Methods of Receiving Ones Healing, and Co-operating With Life for all Realms of Maturity.

Methods of Receiving Ones Healing, and Co-operating With Life for all Realms of Maturity. Outer Court Holy Place Most Holy Place Born Again Experience Responding to Father s Holy Spirit Grown up Priest www.treeoflifeok.com rrichmond11@cox.net 405-799-3739 Mailing: 625 S. W. 158 th Terrace OKC, OK 73170 USA Dr. Roy E. Richmond 1

Chapter one Methods of Healing The subject of healing, health and strength is of major interest to every man and woman, on planet earth. Most importantly, we have discovered that the healing of the mind is of the utmost importance (it is the realization of us knowing and accepting the fact that we have the mind of Christ); when that takes place, the much needed healing in man s body will take place. We need to be well versed, concerning the healing Word in our Bibles, because our health is important, and there are thousands of people who need to hear the truth concerning healing, health and strength. By spending time meditating on the healing Word, one will experience increase in faith for his or her physical body and health; they will have invested time well spent. Responding to the truth taught in this book that come from Father s Word, will save time and money, in the long run. Receiving these lessons consistently, believing them and applying what is learned, will add length of days and long life to those who heed Father s instructions. Whether young or elderly, the revelation of this can add length of days to a person s life. Jesus was humanities great burden bearer, He bore much for and as all in the physical realm, as well as the spiritual realm. In this chapter, we will explore methods through which Father God restores man s health. There are some things we can involve ourselves in, to restore health and healing unto us. Psalms 103:1 A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Man s soul needs to get involved in blessing Father God; the soul is made up of the will, emotion, personality, intellect and thoughts. These are some of the aspects that serve as the expression of whom man is, however, you cannot know man, until you start understanding that we are spirit. The mind has an amazing ability. Although we have our own perception of what Father God designed the mind of man for, which falls short of our true purpose. Father God gave us the ability to remember, so we could remember all that He has done in the work of the cross. We remember both good and bad. Unfortunately most people spend their time remembering the bad, rather than the good. With 2

Father, there is no bad nor good, it is simply man feeding from the wrong tree. When a person chooses to travel back through their past, they mostly meditate on the wrong they have suffered, the hurt, pain, and the wounding; the things that have been taken from them; that is not what Father God designed man s memory for. Father designed man s memory, so that at any time we can go back and remember; if it had not been for the Lord being on our side, we would not have made it. There have been three or four times in my life where I would have to stop and say, it was all God, it was not by my faith; it was grace and mercy in operation. God knew my heart. Father God created man s mind, so they could think and have consciousness. Through this man can reason and function in the present. Our mind, in the Greek rendering includes our kardia, which is our thoughts or feelings soul, and it also includes our psuche, which is the rational mortal soul mental disposition. Our mind also consists of our dianoia, which is our deep thought, and faculty, including the imagination and understanding. We need to learn to function out of the mind of Christ that is ours today. 1 Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. The third portion of our mind was to pre-play man s future. The imagination is a wonderful thing, which is where Father God plants the seed of His dream for man s life. Father God wants us to imagine what He imagines. He wants us to see what He sees, and for us to see our future as He sees it. Father says, I know what I think about you saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil; to give you an expected end. [Jeremiah 29:11] Father is looking at the end result, He is looking at the last or the end of the final portion, and He is saying, I ve got an expectation of your end. Your end is the Christ life in power, in the throne room that we are, because He said I am the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning, and the End. Within your imagination is Father pre-playing your future, and it has no limitations. That is why the imagination of man has been so polluted because we have no limits in our imagination. We can go anywhere, do anything, be anybody, be with anybody; man can commit unbelievable acts of missing the mark (sin) with the supernatural imagination we have been gifted with. When the imagination comes under the power of a quickened (made alive) spirit, which is us knowing and believing, the result will be 3

