Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Seeking The Gospel of The Kingdom

Seeking God….To Bring Healing That Reveals His Glory

Is it time to for you to repent?

In the book of James we are told: “You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive because you ask with wrong motives…”

Wrong motives?  Not me!  I don’t ask for things for myself!  I pray for others more than I pray for myself!  But what if….

What if we pray and ask for healing for ourselves or others because:

• ‘That’s what a Follower of Christ does?
• Or “because I’m supposed to”
• Or “because I automatically pray when I hear of someone that is ill”
• Or…I’d feel guilty if I didn’t….that would show I don’t care!

Jesus waited 3 days when He heard that Lazarus was very sick.  Jesus was in the habit of seeking God for how He should pray.

If we would ask the Holy Spirit to examine our heart, are we praying from a place of believing with bold expectations?  (As the New Testament prayer for today suggests)

If the Holy Spirit were to show us our belief system what would He find? Would He find that we believe healing might happen in rare cases?  Very little? Not at all?  What would He find?

Key: Are we surprised when someone is healed?  If the answer is ‘yes’ that should tell us something about our heart core belief system.

I suggest you stop right now and ask the Holy Spirit to give you an x-ray of your core belief system.  Are there some ‘holes’ in place of holy places?

I further suggest that you read/pray the Old & New Testament prayers for today as found on page 24 of the prayer guide.  If you don’t have one, you can still join us in progress….purchase one for $1.50 from Lemstone Christian Stores.

For now, I give you a portion of the NT prayer for today.

“Father God, give Your people such bold expectations of Your coming kingdom that they would pray for sick people.  We are asking that they demonstrate the grand-scale goodness of Christ’s kingdom.  Holy Spirit, we ask You to confirm the message of Christ with observable power over all that affects bodies and families in such a way that those far from You would know that You gave the answer and ARE the answer.  May the declaration of the kingdom be joined by a might demonstration of Your love for us and Your loving grace filled power.  In Your Name and By Your hand, Amen.

Charles Daugherty

Serve The City