STAYING OUT OF THE DEVIL’S TERRITORY

2Ti 2:24-26 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, (25) In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; (26) And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

These scriptures tell us that we can do things that will allow Satan the upper hand and make us his prisoner. Years ago I found myself in this position. My Pastor promised to do something for our church and then changed his mind. He had the right to change his mind, every person has that right. I know the bible says that a person who promises to do something should stick to his word, but even God wouldn’t make him if he chooses to change. I would not let the matter drop and told the whole church about it. I dishonored the man God had set over me. That act opened the door for Satan to take me prisoner at his will. Things started going wrong in my life and ministry and I never made the connection between my problems and what I had done to my Pastor. Four years later I went to Haiti and held a very successful outreach in that country, but I left there with pain throughout my body. I began to apply the principle I had used for twenty or more years with success but nothing worked. After 29 days of 24 hour constant pain with no relief from the word of God or medicine, I finally asked God what was wrong. After revealing how I had given the devil place, I repented to my Pastor, asking his forgiveness. He did and the pain and problem disappeared. That day I went to the park and played 3 games of volleyball and was the hottest thing on the court at 58 years of age! Six years have passed and I am still enjoying my freedom from the snare of the enemy.  Watch how you think, speak or pray about any leader. They are ordained and anointed of God and He said do not touch them negatively in word, thought or deed.

RECIPE FOR DELIVERANCE; Part Four

MIXING THE RECIPE

Let’s follow the disciples through scripture. If this recipe worked for them I believe it will work for us because God is no respecter of persons.

Luk 9:6 KJV And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

Luk 10:17 KJV And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Act 6:8 KJV And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Act 8:5-7 KJV Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. (6) And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. (7) For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

Act 9:17-18 AMP So Ananias left and went into the house. And he laid his hands on Saul and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, Who appeared to you along the way by which you came here, has sent me that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. (18) And instantly something like scales fell from [Saul's] eyes, and he recovered his sight. Then he arose and was baptized,

Looks like the recipe worked, when someone puts the ingredients together! It was as easy as baking a cake! The recipe will always work when mixed properly. It was design by God to do so. The only the recipe did not work is revealed in the next scripture and the reason why the recipe did not work.

Mat 17:14-21 AMP And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying, (15) Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water. (16) And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to cure him. (17) And Jesus answered, O you unbelieving (warped, wayward, rebellious) and thoroughly perverse generation! How long am I to remain with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to Me. (18) And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. (19) Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out? (20) He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. (21) But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.

The disciples attempted to use the recipe but changed the ingredients. They left the faith out and added unbelief and changed the desired results. They failed to deliver the child because they changed the recipe. Do not change the recipe. It was written by God. It is His prescription for deliverance. You have no right to change it. If you do then you will not experience the correct results. Most failures in deliverance are a result of changing the recipe.

According to the Word of God, we have been given the Recipe for Deliverance: Spiritual Authority; Holy Spirit Power; Faith in God; Corresponding Actions.

WITH THE RECIPE FOR DELIVERANCE WE CAN!!
Win over sickness, disease, infirmities and anything else the enemy wants to bring against us!
Have what it takes to walk in victory!
Are more than conquers!
Are over-comers in Christ!

RECIPE FOR DELIVERANCE; Part Three

THE MINISTTRY OF THE BELIEVER
We see the Recipe for Deliverance was working for Jesus. He said that we could do the same works that He did. We can do the works of Jesus and greater works than He did because He said so!

Let me make this statement at this time. You can’t do the works of Jesus until you believe that you can because He said you can!

Joh 14:12 GW “I can guarantee this truth: Those who believe in me will do the things that I am doing. They will do even greater things because I am going to the Father.

Joh 14:12 MSG the person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing. You can count on it.

To do the same works we must use the same recipe! To use the same recipe we must have the same ingredients!

I’ve learned some things about recipes. Recipes are no respecter of persons. They will work for anyone who will use them. A recipe for a cake will work for anyone who will buy the ingredients and take the time to mix and bake the cake according to instructions.
Same recipe + same ingredients = same results!!

The question now is do we have the ingredients call for in the Recipe for Deliverance? If we do, then we are going to prepare some miracles and healings and deliverances! If we have the ingredients, then we can do the works of Jesus whenever and wherever they need to be done. I know its Gods will because He wrote the recipe and gave us the ingredients.

Remember the four ingredients: Spiritual Authority, Holy Spirit Power, Faith in God and Corresponding Actions.

The bible reveals that we have been given every ingredient listed in this Recipe for Deliverance to use as Jesus did.