a wonderful thing this planet and the inhabitants thereof will be brought back into Divine order. Father God s dream seeds would and will not work in a carnally minded man, because it takes purity for God s dream seeds to work, thus the reason His Holy Spirit wants to operate on and renew our mind. When David talked to his soul he said, My soul, I want you to remember, to think about and stir yourself to remember some benefits of what God has done. Oh, how badly we need to do just that. We need to remember what is in us: We have, because of our faith in the operation of God, 1 righteousness, peace and joy in our spirit. We are to recall and stir up the things that are within us, and out of the Resource (inchristed spirit) of what Father has placed within us. We remember that Father God has forgiven all iniquity. That is the greatest news one can ever hear, our Father is not holding any act of missing the mark against anyone. Father God has already punished humanity, in the person of Jesus, for what Adam had released in disobedience all died in Him and all were judged in Jesus, as the entire human race. That is a staggering thought, Father God has already punished all who needed to be punished, and has forgiven all, including any act of mark missing people do from the power of carnal thoughts. I know it is true, because before I was born, Jesus died as all. After my natural birth, I have missed the mark many times and have had and at times still do have wrong thoughts, even after I have accepted His Lordship. However, Jesus bore all of that, and He is not imputing my or your trespasses against us. He has forgiven us once and for all. I live in a state of unbroken communion with the Lord, because Jesus has dealt with all manner of sin. In First John, we are told to confess that we do miss the mark from time to time, and if we do then He is faithful to put those things away from our lives; guiding us away from all acts of unrighteousness. If we say we do not miss the mark, and are pious in our defending what we do in missing the mark, then we hinder his ability to work in our lives, to bring us to perfection [1 John 1:9 RMHPV] John did not instruct us to go around and confess everything we do wrong to others, but we should admit to our Father who knows everything already, where we are weak, and allow Him to move us away from that weakness. He will not take your friends from you, and often, what is an enemy in a person s life, is held onto like a dear friend. Father wants us to agree with Him, so that we can walk together with Him, as one. 1 The Redemptive work of Jesus Christ Crucified, Died, Buried (the doing away with spiritual death in humanity) Quickened, Raised and Seated (The present position of mankind today). 4

He has already confessed that all manner of sin has been paid for and forgiven with Him it is non-existent. When you confess missing that mark, you stop and say Father I just want to thank you that Jesus bore that. I agree with you, that is not who I am and not what I am; I agree with You that Jesus bore that. I thank you that I live in unbroken fellowship, and I trust You. That is the faith He desires of man. It is interesting to me, there is only one verse in the New Testament where we are told to confess our sins to Father God, so Father can help move us away from whatever it is. The way most preachers talk about sin, the New Testament is full of exhortations to confess sins and ask to be forgiven; it is not! There is one other verse that exhorts us to confess faults (sins), but this one is to confess them one to another: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be (healed) made whole. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (Italics mine) [James 5:16 KJV] Sadly though, there are very few people who would qualify as one of the one to another; because of that, people are not able to confess their faults for fear of being talked about and looked down upon. We must become ones who can be trusted then and only then, will true wholeness come to the body of Christ. Confessing acts of missing the mark without faith is nothing more than an exercise of a guilty conscience. There is no blessing for exercising a guilty conscience; you would not find it in Scripture anywhere. I have missed it before; I have gotten angry with people, I have had other things happen, and did not feel like I could get up and minister to them. Every time Father reminds me that He is not imputing my trespasses against me, that He has already borne anger, or anything else I might have done. He loves me and those who I may have gotten angry with, and if I will agree with Father, He will move me away from all of that and then I can move in a greater anointing. This has happened many times to me. If you tell yourself you are unworthy and stupid, you are not moving in agreement with your Father. You must agree with what Father says about you by saying, Father I believe Your Word and I agree with you that sin was already dealt with on the cross. I thank you Father that there is an un-broken state of mercy and forgiveness. Your mercy cannot fail, your mercy does not fail, your blood cannot fail, I am redeemed. I thank you that I am not an angry person, I am peaceful, pleasant, and the fruit in my spirit (love) is governing me. That is what I believe and that is exercising faith. Just feeling bad about what you have done is an exercise of a guilty conscience and there is no blessing for doing that. 5

