The Power of Words

I would like to repost an article that I read several years ago written by Todd Bentley. Todd's ministry was based in Canada but has moved to the US. You may recall that he recently (4 years or so years ago) lead a break out revival in Lakeland, FL that lasted almost four months. Many signs and wonders were recorded during this revival. He has gone through some set backs in his ministry but is on his way back up. This article is Biblically sound which is why I wanted to post it just as it was. You can check Todd out for yourself at www.freshfireusa.com. He is the article: "Restoring The Voice of Healing"

Restoring the Voice of Healing
by Todd Bentley

Just over a year ago in several prophetic experiences the Lord began to reveal to me a coming Healing revival and spoke to me about a "transferable healing anointing" those articles can be found on the prophetic page of our website. Since that time we have seen a tremendous release of healing in the nations and an impartation of the anointing for signs and wonders to other pastors, churches and
ministries.

I want to share with you several things that the Lord is looking for in restoring the Voice of healing and a healing revival. I believe God is about to release three things the voice, a movement and the creative word!!!

1. The voice: The Lord showed me that the "eyes of the Lord" run to and fro throughout the earth to show himself strong on behalf of the heart contrite before him. God is looking for a John the Baptist, one to show himself strong in power, The voice of one crying out the truth about divine healing without compromise and the fear of the controversy that can come with a ministry of healing. We need preachers of faith, power and the uncompromising gospel!!

We as a north American church are in a famine of power {wilderness] God is looking for those who will resurrect the pure word about healing, regardless of what there experience with healing has been, good or bad. We need a restoration of the word faith. I am not talking about the full movement but the heart and spirit behind teachings from men like TJ Osborn and John G Lake. We have a diluted
message. We are afraid of the controversy of really believing the lord for healing and preaching the full gospel of miracles, signs and wonders. We are too concerned about those who don't get healed and what about my experience with healing?

It is time to open the truth of redemption again and commit our lives to preaching the word of power, even in the midst of little fruit and a label that can come if you really practice "Faith". When I made a decision to believe Jesus for Miracles I decided in my heart that if I prayed for hundreds and no one was healed I would pray for hundreds more, and if all my experience said the message of healing was not for all but some "I would say all" and hold fast to the confession of my faith, though all are not "yet" healed.

Who will preach divine healing? There is a huge price with it. Victory and defeat. When John the Baptist was beheaded, Jesus continued to heal the sick. When my mother died of a stroke, we have seen many healed of stroke, I refused to have to understand it, I refused discouragement, failure and hopelessness and the question -
why Lord? All the more I made a commitment to hate disease. My message will never change. I may never have all the absolute answers on why all are not healed but I will fight on "bound to the word of truth" movement.

In the 1940s - 60's there was a incredible release of healing, evangelism and power. Hundreds were raised up and began to blaze across America with signs and wonders, including Jack Coe, Oral Roberts, William Branham and Gordon Lindsay and many more. This was a healing revival and I believe few if any are walking in the anointing the Holy Spirit released in that time. It was said at one time that 126 wheelchairs were emptied in one service and in another service every sickness, crippled body, blind and deaf were healed in one service without the laying on of hands. I believe that God is about to open up that well. The key to mass evangelism is healing, signs and wonders. The Lord showed me two things about this coming movement.

1. The release of the John 5: Pools of Bethesda. The name Bethesda means outpouring, I see such an outpouring of the healing anointing that there would be Spokane Washington's across the nations, cities of refuge, whole cities known for healing and the ministry of Jesus. For those who do not know about Spokane in the early 1900s John G Lake started the healing rooms. In 5 years people came from all over the world to be healed and they declared Spokane wash, the healthiest city
in America. They documented over 100,000 healings and miracles.

2. The module of John Lake: Teams of healers and a tangible transferable healing anointing resting even on the children. It is time to train and equip the body of Christ to function as the body of Jesus and Preach the gospel, Heal the sick, Cleanse the Leper and Raise the dead, cast out demons. The John Lake module is a Healing team!!!

Creative word: There are two things about the creative word. One God is about to release the healing "spoken" word and two he is about to bring us back to the revelation of the healing connected to what we say with our mouth (confession).

It is time that we believe that "he sent his word and delivered them from their destruction's, just say the word and my servant will be healed. Jesus commands us to heal the sick!!! The Lord really challenged me to make open opportunity to command those that are sick and not even physically present in a service to be made whole. The Lord said the more I had people "stand in the gap" and bring aprons and prayer clothes according to Acts 19:11 to our services, the more he would touch the sick who were not present in a service.

We need to prophesy to the sick, speak to the bodies about the change that is coming and how the body will respond to the word of the Lord. We pray too much for God to do what he told us to do, We need to pray until we are full of the Holy Ghost and then go and say cancer leave, deaf hear and blind see in the name of Jesus. It is time to be who God told us we were and stop praying for the sick, oh God do something, do you want to heal Lord, please heal her Jesus. We need to take more of an authoritative role and command miracles and speak to the dead rise in the name of Jesus!!!!!

One time I was asked to pray for a man who was in the USA and I was in Canada. This young girl had asked me to pray for her grandfather who had just had a stroke and was paralyzed down one side of his body and mute. I had just finished preaching on radical faith for the impossible. She stood in the gap and I began to pray the old courtesy prayer, I really did not believe a miracle would happen thousands of miles away. As I began to pray the Lord spoke to me "What are you going to do about this?" You just preached on radical faith for the impossible, now only believe. Immediately I repented and then I was taken in a vision into the hospital room where I laid hands on this man. This man leaped up out of his hospital bed and ran down the hall. Within a few hours the phone in Canada rang and on the other end was grandpa-praising Jesus he had been healed.

Confession: Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. We need life words, Faith words, and God's word.

Proverbs 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. So if we are filled with good we can be filled with bad based on what we say.

Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: It is time to overcome our negative thinking and words of unbelief and sickness, death and defeat. We need to start to refuses to believe we are anything but what the bible declares and be careful to talk that talk even though you may not have the full manifestation of what God is saying about you "By his stripes we are healed"

We too, understand a fresh revelation of the power of our words and what we say is what we are. In Joshua ch 1 the bible tells us to meditate in the word day and night, then we would be successful and prosper. There are two things about meditating, one to think upon again and again, and to confess out loud again and again the promise of God.

Something begins to happen in our heart and spirit when we line ourselves up with what God says and that is what we say. I am what he says I am, and I can do what he says I can.

Proverbs 23:7 "For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he:"

We need to change our mindset and make a decision to renew our minds, hold fast to the confession of our faith in the midst of opposite experience and circumstances. The bible is true!!!!

God is looking for a Voice. A men and women who will commit their lives to believing for healing, preach the word the truth about divine healing. God is also going to bring a fresh movement to the body of Christ beyond what we have ever experienced in the ministry of Jesus. In this Healing revival God will release the creative word and bring back healing as we have a fresh revelation of the power of what we say.

If you need a miracle or you want to ask God for a transfer of the anointing for healing ...

Please visit our website below and go to our prophetic page and share in the article "Prophetic decree: How to receive your healing." (this article is no longer available because his site has changed, however, there are similar articles on his new site; www.freshfireusa.com)