Subject: Divine Healing, True or False? |
Bible Note: Kimberly- Got on this late, but I do believe God is a God who heals - if He wills it. It has to be left in His hands. Pray for healing, have others pray for your healing and, if your church believes in annointing with oil (James 5:14), as mine does, be annointed with oil. Then leave it in God's hands. Even Paul was not healed and Timothy suffered with stomach problems. I think their faith was stronger than any of ours, plus they had first hand experience from the ones who saw and knew Jesus. If giving meant you got back more money, why wasn't Paul rich? I'm sure he tithed and gave more than his tithe, yet he worked as a tent maker to make ends meet. I believe totally in the healing power of my God, I believe He can do healings miraculously, through doctors and medicine, or just through the way He made our bodies to heal. I also believe that sometimes He chooses not to (as I sit here with bronchitis!) but if we totally trust Him, He will give us the strength to go through whatever that we can give Him the glory. I believe that giving to the Lord (and I personally believe in tithing - but that has been discussed before and I won't go into that again - look it up on another thread), and giving more than what is required will result in being blessed by the Lord, if you give because you feel the Holy Spirit leading you to give and it is a joy - not because you are expecting to get benefits from it. It may not be a financial blessing, but you will be blessed, in the area that you need (not want). I am concerned about some of the preachers on TV misleading the viewers, also. What happens when people give and give and don't get back what they expect? Do they get a barrel of guilt or do they give up on God? I've seen this happen and I do believe this is the work of the enemy. Don't believe everything you hear. Use your own common sense, too, and don't just read what they tell you. Dig for yourself. God gave us a brain and scripture even commends the Bereans for searching out the scriptures. They didn't even take the apostles word for anything - they looked at it for themselves. God's peace. Debbie |