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| 04/06/2013 recording date. audio/video is 16 minutes takes a few minutes to load so be patient please. Or just read ahead. Also the following week it is air on utube on turtle30cshell channel. Just type in website name when you got to utube. Arise And Walk by turtle I am your host Christina Farris coming from turtle30cshell. com today message is on get up and walk. Many people do not have the faith to believe in healing in the since of saying to a cripple get up and walk. Many charlatans in the pulpit that say arise only to be less healed when they first walked into service. If healing was going on today like at the time of Christ we would see people from around the world standing in line of these ministers. It would take little faith of those working with these ministers to believe and it would spread like wild fire. Something else that would happen is these ministers would be so lifted up that they would have to figure a way to keep the act going with or without faith. See if you ever see a true healing then you want that for everyone. You do not want one person to be sick. You never want to hear the word cancer or the word incurable when it comes to any illness known or unknown to man. The fear of super virus would leave. And the threat of diseases would go. Weapons of mass destruction like zombie threats would have no place in our world. I experience healing by doctors, by God alone, and sought prayer in all situations of health. And at no time has healing from God ever come, but when doctors could not do a thing for me. God healed in situations where there was no cure. I am not saying He did not use doctors to heal, or home remedies, that is knowledge that God has blessed man with to treat problems. God healed me for a purpose and the first time I was made well, it had not occurred to me fully that I was whole, because the fact the illness could recur in my body. In fact it is a threat with radiation treatments of reoccurrence as I go for prevention treatment for cancer. The second time I was healed I knew it, not instantly, but I knew God had healed my pain. He took it from me. I was prayed for and God took the pain and threw it away. That constant pain and need for medicine left. I began to search for a reason for my healing, because in my zeal I wanted everyone else to experience what I had. Jesus is the great physician, but not all that are prayed for are healed completely but always spiritually if one has faith. In my zeal and my searching I learned something of value about healing it is for a purpose. Everything God does in a person’s life is for a purpose. The purpose of my healing was so I could share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead of sitting and complaining about how much I hurt and was in pain. My concentration changed from what can I do to occupy my mind with to control the pain, but what can I do for Jesus. See I come to place before my healing of needing to find a way to increase our finances. I began to do handcrafts that did not bring in much money but did buy at least a loaf of bread. When I was healed, I know longer had to buy pain pills that were breaking our budget so I began to preach with no pay. I have two miracles happen this week, two major bills are off my back, by the grace of God and thanks to those who care for the poor. The need for health care in America booms. Government takes care for many poor, not I, for food, clothing and even cell phones for some who need to be able to call doctors or job appointment interviews. Yet with this type of aid for many the church as become less important, no longer the savior in crisis. Our churches still providing basic needs for those needing it upon request, but with the need becoming greater churches wonder how they feed the multitudes that will come. Yet those who have been helping for years and years know the grace of God is sufficient and the need will be meet. People do not understand why there is a need for a church on every street corner in a city or small town. It is to meet the spiritual, and physical needs of the people around them. When a church stops caring and people stop having a physical need, they do not learn of their spiritual need. A need that is great in our land. The more thievery, the more drugs, the more violence, the more threats of guns being taken from responsible gun owners the desire to become irresponsible happens, rapist, murders, and abuse rage. One can shout peace, but there is truly no peace in our world. The threat of North Korea looms over the U.S. and yet I doubt they are very fearful of this small country. Yet it took only David with a sling shot to kill Goliath. North Korea and atheist land. Not caring about the religious world around them. America sits and wonders what their first attack will be. Will it be on allies, or will it be attack with a missile that can land on our shore. Well it be plague, or will it be psychological warfare. The fact is our nation for years stood with God on our side, but let me ask this has people heard the warnings of those against us. Has our nation unity flown the coop. Has the control of big brother caused us to tremble against our own government. Has the spread of atheism across our country by taking Bible and prayer out of school caused the devil to rise. Some of our biggest atheist do good works. They act as they care for the poor, yet evil lurks around the corner. It is about the mighty dollar, the wealth, prestige and the ability to flaunt what they have. To give with out true love. The more they have the more they show. Christians work hard to demonstrate that same love, through mission campaigns, mission in action, mission both home and abroad. Caring for their neighbor, caring and showing in ways they are talented. Some taking hot meal to a neighbor in need, because they love to cook, or fixing the water line of a neighbor or their church. Helping an older person get their groceries when they can no longer drive, because that person’s family lives to far away. Christians been doing it for years, and atheist imitate to help their own. God has got the devil even doing it. Yet the devil is often full of dissension or trickery. Yet they still do it. Christians we still got a lot more to teach that devil about how to care for others with honesty and integrity. God love is honest and integrity. His love still stands the test of time. Devil still has the need to knock down the truth of God’s world, claiming it to be a lie, when God is real. Even the devil knows God is real. God is still in the miracle business. Yet we get upset when that miracle does not happen for us as we want too. That miracle we seen others receive but have not received ourselves, why because of a lack of faith, maybe. Or was it just not God’s timing, maybe He teaching something to you. May the miracle did not come because of sin. Yet the reason effects little on whether we believe in God or not. That was choice before we asked of God. What we need do is come to a place of saying Lord what must I do to receive that blessing. Do I need to wait twenty years like Abraham for a son, do I have to have to stop running like Jonah, or do I have to be willing to repent like Israel did when they heard the word of God. Has God asked you to do something like Naaman and you refused? Naaman a man with leprosy was told to dunk himself in the Jordan river seven times. He did not want to because the water was nasty. Yet He obeyed with hope of what he did not understand, a God that loved him enough to heal him, through obedience. Last but not least healing can come to human being through death if they are spiritually right with God. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. Jesus will heal them. Today’s text that inspired this message came from Acts 3 and 4. Where Peter healed the man that was crippled and began to preach, and though he was thrown in jail for preaching, even the leaders could not argue that God had made the man well. Many were saved because of what they saw the man healed and what they heard preached. That why miracles happen so the gospel can be spread. Take time to read Acts 3 and 4. I close with these verses. Acts 4:8-14 KJV (8) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, (9) If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; (10) Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. (11) This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. (12) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (13) Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (14) And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. Impotent in verse nine means he was crippled. The man had not been able to walk. Acts 3:1-26 KJV (1) Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. (2) And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; (3) Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. (4) And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. (5) And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. (6) Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. (7) And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. (8) And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. (9) And all the people saw him walking and praising God: (10) And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. (11) And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. (12) And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? (13) The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. (14) But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; (15) And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. (16) And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. (17) And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. (18) But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. (19) Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; (20) And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: (21) Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. (22) For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. (23) And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. (24) Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. (25) Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. (26) Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Name of Jesus had made this man whole. Jesus still heals today. I know because He healed me. And yet I also know that it was not who prayed for me but God’s timing to heal me. See this man was born lame, and everyday he was brought and laid on the temple porch to beg for money. That day of healing came for him because he believed, no but it helped. It is because the word of God might be spread to those that knew him. Healing for a purpose, that the gospel of Jesus would be spread. |
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