Wednesday 23 May 2012

Bible verses: God's healing

New Testament Healing Scriptures
 1. He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases. (Matthew 8:17 NLT)
2. I give you power and authority over all unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease and illness. (Matthew 10:1 & Luke 9:1 NLT)
 3. Anything is possible if a person believes. (Mark 9:23; 11:23, 24)
4. I am the bread of life. I give you life. (John 6:33, 35)
5. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10 NIV)
 6. When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases. (Acts 19:12 NLT)
 7. Your body is the temple of My Spirit and you’re to glorify Me in your body. (I Corinthians 6:19, 20 NLT)
 8. That it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. (Ephesians 6:3 NIV)
 9. Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. (James 5:16 NLT)
 10. I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, (3 John 1:2)
 11. By his wounds you are healed. (I Peter 2:24 NLT)
12. He has delivered us from death, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us. (II Corinthian 1:10 NIV)
 13. Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. (Matthew 14:14 NLT)
14. He healed every kind of disease and illness. (Matthew 4:23 NLT)
15. He healed those who were sick. (Luke 9:11)
16. Because of your faith, it will happen. (Matthew 9:29 NLT)
17. All who touched him were healed. (Matthew 14:36 NLT)
18. The Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. (Luke 9:56a)
19. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus. (Acts 4:30 NIV)
 20. Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. (Revelation 22:17 NLT)
 21. If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believeth (Mark 9:23; 11:23, 24).
 22. I am the bread of life. I give you life (John 6:33, 35).
23. The words I speak unto you are spirit and life (John 6:63).
24. I am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly (John 10:10).
25. I am the resurrection and the life (John 11:25).
26. Faith in My name makes you strong and gives you perfect soundness (Acts 3:16).
27. I stretch forth My hand to heal (Acts 4:30).
28. I, Jesus Christ, make you whole (Acts 9:34).
29. I do good and heal all that are oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38).
30. My power causes diseases to depart from you (Acts 19:12).
31. The law of the Spirit of life in Me has made you free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
32. The same Spirit that raised Me from the dead now lives in you and that Spirit will quicken your mortal body (Romans 8:11).
33. I have given you My name and have put all things under your feet (Ephesians 1:21, 22).
34. I want it to be well with you and I want you to live long on the earth. (Ephesians 6:3).
35. I have delivered you from the authority of darkness (Colossians 1:13).
36. I will deliver you from every evil work (II Timothy 4:18).
37. Lift up the weak hands and the feeble knees. Don’t let that which is lame be turned aside but rather let Me heal it (Hebrews 12:12, 13).
38. Let the elders anoint you and pray for you in My name and I will raise you up (James 5:14, 15).
39. Pray for one another and I will heal you (James 5:16).
40. By My stripes you were healed (I Peter 2:24).
41. My Divine power has given unto you all things that pertain unto life and godliness through the knowledge of Me (II Peter 1:3).
42. Whosoever will let him come and take of the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).
43. Beloved, I wish above all things that you may…be in health (III John 2).

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7 (NIV)

Monday 14 May 2012

27 May 2012: Global day of prayer

2 Chronicles 7:14

14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.


Global day of prayer is a day for all children of God to come together to seek His face and pray for the nation(s).

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Bible verses: with God all things are possible

Mark 9: 23b
 “Everything is possible for one who believes.”

Mark 10: 27
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

Matthew 19: 16
26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”


Roman 8: 31
If God is for us, who can be against us?"

Sunday 6 May 2012

video clip: John Maxwell: Attitudes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUDvarSZPnU&feature=related

the difference maker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDpKNdx26yY&feature=related
parrot story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-2xyQYbDNY&feature=related
sermon: adding value to people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1OQcdYyjJU&feature=related

sermon: God's calling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USgIyzO3RiI&feature=related
sermon: God's calling-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROtZu2c-xis&feature=relmfu

sermon: Dreams and the example of Joseph-part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IG5GeNTVY&feature=relmfu
sermon: part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1lDacN9k7U&feature=relmfu
sermon: part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEFlebkPfPY&feature=relmfu

value of leadership
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKn32Yq9iQ8&feature=related

everyone communicates, few connect with people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sy3oLFZ1QA&feature=related

