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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Praise the Lord! “Morning by morning new
mercies I see. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!” With greatest joy I
praise Jesus for a considerable step forward in the manifestation of the healing
of a condition in my body, for which I have been acknowledging Jesus alone as my
Healer since I first embraced the teaching of divine healing in 1988.
Twenty-three years — and the condition actually goes back much farther, to the
first time it was diagnosed by a doctor, in 1976 — gradually getting worse, even
after I began to trust Jesus alone, to where I have not been able to breathe
through my nose — at all — for most of the last fifteen years! Yes, I have
sometimes struggled; but I have known all along that vain would be the help of
man to cure the condition. So, I have continued to trust Jesus alone, and to
confess, “I am healed, and it shall be manifested.” Surely, if I have confessed
it when it was not yet manifested, then, how ungrateful would it be, if I did
not praise Him to the highest heavens, when I can see that the condition is
noticeably diminishing?
But, praising the Lord is easy. People may
think, “Oh, I am sure it was not that serious of a trial, anyway.” Well, let
make one thing clear: this really has been a serious condition. I do mean
breathing through my mouth only, all day, every day, 24/7! Try to imagine
breathing through your mouth alone for 15 years, before you say it is not a
serious trial! I cannot remember when was the last time I could smell a rose, or
lilacs — or even a skunk! I can enjoy food, but only at a much reduced level of
taste discrimination. And, this is a condition that can be medically treated.
Back before I took Jesus alone as my Healer, medical science told me that they
could clear out my breathing passages surgically. But, then, they warned me that
it might permanently end any hope for the recovery of my sense of smell; and,
they always warned me that the condition could recur. Praise the Lord, divine
healing is restoration of God’s perfect design, down to the last detail, without
man’s intervention!
Now, I must hasten to add: I mean divine
healing. I have not “helped” God, by figuring out what I can do, that makes it
get better, or, if I fail, allows it to get worse. There have been plenty of
temptations to “figure it out.” I do not yield to those temptations. Jesus is my
Healer, and when He heals, it is not at the expense of some joy that I have to
give up. One early suggestion was I might be allergic to some food: lettuce?
chocolate? Whatever it might be, divine healing does not require confessing an
allergy to some delicious food, and then abstaining from that food! I can truly
say, it is 100% Jesus: nothing mental, dietary, or medical. If it is some
process that is part of how my body works, I am ignorant of what it may be: I
don’t need to know, and I don’t even want to know! You can take all your
answers, and throw them in the deepest sea.
JUST GIVE ME
JESUS!
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