Genesis 32
21 So Jacob's giftsS ver 13 went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp. 21 Ge 33:10; Pr 21:14
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22 Jacob Wrestles With God
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sonsS Ge 30:24 and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.Nu 21:24Dt 2:37; 3:16Jos 12:2 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.S Ge 26:14 24 So Jacob was left alone,Da 10:8 and a manS Ge 18:2 wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hipver 32 so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak."
26 But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."Hos 12:4 26 Hos 12:4
27 The man asked him, "What is your name?"
27 "Jacob,"S Ge 25:26 he answered.
28 Then the man said, "Your nameIsa 1:26; 56:5; 60:14; 62:2,4,12; 65:15 will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a] Israel means he struggles with God.S Ge 17:535:101Ki 18:31 because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."S Ge 30:8 28 Ge 17:5; 35:10
29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name."Ex 3:13; 6:3Jdg 13:17 29 Jdg 13:17
29 But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?"Jdg 13:18 Then he blessedGe 25:1135:948:3 him there. 29 Ge 35:9
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[b] Peniel means face of God. saying, "It is because I saw God face to face,S Ge 16:131Co 13:12Ex 24:11Nu 12:8Jdg 6:2213:22 and yet my life was spared." 30 Ge 16:13; Ex 24:11; Jdg 6:22
31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[c] Hebrew Penuel, a variant of PenielJdg 8:9 and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip,ver 25 because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon. 32 ver 25The church has many organisers, but few agonizers; many who pay, but few who pray; many resters, but few wrestlers; many who are enterprising, but few who are interceding… Tithes build a church, but tears will give it life. That is the difference between the modern church and the early church. In the matter of effective praying, never have so many left so much to so few’.
Are you a prayer? Are you a wrestler? Are you an interceder? We need to be a church, and we need to be a people who are serious about prayer. Who are serious about grappling with God over the bigger issues of this world. We need to be a church that starts praying some pretty radical prayers.
What is radical prayer? ‘The word radical comes from the Latin radix which means root. That means that radical prayer goes straight to the root of the issues. Radical prayer refuses to let us stay on the fringes of life’s great issues. Floating around on the surface so to speak. Never getting too involved in the things that really matter. It dares to believe that things can be different. Its aim is the total transformation of persons, institutions and societies. Radical prayer, you see, is prophetic’ (Richard Foster – ‘Prayer finding the hearts true home’)
Now listen to this – this is important - Radical prayer enables God to change the world--through you. Did you get that? Radical prayer enables God to change the world--through you.
not talking about God giving him more wealth – anyone who can give as a gift 220 goats, 220 sheep, 30 camels, 40 cows, 10 bulls, and 30 donkeys has enough wealth. Jacob wants to be blessed by being reconciled with his brother.
‘Look God... you said. Look God... you promised, and now I’m not going to let you go until it happens’! That’s pretty radical eh! And what has God promised for us? What should the reality of this world be?
Jesus standing in the synagogue said, ‘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, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor..." "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
That’s the promise of God. Let me just paraphrase it in a slightly different way. I have been empowered to share good news with the economically and spiritually poor. It is the good news of holistic salvation. For those with a broken heart, I have come to bind up your wounds and redeem your suffering and make you whole again. I have come to set the captives free, those who are downtrodden and oppressed, those who are distressed in spirit, who are mourning, I am here to comfort, deliver, and redeem you. Those who are struggling with poverty of soul, Spirit, and cannot fill the empty place inside, though they have tried everything, I have come to give you life again. (Isaiah 61:1-3 rephrase)
That’s Gods promise for the world! But is it the reality that we see all around us?
Radical prayer calls us to speak out in spiritual defiance of the world as it is
‘Radical prayer is impertinent, persistent, shameless, unbecoming. It is more like haggling in an outdoor bazaar than the polite monologues of our churches’. Like Abraham we bargain with God over the fate of the city (Gen 18). Like Moses we argue with God over the fate of the people (Ex 32). Like Esther we plead with God over the fate of the nation (Es 4).
In Acts 16 there’s the story of Paul and Silas in prison. They had been beaten, they had been thrown in jail, but they weren’t defeated. They didn’t sit around in chains and say ‘that’s it, we’re done for, it’s time to give up’. They didn’t moan and groan. They didn’t just accept the status quo. The Bible says, they prayed. Right there in that dark, damp, smelly prison, wrapped in chains – they prayed and their prayers challenged the status quo. Their prayers challenged the ‘what was’.
