Book overview
The Secrets to the Healing Power is not written to condemn the sick, shame the suffering, or suggest that every illness is the result of personal failure. The Word of God does not permit such cruelty. Jesus healed with compassion, not accusation. He touched lepers, opened blind eyes, raised the dead, delivered the oppressed, and restored those whom others had forgotten. His ministry revealed the heart of the Father: God is not indifferent to human suffering. He is "the LORD that healeth thee" (Exodus 15:26).
At the same time, Scripture teaches that healing is not random. God's kingdom operates by truth, covenant, authority, obedience, faith, wisdom, and love. The same God who heals the body also calls us to forgive, to guard the heart, to renew the mind, to honor the temple, to resist the enemy, and to walk in the life of the Spirit. Healing may come through a spoken word, the laying on of hands, anointing with oil, deliverance, repentance, faith, rest, proper care of the body, or even through doctors and medicine. The method may vary, but the Healer remains the same.
This book seeks to bring together what is often separated. It looks at the spiritual and the natural, the body and the soul, faith and wisdom, prayer and stewardship, divine healing and responsible care. It examines sickness through the lens of Scripture while also acknowledging that the body is fearfully and wonderfully made. It speaks of emotions, bitterness, trauma, generational patterns, spiritual oppression, and the healing power of forgiveness. It also provides practical Scriptures and patterns to help the reader stand on the Word of God with understanding.
The purpose of this book is not merely to give information, but to lead the reader into hope. Hope that is not shallow. Hope that is not careless. Hope that is rooted in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
The prophet Isaiah declared, "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows... and with his stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:4-5). Matthew tells us that Jesus fulfilled this by taking our infirmities and bearing our sicknesses. Peter looks back to the cross and declares, "by whose stripes ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). These are not empty religious sayings. They are covenant truths purchased by the blood of Christ.
