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Most Christians know that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven. Unfortunately, most Christians live as if that is the only place he is. Yes, he is in heaven, but he is also here on the earth in his Body. He indwells believers. If you're born again, you have "Christ in you, the hope of glory" -- Col 1:27. Jesus said, "If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him" (John 16:23).

Believers are not nearly aware enough of the fact that Jesus Christ, the Miracle Worker, the one who "healed them all" time after time, lives in them. Jesus goes where you go! The Healer goes to any sick people you visit! Being aware of this will change your perspective on ministering healing to the sick. The Healer is inside you, desiring to work through your hands and your prayers.


Jesus is also anywhere that believers use his name: "Again, I say into 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. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:19-20). This refers not to a religious service, although by extension, you could apply it there, but to a case where believers are agreeing that something be done in the name of Jesus.

Jesus said that he would personally be there. He does not just stay up in heaven watching how well we get along down here. His name brings him on the scene. Jesus Christ himself ministers healing to the sick when his name is used. He is present to heal. He is just as willing and able to heal as he was when he walked the earth in a physical body. He is not some imitation or just a religious idea. Jesus Christ, the risen Savior, the holy Son of God, manifests himself on the scene when prayer for healing is made in his name. If you're being prayed for, he's personally ministering healing to you! That's right -- Jesus Christ is ministering healing to you. The same Jesus Christ who healed the sick all over Israel during his earthly ministry. The same Jesus Christ who healed all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Not some new, less powerful, modern Jesus. The same Jesus!


You can miss it if you get your eyes on man. That person laying hands on you is not going to heal you. He can't. Those people agreeing with you in prayer can't heal you, either. Don't look to them and expect that you'll get healing from them. Look to Jesus and expect to receive healing from him. If you will expect Jesus to minister healing to you, his power will flow out of the people laying hands on you and into your body.

Our services would be different if we would stop and realize that Jesus Christ is in the midst of us. We supposedly believe that; after all, we are worshipping him, aren't we? We're not worshipping someone far away! If we could see Jesus in the front of the sanctuary, how would that change our praise and worship? How would it change our expectations when people are prayed for? Yet Jesus is present. The Healer, the Savior, the Deliverer, the Chief Shepherd, and everything else that he is, is present in our services.


Peter realized this. He told Aeneas, "Jesus Christ maketh thee whole" (Acts 9:32-35). Peter knew that Jesus Christ was personally on the scene when he ministered. It was Jesus, not Peter, doing the healing.

If we would just be aware of his presence among us, there would be a lot more healings, to say nothing of a lot more reverence! Fewer people would come in late, leave early, gab during the message, daydream, and make potty runs during the altar call. Respect him! He is present with us. He's not just up in heaven! Jesus Christ is present to heal today! If you're being prayed for, Jesus Christ lives both in the people praying for you and in you!

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