Sermon Tone Analysis

*TOTAL HEALING: THE LORD WANTS TO MAKE US WHOLE*

OUTLINE: SPIRITUAL HEALING, PHYSICAL HEALING, EMOTIONAL HEALING, RELATIONAL HEALING, VOCATIONAL HEALING, SOCIAL HEALING, NATIONAL HEALING

*Examples of Recent Moves of the Spirit in the Last 100 years or so*

 

1.

John Alexander Dowie - healing revival (1890’s).

A great number of healings and signs and wonders were evidenced in Dowie's meetings.

2.

Wales revival (1904) ~/ Topeka Kansas (1904) ~/ Azusa Street revival (Los Angeles in 1906) – Renewal~/Manifest Presence.

This move of the Spirit wasn't known as much for healings or signs and wonders, but instead was known for a sort of refreshing for the people of God.

 

3.

John G Lake healing revival 1910-20).

Like Dowie, many notable miracles, healings, signs and wonders.

One noteworthy fact about Lake's ministry was the fact that in his ministry there was a strong emphasis on loving God more than loving the works of God.

 

4.

Aimee Simple McPherson - healing revival (1920’s).

5.

Voice of Healing revival with Oral Roberts, William Braham, Kenneth Hagin, etc. (1940-50’s).

6.

Charismatic Renewal - started initially among Catholics and then spread out to reach the main line Protestant denominations (1967).

Again, this move was more of a renewal than a signs and wonders move.

7.

Jesus Movement - Chuck Smith~/Lonnie Frisbee in Southern California (1970’s) ~/ Teaching Revival - out of this move was birthed the quick spreading of the Word-of-Faith camp.

8.

Vineyard healing revival with John Wimber (1980’s).

This move of the Spirit had the unique quality of having both a healing AND Manifest Presence dynamic included in it.

Most of the prior moves in this century had primarily one or the other, not both.

9.

International renewal center in Lakeland Florida with Rodney Howard-Browne - reaching primarily main-line Pentecostals~/Word-of-Faith (1993).

10.

International renewal center in Toronto with John Arnott (Toronto Blessing).

Primarily reached main line liturgical denominations (1994).

11.

Pasadena Regional renewal~/healing revival with Che Ahn & Lou Engle (1994-95).

12.

Pensacola revival with evangelist with Steve Hill (1995).

This was unique in that it was more of a salvation, holiness, "get-right-with-God" move.

13.

Regional renewal in Smithton with Steve Gray (1995).

14.

Regional healing revival in Redding with Bill Johnson (2000-to-present)

 

15.

Todd Bentley national healing revival in Lakeland, Fla (2008).

A signs and wonders move.

16.

Regional renewal~/healing with Rick Joyner in Fort Mill NC(2008) & a Regional healing revival in Atlanta with Jim Drown (2008).

Both of these were birthed out of the Lakeland revival.

It is God's nature to heal.

An Old Testament title used to describe an aspect of God's nature is found in Exodus: "'I am the LORD, who heals you'" (Ex 15:26).

Certainly, if it was His nature to heal then, it is His nature to heal now.

He does not change.

Ps 103:3 speaks of the one "who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases."

God is the Giver of Life.

The devil destroys; the Lord God delivers.

He makes alive.

The Father sent the Son that we might have life, and that more abundantly (John 10:10).

God is love (1 John 4:8).

It is His nature to love.

God heals because it is an act of love.

God's reason for delivering Israel, for loving them as a nation, was not because they were such a great or wonderful people, but because of His love.

He had promised to be faithful to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and His covenant-keeping character was therefore displayed (Deut 7:7-8).

Deeply woven into this relationship God had with His people was His love, so much so that a good rendering of the term for "faithfulness" in the Old Testament is "steadfast love."

God, the great Physician, is our Healer because He is Lord of the universe.

He is sovereign over His creation.

He has power to wound and to heal (Deut 32:39).

*1.

SPIRITUAL HEALING*

The Lord wants to make us whole.

He wants to minister total healing to us.

We must be prepared and willing to receive His healing.

Jesus asked the man who was an invalid for 38 years whether he wanted to become well.

We should not allow prolonged suffering to rob our hope, confidence, dream and desire.

The Lord wants to heal us spiritually.

He wants to heal our backslidings.

He wants us to come back to Him and be filled with His love and live in close fellowship to Him.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES JOHN 5:1-9, 14; HOSEA 14:4 "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

JEREMIAH 3:22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding."

"Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God.

*2.

PHYSICAL HEALING*

The Lord wants to heal us physically.

The Lord is a healer.

When we walk in obedience to Him, He promises to heal our sicknesses.

We must claim the promises of God and experience His healing in our lives.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

EXODUS 15:26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

PSALM 103:3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

MALACHI 4:2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.

And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.

MATTHEW 8:16-17 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."

*3.

EMOTIONAL HEALING *

The Lord wants to heal us emotionally.

He wants to heal our broken hearts and wounded emotions and painful memories.

We must not live all our lives with a broken heart because of a painful experience in the past.

We must not live in fear that our past traumatic experiences will be repeated again.

The Lord wants to reassure us that He will do a new thing in our lives and therefore we should be willing to forget the past and face the future with confidence.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

PSALM 147:3 He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds.

LUKE 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,

ISAIAH 43:18-19 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

ISAIAH 54:7-10 "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

*4.

RELATIONAL HEALING*

The Lord wants to heal us relationally.

He wants to mend our broken relationships.

The Lord wants us to be free from bitterness and anger.

He wants us to be kind and tender hearted towards each other and forgive one another.

Just as God has been merciful to us and forgave our sins, we must be willing to forgive others.

When we obey His commandments we will experience loving relationships in our life.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

EPHESIANS 4:31-32 get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

MARK 11:24-26 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your sins.