If we do not deal with the acts of mark-missing in faith, we really are not dealing with it. It takes faith to deal with sin because any other effort is a self effort of righteousness, which is as a filthy minstrel cloth; it is proof that we have not received the seed of Father s Holy Spirit, into our fertile spirit. The more you miss the mark, the more you need to believe in what Jesus has done, not what He might do for you. Father God does not require you to make atonement for sin, He requires you to believe that He made atonement for sin. Psalms 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; There are some Ways that God brings Healing to Manifestation that We Need to Understand Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; He did that when Jesus stripes were healed in His resurrection from death, hell and the grave of being one with the falleness of humanity. Humanity needed much more than just to have their individual diseases healed. They needed to be freed from the source of all disease and mental illness; that was to be healed of being human returned to the state of being Adam (before the fall, man with Father God s life in their whole being). We are now new creation beings, we are all of the last Adam (Jesus Christ), and now are Sons of God with all of Father God s life in our spirit. Now, we need to be healed of religiously infected carnal minds, by allowing Father s Renewing Mind (mind of Christ) to cleanse our soul of all that does not represent who we are, in and of Him. We can receive that promise of healing spoken through Jeremiah, today, because it is no longer a promise but a possession of all who have been inchristed, and all have (there are just some who need to experience being quickened in spirit). He healed all in His perfect work of redemption. So, here are some methods: Number one, the natural systems of healing that Father put in our body. Why does man have an immune system; because Father God put it there? The immune system has been weakened because its healing source (spirit life) has been cut off from doing its perfect work, because of the death that illegally floods from the carnal thinking of man. However, it still is very effective. You get an infection in your body; your body will begin to fight that infection. If you get a germ in your 6

body, your body will begin to fight that germ. There are natural things that Father God put in our body to bring about healing, health and strength. We thank God for them. If your immune system is not working properly you experience much sickness. We should be thanking God every day that our immune system is being empowered by the Life in our spirit, that it is being restored back to its intended operating purpose. It swallows up all germs, disease and anything that can produce an adverse reaction in our body. More vital to us is our knowing Father s life released from His Spirit within us, will keep away any form of anti-life from coming nigh our dwelling place. To compliment your natural body, there is diet, exercise, and there is nutriention and things that you can do to facilitate your immune system. There are nine foods that fight disease. Nearly twenty five hundred years ago Hippocrates is supposed to have said, "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." Science has since proven that Hippocrates was indeed onto something namely, that the food we eat can prevent and in some cases fight disease. There are a tremendous variety of foods and components in foods, that our bodies are programmed to use, to keep us healthy, and if we are sick, to make us well again. If we want to stay healthy, we need to co-operate with what Father has given us to eat, and we have to eat these whole, nutritious foods. Nutritionlist have identified nine of the most powerful disease-fighting foods; adding these foods to your diet might just mean you spend less time in the doctor's office reading about these super foods and more time at home enjoying them. Whole grains: The new broccoli We have heard for years that eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can protect against heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. But, did you know that whole grains are now believed to provide just as many benefits? Whole grains have this whole army of different phytonutrients that are doing just as much as fruits and veggies. (A phytonutrient is the name given to the parts of plants that have health benefits.) According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, eating three daily servings of whole grains can reduce the risk of heart disease by twenty-five to thirty-six percent, stroke by thirty-seven percent and type two diabetic, by twenty-one to twenty-seven percent. Whole grains include oats, whole wheat, 7

brown rice, bulgur, and bran, among others. Pick foods whose first ingredient contains the word whole instead of enriched. Cherries: All-natural pain reliever Scientists studying the link between diet and disease often look for a marker in the blood called C-reactive protein (CRP). CRP is produced by the body in response to acute inflammation, like that experienced by arthritis sufferers. Researchers at the Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California, asked volunteers to eat a bowl of forty-five fresh Bing cherries and then measured their levels of CRP. After three hours the level of CRP in the volunteers' blood decreased. One of the old-time therapies for gout [a very painful form of arthritis] was black cherries. Until recently, nobody really knew why it worked; they just knew that it did. Of course, nobody's going to eat forty-five cherries in one sitting, but if you suffer from arthritis, you should incorporate this antioxidant-rich fruit into your diet a couple of times a week. Yogurt: Immunity booster For several years now, nutritionists have touted the benefits of probiotics, the "friendly" bacteria, when eaten, helps fight illness or disease. Yogurt is the most popular food containing probiotics and may, in fact, be the most beneficial as well. Two recent studies found that eating yogurt significantly improved a person's ability to fight off pneumonia. Your first communication with the outside world is through your GI tract. That is where you absorb all the nutrients you need to keep your body healthy in the first place. It is also the bodies biggest immune system fighter. It is recommended that we eat yogurt every day just make sure the brand you buy contains "live," or "active," cultures, as the bacteria (or, rather, the probiotics) cannot do any good if they are dead before you ingest them. Salmon: Bone, Heart and Artery strengthener Any list of healing foods would be remiss not to include salmon, with its hearthealthy dose of omega-3 fatty acids. Study after study has shown that incorporating salmon into your diet reduces blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, and helps prevent heart disease. Now researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have reported that a higher intake of omega-3 additionally appears to preserve bone density, keeping your bones stronger and protecting them against falls and fractures. Not crazy about salmon (or just sick of it by now)? Try upping your 8

