"Healing is only difficult when we think it has something to do with us." Quote by Chris Gore
But he (Jesus) was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. Isaiah 53:5 (NLT)
And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5d (NKJV)
We are just passing on what Jesus suffered for on the way to the cross.
Bob Lipsys, Australia
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
"I have a disease threatening Life!"
"I have a disease threatening Life!" –A Quote by Chuck Perry,
It is time we turn the tables on so call life threatening diseases. Jesus commanded Christians to "Lay hands on the sick" and He said "They will recover." A modern translation of Mark 16:18c (NLT) states "They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”
The only response a Christian should have to someone who says "I have a life threatening disease" is "I am living a disease threatening life, because Jesus Christ lives in me. Be healed in His name."
It is time we turn the tables on so call life threatening diseases. Jesus commanded Christians to "Lay hands on the sick" and He said "They will recover." A modern translation of Mark 16:18c (NLT) states "They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”
The only response a Christian should have to someone who says "I have a life threatening disease" is "I am living a disease threatening life, because Jesus Christ lives in me. Be healed in His name."
Saturday, May 5, 2012
What is the purpose of being a Christian?
What is the purpose of being a Christian?
Kris Vallotton answered this for himself on his blog last year. His statement is so brilliant I have copied it here. His Blog can be found at
http://www.kvministries.com/blog/2011/10/24/my-mandate
I wasn't born to be a passive pundit, tossed like a tiny ship on the stormy seas of evil schemes. Nor was I conceived to be a weatherman, predicting the next deadly assault on the shores of humanity. NO! I was purposely born behind enemy lines as a force to be reckoned with. I was commissioned with a mandate to destroy the works of the devil. I was given power and authority to set captives free, release prisoners, rebuild ruined cities, and make disciples of all nations.
I have been assaulted, slandered and hated. I have known depression so deep that I've despaired of life itself, and anxiety so horrific that I could scarcely function.
I spent 20 years building businesses, sweating payrolls, scraping and clawing my way through life to compete with ruthless competitors who would stop at nothing to destroy their opponents. I was celebrated as one of the top entrepreneurs in my field. Yet when the dust cleared and the moving vans were gone, I was left sitting in the rubble of a once thriving enterprise with a $1.6 million debt as a memorial to my hard work…my house and most of my possessions gone.
My soul has known the pain of heartbreak and betrayal. I have staggered my way through years of abandonment and abuse. I've experienced the humiliation of poverty, and the intense pain of being the only kid on the field with no one cheering for him. I have pleaded for attention, only to be locked outside all by myself. I have hid for hours while my stepfather was on another drunken violent rampage with my mother, locked in a room as he beat her. I grew up in a culture of intense fear.
I understand what it's like to be unable to read in high school, and to be called stupid by my leaders. I have felt the pain of being the untalented little boy who no one wants to play on their team…standing on the sidelines, raising my hand, hoping to somehow be chosen. Many times I have stood by silently as my peers argued over who had to put me on their team.
Yet I refuse to be crushed by the circumstances of life, or be deterred by the opinions of the "experts". I won't wallow in self-pity, or waste my days hating the people who abused me. I reject the spirit of regret, and I will not drive my life by being fixated on the rear view mirror of the past. I have decided that feeling sorry for myself is taking up valuable time that could be used to rescue cities. My past pain will not dictate my future victories. I was born to win, equipped to shape history, empowered to extend the borders of the Kingdom, and redeemed to display the unreasonable love of my King to a desperate and lost world.
This mandate has become my mission, and with the help of God, I intend to accomplish it!!!!! by kris vallotton
Kris Vallotton answered this for himself on his blog last year. His statement is so brilliant I have copied it here. His Blog can be found at
http://www.kvministries.com/blog/2011/10/24/my-mandate
I wasn't born to be a passive pundit, tossed like a tiny ship on the stormy seas of evil schemes. Nor was I conceived to be a weatherman, predicting the next deadly assault on the shores of humanity. NO! I was purposely born behind enemy lines as a force to be reckoned with. I was commissioned with a mandate to destroy the works of the devil. I was given power and authority to set captives free, release prisoners, rebuild ruined cities, and make disciples of all nations.
I have been assaulted, slandered and hated. I have known depression so deep that I've despaired of life itself, and anxiety so horrific that I could scarcely function.
I spent 20 years building businesses, sweating payrolls, scraping and clawing my way through life to compete with ruthless competitors who would stop at nothing to destroy their opponents. I was celebrated as one of the top entrepreneurs in my field. Yet when the dust cleared and the moving vans were gone, I was left sitting in the rubble of a once thriving enterprise with a $1.6 million debt as a memorial to my hard work…my house and most of my possessions gone.
My soul has known the pain of heartbreak and betrayal. I have staggered my way through years of abandonment and abuse. I've experienced the humiliation of poverty, and the intense pain of being the only kid on the field with no one cheering for him. I have pleaded for attention, only to be locked outside all by myself. I have hid for hours while my stepfather was on another drunken violent rampage with my mother, locked in a room as he beat her. I grew up in a culture of intense fear.
I understand what it's like to be unable to read in high school, and to be called stupid by my leaders. I have felt the pain of being the untalented little boy who no one wants to play on their team…standing on the sidelines, raising my hand, hoping to somehow be chosen. Many times I have stood by silently as my peers argued over who had to put me on their team.
Yet I refuse to be crushed by the circumstances of life, or be deterred by the opinions of the "experts". I won't wallow in self-pity, or waste my days hating the people who abused me. I reject the spirit of regret, and I will not drive my life by being fixated on the rear view mirror of the past. I have decided that feeling sorry for myself is taking up valuable time that could be used to rescue cities. My past pain will not dictate my future victories. I was born to win, equipped to shape history, empowered to extend the borders of the Kingdom, and redeemed to display the unreasonable love of my King to a desperate and lost world.
This mandate has become my mission, and with the help of God, I intend to accomplish it!!!!! by kris vallotton
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Pumped ready for action
"The Holy Spirit is always on task....He is always near.....He is always pumped, ready for action. ...You are not waiting for the Holy Spirit to come and act - He is waiting for you..." Quote by Curry Blake.
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