We live in a world that needs healing.  We are surrounded by people who need healing.  The pain of this healing is manifold.  It comes from the past.  It comes from the present.  It is physical.  It is emotional.  It is spiritual.  It is mental.  Some of these people have received a bad report from the doctor and are desperate for a miracle.  Physical injuries of every kind have left others maimed or crippled to the point that they struggle to accomplish even the smallest of tasks.  Many others are victims of childhood abuses and neglect that have crippled them emotionally and mentally as adults.

These people encircle our churches.  They are our members.  They are our neighbors.  They are the people we bump into at the grocery store and places where we do business.  We speak to them on our jobs.  We speak to them on the streets.  Every day of our lives we are in constant contact with individuals who desperately need a healing of some sort in their life.

But healing does not come.  The pain does not subside.  The inner and outer suffering is constant and there is oftentimes no help from doctors, psychologists, counselors or even the ministry.

This is very sad, especially when you consider that many people spend their entire lives and fortunes seeking the healing they need.

Just because a person is a member of a church and filled with God’s Spirit does not mean they are not still suffering as the world does.  Oftentimes, a person can sit in a church pew their entire lives, and many of them never do completely open up and let God heal the wounds of their heart and mind.  Others still are struggling with the news they just received from the doctors.  Panic, fear and despair all attack these sweet people as the realization sets into their minds that they may not have long to live or that their malady is something that cannot be healed by the doctors.

For many, the doctors and specialist have done all they can do.  Help is not eminent.  The suffering is going to continue.  Pain, of the heart and mind and throughout the body, is all they have to look forward to.  Fear, panic, worry, and anxiety of every kind is constant and is not promised to end.

But God asks the question, “Are You Ready For Your Healing?”

Why does it seem that God heals some and not others?

Why does it appear that a few people are completely delivered from whatever kind of sickness, injury or suffering they have in their lives, yet other patient and faithful people are still waiting for their healing?

If you have ever met Rev. Fred Childs, you would say that he is one of the kindest men you have ever met.  You would immediately notice his Texas drawl and gentle mannerisms.  If you were to be around him for any time at all, he would begin to tell you of the incredible atrocities that were placed upon him as a child.  He would tell you about his birth and how the doctors gave him no hope of living or being a normal child.  He would tell you in great detail, about the sickness he had as an infant that should have killed him.  He would tell you of the fire that burned his body as a small boy, scarring his body and mind beyond description.  You would hear of the overdose the doctors gave him that should have killed him.  As you sit and listen to the testimonies of this miracle of God, you are keenly aware that the intelligent and spiritual Man of God who is speaking to you should not be alive.  Life has handed Fred every reason to be dead, sick, bitter, and doubtful of every promise of God’s protection, care and love; yet all he speaks about is how God's promises are sure, His protection is guaranteed, and His care and love are the staples that hold his life together. 

Why is Fred so sure and positive of God’s promises in his life?  The answer to that question lies in the many times that God has healed his body and saved him from certain death.  The answer to his positive outlook and faith in his Heavenly father rests in the healing that God has done in his mind from the childhood death blows he received over and over again.

When Fred shared with me his book, Beyond Imagination, a little over a year ago, I was amazed at the number of miracles and the marvelous testimonials from his own life that he chronicalized in the book.  Beyond Imagination reads like one of the Chicken Soup For The Christian Soul books.  Except, this book is all about genuine miracles.  It leaves you crying one moment and laughing uncontrollably the next.  I could not put it down once I began reading it. 

After I read Beyond Imagination, I called Fred and asked him if he could write another book.  But this time, the book should not be about the miracles he has seen, but rather, how the miracles happened.  I said. “Fred, people need to know how to receive these kinds of miracles in their own lives.  Can you write a book that will explain how it is possible for anyone to receive the healing in their life that God desires them to have.”  His answer was that he was already considering this.  The result was Are You Ready For Your Healing? 

As I read Are You Ready For Your Healing,  I realized that I was unquestionably reading the best book I have ever seen on the subject of God’s Healing Power.  There have been many books written on the subject, but none of them touch the thorough explanation from God’s Word of His absolute desire and  willingness to heal the hearts, minds and bodies of people who are suffering.

If you are a pastor or minister, you absolutely must have this book and teaching.  In fact, Are You Ready For Your Healing, has been developed into a complete teaching package for the ministry.  It includes both e-Book and printed copy of Are You Ready For Your Healing, editable teaching notes, Power Point presentation, lesson handouts, and even comes with a set of DVD’s with Fred himself teaching all 13 lessons.  A pastor could either teach this material himself to his church for a Healing Revival, or show the videos of Rev. Childs himself teaching the materials and giving testimonials of God’s desire to heal.

This material deals with every sort of healing needed; physical, mental and spiritual, both past and present.  There are, in the lives of your church members, many people whom they interact with on a daily basis who have desperate needs.  This teaching material will most certainly minister to those who have a need. 

When a church ministers to the needs of others, it is then better prepared to reach that person with the Gospel Message.  While the sole purpose of this teaching is to bring healing of every sort to the participants, the end result should be that the church is blessed and souls are saved.

It is the prayer of Rev. Childs and myself, that you would use these materials to bring restoration to those who need healing in their lives.  We also pray that your church will have many guests who attend this teaching and receive a miraculous healing. Prayerfully, these will then become a part of your local church. 

You can find Are You Ready For Your Healing at http://www.pastoralhelps.com/are-you-ready-for-a-healing/