When Does Healing Power Take Effect?

After you have prayed for someone for healing, when does the healing power take effect? This is a good question and it is one that causes disagreement within the body of Christ. It can also cause doubt and unbelief to form if not understood properly.

Why is this important to understand? Because sometimes people receive immediately, instantly, miraculously, and other times, people receive their healing little by little, or what I call progressively.

But there are a couple of foundational truths that will help to add clarity to this question.

  1. According to Isaiah 53:4-5, Jesus already paid the price with His atoning blood so we are already healed. We were healed the moment Jesus shed His blood at the whipping post for all healing. Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.” AMPC.
  2. Just as with any other promise of God, faith must be activated for the promise to manifest And sometimes those manifestations are instant and other times they are progressive. For example, according to the Word if you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, you are instantly born-again. See Romans 10:9-10, and John 3:3. And spiritually you are born-again, but in the natural realm it takes time for the evidence to manifest. Some sins fall off of the new believer immediately, others they have to exercise their new found faith to be free from these sins. But the person is still born-again. Now, let’s look at healing in this light. The Bible says that if you believe you will lay hands on the sick and they will recover, see Mark 16:18. Whether you lay hands upon yourself or someone else does this for you the healing power is released within your physical body and you are already healed, but at times your faith is weaker then you would like to admit, or for devilish reasons the enemy fights against your healing, like he fights against a new believer with sin issues, and you will have to exercise your faith muscles and fight the enemy for the manifestation of your healing, but the healing power has already been released, and healing has already been provided when Jesus shed His blood at the whipping post.

Becky Dvorak is a prophetic healing evangelist and the Destiny Image author of DARE to Believe, Greater Than Magic and The Healing Creed. Visit her at authorbeckydvorak.com.

Wield the Word

The Word of God is our spiritual weapon to overcome the attacks of the enemy, satan. It’s supernatural power works. And all Christians need to learn how to wield the Word. It is imperative that true believers have a working knowledge how to use the weapon of the word of God for themselves. Without this revelation on how to wield the Word God’s people live in defeat, because they do not know how to use their spiritual weaponry.

The Bible is clear that we will go through difficulties on this earth. Look what Jesus says in John 16:33, These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”  There has been a false doctrine running around the Church that Christians will not experience difficulties, and if they do run into a bit of trouble then they must be in sin. Where does it say this in the Word? If Church people would only open up God’s Word and read it and put its message into practice then the body of Christ would have more victory in their lives. Jesus’ words are clear here, in this world you will have tribulation, meaning difficult times.  But He desires us to live in His victory when tribulation comes.

How do we live in His victory against the wiles of the devil? God gives us a supernatural weapon to overcome by His word. And He expects us to use it. Revelation 12:11says And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Our spiritual weapons in this verse to overcome are the redemptive blood of Jesus, and by the words of our testimony. When we take on God’s vocabulary of victory we have victorious testimonies to declare for the glory of the Lord and for the benefit of others.

If we are being tormented by fear wield the Word of God and declare, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7.

When you feel weak and tempted to give in, prophesy over yourself, And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9-11.

While you face a difficult situation start to transform it and the way you see the situation with these words, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13.

If you receive a bad medical report from your physician release healing into your body with His healing report, Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5.

This is how you wield the weapon of the Word, declare it, not just one time, but daily, and then you live it.

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

Let Your Faith Loose

In 1 Samuel 17: 45-51, we read about David, the shepherd boy with his slingshot in hand, fearlessly rises to the occasion, accepts the challenge, ignores the obvious, and with full confidence in His God replies to Goliath’s threat, “Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.”

After making his declaration of faith, he takes action, pulls back on the slingshot and releases his faith. The small stone flies through the air and hits his enemy right-smack-dab in the middle of the forehead. The mighty terror falls on his face to the ground, dead! David picks up Goliath’s sword and chops his head off.  As the Philistine army sees what happens to their prized champion they flee as fast as they can, and David, the shepherd boy becomes the new world champion!

I know your enemy, satan is bearing down hard, and he is fully equipped with the latest up-to-date weapons called AIDS, ALS, Cancer, Diabetes … and the death reports are frightening and overwhelming. But, as a Christian, you have an even greater weapon in your sling, “Jesus, The Rock”. You pull back, and let your faith loose, and that giant will tumble down!

