Healing ministry – God wants to use EVERYONE!

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God is a good God and he wants to use ORDINARY YOU to touch other peoples lives with his healing power!

I recently returned from a Global Awakenings trip to Brazil led by Randy Clark and Rex Burgher. During our time in Sao Paulo, there were nearly 1000 physical healing’s counted (of 80% – 100% improvement). Many experienced the healing power of God – spiritually, physically, and emotionally. God revealed His fathers heart as young children and grown men were weeping when God’s power touched them.

The impression that God placed on my heart is: “This needs to be mass-produced. There are soooo many people that need to be reached with the life changing GOOD NEWS of Jesus, it is going to require every Christian to start walking out in the POWER God has for them, and touching lives.”

There will always be those people that God calls to focus on a special ministry of healing (see 1 Corinthians 12:9), but God intended EVERY Christian to walk in the supernatural, – healing the sick, regularly.

This is what Jesus intended when He commissioned His disciples. No longer will just a few special people work in His power. God wants EVERY Christian to do greater things than what Jesus did on earth. (John 14:12)

Seeing the passion of the children and young people in Brazil, God broke my heart for them as they worshiped God with fiery zeal. These precious Brazilians wanted to start walking in the power that they were seeing – and some of them did! I believe that God will use these passionate young people to transform their country… and the world.

One Sunday I was in a church in Sao Paulo Brazil where God healed many people. One man that I started praying for had pain in his shoulder. I invited the Holy Spirit to come and soaked his shoulder in the power of the Holy Spirit. When I asked him how much he had improved, he said a little – 20%. I asked a friend to come help pray for him and help me translate into Portuguese. We continued praying for him as I soaked his arm in the power of the Holy Spirit, moving his arm around. Soon the pain had left from his shoulder.

This is just one small healing out of the many we have seen in Brazil, but it changed the lives of those that were involved – forever!

During recent days, many of my new Brazilian friends have told me that they want to walk in God’s power more. I have great news for these friends and also for those of you reading this. You may have only heard about the power of God, but never seen it yourself.

What we have is very special… but it is not just reserved for an international ministry team… it is meant to be used by every Christian who knows Jesus intimately!

Whether you are in South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, or even on the moon – let me assure you – if you are a child of God, – He wants to use you to change the world!

Let me tell you a little secret: God does not use special talented people. He uses ordinary people like you and me to touch the world with his healing power.

None of us are special in ourselves. The only special thing we have within us is the power of the Holy Spirit of Jesus inside of us.

Reinhard Bonke says: “Jesus does not choose us because of what we are, but because of what he makes from us.”

Reinhard Bonke talks about how Jesus chose his disciples:

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“I think I would have gone to the university…. I would have said to the professors, – give me a list of the finest young men, the sharpest brains, movers of people, great orators…. Jesus didn’t come close to a university. He chose ordinary people…. God doesn’t need Superman and He doesn’t need Superwoman.”

“..I discovered that Jesus is the number ONE and when I as the ZERO stood next to Him we were already 10. – Any other ZERO here? – come and stand next to me and we are already 100. Any more zeros? 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000. And then I realised Jesus puts value into every zero. I don’t even mind to be the last zero, because the last zero is the most valuable. 100000000 is more than 100 as long as the one is in front – Jesus, – we are all highly valuable, but take the one away, and we are all but zeros again.”

“This is how God calls, how God chooses. It’s a secret that needs to be understood. It doesn’t matter who you are what you are. Jesus makes you valuable, highly valuable. He calls you, He equips you and He sends you and He will be with you all the way right to the end of time and to the end of the earth….”

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Too often we assume that we need to ‘become somebody special’ for God to use us.

Nothing could be further from the truth!

For God to use us, we need to become nobodies – and let His power FILL US, – and let His power flow THROUGH US to others. The more of an ego we have, the more thoughts we have to ‘reason’ in our heads – the more blockages we have to stop God using us! God uses people who have a simple trust in Him – like children!

I love what Bill Johnson says: “There is no lack on God’s end of the equation. He made it possible for His Kingdom to come in fullness!”

“By his divine power, God has given us everything we need…” – 2 Peter 1:3

The only thing that can stop you is to THINK you don’t have everything that ALREADY Jesus died for… Somebody once said: “if you believe that lie, – you empower the lier!”

Remember: You have everything you need if you have given your life to Jesus and the Holy Spirit lives in you!

An encouragement to my new friends from Brazil who recently told me they are wanting more of God and His Power… and everyone else reading this….

If God can do miracles through me – He certainly CAN and WILL heal people through you if you just come to the end of yourself and let His power fill and flow through you!

So come to the end of yourself… Get to know God through His precious Holy Spirit…. Step out in the confidence and pray for people… Let the power of God flow through you…. nothing of your own strength, but only the strength of God that empowers you…

It has been said: “Walking in God’s power is not created by following a formula. It is born of an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit who leads and guides us to change the world.”

Practise, practise, practise…

Just ignore the doubt and trust Jesus!!

Soon you will be running strong in His Spirit!

- Steve