Healing Weekend

Jun 27, 2026

Devotional

Day 1: Kissing Sickness Goodbye at the Cross

When Jesus declared “It is finished,” He secured complete victory over sin and its consequences. Sickness, like sin, has no legal right to remain in a believer’s life because Christ’s sacrifice dismantled its power. The same authority that forgave sins now commands wholeness in bodies and minds. To “kiss sickness goodbye” isn’t wishful thinking—it’s aligning with the truth that healing was purchased by stripes already borne. Every symptom becomes an invitation to declare what Christ’s blood accomplished. The fight isn’t to gain healing but to enforce a finished victory. [01:27:06]

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.”
(1 Peter 2:24, ESV)

Reflection: What area of your body or mind feels like a “legal holdout” against Christ’s finished work? How can you actively declare His victory there today?

Day 2: Divine Life Flow in Mortal Flesh

The same resurrection life that raised Jesus from the dead flows in believers, making sickness an intruder in sacred space. John G. Lake demonstrated this when plague germs died at his touch—not because of his merit, but Christ’s indwelling life. This life isn’t a distant promise but a current reality, quickening cells and renewing minds. When believers pray in the Spirit, they activate this river of healing within their mortal bodies. Sickness shrinks where this life expands. [01:59:22]

“If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.”
(Romans 8:11, ESV)

Reflection: Where have you been tolerating “death flow” in your body instead of asserting the Spirit’s life? What one action can affirm your trust in this divine current?

Day 3: God’s Strongest Desire Over Your Weakest Moment

3 John 2 reveals God’s burning priority—not merely survival but thriving in every dimension. The Greek word for “prosper” paints a picture of joyful journeying down life’s roads, while “health” implies total soundness. This isn’t a lottery but a blood-bought guarantee. When sickness strikes, it’s not God testing loyalty but an opportunity to enforce His clearest will. His desire outweighs every diagnosis. [01:28:37]

“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.”
(3 John 1:2, ESV)

Reflection: What practical step (rest, treatment, declaration) could align your response to sickness with God’s “strongest desire” for you?

Day 4: Poison Ivy and the Temple’s Defense

When poison ivy invaded the preacher’s body, it became a spiritual showdown—not about perfect faith but rightful ownership. The body isn’t a passive victim but the Holy Spirit’s temple, demanding hostile elements to flee. Allergies, like sin, thrive where identity is forgotten. Defiance arises from knowing Christ’s life within makes every cell holy ground. Healing begins when we stop negotiating with trespassers. [01:38:59]

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.”
(1 Corinthians 6:19, ESV)

Reflection: What “poison ivy” (chronic issue, recurring symptom) have you tolerated? How might you assert your temple’s sanctity today?

Day 5: More Than Conquerors in the Champion’s Robe

Victory isn’t earned through personal striving but worn as an inheritance. Like a boxer’s spouse claiming the prize, believers receive healing through Christ’s fight, not their own. The cross was the final round—every disease defeated, every symptom sentenced. Walking in health isn’t self-improvement but agreeing with heaven’s verdict. [01:52:08]

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
(Romans 8:37, ESV)

Reflection: What healing story from Jesus’ ministry (the lame walking, blind seeing) most stirs your confidence in His finished victory? How can you “wear” that truth this week?

Sermon Summary

Jesus shows that forgiveness of sins and healing ride together in the finished work of the cross. The cross pays the sin debt in full and breaks the byproduct of sin, which is sickness and disease. Christ heals sinners, not the qualified, and the Gospels keep saying it plain: “He healed them all.” If Jesus paid for it, he deserves to get what he paid for, so faith does not shrug at sickness but tells it goodbye.

Third John 2 states God’s strongest desire: prosper and be in health as the soul prospers. The text’s language paints prosperity as a good road, a joyful, delightful journey with needs met and extra to enjoy life. “Health” speaks of being whole, sound, and in good working order, including mental soundness. The Pool of Bethesda story echoes that word: “Will you be made whole?” Wholeness is not partial repair but a complete making-sound in every part.

The connection between sin and sickness means the fight shifts. There is no sin problem left for the believer’s spirit; there is a Jesus problem for the world. The mind therefore must be renewed until every thought is arrested by the Word and thrown out if it disagrees with Christ. Jesus never did “spiritual healing.” Bodies were healed. The spirit is made new, sealed, and untouchable. When a person dies of cancer, the cancer dies because the spirit’s life departs; that observation pulls the curtain back on the real flow that keeps bodies alive.

Galatians declares Christ redeemed from the curse, right down to the maddening itch. Romans announces reigning in life by the gift of righteousness and the abundance of grace. The conqueror wins; the bride is more than a conqueror because she receives the spoils. That is life in Christ. Romans 8:2 names it the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. That life displaces death. The Holy Spirit even quickens mortal bodies. Praying in the Spirit yields a divine infusion of life without the bottleneck of carnality.

The kingdom’s flow is for others too. Healing functions as a sign that God forgives. Jesus asked, “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Rise and walk’?” The sign points to the Son. Laying on of hands simply releases what Christ already bought, and Jesus gets all the glory. A church that believes this becomes a house where the sick kiss disease goodbye and Christ receives honor he is worthy of.

Key Takeaways

1. Healing purchased in the atonement Forgiveness and healing come together in the finished work of Christ. The cross cancels the sin-debt and breaks sickness as sin’s byproduct. Faith honors Jesus by expecting what his blood already bought. Refusal to settle becomes worship. [84:14]
2. God’s will: prosper and be whole Third John’s “above all” frames health and joyful provision as God’s strongest desire. “Health” pictures soundness in body and mind, not survival but wholeness. The promise runs on the same track as a prospering soul shaped by Scripture. [88:37]
3. Life in Christ overcomes death’s flow Romans 8:2 names a law stronger than decay, the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. That life kills what death feeds, as the old story about plague dying on contact hints. The believer’s body carries a different current. [118:22]
4. Wholeness renews mind, emotions, body God ties health to a transformed soul. Scripture taken deep teaches the mind to arrest fear, rumor, and prognosis at the door and to keep only what agrees with Christ. Thought-life becomes agreement with the Healer. [94:33]
5. Faith releases healing virtue to others Healing serves as a sign that forgiveness is real and Jesus is present. When the sick recover, hearts open to the Savior behind the gift. Ministry becomes simple: release what Christ paid for and name the Giver. [123:20]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[80:31] - God wants you healthy
[82:59] - Why would you pray?
[84:14] - Cross purchased sins and healing
[88:37] - Above all: prosper and be healthy
[93:16] - Wholeness means complete and sound
[95:30] - Renew the soul with the Word
[100:45] - The poison ivy fight
[109:05] - The strongest thing is God’s Word
[110:26] - Redeemed from the itch and curse
[112:08] - More than conquerors in Christ
[118:22] - Life in Christ cancels death
[119:52] - Pray in the Spirit, be quickened
[123:20] - Healing as sign of forgiveness
[125:29] - Laying on of hands invitation

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading
3 John 2 (ESV): "Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul."

Observation questions

What two aspects of well-being does 3 John 2 specifically link to a prospering soul?
According to the sermon, how did Jesus’ healing miracles demonstrate that he came for sinners, not the “qualified”? [01:24:14]
What example from the Pool of Bethesda story shows that wholeness means being “complete and sound in every part”? [01:33:16]
How does Romans 8:2 describe the power that overcomes the “law of sin and death”?

Interpretation questions

Why might the connection between forgiveness of sins and physical healing challenge common assumptions about suffering? [01:25:33]
How does the analogy of a “prize fight” (where the victor’s spouse receives the reward) clarify what it means to be “more than conquerors” through Christ? [01:52:08]
What does the story of John G. Lake and the bubonic plague reveal about the practical impact of the “law of the Spirit of life” in believers? [01:58:22]
Why does the sermon emphasize that Jesus never performed “spiritual healing” but instead healed physical bodies? [01:36:48]

Application questions

What specific fear or “prognosis” (e.g., chronic pain, anxiety, etc.) needs to be “arrested” and replaced with agreement to God’s Word about wholeness? How can this be done daily? [01:34:33]
If healing is already purchased by Christ’s blood, what practical step can be taken this week to actively “tell sickness goodbye” instead of passively accepting it? [01:27:06]
How might praying in the Spirit for 5 minutes daily shift your focus from physical symptoms to the “divine infusion of life” mentioned in the sermon? [01:59:52]
Who in your life (believer or unbeliever) needs to experience healing as a “sign” of God’s forgiveness? How can you courageously offer to pray for them? [02:03:20]
What area of your soul (mind, emotions, or will) feels least “prosperous” right now? How can Scripture directly address that area this week? [01:35:30]
When faced with a health challenge, what habit (e.g., speaking Scripture aloud, worship, etc.) could help you stay anchored in the truth that your body carries “a different current” of life? [01:58:22]

Sermon Clips

50s

#MoreThanConquerors

“``We're more than conquerors because he fought and won the battle. One of the greatest examples of this is how many have ever seen a prize fight where it's like a heavyweight championship? There's millions of dollars on the line, and you have your your fighter. Both fighters are training, and you got this guy. He's hitting the pavement every day. I mean, you've seen the Rocky movies. Hitting the pavement. He's jumping rope. He's lifting. He's doing all these things. Then he's eating right. Then he's getting in the ring. He's sparring with somebody. He's hitting. He's going. And he goes through all this throughout the day.”

