{"id":4009,"date":"2015-10-23T06:22:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2015-10-23T06:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T11:22:37","slug":"knowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=4009","title":{"rendered":"Knowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah 9:23 Thus says the LORD:<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u201cLet not the wise <em>man<\/em> glory in his wisdom,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bLet not the mighty <em>man<\/em> glory in his might,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bNor let the rich <em>man<\/em> glory in his riches;<\/p>\n<p>24 \u200b\u200bBut let him who glories glory in this,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bThat he understands and knows Me,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bThat I <em>am<\/em> the LORD, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bFor in these I delight,\u201d says the LORD.<\/p>\n<p>There are those who \u201cbelieve\u201d HE is and there are others who know HE is and I fall into the latter group.&#160; There are those who believe FATHER can heal but I know HE heals at a personal level.&#160; In 1984 I contracted hepatitis from shellfish, specifically shrimp I had eaten at the Hilton Hotel in New Jersey while on a business trip.&#160; It turned out to be the worst case the doctor had seen.&#160; I sought FATHER about why I got sick since I had been believing HIM for Divine health and HE replied \u201cYou are void of My Word.\u201d&#160; Huh?&#160; I studied Scripture, read Christian books, listened to teaching tapes yet I was void of HIS Word?&#160; HE responded, \u201cWhen was the last time you studied My Word in the area of healing?\u201d&#160;&#160; Oops, too long.<\/p>\n<p>Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things <em>are<\/em> noble, whatever things <em>are<\/em> just, whatever things <em>are<\/em> pure, whatever things <em>are<\/em> lovely, whatever things <em>are<\/em> of good report, if <em>there is<\/em> any virtue and if <em>there is<\/em> anything praiseworthy\u2014<u>meditate on these things<\/u>. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.<\/p>\n<p>FATHER\u2019s Word has the power within itself to cause itself to come to pass and I had not exercised faith in the area of health and healing for some time.&#160; We can become dull of hearing if we allow ourselves to become lazy in meditating on the wondrous works of Our Heavenly Father.&#160; We can get caught up with our daily affairs and forget the importance of meditating on HIS Word day and night.<\/p>\n<p>Romans 10:17&#160; So then faith <em>comes<\/em> by hearing, and hearing by the word of GOD.<\/p>\n<p>I repented of my failure to meditate on HIS Word in this crucial area.&#160; In response, HE instructed me to focus on healing Scriptures, read <em>Healing the Sick<\/em> by T.L. Osborn, and listen to a tape on \u2018healing\u2019 that I had in my library.&#160; In 11 days I was cured of hepatitis.&#160; The doctor had expected it to take at least 8 weeks to recover (if I didn\u2019t die first).&#160; I learned a valuable lesson-&#160; You can\u2019t operate in faith unless you know HIM in the area of your need.&#160; HE and HIS WORD are ONE.&#160; If you don\u2019t know HIM as your Healer, you will probably not be made whole beyond the natural means.&#160; If you don\u2019t know HIM as your Provider, then you will only do as well as your financial value to the current system.<\/p>\n<p>My doctor could not explain the miracle but did not want to discuss the Spiritual.&#160; The people I worked with were surprised and amazed.&#160; Most of all, I was grateful for HIS loving kindness toward me.&#160; Some people believe HE is a Healer, I know HE is.&#160; As Psalm 103 declares:<\/p>\n<p>1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bAnd all that is within me, <em>bless<\/em> His holy name!<\/p>\n<p>2 \u200b\u200bBless the LORD, O my soul,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bAnd forget not all His benefits:<\/p>\n<p>3 \u200b\u200bWho forgives all your iniquities,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b<u>Who heals all your diseases<\/u>,<\/p>\n<p>4 \u200b\u200bWho redeems your life from destruction,<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bWho crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,<\/p>\n<p>5 \u200b\u200bWho satisfies your mouth with good <em>things,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b<em>So that<\/em> your youth is renewed like the eagle\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus Who is the expressed character of FATHER confirmed FATHER\u2019S Divine Intent of Love by doing the same:<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 4:23&#160;&#160; And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and <u>healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Jesus empowered the disciples:<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 10:1&#160;&#160; And when he had called unto <em>him<\/em> his twelve disciples, he gave them power <em>against<\/em> unclean spirits, to cast them out, and<u> to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>As we take on the fullness of FATHER\u2019S Divine Nature, we should expect the same opportunity and results.&#160; Talk about changing the healthcare paradigm\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah 9:23 Thus says the LORD: \u200b\u200b\u200b\u201cLet not the wise man glory in his wisdom, \u200b\u200bLet not the mighty man glory in his might, \u200b\u200bNor let the rich man glory in his riches; 24 \u200b\u200bBut let him who glories glory in this, \u200b\u200bThat he understands and knows Me, \u200b\u200bThat I am the LORD, exercising loving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4010,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions\/4010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}