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We are called to live a life of miracles!

Miracles are intended to minister to people around us who are filled with broken situations.  You and I are called to the miraculous, but it is not so that your self-esteem could grow but rather it is to bring forth the Kingdom of God in people’s lives.  Miracles are not intended to entertain or bring attention to us.  They are intended to reveal a facet of GOD’S Love and power to the one who is broken.

People are looking for somebody who knows GOD, who believes GOD and is willing to step into their life and say, “I will stand with you on this matter.”  Jesus did not give us authority so that we could sit in a pew and wait for the rapture.  He gave us power and authority to deal with the works of the devil and to silence that illegal voice that torments people with lies and deceptions.

We have been given the great privilege to walk in that anointing that Jesus himself walked in.  We have a miracle mandate!  The Words of Jesus come directly from Our Heavenly Father, the ONE Who created the heavens and the earth, and every living thing that inhabits earth, no exceptions.

Jesus expressed FATHER’S Intent as He spoke in John chapter 14:

7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

His Words are precise and true, and they need no one to add or subtract their Intent with man’s opinion.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

You and I are meant to not only walk in the same anointing, but a greater anointing.

Jesus made this quite clear as He spoke in John chapter 14:

12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

13 And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it.

15 “If you Love Me, keep My commandments.

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-

How much do you Love Jesus?  Are you willing to keep all His commandments or just those you select that require no real action on your part?  His commandments to perform miracles are part of our mandate to go forth.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 15:

18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient-

19 in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ.

Paul embraced the mandate, so should we.  Mighty signs and wonders must be included to fully preach The Gospel of Christ.  It requires miracles in order for The Gospel to be fully preached.  Let us not compromise the mandate given to us by Christ Himself.  We need to be fully entrenched in our assignment. 

We don’t have the luxury of changing the assignment.  People will often retreat to what they do well and forsake what He’s called us to do.  FATHER places us in situations where we are uncomfortable so that there is no question where the miracles come from… HIM not us. 

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 12:

10 So I’m not defeated by my weakness, but delighted! For when I feel my weakness and endure mistreatment—when I’m surrounded with troubles on every side and face persecution because of my Love for Christ—I am made yet stronger. For my weakness becomes a portal to God’s power.

GOD has called us to invade the impossible and demonstrate HIS Love, demonstrate HIS purity, and demonstrate HIS power through the miraculous.

Our assignment is to usher in The Kingdom of God on earth!

Believers who don’t take this assignment seriously often defer to the Sovereignty of GOD as being the requirement to usher in HIS Kingdom.  In essence, they take no responsibility to obey the commands of Jesus.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:

28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

29 Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.

In other Words, “So join with Me, for if you’re not on My side you are against Me. And if you refuse to help Me gather the spoils, you are making things worse.”  This is a war with no neutrality!  You cannot sit on the sideline as an observer.

Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 10:

1 Jesus gathered His twelve disciples and imparted to them authority to cast out demons and to heal every sickness and every disease.

Both His power and authority were given for us to walk in as well, as Jesus stated in Mark chapter 16:

15 And Jesus said to them, “As you go into all the world, preach openly the wonderful news of the Gospel to the entire human race!

16 Whoever believes the Good News and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the Good News will be condemned.

17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of My Name. They will speak in tongues.

18 They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”

We don’t need to pray to FATHER for HIM to heal the person before us.  Jesus gave us the power and authority to use Hin Name in healing and driving out demons.

Peter and John understood this as Peter healed the lame man.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3:

1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.

4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”

5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: By the power and authority of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them-walking, leaping, and praising God.

9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter had no power and authority himself; he could not heal the man separate from the power and authority of the Name of Jesus Christ.  Peter did not quote some lengthy prayer begging for GOD to heal the man.  Peter had the faith of GOD in his spirit now and now had no unbelief as he did during the earthly ministry of Jesus.

What happened as a result of the lame man’s healing?

11 Dumbfounded over what they were witnessing, the crowd ran over to Peter and John, who were standing under the covered walkway called Solomon’s Porch. Standing there also was the healed beggar, clinging to Peter and John.

12 With the crowd surrounding him, Peter said to them all, “People of Israel, listen to me! Why are you so amazed by this healing? Why do you stare at us? We didn’t make this crippled man walk by our own power or authority.

This healing drew a crowd, and Peter preached the message of Jesus Christ to them.  What was the result?

Acts chapter 4:4 Yet there were many in the crowd who believed the message, bringing the total number of men who believed to nearly five thousand!

This one healing resulted in nearly 5,000 men plus women and children coming to Christ.  This is bringing the Kingdom of GOD to the earth!

Healing is an expression of God’s Holiness and was always intended to be part of salvation!

Sickness is to our bodies what sin is to our souls, and Jesus came to redeem us from both. It is FATHER’S Will for us to press in for miracles and complete freedom for ourselves and others as we represent Christ on earth.

Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 2:

1 And again Jesus entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.

2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the Word to them.

3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.

4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His Spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?

10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”-He said to the paralytic,

11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Jesus connected forgiveness of sin and healing together.

Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit what the angel of THE LORD said to Joseph in Matthew chapter 1:

21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save (G4982) His people from their sins.”

And in Matthew chapter 9:

20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.

21 For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well (G4982).“

22 But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well (G4982).” And the woman was made well (G4982) from that hour.

The word sozo (G4982) means: to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction; one (from injury or peril); to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health

to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue.

Forgiveness of sin and healing of disease are two different parts of the expression of GOD’S redemptive work.  These two aspects of the redemptive work of Christ were never meant to be separated.

Forgiveness, deliverance, and healing are three realms of The Kingdom.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 14:

17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Righteousness deals with the sin issue, peace deals with the torment issue, and joy because that is the expression of healing.  Both our salvation and healing have already been purchased by Jesus when He went to the cross.  Why wouldn’t we want to receive both?

As I referenced yesterday, it is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Malachi chapter 4:

2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings (H3671); And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

The word kānāp̄ (H3671) means: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt; wing; extremity; skirt, corner (of garment).

The woman with the issue of blood, pressed in and touched His kānāp̄ and embraced the healing provided for her.

Healing is an expression of God’s Holiness and was always intended to be part of salvation!

Sickness is to our bodies what sin is to our souls, and Jesus came to redeem us from both. It is FATHER’S Will for us to press in for miracles and complete freedom for ourselves and others as we represent Christ on earth.

Jesus’ entire ministry on earth included both healing for our souls as well as healing for our bodies.  Nothing was left out as He preached the Kingdom of GOD on earth as it is in Heaven.

Paul, who The Holy Spirit used to write 2/3 of the New Testament, preached the same message. 

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 28:

23 So they set a time to meet with Paul. On that day an even greater crowd gathered where he was staying. From morning until evening Paul taught them, opening up the Truths of God’s Kingdom. With convincing arguments from both the Law and the Prophets, he tried to persuade them about Jesus.

24 Some were converted, but others refused to believe. They argued back and forth,

25 still unable to agree among themselves. They were about to leave when Paul made one last statement to them: “The Holy Spirit stated it well when He spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah (6:9-10):

26 ‘I send you to this people to say to them, “You will keep learning, but not understanding. You will keep staring at Truth but not perceiving It.

27 For your hearts are hard and insensitive to me—you must be hard of hearing! For you’ve closed your eyes so that you won’t be troubled by the Truth, and you’ve covered your ears so that you won’t have to listen and be pierced by what I say. For then you would have to respond and repent, so that I could heal your hearts.” ’

28-29 “So listen well. This wonderful salvation given by God is now being presented to the non-Jewish nations, and they will believe and receive it!”

30 Paul lived two more years in Rome, in his own rented quarters, welcoming all who came to visit.

31 He continued to proclaim to all the Truths of God’s Kingdom realm, teaching them about the Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, speaking triumphantly and without any restriction.

Jesus’ final message to the 120 disciples was focused on explaining The Kingdom of GOD.  Paul’s teaching remained fully focused on this message.  We must not allow ourselves to be distracted to any other teaching or focus.  Have you developed a burning passion for the Truth of God’s Kingdom to manifest on earth?

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Malachi chapter 4:

2 But to you who fear My Name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,” Says the LORD of hosts.

4 “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

And in Psalm chapter 19:

5 Which is like a Bridegroom coming out of His chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.

6 Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to the other end; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Healing is connected to the Holiness and purity of GOD.  In the measure we value the Holiness and purity of GOD, we will see continuous displays of healing.  Healing is valuable to us because in healing, the Name of THE LORD is vindicated.  

Holiness is the essence of all beauty.

King David recorded by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 29:

1 Proclaim His majesty, all you mighty sons of YAHWEH, giving all the glory and strength back to Him!

2 Be in awe before His majesty. Be in awe before such power and might! Come worship wonderful YAHWEH, arrayed in all His splendor, bowing in worship as He appears in the beauty of Holiness. Give Him the honor due His Name. Worship Him wearing the glory-garments of your Holy, priestly calling!

Holiness has you do things or don’t do but only to preserve Love.  GOD always opposes anything that is contrary to Love.  HE opposes everything that would destroy your place in being Loved.  Healing is an expression of HIS Love for us.

To not value Holiness is to not value HIS Presence.  The SPIRIT of GOD is The Holy Spirit, by nature HIS very essence is absolute purity undefiled in every possible way.  There is no compromise, no failure, no deception, there is nothing that would contaminate this perfect expression of GOD’S Heart and HIS nature toward humanity.

