Healing

     Many times when we're faced with illness or health issues we start praying, "Lord, please heal me!" But His word tells us that we're already healed! 
     But he was wounded because of our crimes, crushed because of our sins;
the disciplining that makes us whole fell on him, and by his bruises, we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

     Shouldn't we be doing more than praying for healing? Shouldn't we be decreeing healing, claiming the healing that the Lord tells us we already have?  Shouldn't we be walking in faith and claiming the healing? 

     If you read the scriptures that tell of the healings that Jesus did, there is something to notice, He didn't pray for the Father to heal the people, He simply spoke the healing Himself. Of course, you do need to remember that He spent time daily in prayer, knowing the Father's heart and hearing His directions. That is how we need to be walking also, then we should speak the healings.

     We need to remember that the Lord told us ~ "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give." Matthew 10:8  He wouldn't have told us this if it wasn't possible!

     I would suggest that if You deal with an illness that you claim the truth of His words! You are the healed, walk it out. Daily repeat I am the healed! Then trust in the healing that was already paid for by Jesus' blood!

     Walk in fellowship, live in faith, praise and give credit for His healing blessings!

Which Path Do You Choose?

I was just receiving this teaching about healing from the Holy Spirit. I was seeing so clearly that when we receive healing we are faced with two paths to choose between. Imagine you're walking on a path and then it divides, there is a sign pointing in each direction, one says flesh....one says Spirit.
     There are times we are prayed for and receive healing but we don't "absorb" it, we may not feel healed and we don't put it into our belief system that we are healed. 
     We have a choice to make, we may believe the "symptoms" that we've been dealing with and walk their path or we may choose to believe the "healing" and walk it's path.
     The choice is ours, we are the healed (Isa 53:5), do we walk as the healed or do we choose to trust our flesh more than the truth of the Spirit and the healing?  
     It might be easier for us if we were able to make the choice once and for ever, but the test is in choosing daily to walk in the healing. We may have to remind ourselves by repeating the promises in Scripture....through Jesus' stripes I am the healed, I am a new creation, I am fearfully and wonderfully made! ....or we can listen to our flesh that loves to whine and get attention and demand to be made comfortable.
     You choose your path, are you sick or are you healed? If you accept the healing then find a way to absorb it, and to daily stay on that path! These scriptures help me, but there are many more, find the ones that work for you:

1. The punishment, which made us well, was given to him, and we are healed because of his wounds. Isaiah 53:5b

2 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17

3 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14

I'm not saying that it is always easy, and Yes, my flesh still fights and tries to win, but I am much happier and healthier when I am listening to my spirit and the Holy Spirit in me!