WAR PLAN-WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR HEALTH AND LIFE ARE BEING TAKEN FROM YOU-YOU FIGHT BACK!-107a
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Many of you know that my father had passed about two months ago and I was putting in about 100 hours a week for about ten weeks between work, ministry and taking care of him so he could die in his home. I am not complaining it was a labor of love for me and my wife Ginelle. My dad’s departure was miraculous.
Then just as we were finishing up taking care of my dad’s things and putting everything in order; my mom fell and broke her hip. It was extremely taxing on my physical body. All of a sudden I was hit with the worst sickness of my life. I knew something more than just being rundown or burnt out was at work here; so I asked the Lord what is this? He said “Satan is making a swipe at you and trying to take you out; and not for coffee. Remember this, God has told me that he would expand my ministry after my dad passed. This was already beginning to happen. So the devil was mad and was going to try to put a stop to it. I will tell you what happened in an up close and personal.
I knew that I was in the fight of my life. I was having a hard time breathing. I just couldn’t catch my breath. I had been had pneumonia about 20 years ago; actually several times over a couple of winters. I got a pneumonia shot and never had a problem with it again till now. I had been “Ten Years in Hell” which is my testimony. This was an attack of a different kind. It was instant and intense. It was much worse than anything I had ever faced. It was relentless for a month’s time. Before, during this ten-year period; Satan would have loved to take me out; but seemed to be satisfied by destroying and stealing my health. This time he was after only one thing; my life-to kill me.
Even though I have been through great battles before; and by just not quitting and finally become strong enough to stand on the Promises of God’s Word; you still have to fight the battle. I had to walk through that fiery furnace; but was not alone.
Things went from bad to worse. I went to my family doctor and he diagnosed it as a very bod case of pneumonia. Then the Devil does what he always does. He started putting these thoughts in my mind to try to get me to doubt God. He told me “you’ve got COPD; your heart is failing; and the reason that your not getting better is because you are going to die. If he could get me to buy in to this fear and worry and doubt; he would have killed me. Healing is maintained by faith. I would have went to heaven; but what God called me to do would be left undone. Folks, I want to go to heaven; but not until I accomplish what God has called me to do.
This went on over a month’s time. I hadn’t missed work in in a year and a half or more. I missed two weeks. This was the longest I had ever been out of commission in my 60 years. I went in for a second chest x-ray and it showed that my pneumonia instead of getting better actually was much worse.
So! What do you do when you are doing everything you know to be right and things got worse. You fight back or get trampled by the devil.
I knew at a certain time; I had to break through this or suffer the consequences. I believed God for this. This was the weekend and I was going to the doctor on Monday. I believe God and claimed and spoke this by faith. “I believe that God has healed all my diseased (including pneumonia) and that when I go in to the doctor on Monday the chest x-ray will show significant improvement.
So, I went to the doctor and he took the chest x-ray and then made two statements that just confirmed what I already knew. First he said “Scot nothing has been normal about this pneumonia. He told me if I had been an 80-year-old man in instead of a 60-year-old man; I would have died.
Remember God has already told me that the devil was out to kill me. Then he had me look at the X-ray with him and guess what it showed “significant improvement.” I told him that this is what I had been praying for. He said he had been praying the same thing. My doctor is a man of faith as well as an excellent physician.
I will finish my course. I will teach others how to receive their miracle of Divine Healing. I am so grateful to God. All glory and honor to him.
God gave me a War Plan. Sometimes, physical ailments are just natural things; because we live in a fallen world. Sometimes, however, they are a spiritual attack by the devil using physical sickness. We are in a battle. So we must fight back. When you are in a life and death struggle you need a war plan.
1. Realize that we are involved in a Spiritual Battle-Not just a natural one.
Ephesians 6:10-13 (ESV)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
2. Never be Passive-But be Pro-Active
Matthew 11:12-13 (ESV)
12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
In Ephesians 6 is says that we must take up the whole armor of God. You must do something. A Bible teacher that I listen to said that everyone he knew that was a minister and had a terminal disease and followed this well I prayed and now it’s in God’s hands and didn’t engage in battle to overcome it died. Everyone-no exceptions.
