John 1:29 says: Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
I call myself a Christ follower and I have one desire and that is to serve Him all the rest of my days.
I am honored that you listened to God’s prompting and have come tonight to listen to me. If you came just to find out what it is all about, you have been obedient in just showing up. As with anything that you are taught, I am encouraging you to compare what I teach to the Word of God for it is there and only there that you will find Truth.
I believe I have been called to teach women how to heal spiritually, mentally, and physically so that they can fulfill their calling or their life’s purpose. I find it very sad that many women never discover their life’s purpose because they spend their precious lifetime spiritually sick, mentally sick, or physically sick.
I believe the world has taught us far too many false teachings. We have been taught many fallacies regarding our health for so long we never stop to question their validity. That is why I go to the Word and not the world for the TRUTH about healing for the body so that I am confident in what I teach.
I believe that the Word of God has all the answers to all our life’s questions including questions regarding our health. We just need to believe that and turn there first before seeking outside answers.
I believe life is a gift from God, but yet often times we spend too many of our days trying to figure it out, trying to get it to go differently, trying to change people and things we have no control over, or trying to be someone we will never be. All this causes is stress, anguish, frustration and a very sick Christian.
This class is about healing your spirit, your soul (which include your emotions, your mind, your will) and healing your physical body. Each of these three areas of our being has distinct roles, but each is interrelated and each one cannot be completely well unless the other areas are healed.
It is hard to be a spiritually healthy woman of prayer if you can not get out of bed in the morning because you didn’t sleep well because you are anxious and worried (mental) about the recurring headaches you have had over the last two months.
It is hard to reflect the Light of the World, the image of Christ when you have a negative “woe is me” heart, you are angry about your current weight, and disappointed because the gal in the cubicle next to you just got promoted and you didn’t.
Wherever you currently are is where you will begin this class. This class is about you healing. Your goals will not be the same as mine. You are not to compare yourself to anyone else. Each person’s progress is between them and God. The goals you set are yours to fulfill.
The ways you have chosen to take in the past may not have gotten you where you would like to be today. But together we will learn what it means to stay on the path “the Way” God intends for you to walk on.
The past is dead and gone and it cannot be changed.
The future is not guaranteed. Don’t try to figure it out.
Today is the present and that is where we begin to follow the Way to the Narrow Gate.
Let me explain.
God has titled this class: The Way to Go Lightly, Healing for the Spirit, Soul, and Body.
If you turn to Acts 19:23 you will see that Jesus was the leader of a movement called, “the Way”.
Jesus referred to himself as “the way” therefore His followers were called, “people of the Way”.
I believe that as followers of Jesus Christ, we too are “people of the Way”. I believe that the book of Acts never ended, and that we are still living and “acting” out the truths taught by Jesus just as the twelve apostles and all disciples after them did. In other words, we are also disciples of “the Way”.
Matthew 7:13, 14 says: Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
There are few who find it. What is the definition of few? Webster’s dictionary says: A very small amount. So a few does not mean that everyone who is good will enter through the narrow gate when they die to spend eternity in Heaven. Nor does it mean that everyone who acknowledges that there is a God will enter through the narrow gate? Nor will everyone who goes to church enter through the way of the narrow gate.
The gate is narrow, because there are a few Christ followers. So that must mean the greatest majority of people will choose to follow the way to destruction. That is spending eternity in hell.
Reread Matthew 7:13, 14
In John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."
The Way to Go Lightly ministry is all about each day choosing to follow the way towards the narrow gate. And each day choosing who you will serve.
Joshua 24:15 says: If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
God gives us a choice whom we will serve.
Now we know what following “the Way” means let’s take a look at where the “to Go Lightly” comes from?
In John 8:12, Jesus again spoke to them saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life”!
Isn’t that incredible!
Jesus called Himself the Light of the world. If we follow Him, we will not walk any longer in darkness, but we will have the Light of life. We are not the light, but we are to reflect the Light so that the lost will see Jesus in us.
So explains the title: The Way to Go Lightly. As followers of Jesus Christ movement called the Way, we are to Go into the world and preach the gospel to all creation (John 16:15)
We are to Go spread the Truth of the Light to all people so they too can be a part of the few who will spend eternity in Heaven.
The title really is divine inspiration because I could not have possibly come up with such a perfect title. It just fits into everything we will be talking about perfectly.
2 Cor 5:17 says: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
For the next nine months, we will be dedicating ourselves to becoming a new creation. I remember wondering throughout these last eighteen years of my Christian life when is it that all this old stuff would pass away? I wish I could say to you that all the old stuff will permanently go away in nine months, but it will not. It is a day to day decision that will continue throughout your Christian lifetime.
When we die there is a little bitty hyphen that is placed on our tombstone that represents our life. 1956 – 2040. A little hyphen represents life in its entirety. But for the Christ follower your new life began the day you accepted Jesus as your personal Savior and this class is about helping you become that new Creation.
So what will we do with that life? It is strictly up to us. God gives us the choice to choose.
When God gave the nine month time frame, I thought this is perfect. Nine months is a perfect time frame to create a new creation. Just like a nine month pregnancy. Will we ever be perfect on this side of Heaven? Maybe not as we perceive the definition of perfect but in Acts 3:16 it says: And on the basis of faith in His name, {it is} the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which {comes} through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.
I believe that when we walk according to the Way, and on the basis of our faith, we are indeed perfect in His strength, not ours.
1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you; whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
I believe we are first a spiritual being, which has a soul, which is living in a fleshly body. Within our bodies resides the Holy Spirit. That in itself is reason enough not to destroy our spirits, our minds (souls) or our physical bodies.
I believe one can never heal physically, if they are not healed spiritually and mentally. Do I believe there are times when God’s will is for a saint to be physically ill? Yes, I do. But when I teach about healing physically, I am talking about the majority of sicknesses that can be prevented if we were healthy mentally and spiritually.
Again, as we progress in this class, I will explain this in much more detail.
Every class will be divided into a section regarding spiritual healing, mental healing and physical healing. Again, we must work at healing all three of these areas.
I believe the church is failing the saints when they send them into the world for mental healing and physical healing. I believe churches should have resources to include Christian medical and alternative doctors on staff for every one seeking healing for mental illnesses as well as physical illnesses .
I am not referring to prayer here for I do believe prayer heals. What I would like to see is more people turning to the Word of God for answers to their health concerns.
In looking at our front cover, I want to explain what relevance this has to our class.
Our theme verse is 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 24: May God himself, the God of peace sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
The ministry of “The Way to Go Lightly” is all about learning to keep our whole spirit, our whole soul, and our whole body blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has called us to be faithful with and through our bodies and this class is about learning how to do that.
Jeremiah 6:16 (at the bottom) says: “stand by the roads and look; and ask for the eternal paths, where the good, old way is; then walk in it, and you will find rest for your soul.
My goal for you for the next 9 months is to assist you to stick steadfast to the path of life which leads “the Way” to the narrow gate. God has big plans for His followers and I believe everyone who is listening for His voice desires to be used to accomplish tHis plan.
If God’s only desire for us was our eternal salvation, we would have died the day we accepted Christ as our personal Savior.
If you are still here, there is a specific purpose for you being alive.
We cannot bear much fruit for the Kingdom if our roots are diseased. Diseased roots bear diseased fruit.
It is your choice. Coming back week after week for the next nine months is going to be very difficult. Worth it? Yes! But the choice is yours. I am here to help.
Jeremiah 17:14 says:
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For You are my praise.
Let’s praise Him and then go into a time of prayer.
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