Teaching on Healing with Neil Chitty
Courage and the dogs of doom
The dogs of doom are barking at the door of destiny – the closer you get to the door the more they bark. When you back away the barking gets quieter, but you then end up squatting outside of your destiny. Take COURAGE, look at them in the eyes and walk through.
Peter and John were shut in prison for preaching and miracles – they didn’t pray for an easier time, they prayed that the miracles would increase. People saw their boldness and noted that they had been with Jesus.
Paradigm – what a word
Disciples / Learners – same thing
“Learning usually passes through three stages. In the beginning, you learn the right answers. In the second stage, you learn the right questions. In the third and final stage, you learn which questions are worth asking.”
Enquiring of God
(insights from Bob Hartley)
First: We adore Him.
We come into His courts with thanks giving – Psalms 100:1-5: 1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Second: We ask Him what to ask / enquire:
Job 38 – where were you when I founded the earth …
“Who did they say I am?”
Address your questions to Him, and then your hand becomes the hand of a read writer.
Questions to God are to come from a place of encounter with Him and confidence in Him.
1. God how do we flow in you at this time?
a. Right principles at the wrong time kill
i. June ’09 – God is the God of supply
ii. Truth has tensions – sometimes God supplied them in a different way to the way they requested. Eg The Syrophoenician women kept asking for her miracles, not just because she believed in His ability, but because she believed in His nature. We can ask in confidence because of His nature and goodness.
2. Relational questions / the hope in God sort of questions (Phillip 1:8-9)
a. Ask me (God) how you are to sit at this table with me at this hour, in an appropriate way for me to honour you and you to honour me?
b. God, what do you want to show me about your heart in this season?
c. God, can you trust me with Your heart?
d. Ask, God why do I mean everything to you today?
e. Ask, do who can I be for you in todays situation?
f. God, do I hold anything against you?
g. Do I underestimate you?
h. Do I have more than a casual relationship with you?
i. How have I been there with you at all times?
j. Will I trade our relationship for anything?
k. What do I love about you holding me?
l. What do I see about myself in you?
m. How much do I already delight in our relationship?
n. How many thoughts do I have about you, how many of these thoughts have ever been negative?
o. Do I have hopes and dreams about our relationship?
p. Do I have a way to deepen our relationship, and work out my dream in you>
q. Is there a reason why you picked us?
Alpha
A testimony to the power of prayer and the power of an Almighty God!!
I went to the QEII hospital in Welwyn for the scan and it wasn’t really what I had hoped for. The doctor said that it wasn’t a cyst but a mass that had to be investigated. He took a core biopsy (ouch!!) for testing. I then had to make my own appointment by phoning the Lister hospital on the way home. They first told me I had to wait for one to come in the post, but then she said she would call back but that it would be an appointment in 2-3 weeks at the QEII (a drive away from here). Madness! I am so angry at the whole NHS system! Grrrr….
Mum and I came home and had a cuppa. I was hoping this would have all been over today and he would have said “yup, it’s a cyst, go away!” but no. I have another waiting game to play. Mum took my hand and asked if we could pray. We prayed. We prayed for healing and we also prayed for the NHS, that somehow the results appointment would be “fast-tracked”. We prayed some more, thanking God for his father heart for both of us. We sighed and mum got up to go home. The phone rings… It’s the appointments dept at the Lister hospital (closer than the QEII) She has managed to get an appointment for the 15th February!!!! That’s only 12 days away! Priase God! I then realise that I have to be at the Lister on the 15th for an MRI at 10:50, perfect timing or WHAT???
So, what I would like to share with you all is that God is the God of impossibilities. What is your impossible situation at the moment? I would encourage you, even if you don’t believe it, to pray. Lift your eyes to God. He is simply incredible…
Thank you God.
Hayley Geurts
Colour, beauty and you…
Calling all ladies! What Season are you? Find the colours that best suit you and how to match them together.
One woman’s story of how God helped her at a time in her life when she may have been coordinated on the outside but inside she was falling apart.
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