HEALING SERIES 6: HEALING IS FIRST COMPASSION

How many of us desire the gift of healing here?

Bukky: I won’t call it a desire. More like an if it’s for me let it be for me type of thing. Cause I heard ( Don’t know if I was taught wrong) that some people have certain gifts and others don’t. Don’t know if I made sense or it’s true 

Dasi: As for me, I think I was told that I have the gift of healing

A lot of believers desire healing gifts. We want to say to the sick, be healed and they are healed. We want to drive out sickness when it comes to our dwelling

But we miss something. Our intent sometimes are wrong. A lot of want God's power to be displayed. Now, note that this is not a bad thing in itself o. Wanting God to display His power is good

Men are drawn to Him, but you see the gift of healing ehn, it's one of the most powerful also love-filled gift from God.

Sickness is a lot of pain

If you've been sick or know someone who has been terribly sick, it is so much pain. Pain beyond even the groanings you hear from them. Pain beyond their tears that you can see. Healing is not just God's power revealed. It is really God having compassion on men and putting an end to their pain

It is God relating to all man is going through. It is God understanding that you are in pain, Christ feeling that pain alongside you.

He understands humanity, for as a man, our magnificent King-Priest was tempted in every way just as we are, and conquered sin. Hebrews 4:15 TPT

There is a translation that says We do not have a high priest that cannot relate. For every pain man goes through, God feels that weight.

He knows exactly what we are going through

He knows how it hurts

He is hurt by that pain too

Sometime in 2018,  I had an encounter. I was walking to the store to buy something.

The Holy Spirit transported me to a far location and I saw a woman (she was white) and she was groaning in pain. Serious pain. She was shouting and crying. Groaning deeply. All of a sudden I felt the pain on her leg transferred to me

I screamed out in pain (also in real life. I was holding my leg, crying and shouting on the road but I wasn't conscious of this). I have never felt so much pain my entire life. And the shocking part was that woman had pains all over her body. I was only burdened with that of her leg

I started shouting and telling Jesus I don't want. I kept begging Him to take the pain. I didn't want that woman's pain. How can someone go through that kind of pain? 😭😭😭

I saw a tear drop from Jesus

I looked at Him (He had been with me in the woman's room)

And then I realized He had the woman's pain too

The pain on her leg and all of her pains

It dawned on me then that I carried just little of this woman's pain and I wanted to die but Jesus was bearing all of her pains. Then He opened His body to me. And I saw screams from His body

Different people, from different nations of the earth

Thousands of sick people

Who probably think they are alone in this sickness

But Jesus was right there going through it with everyone

Imagine the weight of millions of people if I was screaming to the physical over one person's leg pain

At that moment, I begged him to take away that leg pain from me first before we continue the conversation. He did and then He told me the woman's name to pray for.

So this woman was an actual real life sick person. I tapped put and found myself crying on the street, standing on one spot, people looking at me almost ready to call the police. After that time, the Holy Spirit would visit me with names of people to pray for.

Sometimes I could hear a Mary in Germany and what is wrong with her. And there was something I was so experiencing, I get a taste of the pain they go through

Like I just feel the weight momentarily. And even in just that moment, it is so much pain

My only response was compassion

I came to understand this scripture "And Jesus, moved with compassion..."

It felt like I shared in their pain and though they were smiling to the world, they were in pain

I knew that pain briefly and my prayers completely changed

I will see a sick person and I'm moved to tears

I'm not okay until I pray

Healing is not just God's glory displayed. All of creature already displays the glory of God

Healing is God feeling man's pain and giving a solution

God loves people so much, so so much. I say it a lot that God is such a people person.

For as many of us that want to partner with God, we must love people

You see a sick person and the first thing that comes to your mind is let's work God power here

No!

Again, this in its entirety is not wrong o. Our first instinct is how these people are in so much pain and God really doesn't want them to be in pain.

Healing should not just be a display of power. It is God's love displayed

For everyone of us that want to operate in this ministry, we must get to that point where our hearts break when we see sick people.

You see a mad person, and you are drawn to compassion. They are not living God's best for them. They are in the worst pain but do not even know

Compassion!