intake of other cold-water fish, such as sardines, tuna, and mackerel. All of these fish are high in omega-3, and people who consume them regularly have a lower risk of heart attack, hypertension, and stroke. I take one (1) tablet of Omega-3 Krill Oil every morning it is marketed under the name MegaRed and can be purchased at any CVS Pharmacy. It is three times better than any fish oil, and only needs to be taken once a day. Cabbage: Breast-cancer defense You have likely heard about the anticancer properties of cruciferous vegetables like Broccoli and Brussels sprouts, but several recent studies suggest that Cabbage may be in a class by itself. A study presented at the November 2005 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research found that Polish women who ate cabbage and sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) four or more times a week were seventy-four percent less likely to develop breast cancer. Other studies have found that cabbage may also protect against lung, stomach, and colon cancers. The super ingredient seems to be sulforaphane, a phytochemical in cabbage that works by stimulating cells to eliminate cancerous substances. Granted, eating cabbage four times a week might be a little much, but adding it to soups and salads once or twice a week is a great idea. Walnuts: Good for the Heart For many years, nutritionists warned their clients away from nuts, fearing that a carte blanche prescription to indulge in this fatty food might lead to excessive weight gain. Recently though, as scientists have learned more about the various types of fats and their impact on health, nuts have come back into favor. Walnuts, in particular, are unique among nuts because they are full of omega-3 fatty acids, the same substance that has been shown in salmon to reduce the risk of heart disease and hypertension. Japanese men and women who ate one-fourth to onethird cup of walnuts each day lowered their "bad" LDL cholesterol levels by up to ten percent. Walnuts (as well as almonds and pistachios) are high in arginine, an amino acid that increases blood flow to the heart. Blueberries: Keeps the mind sharp When researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, analyzed forty fruits and vegetables for their disease-fighting antioxidant activity, blueberries came out on top. And not just by a little the study showed that the benefits of eating one serving of wild blueberries are 9

equivalent to those of eating two to three servings of some other fruits and vegetables, including apples, broccoli, and even spinach. Studies published in the past year, also show that eating plenty of blueberries may help lessen brain damage from strokes and may reduce the effects of Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Blueberries really show promise in helping us with our mental acuity keeping our brain sharp. The antioxidants in blueberries protect cells from damage, but now are finding that other components in blueberries might restore cells to be more healthy; the recommendation is to eat blueberries a couple of times a week. Beans: Ward off colon cancer One of the most underrated nutritional powerhouses on the market today is beans. Not only are beans a great source of protein and antioxidants but they are full of fiber, which has been shown in some studies to help prevent colon cancer. To stay healthy you really need to keep your GI tract moving, and eating beans is a good way to do that. A healthy diet rich in lean protein about half from plant sources such as beans was found to lower blood pressure and "bad" LDL cholesterol, and to cut the risk of heart disease by twenty-one percent. It does not matter which bean you choose pick a bean, any bean, but aim for two to four servings a week. Tomatoes: Protect the prostate Scientists have known for years that regularly eating tomato-based foods can reduce a man's risk of prostate cancer by up to thirty-five percent. More recently, studies have shown that men who already have prostate cancer may benefit as well. When researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, fed one serving of pasta with tomato sauce every day for three weeks, to thirty-two men who were scheduled for prostate surgery, the levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the patients' blood dropped by nearly twenty percent. (PSA is a measure of prostatecancer-cell activity, so the lower the level, the less active the cancer cells.) The likely active ingredient in tomatoes is lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that is thought to also be protective against lung and stomach cancers. In an interesting twist, fresh tomatoes do not appear to be as protective as cooked tomatoes. Men with prostate cancer should try to eat cooked tomatoes daily, in soups, chilies, marinara and spaghetti sauces, or other dishes. Those trying to prevent the disease should indulge twice a week. In the study of health, there are natural things you can do. By increasing the aforementioned types of food into your diet and by decreasing things out of your body, one can greatly enhance your chances of being well. I am not interested in 10

