Every Friday morning we broadcast LIVE in our private FB group, Peace Be Still Daily Prayer download (ask to join via FB!).  We discuss a prayer topic in parallel with a scripture, and then take time to pray for people in the group.  Normally I have a fairly easy time settling on the topic, but this morning I wrestled.

I woke at 4am; and didn't feel settled until about 6:45am on what to share.  

Part of my wrestling was thinking about a peaceful protest I attended on Monday, wanting to learn more about the healthcare workers standing for their right to make their own choices.  I wanted to hear some first-hand accounts and experiences.  I only conversed with 3 medical professionals.  They gave detailed information about their upset, clearly burdened not only for what they were feeling coerced to do, but for what their patients suffered after making personal choice to trust the process.   They've come away disheartened, and weary; but strong in conviction that they've learned too much at this point to trust the process themselves, at least at this point.  They have questions.  They want to give more time to see how things look further down the road.  They've faced it, worked the front lines of it.  They've exposed their families and endured tremendous pressure already.  Their experience should tell us something, and we should honor their choice.  But instead, they are being punished.

(Did you know that Uttar Pradesh (240m people) is only 5% inoculated, yet just hit 0% death rate?  Read that again. And then consider, how is that possible?  I've been to India and it's not a social distance kind of place.  It's also not a culture that practices regular handwashing  Over 334,000 children die per year, attributable to diarrheal diseases!  Think about that.  That is quite the test population with a lot of odds against them for controlling virus.  So why 0% death rate now?  Check me on it.  See how they handled it, and simply ponder why we aren't being given those options.  It's what many in the medical field see and are challenging.  A massive lawsuit has been filed by 10K doctors claiming "crimes against humanity" by fraud.  Strong words.  They've felt they have been hamstrung; unable to care for their patients and prevented from following their Hippocratic oath.   It's the largest group lawsuit ever.  Think about that.)

How are you responding to this so far?  Do you have love and compassion; or are you feeling upset and embittered?  For some of you it is helping because its based upon rational thought and you are fine with being challenged to question and explore more.  But if you have upset, have you talked to a medical person who doesn't want to be coerced?  Have you heard their perspective?  Are you willing to honor their choice as they have honored yours?

God wants us to be at peace with one another.  He does not want us consumed by fear and having harsh judgments within.  We need to bring that to Him and confess our fears and upset asking for freedom He promises.  If fear drives us we'll probably be upset and harsh with others.  But if faith has settled us and the Spirit has transformed us, we'll be compassionate and anger won't fuel us.

Remember--------- Jesus says that the love of many will grow cold in last days.  There will be a spirit of lawlessness behind this work.  It's sad, but it seems like we are in building up to ice cold hearts pretty rapidly.

So just check and see.  Are you judging those on the "other side" or are you compassionate and giving people freedom to explore and make decisions?  Do you make decisions from always believing what you are told?  Are you asking God to show you what is true?  He is Wonderful Counselor.  He promises to give us wisdom by faith, James 1:2-8.   

Rejoice!  We Christians are very special people endowed with supernatural promises!  God does not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind, 2 Timothy 1:7!  It is for freedom that Christ has set us free!  Live as children of the free woman!

Galatians 4: 28Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. 30 But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

Over the last many months I have started doing some prayer coaching.  These are prayer appointments I set with people I know or who are personally referred to me. 

During these sessions, the Spirit of God impresses things upon me, and often times they are words of affirmation and words of knowledge.  The Spirit speaks and reveals things for the purpose of setting people free and deeper levels of healing.  He does it in a way that honors privacy and deepens their trust in His perfect knowledge of them.  So during a recent session, He revealed the person receiving prayer had misperceptions about God as Father. 

The first 15 to 20 minutes of a session includes talking about what is burdening, so I have an idea of how to begin in prayer and what to cover in prayer.  What's interesting is the LORD often takes the time in a direction that reveals a root issue that was either not mentioned in the beginning or something the person was not aware of.  During the time of intercession, the LORD brought a word to my mind, which I didn’t understand, so I shared it, and it led to this confession coming out, “Nothing’s happening because I’m being punished.”  It shocked her that she said it, realizing right after that she didn’t know she believed her life frustrations were because she thought God was punishing her.  It was truly a moment of revelation for her!

