In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming from God’s pavilion. It is like a champion rejoicing to run his course. The sun rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat. (Psalm 19:4-6)
When seen, we feel the sun’s heat. Unseen, we still feel its heat.
The sun be above all. Skipper’s Son also be above all.
The sun comes like a bridegroom.
Skippers’s Son comes ter us as our bridegroom, fer we, his Church, be his bride. (John 3:29) (Matthew 9:15) (Mark 2:19) (Luke 5:34) (Revelation 22:17) (2 Corinthians 11:2) (Luke 5:35) (John 2:9) (Revelation 19:7) (Mark 2:18) (Ephesians 5:25-27) (Matthew 9:14-15)
The sun rejoices in its daily run.
Skipper’s Son rejoiced when his work on the cross whar completed, fer his joy was complete. (John 15:11) (Luke 15:5-7) (John 17:13) (Hebrews 12:2)
Nothing is hidden from the sun.
Nothing is hidden from Skip’s Son.
Nothing is hidden from the sun’s heat.
Nothing is hidden from Skip’s Son’s intense heat.
Praise be that the sun that warms man and the earth and provides us with life-sustaining warmth.
Praise be that Skipper’s Son provides us with eternal life through his shed blood on the cross.
May we look up at the heavens, see the sun, and praise Skipper fer his Son, our Lord and Savior.
The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day the work of his hands pour forth speech. Night after night the heavens reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words. No sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth. Their words to the ends of the world. (Psalm 19:1-4)
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
Ah good many like ter claim thar be no captain, no skipper, no God. That science and reason and book smarts kin explain how all we know and enjoy come about. Only think on this a wee little bit:
Tha evidence of Skip’s glory be available fer all ter see. Even them without eyes ter see kin tell thar be a creative order ter his work tha shames tha efforts of fellers. Tha birth of a child be a miraculous and joyful thing and yet, not nary a feller ‘as ever made a tiny human from nothing. Only Skip done that.
We kin procreate folks, but we kin not create folks.
Skip’s fingerprints be clearly seen in tha skies.
Though silent, tha heavens speak of his supremacy.
We like ter think we be in charge of land and sea, that we kin control tha weather and climate, but that be foolish thinking. Skip alone be tha one with his fingers on tha pulse of tha waves and winds.
If ya wish ter be wise, open yer eyes and see. If ya wish ter be learned, listen with yer ears and hear.
Not a single feller or lass on tha planet ‘as any excuse fer denying tha grandeur of Skipper. As a result, Saul Paul warns:
Although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie.
They worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.In the same way the men also abandoned natural relationswith women and were inflamedwith lust for one another. Men committed shameful actswith other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.
They are gossips,slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful.
They invent ways of doing evil.
They disobey their parents.
They have no understanding.
They have no fidelity, no love, no mercy.
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:26-32)
Thar be no excuse fer shutting yer eyes, ears, and mind ter tha glory of Skip. No excuse, that is, unless ya prefer ter worship another god — a god made in yer image — instead of tha God of tha heavens and earth.
If that be tha case, yer blood be on yer own head.
Lord, you have blessed me in every way. Thanks for ______________________. I praise you for ______________________.
Lord, God of heaven, God of the earth, you sent your Son that we might have life and have it more abundantly. Therefore, because you are all powerful, all sovereign, I ask that you ______________________. I declare that I will not go back to the old ways. You, Lord, God of the heaven, have brought me into a good place. Constrain me so that I will not return to the former ways. Send your angels before me so that this one thing may be done.
Or Lord, give me success today. Show kindness to your servant. See? I am kneeling before you . May it be that when I say ______________________, the opportunity your servant seeks will open. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to your servant. Genesis 24:1-14
Not simply an answered prayer, but abundance. “She quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw more.” (Genesis 24:20)
Not coaxing, but watching to learn. “He watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.” (Genesis 24:21)
May this be my attitude as you answer this prayer, Lord.
Lord, you went throughout the land teaching in places of worship, preaching the good news of the kingdom of God to all who would listen. You preached that all must repent, confess their sins, and be forgiven.
You healed every disease.
You healed every sickness.
People brought to you those who were ill with various diseases. They brought to you those who were suffering severe pain. They brought to you those possessed by demons, unclean spirits, spirits of oppression. They brought to you those having seizures.
You healed them all.
Because you are the great healer, the one who bore our sins on the cross, the one who bore our infirmities and sickness on the cross so that we might be free of sin and sickness, I bring before you _________ who is suffering from _________.
