Now Is The Time For Healing by guest contributor Joe Smylie

Now is the time of God’s favor, now is the time of salvation (healing)

(2 Corinthians 6:2)

by Joe Smylie

In the gospel of Luke chapter 5, we see Jesus demonstrating the heart of Father God by declaring that he is “willing” to heal sickness and disease as He reached out and touched the man with leprosy and instantly healed him.   Also, we see in verse 17, that many people gathered to hear Jesus teach about the Kingdom of God and the “power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.”  This power in Jesus then translated immediately to a paralyzed man laying on a mat as his friends lowered him through the roof right in front of Jesus.  This account in Luke tells us that when Jesus saw the faith of the men carrying their friend on the mat that He immediately forgave the man’s sins and healed his paralysis instantly.

What do these events in Luke chapter 5 tell us about the heart of God the Father towards each one of us?  In our World Changers Equipping School class “Healing the Sick,” we have answered this question directly during the last four gatherings in our Tuesday evening class.  We have discovered and demonstrated that: 1) it is always God the Father’s will to heal people, 2) that God the Father is always moved with compassion towards the human race, 3) Jesus healed and delivered everyone that came to Him with need during His ministry here on earth, and 4) He (Jesus) still wants to translate that same healing and deliverance power through us to everyone who needs his touch in our 21st century modern society.

During our class meetings and outreach to the streets in Dublin and Pleasanton, we have seen the compassion and power of Father God demonstrated through several authentic physical healings of many types (hips, knees, shoulders, necks, and backs).  One young man last Tuesday, at the Stoneridge Mall, allowed one of our teams to pray for his hurting back.  As the team prayed for his healing, he stood there amazed as a calmness came over him and he stated that “his back was feeling better.”  We also witnessed several young Egyptian and Israeli men and women receive emotional and mental healing in their hearts and souls as we prayed for them to encounter Almighty God in the name of Jesus the Messiah.

This upcoming Tuesday (November 10th) will be our last “Healing the Sick” class offered.  We would like to invite everyone (for free) who needs any kind of healing (physical, emotional, mental, relational, financial,) to come and receive what Jesus “already paid for them on the cross.”  The students of the class will be praying for everyone who has a need in this “Healing Service” finale.  Also, please bring any family or friends who need any type of healing.  We believe the Lord Jesus wants to touch them and set them free, as well.

The “Healing Service” will start at 7pm at Parkway Fellowship Church in Dublin, Ca.  The address is 7485 Village Parkway, Dublin, Ca 94568.   Hope to see you there!