Real Life Stories - Clay Taylor / #28

The Kingdom Cowboy

Summary:

There are so many Christians in this day that don’t even believe in healings of any kind. That is definitely not what we believe here at Trinity Fellowship. The challenge is to keep praying for healings when you don’t see everyone healed. It is easy to play it safe, but it’s another thing to go after it and really believe God, even when things look impossible. Let’s become like little children and just believe. And when you do become a part of someone getting healed, don’t let yourself get puffed up and start biting on the pride hook. That is the thing that can destroy a Christian faster than anything.

Show Notes:

• There have been many people over the years who have come to Trinity specifically to be healed. Why? Because they know we will pray for them and we listen and we believe that God really heals.

• When praying for healings, it’s easy to err on the side of caution and play it safe. It’s another thing to go for it and really believe God, even though not everyone gets healed. It’s better to pray for the impossible and see God move, if He wills.

• It’s so important that we, as God’s people, don’t take credit for what God does through us. Pride can sneak in on us so fast if we aren’t careful. That especially holds true for those who are spiritual leaders of Christian groups.

Quotes:

• It’s not an anointing on just one person here at Trinity. It’s a family anointing. It’s an anointing on this house. So we all have that ability for God to use us that way.

• I believe that God is bringing us to a place where we’re going to see more of that (the healings) if we can be good stewards of it. That’s the key.

• I can name a dozen healings that I’m praying for every day who have cancer, and then these little kids, who really don’t even know what is going on, can just say, “Fix it, Lord”, and it happens. And God told me, “because I can trust them with it”.

• The people that God’s doing stuff in, around, and through, are at the greatest risk of pride. It never comes in the front door. It always comes in the side door.

• We all have this desire for our life to mean something of significance. And, you know, we can get so far out of balance that we have to watch out for, as spiritual people, that we don’t take credit for something.

• Pride kills what God is doing in your life quicker than anything, and spiritual pride is the worst kind of pride. Everybody knows you have it except you.

• When your message becomes more important than the people that you’re supposed to deliver it to, you are out of business and you may not know it for several years.

Takeaways:

When it comes to praying over someone for a healing, let’s quit playing it safe, and really go after seeing people healed. Let’s be more like little children, who just believe and things happen. As we start to see more success, let’s not let pride slip into our spirit, and run the risk of loosing everythng that the Lord has given us.