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I have known Dr. Goldfedder for a long time. He has prayed for me several times for healing. He worked with Charles and Francis Hunter in their healing crusades for years. He is the author of many books on healing, as well as being a retired surgeon, who was himself healed instantly by the hand of God. Read his powerful testimony here. Dr. Phil has established an Alternative Medicine Healing Ministry, but has found that Jesus is the very best healer. He refers to himself as a refired Christian Jewish Neurosurgical Healing Evangelist.

The concept of sacrifice is common to all faiths. Some people have more resources than others so not all can make the same sacrifices, but the concept of sacrifice refers more to the burden it imposes on the one making it rather than the monetary amount. This is illustrated by the widow whose two mites into the temple treasury I regarded as a greater gift than the large sums from the wealthy. Do you think of a sacrifice as something you can lay before me and then turn and go? The sacrifice I’m looking for is greater than any amount of money, and anyone can make it. Bring yourself to me and remain. 

I spoke some difficult things in the lessons I gave. Some of them were disturbing even to my disciples. I asked them if they too would go away and they said to whom shall we go? For you have the words of life. Have you ever experienced the same thing yourself, that you have encountered authors whose words challenged your very being and the way you lived? Wouldn’t it be easier to set such books aside? Yet you sense that these are the words of life for you and continue to engage even though it is difficult. My disciples were right but this is not limited to me. Receive the words of life I speak to you and you will have words of life for others. 

The eight-minute video testimony below is from Rev. Paul Edwards, a personal friend I know well. We worked together many years ago at Full Gospel Tabernacle in Orchard Park, New York. We were both Instructors at Buffalo School of the Bible, which was a training institute run out of that church.

Would you ever pray for something you already have? If you want to make prayer a regular habit, then a prayer that is short and straightforward may be helpful in that practice. You could pray that I would be present in that moment. Yet you know as a matter of basic doctrine that I am omnipresent, and you have my promise from my word that I will be with you always, I will never leave you or forsake you, and no one can take you out of my hand. Then if you offer this prayer you will be asking for something you already have. The answer will be that you gain the awareness of what is already true. 

We watched this online streaming video series when Ty Bollinger ran it last year. Ty interviews a host of leaders from around the world who are using natural and innovative approaches to dealing with cancer.

My word teaches you that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Do you think this teaching is primarily in regard to sex? It includes that, but more besides. Do you see this pertaining to the type and amount of the food you eat? The amount of activity and sleep that you get? The company you keep? You are bought with a price and you are not your own. Yet I do not want you to view this as a burden. Think of it rather as the transcendent mystery that I dwell within you. You manifest and express my presence wherever you go. Maintain your temple so that you are equipped for every good work. 

What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike! ³⁷You know the saying, ‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true. ³⁸I sent you to harvest where you didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest.” (Jn 4:36-38 NLT)

Do you understand that belief and faith are similar but not identical? Belief comes first and faith grows from it. This is illustrated in the life of Abraham. His journey of faith began with believing me, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. This is not to say that he was righteous, but I was willing to accept him on the basis of his belief, which was a good deal for him and an early expression of grace. Much later Abraham is called to sacrifice his dear promised son Isaac. By then his belief had grown into solid faith and he was able to follow through with this most demanding request though I intervened to prevent it. Watch your own belief grow into the substance of faith.