I want to share today's "Faith Food" by Kenneth E. Hagin. This is the devotional that we are reading this year as we close out our Morning Prayer services at The Spoken Word Church. This is very important for every born again believer to know!
Conductor Of Life
"God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life" (1 John 5:11-12).
Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature … and these signs shall follow them that believe" (Mark 16:15,17).
One of these signs Jesus said would follow believers - not the Early Church, not apostles, not pastors, not preachers, but believers - is, " …they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (Mark 16:18).
Why? Because the life of God is in believers!
Sometimes people are specially anointed to minister healing, but that isn't what Mark 16 is talking about! Every born-again believer has the life of God, the nature of God, the God-kind of life, in him - and by the laying on of hands, that life can be imparted into the physical bodies of others!
That's why you should lay hands on the sick. When you lay hands on them, that life of God in you is conducted through your hands to others. Often, you'll be conscious of that life flowing right out of you into them.
You've got the life of God in you! You've got the nature of God in you! God's a healing God. Put God's power to work! That's how God works - through your own hands. God's not here on earth in Person, but He is in you by His Spirit!
Confession: I am a believing one. I have the life of God in me. And God is a healing God. I lay hands on the sick, and they recover.
Many people have tried to remove these verses from the Bible because they believe that they were not included in the earliest writings. Since none of us were there, I think the correct thing to do would be to read the accounts of the early church's ministry from the Book of Acts! As we read through Acts, we see, without doubt, that the apostles and other church members carried out these commands, constantly and consistently! THEY certainly believed that they were being obedient to the One, True God, and HE certainly worked WITH them, confirming their words and works! Let's stop listening to the naysayers, the nitpickers, and the doubters and get out there as DOERS! When the God of the Bible confirms the Word that YOU dare to obey, you will have all the proof you need! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Falling Into You":Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature … and these signs shall follow them that believe" (Mark 16:15,17).
One of these signs Jesus said would follow believers - not the Early Church, not apostles, not pastors, not preachers, but believers - is, " …they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (Mark 16:18).
Why? Because the life of God is in believers!
Sometimes people are specially anointed to minister healing, but that isn't what Mark 16 is talking about! Every born-again believer has the life of God, the nature of God, the God-kind of life, in him - and by the laying on of hands, that life can be imparted into the physical bodies of others!
That's why you should lay hands on the sick. When you lay hands on them, that life of God in you is conducted through your hands to others. Often, you'll be conscious of that life flowing right out of you into them.
You've got the life of God in you! You've got the nature of God in you! God's a healing God. Put God's power to work! That's how God works - through your own hands. God's not here on earth in Person, but He is in you by His Spirit!
Confession: I am a believing one. I have the life of God in me. And God is a healing God. I lay hands on the sick, and they recover.
Shalom in Him!