The Father gives us His Faith: the Son gives His Authority and the Holy Spirit outfits us with His burden removing, yoke destroying Power! The only thing we add is Corresponding Actions. As we act out our faith in God, Jesus develops or brings it to maturity. He is the author and finisher of our faith.(Heb.12:2)

Spiritual Authority: These scriptures reveal the authority that has been given to the believer.

Mat 18:18 AMP Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven.

Luk 9:1-2 KJV Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. (2) And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Luk 10:19 KJV Behold, I give unto you power (authority) to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Eph 1:20-23 MSG All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, (21) in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. (22) He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. (23) The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.

Php 2:9-11 KJVR Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (10) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; (11) And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Mat 28:18 KJV And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying All, power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Joh 14:13-14 KJV And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14) If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].

Joh 16:23-24 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. (24) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Holy Spirit Power: These scriptures reveal the promise and fulfillment of God’s power to the believer.

Luk 24:49 KJV And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Joh 7:37-39 MKJV And in the last day of the great feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. (38) He who believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” (39) (But He spoke this about the Spirit, which they who believed on Him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Act 1:8 KJV But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Act 2:4 BBE And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

Act 2:16-21 KJV But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; (17) And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: (18) And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: (19) And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: (20) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: (21) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Faith in God: The bible states that you have the God kind of faith. It came from God, Himself!

1Jn 5:4 WNT For every child of God overcomes the world; and the victorious principle which has overcome the world is our faith.

Rom 12:3 KJV For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Mar 11:22-23 KJV And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. (23) For 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.

Corresponding Actions:

Jas 1:22-25 AMP But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth]. (23) For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror; (24) For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. (25) But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).

Jas 2:17 AMP So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).

Jas 2:20 AMP Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless?

We see that the recipe was delivered to the disciples along with all of the ingredients. We will now follow scripture to see if they applied what they received.

You Know it is one thing to receive something but another to use what you have receive. People see commercials on how this person used a certain piece of exercise equipment and lost x- amount of pounds. In the heat of the moment they rush out and buy the same equipment. Many times from that point on they never use it. So I say it is one thing to receive something and another to use what you have received!

RECIPE FOR DELIVERANCE; Part Two

THE MINISTRY OF JESUS
These ingredients were operative in the life of Jesus, so we will use Him as an example. The bible teaches that God wills that His children conform to the image of His Son, Jesus. (Rom.8:29) Let’s look at each one of these ingredients operative in His life.
The first ingredient in this Recipe for Deliverance operative in the life of Jesus was Spiritual Authority. Jesus is the only man who walked in the fullness of the authority that God gave Adam. Creation, sickness, disease and demons responded to this authority.

Joh 5:43 KJVR I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Joh 10:25 KJVR Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.

The phrase “in My Father’s name” means in my Father’s authority or in His stead. Jesus was saying “The Father gave me the authority to act on His behalf; to represent Him on the earth; to do what he would do if He was physically present.” Jesus was God’s Ambassador from heaven to earth.

Mat 9:6-8 KJV But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. (7) And he arose, and departed to his house. (8) But when the multitudes saw [it], they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

This word power in the Greek means authority. Jesus said “I will demonstrate that I have authority to forgive sin by healing this man because of his faith in me.”

Let me interject this statement: Although Jesus was a man of faith; the people he ministered to had to exercise faith in His ability. In the case of children or servants, those who had the authority over the child or servant had to exercise faith in Jesus.

The authority that Jesus operated under was recognized by those around Him. Even demons knew and understood the authority of Jesus.

Luk 7:8 KJV For I also am a man set under authority,……..

Mar 11:28 AMP And they kept saying to Him, By what [sort of] authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do them?

Luk 4:36 BBE And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

Now we will take a look at the second ingredient in our Recipe for Deliverance operating in the life of Jesus which is the Holy Spirit’s power.
Remember Jesus is our example; not Job, not Peter and not Paul; JESUS! We’re commanded to grow up into Him who is the head. God predestined that we conform to the image of Christ. (Eph.4:15; Rom.8:29)

Luk 4:14, 18-19 KJV And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

This word power is different from the one we looked at earlier. This word is defined as miraculous ability or force. It is the ability given by the Holy Spirit as He comes upon you for service.

It is God’s miraculous ability given to correct creation and any thing that gets out of order. We subdue and have dominion in the earth with this power!!

(18) The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Act 10:38 KJV How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

We see from scripture that Jesus did not do miracles and heal the sick because He was the Son of God. He healed and did miracles because He was anointed with the Holy Spirit and power. His rights as a Son gave Him the authority, but the Holy Spirit gave Him the power. This is not all that is needed to fulfill the will of God. We must have the other two ingredients.

