Many have struggled with anxiety and depression for a long time and wonder if there is any hope for them. I want you to know that there absolutely is hope to overcome mental oppression. Jesus not only paid the price for the complete and total healing of our bodies. He also paid the price for the peace of our minds.   Isaiah 53:5 from the Amplified Classic says, 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.   Notice that Jesus was chastised—it was necessary to obtain peace and well-being for us. In the same way that Jesus paid the price for our sins and our diseases, He paid the price for anxiety and depression! And the same way that we receive forgiveness and healing, we also receive our peace and well-being. BY FAITH!   In last week’s blog, we discussed the fact that our mental health effects our physical health. Medical science tells us that about 80% of all illness stems from poor mental health. And one of the primary hindrances to receiving divine healing is WORRY—a form of anxiety and fear.   Peace in life is everything! Jesus knows this to be true. He said in John 14:27, Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.   Thank God Jesus gave us HIS peace! If we have made Jesus our Lord and Savior, we legally have His peace just as much as we have healing and health.   When a person close to us dies, we often find out if they left us any inheritance. In the same way, Jesus left us an inheritance. And part of that inheritance is His peace.   It’s important to note that Jesus talked about two types of peace in the passage we read.   1.     There is the peace that Jesus gives. 2.     There is the peace the world gives.   The peace the world offers is a “feeling” of security based on favorable circumstances. As long as everything is going our way—we have enough money, we are healthy, or there are no conflicts in our lives—we “feel” at peace.   The problem with this peace is that it is fragile and fleeting. As soon as a circumstance changes for the worse, the peace goes away and anxiety and worry rush in to fill the void. The world doesn’t have any lasting peace to offer us. Satan only offers an illusion of peace, that will always leave us with disappointment.   If you want true, lasting peace, you won’t find it in this world. Apart from Jesus, Satan will steal, kill, and destroy anything good in your life. But thank God there is another kind of peace available to us when we are born again—the peace Jesus offers. His peace will keep us calm and content regardless of the circumstances.   You may be wondering, “If I have the peace of God, why do I feel so troubled?” The reason so many believers are not experiencing God’s peace is because the enemy has stolen their peace by manipulating their emotions. The fact is you will feel many different emotions throughout your lifetime, and your feelings are attached to your thoughts.   Satan’s primary target is your mind. His strategy is to suggest a troubling thought to you and accompany that thought with a feeling, which makes it seem real.   For example, here’s one he has tried with all of us. He will interject a thought into your mind that says, “I’m worthless.” Along with that thought, he will attach a sinking feeling of condemnation and guilt. He will almost always bring up a past failure.   If you don’t know who you are in Christ, you will surrender your peace. Here is a very important point. It’s vital for us to know God’s Word so that we quickly recognize the lies of the devil and cast them down.   The way we really get to know the Word of God is by renewing our minds to think God’s thoughts. Romans 12:2 says, And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.   Here is how it’s done: 1.     Find scriptures that pertain to whatever you are tempted to be fearful about. 2.     Meditate upon those scriptures day and night. 3.     When thoughts come to your mind that contradict God’s Word, speak the Word only, not the negative thoughts.   Your renewed mind will recognize and reject ungodly and fearful thoughts, like the thought of worthlessness we talked about earlier. It will also reject thoughts of living with disease the rest of your life, or thoughts of premature death. Rejecting unscriptural thoughts is FAITH in action. And faith in God’s Word keeps us in the perfect peace that we inherited from Jesus our Lord. (I’ve been teaching out of my new book, UNTROUBLED: Conquering Anxiety, Fear and Depression . This book will truly help you to live a life that is untroubled. Click here to purchase on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3DDse08 ) 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!