God bless you and claim your blessing
Narender bhatia
HEALING THE SICK
HOW MANY WILL GOD HEAL
EXODUS 23-25-26 I WILL TAKE SICKNESS AWAY FROM YOU. THE NUMBER OF YOUR DAYS I WILL FULFILL.
EXODUS 15-26 I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU
IF YOUR ARE SICK, GOD WANTS TO HEAL YOU.
NUM 23-19 GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NEITHER THE SON OF MAN THAT HE SHOULD REPENT: HAS HE SAID, AND SHALL HE NOT DO IT? OR HAS HE SPOKEN AND SHALL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD.
TODAY WE NEED TO ASK OURSELF A QUESTION? DO WE BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS IN HIS WORD? DO WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO IT? DO WE BELIEVE WHAT HE HAS SPOKEN HE WILL MAKE IT GOOD?
IF YOUR ANSWER IS FULL OF DOUBT THEN YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE YOUR HEALING
BUT IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES THAN READ THE FOLLOWING
1KINGS 8-56 THERE HAS NOT FAILED ONE WORD OF ALL HIS GOOD PROMISE
PS 119-89 FOR EVER ,O LORD YOUR WORD IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN.
JER 1-12 I WILL HASTEN MY WORD TO PERFORM IT.
PS 107-20 HE SENT HIS WORD AND HEALED OUR DISEASES
IF GOD WILL HEAL ANYONE HE WILL HEAL YOU HE IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS ACTS 10-34.
IN THE WORLD TODAY, DISEASES AND SICKNESS ARE CLAIMING A TERRIBLE TOLL ON HUMAN LIVES. CHRISTIANS NEED NEVER BE SICK, ANY MORE THAN THEY NEED TO BE SINFUL.IT IS ALWAYS GODS DESIRE TO HEAL YOU.
LOOK AT SOME TESTIMONIES AND THE WORD FROM THE BIBLE.
HEB 13-8 JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREEVER
MAT 12-15 GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM, AND HE HEALED THEM ALL
MAT 14-36 AS MANY AS TOUCHED (HIM) WERE MADE PERFECTLY WHOLE
LUKE 6-19 THE WHOLE MULTITUDE SOUGHT TO TOUCH HIM (AND HE) HEALED THEM ALL.
MAT 8-16-17 WHEN THE EVENING CAME, THEY BROUGHT TO HIM MANY THAT WERE POSSESSED WITH DEVILS: AND HE CAST OUT THE SPIRITS WITH HIS WORD AND HEALED ALL THAT WERE SICK: THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY ISAIAH THE PROPHET, SAYING, HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES, AND BORE OUR SICKNESS.
CHIRST IS STILL HEALING THE SICK, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE PROPHETS WORD. REMEMBER WE ALL ARE INCLUDED IN MATHEW 8-17 AND GOD IS BOUND BY HIS COVENANT TO CONTINUE TO HEAL WHO ARE SICK AND WEAK,INORDER TO FULFILL ISAIAHS WORDS, MY COVENANT WILL I NOT BREAK,NOR ALTER THE THING THAT IS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS(PSALM 89-34)
WHEN THE SUN WAS SETTING,ALL THEY THAT HAD ANY SICK WITH VARIOUS DISEASES BROUGHT THEM TO HIM;AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON EVERY ONE OF THEM,AND HEALED THEM. LUKE 4-40.
BASIS FOR CLAIMING OUR HEALING
SURELY HE HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS (SICKNESS AND DISEASES) AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS (PAINS) BUT HE WAS WONDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES: THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIN, AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED (ISA 53:4, 5)
WHO HIS OWN SELF BORE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE,THAT WE ,BEING DEAD TO SINS SHOULD LIVE IN REIGHTEOUSNESS;BY WHOSE STRIPES YOUR WERE HEALED.
BY THESE SCRIPTURES WE KNOW THAT HEALING FOR THE BODY IS PROVIDED IN THE SAME REDEMPTION AS SALVATION FOR THE SPIRIT. IN REDEMPTION, THERE IS PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING.IF YOU ARE SAVED, YOU SHOULD BE HEALED.IF YOU ARE HEALED, YOU SHOULD BE SAVED.
