Days of Praise ~ Yahweh Rapha, The LORD Who Heals

“If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26)

Father, we praise you that because you have revealed yourself as our Healer, we have the privilege and right to call you our Healer.

We Praise You that We Have Been Given Power and Authority!

We praise you that Jesus has been given all authority and has given us authority and power to cast out demons, speak in new tongues, and lay hands on the sick and they will recover. Signs will accompany us when we follow through with the commandment of the great commission. We have been given this power so we can be witnesses. The Spirit of God, who raised Christ from the dead lives in us and will also give us life. Because Jesus went to the Father, we will do even greater works. We praise you that our heart's eyes are enlightened, and we will know the hope you have called us to, your riches and glorious inheritance, and your incomparably great power, the same power that raised Christ from the dead. We praise you that that same power lives in us! We praise you that Christ is head over every power and authority. Since you are for us, who can be against us? You have made us more than conquerors. Your word is at work in us. The Holy Spirit, who lives in us, is greater than the one in the world.

We Praise You for Equipping us for Your Calling!

You will equip us with your power working through us, for what you have called us to do. We need to pray for and desire the manifestation of the Holy Spirit through the gifts you have given; Wisdom, knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing of Spirits, different tongues and interpretation of tongues. We praise you that we are preparing and being prepared for works of service, building the body of Christ to be unified in faith and knowledge of Jesus, attaining maturity – the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

We Praise You for Giving us Faith!

As we seek first your kingdom and righteousness, all these things will be added to us. As we confess our sin and pray, abide in you and your word, we will ask what we will and we will have it. Faith and heart conditions are involved in every aspect of our lives, and that includes healing. You give everyone a measure of faith, which is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. We only need as much faith as a mustard seed. Faith increases in us as we spend time reading, hearing and speaking your word, and yet, without works to accompany it, faith is dead.

Faith has a voice, asks, persists, is visible, active and obedient. (Matt 8:5-13, Lk 18:35-53, Matt 15:21-28, Acts 14:8-9, Mk 5:24-34, Lk 17:12-19) The faith we had when we confessed Jesus as Lord is the same faith we need for healing, or anything else. People are healed when they are commanded to be healed, when evil spirits in them are rebuked, when hands are layed on them, when Jesus touched them, when they are prayed for in faith, in the name of Jesus, with anointing oil, confession of sin and repentance, when the elders are called to pray and anoint with oil, when sin is confessed one to another. People were healed with handkerchiefs and cloths that had touched Peter, as well as when his shadow covered them. (Lk 13:10-13, Mk 9:17-32, Mk 16:17-18, Mk 6:53-56, James 5:14-16, Acts 19:11-12, Acts 5:12-16.) A hardened, unrepentant, unforgiving, unbelieving, fearful, sinful, irreverent, unconvinced heart hinders many things in life, including healing. (Jn 12:37-42, 2 Chron 7:14-15, Matt 6:9-15, Matt 18:21-35, Mk 6:4-6, Mk 5:21-43, Lk 18:1-6, John 5:14, 1 Cor 11:23-42, Mk 1:40-42, James 1:17.)

We Praise You even when we don't see Healing.

Not everyone is healed. You are sovereign and have proven that you are looking out for our best interests. Your ways are higher than ours. We trust in you and we won't depend on our own understanding. There is a time and a purpose for everything under heaven, including healing. If we acknowledge you in everything we do, you will direct our paths. We can trust that you are always with us. You said you would never leave us or forsake us. The Holy Spirit lives in us.

We Praise You that Your Will is Found in Your Word

We praise you God, that your divine plan includes healing for each one of us. You can heal anyone, anytime, anywhere, of anything. You want us to be whole in every single area of our lives, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, socially, financially, etc. Your will is found in your word, and your word expresses your desire to heal.

"Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." (John 21:25 ESV)

We pray that we will see and do more and more of your signs and wonders. We are ready for the world to be healed and to embrace your truth!