There was a time I'd see myself in Hospitals. Thousands of sick people groaning in pain. By the time I'm back to reality, I'm crying and praying

The gift of healing is a love burden

It is partnering in love with God

It is not a gift to propel ourselves

It is not a gift we pray for because we want to belong. Oh everyone is healing these days. God is healing massively this season, so we want to be part. 

This gift is solely about the people in pain and how God wants that pain to end for them. The one who administers healing is really not important in the scheme of things. If you desire the title, healing evangelist, you are maybe in the wrong place o.

Beyond the title is a heart that breaks for men. That knows and understands how God feels when they come in contact with sick

Tonight, if you've been praying for the gift of healing, I need you to pause and Change your prayer points. Start praying for compassion

PRAY FOR COMPASSION

Pray that the Lord gives you a heart filled with compassion. A heart that breaks over the things God's heart breaks over

A heart that moves as God's moves. And here is the thing with this God's kind of compassion. You already feel a pain alongside that sick person

It hurts you so much the only response you have is  praying that pain away. The gift of healing delivered

It is not your pain o but it becomes your pain

You are a partner with God

These are the men God is looking for

Not men who just want to display God's power

Men who love people and feel for them

Healing is First, compassion. We must never forget this

If we've started wrongly, let's retrace here

God wants us to partner with Him in this healing business but first, Compassion

HEALING SERIES 5: I HAVE PRAYED FOR HEALING BUT I AM STILL SICK

Can a true believer be sick?

To this, a true believer can be sick: Anybody can be sick

Being sick doesn't make you less in the sight of God. It doesn't mean you've sinned or done something wrong.

Failing bodies became as a result of the fall. Our bodies are weakened till they give up basically. While this is an order in this world, we are not of the world and Christ gave us an antidote for when we are sick while here

So you fall sick? You say the prayer of faith

And there is another sweet part, don't wait to fall sick before declaring healing. Death and life are in your tongue. The earlier you realize this, the better

Start eating the word of healing even now. Don't wait till you are sick

I have this bad habit of waiting till I'm very hungry and almost dying before I remember to eat. This is wrong. I should eat at the appropriate time. Force something in, hungry or not. Sick or not, eat the word of healing. Eat, so you will not have to eat.

I have prayed for healing but I am still sick.

This part of our series had me confused for years

I mentioned how I had Tinnitus for months, how I was falling sick every week for years. I was actually praying this period

I asked God for healing

People prayed for me and nothing happened (until a long time). I've also believed God for healing over people and sometimes, nothing happens. While I may not have the full answer to this question of "Why I didn't get healed", there is a fundamental truth I need us to hold on to:

Whatever went wrong in the process of praying for healing, whatever the malfunction is, it is NOT from God's end. Whatever it is that makes healing not accessible, the problem is not from God

Remember He is the problem solver, if a tiny part of us believes the glitch is from Him, what our inner man takes in indirectly is an impossibility of healing. If the one who promises to heal has a healing glitch, I'm permitted to believe that I may not have access to healing

So I need us to keep this with us, whatever went wrong is definitely not from God

As we go through the list of possible glitches, know that you are not the wrong. Keep this close too. You didn't do anything that has made God refuse to heal you

PS: God doesn't refuse to heal anyone in the first place

One thing we've established so far is that God is willing to heal. But somehow some people receive healing and some don't. In fact, some healing ministers that have healed tens of thousands do not receive healing themselves while sick. 

I will be sharing some of the answers I've found over the years (as even I have been here before). I'm believing that these answers are helpful to us and spur healing for everyone still sick

1. Not full of the Word

He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalms 107:20 NKJV

A lot of people do not receive healing cos they do not have the word. We said in one of our teachings that the word is the healing activator. Now, it is not just in mouthing these words but it sitting inside of us. The word of healing we eat digests and births faith

Some of us, it is when trouble comes that we start searching for healing words. Note that the word works but it is the word that you believe that works. So if you are just searching, there is a possibility that the word has no root. Just surface belief, more like a quick fix to the problem at hand. And the bible says Faith comes by hearing and hearing, the word of God

It's either we have faith or not, and faith is birth by the word sitting richly in us. Know what God's will is about sickness. Keep telling yourself until that is the only thing your inner man believes.

Faith is a response to revelational truth. The call has to be made first, through the word

2. Shying away from Corporate Prayers

Some people don't receive healing because they are shying away from corporate prayers. They are ashamed of being sick. They don't want scenarios where people pray for them and they do not receive healing immediately. It will look somehow. So they'd rather continue to pray on their own

Hmmmm.