living by chance; I choose to live by choice and by faith. Thank God we can do things naturally to enhance our health. Get enough rest in your body, take vitamins, drink enough water; there are many simple things you can do to help your body to be well and strong. You cannot keep abusing your body and expect it to be healthy and strong. You need to take care of your body, because it is the temple of Father God and He wants you to live long. Number two is modern medicine. Thank God, for all the discoveries we are seeing to date. The two negatives about modern science and medicine are; they have a long list of incurable diseases they have no cure for them. They say if you have an incurable disease, you will have it all the days of your life until it brings death to your body. Many incurable diseases will take away the ability to enjoy life, and ability to live a full life span. The next problem is they have disease they call terminal, which will help you die quickly. So, modern science and modern medicine has limitations. Father God in His system says in Deut. 28:61, Every sickness and disease not written in the book of Law, is under the curse of the Law. Then in Galatians 3:13 it says, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law. Father God s system has no limitations in it; there is no such thing as incurable with Him. Neither is there any such thing as terminal with Father God. Remarkably, our Father s system is neither incurable, nor terminal; it does not have a flaw in it. God s system was to lay disease (death and all that entailed in the soul and body of humanity) in Jesus, as all humanity; we should let that stand and work, and by faith let all sickness and disease pass from you to Calvary. There is nothing incurable in Christ. We have modern science and modern technology; thank God for them, but their system is limited. Number three, the gifts of the Spirit are in the Church, and we are the Church. 1 Corinthians 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; Those are both vocal gifts that have to do with understanding; they have to do with insight and are spoken through the mouth. 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing (plural) by the same Spirit; 11

We should expect the gifts of the Spirit to operate when we come together as the body, and they bring about healing. You can go to a miracle service, and I cannot tell you for sure you will get a miracle, unless God speaks to me or you and tells you that you are going to get a miracle, because the gifts of the Spirit operates as the Spirit wills. We make a mistake if we only depend on the gifts of the Spirit. All the gifts operate as Father s Holy Spirit wills. What is a Miracle? A miracle is an active power; a supernatural intervention into the ordinary course of nature; that which suspends time to release God s ability in the earth; a divine interruption into the circumstances of life. Seven things about miracles: 2 1. Take your hands off. What this means, get out of God s way. Do not try to manipulate people or the situation to make a miracle happen; just let it happen. 2. Put your hands on the miracle is going to require an action on our part; faith without works is dead, none works without faith. 3. Do something you have never done before we must step out of the boat. We must fill the vessels before they ever become wine. Do something with no blueprint, in order to break free from the old kinds of doubt and fear. 4. Expect the unexpected expect Father God to show up in a way you have never seen before. He likes surprising us, and He is so great and so big, we cannot contain the complete understanding of Him in our intellect or our own thoughts. 5. Place yourself in an atmosphere of miracles by being around those who expect and believe them. This brings about impartation and a transferring of an anointing with faith. 6. Just walk and give thanks as though it is already done. Learn to live from our place in Christ, where all is fulfilled. What we are waiting for has already happened in spirit and is manifesting in the earth. 7. Live in reality and do not be foolish about life. No one lives to themselves and no one dies to themselves. Everything is according to purpose, and every miracle affects someone else. Next, God gave elders in the Church, to pray over you in the nature of the Lord. The Bible says if you are sick, for you to call for the elders of the Church, and let them pray over you in the nature (name) of the Lord; not for you. You make a mistake when you start praying for people, as an elder. You must pray over them. 2 Scott Stimson Ministries 12