Bible verses: God's healing

Old Testament Healing Scriptures
1. For I am the Lord who heals you. (Exodus 15:26 NLT)
 2. I will protect you from illness and I will give you long, full lives. (Exodus 23: 25, 26 NLT)
 3. The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace. (Psalms 29:11 NLT)
 4. No evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. (Psalms 91:10 NLT)
 5. I heal all your diseases. (Psalms 103:3 NLT)
6. My words bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. (Proverbs 4:22 NLT)
 7. You restore my health and allow me to live! Think of it—the Lord is ready to heal me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life. (Isaiah 38:16, 20 NLT)
 8. By his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5 NIV)
9. I will give you back your health and heal your wounds. (Jeremiah 30:17 NLT)
10. I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. (Jeremiah 33:6 NIV)
 11. I will not put any of the diseases you are afraid of on you, but I will take all sickness away from you (Deuteronomy 7:15).
 12. It will be well with you and your days shall be multiplied and prolonged as the days of heaven upon the earth (Deuteronomy 11:9,21).
 13. I turned the curse into a blessing unto you, because I loved you (Deuteronomy 23:5 and Nehemiah 13:2).
 14. I have redeemed you from every sickness and every plague (Deuteronomy 28:61 and Galatians 3:13).
 15. As your days, so shall your strength be (Deuteronomy 33:25).
16. I will give you strength and bless you with peace (Psalms 29:11).
17. I am the health of your countenance and your God (Psalms 43: 5).
18. No plague shall come near your dwelling (Psalms 91:10).
19. I will satisfy you with long life (Psalms 91:16).
20. I heal all your diseases (Psalms 103:3).
21. I sent My word and healed you and delivered you from your destructions (Psalms 107:20).
22. You shall not die, but live, and declare My works (Psalms 118:17).
23. I heal your broken heart and bind up your wounds (Psalms 147:3).
24. The years of your life shall be many (Proverbs 4:10).
25. Trusting Me brings health to your navel and marrow to your bones (Proverbs 3:8).
26. My words are life to you, and health/medicine to all your flesh (Proverbs 4:22).
 27. (My) good report makes your bones fat (Proverbs 15:30).
28. (My) pleasant words are sweet to your soul and health to your bones (Proverbs 16:24).
 29. My joy is your strength. A merry heart does good like a medicine (Nehemiah 8:10; Proverbs 17:22).
 30. Your light shall break forth as the morning and your health shall spring forth speedily (Isaiah 58:8).
 31. I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds saith the Lord (Jeremiah 30:17).
 32. I will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick (Ezekiel 34:16).
33. Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you and you shall live. And I shall put My Spirit in you and you shall live (Ezekiel 37:5,14).
 34. Whithersoever the rivers shall come shall live. They shall be healed and every thing shall live where the river comes (Ezekiel 47:9).
 35. Seek Me and you shall live (Amos 5:4, 6).
36. I have arisen with healing in My wings (beams) (Malachi 4:2).
37. I will preserve you and keep you alive (Psalms 41:2).
38. Affliction will not arise a second time. (Nahum 1:9)

Thursday 3 May 2012

Article: prayer is the key

The Bible says, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrew. 4:16). Regardless of the challenges that may confront you, prayer is the key that opens the door to God’s solutions for every need or problem.


It is remarkable to consider how the Lord is no respecter of the degree of problems we face. Whether confronted by the impassible gulf of a Red Sea, as was the wandering Israelites -- or bound by prison chains and stocks, as once were Paul and Silas. Our Lord’s power to help is just as potent in our modern times as He was in the era of New Testament. As scripture states, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrew. 13:8). Neither is the Lord a respecter of the noble or humble status of those who seek Him (1 Peter 1:17).

There is often a larger-than-life view of the Bible personalities who prayed and experienced remarkable miracles. However the scriptures leave no doubt that these superheroes of faith, were mere people just like ourself. “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly...” (James 5:17-18). God will hear and answer the sincere, faith-filled prayer of anyone who is right with Him. “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16).So it is, whenever you find yourself in need, or immersed in perplexity or crisis, boldly knock on heaven’s door and call upon the Lord in faith. He cares about your every need and concern. Prayer is, and always will remain, the key that opens the door to God’s help and blessing!

