Pastor Allen G. Dlamini
Theme: Healing
Main Text: James 5:14
Date: 1 June 2025
In this continuation of the healing series, Pastor Allen G. Dlamini delivered a compelling message rooted in the promise of divine healing. Beginning with James 5:14, he highlighted the biblical instruction for the sick to seek prayer and anointing from Church elders,an act of faith that invites divine intervention. Healing, he emphasized, is not a distant hope but part of every believer’s inheritance in Christ.
Referencing Exodus 15:26, Pastor Allen reminded us that God calls Himself Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals. God does not bring sickness; instead, He offers healing to those who obey His Word. The prayer of the prophet in Jeremiah 17:14,“Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed”—served as a model of both desperation and trust. Psalm 107:20 reinforces this, declaring that God sends His Word to heal and deliver. Healing comes through the living, active Word of God.
Through Isaiah 53:5, we are shown the price Jesus paid for our healing: His wounds, His stripes. This divine exchange assures us that healing is already provided. Psalm 103:1–5 calls us to bless the Lord and remember His benefits, one of which is healing all our diseases.
Pastor Allen underscored the importance of altars of prayer. Both Hannah (1 Samuel 1:11) and Jacob (Genesis 28:20–22) made vows at personal altars that led to breakthrough. Healing often requires this deeper spiritual engagement, marked by prayer, faith, and dedication.
He then called the Church to pray aggressively and intentionally. Like the four friends in Luke 5:17–26 who tore open a roof to bring a paralyzed man to Jesus, we must be bold and unwavering in our pursuit of healing. Similarly, the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25–34) broke protocol just to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment. Their miracles came through relentless faith.
Healing, Pastor Allen explained, often lies beneath the surface. Like gold, it must be pursued with depth and diligence. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous (James 5:16) provokes healing—it is not accidental, but spiritually intentional. We do not wait for healing passively; we pursue it through prayer, faith, and confession.
He concluded by declaring the power in the name of Jesus, Jehovah Rapha. We rebuke sickness, not in our strength, but by the authority of His name and the power of His blood. Healing is ours. We receive it not only as a gift but as a divine right rooted in covenant. The congregation left uplifted, reminded of God’s healing promise, and charged to press into the presence of God for full restoration, spirit, soul, and body.
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