There is something there working in the dynamic of relationship. In order for me to pray over you, you have to be under me. I cannot pray over you until you are under me in spiritual authority in the office of Pastor or an Elder. You need to believe in the operation of Father through Jesus Christ in order to receive. What good does it do to pray for you or anyone else if they do not believe? The book of James was written around the theme of people fussing, fighting and arguing. The book of James, chapter four, stated there are wars and rumors of wars among you. What the book of James is telling us, when you come to the leadership of the Church and submit yourself to that authority, let them pray over you, let them cover you and be a protection to you, then you can expect answers to their prayers over you. There are too many of God s children out there today with no protection, as far as elders in the Church, because they refuse to have anything to do with any assembly. Father God does have structure, yet they reject it. The leadership of this house is meant to protect the members and to serve them. I am an elder Pastor in the body of Christ, and an elder over this house (Tree of Life Ministries International and Destiny Life Center), under Christ. Being an elder is not just a title, it is what one does. It is much more than a title; it is a nature in the person we recognize as an elder in the house. Too many Churches have elders who just wear a badge saying they are an elder, and yet they do not yield or do anything else in the body. So, that deals with authority and submission. If I cannot pray over you, then I cannot really pray in the light of James 5:14-16. James 5:14 Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The prayer of faith has to do with submission. A key element in your ability to submit is to believe what Father has accomplished through the work of the cross. Are your pastors or elders leading you to greater understanding of whom you are and your relationship with God and the unity of the body (church)? You cannot really exercise faith without submission to what Father has done, and to the office of those who are praying over you they have the authority of Father God and the Church to do just that minister healing to you. Next, you can have hands laid on you. The great commission is They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Hebrews 6:1-5 you can read that laying 13

on the hands is part of the foundation or doctrine of Christ and the Church; so the laying on of hands is very important and necessary. This is all to facilitate healing. After the laying on of hands, is the prayer of agreement. If you can find a prayer partner, it would be a great thing. Everyone needs to find somebody they can trust, that they can share their heart with and they will pray with them, and not tell anyone else, but they will be of those who will keep the need or problem to themselves. Jesus said, If two of you agree as touching anything on earth, they shall ask, and it shall be done of my Father in heaven. Where two or three are gathered in the midst, there am I, in the midst of you. Agreeing with someone means that you come in the same heart and mind; so we need a prayer partner. In a Church fellowship, everyone needs to find someone they have commonality with, and we need to pray with those people as well. Everyone should find at least one person in their local body that they can pray with, look to if they are discouraged or struggling and they can share with them and they would not condemn you, but pray with you, agree with you and not give up. We all need a prayer partner. If you could have relationship with one or two people like that, you would be blessed. Far too often we tell someone we will pray, and we pray one time and forget it. That is not standing in prayer with a person. Agreement and partnership is someone who will stay with you until it is through. That is the prayer of agreement. Those methods are valuable and valid, and we thank God for them, but these last four, I want to give you are really where you begin to mature in healing and health. The first methods we have written about, are primarily for the beginner, and the intermediate stages of Christianity, although the prayer partner is something we need all of our Christian life. What will happen when one first comes to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, is they can have just about anybody lay hands on them for what ever they need, but after a while it stops. Why, because Father God wants them to learn to believe His Word for themselves. To depend on the intimate union He has with them. Those methods would be for the beginning and the intermediate stages of walking with God in the realm of healing and health. These last four are for the more advanced or what we call people who have awakened to the Most Holy Place understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe that we can come into these things, and these things are very powerful. 14

In this Most Holy Place realm, first of all there is a need for fasting. Isaiah fiftyeight speaks of God s chosen fast. Father God said, Now I have chosen a fast; you are fasting, but I Am is not going to hear you. You are fasting, but you are fasting for the wrong reason. Here is the deal, if you are fasting and Father does not honor it, all you are going to get, is hungry. You will also get a headache. At the end of that fast, you will not have anything to show for it, if it is not the fast of God. Isaiah 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Isaiah 58, deals with Father God s chosen fast; He said, I have chosen this fast and this fast is where you honor, serve, bless others, and you do not hide from your own flesh. Isaiah 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy re-reward. In Isaiah 58, the word fast means to shut your mouth, cover your mouth, or to stop speaking; when we come to the cross and shut our mouth. Isaiah 52, The kings of the earth shut their mouth. That is God s chosen fast; to see the finished work of Christ, stop the carnal speech, and let the truth of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ speak for you. There is still fasting for your body, but you have to learn to do that by faith. Most people when they try to fast, they first of all, are not led by the Spirit, and secondly, they do not operate in any faith what so ever. They are trying to get God to do something, because of their fasting. Fasting is valid when you are led by the Spirit of God to do so. Fasting is valid when you operate in faith. Just doing without food, thinking you are going to move God will fail; you are only going on a hunger strike. No one has ever moved God by not eating. A Spirit led fast is good; it is shutting down the systems of the body, so you can believe God for the systems of the spirit to operate more fully. Your body is a drain on the generator of your spirit. It takes energy out of your spirit to keep your body alive. When you put your self in that position of fasting, with faith, you are asking God to take the generator and to build the power of the spirit with the renewing mind, and you are asking and believing Father God that there will be no drain on your spirit, and that you minimize fleshly activity. If you fast, then you are not 15

