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1 Cor 12:4-11 NKJV
There are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries,
but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of
activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for
the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom
through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through
the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to
another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another
the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another
discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of
tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But
one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing
to each one individually as He wills.
HE SPEAKS THROUGH
THE GIFT OF FAITH
There are different kinds of faith
recorded in the Bible. We are each given a
measure of faith and that faith
can grow. However, the one recorded in the above 1
Corinthians 12 is miracle faith. It’s believing for a
specific circumstance based on Who God is and what He said.
It is a sudden surge of assurance God will move and perform
His Word.
The Gift of Faith was manifested in
Elijah’s life when confronting the prophets of Baal. He
challenged them to have their false god answer by fire.
They did their incantations to no avail. Then Elijah had 12
barrels of water poured on his altar.
He prayed, “Hear me, O Lord,
hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord
God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You
again. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust,
and it licked up the water that was in the trench.” (1
Kings 18:37-38 NKJV)
As an example of the Gift of Faith,
I was in the Doctor’s office with a friend who had just
undergone laser surgery for glaucoma. When the nurse took
her eye pressure, the reading was worse than before the
surgery, and I knew in my heart that it was a lie of the
enemy. After the nurse left, my voice rose up firmly and
said that it was a lie, and that I did not accept that
reading! I rebuked the enemy and told him he could not
steal from us in Jesus’ Name. When the Doctor came in, he
rechecked the pressure. It was much better and he
apologized for the error. I do not know if the nurse read
it wrong, or if she read it correctly and that the pressure
was a “gift” from the enemy, and then after my faith rose
against it, the pressure came down. Either way, I truly
experienced a Gift of Faith that was not my normal mode of
operation. I knew, without a doubt, that the enemy was
trying to steal something, and I simply was not going to
accept it. The faith in my heart was a gift and was a
strong and firm force against opposition.
Faith is the creative element that
dispatches forces with assignment in the unseen world.
HE SPEAKS THROUGH gifts OF HEALING
Gifts of healing are divinely imparted
to mend and make well. Healing can take place as an
immediate event, or through a process. Gifts of healing
have authority over the enemy to release the shackles of
infirmity. This brings deliverance to the captive.
A scriptural example of immediate
healing was: “And the whole multitude sought to touch
him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.”
(Luke 6:19 KJ) An example of a progressive healing was when
Jesus led the blind man out of town, made mud and placed it
on his eyes. When Jesus asked if he saw anything, he
replied, “I see men as trees, walking. After that he put
his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he
was restored, and saw every man clearly.” (Mark 8:24,25
KJ)
Anna had a friend who was very ill at
the hospital. She had suffered heart problems for years
and was on heavy medication for it. After anointing her
friend's feet with her chap-stick, (I'm sure the Lord
chuckled at that!) she held onto them like she did another
man's the week before. [That man's heart had been shocked
many times and he was on a respirator. After thinking about
praying for him, she had awakened one morning with a picture
of her holding onto his feet and praying. As it turned out,
when she and four others filed into the intensive care room,
the only place for her was at his feet. He was miraculously
healed of heart problems while they prayed.]
This experience with the man's
healing, gave her tremendous faith to pray for her friend
that day. After the chap-stick anointing and as she prayed
in tongues, her friend received great heat and tingling
through her arms and chest. They both had waves and waves
of goose bumps and physically felt the Lord's Presence with
great joy. They were anything but religious, laughing
uproariously, and wondering what would happen if a real
pastor walked in and saw them. They knew she was healed
but she had promised to have an Angiogram done with a
catheter going into her heart, and she decided to go ahead
with it. Anna had absolutely no peace about the test and
pleaded with the Lord about it. As it turned out, her
friend seriously convulsed during the test. However, the
good news about the Angiogram was that they found a healed
heart. Later, when she went to the Dr. for her checkup, she
told him the Lord had healed her heart and he said, “I don't
know who healed your heart, but you came out the winner!”
HE SPEAKS THROUGH
WORKING OF MIRACLES
Miracles are a display of God's
“super,” over our natural. They are often manifested in
both creative healing and power over the natural forces of
this world. The account of Elisha and the floating ax is an
example of a miracle: “...but as one of them was
chopping, his axhead fell into the river. “Oh sir,” he
cried, “it was borrowed!” “Where did it fall?” the prophet
asked. The youth showed him the place, and Elisha cut a
stick, and threw it into the water; and the axhead rose to
the surface and floated!” (2 Kings 6:5-6 TLB)
In the last days we are going to
witness many miracles. People will walk on water and air.
I have had dreams of visions of these things taking place.
Since then, I have heard testimonies where walking on water
is common in uncivilized countries where missionaries have
to cross flood waters to get to villages. I have also heard
of several testimonies of people walking, but they are air
lifted and not literally walking on the ground.
In the last days, people will walk
through violent mobs and be unharmed. Some will minister in
a crowd and then disappear to some other place. Others will
be sent to multiply food. You name it, we'll probably see
it. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in
Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works
than these he will do, because I go to My Father.”
(John 14:12 NKJV)
We tend to forget that miracles are a
display of “God's super over our natural”, and think less of
miracles occurring in our every day lives. However, they
are none the less outstanding. Anna has a story of her
“miracle well”.
A CREATIVE HEALING
MIRACLE
Testimony from a Member of our QW Class
“On a Friday in May 2007, my Father 82 was rushed to the
hospital with excruciating abdominal pain. The test showed
that part of his intestines were dead. They took him
immediately into surgery and removed part of the
dead intestines. My sister called and told me what had
happened and said that the surgery was going to be too long
to remove all of the damage so the doctors decided to wait
until Sunday so that my Father could have a days rest.
I felt so strongly the need to lay hands on him and pray,
that I drove the 8 hours on Saturday to be with him and
pray. They didn't expect him to live. I got to the ICU late,
but was able to pray for about 3 hours. He was in a
medically induced coma to keep him comfortable as possible.
His surgery was very intensive. They let me stay over
because I was his daughter. While I was praying, I saw in
the Spirit the remaining part of the intestine and it was
all pink, totally healed. (I had not ever thought about it
being pink). So I prayed and proclaimed that to be the case
in Jesus Name.
As I was driving home on Sunday, my sister called me and
told me that the doctor said, "Well, we have had a miracle.
The dead intestine is now 'pink' and healed except for about
3 inches, which they removed.” WOW!! I was totally blown
away. I could hardly drive. I kept saying, "He did it. He
did it. He did it!!
I had also prayed that he would not die before there was a
needed reconciliation. He died 7 months later, 10 days
after a reconciliation took place.”
Another testimony of healing from our
QW Class member:
“Early on in our walk with the Lord, we
learned about healing and often didn't have the money to go
to a doctor even for the co-payment. Sometimes God has
healed instantly, other times it was through pressing
through for a couple of days. One of my boys hurt their
ankle and while we prayed one of them said he sees an angel
coming and working on my sons ankle. The next morning his
ankle was healed.”
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