In your mighty name, Jesus, I ask you to lay hands on _________. Heal them. Send out from yourself your power, your sighs, your healing.
A Pirate Prayer fer healing fer yer friends and family.
One of that crew sent along this prayer fer healing. May ya be blessed and made whole.
Lord, I agree with Your Word that sickness is not Your will for __________, __________, __________, and __________.
As your prophet Isaiah said, “Surely YOU took up our pain and bore our suffering, our afflictions, our disorders, our diseases, our maladies, our ailments, and all our illnesses.” (Isaiah 53:4) (Matthew 8:17)
You bore our sins in your body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live without sickness and be made whole for righteousness. (1 Peter 2:24) When you realized that power had gone out from you, you turned and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” (Mark 5:30) When rebuked by your disciples, you replied, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.” (Luke 8:46)
In your powerful and holy name we bring __________, __________, __________, and __________. before you and ask that you touch each of them with your hands of healing. May they feel your miraculous power flowing into them at this moment.
We acknowledge that you have heard our prayer and in faith believe you have healed __________, __________, __________, and __________. .
We make this claim in your mighty name, the name of Jesus. Amen!
“What do you want me to do for you?” – Matthew 21:32 (Matthew 21:29-34)
On tha Son’s way up from Jericho ter Jerusalem, two blind men whar sitting by tha road.
When they heard tha Son was passing by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Tha crowd told ’em ter hush up, but they shouted all tha louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Jesus stopped, turn towards ’em and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord,” they replied, “we want our sight.’
Right off tha Son had compassion on ’em and touched thar eyes. Immediately they received thar sight and followed tha Son. Think on this a wee little bit:
Two fellers hung out ter gether. Ah feller by himself might get attacked, but ah pair stands ah better chance of beating off robbers and such. When it comes ter suffering, it helps ter have friends near by.
Thar ears whar open and listening. This be tha right attitude fer getting ah healing. Tha Son said them who ‘ave ears ‘ought ter open ’em and be alert at all times.
Soon as tha pair learned it whar tha Son passing by, hope swelled in thar hearts. No doubt they knew ’bout tha Son and all he done. They believed tha tales told by others of his healing, tha provision he supplied ter ’em in need.
Doth ya believe in tha Son’s power? Or doth ya simply know of tha Son. If ya believe, ya ‘ill ‘ave hope. If you simply know of tha Son, yer spirit ‘ill argue agin healing, claiming such ah miracle not be possible. We must see with our heart’s eyes what our head’s eyes kin not perceive. Faith be tha thing hoped fer, tha thing not yet seen, and yet which we know ter be true.
Will ya believe in tha Son? That be tha question be fer ya while ya seek ter be cured of tha affliction, addiction, illness, or infirmity from which ya suffer.
Nay sayers ordered tha fellers to pipe down, ter stop yapping, but they kept at it.
Doubters and malcontents ‘ill seek ter rob ya of hope, healing, and help from tha Son. Should ya find yerself among such rabble, escape if ya kin, fer they ‘ill only bring ya down ter thar sorry state. If ya be amidst some who claim ter be believers and they be preaching ah message of doubt, gloom, and denying tha power, words, promises, and commands of tha Son and Skipper, high tail it up tha road. Many ah feller or lass suffers from tha sorry sermons of them filled with doubts.
Twice tha pair asked fer mercy. This be key ter healing. We all be reprobates and rascals in need of fergiveness and mercy from tha Son. Not ah one of us be entitled ter anything but tha lash. In humility and trembling, in reverence and fear, ask tha Son fer mercy. Beg fer it. Then expect it. Tha Son be a lord of love. He ‘ill always respond with kindness and compassion ter them who believe.
“What do you want me to do for you?”
This always be tha question put ter us by tha Son. “What do youwant?”
If ya don’ know, dive deep in ter yer heart. Plumb tha depths of yer soul. Don’ settle. Ask yer self what ya really want. Then tell tha Son. He kin do all things, fer through him all things whar made. Not a thing exist that whar not made by him (John 1:3).
Name it, but don’ claim it. Let tha Son ‘ave his way with ya. This be ah conversation between tha two of ya. Allow him time ter respond and probe, while ya ponder.
Ter see, that be what tha chaps wanted. O that we might wish ter see tha Son, as well. What a glorious thing it would be if we could see him in all his power and radiance. Ah healing of soul and body ‘ill bring such insight.