But you see, God saw that in her, and reached in during our session, and drew it out through giving a Spirit led word for us to talk about.  This then it steered her heart to make an honest confession that was a unspoken belief causing her lots of distress.  It was the answer to her prayer request, to understand why she just recently started struggling with feeling lost, anxious, and carrying a gnawing and continual undercurrent of anxiety.  After God spoke what He spoke, it all made sense to her!  

This is a critical example of why we are not to search ourselves.  When we do it, leads to burden and lies.  This is why we come into God’s presence and ask for his insight. 

Proverbs 20:5- The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.

The things brewing within us are indeed deep and dark waters.  We aren't to plumb the depths.  It overwhelms us.  Instead, we are to turn to the One who has insight, the One who knows our thoughts (1 Chronicles 28:9).  The Spirit of Christ has insight because the Father knows the mind of the Spirit and intercedes for us according to His will.  He reveals and is Wonderful Counselor, Isaiah 9:6.

When he does the searching, it leads to breakthrough and peace.  In the prayer appointments God often goes further with people, to reveal root issues.  In the session I'm referencing today, God went further to show his little one that her self-talk was a form of self-torture, taking herself through endless questions.  “What am I doing wrong?”  “What have I missed?”  “What do I need to do?”  “I must not be getting something.”  “I must be missing what God is saying.”

This type of continual self-talk is creating confusion, fueling a feeling of being lost, creating a continual undercurrent of anxiety, and exhausting her.  But God was present to call it out and speak tenderly to her in terms to validate her as his child, invite her closer, remind her to enjoy his presence, deepen in trust, and use the season of waiting to prepare for His timing of promotion!

Jesus too had to wait on God’s perfect timing.  He had a season of waiting.  The Son of God was not released into ministry until 30 years old.  Think about the fact that He was not BAPTIZED with the Spirit until he was baptized by John, Mark 1:9-11. 

Certainly prior to this, He carried the Spirit (Luke 1:35), but there was a BAPTISM of the Spirit to drive Him forward in greater power from then on.  We are told in the moment of his baptism, the Heavens opened; the Spirit descended upon him; and the Father affirmed him, “You are my beloved Son, in you I am well pleased.”  Immediately after this, the Spirit drove him into the wilderness to face and overcome temptation, Mark 1:12.

The Spirit is also to drive you.  He is your power to overcome all forces against you and reveal the life of Christ through you. 

John's baptism was unto repentance, but Jesus came to baptize you with the Holy Spirit, Mark 1:8.

Romans 8:16 tells us the Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.  Through the Spirit of God in you, HE TESTIFIES TO YOU.  He leads you to life and peace, not confusion and disorder and death.  The Spirit is the voice who speaks the words of the Father to your spirit to affirm you.  Do you hear God in this way, or are you torturing yourself with endless questions and thinking God is punishing you?   If you have never had affirmation within that you are a child of God, that is a red flag for an area of healing desperately needed.

Have you been baptized?  At the end of the Gospel of Mark Jesus says, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

Remember, Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit.  This is not a religious requirement of water baptism.  It is a spirit requirement poured out upon those who profess the name of Jesus, Acts 1:8.  Today, I invite you to meditate upon Jesus’ baptism and let it uncover longing.  Do you want more?  Do you want greater revelation, encounter, a closer walk with God? 

Be bold!  By faith, ask for more of the Spirit!  By faith, ask for baptism!   Don't reason it through!

I was already filled with the Spirit, but a time came where God challenged me to ask for more!  Read that blog HERE- ARE BELIEVERS FILLED MORE THAN ONCE?  

"God, with help from the Holy Spirit, help this one envision the moment of Jesus' baptism.  Give them eyes to see the Heavens open, give them sight to see the Spirit descend on Jesus.  Give them ears to hear the Father’s words of affirmation speaking from Heaven, "You are my Son, with you I am well-pleased"  Stir them within to long for Spirit-filled encounter.  What are they longing for?  What thoughts and unspoken beliefs block the work of the Spirit in them?  Lord, you have perfect insight to what is happening within them.  God show them what is blocking their freedom, preventing deeper healing, and standing in the way of joy filled time with you.  Baptize them afresh with power from on high.  Move in them to ask for more of the Spirit!  ASK FOR MORE OF THE SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Amen!  

