Wednesday, June 1, 2016

God's Healing Streams

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Polluted water brings about sicknesses and diseases, famine, destruction, barrenness of the land and death to the people of the land if nothing is done to cleanse the water and heal it. Water is very vital to life – the body requires water, the land requires water to grow crops but if the water is polluted, it does harm rather than good.

The waters of our national life beginning from individuals, family, institutions, communities, etc are polluted. Only genuine repentance through confession of sins and a complete turning away from such sins that have polluted the pure flow can bring about forgiveness, healing and restoration. It is not direct confrontation with the forces of darkness. It is humbling ourselves before God in genuine repentance and crying for mercy – Father, in judgment, please, remember mercy.
 The people of Nineveh cried for mercy – they asked God to forgive their sins, cleanse their hearts from filth, spiritual, mental, physical, and God had mercy on them. Please see Jonah Chapter 3, note verses 2 and 11. See also Amos Chapter 7 verses 1 to 6. Daniel pleaded for mercy and forgiveness of sins and cleansing for the nation of Israel. God responded in love, forgave, healed and restored His people. So also did Nehemiah and he got results. Drive out sin with the blood of Jesus Christ – 1st John Chapter 1 verses 8 to 10.


As we humble ourselves before God in repentance and intercede for the land and God blesses us with forgiveness, healing and restoration, we become God’s healing streams, channels of His forgiveness and healing in the land. This is why we must stand in the gap for our nations as Ezra, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Daniel, Moses, Abraham and many others did.

Excerpts from Healing the Nations by Uyoyou C. Charles-Iyoha

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