December 10, 2016 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

I’ve Got A Friend

I have a dear and close friend, David Hauser. He is a regional director of the International Healing Rooms for the western states. He is a humble, non-offensive person who cares deeply about God healing people.

He is not like me. He is not tall or pushy nor does he ever want to injure or hurt a person’s feelings. He is genuinely ‘Christ-like’ and seeks only to help and heal humanity. I have learned a lot from him and he would probably say, he has learned a lot from me through our friendship and like-mindedness in serving Christ.

Dave has helped me define compassion, unity, wisdom, perseverance, and faith. We talk about many things and he challenges me and helps me to think clearly. He has been doing things in his ministry that I believe God will be using in the next great awakening in America.

God is about to move in ways we have never seen before, an awakening of the Holy Spirit that will change how we think and respond to God. It is really nothing new but rather a continuation of what God has done on a smaller scale and in various places throughout history. We have just never experience what God is about to do on such a large scale nor with God’s judgment involved in such intensity, that is why the next move of God will be so different. Get prepared; things are about to change. (I hope you are praying for ‘peace & prosperity’, and seeking revival for God’s people and Israel.)

I will be the first to say that any of the Fruits of the Spirit or Gifts of the Spirit can create a healing process the produces results. I have discovered this through Scriptures and in my personal experience. Dave lives in this realm. But He also operates in compassion, unity, wisdom, perseverance, and faith. These qualities bring healings too.

Often the Bible says, Jesus had compassion and healed the sick. Jesus was not operating out of solely hearing God voice to heal but rather deferred to his heart to heal. Yes, God heals out of faith (doing & knowing God’s will) but also out of compassion. We all know and will say, ‘That because God loves me He helps me’. God heals not just through faith but also through compassion.

Dave has written articles about unity—the need for unity when praying for the sick. The Bible is emphatic about God’s church being in the ‘unity of the Spirit’. Without unity God does not work among us. When praying for the sick, the people need to be in agreement and purpose of prayer. In numbers is our strength—it is the love we have for each other that brings unity—we must be in unity, in love with each other and Christ. The next revival for America will depend on unity and love, which causes a revival to exist.

Wisdom is crucial for God’s will to happen. Through wisdom we identify God’s purposes and actions—His will. Wisdom also identifies evil—the works of the devil. Jesus calls us to destroy the works of the devil. Wisdom tells us what is good and what is bad. It is through wisdom we learn what and how to pray. Wisdom directs us to the will of God. Dave waits for God’s voice and direction before and while praying for healings. (Knowledge is ‘knowing about something’; wisdom is having the distinction ‘between what is right and wrong, how to act, and what God plans to do’.) Wisdom will bring you to faith—read the Book of James for more insight into wisdom.

Perseverance is often needed for healings to take place. You might not have faith, or hope or confidence for God to heal. I have shared about this before, but God can use any of the Fruits of the Spirit to heal—when we have no hope and doubt our faith in a given situation Fruits of the Spirit come to the rescue to accomplish God’s will. Perseverance (determination in this face of failure) moves mountains for me, but perseverance has a time factor. How determined are you? Perseverance will get us there.

The final component of healing is faith. Faith is like having a direct line to the Father. It is through faith we please Him. Faith is not ‘believing enough or trusting enough or speaking positive enough’ (all those qualities are important for every believer) but faith is simply your response to God. When I respond to what God is saying or asking, then God calls me a person of faith. Do not complicate faith or allow some false teacher or instructor to tell you that “you need more faith,” as if faith is measured.

The Bible says (Jesus said), have faith as a mustard seed and you can move mountains. What He is saying, you either have faith or you do not. A little bit of faith is the same as a lot of faith—it is about time the church realizes this! I will show you my faith by my works, i.e., when I respond to what God wants or is doing I am acting in faith. God sees my response and He responds back to me. I do not create something on my own, I respond to Him. When I respond to Him, what He is asking of me, God responds to His request in me. It is about God alone—never about me.

The Bible says, “God has given a measure of faith to every person.” What the Bible is saying is all of us have within us the option to respond to God. Nothing can get in the way of our response—we either choose God or we do not. Because of this the man with 2000 demons came to Jesus. How could this happen? We can always respond to God—it’s part of every person. We were given “The right to become a Son of God” the Bible says. Nothing can get in the way of this. Choose God, respond to God, decide for God—it’s your faith (your response) that God is waiting for.

The next revival will be full of the Fruits of the Spirit accomplishing God’s will and performing miracles. But remember, having faith, wisdom, and compassion are also godly spiritual qualities that perform His will. We need them and need their influence in our lives. Are you praying for revival? Are you praying for these attributes? God wants to put these qualities in your life so respond now! Have a little faith or should I say, "Have all the faith in the world." Let’s be like Christ and operate in the Holy Spirit.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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