Walk in Love and Live Healed (Part 3)

In past blogs, we began talking about the truth that Christians are redeemed from the curse of sickness and disease, but that they can still open a door to the devil that allows sickness to come upon them. There are reasons why believers suffer sickness, and we saw a key scriptural passage that brings out this truth.

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

1 Corinthians 11:27-30 NKJV

We see from this passage that the way we receive communion will affect our health. Not properly discerning the Lord’s body is the reason many are weak and sick, and many die prematurely. We saw that part of discerning the Lord’s body is discerning His spiritual body, the body of Christ.

The way we treat other people has everything to do with whether or not we can receive healing. It is so important to treat others the way we would treat Jesus. If we’re going to live in divine health, we will have to walk in God’s love.

If your faith is going to work and be effective, you will have to put the God kind of love to work. God’s love is the only thing that’s going to win out in the end because it NEVER FAILS.

Galatians 5:6 says,

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

It takes faith to receive God’s healing. Since faith works by love, we also need to let the love of God rule our words and actions. In order to let love rule, we need to know exactly what the love of God is?

Many think love is a feeling. We will certainly have feelings throughout our lives. One of the reasons the divorce rate is so high is because many have thought they lost the feeling of love. If we would live by God’s definition of love, we would never fail in our marriages. And we would also never fail to receive our healing.

Let’s take a look at the description of the God kind of love.

Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].

Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 AMPC

This is a Major Key to Experiencing Divine Healing

Believers need to understand how much ill will and animosity will harm them. It can affect your spiritual growth, can cause your prayers to be hindered, and can make you sick. It can even shorten your life.

Why? Every step out of love is a step into sin. And sin destroys.

If you realize you have gotten away from walking in love, get back to it just as fast as you can. Then you can live under God’s abundant provision and promises and enjoy His great blessings in your life.

Did you know that love is not a suggestion?  It is a commandment. God wouldn’t command us to do something we weren’t able to. He has given us His love to use and we are ABLE to do it.

1 John 4:20-21 says:

If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

I would venture to say that if I asked any of you today, “Do you love God?” that your answer would be overwhelmingly, “YES.” But the more important question is, “Do you love your husband?” or “Do you love your wife?” or “Do you love your children?” or “Do you love your brother or sister in Christ?”

Husbands, when was the last time you woke up early on your day off and made breakfast for your wife and children? When was the last time you asked your wife if there was something you could do to help her, instead of taking off and doing what YOU wanted to do with your time off work?

Wives, when was the last time you did something nice for your husband or children without complaining and letting them know it was a sacrifice? Husbands and wives, when was the last time you said, “I love you” to one another in a kind and tender way?

Love is an attitude and an action, not a feeling. Just like faith is expressed through actions, love must be expressed through actions.

Just as faith is expressed by your words, LOVE is expressed by words.

We express our love by saying, “I love you” and by acting lovely toward others. The more you say “I love you” and other endearing words to one another, and the more you practice actions of love, the more you will develop that love and the easier it will become.

Every Christian must decide for himself what he would like more:

            -    Health or sickness?

             -    Joy or sorrow?

            -    Provision or poverty?

If you want to receive healing, live in divine health and fulfill the number of your days, you will have to choose to walk in love. Today is a great day to forgive anyone who has offended you and receive your healing!

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