We have been given authority from God to overcome these things. Don’t make the mistake of not fighting the good fight of faith yourself. It’s God’s power under our authority.
3. You must add Actions (Works) to your Faith for it to work
James 2:26 (ESV)
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
I want to caution you hear, Please read my declaimer on my Website www.howcanibehealed.com . You must ready your heart to be able to receive.
· You have to add actions(works) to your faith (that is what I did- going back to work-when I still felt horrible)
· I know in my case there wouldn’t have been a recovery
· You know what is really cool is that as quick as things went bad they turned around.
· But I had to go back to work and that was really difficult. Threre was still 25 % left of the pneumonia and I had to build up my stamina again (what the Bible called -Recovery)
· They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover
· Most Divine Healing is Recovery (Like if you had the flu-the disease is over but you have to recover your strength
4. Stand on the Promises
Psalm 103:1-3 (ESV)
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
-FORGET NOT HIS BENEFITS-HE HEALS ALL MY DISEASES-this is an iron clad promise to you and I
Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
· Promises are Alive (not just mere words on a page)
5. Resist the Devil
James 4:7-8 (ESV)
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Resist the Devil and he will feel from you.
Remember you have to submit yourself to God first.
You must tell the devil and mean it “In Jesus name-Satan I rebuke you from whatever that thing is you are fighting.
6. Enforce the Promises with your Words
Mark 11:22-23 (ESV)
22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
Let me say this as I conclude. I am a Bible teacher. I am sharing what worked for me. It will work for you, also. But it may be that you personalize it, too. In other words, maybe one point will stand out and tug at your heart, and you just ride that one truth to victory. Ask the Holy Spirit for your personal war plan; then fight back.
Let me conclude with this verse. It is from the passage in Ephesians 6
Ephesians 6:13
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
7. The Last thing you do is Stand (rest in the Lord)
You will see victory if you don’t doubt but simply keep believing. Refuse to take no for an answer.
Many of you know that my father had passed about two months ago and I was putting in about 100 hours a week for about ten weeks between work, ministry and taking care of him so he could die in his home. I am not complaining it was a labor of love for me and my wife Ginelle. My dad’s departure was miraculous.
Then just as we were finishing up taking care of my dad’s things and putting everything in order; my mom fell and broke her hip. It was extremely taxing on my physical body. All of a sudden I was hit with the worst sickness of my life. I knew something more than just being rundown or burnt out was at work here; so I asked the Lord what is this? He said “Satan is making a swipe at you and trying to take you out; and not for coffee. Remember this, God has told me that he would expand my ministry after my dad passed. This was already beginning to happen. So the devil was mad and was going to try to put a stop to it. I will tell you what happened in an up close and personal.
I knew that I was in the fight of my life. I was having a hard time breathing. I just couldn’t catch my breath. I had been had pneumonia about 20 years ago; actually several times over a couple of winters. I got a pneumonia shot and never had a problem with it again till now. I had been “Ten Years in Hell” which is my testimony. This was an attack of a different kind. It was instant and intense. It was much worse than anything I had ever faced. It was relentless for a month’s time. Before, during this ten-year period; Satan would have loved to take me out; but seemed to be satisfied by destroying and stealing my health. This time he was after only one thing; my life-to kill me.
Even though I have been through great battles before; and by just not quitting and finally become strong enough to stand on the Promises of God’s Word; you still have to fight the battle. I had to walk through that fiery furnace; but was not alone.
Things went from bad to worse. I went to my family doctor and he diagnosed it as a very bod case of pneumonia. Then the Devil does what he always does. He started putting these thoughts in my mind to try to get me to doubt God. He told me “you’ve got COPD; your heart is failing; and the reason that your not getting better is because you are going to die. If he could get me to buy in to this fear and worry and doubt; he would have killed me. Healing is maintained by faith. I would have went to heaven; but what God called me to do would be left undone. Folks, I want to go to heaven; but not until I accomplish what God has called me to do.