God is so good that He made provision for us to be healthy and strong in every area of our lives. Every area includes our spirits, our souls, and our bodies.   And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). 1 Thess 5:23 AMPC   Let’s look at a description of the three different aspects of mankind: 1.     Your spirit  is your innermost being. It is made brand new when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. 2.     Your soul  is composed of your mind, will, and emotions. They are in the process of being made sound and complete through the renewing of your mind. You are to renew your mind to think like God thinks. This is a life-long process. 3.     Your body  is the house that your spirit and soul live in.   God wants every part of us—spirit, soul, and body to be sound and complete!   Knowing the will of God is the first step to living life in wholeness. We see the will of God re-iterated in the following scripture:   Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 2 NKJV   Not only do we see the will of God in this passage, but we also see a condition. The condition is that we will prosper to the degree that our soul prospers!! If your mind, will, or emotions are not prospering, you will not prosper in your health as you should. This leads us to a few facts of interest. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 60 million adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness. Forty million of those adults have an anxiety disorder. And about 32% of adolescents are affected by anxiety.   The apostle Paul gave us a reason for such prevalence when he foretold about the day in which we now live.   But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. 2 Timothy 3:1 AMPC This completely describes our day, a time of great stress and great trouble—hard to deal with and hard to bear. The predominant reaction to this stress appears to be anxiety and depression.  It is also a fact that if people’s minds and emotions are troubled, it will have a direct effect on their health.   Medically speaking, 80% of diseases are triggered by poor mental health. It’s no wonder that sickness and disease are rampant in our day, even despite all of our medical advancements! And, unfortunately, many of those affected are followers of Jesus Christ.   Now we expect people without Jesus to suffer from anxiety and depression. They have no spiritual remedies for their disorders. However, children of a healing God have been redeemed from anxiety and depression. We can see that it’s imperative that we address our mental health if we are going to live in physical health.   I believe the greatest contributor to anxiety and depression is fear! Fear is an emotion that comes from an expectation of evil. Anxiety, worry, dread, and panic are all forms of fear. And according to God’s Word, fear is a spirit!   Second Tim 1:7 tells us,  “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”   The fact that fear is a spirit from Satan is very important. It lets us know that it cannot be defeated with natural remedies. While psychological methods, medications, and willpower can be helpful, spiritual issues must ultimately be dealt with spiritually to experience true freedom.   Romans 10:17 says,  “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”   It’s important to know that fear also comes by hearing negative information. If we spend more time watching TV or on social media than we do hearing God’s Word, we will not be able to live free from fear. But if we will spend time daily meditating upon scriptures that promise peace and healing, we will no longer be slaves of anxiety, depression, or disease.   When the Holy Spirit came to live in us, we became masters of Satan and everything he represents.   First John 4:4 says,  “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”   No child of God should ever again be subject to Satan. We have authority over all the power of Satan, and that includes anxiety and disease.   One of the first things we will have to master if we’re going to receive healing is fear. Fear will keep us from receiving from God. But God has provided us with faith through His Word so that we don’t ever have to fear again. The next time you are tempted to fear, speak to it. Say, “Fear, you must go from me now, in Jesus’ name. I refuse to fear.” Then lift your hands and begin to worship God because He has delivered you from fear, and from all disease and pain!   (This teaching is an excerpt out of my new book, UNTROUBLED: Conquering Anxiety, Fear and Depression . I encourage you to get the book, not only if you struggle with anxiety and depression, but also if you’re desiring healing in your body.) Click here to purchase on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3DDse08 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 people have said, “I’ve prayed and taken a stand for my healing, but things got worse instead of better!” I want to share with you how to handle a situation like this.   The Bible says that there is nothing new under the sun. If your experience is that things got worse after believing, I want you to know you’re not alone.   Going all the way back to the children of Israel in Egypt, we see they faced the same dilemma. They had been slaves in Egypt for about 400 years. Slavery was not the will of God for them. So God raised up a deliverer named Moses and sent him back to Egypt.   Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people. So the people believed . Exodus 4:29-31 NKJV   Notice that the people BELIEVED. Four hundred years is a long time for a negative condition. But they heard good news and saw the signs, and they believed.   If you’ve been suffering from a disease for an extended period, you can still believe and receive your healing!   Now, I want you to see that anytime God gives us a good word and we receive it with joy, the devil will be sure to try to hinder that word from coming to pass! He knows that God’s word alone will not get the job done. It will always require our FAITH in order to come to pass. So Satan seeks to get us into fear, doubt, and unbelief before we see the answer!   After Moses and Aaron visited Pharaoh and gave him the Word of God, Pharaoh was simply delighted to let them go free !? NOT HARDLY.   No, here is what happened: So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.” Exodus 5:6-9 NKJV   So the people complained to Moses. And Moses complained to God.   So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.” Exodus 5:22-23 NKJV   These people did not have any written word of God to build and develop their faith. They had no strong revelation with which to stand their ground. So the Lord continued to give them words of faith and reassurance to see them through.   As many of you know the story, it took some time before Israel was finally released from bondage. Although things got much worse at first, it ultimately came to pass as the Lord had spoken.   Another example in the Bible of things getting worse as a result of standing on the Word of God is in Daniel chapter three. King Nebuchadnezzer built a gold image and commanded the people to bow down and worship it every time a certain song was played.   Three Jews who were in charge of different provinces refused to bow down to the image. Of course, they had accusers. These individuals reported their refusal to bow to the king. The devil is always trying to either weaken or remove the saints from a place of victory.   We see the king’s response to the accusations against the Jews in Daniel 3:13 & 15: Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. . . . “But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”   Here was the response of the three Jews: “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.” Daniel 3:17 NKJV   They refused to budge! They refused to give in. They refused to doubt, even in the face of terrible threats. The end of the story is that they were not touched by the fire and came out victorious, not even smelling like smoke!   Satan still works through people to falsely accuse the saints. He will also speak accusations to your mind.   Revelation 12:10 says: Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”   Don’t be surprised when threats come against your mind as you take a stand against symptoms of disease and pain. The devil will try to turn the heat up to get you to quit believing and throw in the towel. He will say things like, “You know you won’t be healed this time.” Or “Your faith must not be working because things are getting worse!”   Always remember that Satan is the father of lies. He authored the first lie and has been lying ever since.   So, what do we do if things get worse: 1.     Refuse to fear or doubt. (2 Tim. 1:7) 2.     Double up on God’s medicine. (Download our free booklet, “What the Bible Says About Healing” .) 3.     Rejoice and praise God continually for the answer. 4.     Refuse to quit! 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!