going to be able to watch T.V. and fast, because every other minute they are showing you a food commercial, many illicit pictures, and you would not make it. Thy health will spring forth speedily. If I needed healing, I might take a look at Isaiah fifty eight and say, God I have some things that are not working right in my body, is Isaiah fifty eight the method you want to use in my life? Then pray about that and listen to Father s Holy Spirit s voice in you. God said if you do this the way I tell you, then your health will spring forth speedily. But we can also look at Isaiah fifty eight and glean some vital instruction that will enable us to begin to live the divine (no need realm) life. Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy re-reward (recovery back from that state of a selfish life you have gone into)). 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Father is telling the children of Israel, and all ages to come, if they will turn back to Him, and be a blessing to others, rather than consuming all they have for themselves. Then He will recover them, from the results of living a selfish life, and 16

bring them back to the state of living, moving and having their being in Him, which includes spiritual, physical, mental, social and financial health. The next method God uses is for you to open your Bible, pray and believe God s Word for yourself. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. KJV It is a wonderful thing for a person to be able to open the Bible and take a Scripture like Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Father I desire to be healed, and well in my body. Father, I believe I receive my healing from the top of my head to the sole of my feet and to the end of my fingers. I just thank you; you said I shall receive them, so I receive my desire. Thank you Father your Word is true and does not lie. We need to learn to be able to pray for our self. At some point in your Christian experience, Father wants you to be the one laying hands on people, not having hands laid on you. Father wants you, to be part of that eldership that can pray over people, instead of you being under them, being prayed for. At some point He wants you to learn to be the strong one. It does not mean we will never agree with you in prayer for your life; but if you will be the one who prays for others and blesses others with all you have, then most likely the prayer we will be praying for you is for the ability to minister in all boldness that you may speak Father s Word with authority and knowledge, and the stretch forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the nature of the inchristed life within you. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the 17

apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. [Acts 4:29-35] Why have we moved so far from that which the original Church functioned out of? RE (Bind) LIGION (Hold Back) has damaged the Church severally; but it is not too late. Most of the Church world is in Critical Condition in their mind and body; but with Father God, there is nothing terminal, and He wants to be our reward to bring us back to His intended purpose for mankind. Father wants you to come around to the other side of the altar and start seeing yourself on that side, doing the ministry, instead of getting ministered to. That is what God is saying in Isaiah fifty eight. Most Christians never get past seeing themselves on the side of the altar where they need to be prayed for. He wants you to see yourself as being able to minister to others, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to be able to minister healing, health and strength, and also give of your time, talent and your finances liberally. Thank God I can pray and believe God for myself. You can do that. You can open your Bible, and Father God loves you just as much as He does any preacher or teacher. Father God s Word is the same to you as it is anybody else. It is of grace that it might be of faith. He spoke to His seed, to Christ, and He spoke to you. When He made promises like, John 15:4 If you abide in me, and my Words abide in you, ask what you will, it shall be done unto you, you can take that Word, believe it and pray for yourself. Some of the greatest joy you will ever know is when you believe God for yourself and then becoming the true priest that you have been called to be. There will be meat in your house, and you will live out of the meat (life) that most people have no idea of. Meat (the result of feeding of Jesus Crucified and Resurrected) in your house is your true source when your house becomes full of that, you would not think about money for yourself; healing for yourself, and the social realm will come into divine order because people will want to be around you. There will be a great demand on the seed within you. Another method Father God has is when He begins to show you the needs of others, to pray for their healing, health and strength. God will always cause you to move away from being self centered. Whatever you start seeking in the Kingdom, usually starts moving away from you. He never told you to seek things in the Kingdom, but to seek the Kingdom (righteousness, peace and joy) itself. If you start seeking a miracle, usually that miracle starts fleeing from you. The way to draw things that you need to you is to release for others. It is God s way. If you 18

