[00:00:00] And we are commanded, enter to His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise. I invite you again to join me in taking a praise break to begin this program. Will you please say with me 10 times, Praise the Lord, Amen. Join me together. Praise the Lord, Amen. Praise the Lord, Amen.
[00:00:24] Praise the Lord, Amen. Praise the Lord, Amen. Hallelujah! Well, praise God. Praise is a great forerunner to overcoming.
[00:00:53] In whatever area. I'm speaking about asking this question to you, are you hurting? Now many of you are hurting because of pain, physical, spiritual, mental disorders causing you distress. Let me share with you a remarkable testimony. It was written out by a lady whom God changed from an unhappy sick life to a life feeling well and full of joy.
[00:01:20] Her name is Joan and she lives in Boharm, Saskatchewan. She gave me this testimony in person and it read like this. About three years ago, I suffered the worst of many miserable years of my life by having a nervous breakdown. After this breakdown, I began to pray earnestly for God to show me real answers to my problems.
[00:01:46] One day, the Lord led me to stop and listen to your broadcast, Brother Gossett. I began to understand what I must do to be delivered. Through your broadcast and your literature, God changed my life. And since that day when I was so miserable with a nervous breakdown, the Lord has performed wonders for me. I've been completely healed. Praise God. And knowing what God had done for me, I was anxious to take my dear mother to your meeting in Moose Jaw.
[00:02:16] My mother suffered from great pain from phlebitis. And when you prayed for her in Jesus name, mother released her faith and was totally healed. Praise God. And that same night, in that same service in Moose Jaw, my daughter received Christ as her Savior. Also, my husband and my mother did the same. I am so happy to proclaim, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
[00:02:46] Now, talking about hurting. I mean, it's so challenging to meet those people that live a life of hurting. And let me give you the testimony of a girl who for nine years lived in a life of hurting. And she wrote me this. I was wonderfully healed by Jesus and received the salvation to those who would accept the Son of God. This is what Linda from Levington, B.C. wrote me.
[00:03:17] She wrote on and said,
[00:04:52] And the Bible says in Acts 10-38, God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power. He went about doing good, healing all oppressed of the devil, for God is with him. Oh, what a privilege it's been to, as a follower of Jesus, to endeavor to be anointed to do his work just like Jesus did, to be commissioned by our Lord, to go about doing good. And he fortifies this instruction in John 14-12.
[00:05:23] He that believes in me, the works that I do, shall he do also. I thank my father numerous times for giving me opportunities to reach and touch people who are hurting because of their infirmities. Here's the story of another hurting person. She described the pain of her affliction unbearable. And I want you to rejoice with this lady named Sheila. She wrote me,
[00:05:50] When I lived in Barbados, I heard your radio program every morning at 5.45 a.m. I now live in New York State. About three years ago, I became very sick with my feet. I had pain in them that was unbearable. I've gone to the doctors. They said it was arthritis. I had treatments that dulled the pain, but nothing helped. It seemed I would be crippled for the rest of my life.
[00:06:15] My deliverance began after a nice Christian friend lent me some of your books on praising the Lord. Oh, how they blessed my heart. Also, I learned to rebuke the devil in Jesus' name, and I started doing so. This combination of rebuking the devil in the name of Jesus and then praising the Lord were the forerunners of my total deliverance. And on the night of June the 11th, my friend and I got together for prayer.
[00:06:43] We rebuked the devil in Jesus' name, and we began to praise God for my healing. The next morning when I woke up, I found I was completely healed. Oh, praise God! I was walking pain-free from that time on. So I'll continue to praise God, for He has done so much. I'm so very, very glad. And I can say with David, Thus will I bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
[00:07:12] I would say to you, beloved friend, Whatever the oppression on your life, whether it's sickness, fear, lack, whatever, you can practice these same keys that Sheila employed. Rebuke the one who is the oppressor, the devil, and praise the Lord Jesus for by His stripes you're healed. Now I have another testimony here from a lady named Sarah. She had been pronounced incurably afflicted by her doctors.
[00:07:41] In desperation, she made many attempts to be healed by the Lord. After many months, she grew only worse and became quite discouraged. Then the truth of Mark 16 and 18 challenged her life. What does Mark 16 and 18 say? Jesus said, These signs shall follow them that believe. They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. She realized it wasn't the multiple prayers of others which should be healed.
[00:08:08] But steadfastly, she embraced this promise of the Master. And she came to my meetings asking that we lay our hands on her for healing. Now after that happened, some friends tried to discourage her. Even as she affirmed her new confession of faith. They would ask her, How are you feeling, Sarah? Then they would say, You're not looking well at all.
[00:08:35] Well, Sarah would answer, I'm not going on how I look or how I feel. I refuse to waver in my faith. Jesus said, They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. And that's for me. I know I'm recovering. Of course, there were those Job's comforters, those so-called well-wishers, who persisted in throwing cold water on Sarah's confession of faith. But she was resolute and she would respond,
[00:09:03] Never would I have been so presumptuous to have had hands lead on me had I not expected the Lord's manifestation. This was God's word, and God is not a man he should lie. Now Sarah's part in this drama of faith was to hold fast her confession of faith without wavering, Hebrews 10.23 commands. And for her it was a good fight of faith, but the Lord made her completely whole.
[00:09:30] My beloved friend, take the cue from what happened to Sarah. If you need healing, speak these words. With his stripes I'm healed. Isaiah 53.5 Matthew 8.17 Jesus himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses, and by whose stripes you were healed. Yes, thank God, this is the truth of the word of God, and this is the provision for you.
[00:09:57] Heavenly Father, I come to you today in Jesus' name in behalf of every person that is sick, diseased, or oppressed. Lord, they're hurting, hurting because of affliction upon their body. And I speak in the name of Jesus, for their release from these pains, this suffering, and for healing and wholeness. In Jesus' name, amen. Now, beloved friend, if you are hurting, here's what you should do.
[00:10:26] If possible, identify the cause of your hurts. Deal with it by allowing the Holy Spirit to search your heart to discover if there are factors that would contribute to your hurts. One of the most important actions is this. Get right with God. Think of those four words. Get right with God. If you have unconfessed or unforsaken sin, confess that the Lord these two truths. Proverbs 28.13
[00:10:54] He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins shall have mercy. And 1 John 1.9 If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And the second thing I would ask you to do if you want to receive deliverance, examine your life to see if you have unforgiveness, malice, ill will, bitterness, or resentment against anyone.
[00:11:24] You must verbally forgive anyone against whom you have ought. You just cannot be right with God and wrong with another person. So I say to you again, in humility, get right with God. Now there are other blockades the Spirit may bring to your attention, like pride, arrogance, wrong motives. So 1 Peter 5.7 is the powerful truth, casting all your cares on him who cares for you.
[00:11:52] If you cast them upon the Lord, then they're his, not yours. Thank God for this truth. And now join me as we together praise the Lord. And let's say again, praise the Lord. Amen. Let's say it ten joyful times. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen.
[00:12:22] Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Hallelujah.