Divine healing is EASY!   Jeremiah 32:17 says, 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.   Most people have no difficulty believing that God will forgive them of their sins. But they struggle to believe that a loving God could or would heal them of their diseases.   With the help of Satan, mankind has made divine healing difficult to receive. But God has always made it easy. One sacrifice, the blood of Jesus and the stripes He bore, redeemed us from every sin and every disease.   We have many types and shadows of this under the Old Covenant.   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   Notice the word “all” in verse three. That means no sin or disease remains. They have all been forgiven and healed, every last one, including diseases unknown in Jesus’ time!   Verses four and five are so good, I just have to mention them here, too.   Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:4-5 NKJV   This is the all-inclusive package! These verses show us everything that’s included in God’s benefits package.   We’ve been redeemed from destruction—that eliminates cancer and all other destructive diseases. We’ve been given good and powerful words to speak out of our mouths—the Word of God brings health like a medicine.   Even as we age, we can expect our youth to be renewed. I declare daily that my youth is renewed like the eagle’s, and you should too! That’s how you stay strong and active in old age.   Let’s look at an account of Jesus ministering to a paralytic that validates Psalm 103.   “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?  But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!” Mark 2:8-12 NKJV   Notice the phrase, “Which is EASIER?” Jesus didn’t say, “Which is more difficult?” He said, “Which is EASIER?” God thinks that forgiveness and healing are EASY. People often think that it’s hard to receive healing. But that is clearly not God’s thought.   “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 NKJV   When it comes to healing, I’m so glad God has higher thoughts than men do! His thought is that He has made forgiveness and healing EASY! Jesus said it was easy to heal a paralytic. There are few things that seem more impossible than a paralytic getting up and walking away completely healed. But remember that Jeremiah said there is nothing too difficult for God!   When we think of something easy, we think of a state of rest.   Hebrews 4:3 says, For we who have believed do enter that rest   Faith is a place of rest. When we believe the Word of God concerning our healing, we enter a state of rest. And rest is EASY.   We’re going to look at one more witness from the epistles that healing and forgiveness are an easy package deal.   Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 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. James 5:14-15 NKJV   The word “save” is translated from the Greek word “sozo” which means to heal, preserve, save, do well, and be made whole. The prayer of faith—the place of rest—WILL heal the sick. The Lord will raise him up. And if he has sinned, he WILL be forgiven!   This doesn’t sound hard to me. This actually sounds EASY.   The next time you’re tempted to make healing difficult in your life, remember these words from the Bible. God wants you to live in health so much that He made receiving your healing EASY!   Today is a good day to receive healing! 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!