Can you see a pattern here? It's that of unbelief sprinkled lightly, almost invisible. By thinking that maybe you will not be healed, that's your spirit man indirectly accepting that healing may not be available to you. So subtle but yet still there

You've already created instances for you not being healed. That's an act against Faith

A lot of us have been on this table.

I don't want anybody looking at me with pitiful eyes and asking me every Sunday if I'm still feeling that pain so I pray alone. See, don't let the devil trap you. There is so much great power in the corporate anointing present in the church.

The body of Christ, the church is such a powerful force. Look at history, read revival books. Millions of healing took place through corporate gatherings

so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Acts 5:15 NKJV

I think it was Pastor Poju or Dr Kay I heard this from: Peter's shadow was healing people but it was the prayer from the believers gathering in one accord that brought about this occurrences

God puts His glory in display so men can see His love for them. Healing is a strong salvation tool.

All of the healing recorded in this family, it is not Remi

There is an anointing that flows in corporate bodies. These signs shall follow them not him

God works with us as individuals o. God heals through individuals. But there is so much more to be accomplished as a body

Stop running away from public healing. That is you saying that God can publicly humiliate/disgrace Himself

Is anyone among you sick? 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. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. James 5:14‭-‬15 NKJV

Are you a pastor or you head your fellowship? Don't let the devil cheat you by telling you to pray alone

Let people pray for you

Let the prayer of faith be sent up on your behalf

3. False beliefs

Some of us believe that God makes people sick. God heals some and doesn't heal all. You are setting yourself up. If God cannot heal all, then maybe you are part of the statistics that God has chosen not to heal for whatever reason. Do you now see how flawed this belief is?

Let what we believe be guided by Christ's revelation of God

4. Unhealthy living

Sadly, some people don't receive healing cos they are not living healthy. Some of us are hoping on miracles to make up for our bad health habits. You don't drink water (I'm guilty of this). You over eat. You under eat etc

There are basics to health and quality living. We all should strive to live them

It is through God's wisdom that man has come to know these things. Simply adhere to them

5. Unbelief on the part of the person healing

Most times, I see us accusing people of not getting healed cos of their unbelief. "Oh! You didn't have enough faith"

Erhm... Dear minister, stop burdening people. Your faith alone can actually heal

Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. Acts 3:6 NKJV

The man did not have faith to receive healing 

He wasn't even expecting healing 

He most likely wanted money

But Peter gave him healing. Did we need the man's faith here? No

Peter's faith in Christ was enough. We should stop condemning people and making them feel they are the reasons healing did not happen

Sometimes, it is our own faith. You are praying for someone and adding "If it is your will Lord"

Has that not been established? Also, don't be hard on yourself. The disciples at a time could not heal even after praying

You don't get answers now?

Keep pushing

Keep praying

Keep believing

6. An unforgiving Spirit

The devil schemes and always look for loopholes. While I was in pastoral college, our head tutor shared something. He was sick (can't remember the exact sickness). And the funny part was, he was healing people daily of that disease. So let's say for example he had a kidney problem. Everyday, people with the exact same disease will come to him and receive healing. It got to a point, people were recommending him. Doctors even. And this man was battling that exact sickness. Sometimes he didn't even need to lay hands, just close contact and instant healing

He got angry one day and started asking God why he was not healed. The Holy spirit opened His eyes to see that there was unforgiveness in him. And the devil was exploring that loophole so well. He prayed and reached out to the person. Asked her to pray for him also. Right there as he drove out of her compound, he received healing.

It was instant

Healing he had prayed for only activated when he righted that wrong. The minute he made peace

7. Restricting Healing to Miracles 

Most believers have itchy ears. We want to attend a healing service and dramatically throw away our walking stick as a confirmation of healing. If it doesn't happen this way, we give up on healing

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Mark 11:24 NKJV

A lot of us are waiting till we feel healing before we can believe healing. Nope

Scriptures says Believe, when you pray. It is not signs that tell me my prayers have been answered. It is not feelings. It is God's word and promises!

This is my anchor. Don't confuse those instant signs for your healing. Believe as you pray

Don't cast away faith because you did not get a "physical sign" immediately. We believe only one person's report in this kingdom.