 

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The Intimidation of the Enemy

In 1 Samuel 17: 1-44 we read about the time of war between the Israelites and the Philistines. Both armies are standing on opposite hills ready to engage in battle. Every day the Philistine army sends out their champion warrior, Goliath. Everyday this prized champion sends forth a challenge to the Israeli army that echoes across the valley;

“Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.”1 Samuel 17:8b-9

Goliath the “Mean-Fighting-Machine” is known and feared for his size and strength. He is the champion. The one everyone dreams of defeating, but dares not step into the ring with. Who will become his next victim?

The day of the Super-Heavyweight Final has arrived, and the stakes are high. Will the Israelites become enslaved to the Philistines? Who will accept Goliath’s challenge?

The champ is fully decked out with his state-of-the-art armor and weapons. His very presence intimidates everyone. In fact, as they take one look at Goliath they all run and hide. He wants to fight one-on-one. He has complete confidence in his size and skill and knows he will conquer whoever steps forward. He is ready and waits for a striking battle. Who will fight Goliath?

He becomes angry when he sees who the Israelites send out to fight him. Before him stands a young shepherd boy. He walks the fields with the lambs and the sheep. What does he know about fighting? Now, this is the size mismatch of all time. He can just see the headlines now; “Champion Giant Slaughters Shepherd Boy”. What a disappointing fight this will be for his spectators and utterly unfair for the young boy. He lets out a disgusted howl towards David, “Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?”  (See 1 Samuel 17:43).

But never-the-less he will fight. He tries to intimidate the young boy with his trash-talk and threatens away, “Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.” (See 1 Samuel 17:44).

Perhaps, you are in a raging battle with Goliath. Learn from David’s example of fearlessness and overcome satan’s trash talk and intimidation.

Becky Dvorak is a prophetic healing evangelist and the Destiny Image author of DARE to Believe, Greater Than Magic and, soon to be released, The Healing Creed. Visit her at authorbeckydvorak.com.

Undisputed Champions

In Exodus 7:1-13, we read about an eighty year old man named, Moses with his eighty-three year old brother, Aaron, go before Pharaoh and his 7 professional, Egyptian magicians. Do we call for a rematch? These 2 elderly men are amateurs, being taught how to use their spiritual weapons. But the 7 magicians seem to know exactly what to do with their staffs. It doesn’t sound like a fair match.

But with God on your side, no matter how unfair the physical factors may be, you have everything you need to overcome the circumstance. No matter how good your enemy, satan is at being bad, you still have the advantage over him and his demons. The Spirit of the living God lives inside of you. And just like He does for Moses and Aaron He will teach you how to use your spiritual weapons.

Even with all their experience at casting curses and deceiving people with their charms and trickery, satan and his demons are no match for the people of God. Because greater is He, Jesus who is in you, then he, satan who is in this world. (See 1 John 4:4).

Over and over again the Scriptures prove that even inexperienced faith is greater than satan and all of his experienced foes. With Jesus you are an undisputed champion and there isn’t any sickness or disease, or any other form of satan’s curse that you cannot overcome.  

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

His Manifest Presence

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Did you ever realize that when God speaks, “Let there be light” in this verse that He does not refer to the sun, moon and stars?  The creation of these heavenly lights can be found on the fourth day, but we are still on the first day of creation.  (See Genesis 1:14-19.)

What is this light that He refers to? It is His manifest presence on the scene.

When we allow His presence to manifest, His glory overshadows the darkness and the conditions have no choice but to change. Evil bows to good, darkness reforms to light, corruptible to incorruptible, imperfect to perfect, and impossible to possible.

If you are in need of a miracle the best thing you can do is to find your way into the very presence of God and allow His power overtake and heal you. There is no sickness or disease that can withstand the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Is there an area in your life that needs the power of the manifest presence of the Lord to shine into?

 

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Still Hope With a Dim Chance

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1:1-5, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.”

Your situation may appear as the earth does on the first day of creation, formless, void and full of darkness. The symptoms are worse, the medical reports are bad, and the doctors tell you it is time to put your affairs in order. But even though this world gives you a dim chance, with Jesus, you are not without hope.

2 Chronicles 16:9 tells us that the Spirit of God is moving to and fro throughout the whole earth looking for someone to show Himself strong through.

You can choose to be that someone that He reveals Himself mightily through. All it takes is a willing person with a sold-out heart towards Him, and that dim chance transforms into a bright hope with a future to fulfill.