have a problem, sickness, disease, or whatever, seek out others with the same problem and start ministering to them and standing on their behalf. I will put it in a simple term. What God uses you to make happen for others, then God will use others to make happen for you, and what a friend of mine named Vicki Rust told our Church is true too; What Father God can get through you, He can bring to you. So, if you need healing, it might be wise to find others who need healing and pray over them. What happens so often is when we seek Father for our need, we get so need minded, that we forget to be seed minded. In a need mindset, what we are seeking, starts moving away. You can be so self-centered and so selfconscience about your need, you will say, Pray for that person? Who is going to pray for me? Then it starts moving away from you. If you have a condition in your body that is out of order, find some other people who have that condition, and make it your focus to pray, believe and thank God for healing to manifest in them. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Pray NT:4336 proseuchomai (pros-yoo'-khom-ahee); from NT:4314 and NT:2172; to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship: KJV - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer. NT:4314 pros (pros); a strengthened form of NT:4253; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated): KJV - about, according to against, among, at, because of, before, between, ([where-]) by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to ([you]) -ward, unto, with (-in). In comparison it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at. NT:4253 pro (pro); a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to: 19

KJV - above, ago, before, or ever. In comparison it retains the same significations. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.) Worship (meaning seek to know and perceive) God and be in agreement with Him. If Father said with His stripes we are healed, then believe. There is enormous power in the Church, when the Church moves away from being self-centered, into being servant minded. Therefore, if you have a need in your body, you start praying over others. If your need is hindering you, pray over others. Help lead others to an infinite awareness of what is true of them because of the operation of Father through the cross. There is great power in this. Seed the life of others, with what you need yourself. If you believe God for your child that has drifted away, find someone else who has the same problem and begin to pray over their child. Spend more time in prayer for their child then you do your own, and trust Father God. Many times when you start seeking things, it is easy to become self-centered and selfish; when you do that in the Kingdom, things start moving away from you. Father God s way is to give! He had a need and that was fellowship with fallen humanity, so He gave His Son to redeem His children. We His church (body) are in union with Him, we are the Sons of God. Until we know, understand and accept that fact, we will be of little use to ourselves or others. God s method of healing is that we pray one for another that we might know when our healing took place. We want all this to work in the body, because we need to image Father God in this temple that we are and on planet earth; to do that, we need a body that is whole spirit, soul and body. The last one is found in Isaiah 57; this method is praise and thanksgiving. Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. There are two applications here. First of all, that Father God creates the fruit. God is the creator of all blessing that you are praising Him for. Also the inchristed, powerful life in you, takes what comes out of your mouth, and uses that substance called faith, to release, create and to manifest things in your life. Now faith is the substances of things hoped for; evidence of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1] In this verses Paul was talking about having faith for now, not something in the future or a pie in the sky faith. I am tired of hearing people say, God s going to heal me someday; that is not NOW FAITH. 20

What is the fruit of the lips? Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Father God uses our praise and thanksgiving, the substance of our praise and thanksgiving, to bring about manifestation and His release of creative power. Colossians 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Praise and thanksgiving, genders and creates an atmosphere for release and manifestation. I create the fruit of the lips. I have learned this and tested it time and time again. What ever you are willing to thank and praise God for, will gender faith in you, and it will also create an atmosphere that genders manifestation. I have learned this through finances, healing and through problems I have had in my own life, and many other areas. I had two moles on my left forearm that were growing and had flakey skin around them. They bothered me and kept getting bigger. Father s Holy Spirit prompted me to start cursing the root of them, and thanking God that they were leaving my body. They went away shortly, and ten years later they are still gone. Healing belongs to God s children, and there has been tremendous teaching on this subject available to the body of Christ. E. W. Kenyon wrote, Jesus the healer, and He recommend F. S. Bosworth who wrote, Christ the healer, and they are both classics on healing. Many great writers have written on and have experienced healing. We have plenty to go on today, and we have the written Word, as well as Father s Holy Ghost to lead us, guide us and teach us. We just need to learn to give thanks for our healing that is already ours. How long do we do that? We give thanks until we are healed, and then learn to give thanks for our health we have. Do not wait to give thanks until you need something. Live a life of thanksgiving. If you are not experiencing something that is yours in Christ, then begin to thank God for it. Thank you Father my needs are meet. God never changes His mind and His Word said, My God shall meet all your need according to His riches in glory. He does not ever change His mind, so there is not any need for us to change our mind. We will just live a life of thanksgiving, and I thank God that all of our needs are meet. 21