“By
His Stripes We Are Healed”
Pastor Bonnie MacDonald, Washington
ATTACK OF THE ENEMY
In my entire life I have not seen so many
Christians sick. There is a definite
attack on the body of
“The
harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few … “
People are searching for meaning in their
life and our focus, as Christians, should be to supply that need:
“This
is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according
to His will, He hears us, and if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask,
we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.”
The attack of the enemy is very real and
we need to know how to withstand this attack.
I want to share with you some things I have learned.
One way the devil attacks is with
pain. I have many times been awakened at
night with a pain in my side, or leg, or hands, etc. My response is as follows:
“Devil, if this is you, I command you to cease
and desist from your assignment against me.
I do not give you permission nor do I recognize your right to attack
this body. Pain,
leave, in the name of Jesus.
Father God, I come to You
in Jesus’ Name and I ask for healing for my body from the top of my head to the
soles of my feet. I ask that the blood
of
Body, get in line with the Word of God and
be healed.”
And then I go back to sleep.
In the morning during my prayer time I ask
God if there are any adjustments I need to make in my daily life.
“But
if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and
without reproach, and it will be given to Him.”
NUTRITION
I
always ask the Lord what the root of this sickness is. Not all sickness comes from the devil. Sometimes we are ill because of our own poor
eating habits. For example, I went
through a period of time where I was plagued with headaches. During that time I had a friend come to stay
with me and she commented on the MSG in my diet. I had never heard of MSG at that time and I
did not know that I was eating it. I
started reading labels and eliminated it from my diet and have not had that
kind of headache since – you know: the kind that literally disables you for 3
days at a time.
Diet
is very critical in divine health – so please be wise. You need to be well so that you can go
forward in the harvest. There is a lot
of material out there about diet and exercise.
If you want to stay healthy, you will read it and apply it to your life.
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