Simple moments. Around a table. Texting with a friend. As you put your child to bed. While meeting up for coffee. While on a date. At a check out. While waiting for a meeting to start...

"Let me tell you about what God did for me today.."

Psalm 66:16 says- Come and hear, all you who fear God, let me tell you what He has done for me.

We are to invite others to HEAR what God has done for us. Notice the psalmist calls those who fear God to listen. Often those who don’t fear Him won’t listen. But as we share amongst those willing to "come and hear", we encourage each other. We strengthen ourselves in the wait. We realize we are not alone. We influence our little ones and the next generation to love and honor God. And this is a worshipful act. We can do it around others not willing to listen, but are within earshot. It will perhaps invite questions and curiosity, releasing the power of God through our confession. It encourages other people to consider the promises of God. He helps us to love one another and Him in deeper ways. He wants us to celebrate Him together, to gather and give thanks and praise!

When is the last time you said to someone, “Listen to what God has done, or just did for me…”? It can be as simple as saying, “I really have to share that God got me through this day. I woke up fearful, but I admitted that to Him first thing, and then had a strength not my own for the rest of the day.. He heard my prayer and helped me.” As we make these simple confessions to each other on how we rely on Him in the finite moments and troubles of our lives, we worship Him. We spread good news, encourage the saints, and glorify His name.

Today, who is someone who fears God that you can tell them what God has done for you?

“Come and hear, all you who fear God, let me tell you what He has done for me.”- Psalm 66:16

If you want to go further in this form of worship, listen in to Wednesday 8/11/21's podcast for this exercise of worship of "Come and hear". You will take the instrumental time to tell Him...

• “You Lord have not treated me as my sins have deserved. You have been so merciful. Thank you for providing clean water, a place to lay down in safety. You have sustained me despite my wanderings...” (​Add your own details.)

And then take the simple action before you lay your head down tonight, to tell someone else what God has done for you. Let’s practice it. Let’s make it a habit of encouraging each other in these ways and so worship Him to the glory of His Name! "Come and hear all God has done for me!"

Every Friday is Friend Friday on the podcast. That is also the case in our private Facebook group (Peace Be Still Daily Prayer Download). Every Friday morning at 7am EST we broadcast live, to briefly discuss a spiritual topic and then pray over people in the group!  (Also, you can find Peace Be Still Daily Prayer Download on most podcast providers!)

This morning myself and our board chair Cheryl (John Maxwell Coach & Ministry/Business owner and AWESOME PRAYER WARRIOR!) were talking about denying flesh for the Spirit to give us life. Romans 8:13 says that if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body you will live. There is a critical surrender referred to there for victory over strongholds that plague our heart, mind, and soul. That scripture is about release, overcoming by the power of the Spirit. In the power of God (not our own) we put the misdeeds of the body to death.

But are we doing that? In that moment of weakness are you stopping and saying, "God help me, I'm about to lose my temper, or I feel like I'm about to binge, or I want to be vulnerable with my spouse right now, but I am scared of rejection."

A lot of us aren't dying to our flesh and handing those moments to God. Instead, we keep doing what we normally do, and then after remain burdened, feeling as though we shall never live in the power God promises and cast blame on others, settling into the enemy stronghold destroying us.

It's very disheartening that we as Christians (a chosen people give precious promises for victory) settle to live in enemy strongholds.

Went on to share in the live broadcast that very often when I ask someone, "Have you shared 'this" (the burden or struggle) with God? Or "have you told this person you are feeling or thinking this?" So VERY often I hear something along the lines of "not really". I hear reticence and half-hearted conviction about really giving something to God. And very often I hear "no" they have not shared their feelings and thoughts with someone about something that is a real block in their closest relationships, or shared a block that really requires intercession for breakthrough.