Our third ingredient in our Recipe for Deliverance is Faith in God. This would include faith in His word. You can’t say you have faith in God and not believe His word because God and His word are one. (See Jn.1:1)

Here is the definition again of Faith in God: Trust and reliance upon the truthfulness of God and His word. Faith is being fully persuaded that God can and will perform what He said.

Heb 11:6 MSG It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

Mat 3:17 KJVR And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Several times it’s recorded that Jesus pleases the Father. The book of Hebrews states that the only way to please God is by exercising faith in God.

If it takes faith to please God and Jesus pleased God, then we must conclude that Jesus had faith.

To say I know God is able is not faith. This is just assenting to a historical fact. To say I believe God can and will for me is faith. Faith believes it before it sees it.

Faith calls the thing done before there is any physical proof. (1Jn 5:14-15; Mar 11:24)
Joh 11:41-42 KJV Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. (42) And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

These words revealed the faith Jesus possessed in His Father. Your words spoken from your heart will always reveal your faith or lack of faith. Not only do your words reveal your faith but your actions also. He knew that because He was in the will of God and doing the will of God, God would grant Him whatever He requested! (2Chron.16:9; Ps.34:15; 1Pet.3:12)

Now we come to the forth ingredient in our Recipe for Deliverance which we called Corresponding Actions. Again let us refresh our memory with the definition of corresponding actions. We said that corresponding actions were words, thoughts and deeds that are in agreement with God and His word: actions and words that are in line with your faith.

Jesus corresponding actions here was speaking in faith what He believed in His heart. Jesus didn’t just mentally assent to Mark 11:23; he put it into action. The recipe was mixed, the prescription was taken and a man that had been dead for four days, who had began to decay, came forth alive and whole! Glory to God!!

Joh 11:43-44 KJV And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. (44) And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

RECIPE FOR DELIVERANCE; Part One

INTRODUCTION

Whenever I teach, I like to start with defining key words. I believe by doing so, I put the listener or reader on the same mental wave length as I.

So let’s start with the two key words in the title of the message. We will define recipe as a list of ingredients and instructions for making something, especially a food dish. Also a recipe is a method of doing something or a combination of circumstances likely to bring something about. In medicine a recipe is a prescription for a therapeutic preparation.

Here is an interesting fact; the English word heal in our King James Bible is from the Greek word therapeuo from which we derive the word therapeutic.

Now when it comes to deliverance we’re speaking of rescuing from captivity, hardship, sickness, disease, infirmities or domination in any way or form by evil.

There are four ingredients to this Recipe for Deliverance. They are Spiritual Authority; Holy Spirit Power; Faith in God and Corresponding Actions. Let me define each one, so that we will again be on the same mental wave length, so to speak.

#1 Spiritual Authority: The right to govern and control all that is put under man’s rule by God. This is the authority God gave to man in order to subdue and exercise dominion over the works of His hands. (Ps.8:6, Gen.1:26-28, Heb.2:8)

#2 Holy Spirit Power: Burden removing, yoke destroying, supernatural, miraculous ability given by the Holy Spirit. Power that is limitless, immeasurable and that surpasses great! Power that created all things: Power that sustains all things. Power that was used in raising Jesus from the dead! (Isa.10:27; Eph.1:19-23; Rom.8:11)

#3 Faith in God: Trust and reliance upon the truthfulness of God and His word. Faith is being fully persuaded that God can and will perform what He said. (Heb. 11:1; Rom.4:21; Dan.3:17)

#4 Corresponding Actions: Thoughts, words and deeds that are in agreement with God and His word: thoughts, words and actions that are in line with your faith. (Jas.1:22-25; 2:14, 17, 20, 26)

When these four ingredients are mixed properly the results will always be miracles, healings and deliverances from danger or any evil or work of Satan!

This recipe will produce any kind of deliverance needed, anywhere, anytime! This recipe is the foundation for a fruitful prayer life! This prescription is the key to winning in life.

MINISTERING TO CHILDREN

I hope this information will help someone out there. I have spent over 30 years in the healing ministry. I don’t think I know it all but I have learned something’s and experienced many miracles and healings in this time. As I said, I am sharing this to be a help to those in need.

