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Did you know that God desires for you not just to live a long life, but to be satisfied in that life? A life filled with peace, purpose, and strength—right up until your last breath. Psalm 91:16 says, With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation. Let’s take a closer look at that. The word “ satisfy ” in the original Hebrew means to have plenty of , to be full , to be satiated . And the word “ salvation ” means more than just being saved from sin. It means deliverance, aid, victory, health, and prosperity. So what is God saying here? He’s promising, “I will fill your life with aid, victory, healing, prosperity—and you’ll live long enough  to enjoy it all!” Isn’t that powerful? Now let’s connect that to another promise in Psalm 103:5. Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. God doesn’t just want to keep you alive, He wants to renew your strength. Just like the eagle soars higher with age, you, too, can be strong and full of energy—even in your later years. Now, as with many promises in Scripture, there’s a condition. Ps 91:1 says, He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. There is the condition— dwelling in the secret place. This isn’t about visiting God once a week on Sunday. This is living  in His presence, which is spending time in the Word, in prayer, worship, and listening to His voice. In His presence, you find direction ,  protection , and provision. Jesus echoes this same truth in John 15:4-6 . “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” Abiding in Jesus is the key to bearing fruit— answered prayer , healing , and yes— long life . But how do we actually abide ? Let me give you two simple ways: 1️. Abide in the Word. Jesus is the Word made flesh. The more you get the Word in your heart, the more connected you are to Him. Meditate on Scripture. Let it shape how you think, speak, and live. 2️. Abide in God’s plan for your life. God has a plan  for your life. Not a vague, one-size-fits-all plan, but a personal, detailed assignment. It’s in the presence of God that you discover this plan. You find direction through His Word, through prayer, and through the teaching of your pastor. The Lord once told my pastor, “Tell my people that long life is connected to My plan for their life.” That is a revelation we all need to hold onto. You see, your protection and provision are found in the plan of God. And if you're not pursuing that plan, if you're drifting, distracted, or disobedient, you might be opening the door to the enemy. That’s why we must take God’s calling seriously. Psalm 139:13-18 NLT says this: You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!   Not only does God have a plan for your life, He has a plan for every day of your life according to this passage. There are pages of your life written in Heaven. Are you walking them out? You’re not an accident. You’re not here to just get by or figure it out as you go. God is an intelligent being—He can get His plan to you if you’re willing to seek Him. Paul tells us that God has a specific calling for every one of His children. I therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God's service]. (Ephesians 4:1 AMPC)   There is a divine call on your life that only you can fulfill. Now let’s talk practically. What does God’s plan include for every  believer? We’re all called to the ministry of reconciliation—to share Jesus with others. We’re all called to pray. We’re all called to give and serve in our local church. And our plan is connected to the vision of our pastor—we don’t walk this out alone. But what about the specifics? Like where to live, what job to take, whom to marry, when to go, when to stay? Those answers come in the secret place, in your daily time with God. And usually, they’re confirmed by the leaders He’s placed in your life. God never leads by confusion. He’s orderly. And if you’ll stay close to Him, He’ll keep you on the right track. Once you discover God’s plan, you’ve got to stay focused. Hebrews 12:1-2  says: “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” You’re in a race. And the only way to finish strong is to keep your eyes on Jesus—the Word—and stay on your course. Did you know you have cheerleaders in Heaven? That “great cloud of witnesses” is made up of those who’ve gone before us in faith, cheering us on as we run our race. So, let us: Lay aside every distraction. Put away sin. Don’t quit. And keep your focus on Jesus. Because when you do, you’ll live a life that’s full, fruitful, long, and satisfied. As we close, I want you to remember this: You’re not too young. You’re not too old. You’re not too broken. You’re not too late. God has a plan, and He wants you to walk in it—strong, healed, joyful, and full of purpose We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

We began a series on why some believers are suffering from lingering symptoms of disease in their bodies. We have seen that believers are redeemed from the curse of sickness. Why, then, are so many dealing with disease and pain?   Today we want to talk about another potential cause: a lack of consecration . Kenneth E. Hagin, who ministered with integrity and wisdom for nearly 70 years, observed that there is much more sickness in the church today than there was many decades ago. He believed it was due to a lack of consecration.   Consecration is defined as separation for a sacred purpose or from a common or profane use. Many in the church are suffering from sickness because they have a lifestyle of sin, or of profane use.   Preaching against sin has never been popular, and it’s even more unpopular today. I believe there are two main reasons for a lack of preaching against sin.   One reason  is due to a pendulum swing. For many centuries, the Church placed a heavy emphasis on sin. You could say that the Church was in a ditch on one side of the road; there was no light or teaching on the righteousness of the believer. Then the pendulum started to swing towards teaching on righteousness. It is very important to understand that once we are born again, we become the righteousness of God in Christ. Understanding this helps us to live free from sin.   However, the pendulum has swung to such an unsound extreme about righteousness that some ministers claim Christians don’t even have to repent of sin anymore. This is the ditch on the other side of the road. If we never preach against sin, it will gain access in the believer’s life. This is why virtually every book of the New Testament addresses the sin issue.   The second reason  that sin is not preached as much is because the generation in which we currently live is more wicked than the generations of the past 200 years. The spirit of the world will always try to get into the Church. Being surrounded by wickedness, many in the Church have been swayed to conform to some of the world’s ways and think that God approves of these ways. However, He does not adjust His standard of holiness to accommodate the sinful desires of mankind. God never changes! Why does He not approve of sin? Because sin is an open door to the devil, and it destroys people.   1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.   We have been set apart by God for His use, not for what we want, and certainly not for what the world wants.   The fact that sin can bring sickness is a truth that is taught throughout the scriptures. Let’s look at three places.   ● Paul taught us to examine ourselves in 1 Corinthians 11. Why would we examine ourselves if change wasn’t necessary?   ● James suggested that sin may be involved with sickness.  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (James 5:15-16 NKJV)   ● Jesus made clear that sin can open a door to sickness. Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. (John 5:8-9 NKJV) Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more , lest a worse thing come upon you.”  (John 5:14 NKJV)   When the poison of sin is allowed to remain in a person’s life, healing is hindered—yet many still expect it and wonder why it does not come. If there is to be a cure, the poison must be removed.   We are not suggesting that all sickness is the result of sin. However, according to scripture, sin is one reason for sickness in a believer’s life. If this is the case, the way to receive healing is to repent of the sin and stop sinning! Consecrate your life afresh to the Lord.   God is merciful and forgiving. His mercy endures forever. He will forgive and forget.   Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.    (Psalm 103:2-3 NKJV) Consecration is not about condemnation—it’s about alignment with God so nothing hinders what He has already provided. If you are dealing with lingering symptoms, take time to examine your heart. If the Lord reveals anything, respond quickly—repent, receive His forgiveness, and walk in obedience. When the obstacle is removed, the flow is restored. God has already provided both forgiveness and healing. As you consecrate your life to Him, you position yourself to receive all that He has promised. (This series was inspired by Nancy Dufresne .) We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

If you are someone who has endeavored to use your faith for healing, but are tempted to be frustrated by delayed results, this message is for you. We began a series addressing the various reasons why some believers may be struggling with lingering disease in their bodies. I encourage you to go back and read previous blogs to get the full benefit.   Ephesians 4:27 says, Neither give place to the devil.   The devil can no longer take a place in you when you are born again. However, you can open a door and give him a place through different avenues. If we seek the Lord and find out where a door is open, we can then shut the door just as easily and receive our healing.   Some of the avenues we talked about in past blogs were: 1) Refusing to walk in love & having a loss of peace 2) A lack of gratitude 3) Not properly discerning the Lord’s body .   If any of these are present in our lives, we need to make changes if we want to receive complete healing. Some have actually commented that we don’t have to make any changes, because that would mean healing is works-based rather than by grace. However, to regard correction as unnecessary for receiving healing would mean we would need to dismiss the following teaching from the apostle Paul.   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 11:28-30)   Paul emphatically stated that there is a reason why many are weak, sick, and die prematurely. If I was suffering from lingering symptoms of disease, I would want to examine myself and see if there was an open door so I could close it.   We are each responsible for how we conduct our lives. If we deny that change is ever needed, we fall into the trap of the saying, “whatever will be will be”. But thank God, we are not victims of chance or circumstance. He has given us His mind and His ability to make any necessary changes for receiving all He has for us, including healing.   This leads us to another area that believers might open the door to the devil.   By refusing to listen!   God is so good to us that He will navigate us out of sickness and into health, if we are willing to listen. Those who enter every conversation or situation with an attitude that they know everything will not fare well in life. This is called pride! This is being stubborn!   People can give place to the devil by not listening to God, to their pastor, to their spouse, or to godly counsel.   Matthew 5:5 says, Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.   The Cambridge English Dictionary defines meek as, “ quiet, gentle, and not willing to argue or express your opinions in a forceful way.”   To be meek is to be teachable. Even Jesus described Himself as meek. When we receive instructions from the Lord, even if through another person, we would do well to heed or listen instead of argue.   We have an entire Bible full of stories where the people refused to listen to the instructions or warnings from the Lord. In each account, the refusal grieved the Lord. Why? Because in each instance refusing to listen meant forgoing God’s answer or provision. He wants us to live with the blessing, not the curse.   As I read through several hundred accounts where people did not listen to God and His spokesmen, I noted that it always said “they refused” to listen. Refusal is a decision. You can decide to listen and do—or to refuse and suffer the results.   Look at what Jeremiah 7:23-26 says: But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you .’ Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.  Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck.   God wants us to listen so that all will go well with us. And He often uses other people to get a message across to us.   I know of a preacher who was getting ready to eat some raw oysters he ordered at a restaurant. His wife could see that they didn’t look and smell right, so she said, “I wouldn’t eat those if I were you.” He decided to disregard what she said and ate them anyway.  As a result, he ended up very sick with food poisoning. It’s one thing to ingest something poisonous by accident, and another thing to eat something intentionally that you know is spoiled. He said he repented for not listening to his wife, and he was then healed of the poisoning.   Some have refused to listen to their pastor. This includes not only messages from the pulpit, but private comments or suggestions made.   A member of our church once told us he was suffering from very bad rashes on his back. He tended to perspire a lot. My husband, his pastor, suggested he buy all cotton shirts. He disregarded the advice for a long time, thinking it really didn’t matter. Eventually, he decided to start wearing all cotton shirts, and within a short time, the rash was gone.   His wife said to him, “You should have listened to Pastor!”   Pastors are certainly not called to run our lives. But the Lord can use them, or anyone He chooses, to speak things that are answers for us. Our job is to perceive by the unction of the Holy Spirit in us that it is our answer when we hear it.   Matthew 11:15 from the Amplified Classic Translation says, He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing.   In Acts 27, the apostle Paul warned the captain of the ship not to set sail because of the harm that was coming. He refused to listen. Although God spared all who were on the ship for Paul’s sake, they lost a great deal of wealth.   Psalm 1:1 from the Amplified Classic Translation says, BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.   This tells us that who we listen to is important. Yes, we must always ultimately follow what the Spirit of God says to our own spirit. But the Holy Spirit will many times confirm what He’s trying to get across to us through godly people. When somebody knows God and their life bears the fruit of walking with God, we benefit by listening to them.   (This series was inspired by Nancy Dufresne .) We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