This went on over a month’s time. I hadn’t missed work in in a year and a half or more. I missed two weeks. This was the longest I had ever been out of commission in my 60 years. I went in for a second chest x-ray and it showed that my pneumonia instead of getting better actually was much worse.
So! What do you do when you are doing everything you know to be right and things got worse. You fight back or get trampled by the devil.
I knew at a certain time; I had to break through this or suffer the consequences. I believed God for this. This was the weekend and I was going to the doctor on Monday. I believe God and claimed and spoke this by faith. “I believe that God has healed all my diseased (including pneumonia) and that when I go in to the doctor on Monday the chest x-ray will show significant improvement.
So, I went to the doctor and he took the chest x-ray and then made two statements that just confirmed what I already knew. First he said “Scot nothing has been normal about this pneumonia. He told me if I had been an 80-year-old man in instead of a 60-year-old man; I would have died.
Remember God has already told me that the devil was out to kill me. Then he had me look at the X-ray with him and guess what it showed “significant improvement.” I told him that this is what I had been praying for. He said he had been praying the same thing. My doctor is a man of faith as well as an excellent physician.
I will finish my course. I will teach others how to receive their miracle of Divine Healing. I am so grateful to God. All glory and honor to him.
God gave me a War Plan. Sometimes, physical ailments are just natural things; because we live in a fallen world. Sometimes, however, they are a spiritual attack by the devil using physical sickness. We are in a battle. So we must fight back. When you are in a life and death struggle you need a war plan.
1. Realize that we are involved in a Spiritual Battle-Not just a natural one.
Ephesians 6:10-13 (ESV)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
2. Never be Passive-But be Pro-Active
Matthew 11:12-13 (ESV)
12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
In Ephesians 6 is says that we must take up the whole armor of God. You must do something. A Bible teacher that I listen to said that everyone he knew that was a minister and had a terminal disease and followed this well I prayed and now it’s in God’s hands and didn’t engage in battle to overcome it died. Everyone-no exceptions.
We have been given authority from God to overcome these things. Don’t make the mistake of not fighting the good fight of faith yourself. It’s God’s power under our authority.
3. You must add Actions (Works) to your Faith for it to work
James 2:26 (ESV)
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
I want to caution you hear, Please read my declaimer on my Website www.howcanibehealed.com . You must ready your heart to be able to receive.
· You have to add actions(works) to your faith (that is what I did- going back to work-when I still felt horrible)
· I know in my case there wouldn’t have been a recovery
· You know what is really cool is that as quick as things went bad they turned around.
· But I had to go back to work and that was really difficult. Threre was still 25 % left of the pneumonia and I had to build up my stamina again (what the Bible called -Recovery)
· They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover
· Most Divine Healing is Recovery (Like if you had the flu-the disease is over but you have to recover your strength
4. Stand on the Promises
Psalm 103:1-3 (ESV)
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
-FORGET NOT HIS BENEFITS-HE HEALS ALL MY DISEASES-this is an iron clad promise to you and I
Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
· Promises are Alive (not just mere words on a page)
5. Resist the Devil
James 4:7-8 (ESV)
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Resist the Devil and he will feel from you.
Remember you have to submit yourself to God first.
You must tell the devil and mean it “In Jesus name-Satan I rebuke you from whatever that thing is you are fighting.
6. Enforce the Promises with your Words
Mark 11:22-23 (ESV)
22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
Let me say this as I conclude. I am a Bible teacher. I am sharing what worked for me. It will work for you, also. But it may be that you personalize it, too. In other words, maybe one point will stand out and tug at your heart, and you just ride that one truth to victory. Ask the Holy Spirit for your personal war plan; then fight back.
Let me conclude with this verse. It is from the passage in Ephesians 6
Ephesians 6:13
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
7. The Last thing you do is Stand (rest in the Lord)
You will see victory if you don’t doubt but simply keep believing. Refuse to take no for an answer.