Healing and Deliverance

 Scripture:

“Crowds came from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil spirits, and they were all healed.”  ‭‭Acts of the Apostles‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Observation:

The verse just before this says that people tried to get close to the apostles because, even the shadow of Peter was getting people healed and delivered. God was moving powerfully through His apostles. The result of God moving is always the sick being healed and the possessed being set free. God works through His people to bring freedom from the bondage of sin and oppression of the enemy.

Application:

God is a healing God. He has been healing from the beginning and delivering people from the power of Satan as well. As Christ’s body, healing and deliverance should be commonplace. These should be the natural result of when God is moving on people’s hearts. It is the New Testament experience and I don’t see where it was ever suppose to stop. The more signs we see, the more people will be convinced that Christ is the answer. 

Prayer:

Father, restore gifts of healing and deliverance to Your Church. Restore powerful demonstrations of Your Spirit in our midst. I don’t want man’s faith to be in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God. I long to see Your power and for my generation to see the power of my God. Would You pour out Your Spirit and move in Your Church once again? Come Holy God and flow through Your people to bring healing and deliverance. I long to see a powerful church once again.

Your Son,

Jeff