HEALING BRAIN INJURIES & DISORDERS

Luk 1:37 KJV For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Mar 9:23 KJV Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

I once had a bible instructor who shared this story with me. He had a doctor friend who received salvation and the baptism in the Holy Spirit at a Full Gospel Businessmen meeting. In his practice he was volunteering time at an institution that dealt with chronic mental cases. One particular case was a child that had autism. They had to keep his hands and head padded because he would attempt to hurt himself. There were several doctors on this case using different methods to treat this problem but none was working. The spirit filled doctor said that God began to speak to him about this child. He said that God told him to stop all natural attempts to deliver the child and just lay his hands on the child’s head and pray in the spirit when the child was in his care. The doctor obeyed God and in three weeks all the doctors began to see a change in the child’s behavior. They came together to compare notes to see what treatment each doctor was using. They concluded that all the natural methods had not produced any favorable results but this laying on of hands and prayer had made the difference. They encouraged this doctor to continue his prayer treatment and within months the child was totally healed of autism. WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!!!

Years later I received a report that a high school friend of mine had a mental breakdown and was put in a mental institution. When I got the news, six weeks had past. My wife and I went to the institution and prayed for him, believing God would deliver. Three weeks later the report came back that he was still institutionalized. I will never forget this. It was on a Thursday and I was working on a job near the institution. I fasted lunch and told the Lord that after work, I would go to that mental institution, lay my hands on him and pray in the Spirit for one hour. After prayer I called his wife and told her what I had done. I told her that I had not seen any change in him but that I believed that God was working. Four days later he called me from home. His wife said that when she saw him that Thursday, his condition had changed and by Sunday he was completely healed. WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!!! 

One of the things that help your faith to grow is experiencing victories as you act on the Word of God. When David faced the giant in battle, he reflected back on his past victories with God. These ignited his faith to take this new challenge. The results we know from reading the bible was a greater victory. There is a principle involved here! Here is the principle. Faith in God will always produce favorable results when you act on His Word. Your faith grows stronger as you exercise it. Stronger faith enables you to win greater victories. Knowing this principle, I began to apply it to people who had suffered strokes and other brain or mental problems and received miraculous results. I share this with you because I believe that God is preparing you for future ministry in this area. Don’t forget, we’re all called to minister to the sick and afflicted. As I learned from my instructors, applied what I had learned with favorable results, so will you. WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!!! 

A man came for ministry who had suffered a stroke which paralyzed his left side from his head to his feet. I had prepared him to receive, by preaching faith in the God that heals and faith in the name of Jesus. He came forward ready to receive. I laid my hands on his head to release the creative power of the Holy Spirit. I then cast out the spirit of death that had lodged himself in the man’s brain, in the name of Jesus. I then commanded the blood clot to disappear and the damaged brain cells and circuits to be made whole in the name of Jesus. I told the brain to begin to function properly and to send the correct signals to the different parts of the body, in the name of Jesus. I finally commanded the paralysis to leave the man’s body. I did all this as a representative of Jesus under the unction and ability of the Holy Spirit! Everything I said happened then and there and the man began to move and do everything he could do before the stroke, proving he was healed. WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!!! 

Joh 14:13 BBE  And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

Act 1:8 AMP  But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

Let me say that it wasn’t my faith that healed the man. I played a part by knowing how to minister to him. I had faith in my prayers and faith in God but it was his faith that released God to move on his behalf. 90% of the stroke victims that I have ministered to this way are instantly healed, to God be the glory!! One lady who was paralyzed down her left side was instantly healed and got up, dropped her cane and started doing the twist, proving she was free from the paralysis. I used the same method of ministry to her as I did the stroke victim I mention above. No matter what kind of problem the person has, faith in God’ creative ability and knowing how to minister will always produce the desired results. Let me add this phrase to my last statement, “When all personal hindrances are removed!” The following is an example of what I mean. A professing Christian came for ministry. He had not heard the word of faith concerning God’s willingness and ability to heal. He was involved in open adultery and was a drunkard. On top of this he was living in a backslidden condition and seldom attended any church and yet he came wanting to be healed to continue to live the same lifestyle. One preacher ministered to him for approximately 20 minutes with no favorable results, then called for me. I told the man to repent and God would heal him. He didn’t and God didn’t.  You may say, “Brother Spann, I know of sinners who have been healed of God.” You are right, but God has called His people to live a higher standard of life. There are things we can do to stop or permit the will of God for our lives.

Luk 12:48 KJV…….For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Hos 7:1 KJV When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

In a recent meeting a mother in faith brought her daughter forward in a wheelchair. The child, now 13 years of age was born with cerebral palsy. Her right eye would not move. It just sat in the lower left corner near her nose. To see out of that eye she had to move her entire head to get the eye to see what she wanted to see. In addition to the eyes, her ankles would roll outward when she tried to walk, causing her to fall. The doctors fitted her with special braces to keep the ankles straight and to support her weight when she walked but she had to use a walker along with the braces. We commanded a new brain into her head and commanded it to send the proper signals to the eyes so that they would track correctly and proper signals throughout the whole body causing the body to function the way God originally intended for it to function, in the name of Jesus. The Holy Spirit went to work on that little girl, fixed her brain, eyes, ankles and everything else that needed fixing. Her eyes started tracking properly, her ankles received strength and she got up out of that wheel chair and started walking without braces or walker. We have a video of that miracle for the unbeliever. WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!!! 