So many have written and told us they have become frustrated because they believe they are using their faith, yet still they have symptoms of disease and pain in their bodies. Therefore, I began a series of blogs addressing the various reasons why a believer may be struggling with sickness.   I began last time by reading from Galatians to lay a small foundation:   Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Galatians 3:13-14 NKJV)   We saw that the curse of the law is threefold: spiritual death, sickness , and poverty or lack. As believers in Jesus Christ, we are redeemed from sickness and disease. So we began answering the question of why so many believers still have sickness and disease if we are redeemed from it?   Ephesians 4:27 tells us,  “Neither give place to the devil.”   When you are born again, the devil can no longer just take a place in you whenever he wants.  However, even as a born again believer, you can open a door that gives him a place to work. The good news is that if we seek the Lord and find out where a door is open, we can then shut the door just as easily and receive our healing.   Some of the avenues we talked about in past episodes were refusing to walk in love, a loss of peace, and a lack of gratitude. I would encourage you to go back and read the previous blogs in order to get the full benefit of this series.   Today, I want to return to a scripture that sheds further light on reasons why some may be having difficulty receiving healing.   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 11:28-31 NKJV)   Not discerning the Lord’s body is the reason Paul lists as to why MANY are weak, sick, and die prematurely. There are other causes implied throughout the Bible, but this is specifically stated. That ought to get our attention!!   There is a two-fold application here: 1.     Discerning the Lord’s physical body  – We must discern and understand that the cause for sin, sickness, and disease was laid on Jesus, and by His stripes we were healed. 2.     Discerning the Lord’s spiritual body – This is what I want to focus on today.   The Lord’s spiritual body is the Church! Since Christians are part of Jesus’ body, discerning the Lord’s body means we must discern how our actions will affect others in the body of Christ. According to this passage, when Christians do not discern how their actions affect others in the body, they can become weak, sick, and even die prematurely.   Ephesians 4:16 says, [From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.   There is a supply for every part of the body to bring. When we bring our supply, the body is increased. However, if we don’t bring our supply, the body is decreased.   In searching for answers as to why we may not have received our healing, we must ask if we are helping the body to increase or causing it to decrease. Contrary to what many think, no man is an island. What we do always affects others.   This is a big deal to God! By not properly bringing our supply to the body, we can open the door wide to the devil to attack us with sickness and disease.         There are 5 ways to bring your supply to the body of Christ: 1.     Find the pastor God has for you and get planted there. God assigns every believer to a local church, but more importantly, to a specific pastor that He knows will help them fulfill their assignment in life.   There are always exceptions to this. Some people cannot get out and about for various reasons, or there may not be a good church nearby. These exceptions have an answer. By listening to teaching from ministries like ours, you can develop your faith to eventually get out, and you can pray a good church into your area.   Even Jesus faithfully attended synagogue and helped in His local congregation. The people there knew who He was.   So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.  (Luke 4:16 NKJV)   If we want to be like Jesus, we must be faithful to help a local body fulfill the plan God gave it for the earth.   2.     Give your tithes and offerings to your church. God’s work in the earth needs to be funded, and God is the One who ordained that it be funded through tithes and offerings. When we withhold our tithes and offerings, we diminish the ability of the church to reach the world as it should. Although the message is free, the pipeline to get it to people costs money.   Part of discerning the Lord’s body is discerning our part in bringing our financial supply. I heard a story of a woman who came up in a healing line to be ministered to. The Holy Spirit revealed to the preacher that she was not a tither. He told her if she would begin tithing, she would receive her healing—and she did! Why? Because she began to discern properly.   3.     Pray for your pastor and local church. Prayer moves the plan of God for His church forward. If we don’t pray as we ought, people in the local church may not receive all they can. And people outside of the church will not receive like they should. This is also discerning that our actions affect others.   4.     Get involved in helping your local church. The local church is a family. In a family, all members should have chores or responsibilities. It is courteous and kind to help with the load of the ministry.   Many believers are sick because they come, sit, and listen, but never lift a hand to help. This puts undo strain on the other members, therefore it is not discerning the Lord’s body.   5.     Walk in love with the body. There is one more important point that must be made. It is dangerous to do anything that will harm or divide the local body. Any words that cause strife, division, or offense will open the door to the devil. It is dangerous to speak ill of the pastor in a way that would cause the sheep to lose confidence in their pastor. It is also harmful to speak ill of other members of the church.   So we see that walking in love is essential to receiving healing and to stay healed!   (We want to give credit for this series to Nancy Dufresne .) We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

