Healing Power is IN YOU

When people pray for healing, they tend to look up and expect answers and power to come from the third Heaven, the place where God dwells. However, healing power does not actually come down from Heaven. God’s healing power is found in every believer right now!

In preparing His disciples for His departure from earth, Jesus shared some important truths with them.

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”

John 14:16-18 NKJV

The Holy Spirit was not able to live inside of people until after Jesus rose from the dead. But now, if anyone accepts Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes to live inside of their re-created spirit.

Under the Old Covenant, the Spirit of God only dwelt in the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle. Once a year, one man—the High Priest—was able to enter that place and experience His presence. The instructions for entering in were so explicit, that if that High Priest didn’t follow them exactly, he was in danger of dropping dead. This is because he did not have a born-again spirit. He still had a sin nature, and sin does not mix with God’s holiness.

When a person’s spirit is born again, the sin nature completely passes away. The Bible says, “all things have become new.” Therefore, under the New Covenant, the Holy Spirit is able to live inside the spirits of believers.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 3:16 NKJV

We who believe have become the Holy of Holies for the Spirit of God.

Colossians 1:27 says it like this:

To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Not only can the Holy Spirit live in you if you are born again, but you can also be completely immersed in Him. There is a separate experience subsequent to salvation called the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Jesus thought it was so imperative to have this experience that He commanded His disciples not to preach until they received it.

“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

Luke 24:49 NKJV

The word “power” is translated from the Greek word “dunamis,” which means miraculous power! THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS THE HEALING POWER OF GOD! If we have the Holy Spirit, we have the healing power of God.

And here is what the Holy Spirit in you is capable of:

And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.

Romans 8:11 AMPC

This is saying that your mortal body—not your spirit—can be restored with the life and vitality of God by the Holy Spirit who lives in you. There is no greater power in all the world than the power of the Holy Spirit. And He lives in you if you are a child of God!

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

1 John 4:4 KJV

His power in us is greater than any sickness or pain. His power in us is greater than any problem we face. Now, the big question is, “How do we activate that power?” And the answer is THROUGH FAITH!

Faith believes and speaks. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. But faith is released by speaking the Word of God.

I routinely confess that the Holy Spirit in me is annihilating every trace of disease and pain in my body! I would suggest you do the same thing. We must stop focusing on our insufficiencies and start meditating on the truth that the Greater One lives in us. He is there to put us over in life!

Not only does the Holy Spirit heal our bodies. He also renews our strength and our youth.

Psalm 103:5 says,

Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

I’ve noticed that people who follow Jesus closely rarely ever look their age! We are preserved by the power of God in us.

Here is another great scripture for meditation:

But those who wait on the Lord

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 NKJV

The next time you need healing, don’t look in the distance for it. Healing power is in you and upon you right now. Simply believe it, speak it, and receive it!

If you're in the Aurora/Naperville area and are looking for a church that teaches the uncompromising Word of God, we invite you to visit Abundant Life Family Church. As a Word and Spirit church, we are committed to helping believers grow in faith, experience the power of God, and walk in His promises. Our services are filled with dynamic worship, Bible-based teaching, and an atmosphere where the Holy Spirit moves. Whether you’re searching for a church home or seeking a deeper relationship with God, we welcome you to join us and be part of a thriving community of faith!