"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful."
James 5:16
Dr. Paige Patterson, President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, brought forth a powerful word this evening at the Fourth Annual Prayer and Discipleship Conference at Spring Baptist Church. He spoke to us from James, as referenced above. The points he brought forward were a blessing, to say the very least.
Dr. Patterson asked several questions about healing, and whether it is okay to ask for healing in all circumstances. Of course, we know that it is not only acceptable to ask, but encouraged and commanded that we pray in all occasions with all kinds of requests in the Spirit. We should always be in prayer as a natural and autonomic response to any and every situation, whether good or bad, right or wrong. We should always pray... ALWAYS!
He also pointed out that the other thing about seeking healing is that sometimes it is not God's plan for us to be healed right at that moment. We have to understand that sometimes, even in our distress, we are exactly and precisely where God needs us, as God needs us, in front of who God needs us to be in front of. And Dr. Patterson brought out a staggering statement that most of the lost don't relate well to a perfectly "healthy and wealthy Christian." Rather, they are more impressed by a Christian dealing with and overcoming their difficulties, all to the glory of the Father!
We also had a powerful and magnificent worship experience with SBC's Worship Pastor, Buck Moore, as well as a guest Worship Leader from Houston's First Baptist Church, John Bolin. We prayed, we sang, we cried, we worshipped... and God was present! We all felt Him there, and it was amazing. I pray you'll join us tomorrow beginning at 3:30 p.m.
God bless you all!!!
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