Focal Scripture John 15:8
There’s an old Full Gospel adage that says God gets glory from the wonderful way His children bear pain and agony and that the world is impressed by that. That is a flat out lie!!! Beloved, that’s simply an instrument of the devil to keep God’s children in suppressed.
Think about it. People all over the world already have all the pain and agony they want. They aren’t looking for a way into it. They’re looking for a way out. They don’t care what you preach. It’s the religious people who get worried about that. The world, the sinners, are smarter than that. All they care about are the results.
That’s why they’ll come to your church/ministry when they hear people are getting healed, delivered and set free from suffering. That’s what they’re looking for, and that’s what God wants them to receive.
Beloved, the Bible says in Matthew 15:31 that God gets glory when they see the lame walk and the blind see!!! Jesus said in John 15:8, ” When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.” So, someone out there may be asking: “Bishop Houston, what is that fruit?” WELL I’M GLAD YOU ASKED!!! 😀 That fruit is lives being restored and healed by the power of God.
I can remember a few years back a woman came to a tent revival I was preaching, who was so far gone with cancer she had almost no energy or life within her. She didn’t even know the Lord, but she came expecting a miracle. During the revival service, the spirit of the Lord spoke into my spirit that someone was being healed of cancer, in the glands, in the throat, and in the chest. When the woman came up and to receive prayer, she said to me, “Bishop Houston, I left the hospital this morning with cancer and I am not claiming it!!! I’m cured.” I was told she went to the hospital 2 weeks later for her appointment and the doctors checked and re-checked. Her cancer was gone. As a result, the woman went to her church the following Sunday and received Jesus as her Lord, and the blessings got better!!! Later during that same service, she and her husband (they were separated) reunited and he got born again!!! WOW!!! healed and her marriage put back together in one day!!!
Now that’s fruit!!! Beloved, that’s what brings God glory. You see, when we minister healing and deliverance like Jesus on the earth, that brings God glory. So, let’s do away with religious adages and go with what the Word says. Let’s impress the world with Jesus Words, because God deserves the glory!!!
Have a Great Sunday.