Posts Tagged "lesson"

The Purpose Of Spiritual Warfare

There is a lot of talk about how spiritual warfare is a battle to the death.  Something out of Star Wars.   It’s you or it’s me.  What’s it gonna be? I notice that many men who think they are discussing spiritual warfare talk a lot about sword play.  As though the sword is the only weapon used in spiritual warfare. Gotta a problem?  Get a sword! In general society where spiritual warfare is discussed it is something...

The Challenge With Healing A Child

All healing is a form of spiritual warfare.  What this means is that the healing minister is one who steps in between the individual and the evil that is trying to overwhelm him. Which is not to say that a person is showing his “guilt” when he is sick or disabled in other ways.   It is clear that when Jesus and his followers healed those who presented themselves to them that the illness that was being addressed was...

When The Body Resists Healing

A few years ago, I began another course of chemotherapy.  It began in mid-August.  It wasn’t until the following mid-May that I could get up in the morning and stay conscious all day.   It left me very weak.  I could be active for a day, but then have to rest the next two or three days before I could be active again. After a few months of this semi-disabled state, I decided, as I have before in my life, to take my own healing...

Liturgy And Healing

I realize that I am the only person in the world to want to find myself a very sturdy soapbox, step up on it, and proclaim my belief that the church is lopsided.  And that this is a very serious matter. In my opinion, that is. Here’s my metaphor for the church (that I’ve probably shared before): The church is like a tree with two branches.  The trunk is God, the Father.  And the branches are Jesus Christ and the Holy...

Your Support Team

You are not alone when you sit down with someone to pray for him. Not by a long shot. You have a vast multitude of spirits behind you. Literally. Which is not to say that you do not have provide certain very real things when you enter a Christian healing prayer session. There is willingness, openness, patience, stillness, and, most of all, love. These are all on you. It is your responsibility to listen to what is being said, and to...