Me: Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for talking with me this morning and for being my friend. I love you Lord.
Lord: Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for spending time sharing your thoughts with us. We love you too.
I want to continue with the theme of healing today, because the total health of my children is important to me and to them. The need for healing, whether physical, mental or spiritual, arises from a state of dis-ease. My desire is that all men, women and children should live in total peace with Me. I want you all to be close to me in every way.
I provide all you need through the wonderful creation I have made for you, and without exception, the most healthy and life-sustaining foods are the natural ones I provide for you. Every plant, root and twig that grows, is placed on the Earth for a specific purpose. Man does not yet fully understand the reasons I made every plant, because his mind is clouded by whether it is poisonous or edible! There is a huge world of plants out there to be prayerfully explored, to discover their place in the whole picture of life.
While speaking of vegetation, in spite of there being more eco-friendly, green organisations, and wider awareness of environmental issues, man does not have the oneness with his environment that I intended for him. There is still much to learn about the balance of nature, and where he fits into the whole picture.
I did not make man to be just one of the many animals that roam the Earth. I made man to tend the garden I have made, to love it, to care for it and to subdue it. The term 'subdue it' was not intended to mean exploit it and eventually destroy it, but to learn its secrets and tend it, so that all creation can maintain and continue in the harmony I intended for it.
Every element that is part of the Earth, has uses for man that he has not even begun to understand. All things can be used for the well-being of creation and the deepening of man's understanding of the world around him, but not while greed, envy, lust and exploitation continue to destroy the harmony I made. While mankind is not at peace with his fellow man, how can he ever be at peace with his environment? If he is not at peace with his fellow man or his environment, how can he ever be at peace with himself? If man is not at peace with himself, how can he ever be at peace with his Creator?
So, you should be beginning to see that healing is not just the straightforward putting right of a chemical or material disorder, but a complicated mix, untangling a web of dis-ease with himself, his fellow man, this environment and his God!
These disorders man is beginning to understand, he thinks can be dealt with by bombarding them with chemicals and drugs. However, because of his limited understanding, many of the treatments he uses are like taking a shotgun to the head, to cure a headache! I want man to discover the answers to the world's sicknesses, but I also want him to fit it into the whole picture. Let me give you an example:
It is now a known and accepted fact that a personal tragedy or crisis can trigger certain sicknesses and diseases. It is also known that certain chemicals and drugs can help with them. So these drugs are prescribed, without reference to the first cause, tragedy or crisis. Therefore a battle ensues, as the cause continues to disrupt life and cause dis-ease, while the drugs fight the symptoms. Alongside of this battle are the unseen side-effects of too much of the drug, causing other problems, which can be immediate, or may not manifest themselves for some time. When the drugs have done their work, the body may be "healed", but the pain of the cause is still there, like a wild beast waiting in the dark to pounce.
The cause may be more obvious and simple, such as a cut or a break while working, or a fall while walking. Injuries are usually easy to treat and straightforward to heal. But not always! My Son Jesus once healed a paralysed man as found in Mark chapter 2.
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralysed man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone? Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . . He said to the paralytic, I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home. He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, We have never seen anything like this! NIV1984
The reason I refer you to this passage, is that two things were happening here. First of all, a man was brought who was paralysed. He needed healing! However, although it was not spoken of, Jesus saw that the cause of this man's paralysis was sin. Not just any old sin, but a specific sin related to the injury. His friends rolled back the roof and lowered him into the room where Jesus was. Were they housebreakers by profession? Did this man sustain his injury while making a quick getaway from a job that went wrong? The details don't matter; what does matter is that sin was the cause of a physical injury. Jesus dealt with the sin and opened the way for physical healing!
The second thing was that Jesus was making a point, to his critics and followers alike, that He had the right on Earth to forgive sins, and that sin and sickness are closely related.
In that account in Mark you see how all things are inter-related. Sin leads to injury, and guilt helps prevent the man from either being healed or getting the treatment he needs. Imagine trying to explain to a doctor that your injuries were sustained as a result of crime/sin! Faith, not of the paralytic, but of the friends, brings him to the feet of Jesus. Forgiveness from Jesus for the sin is the key to his healing. Facing up to your sin and bringing it to Jesus is the first step to salvation.
For those who want to be like Jesus and want to be used by Me in the ministry of healing, the first thing to remember is that all healing and wholeness comes from Me. You are not the healer, only the channel I have chosen to use. Therefore stay close to me, connected to the source of healing, the Holy Spirit! Secondly, as you stay close, listen to me, stay tuned to My guidance. I will show you what you need to know, and what you might need to pass on, such as the need for forgiveness, or a change in lifestyle, "Go and sin no more," or if there is intervention from demons! When you pray for the sick, let Jesus pray through you. When I tell you to lay hands on the sick, speak the word of authority I give you, which will banish the sickness.
Continue as my people, to learn and understand the complex interaction going on in creation, which makes for harmony and oneness, and draw on our peace and oneness. Let love abound. We love you.