Many have written us with concerns about lingering symptoms of sickness even after praying. So, we began a series of blogs last week addressing some of the possible causes for this. We saw that Christians have sickness for different reasons than unbelievers, because Christians are redeemed from the curse of the law.   Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.  (Galatians 3:13-14 NKJV)   We saw that the curse of the law was three-fold. It includes spiritual death, sickness, and poverty or lack. If Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, then as believers in Jesus Christ, we are redeemed from sickness and disease. So, we began answering the question of why so many believers still have sickness and disease even though we are redeemed from it.   Ephesians 4:27 says, Neither give place to the devil.   The devil can no longer take a place in you when you are born again. However, you can open a door and give him a place through different avenues. As stated in our previous blog, this will not be an exhaustive study. Our goal is to give some insight into various areas that are often overlooked on our journey of faith. If we seek the Lord and find out where a door is open, we can then shut the door just as easily and receive our healing.   Two ways we discussed in last week’s blog were refusing to walk in love and losing our peace. I would encourage you to go back and read it if you haven’t yet had a chance. Today, we are going to discuss a third possibility for why symptoms may be lingering in the life of a believer.   3. A lack of gratitude.   Few Christians realize how important it is to have an attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving in life. Those who are not thankful and always complain will not likely walk in health and healing. Most of the people I have known who are always full of disease are also always full of complaining.   Faith has its greatest expression through thankfulness and gratitude toward God for all He has provided. We should also be thankful toward other people. When we fail to be joyful and thankful, we open the door to the enemy.   God warned us in Deuteronomy 28:47-48, “Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, therefore you shall serve your enemies.”   Sickness is an enemy!   We see a perfect illustration of how the door was opened to the devil by complaining in the Old Testament. The people repeatedly complained against the Lord and against Moses, and it did not end well for them.   And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.  (Numbers 21:5-6)   Serpents always represent Satan. You can open a door to the devil by murmuring, complaining, and griping against God, or even against your pastor. (Moses was really like their pastor.) To complain will cause you to remain in a bad place. Why is complaining an open door? Because complaining is the voice of unbelief! If we were really in faith about something, we would not be complaining about it.   Let’s look at a   story about Paul and Silas as an example of the proper response to adverse circumstances. And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.  (Acts 16:23-27)   Naturally speaking, Paul and Silas had every reason to gripe and complain. They landed in a prison for obeying God. But they had the spirit of faith! How do we know this? Praise is the sound of faith! They understood the power of praise, and they also knew the outcome of complaining. They knew the Old Testament stories, and Paul is the one who said they were written for our examples.   Paul said in 1 Corinthians 10:10-11, nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.   Paul and Silas praised their way out of bondage and into freedom. You, too, can praise your way out of sickness and into health!   Hebrew 13:15 tells us, Therefore, by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.   Praise must be in our mouths continually. Continual praise holds us in continual victory. We are to continually express faith, and not just have moments of faith.   Many are sick today because they are behind in their praise and gratitude. If that describes you, you can change it instantly! Make the decision to give up complaining. Become a praiser. As you praise and worship God continually, you will find that your symptoms will disappear. We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

So many have written and told us they have become frustrated because they believe they are using their faith, yet still they have symptoms of disease and pain in their bodies. Therefore, I thought it would be helpful to begin a series of blogs that address several reasons why a believer may be struggling with sickness. This will not be exhaustive but will give some insight into areas that are often overlooked on our journey of faith.   I want to begin with a few foundational scriptures that will lay the groundwork for these teachings.   Galatians 3:13-14 says, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.   It’s good to know we are redeemed from the curse of the law. However, we must understand what the curse of the law is. Deuteronomy 28:5-68 lists all the curses that would come upon those who failed to obey God’s law. God’s will has always been that His people live under the blessing. That is why He warned His people in Deuteronomy chapter twenty-eight to obey Him.   The curse of the law can be divided into three categories: spiritual death (separation from God), sickness, and poverty. Thank God, Christ has redeemed us from all three! Those who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior never again have to be separated from God and all that separation represents. They never again have to be separated from health, and never again be separated from provision. On the other hand, unbelievers have no protection from the curse because they are under the lordship of Satan and in rebellion to God’s Word.   Now, if Christians are redeemed from the curse of sickness and disease, why are so many experiencing it in their lives? For a completely different reason than unbelievers! Ephesians 4:27 says, “ Neither give place to the devil.”   The devil can no longer take a place in you when you are born again. However, you can open a door and give him a place through different avenues. Sometimes we are fully aware of where we gave place to him, but many times we are not aware. Unfortunately, what we don’t know can actually cause all kinds of problems for us.   Hosea 4:6 says, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. In order to get the door closed to the devil, we need information.   We need the wisdom of God. Let me clarify that just because you’re facing a trial does not always mean that you are failing or that you have opened a door to the devil. Even when we are in the will of God, the devil will often attack us because he seeks to hinder our progress.   In either case, we can receive wisdom and direction through seeking the Lord. And my prayer today is that you will find answers in this and upcoming blogs. Let’s look at one more foundational scripture.   1 Corinthians 11:30 says, For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.   According to this verse, there is a reason why Christians become weak, sick, or die prematurely. Our responsibility as believers is to seek the Lord and find that reason, and then deal with it so we can receive our healing.  Accordingly, we are going to look at two reasons why some get sick and do not receive healing.   1.     Refusing to walk in love. Immediately after teaching one of the greatest messages on faith, Jesus also taught us to forgive. There is a major correlation between forgiving and receiving.   Mark 11:24-26 says, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”   Here is my interpretation of this: Forgive everyone  of anything , every time ! If you allow the least bit of bitterness toward someone in your life, it will hinder your ability to receive healing. Sometimes people have thought if they cut someone off from their life and held their mistakes against them that it will get them back for what they did.  However, all it really does is hurt the one who refuses to forgive! It’s like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die from it.   