Don’t Give Up On Your Miracle
The Give Him 15 posts are always written and recorded the afternoon before the day of their release. Thus, I am just now reporting on the Livestream Healing Summit that occurred Wednesday night. (For more information on this, you can read Monday’s post.)
The prayer time was very anointed; I feel it was the strongest of the three we have done. (The previous two were live gatherings.) Numerous words of knowledge were released, some very detailed. Faith was very high. I have NO doubt that many people were healed. I am also confident many more will be healed as they watch the recording; you can view it on YouTube here.
During the prayer time, Holy Spirit reminded me of a text I had received a few days prior. It was regarding Acts 10:38 and the Greek word for “healing” (iaomai) used in this verse: “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” (KJV).
The text was informing me that in Greek history this word often has the meaning of a healing that occurs progressively, over time. We typically assume that when Jesus or the disciples healed people it was always instant. This word tells us that wasn’t necessarily the case. It can mean that the healing or cure began at that moment and continued until the person had fully recovered.
I was fascinated and motivated to find out more about this word and did so in an article from Greek scholar Rick Renner. After sharing the testimony of a profound but progressive miracle, Renner said he inquired of the Lord for more insight. Holy Spirit led him to Acts 10:38 and a study of the Greek word for “healing,” iaomai. Renner said:
“This word iaomai is a very ancient word for “healing” — so ancient that it was even used in Homer’s time. It mostly denoted healing that came to pass over a period of time. It is for this reason that the word iaomai is often translated throughout Greek history as a treatment or cure or remedy. Thus, it depicts a sickness that has been progressively healed rather than instantaneously healed…
“It unmistakably tells us that there are many people who, from the moment they are touched by God’s power, begin to mend or be cured. In other words, this means that all healings are not instantaneous; certain people are progressively restored to health over a period of time. They become better and better until ultimately they are completely cured. Although this type of healing is not instantaneous, it is nonetheless miraculous.
“The picture of iaomai is similar to a physician who gives medicine to a sick patient and expects the medication to do its invisible, internal work to produce a remedy for a physical problem — but with supernatural results. When this type of healing power is at work, the person praying for the sick may not see immediate results. But that person can be confident that because he has prayed in faith, healing power has been imparted. The complete manifestation of healing may take time. But if God’s power has been imparted and received by the person’s faith, that healing power has started its invisible, internal work to reverse the sick person’s condition and bring him or her back to a healthy state of being.”(1)
Wow! Wow! Wow!
Though the meaning of this word is new to me, the truth behind it is not. I have observed several divine healings that were progressive; I have personally experienced some. And for those questioning, I am speaking of physical conditions the medical community said were incurable.
When a person is prayed for and an instant miracle doesn’t occur, their disappointment at times can almost be felt tangibly. When the person is encouraged to believe that God has honored the prayer and that the answer will come, it is often difficult for them not to give in to the disappointment. Believe me when I say I understand this. Holy Spirit is even showing me that repeated failures to receive instant healings have caused some to become disillusioned regarding supernatural healing altogether.
God wants to reverse this! You are now armed with the biblical knowledge that progressive healing is often how God works, even doing so through Jesus and the early apostles!
When I was reminded of the text explaining this to me Wednesday night during the prayer time, I KNEW the Lord was telling me healings were “beginning” for individuals. Yes, some were no doubt given instantaneous miracles. But to many others God was saying, “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:35-36; KJV).
The Passion Translation words it this way: “So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward! You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God’s will and then you receive the promise in full”
(Hebrews 10:35-36;TPT).
If you have been prayed for and did not receive your healing instantly, this DOES NOT mean that you, or the person praying for you, didn’t have faith! It means that for you, God wants to do it a different way! DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR FAITH, YOUR CONFIDENCE!
Hebrews 6:12 also tells us to not give up on our faith: “So don’t allow your hearts to grow dull or lose your enthusiasm, but follow the example of those who fully received what God has promised because of their strong faith and patient endurance” (Hebrews 6:12 ; TPT).
I KNOW this is an important word for many of you. Receive it. Declare your faith everyday: “By the stripes of Jesus I am healed!” Do it multiple times a day just as you might take medicine several times each day. Let’s stand together for the iaomai of “the Lord our Healer” (Exodus 15:26) to now manifest.
Pray with me:
Father, we stand in agreement with those who are believing for their healings. We appreciate doctors, of course, and their role in healing, but there are many that must have supernatural healings. Miracles. We ask that any and all disillusionment be broken off them. You said truth makes us free (John 8:32; we embrace the truth of today’s word. We stake ourselves to our brothers and sisters now and stand with them in confident faith. We declare that through faith and patience they will receive the provision Christ purchased for them!
We also continue to ask that gifts of the Spirit be released into Your people, equipping them to release healings and miracles. We believe You are launching another movement of signs, wonders and miracles around the world, and we agree in prayer today for this.
And finally, as Lou Engle and Matt Lockett have instructed us, we continue to ask You for the type of anointing possessed by Jehu to also be upon President Trump and his team. (The zeal this produced in Jehu caused him to eradicate the evils of Ahab and Jezebel from Israel.) We ask You to give Trump and his team wisdom, and to fill them with Holy Spirit. Give them strong revelations of Christ and His salvation. And we pray for Your supernatural protection over them and their families. We also ask for this protection over all those attending the inauguration and inaugural events - expose and stop all plans to harm people. We ask for this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.
Our decree:
We decree that the supernatural healings Holy Spirit has begun in people will manifest fully in their minds and bodies, in Jesus’ name!
Remember from yesterday’s post, that the Lord directed our friend Gina Gholston to issue a call for intercessors from all across America and other parts of the world to release prayers and decrees in unison on Sunday, January 19th [2025] at 12:00 PM (noon) CST. For more information about Gina’s The Shout That Shatters Prayer Assignment, please visit her website: GinaGholstonMinistries.org or Gina’s FaceBook page.
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Thank you Lord for the artic blast, moving the inauguration indoors! 😇
Thank you!! I need that reminder every once in a while. A few years ago He asked me if I was wiling to wait? I said yes, and He has been teaching me ever since. For example, He has been drawing me closer, this morning I was being absorbed. FUN!!