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meditations for an everyday relationship with Jesus
Faith healing?
James 5:14-16 Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.
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Faith healing, or being healed in (and by) our faith in Jesus is absolutely real. The problem with our understanding of “faith healing” is that it is presumed to be immediate, and always relief from a physical ailment. However, while there will always be miracles of physical healing, more often than not, healing is of a spiritual nature.
Know this: healing is always in God’s time, and it must glorify the Son. We should praise God for even the smallest miracles in our daily living because that is where healing is most abundant.
What a church looks like
1 Thessalonians 1:5-8 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit, and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.
A church looks exactly like the individuals that meet one, two, three or more, at a time. They gather to enrich their lives and to let the name of Jesus pass their lips. They speak His name just as easily as the names of their favorite foods, or the names of childhood friends. Their hands and feet look just like the hands and feet of the man Jesus. In these intimate churches there are kingdom and garden experiences, the ones we all yearn to have at least one time in our lives this side of heaven.
Churches are not real estate or stained glass; they are places we find (or maybe they have found us). Regardless, they give us a glimpse of heaven at times when hell is far more familiar.
