Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Heb 10:23-24.

The writer to the Hebrews reminds us of God’s unfailing faithfulness – He is the solid rock on which we stand. He also encourages us to spur one another on. I heard it said recently that faith, although personal, is also a corporate ‘activity’. Many times, we have visitors to the Healing Rooms who say they have very little faith to believe for their healing. That’s what we’re here for. To join our faith with those who come so we may spur one another on. The Bible encourages us further in vv35&36 of the same chapter; “So don’t throw away your confidence; it will be RICHLY rewarded. You need to PERSEVERE so that when you have done the will of God, you WILL receive what He has promised” (emphasis mine).

What a magnificent privilege He gives us in partnering with Him to see heaven come to earth in ever increasing measure! Jesus came to destroy the works of the enemy (1 John 3:8). Sickness, disease and oppression are most definitely works of the enemy, as these things don’t exist in God’s perfect kingdom. I believe we can expect to be richly rewarded – there’s the ‘catch’ for some. We can go chasing after the rewards instead of longing for the rewarder. Also those rewards may come in unexpected packaging but let me just say it is a rich reward to be able to impact another person’s life with the Kingdom of God – that in itself is a rich reward! It is a rich reward to be able to regularly lay hands on the sick and release the power of heaven into their bodies, minds and spirits.

He promises us that with perseverance, faith and patience we will inherit the promises of the kingdom. We are continuing to put our trust in the God of heaven and earth to bring even greater breakthrough in all aspects of the ministry at the Healing Rooms. We are trusting Him, and not our clever ideas or strategies for increase in every area – visitors coming, provision of food and finance, team members, opportunities to cast the vision for Healing Rooms in many more cities and towns across this nation of ours.

Jesus made it really clear even He, as the Son of God could do nothing of Himself. (John 5:19). If Jesus couldn’t do anything without the Father, how much more do we need to rely on Holy Spirit’s leading to show us what the Father wants us to do in each and every situation? Without His Presence we are absolutely nothing. However, with God all things are possible (Matt 19:26).

The apostle Paul says “My message and preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith may not rest on man’s wisdom but on God’s power”. (1 Cor 1:2)

When we pray for healing it’s not the ‘cleverness’ with which our prayers are crafted. Neither is the breakthrough found from our experience in praying for the ill or a specific condition we may have seen or ministered to countless times in the past. It is in listening to and following the leading of Holy Spirit, then leaning into His presence that releases the power of God to flow bringing transformation, healing and wholeness.

I heard a testimony recently of a lady who had been ill for many years with a degenerative, debilitating condition. She was only given a few days to live. The Lord prompted two ladies to go and pray for her and gave them specific insight in how to pray. The lady who was dying had been prayed for many times over the years by some of the most ‘anointed’ men and women of God with years of experience, many of whom had seen miracles as they had laid hands on the sick.

However, in obedience these two ladies went to the other side of the country and prayed as Holy Spirit had shown them. Within a day or two the sick woman was eating again. Within a week she was out of bed and regaining her strength and within a month she was totally healed and free from decades of pain and suffering. Nothing is too hard for Him!

Let me encourage you to ask Holy Spirit how to pray and then in obedience follow His lead and trust Him for the rest. It takes perseverance, faith and courage but to return to the place at which we began… Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.