I believe that we hold the answer to the deliverance of millions who suffer from brain injuries and mental disorders. With the Word of God, the Name of Jesus and the Spirit of God, the possibilities are limitless!!

Eph 3:20 Murdock  Now to him who is able, by his almighty power, to do for us  even more than we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us;

Eph 1:16-20 AMP  I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.  (17)  [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,  (18)  By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),  (19)  And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,  (20)  Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],

WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!!! 

THE PRAYER OF FAITH

Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Different translations of Jas.5:15

(CEV)  If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.

(GW)  (Prayers offered in faith will save those who are sick, and the Lord will cure them.) If you have sinned, you will be forgiven.

(MSG)  Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you’ve sinned, you’ll be forgiven–healed inside and out.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,….

That is, the prayer of the Elders, being put up to God in faith by them, and in which the sick person joins their faith to  the prayer of faith; such a prayer is a means of bringing down from God a blessing on the sick man, and of restoring him to his former health. Let say it this way; the Elder must be a person of faith and must know how to prayer the prayer of faith. The sick must add their faith to the Elders prayer of faith. When this is done the Lord promises to raise up the sick. What we have here is the prayer of agreement, which is stated in Matt.18:19-20.  Jesus, our High Priest is in our midst to see that our prayer of faith is carried out.

Mat 18:19-20 KJVA Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.  (20)  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

As I research the word prayer I find the definition uses the word vow to define prayer. This is very important and reveals why many times why we do not receive the results promised. Study of the bible reveals much about making vows. Once an adult makes a vow, he or she is penalized for breaking it. By using this word vow, this scripture actually says that as an elder, I promise to see you healed, whole and raised up according to scripture, no matter what I am seeing in the natural. I promise that when I pray the prayer of faith I will stay in faith until you’re raised up. Even if things get worst after we agree in prayer, I vow to stay in faith and see you whole until you are whole. I will not throw away my faith when I hear bad reports about you. I will hold fast to the promise of God and He will bring it to pass. I will not speak what I see; only what I believe and I believe that God will do exactly what He said He will do. This friend is the vow of faith. When children are involved then the Elder and the legal guardian must hold this attitude of faith over that child.

1Jn 5:14-15 KJVA  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  (15)  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Understand that God’s word and His will are identical. You don’t say one thing and will another. God’s word is His will; His will is His word; they are one and the same and they cannot be changed.

I once received a call about one of the members of the church who had a stroke while preparing for work. They ask if I could meet them at the hospital and pray. Well I started praying immediately. I took authority over death and commanded healing in the name of Jesus. We arrived at the hospital at the same time. Mrs. D looked up at me with her twisted face; the effects of the stroke, and said “Pastor I’m healed.” I looked at that twisted face and said “yes you are, from your head to your feet, in Jesus name. Based on the word of God and the principles of faith we took our stand and vowed to stay with the word of God no matter what. Members of the church would go to see Mrs. D, see the paralysis and return with a report based on what they could see in the natural. I announced to the church that if they could not see Mrs. healed then stay away from the hospital. I know that sounded harsh but Mrs. D didn’t need pity at that time. She needed people to stand in faith with her. She needed someone to vow to see her whole until the manifestation of her prayer appeared. Well things got worse but we continued to stay with our vow. Those who couldn’t stay in faith stayed away from the hospital. Well the Lord fulfilled His part of the promise. He raised her up completely healed and whole. This ordeal lasted about 3-4 week but we won the victory because we were under the principles of the Vow of Faith.

Rev 12:11 GNB They won the victory over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the truth which they proclaimed; and they were willing to give up their lives and die.

THE ELIXIR OF LIFE

Elixir is defined as a substance that is believed to maintain life indefinitely. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills and human disorders. A sovereign remedy. Think about it! How we could change the world if we had a medicine that could cure every sickness and every disease known to mankind. Think about the money we could divert to other uses. What about the lives that would be saved and the suffering we could eliminate. Mankind has look everywhere and researched every idea to no avail. Have you ever looked and looked for something you thought was lost only to find out that you were looking in the wrong place? That is what man has been doing for ages, looking in the wrong place for a cure all for his ails. The answer has been as close as the nearest bookstore and in some cases as close as the nearest book shelf. The remedy or cure all is the Word of God!

