I named this blog Healing Waters because of a song I heard a year and a half ago at church when we had us a three day Healing Service. The song’s name was Healing Waters Flow. Our praise team sung the song and it almost stuck me down. At the time our praise team leader thought she botched the song as she told me later, but that song sent me in a direction that has never slowed down to this day. It is a traditional Appalachian song, or at least I think it is, I could be wrong but that’s not important, but that song stuck on me like nothing else ever did in my life. I had to ask where’d she get that song from and she said “take this CD”. The singer was a Pentecostal preacher from Kentucky named Tommy Bates and I was overwhelmed by it.
That one song got me interested in more songs by Pastor Tommy Bates and pretty soon I had his entire collection purchased. Then I got some preaching CDs from his ministry and things really got interesting because I hardly ever heard preaching like that before. Just hammering on the truth and the hunger increased. It’s also what caused me to sign up for Bible College, that hunger from all that anointed preaching. Besides Bible College I was reading literally sacks of books from RHEMA Bible College in Oklahoma which they had in abundant supply at our church. The subject of healing always perked an intense interest in me. But I made the mistake of figuring that a person gotta really get educated up and become so strong in faith before one could even attempt healing. And at my age it looked like i probably missed the boat because how would I ever get to such a high level of faith to have something like that work.
I know it sounds stupid but that’s how a person sometimes thinks. Now, to set the record straight here, I believe in divine healing, I filled myself with book knowledge until I know it’s true. Very few church’s around here recognize it, they’re stuck in religion as I was also. A few weeks ago I had a “condition” return to me that I had off and on years ago. A severe headache that would last for up to two months with no mercy at all. We’re talking severe here! Never a letup. Now since going to our little church and getting born again to the bone I never really had any afflictions so I never had to even worry about anything like that. But when this thing appeared again after a few years I thought, “oh no, how will I ever even be able to function if this starts up again”. Previous times I was in the hospital for tests and everything and they could never find the cause of the pain.
A week and a half ago when it reared it’s ugly head again I was in despaired to say the least. Then I thought about all I had read, all I had listened too over the years and finally decided to claim my rights as a believer. In the morning doing chores in severe pain , almost at the end of my rope I said, “in the Name of Jesus you headache get out”. That was it, nothing else. I continued working and the headache pounded away bigtime. Well my mind was raging saying this’ll never work but I know in Mark Ch 11
22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
My Bible says that if you believe with your heart, not the mind. As my mind would rage against it I would just quote the scripture:
1 Peter 2:24
24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
In about an hour I all of a sudden felt it leaving fast! Glory to God, and I mean I could literally feel it leaving! I can testify that my faith rose to an all new level because this was without a doubt divine healing. In fact it’s been many years since I felt as good as I did that day.
I do want to go into this some more in the near future because I know what I know and that is this is true. The believer’s authority, the authority of the Body of Christ. Yes I will go into this, this and faith, simple faith from the heart, no head stuff. That simple faith that they had years ago and somehow so much of it has been lost. But it will be regained, big!
Morning,
Tom, that was a great song. The little they had of it on the website. I gotta tell you, after I had been here a little while, I thought about how I ought to spend a little more time listening to Christian music rather than country. I found this radio station that’s pretty good. Now it probably isn’t your type of music, its geared more towards younger people (I think if your over 50 it automatically locks you out
), but it has a great message and its right up my alley.
Divine healing huh?? Well that sounds right up my alley too. Now, I don’t ever think I’ve ever asked the Lord to heal anything directly, but I do think alot of things are related to stress. Thankfully, I’ve never had bad headaches, but if I feel like I’m being overloaded or the pucker factor gets too great, I’ll ask the Lord for a little (or a lot) of help. Everything seems better after that. Good ol’ God seems to help every time.
Well, things have wound down here too. We’re slowly building a road across a creek. We decided not to go the heavy timber bridge route like some of you northern guys. We decided to build an underwater road. Right now were building up the upstream side with some heavy rock so it won’t wash away in case we ever see any heavy rains again.
Perfect time to do this since the water is so low. You kind of see it all over the place. Farmers making hay while the sun shines so to speak. My neighbor dug his pond down another 8 feet while it was dry. I probably should of, but just never had the time. No matter, I’ll leave a note for my great grandson to do it during the next 100 year drought.
Well better get on,
HAve a GREAT day,
Brad
Morning Brad!
Glad you liked the bit of the song and all! The total song is just awesome and I just wished I knew how to put something like that on this blog. Like I say, I’ve got every CD Pastor Bates made and they are a blessing to this family too!
I’m gonna continue on this because it’s what I’m drawn to more than many things. I was thinking about that last night, how since the beginning a few thinks made an impression on me, got burned into my heart so to speak. I figure these will be the things that I concentrate on a bit more around the web. Healing has a draw on me strongly.
Don’t know what the day will bring here, windier than the dickens and I figure it might be a tad bit cool out there to boot. Glad I bought that heavy duty jacket a couple weeks ago with the hood on it.
Yup, now is the time to dig and work in creekbeds for you folks down there. Take it while you can because when it turns around it really turns around. It’ll even blow the experts away when it turns around. Seen that happen here after the 88 drought. They said it would take 75 years to recover. Well, two years later everything was getting flooded out
I’d better git, the wind outside is calling me!
Oh, by the way, I do listen to that younger Christian music allot. I ain’t a grumpy old man yet
God Bless!
Man, whatever you had yesterday we got today. Its about 10 degrees cooler and winds 15-20 mph. Of course that means the tempratures aredropping into the frigid 50’s. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the 50% chance of rain. After that 3 inches a couple of weeks ago, we’ve been dry again. This time of year we oughta be ate up with precipitation of some sorts.
You mentioned your jacket with the hood. I have a feeling that mine is near finished. I was wearing it the other day. Its my absolute favorite. Denim with a sweatshirt under a quilted lining with a sweatshirt hood. I’ve snagged it barbwires and tractors and the wife has sewn it up over and over…. but…. the wife told me what I needed was a new work coat.
I hate it when she does that. Cause even if I don’t, its in her mind now and I’m gonna get one for Christmas whether I need it or not. Then I gotta wear it cause she’ll always ask me why I’m not..
OH well, better get used to it. I guess as long as its not pink with white bunny lining around the hood I’ll be OK. I’ve got a reputation to maintain down at the feedstore ya know……
Feeding hay now. Usually I can get by till December, but not this year. Looks like I’ve got enough bales though. Thank the Lord for providing the good neighbors who let me cut it.
Well Time for another cup of coffee and some jalepeno pork with eggs and……. awww shoot… what was that commandment……. alright I’m having Honey nut Cheerieo’s…..
Have a GREAT day,
Brad
Morning Brad!
I was kinda the same when my rags were burned by my better half a while back. I was almost in despair, I figured that there was at least one more season left in them things. Women huh, have no fashion sense whatsoever
Windier than the dickens this morning again, hood weather or else die. Pretty wicked out there and we had us our first snowflakes of the season yesterday, blowing horizontally!
I was just going back through the archives here and looking at tent meeting photos while I was sucking on a cup of coffee, which reminds me, I need another one, excuse me……there, Ok I’m back. Anyway, those tent meetings were always something I loved and have been praying for a long time for something like that to happen around here. That’s the reason I would post about them as I did. Now I found out that we might possibly be having one early next summer or so and I’m just on cloud 9! We’ll see how it develops.
I’m hoping to get back here tonight and post. Have a bit more time now with it getting dark so early. My biggest problem is figuring out what to post, not from lack, but from so many things to post about.
I’d better take care of a couple of things here before I step out into the wind again.
God Bless!