In the last week of doing street ministry, we've begun seeing a new thing. During prayer, some people will experience a 'heaviness' in the injured part of their body just prior to full healing. This heavy sensation comes after pain leaves, but before strength and range of motion are totally restored. This past Friday, I was praying for a young man with wrist pain and after awhile this heaviness just came into his wrist. I had his hand in my hands, and it was so tangible. It left after a little while--it wasn't from God.
"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified." Isaiah 61:3
This is what Jesus does. He takes away heaviness, He takes away our sadness. He casts out anything not for His purposes. He turns our oppression into a joyful procession. From Him is the authority, and to Him is the Glory.
"For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:30
If there is a heaviness oppressing us, then it is not of God. It is inherently against Him, and it is also usually against us. But Jesus paid the price to overcome these things. If we seek Him, He will also overcome them in our own lives.
If heaviness comes onto you, it's the manifestation of something that is already there. It's the manifestation of a spirit that is not of God. It may have just arrived, or it may be ready to leave. If it comes, cast it out! If it is leaving, close any open doors, especially doubt, through which it might try to return. Close them through repentance and submission to God. Be filled with the Spirit, and put on the armor of light. Nothing can stand in the way of these things! Nothing can separate us from God's love, and nothing can truly steal away His promises.
Deliverance comes when someone yields themselves to the truth. If we are gathered in His name, than anything with another name will scatter (Matthew 12:30). This is what we've seen in street ministry. That's when He sends His word and heals them (Psalms 107:20). That's when unclean spirits leave people --when God comes in and does the work. He wants to give us all the garment of praise. He wants to give us a light yoke, and impress onto us a lightness in our life.
"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified." Isaiah 61:3
This is what Jesus does. He takes away heaviness, He takes away our sadness. He casts out anything not for His purposes. He turns our oppression into a joyful procession. From Him is the authority, and to Him is the Glory.
"For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:30
If there is a heaviness oppressing us, then it is not of God. It is inherently against Him, and it is also usually against us. But Jesus paid the price to overcome these things. If we seek Him, He will also overcome them in our own lives.
If heaviness comes onto you, it's the manifestation of something that is already there. It's the manifestation of a spirit that is not of God. It may have just arrived, or it may be ready to leave. If it comes, cast it out! If it is leaving, close any open doors, especially doubt, through which it might try to return. Close them through repentance and submission to God. Be filled with the Spirit, and put on the armor of light. Nothing can stand in the way of these things! Nothing can separate us from God's love, and nothing can truly steal away His promises.
Deliverance comes when someone yields themselves to the truth. If we are gathered in His name, than anything with another name will scatter (Matthew 12:30). This is what we've seen in street ministry. That's when He sends His word and heals them (Psalms 107:20). That's when unclean spirits leave people --when God comes in and does the work. He wants to give us all the garment of praise. He wants to give us a light yoke, and impress onto us a lightness in our life.
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