“He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.” Matthew 8:17 NKJV   Thank God, Jesus bore our sicknesses! From God’s perspective, we are legally healed. It is a finished work.   Now, if we’re healed, what do we do when symptoms of disease are raging in our bodies, shouting at us that we are not healed?   WE KEEP OUR EYES ON JESUS!   The Bible tells us that Jesus and the Word of God are one.   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1, 14 NKJV   The way we keep our eyes on Jesus is to keep our eyes on the Word of God. One of the best stories in the Bible to illustrate this is in Matthew.   Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”  So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”  Matthew 14:25-32 NKJV   Although this is a story about walking on water and not about receiving healing, the same principles apply.   1.     In the natural, it is impossible for a person to walk on water. It is also impossible for some diseases to be healed medically.   2.     It was only possible to walk on water after Peter knew the will of the Lord. It is also only possible to receive divine healing when we know the will of the Lord.   How did Peter know the will of God for walking on water? He had the Word of the Lord – “ Come”. Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” Faith came to Peter through that one word and he stepped out of the boat because of it. How do we know the will of God concerning our healing? It comes from the Word of God, the Bible.   We began by quoting Matthew 8:17. That is just one verse. A pastor friend of ours did an exhaustive study over several years, searching out every healing scripture in the Bible from 430 translations. He ended up with 454  verses from the Bible on the subject of healing, conclusively proving that healing is the will of God for today. We definitely do not lack for words from God on the subject of healing.   When we hear those words of healing, faith comes. As long as we stay focused on what God says about our healing, we will receive our healing. However, even when we have the Word of the Lord, if we don’t stay focused on that Word, the raging storm will pull our attention away from it.   This is what happened to Peter. When he saw that the wind was boisterous, he became fearful and lost sight of the word “come” that he heard from the Lord. Fear is the opposite of faith and pulls our attention away from faith. That fear is what caused Peter to sink.   We can see that where our attention goes, our faith goes.   Fighting the good fight of faith is really fighting to keep our attention on the right thing.   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. Proverbs 4:20-23 NKJV   These verses tell us we need to hear God’s Word, read God’s Word, say God’s Word, and act on God’s Word. When we keep our attention on God’s Word, we are keeping our attention on Jesus and it becomes medicine to all our flesh.   Although it may be challenging at times, we must keep our eyes off the raging symptoms and the negative reports.  Diligently fixing our eyes on the Word and Jesus helps us take our eyes off of the symptoms.   One of the best things you can do to keep your attention on the Lord is lift your hands and worship Him. Thank Him for being such a wonderful Healer. Worship Him because you ARE healed, not going to be.   Since it’s impossible to think two thoughts at the same time, when you worship the Lord out loud, you cannot be focused on your symptoms. If you continue to look to Jesus, your faith will hold you up, and you will find that your symptoms will disappear. 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, “I’ve prayed and prayed, and I’m no better. Are you sure God wants me well?” Prayer is scriptural, and it is a good thing. But did you know that you could pray and still be in unbelief regarding the Word of God? Unbelief is often rooted in questioning whether God wants you well. And unbelief will hinder your prayers.   If you feel like you’re struggling to receive from God, then you are likely not praying from a place of faith. Prayer is only effective when we pray from a place of faith, not fear. In order to pray in faith, we must understand that the battle for our healing has already been won. Our healing is an accomplished fact, not something we hope God will win for us in the future.    And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:15 KJV   For the battle is the Lord's. 1 Samuel 17:47 NKJV   We must learn to let the Lord fight our battles. The battle is the Lord’s, and what’s more, He already won it.  This means the victory is ours now. The devil is already a defeated foe! We don’t need to defeat him because he is already defeated.   Many don’t understand that the battle’s already been won by God. So they mistakenly think they must win it by praying long and hard enough. Prayer is important, but it’s never our struggling in prayer that earns health and healing from God. The main work of the believer is the work of believing—the work of faith.   Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe  in Him whom He sent.” John 6:28-29 NKJV   When we put God’s Word to work for us, the Word fights our battles for us. Yes, Jesus already won the battle, but now we must enforce the enemy’s defeat whenever he tries to attack.  We must realize that the place of faith is a place of rest, not struggle.   Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believed do enter that rest. Hebrews 4:1-3 NKJV   Faith for healing can only come through the Word of God. Many hear the Word, but not all receive healing. It does not profit them. Why? Because faith must be mixed with the Word we hear in order to put the Word to work for us.   How do we mix our faith with the Word? Our tongue is the mixer.   It’s not enough to just hear God’s Word. We must agree with it. If we are not speaking His Word, then we are not agreeing with His Word. I never have yet been able to receive healing for myself without agreeing with God by speaking His Word aloud. Again, agreement with God is not simply a matter of how we think. We must speak our faith out loud by saying what God says about our health.   Some receive a bad diagnosis and become gripped with fear. Fear will often drive a person to pray hard and fast. But fear can also drive a person to speak against the Word of God and instead talk about the diagnosis. They may say things like, “I’m afraid I’m going to die.”   You can be praying, but as long as you focus on the diagnosis, God cannot perform His Word for you. This is where the work of faith comes in. We work to keep our hearts full of the Word of God, mix it with faith, and speak the Word only. We resist fear by speaking to it and telling it to go. Now, we don’t deny the diagnosis. But we have a more powerful Word from God that will change the diagnosis.   “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.” Matthew 8:17 NKJV   Nobody can become fully convinced that they are healed when they are speaking against this Word. But if we will mix our faith with this scripture by saying it aloud continually, it will surely come to pass.   Being assured of these things causes us to enter a place of rest. Having peace and rest in the midst of a storm is the best way to enjoy the victory that is already yours. The devil will tremble when you enter into faith’s rest because he is assured that he’s whipped.   Always remember, the battle is the Lord’s and the victory is yours! 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!