I wondered out loud why people hold on to their burdens without giving them to God or sharing them with someone else who will pray for them. It felt uncomfortable to confess out loud that I often see that people (in terms of general population) are comfortable in their misery, despite how they complain. It's disheartening to see people really don't want to get well. It puts context and a powerful punch behind the question Jesus asked the paralytic in John 5:6, "Do you want to get well?" They aren't willing to move in the direction of healing. It's very troubling. Do you know someone like this? Is this your real struggle?

God had something to say about what I was wondering aloud in our Friend Friday Live prayer time. After we wrapped up scripture reflections, we went into intercession to pray for people. And as the prayer portion came to a close, Cheryl stopped me and wanted to share that God was putting something on her heart. She said "As you were praying, I felt like the Lord really showed me that a big piece of what happens in these situations is, regardless of what particular situation we are carrying, one of the deep roots of it (lack of breakthrough) is that we want to be in control." She went on to share God was burdening her to say, "Just begin your time of prayer by saying, "Jesus, forgive me for wanting to control things. I want to let you control me and trust you in that process."  (Listen to clip in video above.)

Such a simple baby step that leads to leaps in the Spirit!

I've recently been challenging people to take that step, praying with a good handful of people who are in fact willing to let go and open up with God and others. They are returning with praises of healed relationships, seeing moves of the Spirit in very difficult circumstances, giving testimony of bold and courageous steps of faith, and praising God for real breakthrough... expressing they are experiencing His presence and love in wonderful ways! 

As we close, where are you today in breakthrough? Are you willing to let go of control? Are you willing to admit weakness and ask God to forgive you for wanting to control things? Do you need someone to walk beside you in whatever area you are losing ground spiritually? Are you willing to admit your need to have someone intercede with you, for you, for breakthrough?

• Step 1- Review. Really wrestle with the question Jesus posed to the paralytic- "Do you want to get well?" John 5:6
• Step 2- Open up with Jesus. Admit weakness, desire for control. He can be trusted. Psalm 120:1
• Step 3- Go further still. Ask God to bring someone into your path who will intercede and stand with you for the breakthrough you need. James 5:16
• Step 4- PERSIST. Insist on healing and breakthrough!
  • For a lessons on persistence, meditate upon the "shameless audacity" Jesus references in Luke 11:8. Or find the humor in parable of the persistent widow. A powerless widow gets justice from an unjust judge because he becomes afraid she will come and beat him up if he doesn't grant her request, Luke 18:4-5! 🤣 Think about that! A man who doesn't fear God or man is brought under subjection by a little widow. I find this hilarious and great encouragement on the power of persistence in prayer!
• Step 5- Return with praise! "Were not all 10 cleansed? Where are the other nine?" Luke 17:17

Has your Christianity become far too independent and earthly grounded?  When is the last time you asked someone, "Will you pray for me?"  If you haven't asked for prayer or received prayer in the last 2 weeks, it's not a stretch to say, your faith is too earthly grounded.

Believers are to make up a house of prayer, Matthew 21:13.  We are to be interdependent upon each other and to pray for each other, Romans 15:30 & Colossians 1:9 & Ephesians 6:18.  Our agreement in prayer breaks strongholds, Matthew 18:19.  We are blessed when we pray for our friends, Job 42:10.  We receive what we ask for, 1 John 5:14.  There is promise of healing as we open up to each other and pray for each other, James 5:16.   

Are you positioning to receive these promises?  Do you believe in the power of praying together?

If we are honest, this is a very challenging question, and is answered in the frequency in which we do it.  Just like if I were to ask, "Do you believe in working out to maintain physical health?"  Your conviction is answered in the frequency in which you do it.  Same with prayer.

Give yourself a challenge to ask another Christian to pray for you over the next several days.  And for another prayer covering over you, please listen in to today's podcast, episode #313.  You can also scan through other Friend Friday's to find even more episodes of prayer covering over you.  This is not a substitute for others praying over you in person, but it is an additional resource of supernatural protection and power that is so important to your walk of faith!  Take 6 minutes today and receive prayer covering through Peace Be Still Daily Prayer Download!

