Healing is a foretaste of the Kingdom

On February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 By Aaron AllisonIn Charismatic / Spirit-Filled, DevotionalLeave a comment

I heard that the late John Wimber – a pastor who effectively prayed for “signs and wonders” – used to say something similar to this about healing:

When we prayed for no one, no one was healed.

Now we pray for lots of people, and some are.

Let’s pray and believe for healing, expecting more miracles. Each healing that occurs points us to the most significant work of power, which is the salvation we have through Christ.

Healing reminds us we are in the “already, not yet” Kingdom of God. Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God, and the Kingdom is already here, but not yet fully until he returns again. His Kingdom is increasing in stages, and we keep getting a foretaste.

Healing is part of that anticipation.

The Divine Conspiracy

On February 11, 2020 By Aaron AllisonIn BooksLeave a comment

I have circled the Divine Conspiracy book for twenty years, hearing it mentioned, quoted, and praised by other Christian leaders I admired. In 2019, I finally read it cover to cover.

This book’s author is the late Christain philosopher Dallas Willard, professor at the University of Southern California.

The writing was dense. It was long. It was hard to finish. It was transformational!

I will be referring back to this book often in my devotions, and I am sure it will continue to pop up in my preaching this year. It is helping me learn to be an apprentice of Jesus!