Good day, Mdm!
Hope you are having a great time in Japan! Imagining myself waking up in the morning, next to Mt Fuji and taking a deep fresh air, staring in awe at the gorgious scenery has already made me feel so afresh and relax...
Yes, I embrace "rest", "relax" & "refresh".... We mentioned last week that "healing" & "health" in Hebrew come from the root word "raphah" which mean "relax". Even a non-believer would say:"Relax, take it easy!" when he see someone in anger.... How much more we, as Christian where the foundation truth goes all the way back few thousand years ago, should embrace the state of being "relax" (not laziness though).
Proverbs 14:30(Amplified)
"30 A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones."
How do we have a calm & undisturbed mind and heart?? Last week, we talked about meditating on God's Word...
Proverbs 4:20-22(Amplified)
"20 My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.21 Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.22 For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh."
God's Word has the effect of healing our body (with no side-effect, of course)! But, we say that not all of God's Word is beneficial to us, we need to find them. The thing is this, since the fall of man at the garden of Eden, we are all subjected to the curse (death, aging, body deteriorate) whether we like it or not. God has thus provided the remedies. One of which is the Word!
John 10:10
"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
Jesus says that He is the way, the truth and the life! Therefore, in order to have the effect of healing/healthy body, our focus must be in Jesus and Jesus only... as well as His finished work.. (which is in line with the word "healing" in Hebrew "rapha" - "think, speak of sacrifice") By the way,are you seeing the beauty of God's word? The formation of this word "rapha" alone was few thousand years ago before Jesus came to fulfill the Word! There are more than this. And the more you start to "see" Him in the Word, the more there is life!
My prayer to you is that one day, you will come to a place where you are so in love with His Word and not because you need to read the Bible for the purpose of healing or whatsoever, just loving Him for who He is... And then the healing, blessing, peace, grace will just flow unnoticingly in your life...
Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, I thought I should share a little on "Beng thankful". Having a thankful heart unlock the power of God in our life.
In John 11:41-42, Jesus gave thanks to His Father and raise Lazarus for his death... Wow! Jesus did not pray for a supernatural healing power... He looked at the situation but not overwhelmed by the situation (Lazarus is death for 4 days!!!) and then He thank God for hearing Him... Next moment, He said:" Lazarus, come forth!" And Lazarus raised for his death! Short and sharp prayer... Cool!
That also say that we don't need to pray a "long" prayer when ministering healing to others.. I know the "stress" of praying for others, but prayer is not about praying an impressive prayer.... It is about Him! Even when we are not composed in our prayer, our heavenly Father know....I'll share about this another time, we'll continue to focus on personal healing first. Still got quite abit to talk about.
And in John 6:8-13, Jesus gave thanks for 5 loaves and 2 fishes and multiplied to feed 5000... If in situations of death & lack, Jesus gave thanks to His Father, how much more we , as a believer, should do likewise. We don't thank God for the problem, but we thank God He is the answer to our situations. Amen!
As you have notice by now, I've included Yubing and Angeline in the email. I am thankful to bump into Yubing recently and have her and Angeline included in this email. As much as I've benefited from this sharing, I hope they too can benefit from it.
Also, last nite, my friend, MacDonald messaged me and said that he would like to join me for service this weekend! Praise the Lord! As you might have know, he has been suffering from skin problem for many years. He has tried many ways and seen many doctors but to no avail. The last time when I met up with him, I told him this:" Do you believe that your skin problem can be healed just by eating bread?"
Of course, you know I am talking about Holy Commuion and we've talked about the importance of it before. But for him, he was puzzled with my question. Anyway, I didn't manage to convey the full message to him as he is not receptive at that moment. But, deep down in my heart, I sense the need to share this message with him. I am hoping that with his initiative of asking me to go for service, he will find his answer to his skin problem.
With that, I wish you & your family peace in the remaining days in Japan.
My favorite verse for this year -
John 14:27 (NKJV)
"27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. "
John 14:27 (Amplified)
"27 Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]"
Shalom
Bro
Dated: 27 Nov 2013
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