THE WORD SALVATION ,IF PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD,SHOWS BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT HEALING FOR THE BODY IS ALWAYS THE WILL OF GOD FOR ANY AND ALL WHO HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR.
WEBSTER TELLS US THAT SALVATION IS DELIVERANCE FROM SIN AND SINS PENALTY.A PROMINENT PART OF THAT PENALTY IS SICKNESS (DUET 28:15-16)
THE WORD SAVED IS THEGREEK WORD SOZO WHICH,WHEN PROPERLY TRANSLATED CARRIES THE MEANING OF PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING.IT IS THE SAME WORD JESUS USED WHEN HE SAID TO THE LEPER:YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WHOLE (LUKE 17-19) IT IS THE SAME WORD USED IN LUKE 8-36 HE THAT WAS POSSSESSED OF THE DEVIL WAS HEALED.
THE WORD SALVATION IS ALL INCLUSIVE WORD WHICH MEANS FULL DELIVERANCE, COMPLETE SAFETY, PRESERVATION, AND SOUNDNESS-SPIRITUALL.MENTALLY, AND PHYSICALLY.WHAT A MIRACLE-SALVATION FROM SIN AND FROM SICKNESS.
AS LONG AS JESUS CHRIST WILL FORGIVE ALL OF OUR SINS,HE WILL HEAL ALL OF OUR DISEASES.AS LONG AS HE IS A SIN FORGIVER,HE WILL BE A SICKNESS HEALER.BOTH SIN AND SICKNESS ARE HATEFUL IN HIS SIGHT.HE WAS,IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE AS WILLING TO HEAL ALL WHO ARE SICK AS TO SAVE ALL WHO ARE SINFUL.
START CLAIMING YOUR HEALING NOW THROUGH YOUR WORD CONFESSION
FIRSTY RENOUNCE ALL WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU SAID THAT YOU COULD NOT DO IT --- YOUR WERE DEFEATED
YOU SAID MY SICKNESS CANNOT BE HEALED---IT STAYED
YOU SAID YOU DID NOT HAVE FAITH---- DOUBT AROSE LIKE A GIANT AND BOUND YOU
YOU TALKED FAILURE----AND FAILURE HELD YOU IN BONDAGE
YOU TALKED FEAR--- AND FEAR INCREASED ITS GRIP ON YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU ARE SNARED WITH THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH, YOU ARE TAKEN (CAPTIVE) WITH THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH (PRO 6-2)
NOTHING IN YOUR WALK AS A BELIEVER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WORDS OF YOUR CONFESSION.
START SPEAKING A NEW LANGUAGE A LANGUAGE OF FAITH BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD
WHEN JESUS WAS TAKEN IN THE WILDERNESS BY THE DEVIL TO BE TEMPTED HE ONLY SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD EVERY TIME THE DEVIL TEMPTED HIM HE SAID IT IS WRITTEN AND THE DEVIL LEFT HIM. MARK 4
WHEN SICKNESS COMES YOUR WAY YOU NEED TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD IN FAITH
SAY TO YOUR SICKNESS BY HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED (1PET2-24)
SAYING HAS TO ACCOMPANY BELIEVING KEEP ON CONFESSING THE SRCIPTURES MENTIONED BELOW TILL YOU ARE COMPLETELY HEALED.REMEMBER WE DON’T GO BY FEELING BY ONLY BY HEALING THE WORD OF GOD IS ABLE TO PENETRATE THROUGH OUR BONE MARROWS ( THE ENGINE OF THE HUMAN BEING )(HEB 4-12)
SAY OUT LOUD BY HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED.
I HAVE SENT MY WORD AND HEALED YOUR DISEASES PS 107 20
3JN 2 BELOVED I PRAY THAT YOU PROSPER IN ALL THINGS AS YOUR SHOULD PROSPER IN HEALTH
EX 15-26 I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE.
PS 103 -3 WHO FORGIVES ALL OUR INIQUITIES AND HEALS ALL OUR DISEASES.
MAT 8-17 HE WENT ABOUT HEALING ALL THOSE WERE SICK.
2COR5-17 IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST HE IS A NEW CREATION OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
ALL THINGS ARE NEW CONFESS IT BELIEVE IT. IT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS.WE ARE NEW.ALL THINGS ARE NEW.OLD THINGS ARE GONE.THOSE OLD EARMARKS OF SIN,SICKNESS,DISEASES,FAILURES,WEAKNESS AND FEAR HAVE ALL PASSED AWAY.