The Bible teaches us that the perfect will of God is health and healing for every person on this planet. However, as we all know, many people are not living in health or receiving divine healing when they need it. The primary reason is that we live in a fallen world that is governed by Satan, who is called “the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4). Satan hates what God loves most, and therefore he hates humanity with a passion. He seeks to disrupt the will of God in every arena.   The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 NKJV   Even though Satan has legally been defeated by Jesus, he will try to operate on this earth illegally. How is this possible? It is illegal to murder, and yet renegades are murdering people daily worldwide. In order to stop human illegal activity, somebody has to enforce the laws. This is the same way the Kingdom of God operates on the earth. God needs someone with authority to enforce Satan’s defeat in the earth. If believers don’t enforce Satan’s defeat, he will continue to illegally steal, kill, and destroy.   The only people who are authorized in the earth to withstand Satan are those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. This is because it takes the power of the Holy Spirit to resist the devil, and only those who are born again have the Holy Spirit living in them.   When it comes to YOUR health, YOU are the one authorized to enforce Satan’s defeat. You could believe the Word of God on the subject of healing, and even believe you receive YOUR healing. But until you learn to stand your ground and expel sickness, the devil will illegally try to put things on you that don’t belong to you.   So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you. James 4:7 AMPC   We have to understand that resisting the devil requires faith. And the Bible makes it clear that faith is not passive. It has a FIGHT to it!   Fight the good fight of faith. 1 Tim 6:12 NKJV   The only fight the Christian is called to fight in this life is the faith fight! If we are in any other kind of fight, we are in the wrong fight. Some have said, “I’m going to fight the devil,” or “I’m fighting this sickness or disease.” Nobody has to fight the devil or sickness! Why? Because Jesus already defeated them. We need to get out of the wrong fight and get into the right one.   You may ask, “If we are not fighting the devil, then what are we fighting?” We are fighting DOUBT and UNBELIEF. We are fighting to stay in faith about our healing, or about anything else the Word of God promises us.   God’s Word always tells the truth! God’s Word says, “[ By] whose stripes you were healed.” However, our bodies and the devil will try to sway us into doubt and unbelief about the truth that we were healed. This is where the faith fight begins. We must learn to stand our ground in the face of Satan’s lies, no matter how believable they may seem in the middle of a situation   How do we stand our ground when facing Satan’s lies? Here are 4 simple steps:   1.     Meditate upon the Word of God daily.   This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:8 NKJV   Find one or two healing scriptures that stir your spirit and meditate upon them daily. Meditate   means to ponder and mutter. Say those scriptures out loud throughout the day and put yourself into those verses.   2.     Act like the Word of God is true .   According to Joshua 1:8 the purpose of meditation is to get us to the place where we do what the Word says. If you can’t move a limb, attempt to move it. If you have the flu and are lying in bed, get out of bed. Act as far as you can with your faith.   One of the greatest acts of faith is simply agreeing with God by saying only what He says about your situation. This is what Abraham did.    And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. Romans 4:19-21 NKJV   3.     Refuse to allow contradictory circumstances to distract your stance of faith.   Don’t consider your body more than you consider what God says about your health. It will certainly be difficult to completely ignore what your body is feeling at times. However, we must stay focused on the Word of God more than we allow ourselves to think about the symptoms.   4.     Praise the Lord and give Him glory because you ARE healed!   In conclusion, we see now why many are not walking in divine health. Many have not fought the good fight of faith. But I want to encourage you to be one who does engage in the faith fight! The fight of faith is called the “GOOD” fight because faith in God’s Word always wins. 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!

