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