Monday 31 December 2012

Healing is Easy

"Healing is easy, 'cos of what Jesus has done"- Sam Larbie

When bible scholars talk about the "work of Christ", it is always associated with things accomplished in Calvary. This is the basis of our healing, forgiveness and reconciliation with God. But I believe the works of Christ and what he has done extends to the way He propagated the heaven's family culture among His disciples and how He modelled kingdom culture wherever he went. These and the enabling of the Holy Spirit enabled the "finished work of Christ" to propagate rapidly in the first century church.



Now a few more stories and updates:


From Terminal to Life- Update


James real name is Toney. He is now out of the ICU. Here's some updates from his wife.



More Lord!


God Repeats a Testimony- Update

The gentleman in this story's name is Paul Lyn. At his request, he said to use his actual name.

A day after he opened up the wound and the wound has completely dried up to this day. Before we prayed for him, it was still bleeding and he was in a lot of pain.

After a week, he met with his doctors and the doctor told him that, " I have never seen your heart and your kidney this strong".

If you can recall in the original post that I sang a prophetic song to him that day. The song was "God is the Strength of My Heart."

Lastly, I have also brought Paul to testify and pray with Toney. Here's our photo at the ICU together with Somy Winardi, the brother who introduced me to Paul.

Myself, Paul and Somy at Toney's ICU


Acid Reflux No More


A lady with acid reflux asked for prayer in one of our life groups. She said that she feels a lump when swallowing food and she is not allowed any vinegar, spicy and oily foods. Applying the principle of a Healing Culture, I asked a fourteen year old teen to lay hands and pray non-religiously (instead of praying for the lady myself). Immediately, the lady felt a sort of a big knot formed in her belly then the knot gave way and she felt that the pain associated with the reflux was gone. We continued our prayer assault and then she began coughing vigorously, at this point she ran to the washroom. When she came back, she told us that she threw up a piece of meat and that the lump in her throat was gone. She said she never ate meat that day! This was a few weeks ago and up to this week she has been testifying that the pains and symptoms she felt before are all gone.


A Child Shall Lead Them


We should never underestimate kids in matters of the faith. We have a two and a half year old boy in our life group that seems to just play around during our meetings. One day before going to work, the mom was trying to show the boy how to pray for the neck pain of their dad. The boy did prayed and right after asked the dad, "wala na ba Pa? (is it gone (the pain) Pa?)".

The mom told me afterwards that the boy has been observing everytime we have been praying for healing in our life group, where I always asked if the pain is gone or what degree of healing the person has received.


His Eye is On the Sparrow and Your Broken Finger Too

A couple who lead a CTF campus were our visitors a few days ago. The lady pastor had difficulty moving her left thumb and she said it's painful to bend or do some normal stuff you can do with one's thumb. I began to recount stories after stories after stories.

Then she told us about her thumb and instantly the word I got is if Daddy God cares for the sparrows, He care for our broken/sprained fingers too. We prayed and power of God came upon that finger and the pain was gone. I followed up the next day and indeed the healing remained.


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Indeed healing is easy because of what Jesus has done and it gets easier as we partake of it as the children's bread- a part of of our healing culture.

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Monday 10 December 2012

A Healing Ministry or A Healing Culture

However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:20)
The events of the past few weeks were quite amazing, overwhelming and just plain exhilarating. News travel fast about James, Paul and Anne. Requests for prayers came pouring in- some from a inflexible thumbs (broken thumb i believe), acid refluxes or headaches and others are on the terminal variety. I will write about them later.

But it takes a spiritual father to keep one's feet grounded on what really matters.The words of Jesus in Luke 10:18-24 are words of a Father furthering empowering his sons.

Just like Jesus' early days of ministry the seventy-two disciples began to see signs and wonders, began to scare even the demons of Palestine those days! I am very sure a lot of blind people got healed as well as terminally sick people. They were pulling down heaven left right and centre and oh boy! the world is beginning to notice their ministry.

Jesus rejoiced with them.

Then he began to empower them further with these words:

He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:18-20)
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It all goes back to our relationship with our Heavenly Daddy and being little children once again.


At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do (Luke 10:21)
That we are His children and that our names are written in heaven. As little and insignificant we are in the eyes of the world, we know and are known by Majesty. We are prized and treasured by our Omnipotent Loving Father. From this relationship power, healing, love and ministries flow.


But Jesus did not come to establish just a ministry. He came to bring the heavenly culture and kingdom on this earth! This is captured in another parable he said to His disciples.

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.” (Matthew 13:33)

Jesus came not to establish a ministry but to infuse and propagate heaven's culture. He started to disciple first His 12 and then these 72. He was not satisfied just on being popular, He had an agenda to infuse light in all dark places of the human life. And He started with this small core group showing them how to pull down heaven on earth but grounding them in relationship with our Abba Father!

I applied the principles above to one of my small groups. A young man who hasn't prayed for the sick before lay hands on someone with chronic acid reflux and power of God came. That will be written in another blog post.

Dear Reader,
May heaven's culture of healing and love come into the place where you are right now. May the knowledge of knowing Him and being known by Him take you to new heights and breakthroughs in your life.

He Graciously Add Love- Josh