Have you ever heard someone say about situations, “I just call things like I see them”? Or have you seen the slogan, “Seeing is Believing”? I’m sure these people take pride in what they think is honesty.   However, these phrases actually contradict the Word of God. If you keep saying what you see, you will keep on having what you see. If what you see is not what you want, this will keep you in a bad place. I’ll prove this to you from the scriptures.   Let’s first look at what Jesus said about this: So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says  will be done, he will have whatever he says .” Mark 11:22-23 NKJV   Jesus is showing us that our words matter. He is also showing us how the faith of God operates, and then tells us to do the same thing. A more literal translation of “Have faith in God” is “Have the faith OF God”! We see how the faith of God operates in creation in Genesis.   And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1:3 KJV   And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Genesis 1:9 KJV   And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Genesis 1:11 KJV   Everything that God created was done by His faith. Notice He SAID it and it was so.   We saw in Mark 11:23 that when we say something and do not doubt in our heart, but believe, we will have whatever WE say! Faith believes with the heart and speaks with the mouth! Faith says the desired outcome before ever seeing it.   We see this very principle in the life of Abraham. As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. [Gen 17:5.] Romans 4:17 AMPC   The King James version says, “even God, Who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things that be not as though they were.”   Many have argued, “That’s God. He can do that.” But we know that Abraham did the same thing that God did. He had a struggle for a while. For around 24 years, he and Sarah still did not have the promised child. So God came along and helped his faith. God changed his name. He was called Abram, but then God changed his name to Abraham.   Abraham means the father of a multitude. Going forward, every time someone addressed him, they called him father of a multitude. Every time he introduced himself, he said out of his own mouth, “I’m the father of a multitude.”   No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God. Romans 4:20 AMPC   Notice that Abraham grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God. One way that we give glory to God is to agree with Him. The way we agree is to say the same thing that God says about us.   Hebrews 4:14 says, Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.   The Greek translation for the last part of that verse is, “Let us hold fast to saying the same things.” We are to hold fast to saying the same things that God is saying about us and our situations.   1 Peter 2:24 says, “By whose stripes you WERE healed.” We are to hold fast to saying we WERE healed, regardless of our symptoms.   This is what Abraham did.  He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah’s [deadened] womb. [Gen 17:17; 18:11.] Romans 4:19 AMPC   Abraham and Sarah had symptoms of barrenness. If Sarah was 16 when she married Abraham, they would have tried for nearly 75 years to get pregnant. Think about that the next time you think your situation is hopeless!   But because Abraham finally began to say what God said, he began to call those things that did not exist in the natural as though they already did—he got to the place where he no longer considered the natural condition of their bodies.   And then he became fully convinced in his heart: [And] being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. Romans 4:21 NKJV   Just as Abraham did, we too will become fully convinced that we are healed if we will agree with God and say what God says continually.   Don’t say it like you see it in the natural. Say what God says, and you will have your healing! 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!

“I’ve prayed and prayed, and I am still not getting any better.” This is the heart cry of millions of people who desire to be healed yet have still failed to receive as they should. Why is this the case?   The devil has given to the Church a substitute for faith which looks and sounds so much like faith, many people cannot tell the difference. It’s called “mental assent”. Many people see what God’s Word says and acknowledge that it’s true, but it is only with their minds that they are agreeing. Agreement is a good start, but it won’t get the job done. It is heart faith that receives from God. Heart faith means that you believe with your spirit.   Rom 10:10 says, For with the heart one believes  unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.   Let’s look at the difference between the mind and the spirit. Every human was created to be a three-fold being:   [May] your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23   This verse of scripture reveals that we are a spirit, we have a soul (mind, will & emotions), and we live in a body.   If your mind is agreeing with God’s Word, but your spirit is not believing God’s Word, you will not receive the benefit you desire. You may ask, “How can I tell whether I have heart faith or whether I’m just agreeing mentally?”   Mental agreement says, “I know God’s Word is true. I know God promises me healing, but for some reason I can’t get it. I don’t understand why this isn’t working.”   Heart faith says, “If God’s Word says it’s so, then it is so. It’s mine, I have it NOW, regardless of what I feel or see.” Heart faith says, “I have it even when I cannot see or feel it.”   Let’s look at what Jesus said about this: For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Mark 11:23 NKJV   Notice again that one must believe and not doubt in his HEART. We must take the step of believing before we come to the place of having. The HAVING comes after the BELIEVING. Most people want to turn that around. Jesus told us we have to believe we have it before we get it.   I have never been able to receive healing for myself or my children over the years without first believing, even while every symptom was crying out that I didn’t have my healing. When believing for healing, I don’t deny the sickness or symptoms. However, I must choose to believe a higher truth, God’s Word, in the face of the symptoms in order to change the situation.   For example, one time I had the symptoms of the stomach flu. I continued to declare what God’s Word says: “Lord, I thank You that I am healed according to Your Word.” Then I began to do things around the house that I would do if I was healed. Within a short period of time, every symptom disappeared.   If I would have groaned, complained, and laid around in bed until the symptoms subsided, I would have been operating out of order. If you’re waiting until you feel better before you start acting like you’re healed, you will not receive supernatural healing.   Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.   The Amplified Classic translation says it this way: “[F]aith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.”  We must believe God’s Word simply because we know He cannot lie, even when it is not evident to our physical senses.   Thomas is an example of someone who refused to believe without actually seeing and feeling with his physical senses.   The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” John 20:25 NKJV   When Jesus later appeared to him, Thomas said, “My Lord and My God.” He believed because his physical senses told him Jesus was alive.   Think about this for a moment: We already know how to believe for something we cannot see. We believe in the resurrection of Jesus and that He is alive, even though most have not seen Him. Why? Because the Word of God says so.   In the same way, we can believe we are healed because the Word says so, even before we see or feel a change. Our faith is not in what we see and hear. Our faith is in what God says. When we get our faith to that point, we are in right order, and that brings results.   Look at what Jesus said to Thomas: Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29 NKJV   When you believe before you feel or see a change, Jesus calls you blessed because you are going to receive!!   The best way to move out of mental assent and into heart faith is through meditating upon the Word of God day and night. I would encourage you to quote healing scriptures out loud every day.   We have a free download available titled, “What the Bible Says About Healing” that we encourage you to get and use.   God’s Word must be in your heart “spirit” in abundance before you can receive healing, or anything else you may need. 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!