If you really want to receive healing, this is the first area I would recommend examining. If you have difficulty walking in love, I would suggest you meditate upon 1 Corinthians 13. It gives us the definition of the God kind of love and how it behaves. You will notice that none of the description includes “feelings.” It is all about action. The power to walk in love actually comes from getting those scriptures into your heart in abundance.   2.     Losing your peace.   Worry and fear will cause you to lose your peace faster than anything! Fear is the opposite of faith. So when you are worried or fearful, you are not in faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God, and it is impossible to receive healing. That is because everything we receive from God comes by faith.   There is a penalty for worrying. It keeps the mind in the natural arena instead of focusing on the spiritual arena where healing is found. In my book Untroubled I address this very subject in detail. It might be a great help for you to read it if you struggle in this area.   According to the National Institute of Mental Health, over 60 million adults in the U.S. have some form of mental illness. The majority of it is in the form of anxiety and depression. Medical science teaches us that 80% of all illnesses stem from a poor mental health condition.   If you are worried about your body, your symptoms, and your outcome, you are not in a position to receive your healing. The way to turn that around is to spend your days meditating upon healing scriptures and worshipping God. Fill your heart and mind with the truth of God’s Word. He will not fail to perform His Word for you if you will stop worrying and start trusting Him.   Jesus told the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:34, “Daughter, your faith (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [distressing bodily] disease.”   Once we receive our healing, we keep it by maintaining our peace. We maintain our peace by keeping our thoughts on the Word.   You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.  (Isaiah 26:3 NKJV)   These are just two areas that can be examined if you are struggling with symptoms. In upcoming blogs, we will look at some other potential areas that could be hindering healing power from flowing in your body. Until then, keep meditating upon God’s Word, keep praying, and keeping worshipping our Healer! We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

Are you facing sickness, pain, or a diagnosis that’s left you feeling hopeless? I want you to know that God still heals. And not only that— He wants to heal you!    To receive divine healing, there are three powerful truths you must believe. In this blog, I’ll walk you through each one, straight from God’s Word, to help you position your heart and faith to receive the healing Jesus paid for. These three steps are so simple that even a child can do them. So don’t let the simplicity of the message be a stumbling block for you.   1.     Step One – Believe God is Able Most people believe that God is able to heal. But just in case you are struggling with this truth, we are going to look at what the Bible says about it.   Matthew 9:27-30 says: When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!" And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you." And their eyes were opened.   I want to point out that when the sick came for healing in the gospels, they often asked for mercy! The Bible teaches us that God is the Father of Mercies, plural. If He was only the God of forgiveness, it would say “Mercy”, singular. But God also has healing mercy.   I also want to point out that the blind men cried and prayed. People are very proficient at crying and praying. If you stop reading at the end of verse 27, you’ll see that crying and praying didn’t get the job done. They were still blind.   Many request healing, which is a step in the right direction. But a lot of people fail because all they do is cry and pray, which is not enough to receive healing. We must also believe the right things!   Jesus asked the blind men, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” And when they responded “Yes, Lord”, He told them it was according to their faith that they received healing. He didn’t say according to My faith let it be to you. It matters that we believe God is able, which is the first step to receiving divine healing.   2.     Step Two – Believe God is Willing This is an area where many falter. They believe God is able, but they question whether or not He is willing. This thinking has evolved because of the experiences of many who did not receive healing after praying for it.   There are many reasons why people do not receive healing, but none of them has to do with the will of God for them. We should never build a doctrine based on the experiences of people. This is what shipwrecks people’s faith. Our faith should always be based upon the Word of God.   There was a leper in the gospels who had this same problem. He questioned whether or not Jesus was willing to heal him. And Jesus settled this question once and for all.   Matthew 8:2-3 says:  And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.   In this case, the leper believed that Jesus was able. However, he questioned His willingness. I want you to know this was not just the will of God for one select leper on the planet. I challenge you to read through the gospels and find one instance where Jesus told someone who came to Him, “It’s not My will to heal you.” You won’t find it – He never turned away anyone who came to Him for healing!   There were plenty of times when Jesus had to get their believing straightened out before they could receive their healing. But He was always patient and worked with them. Jesus is patiently waiting for all to see the light of how divine healing works. He longs for you to receive your healing today!   It is always the will of God to heal! Jesus paid the price for your healing. It’s a done deal!   3.     Step Three – Believe That You Receive   Mark 11:24 says:  Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.   It’s important to ask or pray in life. But asking is not enough. According to this verse, you must believe that you receive your answer when you pray.   Once you pray, it’s important that you don’t start looking for the answer in your body. Things might not change immediately, but your faith says you believe you receive your healing. Notice the last part of that verse says, “and you WILL have them?”   When you really believe with your heart, your healing has begun, regardless of what you feel or see. Hold fast to what you believe in all three of these areas. Believe God is able, believe God is willing, believe you receive when you pray, and you will have the healing you long for! We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