67s

#HealingRevealsForgiveness

“I thought about this. Have you ever seen a sinner believing for sickness? Just a thought. They don't have to believe because they're they're already connected to the flow of death. Why would a believer who's connected to the flow of life need to beg ask and trying to convince god to heal him? When he's already got that flow of life is healing in it. That flow of life on the inside of you has healing. Every single believer who dies in this earth dies with healing virtue and power on the inside of them. Their body does. Now, it leaves with them when they leave in their spirit, that life, that divine life's on the inside. if we can learn to release that life and you can. You can release that life.”

70s

#VictoriousInChrist

“know something happened to me because it physically happened to him. See, when Jesus, the lame man was brought through the roof, remember they're letting his friends are letting him down the cot and and he's wanting to be healed and Jesus said, your sins are forgiven you. And he's going, hey, I just wanna be healed, man. What are you talking about? And all the Pharisees are upset, the religious folks are upset. Who does he think he is? He said, which is easier? Your sins be forgiven or take up your bad walk. He he connected the two together. Do you know what? When someone get healed, is healed, who is an unbeliever, it's a sign to them that god forgives and that he is real. Hallelujah. I love that. Anyway, no. No. We're going to stop.”

52s

#HealedByRedemption

“Do you think that when Goliath went down, all Israel, all those guys were going, David won. Now they were going, we won. We won. In the sense they were in David, where we're in Christ. When he won, we won. And we're victorious over every sickness and every disease. It's just we have to believe it. You have to believe it for your whole heart. You have to get it in you, in your soul till you believe it. When I say whole heart, I'm telling you, it's already in your spirit. Right. Your soul and your spirit equal your whole heart.”

54s

#CrossPaidHealing

“There was no sickness and disease in the Earth until sin was in the Earth. But thank god in Jesus Christ, he pays your sin debt, and now your sins are no longer held against you. It's marked paid in full by the blood of lamb. The enemy has nothing really to come against you about as far as your spirit because you're a new creation in Christ, sealed with the precious holy spirit, and it cannot be stolen. You cannot lose it. We serve a great god. He wants us healed more than we do.”

41s

#LifeFlowsThroughChrist

“Forgiveness of sins and healing were purchased at the cross. The remedy for both took place in the finished work of the cross. Jesus paid for our redemption, forgiveness of sins, and healing. Yeah. I want Jesus to get what he paid for. He deserves all the glory and honor. Every time that you touch another life for him, he's getting glory. He's getting honor. He deserves it. He's worthy of it all. He's so worthy that we, in comparison, we lay our whole life down and just live for him.”

66s

#LifeOvercomesDeath

“So, Jesus came to change our connection. That's the reason he came. You're connected now into a different source, to a different life. That's the reason John G. Lake could say, he could take the bubonic plague. Working in Africa and all these people are dying. He's helping them and they come to him and say, why aren't you sick? Why aren't you dying? He said, oh, Romans eight two, the law and the spirit of life in Christ Jesus He set me free from loins, sin, death. They said, what? The law, the spirit, the life in Christ Jesus. That means his life flows through me. Right. It comes in contact with me. It dies. Oh, sure. We want would you be willing for us to test it? Sure.”

51s

#NewSpiritNewSelf

“God wants us in good physical health above all things, And he wants you to take his word and transform yourself. He wants you to take his word and put it in him to transform your emotions, your mind, your thinking, everything about the soul. He wants it transformed. That's his strongest will. No wonder the enemy tries to keep you out of the word. He wants to keep you out of the Bible. But we have to stay in the Bible.”

53s

#SicknessFromSin

“One of the things I heard when I really learned about healing, people would tell me, well, the Bible's talking about spiritual healing. Well, there's only one problem. Jesus never did spiritual healing. They were physical bodies. didn't give us spiritual healing. You got a new spirit. You're brand new. Your old man wasn't healed. It wasn't renovated. It was gone, and you had a brand new you That the enemy cannot even penetrate.”