Tell tha Son plain what ya want. Then wait fer his touch. Anticipate his hands reaching down, taking hold of ya, massaging tha place of affliction, injury. Feel his gentle stroke. Receive his kindness with gratitude.
Expect immediate healing, fer immediately they received thar sight. Not later that day. Not tha next day, week, month, year, years later. Right then.
Ter expect anything less is ter allow doubt ter take root and as ya well know, faith can not abide with doubt. Ya must pick: faith or doubt.
This be tha story of tha two blind chaps on tha road up from Jericho.
This kin be yer story as well, if only ya ‘ill believe in tha healing power of the Son.
Tha day after Big James, Loving John, and Old Pete come off that mountain with tha Son . . . tha very next day after tha three seen tha Son in all his glory with Moses and Elijah, they met a man with a peculiar problem. When tha chap seen tha four approaching, he run up ter tha Son and dropped ter his knees.
“Teacher,” he said, “I beg you. Look at my boy. He is my only child. A demon spirit seizes him and suddenly throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. This demon spirit robs him of speech. My boy gnashes his teeth. When it seizes him, he becomes rigid. It scarcely ever leaves him. This vile demon spirit is destroying my boy.”
Tha Son asked, “How long has your son been like this?”
“From childhood. It often throws him into the fire or water to kill him. I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not. If you can do anything, take pity on us. Help us.”
“If I can?” tha Son asked. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”
“I believe,” tha father replied. “Help me overcome my unbelief.”
Tha Son looked at tha man, then his disciples. “O unbelieving and perverse generation. How long shall I stay with you? How long will I put up with you?” Ter tha father he said, “Bring your son here.”
Even while tha boy whar coming ter tha Son, tha demon spirit caused tha lad ter fall ter tha ground, roll around, foam at tha mouth, and jerk with convulsions.
When tha Son seen ah crowd rushing ter tha scene he rebuked tha demon. “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of that boy. Never enter him again.”
Tha demon spirit shrieked, convulsed tha child violently, and fled. Tha lad looked so much like a corpse that many in tha crowd said, “He’s dead!” That be how weak tha lad’s spirit had become from all those years of being bullied by tha demon spirit.
What about us? Be our spirit bullied ter tha point of submission by spirits of filth, wickedness, perversion, and doubts? Ever time we sin we be inviting vile, demon spirits ter torment us. Now, we know not if this lad done ah thing ter warrant such an invasion, but clearly tha demon wormed its way in and broke tha lad’s spirit. So much so, that he whar near ’bout good as dead, which be tha goal of tha demon spirit from tha get go.
Ne’er mess around with demons. Ne’er dabble in tha occult. Brother James says, Get rid of all filth. Cast out all evil. Humbly accept the word planted in you. God’s words can save you.” (James 1:21)
With that lad looking as dead as ah dock plank, tha Son reached down and took tha lad by tha hand. He lifted him up and tha lad stood. All whar amazed at tha greatness of Skipper. Ever one marveled at all tha Son done.
Later, ashamed at thar lack of faith, embarrassed that tha Son had ter bail ’em out, tha Son’s disciples came ter him and asked, “How come we couldn’t heal him?”
Tha Son replied, “Because you have so little faith. Also, this kind can only come out by prayer.” He may ‘ave also added “and fasting,” though we kin not say with certainty that be tha case. “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Not even driving out evil, unclean, demon spirits.
When someone ya know be in need of healing, deliverance from an evil spirit, addiction, affliction, ah condition that robs ’em of tha abundant life Skipper promised, pray this prayer:
My Father, I kneel before you, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
I pray that out of your glorious riches you may strengthen me with power through your Spirit in my inner being, so that your Holy Spirit of Truth may dwell in my heart through faith. And I pray that being rooted and established in love, I may have power. I pray that together with all tha Son’s holy people, I may be able to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is your love and the love of your Son. Help me to know this love that surpasses all knowledge. Fill me to the measure of all the fullness of you. (Ephesians 3:14-19)
After praying this prayer, believe that Skipper’s power ‘ill flow from our Father, through tha Son, through ya, and in ter tha feller or lass in need of healing. Believe and doth not doubt.
If both ya and tha afflicted doubt Skip ‘ill heal, then tha Son kin do nothing (Matthew 13:58). But if ya believe and tha afflicted believes even ah little, great healing ‘ill flow in ter ’em, of this ya kin be sure.
