Matthew 10:1, 5-8 NIV
1Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.”
“Another High Place he tore down and ended, in our circle at least, was the monopoly of the ministry of the Holy Spirit by the pastor, priest, leader or the ‘Star’ up on the stage. ‘Everybody gets to play,’ he used to say. ‘Everybody gets to play!’ To prove the point once at some conference, in front of a group of academics who were frantically writing notes, he stopped and said, ‘You don’t get it, do you?’ Looking down he saw some children and called them up to him. There was a crippled man there and John said to the children, ‘You pray for him!’
‘Pray for him?’ they said, ‘What do we say?’ John answered: ‘Just ask Jesus to do what you think needs to be done.’ So the little boys said, ‘Jesus, heal this man’s broken legs!’ The man was healed right then and there!”(Carol Wimber, The Way It Was, p. 159)
Prayer:
“Lord, open our eyes to see the people in need of your healing. Send us to the ones who you are preparing to hear the gospel. In Jesus’ name. Amen.“
Let’s close by singing, “Anointing” by Jesus Culture (click here).
-NB