-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author
of Healing Words and Reinventing Medicine «I read this entire book in one sitting!
Not exact matches
The
words, Socrates tells us, were to be construed as both a greeting and an admonition to worshipers from the Greek god
of music, poetry and
healing: Know thyself — know your truthful soul, your imperfect and human self — before entering this hallowed ground.
In other
words, because gardening takes us to our «happy place» on so many levels and all at once, it is an exceptionally powerful and efficient way to activate our parasympathetic nervous system — the rest / digest mode, which stimulates the body's
healing response mechanisms and sets off a bio-chemical cascade
of wellness.
In these moments
of heartache and darkness, we hold on to God's
word in Scripture: «I have heard your prayer and seen your tears, I will
heal you.»
It has also chosen to remember the Second Inaugural's «with malice toward none, with charity for all» as opposed to overmuch remembrance
of the near - total war that made possible those
healing words.
Her
words have certainly been freeing, bringing
healing to those who know what it is like to start from nothing with the hopes
of overcoming.
These «
words of knowledge», which «almost always» lead to people being
healed, are a gateway for the gospel, he tells me.
You should be quiet happy to prove it wrong... so get going... use your mouth for more than blaspheming the
word of God and cursing and ridiculing those who believe differently and actually use it for good... you just might
heal a person.
And they tell everyone they felt him and that they saw him
heal someone and that someone gave a prophetic
word and the choir was great and a whole mob
of people made the altar call....
Hearing
of the miracles, the astounded restaurant manager was himself
healed of pain in his neck and shoulder after John received a «
word of knowledge».
But one thing you will not see me do is make an excuse that Jesus
healed then and not now, and that he
heals some and not all, because that's just not what the
word of God says.
God still revealed his
Word through holy souls, raising up the his chosen People to give the world hope
of healing and salvation.
I would write spoken
word poetry about
healing and miracles, about prophets and plainsong, about how good it feels to repent, about open doors and wide tables, about plain wooden chairs in opulent palaces, about dry bones rising up in the valley
of death to live again, about singing in the streets and the orderliness
of stockinette stitch in hand knits.
I turned to the
words I have often prayed over other women who come to me, the
words from Psalm 147: «He binds their wounds,
heals the sorrows
of their hearts....
Both his deeds
of healing and his
words repeatedly attest this fact.
Then we are going on this adventure with God, we can expect to receive
words of knowledge, prophetic guidance, see the sick
healed and captives delivered.
Anyway, it never made much sense to me since there is a general liturgical acknowledgement [Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but say the
word and I shall be
healed] that none
of us is * worthy * to receive the sacrament.
«And in and through it all, we find the elusive but powerful idea
of God's «
word,»» he says, «not as a synonym for the written scriptures, but as a strange personal presence, creating, judging,
healing recreating» (emphasis mine).
The
healing of memories is very important, but, (and it is a «but» with great caution), one must bear in mind Jesus own
words about living in the day — yesterday has gone and we should not worry about what tomorrow might bring.
But Jesus is special in that his
words and deeds (e.g. his preaching and acts
of healing, his fellowship with sinners and his death31) represent God's being and action in a decisive or normative fashion.
(A
word of encouragement - Todd White, initially for 3 and 1/2 mths he'd
heal people and nothing happened.
Jesus did not teach hate and intolerance he did not reject health care he
healed the sick he did not preach for profit and he did not deny anyone there rights he did not look down on others and he did not bear false witness the right wing conservatives have hijacked the
word of god to fit their political agenda.
Seemingly paranormal experiences, including miracles,
healing, prophecy, discernment
of spirits,
words of knowledge and glossolalia, are accepted as bona fide Christian experiences.
Then, in the reading from Acts, Peter tells Cornelius about «the
word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed by the devil; and God was with him.»
Proverbs 12:18 says, «There is one whose rash
words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue
of the wise brings
healing.»
Here's a list
of things we should test... 1) Worldwide floods 2) Seas parting at the command
of a person 3) talking snakes, donkeys, and bushes 4) People spontaneously turning into pillars
of salt 5) a few loaves
of bread and some wine feeding thousands 6) instantaneous
healing of disease 7) worlds forming in 6 days 8)
words forming on stone tablets without the assistance
of a living creature 9) people walking on water 10) resurrection on command
Spiritual and physical needs are all
of a piece, and both can be met by Jesus»
word of healing.
Do not the fruits
of the Spirit evoke all positive and
healing words and deeds into life?