 Proverbs 4:20-22,   My son, attend to My Words; incline thine ear unto My sayings.  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

God’s Word is Life to Those Who Find It.

I find that if I study a word from its original language, I understand more of what the author is saying. I did this with several words from the above scripture. The Hebrew word for life is chay (khah’ – ee), meaning:  Living, alive, life, or maintenance.  Chay is derived from the Hebrew word chayah (khaw – yaw’):  meaning:  To restore to life or health, or, to revive from sickness or death. So this is what I get from the scripture were looking at. If I follow the instructions given then God’s word will perform maintenance on my body. We in the natural do maintenance on our homes, autos, clothing and even our teeth but most of us forget to do maintenance on our bodies! This scripture says that God’s word will maintain and revive your body from death, sickness and disease.  Now I know why Jesus said that man would live by the word of God.

Psalms 107:20, He (God) sent His Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Psalms 119:116, Uphold me according unto Thy Word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Proverbs 4:4-9,   He taught me also, and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words:  keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding.. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee…

Proverbs 7:2-3,   Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Psalms 105:37, He (God) brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

Ezekiel 37:1-10,   And He (God) said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?  And I answered, O Lord God, Thou knowest. Again He said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live…So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

 The Greek word for life is Zoe, meaning:  Life in the absolute. Life as God has Life Absolute is defined as perfect in quality or nature; complete; not mixed; not limited by restrictions or exceptions. To better understand what I am saying, let’s look at absolute zero is -459.97 degrees Fahrenheit.  Absolute zero is a temperature at which all molecular functions cease because of total absence of heat. Absolute Life, Zoe, is a quality of life totally void of darkness, sickness, disease, feebleness, and death in its working.

Matthew 4:4,   But He (Jesus) answered and said, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

John 6:63,   It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: The words I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

John 10:10,   The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.       

John 11:40-44,   Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest  believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?  Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid.  And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.  And I knew that Thou hearest me always And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.  And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

The absolute life that is in God’s word went into the tomb of Lazarus’ body while he was in the tomb and destroyed everything contrary to absolute life. Jesus sent the Elixir of Life to His dead friend and the Elixir did its job.

God’s Word is Medicine to Those Who Take It

Some make the mistake of believing in God’s medicine for taking the medicine. Believing in food but not eating it causes death. Believing in water but not drinking it causes death. Believing in healing but not taking God’s medicine would do no good. Lets us draw a parallels between God’s medicine (His Word) and natural medicine. God’s medicine and natural medicine are both healing agents which when used properly contain the capacity to bring about healing. Some natural medicines fail to work but God’s medicine always works. God’s medicine and natural medicine are no respecters of persons. Medicine will work for anyone who will take it. God’s will to heal is revealed in the fact that He gave the medicine. Both are prescribed by doctors. 

Exod. 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Leeser’s translation for God is “the Lord thy Physician“.

Rotherham’s translation for God is “Yahweh thy Physician“.

Goodspeed’s translation for God is “the Lord Who makes you immune to those diseases“.

Medicine must be taken according to directions to be effective. Natural medicine:  Take internally; take externally; after meals; before meals; once daily; three times a day. Proverbs 4:20-22 is God’s directions for taking His medicine.

 Proverbs 4:20-22,   My son, attend to My Words; incline thine ear unto My sayings.  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

No matter how good the medicine is, or where it comes from, it must be taken according to directions, or it will not work. It takes time for medicine to work. Most people give natural medicine a lot of time, patience, and money to work. They diligently return for refills of their natural medicine. Treat God’s medicine the same: the more you take it, the more health you will experience.

The Key Method to Taking God’s Medicine is Meditation on God’s Word.

Meditation is defined as to say or mutter; to speak to oneself in low tones of voice; to revolve around in the mind; to study or ponder.

Joshua 1:8,   This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:  for then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

God’s Word must govern our thoughts and speech. God’s Word must be acted upon. God’s Word will empower us to prosper in our bodies.

Psalms 1:1-3,   Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Blessed is defined as empowered to prosper.

He (you) shall bring forth fruit…

Mark 4:24,   And He (Jesus) said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure   ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. (See Amp. Bible)

Thought and study produces understanding. Thought and study produces power. Thought and study enables you to experience God’s grace

2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

John 8:31-32, Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are ye

My disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Disciples persist in the Word. Persistence produces knowledge of the truth. Knowledge of the truth liberates you from certain mortal liabilities.  Do you know what mortal liabilities are? The word mortal means death doomed or subject to death. The curse of sickness, disease, infirmities, death and failure in every realm of life comes under the heading of mortal liabilities. Jesus said the Truth which is the Word of God is the Elixir of God that delivers us and enables us to above these mortal liabilities.