NOW WE HAVE GODS NATURE-HIS LIFE,HIS STRENGHT,HIS HEALTH,HIS GLORY,HIS POWER. WE HAVE IT NOW PROCLAIM IT BOLDLY.
YOU COMMAND THE DISEASE TO LEAVE;YOU SPEAK IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND ORDER SATAN TO RELEASE HIS HOLD.YOUR ORDER THE LOVED ONE TO ARISE AND BE MADE WHOLE.THE SICK ONE IS HEALED.(1JN4-4) GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
JESUS CONTINUAL BOLD CONFESSION IS OUR EXAMPLE. HE CONTINUALLY CONFESSED WHAT HE WAS.
WE ARE TO CONFESS WHAT WE ARE IN CHRIST.WE ARE TO CONFESS THAT WE ARE REDEEMED,THAT OUR REDEMTION IS AN ACTUAL FACT,THAT WE ARE DELIVERED OUT OF THE DOMINION AND AUTHORITY OF SATAN. WE CONFESS THESE FACTS BOLDLY WITH ABSOLUTE CERTIANITY,BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARE TRUE.
WE CONFESS THAT WE ARE NEW CREATURES ,RECREATED IN CHRIST JESUS;THAT WE ARE A PARTAKER OF HIS DIVINE NATURE;THAT SICKNESS,DISEASE,FEAR,WEAKNESS, AND FAILURE ARE THINGS ARE THE PAST.
SAY TO THE DEVIL,SATAN THIS SICKNESS YOU HAVE PUT ON ME WAS CURSED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR ME (GAL3-13)AND YOU KNOW THAT I DON’T HAVE TO BEAR IT.I COMMAND YOU IN JESUS CHRISTS NAME TO LEAVE MY BODY.I AM FREE FROM YOUR CURSE.FOR IT IS WRITTEN WITH HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED,SO I AM HEALED.GOD SAID SO SATAN YOU ARE A LAIR.YOUR PAINS ARE LIES,YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE LIES,AND YOUR WORDS ARE LIES.YOUR ARE THE FATHER OF LIES JESUS SAID YOU ARE.
THE DISEASE OF YOUR BODY WERE LAID ON JESUS.YOU NEED NEVER BEAR THEM,BECAUSE HE HAS BORNE THEM FOR YOU ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BELIEVE THIS AND BEGAN TO CONFESS IT.
REFUSE TO ALLOW SICKNESS TO STAY IN YOUR BODY,BECAUSE YOU WERE HEALED BY HIS STRIPES. REMEMBER SICKNESS,DISEASE,SIN AND INFIRMITIES,ALL WERE LAID ON CHRIST.HE CARRIED THEM AWAY,LEAVING US FREE AND WELL.WE SHOULD REJOICE IN THIS LIBERTY OF OURS.
CONFESS THE WORD , TALK THE WORD,ACT ON THE WORD AND THE WORD WILL BECOME A VERY PART OF YOURSELF.
NOW START THANKING THE LORD FOR YOUR HEALING AND DELIVERANCE.
GOD BLESS YOU
PASTOR NARENDER BHATIA
NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP ASOCIATION
MALAD WEST MUMBAI INDIA
Dear Friends
The School of Prophecy was held on the 2nd May 2009 In Pune with the total number of People registering were around 75
The Lord moved powerfully and many Learned from the Word of God Different ways God Speaks.
There were believers for different Churches and all came together with one Purpose to learn from the word of God.
I take this opportunity to Thank all our Praying partners who stood with us in Prayers and Support,
We also thank the people who attended the Seminar and also the people in Pune who put so much of Time and resources
to host this Meeting.The Lord will richly reward all those who have worked for this event to make is successful for the Glory of God.
In case you need the CD of the Teaching you may please call Ms Megha on tel no 9822547442 and she will arrange to give it to you
at a very nominal Price.
In case your church feels the leading to hold this teaching you may please feel free to write to us on narender@vsnl.com
or giftsofprophecy@rediffmail.com .In which ever city or nation you come from we will surely be there to edify the Body of Christ.
Thanking you once again
God bless you
In His Vineyard
Pastor Narender Bhatia