I’ve had people ask me how I can be sure that healing is always God’s will. The answer is very simple: The Bible tells me so! The Bible makes it clear what is a work of the devil, and what is a work of God.   John 10:10 from the Amplified Classic says: The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).   This verse reveals that anything that steals, kills or destroys is from the devil. And anything that gives life is from God. Let’s just be frank and honest - DISEASE IS CRUEL!  Disease steals health. It steals happiness and money we need for other things. Disease is a thief.   Disease makes slaves of people, both the sick and those who care for the sick. Loved ones are often awake day and night taking care of the sick. They become robbed of joy and rest. Sickness is not of love, and God is love.   Since sickness is a thief, it’s of the devil. Don’t ever tell anyone that disease is the will of God. It is the will of hate, the will of Satan. If disease has become the will of love, then love is turned to hate.   To believe that disease is the will of the Father is to be deceived by our enemy. If you search the Gospels, you will not find one place where Jesus told someone it was not His will to heal them. The four gospels contain nineteen accounts of individuals who came to Jesus for healing, and all nineteen were healed. We can see through these accounts that DISEASE IS CRUEL!   The following are a few examples: 1.     Mark 5:25-26 NKJV  Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.   This is not a picture of abundant life! She went through countless remedies and therapies at the hands of physicians. She spent all the money she had and still suffered and got worse. This story validates the truth that DISEASE IS CRUEL, but GOD IS GOOD!   2.     Mark 1:40-42 NKJV Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean." Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed." As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.   Leprosy is a horrible disease! Although it is mostly curable in our day, back in the days of Jesus it was lethal. A person with leprosy had to live isolated away from their family, never to embrace them again. There was a social stigma attached. Leprosy eventually resulted in tissue loss, causing fingers, toes, noses, and ears to become shortened and deformed. Other symptoms included nerve damage and infections.   This DISEASE WAS CRUEL, but GOD IS GOOD!   3.     Luke 13:10-13 NKJV Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity."  And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.   Can you imagine being bowed over for eighteen years? Not only would it be inconvenient, but it would be degrading to live in that position. I’m sure it was painful to move about in that position. However, we can see again that DISEASE IS CRUEL, but GOD IS GOOD!   Jesus always had compassion and healed people of their diseases. He actually healed on credit during His earthly ministry. But when He suffered on the cross, Jesus paid the debt owed in order for us to live completely healed!   Isaiah 53:4-5 from the Amplified Classic says: Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. [Matt 8:17.] But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.   This is not referring to spiritual healing as some have taught. It is referring to the physical healing of the body. One place that proves this refers to physical healing is in the New Testament in Matthew chapter eight. Jesus healed the leper, the centurion’s servant, Peter’s mother in law, and then a multitude of people in fulfillment of Isaiah 53.   Matthew 8:17 says, That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.   Jesus healed the sick to bring them abundant life. It was the will of God who is Love.  And Jesus still heals today!   Hebrews 13:8 says: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. We pray that this blog post was a blessing to you! If you'd like to sow a financial seed into this ministry, or learn more about becoming a partner, please visit https://www.millerministries.org/partner . Thank you, and may God richly bless you!

Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.  (Jeremiah 32:17)   No matter what you are facing today, nothing is too big for God. Knowing that God can handle anything we face is comforting. He is bigger than any problem we will ever face. However, receiving help is not determined only by what God can do. It is also determined by what we can believe.   Jesus confirmed this when talking with the father of a boy who had epilepsy. He said in Mark 9:22-23: And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."   There is a process involved in believing. Believing is necessary to receive anything from God. But before we can believe, we must lay hold of the hope that is set before us in the promises of God! Hope is the starting point for receiving. We could say that hope is the blueprint for faith to build upon.   Hebrews 11:1 says: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.   Faith will give substance to the things we hope for. This takes place as we find the promises of God, think about them, and meditate upon them. Meditation requires imagination. God actually gave us an imagination so that we could see things by the spirit that do not yet exist in the natural realm. He gave us the ability to imagine just how big He is in us!   We have to imagine ourselves with what God promises. If you need healing, imagine yourself completely whole and doing things you have been unable to do. The more you meditate, or imagine yourself with what God promises, the bigger it will become on the inside of you than what you see on the outside.   Now, I have to warn you that the devil won’t just let you imagine yourself healed and blessed without a fight. He knows the power of imagination, so he will insert images of you never recovering, or even dying. If you meditate upon those images for very long, you will fail to receive healing.   You see, the battleground where healing is won or lost is not on the streets. It is in the mind! Not every thought we have comes from God. There are some images that must be kept, and some that must be cast down in order to receive healing.   2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us: casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,   Arguments are human reasoning, philosophies, and ideas that oppose God's truth. These arguments will eventually lead to images of who you are and what you have if they are not cast down. If you allow an image of getting worse or dying to get inside of you, it will be impossible to receive healing, even though it is the perfect will of God. That is because the result will be unbelief. Although God is bigger than sickness, He will not violate a man’s belief system.   This world system is governed by Satan, and his thoughts come to pressure people to doubt God. We have a full time job resisting and casting down wrong thoughts and replacing them with God’s thoughts. “Bringing every thought into captivity” is from a Greek word that is a military term. It means to arrest   or seize.   This tells us we are not to be passive about this process. We are to actively capture rebellious thoughts and bring them into alignment with God’s word. In order to do this, we must have a heart full of the Word of God.   We can see now the importance of Proverbs 4:20-23:  My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.   It’s not enough to just stop wrong thoughts. We must replace them with the Word of God. When wrong thoughts come and we recognize them, we must immediately speak to them and say:              “That’s not my thought! I refuse that lie!”             “I believe God, and God said, “By His stripes I was healed.”   This process is called “renewing the mind”. One of the greatest needs of every believer is to renew their mind to think like God thinks. The more you embrace God’s thoughts, the more you will enjoy His benefits. When you begin to see that God in you is bigger than the sickness, it won’t be long before the sickness disappears! 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!