I met a woman at a healing service held in Phoenix, Arizona. She had traveled from another state to come to this healing service. Cancer had eaten away at her hip and she could not walk, immediately after I placed healing hands upon her, and renounced this disease and the effects of this disease, and released the creative power of the Holy Spirit into her she was squatting, jumping, running and praising God!

You see, this woman made herself available to be a someone that the Spirit of God could reveal himself through mightily. She did not allow the obstacles of the day to interfere with her decision to be a willing vessel for a miracle. She could not walk on her own, her husband and sister carried her into the meeting. She was is severe pain, but she traveled across several states to come. The medical reports for this woman were dim and without hope, but she did not give up. She activated her faith, not just with words, but with action too.

No matter how dim the medical report looks, you can activate your trust in God’s miraculous power to turn the situation around for His glory. Are you willing to be that someone today that the Holy Spirit can reveal Himself real strong through? This is my prayer for you today, that hope will arise within you to believe, even though you’ve been given a dim chance, remember, with Jesus there’s still hope.

 

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Faith Creates

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

Scripture Reading: Psalm 33:6-9

Faith is creative. Like an artist with a paintbrush in hand, it skillfully uses the power of the spoken word, to paint a masterpiece. Except the canvas that it creates upon is real and alive and it has no boundaries. And the base of its paint is the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ.

Elohim, (the Father, the Son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit), creates the world by the power of the spoken word. God says, “Let there be…” and there was, (see Genesis 1). And He gives to us this same ability to create with our words. We are to call things that are not as though they already were, see Romans 4:17.

A man stands before me during a healing service, as tears run down his face he explains to me what he has. He’s an artist and he sculpts beautiful statues for a living. But he is now completely blind in one eye and is losing his sight in the other. He simply can no longer create without his eyesight.

I look at the man and say, “The Lord gives you your artistic talent, and His will is that you create for His glory.” I reach out and touch his eyes and speak words of life over them and immediately he can see.  

Faith uses the power of the spoken word to create, and in this case it creates sight for the blind, and hope for the hopeless.

Dear Holy Spirit,

Teach me how to use the power of my words to create for Your glory.

In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.

 

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© 2016 Author Becky Dvorak–Healing and Miracles International, All rights reserved.

Diligence Is Rewarded

hot-chocolate-in-the-bushScripture Reading:  “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6

 I was teaching the Word to the Maasai people in the Serengeti Plains. After ministering in a particular village, we were invited by one of the elders to eat at their home. The other ladies and I were sitting on a log outside and chatting about how the day went. When I looked up the elder of this village, Noah was walking towards me with a tray in His hand. On the tray was a ceramic cup filled with hot water and a small can of hot chocolate mix. And he served me a cup of hot chocolate.

Everyone was amazed by this gesture. In this region of the world, women are not served, but serve men. And then I was to find out later, that our brethren were trying to guess which one told Noah how much I enjoyed sipping a cup of hot chocolate. When they realized that no one told him they tried to figure out just how this elderly man obtained a can of hot chocolate mix for me, since there were no local stores in the bush.

 I do not know how he obtained this chocolate for me, but I know that he made an extra effort to bless me, and he risked his reputation and broke tradition and served me, a woman. And this sweet gesture of kindness witnessed to our brethren that God will go out of His way and reward those who faithfully and diligently seek Him.

Whatever the Lord has asked of you, do it with your whole heart, regardless of the many obstacles you will encounter.

 

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What Would You Ask of God?

If you could ask for whatever you want, what would you ask of God for yourself? Do you know? I find oftentimes, Christians say they want one thing from God, but as I become involved in their situation I discover they really desire another thing.

One time I was asked to minister to a woman of God who was sick and dying. She said she wanted to be healed physically. But as I became closely involved in this woman’s situation, I realized she wanted healing, but it was not her true desire. She was not able to activate her faith to heal because she was not able to focus on the healing promise. The thing she wanted the most was to be free from her alcoholic husband and find a new man to take care of her.

I believe if we are going to activate a Biblical promise then we need to be firm in our belief, and our request needs to be backed by the Word. Also, we need to focus on Jesus, and His ability and will to meet the need.

How can you tell what you really desire from God?

  1. Listen to your thoughts. They are quite revealing. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says, “Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”
  2. Listen to your spoken words. What you speak the most about comes from your heart. Matthew 15:18 puts it this way, But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
  3. Observe your actions. Good or bad, your actions will show you where you are activating your faith. James 2:18 explains to us about faith and actions or works, But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” Your actions reveal what you actually believe, and where you are activating your faith.

 

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