The Truths of The Kingdom of GOD reflect HIS Love for us, and this includes the healing of our bodies as well as our souls.  When HIS Presence manifests, healing occurs.  As we walk in Holiness and purity, we will facilitate HIS Divine Intent of Love to be expressed to those in need.

My faith is in GOD’S ability to heal and restore to wholeness!

I am convinced that nothing is impossible for Our Heavenly Father to accomplish.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 4:

13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,

When you say what you think GOD is going to do, it changes the atmosphere.  The atmosphere is now prepared for your faith to operate.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 33:

13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

The Amplified version expands:

13 Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways so that I may know You [becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, recognizing and understanding Your ways more clearly] and that I may find grace and favor in Your sight. And consider also, that this nation is Your people.”

FATHER, teach me YOUR ways!  Understanding HIS ways will take us from curiosity to faith.

Further:

18 Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”

Healing is one way GOD glorifies HIS Name.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 17:

11 Now it happened as Jesus went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.

13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”

19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well (sozo).”

The word sozo means: to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health.  The leper who expressed glory to GOD was made whole whereas the others were only healed but not fully restored. Giving glory to GOD made the difference!

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in 1^st John chapter 5:

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Hope is future-oriented whereas faith is laying hold in the present.   There is a measure of faith, there is great faith, and there is the gift of faith.  Faith requires hearing The Word of GOD, whether spoken or in print.

Mark wrote by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 10:

46 When Jesus and His disciples had passed through Jericho, a large crowd joined them. Upon leaving the village, they met a blind beggar sitting on the side of the road named Timai, the son of Timai.

47 When he heard that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by, he began to shout “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me now in my affliction. Heal me!”

48 Those in the crowd were indignant and scolded him for making so much of a disturbance, but he kept shouting with all his might, “Son of David, have mercy on me now and heal me!”

49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they went to the blind man and said, “Have courage! Get up! Jesus is calling for you!”

50 So he threw off his beggars’ cloak, jumped up, and made his way to Jesus.

The beggar had a Word of knowledge, and he would no longer need to be marked as a beggar.  He knew that Jesus was about to heal him.

51 Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The man replied, “My Master, please, let me see again!”

52 Jesus responded, “Your faith heals you. Go in peace, with your sight restored.” All at once, the man’s eyes opened and he could see again, and he began at once to follow Jesus, walking down the road with him.

The beggar knew that he knew that his healing was at hand.  His faith was activated.  Let us also walk with our faith being activated.

Are we to make a demand on the anointing of GOD?

Where does your confidence lie?  Our confidence is a firm trust and relying on GOD.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 11:

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

A more descriptive translation:

12 TPT

From the moment John stepped onto the scene until now, the realm of Heaven’s Kingdom is bursting forth, and passionate people have taken hold of its power (anointing).

Are we to sit around in a passive state, accepting the current conditions that surround us?  Are we to accept partial blessings, healings, and/or success?

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 8:

43 In the crowd that day was a woman who had suffered greatly for twelve years from slow bleeding. Even though she had spent all that she had on healers, she was still suffering.

44 Pressing in through the crowd, she came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His garment. Instantly her bleeding stopped and she was healed.

45 Jesus suddenly stopped and said to his disciples, “Someone touched Me. Who was it?” While they all denied it, Peter pointed out, “Master, everyone is touching You, trying to get close to You. The crowds are so thick we can’t walk through all these people without being jostled.”

46 Jesus replied, “Yes, but I felt power surge(the anointing, charisma) through Me. Someone touched Me to be healed, and they received their healing.”

47 When the woman realized she couldn’t hide any longer, she came and fell trembling at Jesus’ Feet. Before the entire crowd she declared, “I was desperate to touch you, Jesus, for I knew if I could just touch even the fringe of Your garment I would be healed.”

48 Jesus responded, “Beloved daughter, your faith in Me released your healing. You may go with my peace.”

Did the woman sit around waiting for Jesus to approach her?  No, her faith would not be denied full and complete healing.  There would be no acceptable partial healing for her.  She knew that the anointing of Jesus would resolve her twelve-year chronic disease.  The healers of the day gladly accepted payment for failure to heal.  Is it any different today?  What would happen if widespread healing occurred today?  Instantly, there would no longer be a shortage of doctors and nurses.  Medical building programs would cease.  Health insurance costs would shrink dramatically.  Selah!

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Joshua chapter 1:

5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses (substitute Jesus for Moses), so I will be with you (you and me today). I will not leave you nor forsake you.

6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law (of Agape Love) which Moses My servant (Jesus My Son) commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

8 This Book of the Law (of Agape Love) shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in It day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in It. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD Your God is with you wherever you go.”

The Word of THE LORD applies to you and me as It did to Joshua.  Only he and Caleb had a good report concerning the entry into the Promised Land.  We too need to be strong and of good courage as we expect and demand the anointing to flow in us and through us as we walk in Holiness and Agape Love.