The Gift of Healing

Text: Acts 3:1-11
MORE LESSONS: I Cor . 12:9
Bible Reading in one Year: Ezra 8-10

One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is the gift of healing. And as with all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it is given for it to glorify the Lord and help people. The gift of healing is the supernatural ability that the Holy Spirit gives to a person to heal all manners of sickness without human aid or medicine. God uses this divine enablement to confirm His message through His human vessels and provide an open door for the gospel to be preached and believed. When Peter and John ministered healing to the cripple at the Beautiful gate, immediately the people gathered and Peter and John were able to give them the Word of God.

It is a privilege, a promise, even the responsibility of every believer to pray for the sick, no matter the sickness, and they will be healed, And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover: Mark 16:17-18. However, some have a special grace and anointing in the area of healing. This is the gift of healing and God can give it to you.

Many say that the days when God gives the gift of healing to people are over, but God is the same and there are still many sick people as ever and the message of the gospel still needs to be confirmed by the manifestation of the power of the Spirit as ever; so God has not withdrawn this gift. I have seen the operation of this gift bring glory to God and draw many souls to the Kingdom.

You don't have to be in a crusade before the Holy Spirit operates this gift through you. A long time ago I went on door-to-door evangelism with a partner and as we were preaching to a woman, her child started convulsing. The woman, who was not yet a believer, started shouting and making a scene and claimed that our presence was responsible for the child's convulsion. Then people began to gather. Immediately we began to pray and suddenly the boy became normal.

The mother knelt down and said, I want to give my life to Jesus. She later confessed that the child had been suffering from recurrent convulsion and each time it happened, it would take so long that the child would nearly die. After the prayer the child got healed in a matter of minutes and she confessed that that was a miracle. Remember that every gift of the Spirit is given to profit the Kingdom, help people and glorify God and not for making a show or to merchandise. Ask God to empower you with this gift today to enlarge the Kingdom of God.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to anoint you today with the gift of healing to populate His Kingdom.
* Ask that God will use you to profit His Kingdom on earth.
* Cast out the spirit of fear and doubt that can hinder the operation of the gift in your life.
Go pray for a sick person today.