Lord: Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for spending time sharing your thoughts with us. We love you too.
I want to continue with the theme of healing today, because the total health of my children is important to me and to them. The need for healing, whether physical, mental or spiritual, arises from a state of dis-ease. My desire is that all men, women and children should live in total peace with Me. I want you all to be close to me in every way.
I provide all you need through the wonderful creation I have made for you, and without exception, the most healthy and life-sustaining foods are the natural ones I provide for you. Every plant, root and twig that grows, is placed on the Earth for a specific purpose. Man does not yet fully understand the reasons I made every plant, because his mind is clouded by whether it is poisonous or edible! There is a huge world of plants out there to be prayerfully explored, to discover their place in the whole picture of life.
While speaking of vegetation, in spite of there being more eco-friendly, green organisations, and wider awareness of environmental issues, man does not have the oneness with his environment that I intended for him. There is still much to learn about the balance of nature, and where he fits into the whole picture.
I did not make man to be just one of the many animals that roam the Earth. I made man to tend the garden I have made, to love it, to care for it and to subdue it. The term 'subdue it' was not intended to mean exploit it and eventually destroy it, but to learn its secrets and tend it, so that all creation can maintain and continue in the harmony I intended for it.
Every element that is part of the Earth, has uses for man that he has not even begun to understand. All things can be used for the well-being of creation and the deepening of man's understanding of the world around him, but not while greed, envy, lust and exploitation continue to destroy the harmony I made. While mankind is not at peace with his fellow man, how can he ever be at peace with his environment? If he is not at peace with his fellow man or his environment, how can he ever be at peace with himself? If man is not at peace with himself, how can he ever be at peace with his Creator?
So, you should be beginning to see that healing is not just the straightforward putting right of a chemical or material disorder, but a complicated mix, untangling a web of dis-ease with himself, his fellow man, this environment and his God!
These disorders man is beginning to understand, he thinks can be dealt with by bombarding them with chemicals and drugs. However, because of his limited understanding, many of the treatments he uses are like taking a shotgun to the head, to cure a headache! I want man to discover the answers to the world's sicknesses, but I also want him to fit it into the whole picture. Let me give you an example:
It is now a known and accepted fact that a personal tragedy or crisis can trigger certain sicknesses and diseases. It is also known that certain chemicals and drugs can help with them. So these drugs are prescribed, without reference to the first cause, tragedy or crisis. Therefore a battle ensues, as the cause continues to disrupt life and cause dis-ease, while the drugs fight the symptoms. Alongside of this battle are the unseen side-effects of too much of the drug, causing other problems, which can be immediate, or may not manifest themselves for some time. When the drugs have done their work, the body may be "healed", but the pain of the cause is still there, like a wild beast waiting in the dark to pounce.
The cause may be more obvious and simple, such as a cut or a break while working, or a fall while walking. Injuries are usually easy to treat and straightforward to heal. But not always! My Son Jesus once healed a paralysed man as found in Mark chapter 2.
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralysed man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone? Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . . He said to the paralytic, I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home. He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, We have never seen anything like this! NIV1984
The reason I refer you to this passage, is that two things were happening here. First of all, a man was brought who was paralysed. He needed healing! However, although it was not spoken of, Jesus saw that the cause of this man's paralysis was sin. Not just any old sin, but a specific sin related to the injury. His friends rolled back the roof and lowered him into the room where Jesus was. Were they housebreakers by profession? Did this man sustain his injury while making a quick getaway from a job that went wrong? The details don't matter; what does matter is that sin was the cause of a physical injury. Jesus dealt with the sin and opened the way for physical healing!
The second thing was that Jesus was making a point, to his critics and followers alike, that He had the right on Earth to forgive sins, and that sin and sickness are closely related.
In that account in Mark you see how all things are inter-related. Sin leads to injury, and guilt helps prevent the man from either being healed or getting the treatment he needs. Imagine trying to explain to a doctor that your injuries were sustained as a result of crime/sin! Faith, not of the paralytic, but of the friends, brings him to the feet of Jesus. Forgiveness from Jesus for the sin is the key to his healing. Facing up to your sin and bringing it to Jesus is the first step to salvation.
For those who want to be like Jesus and want to be used by Me in the ministry of healing, the first thing to remember is that all healing and wholeness comes from Me. You are not the healer, only the channel I have chosen to use. Therefore stay close to me, connected to the source of healing, the Holy Spirit! Secondly, as you stay close, listen to me, stay tuned to My guidance. I will show you what you need to know, and what you might need to pass on, such as the need for forgiveness, or a change in lifestyle, "Go and sin no more," or if there is intervention from demons! When you pray for the sick, let Jesus pray through you. When I tell you to lay hands on the sick, speak the word of authority I give you, which will banish the sickness.
Continue as my people, to learn and understand the complex interaction going on in creation, which makes for harmony and oneness, and draw on our peace and oneness. Let love abound. We love you.
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