“Because he loves me, says the LORD, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation” (Psalm. 91:14-16).

Wednesday 2 May 2012

Article: Defeating your enemy

1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

 
Every Christian has an enemy. Although unseen by the natural eye, this adversary is not imaginary nor a mythological character. Satan, the Devil, is a real person... a spirit being, with intelligence, tangible characteristics, and whose incessant goal and ambition is to “steal, kill, and destroy” (John 10:10).

 
Around the clock the enemy is on the prowl, seeking to cause mayhem and destruction to all believers and the work of Jesus Christ throughout the world. With military-like strategy and ruthless hostility, the devil aggressively searches for weakness in our faith and spiritual life, hoping to devour us with deception, temptation, or oppression. He is the personification of all that is evil and is the author of every despicable work.

 
Regardless of whether you realize it, Satan has targeted you as a victim. He knows your name and address, your strengths and weaknesses. Somewhere in the shadows, he and his forces lurk, waiting, planing for the moment they will strike when you’re caught off-guard. He desperately hopes that you will, as many Christians, remain ignorant of his reality so that you’ll blame his assaults on somebody or something else.

 
His method of operation is almost always “undercover.” Subtly, he manipulates hindering circumstances and inspires evil thoughts or temptations, disguising his activities behind the shroud of people or things. He will always seek to divert attention and blame for his actions upon others. But make no mistake, he is the real enemy, not your husband, wife, employer, government or Christian brethren!“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).

 
Satan has no Rightful Authority over Believers
The good news is that, although the Devil is described “like” a “roaring lion,” in reality he has no actual authority over believers. He is not really a lion, but roars “like” a lion would to bluff his victims into fear and intimidation. Satan is a liar and deceiver and uses deception as his weapon to gain advantage over those who are ignorant of the limitations of his power.

When Jesus gave his life on the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world, He also redeemed us from Satan’s power and dominion over us. “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it” (Col. 2:15). “...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8). Praise God! Satan is already a defeated enemy! His legal authority was neutralized by the finished work of Christ on the cross.
Every Believer has Authority over Satan
So if Satan is already defeated, why then is he still able to cause trouble? Because, even though Christ broke Satan’s legal power, the Lord has left it up to us to “enforce” the Devil’s defeated condition. It's our responsibility to use the authority that Christ has given us to put Satan in his place.

As a believer, you need not fear Satan, but realize and exercise the authority which God has given you over the Devil. Every person whose name has been recorded in the “Lamb’s Book of Life” (all those who are saved) have been given authority over the power of the Devil. “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19).You have the right to use the authority of the name of Jesus to repel and drive Satan out of your territory and to break his grip over spiritual strongholds (2 Cor. 10:4). When you recognize Satan’s activity and covert operations, take authority over him in the name of Jesus! Just as Jesus and the early apostles did, command Satan to leave (Mark 16:17).
The Devil hates the name of Jesus and detests an atmosphere of praise and worship which exalts the name of Jesus. Christ said, “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matt. 18:20). Be assured, the presence of Christ will expel the presence of Satan. Lifting up Jesus in praise will send the Devil running!

Slam the Door on the Devil
The name of Jesus will drive Satan away. But it would be futile to order Satan’s departure if we leave the door wide open for him to flourish. The Bible tells us to not “give place” for the Devil (Eph. 4:27). That is, provide no area of your life where Satan can be comfortable or establish strongholds.

The enemy can always be found working in those who entertain sin, disobedience, rebellion or a self-willed nature. Unforgiveness toward others is another area which Satan flourishes (2 Cor. 2:11). Furthermore, any area of your life which is not submitted to God is considered open territory to the Devil, and he has the right to bring his expanding influence to those areas. This is why the scripture says, “...submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). The only way to actually resist Satan is to submit yourself fully to God. This was what Jesus was referring to when He said, “...the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me” (John 14:30). Jesus had submitted himself to God, and although the Devil would try Him, there was nothing for the Devil to use to gain an advantage.

Rejoice Christian! God is in you, and YOU have been given power over the Devil! By submitting to God, and exercising your authority in the name of Jesus, you are more powerful than the enemy. “...He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).