Most people want success in their lives. That is because we were created in the likeness of a successful God. He has given every one of us a purpose and a plan. He planned for us to succeed in every arena of life.   Jeremiah 29:11 from the Amplified Classic says: For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.   If you’ve been struggling with symptoms of disease in your body, please know that God planned for you to be healthy and strong, even before the foundation of the world. If you’ve been struggling financially, you must know that God planned for you to be well provided for, even before the foundation of the world.   Eph 2:10 from the Amplified Classic says:  For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].   Some of you today may be sitting at the very doorstep of disaster, wondering how in the world that situation will ever turn around. Some of you may simply be experiencing a small degree of difficulty. And some of you may actually be living in your dream.   Regardless of what category you fall into today, I have a word from the Lord for you: God has much more in store for your life! He is not finished with you yet!   Deuteronomy 28:13 says: And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.   Whether we’ve reached great heights or not, God wants to take us beyond where we are right now. He didn’t create us in the hope that we would just get by or settle for the ordinary. We must learn to stop putting limits on ourselves, and limits on God. Many wonder if it’s possible to put limits on God. It certainly is!   Psalm 78:41-42 says: Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power:   I’m beginning to see more and more, that the people who have vision for their lives, and keep the vision before them continually are the ones who go beyond limits and succeed. This includes the vision for a healthy body or prosperous finances.   In order to succeed in life, there is always a path that is not comfortable on the mind and flesh. That is why few really become the head instead of the tail in life. I don’t know about you, but I’m finished with being wagged around by the tail! God wants us to use our head so we don’t live like we’re being dragged around life by our tail.   There are 3 ways that we can limit God in what He wants to do for us. All of them can be overcome!   1.     Believing anything that is not consistent with what God says about you.   Remember the Hebrew spies who went out to spy Canaan?   Numbers 13:31-32 tells us: But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out…   By believing and speaking words that were not consistent with God’s Word, they limited their ability to go BEYOND the wilderness!   2.     Dwelling on past mistakes.   I can tell you from experience that dwelling on your past mistakes will keep you from your limitless future! It is so much better to forget the past and stay focused on God’s vision for your life. Why should you focus on your past when God no longer remembers what He forgave?   In Isaiah 43:25, God said: I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.   If there was anyone who had a past that could limit him, it was Paul. But Paul had the revelation of leaving the past behind, and he did astounding things for Jesus.   Paul said this in Philippians 3:13-15: Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.   It takes spiritual maturity to forget those things which are behind, both good and bad. Dwelling on past mistakes will paralyze you from going beyond where you’ve ever been before. God doesn’t see your failures, weaknesses or mistakes.  He sees gold in you! When you forget the past, you are able to go BEYOND limits.   3.     Living with offense.   If you allow even the least amount of offense into your life, it will severely limit you from fulfilling your purpose.   Jesus taught us in Mark 11:25-26: And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.   If your Father does not forgive you, how will you ever prosper in His plan for your life? Refusing to forgive is an open door to the devil. He’s just waiting to attack you with sickness and lack. The love of God is a shield that will protect you from anything the devil can do. Therefore, when you walk in love, you will walk BEYOND  limits.   If you are willing to agree with God, forget your past, and forgive all those who have wronged you, you will be in position to succeed in life. 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!

