Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Day 17 of 21 Days of Fasting

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

As we are quickly approaching the end of our fast there are a few things we must remember.

1. God desires to heal you. When He does is entirely up to Him.
2. We must be ready to receive.
3. The enemy brings confusion and tries to keep us from our healing.

There are many reasons why God desires to heal. There are also many reasons why Christians and non-Christians alike don't receive healing. Remember, signs and wonders are an essential tool in evangelizing. If the enemy can confuse and distract us enough to keep us from signs and wonders he has succeeded in crippling the effectiveness of the church. Christ used signs and wonders to draw large crowds where He taught about salvation and restoration. When we preach the Word of God in good physical and spiritual health we can communicate a powerful message. When we talk of healing and half the church is sick and dying our message is seriously weakened! Consider this for the rest of the fast.

Is healing a natural occurrence? No, then why do we look for a healing "formula"?
If healing is supernatural then why do we think we understand it?
If healing carries power and excitement than why do we think the enemy doesn't fight it?
If our faith is weak than why don't we exercise it?

Work on these things, pray on these things then watch your healing and restoration come.

God Bless

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Paul LaRose currently serves as the Discipleship Ministries Director for the Kentucky District of the Assemblies of God. He is also Senior Pastor of New Harvest Assembly of God in Frankfort, Kentucky. His passion for discipleship and Christian education is made evident by the fruits of his ministry labor. Paul has been involved in two successful church plants. He served as the Associate Pastor at Harmony Tabernacle AG in Dallas, Texas planted in 2001 where he developed the Christian Education program from the ground up. He currently pastors New Harvest AG planted in 2002. New Harvest is one of the fastest growing AG church plants in the Kentucky District and provides a strong Discipleship and CE program for all those that attend. Paul has been working with the Kentucky School of Ministry in course development. He wrote the course work for the Youth Leaders Tract and is finishing the Children’s Workers Tract. These courses are being used in many of our Assemblies of God Schools of Ministry.