If you are experiencing doubt and discouragement in your life right now, it is because devil is robbing you of blessings that God has for you. The devil is a thief and it is his only mission to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus came that we may have life and may have it more abundantly (John 10:10).

Did you notice word “may”? Webster’s Dictionary describes “may” as permission, opportunity, perhaps, and possibly.

God has done His part by sending His Son to die on cross, not only to save us from our sins, but also to give us life abundantly. Whether we have life abundantly or not depends on us!

One of names of God translates as "the One who healeth thee." That name is also spelled out fully as One who heals us and takes away all our diseases. In times of darkness (which would include sickness in ourselves and others) we are instructed in Isiaha not to attempt to light little fires ourselves (in attempting to personally drive back darkness!) but to trust in name of Lord. In doing so, don't fall for snare of "Gee, I'm still sick. I must not have enough faith" or "I must have some unconfessed sin that limits God's ability to work his will." The issue is not power of your faith but power of One in whom you trust, One who had only to speak to create universe, one in whom we live and walk and have our being.

Acknowledging in advance that ultimate restoration will be when we are transformed, made whole in an instant, our prayers for one who is ill should ask God to work His perfect will in life of that individual, to make that restoration to wholeness happen here and now if such be His will.

Know with assurance that when God chooses to interpose His will in this world -- that which men call a miracle -- we are being granted only a peek at glory to come. God's will for us has never changed. The first revelation of that will was in Genesis: "Let us make man in our image." As lamb slain from before foundation of cosmos, Messiah was born into human flesh so that He might be kinned with us and so that we might see in Him express image of Father. In Romans 8:28 there's a promise for those who are called according to his purpose. The next verse tells purpose: that we be "conformed to image of his Son...." God has given us apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor-teachers so that we might mature and through unity of faith arrive at "the measure of stature of fulness of Christ."