This Word of God must govern every utterance of ours, and, must occupy our every thought.  That Elixir will then flow from our innermost being and drive out everything that does not agree with the will of God. You should take an overdose of this Elixir at lease three times a day. Then watch your body begin to change. 

My Testimony:

I was born sick with underdeveloped lungs and asthma. I grew up a sickly child. In my young adulthood I acquired a very bad sinus problem that would incapacitate me for days. People say that as you get older, your health gets worst. I began to change my health condition thirty two years ago. I found the Elixir of Life and began to take it daily and it has changed my health profile. Today at 63 years of age I am on no medication except the Elixir. I get a physical every year followed by an excellent report. The Word of God say Jesus upholds all things by the Word of His Power. That Word upholds me! To Him be the Glory!!!!

TESTIMONIALS

Early in 2007 I was attacked by what can only be regarded today (my hindsight being 20/20 vision coupled with the Holy Ghost), as a foul demon spirit that was bent on making me curse god and accept the calamity it was afflicting me with. But before I give you the praise end of this story, I need to clear up a couple of common misconceptions as they relate to healing, god and malady in its attack on the body. That is “the body of Christ”… God does not, I repeat and hear me well, he does not put malady and calamity on people and it took me 50 years to learn this and effectually apply it to my physical body!  It is His will that we prosper and be in good health… (our bodies). This calamity as I will heretofore call it, was a very painful malady. I call it by these names because none of the 5 or 6 doctors that saw me and treated me (emergency rooms included 3x’s) could give a name to this affliction. It manifested itself “boil type blisters” that started around the middle of both shins to the areas across the top of both feet. I could literally pull the top skin off of any of these areas by using my index finger and thumb, and these areas were constantly wet with fluid, (puss/infection). At the height of my season of pain, I had to rest on the shoulders of both of my sons (1 on each side of me) as they would walk me to the restroom which is one room away! At this point doctors were basically managing my pain with some serious narcotic painkillers which I wanted no part of on a consistent basis. There was a healing service going on at the church I attend (the St Louis Dream Center) and a guest pastor was ministering by the name of Pastor Spann. I remember being late to the service and watching a few people go down to the front for healing and prayer but I really at that point had not made my mind up as to whether I could lend my faith to this kind of event. I went to the restroom, and as I was coming out the Holy Spirit spoke up on the inside of me but pastor spann was closing the meeting. Boldness took over as I shouted from the back of the sanctuary “hold on Pastor, you’ve  got one left “. Of course, he waited and received me. As I explained to him what I was dealing with, he asked if I would remove my shoes and socks!  Wow. Everyone who was there to see it was amazed and remarked at the hideous look of it on both ankles and feet. Pastor Spann anointed me (Js 5:14,15), laid hands on me and immediately, I was healed !!!!!!  I have never had this problem again. It has been 2 years in May. I don’t have any pain or any discomfort. I don’t limp when I walk. God is great and he has given his gift of healing to Pastor Spann (Jn. 14:12), and he operates in it consistently.

God bless you Pastor Spann,
your friend, Dahn E.

A Mother’s Faith

My calling is to proclaim God’s strength and power to this generation and the generation to come. One way of doing this is through what I call Signs and Wonders Boot- Camp, where I teach believers how to release God’s miracle and healing power. This is a twelve hour course that I’m believing to release in book and video form soon.

I had just started the course in a local church and had covered the first two lessons, both dealing with the Holy Spirit. After class a young lady asked my thoughts on a matter she was dealing with. She said” Brother Spann, I know a 14 year old boy who has been in a coma for four years and the doctors are requesting permission from his mother to remove him from the machines since there has been no change for four years.” She went on to say that she believed that God was telling her to go and pray for the boy and raise him up. She then asked me my thoughts on the matter. To her shock, because of what I was teaching, I said I did not believe it would work for two reasons. Please follow me closely in my reply. I realized that in four years many had prayed with no favorable results. The two things that came to my spirit at this time and I believed it was the Spirit’s leading, was spiritual and civil authority. She did not have either over the child but his parents did. She then said she would bring the mother to class the next week. I gave her copies of the first two lessons to give to the mother and told her to have the mother attend class the following week and I would tell what to do next. They came to the third class where I taught the Power of Prayer. After class I spoke to the mother. I ask her if she studied the lessons I had sent her and if she believed what I was teaching. Her reply was yes to both questions. We then got in agreement that God would raise her son when she laid her hands on him and commanded him to wake up, in the name of Jesus. I was ministering under a strong healing and miracle anointing so I transferred it to her.  Both ladies agreed to spend the next day in fasting and prayer then they would go and do as I had told them. Now brace yourself! That boy had been in that coma for four years with no change. The doctors wanted the mother to give them permission to pull the plug and end it all. The messages she heard caused faith to flood her heart. Then both ladies went to the sons bedside, laid their anointed hands on him and mother said” wake up, in the name of Jesus.” The boy instantly came out of that 4 year old coma and sat strait up in bed, healed by the power of God. They sent him home that day. Here is a demonstration of God working with and confirming His word when we act on it in faith. Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God!

