The Christmas season causes us to remember the reason Christ came – to deliver humanity from sin and sickness. Bill Johnson leads a time of communion and declaring the victory of Jesus over our lives, relationships, and communities. May His reason for coming be fulfilled in every one us, that we would know His peace and joy.
he became broken that we might become
whole he became empty that we might
become full he became despised so that
we could be celebrated he was rejected
so we could be accepted he became this
so that we could live in this this is
what God intended for you and me
as a Believer I don’t come to this
table of the Lord
as a tradition where I need to just get
another notch on my Bible that I’ve
accomplished something that I’m supposed
to do
for me this is a living interaction
between me and the almighty God
it’s one of the most
history
influencing activities of my life
it’s not done out of routine
it’s done with faith it’s done with
obedience
I know his Protestants we’re not
supposed to approach
the body this the blood and the bread
this way
but when I hold the bread in my hand
I remind myself Jesus said this is my
body
I don’t have to understand anything
about it all I need to do is acknowledge
I hold in my hand the broken body of
Jesus
the broken body represents something to
us that’s extremely significant
Jesus was beat with
a whip if you can imagine a whip with
leather strands and on the end would be
pieces of shards of glass and pieces of
metal
and they beat him with this whip until
history tells us internal organs were
displayed he was he was beyond
recognition
and according to Isaiah 53 that payment
that he made was not so that we would
feel bad for him looking in the past but
that we would realize he purchased
something in that moment he actually
bought your right to Healing he made a
payment by his stripes I was healed is
the scripture by his stripes I was
healed two thousand years ago a payment
was made
for our healing
and the only thing greater than Divine
Healing is divine health
and I believe that the Lord is going to
give us Insight I I don’t have it right
now I just I just have the ache in my
heart
I can tell when God’s doing something
because my heart will usually ache for
it first there’s this ache in my heart
that tells me there’s a reality I’ve not
yet tasted of that he has made available
and I don’t know how to get there except
to come before him repeatedly in
obedience and surrender making my
petitions known and that issue is divine
health
I believe that if Israel in the
wilderness in Rebellion against God not
even born again could experience Divine
Health then how much more those who are
under Superior Covenant would actually
taste of superior blessings
what I don’t want us to do ever is to
create a theology for a problem we Face
only hold to the Theology of the
solution
only hold to the theology that says this
is what Jesus has accomplished that this
that I’m facing would yield and be
broken for the glory of God
you hold in your hands the testimony of
a broken body
I want you to stand I there may be some
in the back that don’t yet have the
bread but I want you to stand I want you
to hold your bread out in front of you
and there are several things that I do
that I’m going to ask you to do with me
to put everything else aside all all
other activities and this one moment I
want us to come before the Lord with the
broken body of Jesus
and what I like to do I did it this
morning I didn’t realize we were having
communion today so I brought my own
communion stuff to the office I come
down here early and just pray to get
ready for the day and I was walking
through the sanctuary I did this again I
held the bread the body before the Lord
and began to pray and make confession
declaration by the stripes of Jesus Mary
is healed cancer is never to return to
her body again by the stripes of Jesus
Parkinson’s is gone from Kathy
Parkinson’s has been defeated in Allen
and just make these declarations
they’re not
ritual or routine life and death is in
the power of the tongue and all I want
is my tongue to agree with what God has
accomplished and with what God is saying
so I’m going to ask you to do that I’m
going to ask you to take just a moment
hold the bread before the Lord and just
declare the healing Grace of Jesus over
your own body over your family over any
family member or person friend that you
know that’s battling a disease bring
their name before the Lord and declare
over them
by his stripes you were healed let’s do
that take just a moment for that do that
even at home those of you who are
watching
by the stripes of Jesus
buy the stripes of Jesus
I was made whole
by the stripes of Jesus
I was healed
by the stripes of Jesus Mark Cooper was
healed
cancer is never to return to that body
by the stripes of Jesus even in this
room brain disorders are to be healed
this is Spirit soul and body every area
of Life healed there’s not one thing he
left out
we declare that healing Grace
now
hold that bread in front of you again
when you’re on your own obviously you
can pray for everybody you can think of
but we do have a time limit this morning
so hold that bread in front of me here’s
another thing that the broken body of
Jesus did
in Ephesians 2 it says Jesus bore on his
body the dividing wall now think about
it between Jew and Gentile the greatest
divide ever to exist the blessed and the
cursed
Jesus Took on his own body the dividing
wall what does that mean it means that
this bread this Brokenness that you hold
in your hand he became broken that we
