Do not be anxious about anything instead in everything by prayer and supplications, make your request unto the Lord, and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guide your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Cast all your cares upon the Lord for you are His personal concern.
Two or three of our sisters from my previous church had come down with cancer at different times. At one visitation, I heard one of us said in consolation to the sickly one “we don’t know when our turn will come” … in my heart I said to myself “I reject that in Jesus’ name”.
The beauty of this church is, it is small, a very closely-knitted church. Most of us have been there for more than 10 over years. We meet one another every Sunday and on some weekdays of the month for ministries.
The beauty of this church is, when one of them suffers, the whole church got to know about it through the mass email and the whole church prays (since the church is not so large). Also the most interesting of all is, this church does not indeed believe in the manifestation of the power of God in terms publicly praying for the sick or the needy in the church service. They do it on a one to one basis laying hands over the sick. Especially sharing their prayer requests in their own Oikos fellowship level. The fact is that they can share, they will share, they dare to bare their needs in the presence of their own brothers and sisters in the Lord, they know the power of prayer and the power of the One whom they pray to.
More interestingly is the fact that, they will also go out to other mega churches in the country, especially where they hear of healing rallies taking place, they will accompany their sick there.
And in most cases, we hear of step by step improvements in their sicknesses, their good response to the chemo therapies, and some even completely healed of their plight. I hear of one instantaneous healing of cancer too.
I personally know of one who discovered she has breast cancer, and the whole church in email broadcast was praying for her throughout the progress of her treatment. And she has indeed come out stronger and bolder in the Lord. Even her then fiance did not waiver to take her as his bride. She was completely well. They recently walked down the aisle tied the knot together.
Sometimes casting our cares to the Lord does not mean to keep quiet, to remain private. Many times those of us who are struggling in one area of challenge in our lives must learn to let go of our pride and even our privacy to rally the prayer support of others around us.
If the paralytic man had not made known his wishes to be healed by Jesus to his four friends how would they have the boldness to break the roof and lower him down in the room filled with and in the presence of all the top teachers of the Law, the Pharisees, the who-is-who in those days.
I suspect the one who hides his needs and acts tough seems to be fighting the battle alone and finds it tougher compared to the one who seems to say help me, stand in faith with me, pray alongside me till I come out the other side completely whole, prosperous and well has a higher chance of receiving what he/she asks of the Lord.
Don’t hide for privacy’s sake, don’t hide for pride’s sake, don’t hide just because you need to “protect” the name of the Lord by appearing that all is fine.
Whose fault is it that this man was born blind? His or his parents?
Neither, but that the glory of God might be revealed.
We don’t ask why this happened that the man was in such a huge mountain of debt, or the lady is in such sorry state. But as they bare their souls to the Lord and to the church, let us pray that the glory of the Lord be manifested in their lives. The glory, the deliverance, the goodness of our loving Abba Father.
Dear Abba Father,
Thank you for forgiving us all our sins, our unrighteouness and our self righteousness. Thank you for giving us your everlasting righteousness in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for giving us your righteousness.
Hence, no weapons formed against us shall prosper, every tongue that rises against us we shall condemn. For our righteousness is from You, this is our inheritance, we the servants as well as the children of the Lord Most High.
The prayer of the righteous accomplishes much. Especially the prayer inline with Your Word, Your will for our lives.
Thank you for making us healthy, wealthy and happy in the Lord everyday.
Your word says
Beloved, above all things, I pray that you will prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers.
So we know it is in Your Will for us to be prosperous here on earth.
Your Will for us to be healthy and to remain healthy all the days of our lives.
Also Your will for us to be happy, holy and pure in Christ, soul prosperity, all the days of our lives.
Since it is Your Will, You will accomplish all the above in our lives not by our own efforts or by our own might but by Your Spirit. You will keep us in Christ all the days of our lives.
We are Your beloved children.
You spoke to me yesterday, notice the righteous shall inherit the land?
Psalm 37:29 the righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it forever.
Inherit means you need not pay for it, My Son already did.
Thank you Abba Father.
Be it unto us according to Your Word.
In Jesus’ Name Amen