In interviews by e-mail, Heyman, now 68, said, «I personally doubt that Eshleman and I will be able to sort things out — wounds caused by backstabbing do not
heal quickly, and the abuse
of scripture perpetrated by [Campus Crusade] is an ongoing affront to the
Word.»
The unusual gestures and the use
of spittle (a traditional habit
of ancient exorcists) can perhaps be explained by the man's deafness: he is unable to hear the usual
word of command and
healing.
In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to
Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the
word for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to sacrifice his son is very different than the
word for the angel
of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father
of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of our people is NOT because
of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice
of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE
OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE
OF GO
OF GOD.
A memorial service to honour those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire will be an opportunity for «
words of healing and truth», a bereaved relative said.
In other
words, the anointing
of oil in James 5:14 is thought to be sort
of a symbol for the
healing power
of God coming upon the person to delivery them from sickness.
When drowning in
words words empty
words, I will put my back and my hands into real work, finding the gift
of doing things,
of making things,
of creating things,
of healing things,
of feeding people,
of bringing order out
of chaos even in small ways.
Because
of the post-resurrection viewpoint, anecdotes
of healing and exorcism were combined with the passion story and the
words of Jesus as the Son
of God in a transaction that changed heaven and earth.
The entire reality
of Jesus
of Nazareth, including not only his preaching and acts
of healing, but his fellowship with sinners and his eventual death on the cross, was transparent to the
word he sought to proclaim.
We're tempted to think that the
Word speaks when Jesus turns water to wine,
heals a man who has been lame for decades, gives sight to a man born blind, and calls the corpse
of Lazarus out
of the grave.
Brown is often able to identify the problems before he is told them and calls out illnesses in the audience that are being
healed (a «
word of knowledge» in charismatic parlance).
Not only through the ministry
of his
words and works, but through his death in apparent defeat and the triumph
of his resurrection to be with us always as a Living Presence, God has acted for our
healing.
But Jesus is already able to communicate to others in
word and deed the powers
of God's Kingdom; one who is taught or
healed by him is already within the Kingdom.
The nearness
of the kingdom is revealed not only in Jesus»
words, but also in his actions:
healing, casting out demons, performing miracles or signs.
«As for the
word which He, the Lord
of all, sent to the children
of Israel, preaching the Gospel
of peace through Jesus the Messiah, you know the thing (literally, «the
word») that happened through all Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached; that God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with Holy Spirit and power; and He went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
publishing game
of today have taken to promoting the idea that those
words — cure,
healing, and deliverance — were misleading and, by their interpretations, were mistaken.
Be very mindful how you pin a name on your brother sister; remember the church is there the burden and those who have sinned yet we become so eager to judge; the
word has already judged him, God at this very moment is dealing with him in ways that no man can as we judge him, we have judged ourself, we can easily forgive when his sin is like ours, but when it is not; they killed CHRIST CAUSE HE SAID HE COULD RISE THE TEMPLE IN THREE DAYS; to the people
of that day and time it was a lie; as we forgive him we are forgive ourselves for believing in man and not the
word; the
word is still true, and God can still use him; but we must believe and fellow the
word God no matter what; God has a way
of making something good out
of what is bad; that where the hope comes in; the faith in blessed redemption;
heal our nation lord;
heal our minds love forgive all;
See John 20:30; Mark 16:17 - 20; John 2:11; Acts 2:22: («Ye men
of Israel, hear these
words: Jesus
of Nazareth, a man approved
of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst
of you, as ye yourselves also know»); Acts 2:43: -LRB-»... and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles»); Acts 4:29 - 30: «And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy
word, By stretching forth thine hand to
heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name
of thy hold child Jesus»); Hebrews 2:3 - 4: («How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts
of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will»); Romans 15:17 - 19: («I have therefor whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
They are also, at times, made by my fellow members
of the Body
of Christ, who do not realize that while their
words hold the power to bring
healing to others, they also hold the power to wound.
Speaking in tongues, prophetic
words from the Lord for one another, laying on hands in the belief that God would and could
heal, all
of it.
If so, his cures were not miraculous in the modern sense
of the
word; they were extraordinary, but not supernatural, instances
of psychosomatic
healing.
His
Word is Truth that liberates and
heals, but also challenges and divides as it penetrates the very heart
of a man, «where the soul is divided from the spirit», and demands a response.
We had the means
of seeing the flesh, but not
of seeing the
Word: the
Word was made flesh which we could see, that the heart, by which we should see the
Word, might be
healed.»