Great Confessions by Don Gossett

Author:Don Gossett
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Religion, Catholic, Pentecostal & Charismatic, Christianity
ISBN: 9780883680872
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 1979-08-31T22:00:00+00:00

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How You Can Be Healed

Now that we have discussed God's cure for spiritual "diseases," let us see what His Word has to say about healing physical diseases.

In the first place, is it truly His will that we receive healing for our bodies? His will is expressed in His Word where we read: "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth" (III John 2). Our loving F ather expresses His wishes for us in this dynamic verse. He desires that we may prosper and be in health, even as our soul prospers. The most important thing of course is to make sure that we are prospering in our soul. This is a prerequisite to healing. The healing of our body begins with the healing of our soul.

Soul prosperity means confessing and forsaking every known sin. "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me" (Psalm 66:18). "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).

We read in Isaiah 59:1, 2: "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." Sometimes we may fail to receive healing, not because of the shortness of the Lord's hand nor the heaviness of His ear, but because sin has caused a break in fellowship with Him. If so, obey His Word which says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (I John 1:9). Then you will be on the right basis to believe God for healing.

Since healing begins within, let us consider another scripture. "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if you have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses" (Mark 11:25, 26). Before your prayers for healing will be effective, you must be sure that you hold no grudge or unforgiving spirit against anyone. Ask yourself, Have I allowed a hurt to cause resentment within my heart? Do I perhaps unknowingly harbor ill will against anyone? If so, your prayers for healing will not be answered. Call upon God and depend upon His unfailing grace to enable you to forgive every offense committed against you.

Healing begins within with a spiritual cleansing. "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23, 24).

"Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me ... Let the words

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