by
Prophet Rusty Russell
“If sickness is the will of God then why are so many people trying to get rid of the will of God by going to doctors or having Pastors pray for them?” quote by T. L. Osborn, book Healing the Sick.
Maybe we have been praying wrong, we should pray that God will make many people sick so that He can get all the glory! That would be really silly. Wouldn’t it? Most people are trying to get set free, but they wrongly put the blame on God for their sicknesses.
Sometimes God allows sickness to come upon us, but this is usually after much effort to convict us of our sins and our need to repent. The work of Jesus shown in the miracles He performed and the Words that He spoke reveal the will of God in the area of healing.
When you find the will of God: your health, and your healing, then seek God to set you free! “Whom the Son sets free, is free indeed.” Once freed you can tell others the good news and pray for them for their healing freedom!
Here are a few verses to support healing:
John 8:36, NKJV: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.”
John 8:32 “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
Gal 5:1: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”
Do not subject yourself or your body back to the attack of your enemy. You might still feel the pain, for the attack is partly in your mind and the rest is in your body. Your fight is a fight of faith, what you believe should dictate your state of being – your Healing – verses what you are feeling. When pain attacks me, I always view it as from my enemy who is trying to rob me of God’s perfect will – My Healing. My loving God reveals His will: my health, I have to be healthy and able, to continue to build His Kingdom on this earth.
3 John 2 reveals that God’s will for us is health. It says, “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.”
The key to health, as per Apostle John, is to embrace the truth and walk in it, not embrace the pain or the sickness and walk in it. Have you ever heard the term “I caught a cold,” or “I came down with this sickness”? Well, drop that cold, don’t catch it! Rise up O saint of God, “let God arise and your enemies [including sicknesses] be scattered!” (Psalm 68:1).
As in all victories we sing after we come through the battle victorious, right? Well, sing during the battle because the battle is the Lord’s even though we must stand and fight! Read Psa. 68: 1-35, there are many famous scriptures that are quoted continuously by many great men and women of God. Pay attention to verses: 3, 6, 18-20, 28, 32-35. They say:
Psalm 68:3 “But let the righteous be glad; Let them rejoice before God; Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.”
6 God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
18 “You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the LORD God might dwell there.”
19 Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah
20 “Our God is the God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.”
28 “Your God has commanded your strength; Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.”
32 “Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah.”
33 “To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice. “
34 “Ascribe strength to God; His excellence is over Israel, And His strength is in the clouds.”
35 “O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places. The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.”
Whom Will You Believe?
Your words will either defeat you or enforce the victory that Jesus cross provided for you. Whom will you believe? What words will you speak? Words of faith and victory or words of doubt and defeat? Do you know what FEAR is? Negative faith, or faith in death. Don’t yield to Fear, for where fear is, doubt and unbelief and defeat are very near!
Jesus died so that we could have life, healing, and provision. He became poor that we might become rich. Richness should not be related to money alone, for those who suffer terribly in their bodies with sickness, richness is definitely a healthy body.
LEARN HOW TO BUILD YOUR SHIELD OF FAITH FOR HEALING
Do you want the victory? Record the scriptures God gives you by revelation or rhema, keep them before you and on your lips. Memorize them simply by praying them everyday until you come to the place that you know them to be the truth in your life. You are convinced that they are not just words from the Bible, but words from God to you. You are building your shield of faith – faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Here are some scriptures that are great to meditate on — look them up, study them, get them into your heart and being for they will promote health in you: Job 42:10, Job 2:7, Psa. 103:1-4, Psa. 107: 1-3, 20; Luke 4:18; Isa. 53:3-5; Acts 10:38; Isa 58:6; Jn 14:16; Gal 5:1; 1 Peter 2:24; Heb. 11:1, 6; James 5:14-16 (NKJV)
USE YOUR SHIELD OF FAITH – IT IS A WEAPON OF WAR
I have seen in many older homes hanging on their wall as an ornament a sword and shield. In the Christian faith our shield is a very necessary part of our armor which is to be used everyday. What is the shield? It is called the SHIELD OF FAITH, meaning when we hold it up our FAITH SHOULD BE ACTIVE! “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. (Rom. 10:17) I find one of the easiest ways to build my shield is by memorizing the Rhema Words given to me in my conversations with God.
There are many other scriptures but these will help get you started in building your shield of faith as you believe. Remember, don’t leave your shield at home hanging on your wall or placed in your closet, but at the moment of attack by sickness or pain, lift up your shield of faith, pray or speak the scriptures that fill your heart and proclaim the blood of Jesus over your life and body.
Pray this prayer and agree with me for you:
“Jesus, I accept your sacrifice on the cross for me, your blood shed saves me from sins, your stripes healed my sicknesses and pains, therefore, I apply your blood to free me. I apply the finished work of the Cross of Jesus and I tell the enemy he must release from me and go. Pain, although you are attacking me, you are no longer my pain, I give up my ownership of this sickness, since Jesus bore this pain on His Cross - it is no longer mine. Devil I remind you of the judgments written against you still stand and you must obey Jesus as I accept His Cross. His hanging on the tree delivered me from the curses in my life. I am free to live healthy through the power of the Holy Spirit, so devil flee – RUN IN TERROR – from me and take all these symptoms of sickness with you. Amen, PRAISE YOU JESUS!” prayer by Rusty Russell.
Rusty has been in the ministry since 1973. He has served as an Associate Pastor, Senior Pastor of two churches he pioneered in Athens, Ga. USA, and Oxford, England until 1981, at which time he was sent to the Nations in a Prophetic Healing Ministry. Since 1981, Rusty has ministered in 57 Nations holding Miracle Crusades, Leadership Conferences, and Prophetic Seminars. Rusty and his wife, Mildred, are celebrating their 37th year of marriage. They have two children, Jason 28, our grand daughter Abby 3 1/2; we have a daughter, Becka, who is a Senior at the Univ. of Florida who will graduate on Dec. 17, 2011.