51s

#GodIsPleased

“Sickness is spiritually a truth though because there is some truth because sin calls the flow of death death came through a byproduct of sin called sickness and disease. So death came. When a person dies of cancer, what happens to the cancer? I don't know if you ever thought about this, but this is a scientific fact. When a person dies of cancer, the cancer dies. Why? Because their spirit left. Their spirit was bringing life into that body”

49s

#JesusHealsEveryone

“Father said, you are my son. You are my daughter in whom I am well pleased. For you ever did anything for him. He's well pleased. And what he's done inside of us. Amen. He loves us. A lot of times we bring condemnation and things on our self. Let me just tell you, two weeks to the day is when I woke up blind. Say, what? I woke up blind. It was a Thursday afternoon, and I decided that there were some trees out back, and there were some hanging branches,”

54s

#KissSicknessGoodbye

“But it doesn't sound like god when you look at Jesus who healed them all. Amen. And he didn't heal anyone who was righteous or born again. They were all sinners. He healed them all. So, it just didn't fit. We had a man that was healed of brain cancer in our church. I went to my dad and said, what happened? I said, I didn't know why we even prayed because I thought god didn't do that. That's when he said, well, every once in a while I'm glad we got something better. Amen? Amen. Okay.”

45s

#GoodbyeSicknessNoCondemnation

“And when you really start looking at this connection between our sins are forgiven and the sin problems taken care of, there's not a sin problem in the Earth anymore. There's a Jesus problem. People don't go to hell because of sin problems. They go to hell because they reject Jesus. And then they're judged in all the sin problems. So I want us to kiss our days of sickness goodbye. believe the word is that strong on it that we can kiss blow a kiss.”

55s

#LovePaidItAll

“So I want us to kiss our days of sickness goodbye. believe the word is that strong on it that we can kiss blow a kiss. Goodbye. Goodbye, sickness, disease. Goodbye, infirmity. And there's been people who have lived that out, very few. They have been around and knew the day they were gonna die and they didn't die sick. So it it is possible, but there's no condemnation. We're all in this together. Amen?”

47s

#GodDesiresHealth

“That's how worthy he is. What he has done for us is just so massive. I mean, he bought and paid for us and died for us. How expensive was that price? Well, love paid it. Love paid the price for each of us, for every single person who will ever live on this Earth, their sins have been bought and paid for in full. Now, it's interesting when you get the sins forgiven, we've seen in the past some teaching the byproduct of sin is what? Sickness and disease.”

46s

#GodsStrongDesire

“Your health is very important to god. How do we know? Because the price that was paid. But third John chapter two and verse and three or verse two. Third John verse two. There's no no chapter there. Verse two. Beloved, I wish above all thing that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thou so prosper. I want just wanna break this down. The word wish here is a Greek word which I'm not gonna even attempt to be like my son and pronounce, but there it is for you to see.”

49s

#ProsperOnEveryRoad

“Beloved, I wish expresses one's strongest desire will. So John's writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. So this is not just John's desire, but it's god's strongest desire for his people. strongest desire. This verse is telling you god's explicit will for every believer. It says above all things. It's two Greek words here. The first word, para, means circumference and what surrounds you. Second one is pentam, which means all inclusive and pictures everything.”

50s

#GodWantsAbundance

“So you put them together. It means absolutely everything that encompasses and surrounds you and concerns you. His strongest desire about everything that surrounds you, concerns you, circumferences just his strongest desire. The word prosper here, it means it's two words. It's one word, but it has two parts to it. First part means good. It pictures what is enjoyable, delightful, pleasurable. And then the second part is is a Greek word for road.”

47s

#WholenessInHealth

“So you put these together, it means to have a joyful, enjoyable, delightful, and pleasurable experience on every road of life that you take. God's strongest desire for your life. The this word was used in history. You wonder where I got this from? Rick Renner. And so I go to for write down Greek. Rick Renner. And I'd I'd tell you, he he breaks it down. In history, this word meant it was god's will to pay your basic bills and have some extra to enjoy life,”

49s

#FatherWantsWholeness

“And I'd I'd tell you, he he breaks it down. In history, this word meant it was god's will to pay your basic bills and have some extra to enjoy life, even to the point that you can travel or vacation, enjoy yourself. God wants you to be able to be have some extra. Yeah. Amen? That's the will of god. The next word is health and this is a Greek word that you see there. I'm not gonna pronounce. Means depicts one's physical health as being healthy, in good working order, in sound condition, includes mental soundness.”

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Healing Weekend

Devotional

Day 1: Kissing Sickness Goodbye at the Cross

Day 2: Divine Life Flow in Mortal Flesh

Day 3: God’s Strongest Desire Over Your Weakest Moment

Day 4: Poison Ivy and the Temple’s Defense

Day 5: More Than Conquerors in the Champion’s Robe

Sermon Summary

Key Takeaways

Youtube Chapters

Bible Study Guide

Sermon Clips

Healing Weekend

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