Jesus Heals Lupus

In the fall of 1997, my daughter Ranada was diagnosed with lupus, an auto-immune system disease for which there is no cure. The moment we were told by the doctor, I had to suppress the urge to break down and cry because everyone I knew to have this disease had died or lived such a pain filled life. My daughter and I sat and listened to the doctors prescribed course of treatment, and what we should expect. As we were sitting there I heard the Holy Spirit speak to my spirit saying “It Shall Be Well”. We moved forward with the treatment with no real results, this went on for about five or six months. Some friends invited me to church at Oasis of Life where Rev Ulysses Spann was pastor. I went alone on the first visit and asked for prayer for my daughter, Pastor Spann asked me to bring my daughter the next Sunday. The next week I brought my daughter Pastor Spann prayed for her, after he prayed for her I felt peace and was confident that all would be well. Time went on and she begin to heal, the doctors begin to note her improvement; they used her in case comparisons between the two local children’s hospitals. By the fall of 1998 she was off all medications. We knew she was healed, and she has gone on to finish college, and serve in the military. She’s been free of Lupus for nearly 11 years. I thank God for allowing our lives to intersect with Pastor Spann’s and for his great faith and healing anointing. 

Sharon B.

HEALED OF OSTEOARTHRITIS

            After six months of dealing with swelling legs, hurting, swelling knees, rebuking pain, confessing healing scriptures and seeing no results I decided to see a doctor and find out exactly what was wrong. I figured if I knew exactly what was wrong, I could pray correctly with more confidence. After an examination by the doctor, he sent me to get x-rays on both legs and knees. The x-rays revealed that I had osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a form of arthritis characterized by gradual loss of cartilage of the joints, usually affecting people after middle age. Well, I was 58 at the time, so I guess you could call me middle age and x-rays showed that I had it. The doctor told me the only remedy for this problem was operating and replacing the knee joints. Because I hadn’t given up on prayer, I replied with a big NO. His reply was “what are you going to do?” Out of my spirit came these words filled with faith in God, faith in Jesus and His finished work at Calvary, faith in the Holy Spirit and faith in the word of God, “ I will pray and do therapy!” “That will not fix your problem, but it’s your money you’re spending. You will still need an operation after the prayer and therapy” was his polite reply.

            I started the prayer and therapy and at that time I was taking pain medication. I think I need to interject some additional information in order for you to get the fullness of what faith in God can do. I had been off pain or any other medication for years. God and His word were keeping me healthy until this happened. Being in the healing ministry allowed me to see hundreds of miracles and healings and here I was struggling with this little old osteoarthritis. I know the will of God concerning my health from Isaiah 53:4-5, Matt.8:16-17, Gla.3:13-14, 1Pet.2:24, 3Jn.2 and yet I was suffering from an infirmity that was not the will of God for me to suffer.

            The first thing I did in prayer was seek the Lord for wisdom to deal with this attack. I had used every spiritual weapon I knew to no avail. When that happens, I know the problem is not with God or His word, but with me! For some reason I wasn’t making connection. I knew that with the wisdom of God, I could overcome this attack the way I had overcome other attacks. This is what God told me:

• I was physically out of shape because of my lack of exercise.
• I was overweight and because I was out of shape, my bones were doing the work my muscles were supposed to be doing.
• I would have never started a fitness program and being physically unhealthy, I would later give place to some other problem had I received instant deliverance.
• Cast out the spirit of osteoarthritis and then pray for healing and replacement of any damaged parts in the knees.
•  Start an exercise program that would develop the knee and leg muscles.

           This all started 3 years ago and I have been consistent with this spiritual and physical work given to me by God. I celebrated my 63 birthday on June 28 and I am not on any medication. I just had my annual physical and the report came back totally well in all areas. I can leg press 100lbs. per leg without any pain or problems! I feel better today than I did at 40years of age. All of my muscles are getting in shape and if I keep on this program, I’ll make it to 120yrs. If Jesus tarries!  Faith in God’s Word with corresponding actions will always bring rewards!!!

Ulysses Spann