And They Healed Them

I am writing this in orange today because orange is the color of healing!

I was just reading the story in Acts 9 about Tabbitha's death, and Peter's ministry to her. It says that he removed everyone from the room. Hey, what a good idea to get all the negative spiritual influence out of the way so that you have only BELIEF behind your prayers and your actions!

Acts 9:40 says in the Amplified that . . . Peter put them all out of the room and knelt down and prayed, then turning to the body he said, "Tabbitha, get up!" and she opened her eyes; and when she saw it was Peter, she raised herself up and sat upright.

Did you notice what Peter did? He did not ask God to heal her. He prayed, and I think when he did that he was asking to be completely refilled with the Holy Spirit so that he could do the healing work necessary. THEN he told her to get up. He commanded her with his Holy Ghost power.

God did not say for us to go out and ask HIM to heal. He told US to heal because he has given us back the dominion that the devil took when Adam sinned. We are to be full of the power of God (that was the prayer that Peter prayed) and we are to do the things Jesus did and even greater things than this.

Please do not misunderstand me. I am not so foolish as to think that God had nothing to do with this. On the contrary. It is God IN US who does this work. We need to do it the way He wants though. For years we have been whining for God to do this and God to do that. I think God wants us to do what He said... take authority. That is why Jesus died. He bought back all the dominion and authority that we lost with sin.

May God be IN YOU today, full of glory and power in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.