to beleive that healing only came if it was God's will and I still beleive this but God showed me that healing is God's will. He wants us to be healed and live long lifes. I am not writing this to convince anyone but to show what His word says. His word is true. In His love, Eric. Mark 16:17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; Mark 16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." James 5:13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. James 5:14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. James 5:18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. Isaiah 53:4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 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. 1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. Deuteronomy 7:14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor any of your livestock without young. Deuteronomy 7:15 The LORD will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. Exodus 15:26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you." Exodus 23:25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, Exodus 23:26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span. Psalms 103:3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Psalms 103:4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, Psalms 107:19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. Psalms 107:20 He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. John 14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. John 14:14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. John 16:23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God." Isaiah 55:10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, Isaiah 55:11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Jeremiah 1:12 The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled." Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 1 Peter 1:25 but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you. Luke 16:17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but a righteous man escapes trouble. Proverbs 12:14 From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
U1A9A@WVNVM (Bernice Tennant) (02/02/90)
Eric,
There are other instances that you don't understand. I don't understand t
hem either but I have known them personally. About 10 years ago or more, my fa
ther got cancer. He was so sick they couldn't operate on him. He had ruined h
is lungs by working in the coal mines and by smoking. He had heart trouble and
high blood pressure and diabetes. They needed to take his larynx out and treat
him with radiation. Because he was so sick they decided to treat him with radi
ation and operate later. After he came home to improve his condition by not sm
oking and a strict diet, a preacher came by to see him.(My father was not saved
at that time). He had heard about my dad from someone. He told my father that
God revealed to him that he(God) was going to heal him. He asked my father if
he would like for him to pray with him. My father said yes. They did treat my
father with radiation but the doctors said in no way would this get rid of the
cancer, only keep it from spreading.
When my father went back at the scheduled time to prepare for surgery, my
mother asked the doctors to examine him carefully before committing him to the
surgery. Praise God they couldn't find (ANY) cancer!!! Due to a massive heart
attach and his stomach rupturing open he has been close to death many times.
His health is slowly deteriorating and I know someday he must suffer physical d
eath but he still gets on his feet and walks around. That is something that th
e doctors said 5 yrs ago would never happen.
The reason I am tell you this is because this doesn't always happen. My s
isters husband died last year of Cancer. He was a missionary for God. We all
prayed for him constantly. They called in the Elders of the church. Many time
s he was close to death and God raised him up to show his Glory. Always he wou
ld get sick again. So this went on with treatments for the Cancer and much pra
yer and good days and bad days and much pain and suffering and all the desire o
f wanting to cling to this life and still more importantly wanting the will of
God to be fulfilled. Finally in the end we all prayed for God to take him home
so the trials of the horrible disease would be over and now he is in heaven. I
know God could have healed him. I don't know why he didn't but I praise him an
y way and know that all things work for the best for them that love the Lord.
My mother has cancer now and we have asked for a healing and continue to d
o so. She had two years of Chemo and they were the worst trial of my life. I
love my mother so much and it was so hard to be there at the hospital and watch
her almost slip away. Her fate is in Gods hands and she is not afraid because
she has all her trust in him and in my eyes she is a saint. She has taught me
to ask God's will in my prayers and I guess it was not Gods will for Jerry to b
e healed because we believed and we asked. I still love God and Praise him.
Your friend in Christ, Bernice