Paul said this in 1 Corinthians 13:13: And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.   When Paul wrote this, he was not inferring that hope and faith are not important. Each has its place, and one cannot be substituted for another. We cannot substitute love for hope. Neither can we substitute hope for faith. Yet so many people try to receive things from God, including healing, on the basis of hope rather than faith.   The difference between hope and faith is that hope looks to the future, but faith is always in the present. Faith says, “I’ll receive the answer right now. I have it NOW.” Hoping is not what receives from God. Believing receives from God.   I’ve had many conversations over the years with people who wanted healing. So often, they will say, “I know that someday I’ll be healed, or I sure hope I will be healed.” They will be waiting for a long time because there is no faith in those statements.   Looking to the future is hope. It is human nature to relegate good things to the future. The problem is that when we kick the can down the road, we rarely see it come to pass. If you need healing, you don’t want it in the future. You want it right now!   Hope always has a wondering or questioning tone about it. Faith has a confident tone about it. Initially, you may wonder if you could really be healed. But as you hear the Word of God on healing, faith will grow, and it will give substance to the hope you initially had.   One modern translation of Hebrews 11:1 says this:      Faith is giving substance… to things hoped for.   You may initially just hope for healing, but faith gives the assurance that you ARE healed already by the stripes of Jesus. For 1 Peter 2:24 says, “[ By] whose stripes ye were healed.” In other words, faith says the same thing the Word of God says!   Another important point is that nowhere in the Bible does it say that when we pray, we will receive what we HOPE for. Mark 11:24 says,   “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe  that you receive them, and you will have them.” This tells us we receive what we believe, not what we hope for.   Let’s look at the definition of faith again in the New King James translation. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Notice the verb “is” is in the present tense. Again, faith is present tense, and hope is future tense.   Even though you might say you believe, if you are putting it into the future, you are not believing. You are hoping. This explains why many do not receive their healing. They mean well, but faith is a requirement to receive healing. Some people are believing that God is going to do something for them, but faith believes that He has done, and is doing something.   I heard the story of a woman who was in her 70’s and was told she would never walk again. She hadn’t walked in 4 years. Her friends brought her to the altar at the end of the service for prayer. As the evangelist laid hands on her, he said, “Now arise and walk in the Name of Jesus.”   She did her best to get up, but all the while was crying, “O dear Lord Jesus, please heal me. Oh, please, please, please heal me.” Finally, the evangelist quieted her down and said to her, “Did you know that you ARE healed?” She looked up astonished and said, “Oh am I?” He responded, “Yes, you ARE healed, and I’ll prove it to you from the Bible.” He opened his Bible to 1 Peter 2:24 and asked her to read it aloud, and then repeat the last phrase. Then he asked, “Is ‘were’ past tense, future tense, or present tense?” “It is past tense,” she answered. He asked, “If you WERE healed, then you ARE healed now, aren’t you?”   A smile lit up her face, and she began to lift her hands and praise God because she was healed, not going to be. Then she jumped off the altar like a 16 year-old, and walked, leaped, ran, and praised God. All this woman needed was to get her believing in the right tense, because faith is present tense.   Hope is a good waiter, but a poor receiver.   It takes a positive faith – a now faith – to receive your healing. Change your hoping into believing, and you can receive your healing today! 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!

Many have said, “If only I see a miracle, I will believe God can heal me!” This is actually not scriptural. The world operates by the slogan, “Seeing is Believing.” However, according to the Word of God, it’s just the opposite. The Bible teaches that “Believing is Seeing.”   You can actually see a miracle, and still choose not to believe. It happens all the time. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day saw great signs and wonders and still refused to believe. According to the Bible, faith does not come by seeing a miracle. Romans 10:17 tells us, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” When words of faith are spoken, faith always comes. However, after faith comes, each person must still choose whether or not they will believe.   Believing is actually a choice. We see examples of this repeatedly in the gospels.   Let’s look at one place in particular: Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”  And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him . But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. John 11:40-48 NKJV   This was perhaps one of the greatest miracles recorded in Jesus’ ministry. After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, this passage tells us that many Jews believed. They heard Jesus speak words, and they witnessed a miracle. But there were also those who heard and saw, yet went away to the Pharisees to have Jesus judged. Even after one was raised from the dead, they refused to believe. I can’t even imagine witnessing such a tremendous miracle, and still being indifferent toward it.   Do you remember the story of another man named Lazarus and the rich man? Luke chapter sixteen records this account. Both the rich man and Lazarus died. The rich man was in hell, and Lazarus was in Abraham’s bosom. The rich man begged Abraham to let Lazarus dip his finger in the water and cool his tongue to bring a small amount of relief. Abraham responded by saying there was no way to pass from where they were to where he was.   Then the rich man went on to say in verse 27 of Luke 16: “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”   Jesus made it clear that even a great miracle like being raised from the dead would not convince everyone. We could call this hardness of heart, or refusing to believe! In contrast, the woman with the issue of blood believed what she heard before ever seeing a miracle.   When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. Mark 5:27-29 NKJV   Some of you may be thinking, “I really want to believe. I just need more faith!” You are not the first ones to think or make such a statement.   In Luke 17:5-6, it says: And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”   A lot of people think that all they need is more faith. But the real issue is that they need to start using the faith they already have! Once a person hears what the Word of God says about healing, faith comes. Then a choice must be made to use the faith that has come.   How is this done? BY SAYING!! We release our faith by saying what God says! A mustard seed is the one of the smallest of all seeds. Jesus is saying that even if you have a very small amount of faith, you would say something. This is what the woman with the issue of blood did.   There are several places in the Gospels where it tells us that many of the Jews believed, but would not confess Jesus openly for fear. Their lack of open confession, or saying something, became their demise. Faith always has to be in two places in order to produce results, the heart and the mouth. (Romans 10:9-10) We choose to believe by saying what the Word of God says.   One great place to start saying what God says is 1 Peter 2:24: by whose stripes you were healed.   Like the woman with the issue of blood, if you will make the decision today to consistently say what God says, choose to believe, and refuse to doubt, you will see your miracle too! 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!