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THIS BLOG IS A COPY/PASTE OF THE LAST EMAIL BLOG SENT OUT...

Your "opens" have spoken!...The last blog on grieving was our most read EMAIL (by FAR!) in the past 5 years of sending them out. Average open rates for emails typically range from 15-25%. Normally open rates for our blogs is around 30%. But the last one on grieving was 50%! That number practically shouted from the screen. What is it saying to you, if you are grieving?

Well, the first thing it might tell you is that you are not alone in your grief.  Many, many are grieving because of this last season that has thrown us major emotional curve balls.

It hasn't helped that we've been groomed to isolate during this pandemic.  For many it has become a habit and preferred way of life.  And unfortunately, a trend to isolate was already developing.  Loneliness and social isolation has been consuming culture due to people turning "inward".  Communicating behind a screen and through a screen is now very normal.  Add shrinking social circles and the break down of family being a "trend" for the last several decades and loneliness is a normal outcome.  This of course leads to depression, anxiety, grief, anger, etc.  

There are lots of studies on the effects of loneliness and social isolation revealing a wide range of physical, cognitive, and mental health outcomes negatively impacting quality of life.  One such study from 2020 can be found here.

.That 2020 report from the National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine corroborated what other studies have shown... loneliness is a strong factor for detrimental health outcome including early death.  One data point being that there is 29 percent increase in risk of incident for coronary heart disease and a 32 percent increase in the risk of stroke caused by loneliness, and that this was consistent across genders.  There are many more conclusions given on detrimental effects of loneliness.  Please access the study from the link in previous paragraph if you want to read more.

So even though society is opening back up, many more that maybe previously have not been "isolators" have now been groomed long enough to make it a "lifestyle" choice.  Fears looms large for many so they are weighing the cost in their minds of connecting versus not.  Unfortunately, they are calculating advantages versus disadvantages wrong, because loneliness can kill.

What would be the statistics now, more than one year after initial lock-downs?  I suppose those type of grave reports will be coming out this year.  If any of you have any to share, please send me the detail, I'd like to read them.  It's not rocket science to conclude that the data would be even more alarming than pre-pandemic levels for loneliness, depression, and anxiety, morbidities, etc.

Fantastic, now what?  Well since the readers of this blog are Christian, you know where I would take you, to Jesus of course.  But before doing so I want to acknowledge that perhaps the pressures of coming out of grieving and loneliness and loss are more guilt ridden for the Christian versus the non-Christian.  Maybe I'm off base on it, but since we as Christians have Christ, I think its easy to feel guilty that we have unresolved sorrow.  Unspoken or not, don't we wonder or conclude that the promises of God failed us?  Why would the sorrow linger if we really believed?  If God's promises were really true?  

If we admit that, aren't we making God out to be a sham, a self-help tool that fails?

NO!!! Those thoughts and feelings are lies straight from the pits of hell.  "Did God really say...?"

Here is the truth... no promise of God ever fails, Joshua 21:44-45 !!!  All of the promises of Jesus are "yes" and in Him, "Amen." 

Let's stop on that promise, because did you know that that is an incomplete summary of what the verse really says in 2 Corinthians 1:20?  What the verse actually says is "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ.  And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.  That is not a passive promise or just a statement to quote.  It requires us SPEAKING a hearty agreement, with our actions from belief lining up with our confession.  This brings glory to God by proving all of His promises are true!

If you read 2 Corinthians 1:20 in context, the power of all of Christ's promises being true happens in COMMUNITY, i.e. not in isolation.   The chapter starts out with the verses of comforting others because God himself has comforted us.  And then right after verse 20, Paul says that God has made "both us and you stand firm", that "He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come".

You will not realize God's promises isolating your sorrow from everyone around you.  You realize them by opening up, mourning, connecting, comforting others and receiving God's comfort through others.  

Loneliness is not a promise of God. Life to the full is His promise, John 10:10.  Suffering is part of our walk with Christ.  It's pathway is to lead us to comfort, 2 Corinthians 1:5.