might become whole he became empty that
we might become full he became despised
so that we could be celebrated he was
rejected so we could be accepted he
became this so that we could live in
this this is what God intended for you
and me any situation where you know
there’s division it could be between you
and a family member it could be between
a racial conflict in in your place of
work or or city or Nation doesn’t matter
what it is I want you to hold this
before the Lord and I want you to make
the confession this is more than enough
to fix this divide
this is more than enough the payment you
made is more than adequate
to make it possible for Unity to exist
between this church and that church
this race and that race this family and
that family
Lord God we give you thanks for the
power of healing and the power of unity
all that was released
through the broken body of Jesus receive
that now let’s partake together
now we give you thanks Lord
give you thanks
let me give you thanks
hold the cup before the Lord
when I bring the cup before the Lord
Jesus said that this is his blood
there’s two confessions I like to make
proclamations I like to make when I
particular communion of the blood
the first is the blood of Jesus sets me
free say that with me the blood of Jesus
sets me say it again the blood of Jesus
one more time the blood of Jesus sets me
free
foreign
the other thing I like to Proclaim as I
pray for every member of my family
every member as I make this confession
as for me and my house we will serve the
Lord
say it together as for me and my house
we will serve the Lord and then I pray
for members of my family do that now
take just maybe 60 seconds for that just
declare if you have loved ones that
aren’t walking with the Lord just call
them in we just say every single one has
a place in Christ we call them home in
Jesus name the blood of Jesus sets free
blood of Jesus sets free every single
family member
the blood of Jesus sets free
thank you thank you thank you God
I love praying for my family so much I
love
I just love what I do is I pray for my
kids my grandkids as I’ve done for
goodness 40.
Eric’s 42 years old so I’ve done it for
42 in fact I did it before he was born
I pray God Jeremiah 24 God give them a
heart to know you let him hear your
voice
woo them with your voice
let him know your ways
God let him know your ways pray that for
your family
God give them a heart to know you
let them know your ways God
draw them near to you
next to praying for my family
probably my most favorite part
is when I pray for those who have for
whatever reason have chosen to oppose me
or criticize me their their work their
work in the gospel is to somehow take
away from whatever God is doing here and
the Bible makes it clear you don’t ever
have the right to criticize a servant to
their master so I have I have no voice
before the Lord
I don’t want to anyway but I have no
voice to criticize another servant of
God to God himself
what I have found joy in is praying for
God to abundantly bless them in every
possible way I love to pray that God
would Prosper them Spirit soul and body
that their health would be good that he
would they would never need anything
financially that God would surround them
with favor that every opportunity for
their gift would be provided for them
that they would become all that God has
meant for them to become I love to pray
that when I’m holding the cup of the
blood because the blood is what covers
me and covers them it’s the blood that
wipes out the power of sin and I love to
pray my favorite thing I guess maybe is
is that I pray that God would give
their children and their grandchildren
that they would know the joy of having
children grandchildren and
great-grandchildren that serve god with
a whole heart absolute passion absolute
purity of heart that they would know the
joy of multiple Generations serving
Jesus
some of you have you’re in Conflict
right now you may be doing well but it’s
just the pain of conflict I want you to
pray blessing on that person if the
person you need to forgive is already
dead don’t pray for them
we don’t pray for the dead but honestly
pray for their family members their
descendants pray that the Lord would so
richly touch that household that family
that remains from that person who caused
you such pain
be a Redemptive person not just a
reactor be a Redemptive person so let’s
hold this cup before the Lord let’s pray
this one thing if you have anyone you
need to forgive obviously just do it
right now I just declare forgiveness for
that person mention their name
pray for the Lord to just so Prosper
these people
I think the problem the ones that I know
of are doing all that they know to do
with what they have
I can’t judge them by my experience
so I bless them I asked for rich rich
reward of God on their lives
I release them for my judgment
the file of information I’ve collected
that proves me right and them wrong I
throw it on the fire right now and I
declare The Wonderful Grace of Jesus
covers us both
Amen to that
let’s receive this together as a
testimony of our own forgiveness
thank you Jesus
thank you thank you Lord
wow
yeah I’m so glad that you watched this
video I do pray that it’s a great great
strength and encouragement to you and
I’ve got a verse that it really is My
Cry for all of us and it’s Psalms 20
it’s verse 4. may he grant you your
heart’s desire and fulfill all your
plans
that’s my prayer that’s my prayers that
this would be the season of rich rich
fulfillment
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