In Need of Wisdom
05/01/12 10:21
Dear Auntie Ann:
My friend thinks he cannot be healed because his mother was such a good Christian and was never healed. She died in her 40s. How can I make him believe that he could be healed if he would just ask, even though he doesn't believe?
In Need of Wisdom
Dear In Need of Wisdom:
I have been miraculously healed twice, the latest in 2010 of blood poisoning. In the cemetery near my home are the bodies of my son Steven (21) and my husband David (62), both of whom loved and served Jesus. Even with their difference in ages, I see nothing to negate Jesus' power to heal. Psalm 90:10 says the "length of our days is 70 years ... if we have the strength."
This may not help your friend because a man/woman convinced against his/her will is of the same opinion still.
Author Anthony Palma (The Spirit in Action) writes that "the early disciples did not and could not perform miracles indiscriminately or at will. Otherwise there would not have been a sick or dead person anywhere in sight" (p.83). He adds: "The Holy Spirit cannot be circumscribed as to the manner in which people are miraculously healed."
Allowance must always be made for the sovereignty of God and for the sick person's attitude and spiritual condition.
I pray your friend will have the scales removed from his eyes and see his Christian mom healed and walking with Jesus on streets of gold.
Blessings my friend,
Auntie Ann
My friend thinks he cannot be healed because his mother was such a good Christian and was never healed. She died in her 40s. How can I make him believe that he could be healed if he would just ask, even though he doesn't believe?
In Need of Wisdom
Dear In Need of Wisdom:
I have been miraculously healed twice, the latest in 2010 of blood poisoning. In the cemetery near my home are the bodies of my son Steven (21) and my husband David (62), both of whom loved and served Jesus. Even with their difference in ages, I see nothing to negate Jesus' power to heal. Psalm 90:10 says the "length of our days is 70 years ... if we have the strength."
This may not help your friend because a man/woman convinced against his/her will is of the same opinion still.
Author Anthony Palma (The Spirit in Action) writes that "the early disciples did not and could not perform miracles indiscriminately or at will. Otherwise there would not have been a sick or dead person anywhere in sight" (p.83). He adds: "The Holy Spirit cannot be circumscribed as to the manner in which people are miraculously healed."
Allowance must always be made for the sovereignty of God and for the sick person's attitude and spiritual condition.
I pray your friend will have the scales removed from his eyes and see his Christian mom healed and walking with Jesus on streets of gold.
Blessings my friend,
Auntie Ann