So if you are feeling overwhelmed with grief, what bold steps can you take to admit the sorrow?  I have prayed God sends intervention and lights a path in front of you, showing you godly people that will comfort you.  If you are reading this, please stop and pray in agreement for God's intervention for those overwhelmed by sorrow.

As I sum things up, of course the main message from this ministry to you is always, "talk to Jesus".  Open up.  Ask Him to help you access your feelings, especially if you don't feel anything at all.  Challenge yourself to come into His presence to admit the anger, upset, sorrow, confusion.  I urge you to use the podcast episodes to practice developing intimacy with Him on these levels. Find the link to your podcast provider on our host page (scroll down to the "Listen on" column).

😍FREE RESOURCES!: 

1. Just yesterday (Friend Friday), the podcast exercise was a simple follow along of talking to Jesus in first person language, asking that He would help you trust Him more, that He is the supply that you need.  Please give that episode a listen, found here.
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2. Mellow Monday's breath prayer exercise was for practicing breath prayer and silence while calling upon the peace of Jesus.  I turned episode #300 into a video and then uploaded it to our BRAND NEW Youtube page.  One episode per week will be turned into a video.  Here is the link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGhz1AKJpis&t=319s
   
   
3. We have a private FB group called Peace Be Still Daily Prayer Download.  Every Friday, we have a live session starting at 7am EST.  Myself and the my board chair for Into the Waters, Cheryl, host a discussion on faith based issues that affect our prayer life, and then pray for you at the end.  Yesterday we touched on the importance of having godly people in our lives as resource for living in God's promise for life and peace from Romans 8:6. If you want to join the group as form of "not walking out your faith alone", please ask to join.  Here is the link to yesterday's video-https://www.facebook.com/gina.williamson.904/videos/4787385904610633
   
   

Many of us have experienced real loss over the last year and a half.  And in that loss there is grief.  But is it a grief we acknowledge to ourselves, to God?

I've talked and prayed for a good handful of people who have men in their life who, over the last year or so, have been overcome by anxiety, who are shut down and inaccessible.  Their loved ones are afraid, and do not know what to do.  

God knows all about the hidden, suppressed, overwhelming grief.  Interestingly, during my "career" (really a call) of interceding for others, one of the most consistent messages that the Holy Spirit impresses upon me is that many of His people are grieving, and need to come into His presence for healing.  This requires openness in His presence and being vulnerable with God. 

But will you do that?  (Pause and consider.)  When is the last time you went to your Heavenly Father and shared your sorrow with him?  Are you always trying to keep it together when you talk to Him? 

He wants to comfort you.  

Psalm 34:18- The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Healing requires we do not stuff, hide or stop emotion that feels uncomfortable.  Some attempt to talk things through with others, and find comfort.  Some go to a counselor and find help.  Some think a pill is the answer to manage the complexities of their soul.  But these all come up short. 

There is nothing like being held in the strong and safe arms of Jesus.  He has a supply for you that no man knows anything about.  He has the power and willingness to supernaturally reach in and heal you in ways no one else can.  He puts people back in their right mind. He takes bad memories.  He reframes hopelessness.  He heals the darkest, most disturbing things that are stealing your peace.  

But... 

We resist.  We need to stop resisting. We need to let down our walls.  We need to give Him the opportunity.  We need to grieve in His presence. We can bring Him the deepest hurts and He will heal. 

I'm not going to take time now to go in depth with my personal story, but know I have experienced deep healings in mind and heart (and body!)  through letting God into my grief, I specifically looked to Him as my central resource for deep healing.  He promised me He would heal me, and I believed Him.  It was not a one and done moment, it took a good couple of years to do some really deep work, but as I tasted each new freedom, from that which held me captive, I was made new with purpose, peace, joy health, wisdom, strength, discernment, etc..  So I have I continued investing in His presence and ways!  How can I not?  He captured my heart in the process!  

He wants to capture yours too!

I encourage you to listen to episode #290 of the Peace Be Still podcast for a similar message and interactive session.  He is the God who collects our tears. He knows your pain.  He suffered to levels we know nothing about in order to know our pain.  Let Him minister to you.  Believe!  God does not change.  He is the same yesterday, today, and forever!  Our living God still heals!