"And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them." Luke 5:17
How does the power of God show up today? It shows up when people are desperate. It shows up when people turn their desperation into expectation. It shows up when faith is activated and people expect the Holy Spirit to work miracles!
Ministry becomes so much easier when the power of the Lord is present to heal. Everything is easier when the power of God is there! The Spirit of love comes in, and things start happening. Events start aligning. People start aligning. Ministry breaks out, and so does the miraculous.
I remember about a year ago, Vanessa and I were praying for a man with back pain. We were right outside our favorite restaurant, and a few people were beginning to take notice. The Lord healed this man pretty dramatically. Wonderful! And then another man, an easygoing catholic guy, came up. He wanted to know what was going on.
And then this second guy remarked that he, too, had back pain. Vanessa and I knew what to do. Faith had already been activated! So, the guy talks about his back hurting, and continues walking up to us. When he got close, I asked him how he was feeling now. He said all the pain was gone! Nobody prayed for him. See, Jesus was there all along. The Holy Spirit had already set up shop among us. The power of the Lord overshadowed us. The power of the Lord was present to heal.
This is what we need today, and it needs to begin within the Church. We as Christians need His power enveloping us! We as believers need to be ministered to!
Once we ourselves are within God's power, then we can minister out of it! Those not yet saved need to be exposed to the power. They need to be exposed to the manifest presence of Jesus. Those not yet convicted will only be convicted when the power of the Lord is present. They'll only be saved when the supernatural power of God begins to flow. This is a place of ministry. This is a place of love. This is a place of being inhabited by the Holy Spirit. We need to have the Spirit, and we need to have His power. We need to have been so touched by Him that wherever we go, the power of the Lord is present to heal.
"...And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" 1 Corinthians 2:4
How does the power of God show up today? It shows up when people are desperate. It shows up when people turn their desperation into expectation. It shows up when faith is activated and people expect the Holy Spirit to work miracles!
Ministry becomes so much easier when the power of the Lord is present to heal. Everything is easier when the power of God is there! The Spirit of love comes in, and things start happening. Events start aligning. People start aligning. Ministry breaks out, and so does the miraculous.
I remember about a year ago, Vanessa and I were praying for a man with back pain. We were right outside our favorite restaurant, and a few people were beginning to take notice. The Lord healed this man pretty dramatically. Wonderful! And then another man, an easygoing catholic guy, came up. He wanted to know what was going on.
And then this second guy remarked that he, too, had back pain. Vanessa and I knew what to do. Faith had already been activated! So, the guy talks about his back hurting, and continues walking up to us. When he got close, I asked him how he was feeling now. He said all the pain was gone! Nobody prayed for him. See, Jesus was there all along. The Holy Spirit had already set up shop among us. The power of the Lord overshadowed us. The power of the Lord was present to heal.
This is what we need today, and it needs to begin within the Church. We as Christians need His power enveloping us! We as believers need to be ministered to!
Once we ourselves are within God's power, then we can minister out of it! Those not yet saved need to be exposed to the power. They need to be exposed to the manifest presence of Jesus. Those not yet convicted will only be convicted when the power of the Lord is present. They'll only be saved when the supernatural power of God begins to flow. This is a place of ministry. This is a place of love. This is a place of being inhabited by the Holy Spirit. We need to have the Spirit, and we need to have His power. We need to have been so touched by Him that wherever we go, the power of the Lord is present to heal.
"...And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" 1 Corinthians 2:4
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