Billy Joe Daugherty - Healing Help and Hope

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13, NIV

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The Source of Healing, Help and Hope

It is God's will to heal you. help you and give you hope. Though you may be facing sickness, hopelessness. despair . or financial difficulties at this very moment, it is God's will to deliver you out of these challenges and set your life on a new pathone of righteousness, blessing, joy and peace.

Psalm 121 (NTV) says:

I lift up my eyes to the hillswhere does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot sliphe who watches over you will not slumber;

Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over youthe Lord is your shade at your right hand;

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harmhe will watch over your life;

The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

The God who made heaven and earth can certainly help you, heal you and give you new hope! Look to Him expectantly today for the healing, help and hope that you need.

YOUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD.

It Is God's Will to Heal

"Is it God's will to heal?" is the most critical question concerning healing. Most people don't question God's ability to heal, but they aren't confident of His willingness to heal.

If someone has the ability to heal, but they are not willing to use that ability, you are up the creek without a paddle! There won't be any results where there is ability but no willingness. The Son of God came to reveal the nature of God the Father, which is to lift with healing, help and hope.

The leper's encounter with Jesus reveals the uncertainty some people have of God's willingness to heal.

When He [Jesus] had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."

Matthew 8:1 ,2

The leper acknowledged God's ability to heal "You can make me clean"but he questioned God's willingness"If You are willing."

You can die believing God has the ability to heal if you're not confident of His willingness to heal. Understanding God's willingness to heal opens you up to receive the miracle that you need.

Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Matthew 8:3 ,4

If you want to be healed, you must remove the doubts about God's willingness to heal you. Settle it. It is the will of God for you to be healed and made whole, whether it's in your mind, your emotions, your finances, your family, your spirit or your physical body.

Third John 2 says:

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

Biblical prosperity is not just the accumulation of things. It is the blessing of God upon your life, and it starts on the inside when you are blessed with eternal life.

Make this confession with me now:

Father God, I acknowledge Your ability and Your willingness to heal me physically and to empower me with the Holy Spirit to walk in divine health.

I acknowledge Your ability and Your willingness to heal me in spirit and soul (mind, will, emotions and intellect) as well as in my body, finances and relationships because of Jesus' completed work at Calvary.

Because of the revelation of Your willingness to heal me, Lord Jesus, I'll walk in soundness and wholeness in every area of life! Hallelujah!

Ought Not This Woman Be Loosed?

Jesus recognized that sickness and disease came from the enemy. It's time we recognize where it comes from, toothat we acknowledge Jesus as the Source of abundant life and the devil as the killer, stealer and destroyer (John 10:10).

In the story of the woman Jesus loosed from a spirit of infirmity after being bound for 18 years, Jesus said Satan was the one who had bound the woman.

Now He [Jesus] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.

But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity."

And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, "There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day."

The Lord then answered him and said, "Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

"So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has boundthink of itfor eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"

Luke 13:10-16

The will of God and the will of the devil are in opposition to each other. Many times people attribute the work of God to the devil and attribute the devil's work to God. God is using people to minister healing to the sick, and it is the devil who oppresses with sickness and disease.

Jesus Was Willing To Heal the Centurion's Servant

Jesus was willing to heal the centurion's servant, just as He is willing to heal today. Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

Jesus specifically said, "...I will come and heal him," which reveals both His ability and His willingness to heal.

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

Saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented."

And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed."

Then Jesus said to the centurion,

"Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you." And his servant was healed that same hour.

Matthew 8:5-8 ,13

If you need healing, help, or hope, then follow the centurion's example, for Jesus said he had "great faith."

Take the spoken Word of God and believe it. Act on the written Word as the centurion did on Jesus' word.

Confession

You are willing to heal me, Lord Jesus, just as You healed the centurion's servant, I receive Your healing virtue now, Lord Jesus, in my mind, emotions and in my physical body.

Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You are always the same. The Word never changes, and it says that by Your stripes

I am healed! (1 Peter 2:24). Hallelujah!

Great Faith Is Taking God At His Word

Great faith is taking God at His Word. Great faith is having full trust and confidence in the integrity and the ability of God that all He has to do is speak the Word and you believe "...that it shall be even as it was told me" (Acts 27:25, KJV).

Many people are waiting for things to happen when God has already sent His Word. Psalm 107:20 says:

He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

God has already provided hundreds of promises in His Word. He has provided for everything you will ever need. There isn't an area of your life for which God hasn't made provision.

The Bible contains the words that have been spoken by God throughout history. That Word never loses its power. It is still effective. It is not void or empty. Paul wrote to the Corinthians: