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The Lord said to me a long time ago, 'If the people will receive the ones I send as they would receive Me, it would unleash the power of God in your midst.' I encourage you to believe that and act on it. Whenever a minister is about to pray for you and lay hands on you, say, “Lord Jesus, I want You to know I’m receiving this minister’s prayer with the same expectation and faith as I would if You were laying hands on me Yourself.” Then release your faith and unleash the power of God. Freely Receive, Freely Give Don’t just stop with receiving healing, either. Go on and take the next step. Jump right into the middle of this last-days outpouring and let God’s healing power flow through you to someone else. Do what Jesus told His disciples to do in Matthew 10:8: “Freely ye have received, freely give”! “But Gloria, I can’t do that! I’m not called to the healing ministry. I’m just a believer.” Being a believer is all that’s necessary. Jesus said so in the Great Commission. After instructing His disciples to go into all the world and preach the gospel, He said, “These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues…they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (Mark 16:17-18). Jesus didn’t say that only apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers and evangelists would lay hands on the sick and minister healing to them. He said the whole Church would do it. He said believers would share the good news and heal the sick. That’s always been God’s plan under the New Covenant. He’s always intended healing to accompany the preaching of the gospel. That was His will in Jesus’ ministry. It was His will for the first disciples and in the early Church. And it’s still His will today. All He needs is for us to believe His Word and act on it, to be devoted to Him and do what He says. We’re not waiting on God, He’s waiting on us! He’s waiting for us to trust Him and start acting like His representatives in the earth—because that’s what we are. We’re the ones sent by Him in this hour to undo the works of the devil. We’re the ones Jesus was talking about when He said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:12-13). For believers, getting people healed isn’t supposed to be a hard thing! You can see that by looking at the first disciples. They didn’t have any trouble with it. When Jesus sent them out they just did what He said in Luke 10:8-9: “Into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you…heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.” Sure enough, everyone who received them got healed. Now it’s our turn to follow their example. Jesus has sent us out in His Name and said to us, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth…and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:18, 20). Obviously, if Jesus is with us and all power is His, getting people healed should be easy. After all, we’re not doing it by our own power, we’re doing it in His. Just as the Father did the works through Jesus when He ministered on earth, now He is working through us to get the job done. We need to stop giving sickness more credit than it deserves. It doesn’t have any power to stand against Jesus. He’s the Greater One. He’s greater than any kind of infirmity or disease that will ever exist. He could pray for a multitude and they would all be healed if they would receive Him. Now He’s inside us and He’s said to us, “You go in My Name. I’m giving My power to you. You take My place and carry on My ministry.” Sickness can’t stand before us any more than it could stand before Jesus! It’s time for us to rise up and believe that. It’s time for us to step out by faith in the Name of Jesus, and in His Anointing and reveal His glory. When He was on earth He was the light of the world. Now, we’re the light of the world. But people can’t see Him if we just keep Him locked up on the inside of us. We have to let Him out. He has to shine through us. Right now, the Holy Spirit is pouring out His power like never before. This is that! So don’t miss out on a minute of it. Freely receive…and freely give. Let your light shine brighter and brighter every day and the world will see Jesus through you! V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 25 days of CHRISTMAS GIFTS Unwrap a download a day Dec 1-25 kcmblessings.com 31 : BVOV

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