What is healing? What areas of our life does it cover? How can we be healed? Is there any secret to healing? How can we know what to do and what the good choices are versus the bad? Time to be Healed!

Healing is such a broad subject. First of all, we need to define the areas of healing. There is physical healing, spiritual healing and mental healing. Sometimes it takes a mental and/or spiritual healing to bring about a physical healing. Now, before we go any further I want to state my credentials on the subject of healing. I don’t have any degrees or doctorates from any university or college on healing. I speak only from experience and from what I’ve observed and learned through scripture. You are responsible to draw your own conclusions as well as seek the Lord for the truth concerning your situation. If you are seeking healing outside of the Lord, you might want to consider another source for your information.

If we look throughout scripture, we find various ways the Lord healed people. Some were told by the prophets to do certain things. Some diseases came upon people for disobedience to the Lord’s word. Jesus was asked about a certain person whether he sinned or if it was his parents. This was the thinking during the time of Jesus on the earth. They knew that some diseases and sickness were caused by disobedience and curses. However, in the case of this reference, Jesus said neither, it was for the glory of God.

Another thing that must be determined is whether or not there is a demonic force or possession behind the sickness or disease. In some cases, Jesus delivered the person from the demonic force and then the person was instantly healed.

One thing that we must also realize is that a lot of the food we eat can produce side effects that include sickness and disease. We have so many additives and researchers have found some cancer causing ingredients in the foods we buy and consume. Obesity can be influenced by what foods we eat or simply don’t eat. In this case, we can be personally responsible for the problems we are experiencing. At some point we need to take responsibility and make a choice to eat healthier foods. The Lord specifically warns against hybrids in our foods. But our food industry has gone way beyond this. They add pesticides and chemicals to the plants and ground. Then the food is processed and then preservatives are added. These things are not healthy. Just use some common sense. Some of these additives are addicting and get people to eat or drink more and more.

Whatever place we find ourselves, the first thing we need to do is pray. If there are addictions, then we need to break the addiction. If we can’t, we need to find others, who believe the same way, and have them pray and help. If it is a generational curse, ask forgiveness from the Lord for our ancestors, break the curse and ask for His healing to come. In Jesus, we have the authority to break the curses and apply His blood to our bloodline for generations to come. We can make a difference and a change for our children and their children. We don’t have to accept the lies of the devil (enemy).

If we are taking drugs, we must realize that every drug has a side effect. If you don’t believe me, watch the next drug advertisement on TV and look at the long lists of side effects. There are alternatives to a lot of drugs. Some of this is just eating good food including organic fruits and vegetables. There are herbal remedies that help the body get the necessary nutrients to heal itself. There are also food form supplements that help build the immune system so it can function correctly to eradicate sickness and disease. Again, I am not a doctor, so you might want to check things out with a nutritionist who has a medical degree or a doctor who is well versed in nutrition.

My wife and I have done a lot of research as well as tried different things over the past. There are things that we are doing now that are restoring our health and immune system. I will be sharing more about this soon. However, if you want you can write to me and I’ll help you as much as time will allow. We are creating a sister web site that will address a lot of these things in the near future.

So what can you do? Get to know the Lord. Walk with Him and talk to Him throughout each day. He knows what you need. He also knows how to reach those around you through your life. The person I was talking about earlier had a disease that was to show the glory of God. What an honor. Others were watching as Jesus reached out to this person and healed him. Don’t you think it built their faith? Don’t you think that others came to Him also and received their healing? You don’t have to be an instrument of His glory, but it is a great place to be. It is such an honor.

In my life, I have had miraculous healings and I have also had to fight for my healing over a long period of time. Some of these things were generational and some were just things that happened. I’ve been healed from a back injury that took several years. It so increased my faith because I wouldn’t give up on His word to heal me. He did. I have prayed for people and they have been instantly healed. I have prayed with others for deliverance from demonic strongholds and mental healing. Healing is so complex. We need words of knowledge and words of wisdom in what the Lord would have us do. We need prophetic words also. We need the body of Christ and we need each other. One of the best kinds of healing that exists is the healing of relationships.

I know I have just skimmed the surface of this subject, but I hope I brought you some hope. If you are around people who don’t believe in healing, maybe it is time to find some who do. Read the scriptures and finds the verses concerning healing. Pray and ask the Lord for His guidance. Search for the truth and don’t stop until you find it.

Joseph