Some have argued over the centuries that healing has been done away with and is no longer available. But I have a question for you today: Have you ever heard of faith being done away with? No, of course not! Faith has absolutely not been done away with.   There is a faith that will heal your body every time. It’s the God kind of faith!  Jesus is the One who introduced us to this kind of faith, and He also said that we were capable of having it ourselves.   Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:20-23 NKJV   Now, Jesus explained this after He demonstrated the God kind of faith by speaking to a fig tree and cursing it. Then He went on to teach that we should do the same thing. He said, “Have faith in God.” However, the more accurate translation is, “Have the faith of God.”   This is how the faith of God operates: When you speak to a problem, if you don’t doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will be done, you will have whatever you say. So the God kind of faith is the kind of faith in which a man believes with his heart and says with his mouth that which he believes in his heart, and it comes to pass.   Jesus showed us He had that kind of faith, because when He told the fig tree that nobody would eat fruit from it again, it came to pass. God always believes that what He says will come to pass. We see in Genesis chapter one that He spoke the Word, and there was an earth. He spoke the Word, and there was a plant kingdom. He spoke the Word, and there was an animal kingdom.   When we speak in line with the Word of God and believe it with our hearts, it will also come to pass for us. Believing and saying are the key ingredients to faith! The Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established. So here is another witness.   But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom 10:8-11 NKJV   The word “salvation” is the Greek word “soteria,” which means deliverance, health, and salvation. So, with the heart one believes and with the mouth one confesses unto healing and deliverance as well as salvation.   A measure of God’s faith is delivered to a person through hearing it preached. Romans chapter ten and verse seventeen says, “[Faith] comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Then the person uses this faith to create the reality of salvation, healing, or deliverance in his own life.   We create the reality of healing in our bodies by believing the Word of God on this subject, and speaking it out of our own mouth. I have used this God kind of faith in my life for decades. For example, when my cholesterol was elevated, I began to say daily, “Thank God my cholesterol is normal.” One year later, it had dropped 35 points, and was well below normal. Another year, my TSH level was elevated. So, I began to say daily, “Thank God my TSH level is normal.” One year later, it was normal! Normal bloodwork agrees with God’s Word: “By His stripes you were healed,” 1 Peter 2:24.   Many people do not realize that their words dominate them.   Proverbs 6:2 says, “You are taken captive with the words of your mouth.” I never deny a doctor’s report. They are simply trying to diagnose and help us. But I choose to believe and say God’s Word about it, and it eventually changes the diagnosis.   The apostle Paul confirms what I’m saying in 2 Corinthians 4:13:  And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak.   Disease and failure do not belong to children of God. God has never yet created a failure. Failures are man-made. They are made by wrong believing and wrong speaking.   The foolproof way to receive your healing every time is to exercise the God kind of faith. Believe God’s word in your heart and confess it with your mouth. Don’t contradict and disagree with God. That will never get results. Our faith will never rise above the words of our lips. Thoughts of doubt may come, and they may persist in staying. But if we refuse to put those thoughts into words, they die unborn!   Your confessions of God’s Word, if believed in your heart and spoken with your mouth, will create the realities of God’s Word in your 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!

The God of our Lord Jesus Christ is a good God! The Bible says that He doesn’t want any person to perish and have eternal damnation. But did you know that He also doesn’t want any person to suffer with sickness, disease, or pain?   Sickness did not even exist in the garden of Eden before sin entered the human race. But after Adam and Eve sinned, sickness entered our world. One preacher said, “Sickness is the foul offspring of its mother, Sin, and its father, Satan.” But God sent Jesus to pay a great price so that none of us has to suffer the consequences of sin any longer.   There is a word that is almost lost to our society today: REDEMPTION. Redemption is the act of saving or being saved from sin and evil. Another accurate definition is the action of regaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or of clearing a debt.   What did God regain for you and me? Forgiveness and healing! What was exchanged for payment? The precious blood of Jesus.   Now why is this so important for you to understand? Because until you really understand the reality of your redemption in Christ, not just as a doctrine or philosophy of some kind, you will not be able to live in health. The blood of Jesus has redeemed you from the authority of Satan! By receiving Jesus as our Lord, we were translated out of the authority of Satan and into the Kingdom of God.   Col 1:13-14 says: He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.   The word “power” in verse thirteen actually means “authority.”   Notice two things: 1.     We have been delivered from Satan’s authority, we’re not going to be someday in the future. 2.     The price of redemption was the blood of Jesus.   Here’s another scripture in connection with this: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. Revelation 12:11 NKJV   The American Revised Version says it this way: Because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony.   The blood of Jesus is the basis for our victory! He paid the price, so legally we are free from all sickness, disease, and pain. Now that we know we are free from these, we must enforce our legal standing by adding our confession to it. What are we saying about our redemption? We have to stand our ground against the enemy by speaking with the authority God gave us to declare His redemption.   Why Your Redemption in Christ Includes Divine Healing Because Satan is the god of this world, he will try to exercise authority over us, even though he has been stripped of it. But he never has to win! Why? Because we have been delivered by the blood of the Lamb from all the power of darkness. In every test of sickness, disease, or any other evil we’ve been redeemed from, we can overcome . Our only method is AGREEMENT.   If we don’t agree with God, we will not enjoy His provision.   You agree by saying what He has said about the situation.   The word of our testimony should always be, “I AM HEALED, I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.” That is called taking authority.   Think about this: We belong to the body of Christ. Christ is the head of that body, and He rules over His body. Satan has no right to rule over Christ, therefore he has no right over Christ’s body.     Some people accept defeat in life because they don’t fully understand these truths. They often believe that it is God’s will for them to be sick and defeated. But why would God want something that belongs to Him to be defeated in any way?   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.   This passage shows us that not only our spirit, but also our body was bought with a price. Therefore, we are to glorify God in our body and in our spirit, which now belong to God. He paid for us—He owns us—and therefore He is glorified by healed bodies.   Could God get any glory out of the body, the temple of the Holy Spirit, if it is deformed with sickness? We must understand that our healed bodies are connected to God’s glory. Knowing this will embolden us to take a firm stand against the devil when he attacks our bodies. Our authority over Satan, sin, and sickness is part of our inheritance in Christ.   We have dominion over the devil because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of our testimony. We have already overcome Satan. We can glorify God in our spirits and our bodies NOW. But we must believe the authority that is through the blood of Jesus, and we must confess that it has healed us of every sickness and disease. 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!

A very beloved man of faith once said, “I can’t understand God by feelings. I can’t understand the Lord Jesus Christ by feelings. I can only understand God and Jesus by what the Word says about them.”   Too many people try to get to know God by their feelings. When they feel good, they think God heard their prayers. When they don’t feel good, they conclude that He has not heard them. Their faith is based on their feelings when it should be based on the Word of God.   This is the problem Thomas had. He was not with the other disciples when Jesus appeared to them the first time. Because he didn’t see Jesus, he refused to believe what all the others told him. Thomas said, “Unless I see Him and touch Him for myself, I will not believe.”   Eight days later, Jesus appeared to them again, and this time Thomas was present. He refused to believe unless he could see with his own eyes and feel Jesus’ wounds with his own hands: Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” John 20:27 NKJV   Many Christians are like Thomas today. They refuse to believe they are healed because they don’t feel any different after they pray and they don’t see the evidence.  Needing to feel a change or see evidence is not Bible faith. But it’s by faith—not by sight or evidence—that we receive. So if we require a feeling or evidence before we believe, healing won’t manifest in their bodies.   Healing is More Than a Feeling -- The Truth You Need to Know Real faith in God is based upon the Word of God. Real faith says, “If God’s Word says it is true, then it is.   If God’s Word says I’m healed, then I am healed, because His Word cannot lie.” Believing God is believing His Word.   When it comes to the physical realm, we have to walk by sight. But when it comes to spiritual things, we don’t walk by sight, we walk by faith. For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV   God’s healing is spiritual healing. If medical science heals, it heals through the physical. Christian Science heals through the mind. But when God heals, He heals through the spirit. The spirit is the innermost part of man, the part that lives eternally. Although we cannot see into the spirit realm with our natural eyes, it is still very real. That’s where faith comes into play.   Healing is like the New Birth. The New Birth is the rebirth of the human spirit. It does not change the physical in any way, so it is not seen with the natural eyes. However, over time it should become obvious that there has been a change.   In the same way, healing from God begins in the spirit of man. To receive physical healing we must believe with our spirits. Only then will we feel or see the difference. God’s Word is always true, regardless of our feelings or circumstances.   Here is a formula for faith that you can make work for you: 1.     Find one or two healing scriptures that are meaningful and insert your name. 2.     Meditate upon them until you know in your heart you believe them. 3.     Refuse to consider contradictory circumstances or what your physical senses may tell you. Ignore your feelings and senses! 4.     Give praise to God for the answer! 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!