 You tuned into a great sister to sister today. We have a question that says, why are some people healed and some people are not? Oh, good question. What about this? What will heaven be like? I'll be there. I'll hope I'm there too. Heart, hey. Come to sister to sister. We are so glad you joined us. We are five women of God. And we bring answers to the questions, sometimes that you send to us from the word of God and from our hearts. And this question, oh, it's a tough one. See what you think. Oh, Corey, I'm coming to you. Wait, do you hear this one? Why are some people healed and some people are not? Well, I'm sure everybody will come from it from a different perspective. My perspective is that sometimes it's because God is keeping us from something worse. You're not healed because you're being kept from something worse. And I have a personal testimony from that. I'm wearing my stroke survivor t-shirt today. This year, our family went through something really difficult. My sister, who isn't even 40 yet, actually had a stroke. And she was having horrible, horrible headaches. And we were praying her through that, asking for healing for that. And the Lord did not heal her of those headaches. And the reason is because she ended up finding out she had an aneurysm. And had the Lord healed her of those headaches, she likely would have died from that aneurysm. And they discovered, through those headaches, they discovered the aneurysm. She went and had brain surgery. And she ended up having a stroke through all of this, but she's likely gonna make a full recovery from it. She is gonna make a full recovery. That's right. She's made tremendous strides. And she's doing wonderful, love you, Leah. And she's doing great. And we just look back, and every time I think about what could have happened, I just get choked up about it. But you just look back and you don't know what you don't know. But you just, when you're in it, it's like, Lord, why are you not? Paul asked three times, take my thorn in the flesh away. And we don't know if that was physical or not. But you look back and you're like, okay, now I see the picture. Well, I love that because the truth of the matter is, we should not waste time trying to create a doctrine for what we don't understand. Because the truth of the matter is, I've experienced those. I know what it is to pray, and I know what it is to be healed. I know what it is to pray for somebody to get healed. I know what it is to lay hands on somebody and see them healed. I know what it is to engage in warfare and fight for their healing via claiming the promises of God. I also know, do have done all of that and had the word of the Lord spoken over them through a prophet and then watched them go home to be with the Lord. And it leaves you in a state of confusion, pain. And one of the things I think that we as believers have got to learn to do and practice is to be transparent. I don't get points taken off of my faith or Christianity card because I'm in a struggle or because something happened that shook me. I remember I had a God son and another dear sister and the Lord who had a daughter that were battling some illnesses and we as a church stood and believed. And what happened is when what we were believing for didn't manifest, it shook the whole church. But no one addressed it. It just like kind of let's not talk about it, you know? And I just think that for me, when I went through those difficult times and I had a situation with my mother and when I went through that, I had to step back, erect an altar, give that to God as best I could. And I think I've shared this before. There were years, time went by past where I would not pray for certain things because of what had happened that kind of just shook me to my core. So I think we have to be watchful. I believe in the faith teaching. I believe in all of that. But when it doesn't happen, you are no less a Christian and God is no less a God his daughter. We can't judge each other on our faith. I mean, this question is really a setup, isn't it? I mean, how do we know? We're not the all eternal ones. You know, why are some people healed and others not? We believe in the healing power of God. It is by his stripes that we are here. He was wounded for our transgression. He is Jehovah Rafa. He is the Lord that healeth thee. And we also had, you know, my father-in-law went through cancer and he passed away. And we were all, he was praying, he was believing. And then he got tired and then he got weary. And then we don't know all the details of what was happening in him. But we know this, that he was laying on his bed and he was seeing angels. And he was seeing heaven and eternity. And I'm just telling you, if we had one glimpse of eternity and heaven, we might choose not. But I still think this is, I mean, I know everything that we're saying, but I just go to the lady with the issue of blood. All she wanted to do was touch his garment. Just let me get to Jesus. And he turned, who touched me? So I stand on God's healing until he doesn't. And then I don't want to be confused, but I stand on it. I think the question is, does God not heal? He heals. The question is, why does, sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. But I want to be the lady with the blood. Yeah, what do you got? You know, I got to say this about prayer. You know, Matthew 15 and Amy, what is it? 18 says, whatever you bind on earth, shall have been bound already in heaven. Sometimes we pray so much for the healing that we forget to ask God, thy will be done. What is your will God? Now we don't pray people die because God says, oh, we have hope till the end. When my father passed, we had hope till the end. If anybody should be saved, you know, somebody witnessing and healing and doing all sorts of things in the Lord's name and loving and honoring God. But sometimes we forget to pray, God, what is your will before I start praying and claiming your scripture? So just a caution, Jesus said, thy will be done. He asked the cup to pass from him. Jesus even asked, father, do I really need to go through this? And what did God's answer? You know, he was betrayed, he was taken, he was arrested, he was convicted for doing nothing wrong, not breaking the law. So, thy will be done. You know, right, I don't want to put you on a spot, but I just, I love that perspective. But I'm thinking of like some of believers who will feel like, well, you know, the will of God is healing. The will of God is, you know. And I find that sometimes as we talked yesterday about that pendulum, we go too far to the other end. It just, it throws us out of balance, you know, because there is such a thing. I just prayed for somebody recently about coming against premature death, and there, you know, God came and ministered healing in his goodness. But I think, I was just wondering your thoughts on that. On what, on what God says about healing? When people, for that group of people that maybe feel like, yeah, but you know, you're telling me to pray the will of God, but the will of God is that I am healed. It isn't always. There's a healing, there's an ultimate healing when it's time our work is done and it's time to go home. Or we have to go through sometimes suffering. And I know people don't believe God. Oh, how could he let me suffer? He's a good God. He let Paul suffer. He let Peter hang up, sighed down on the cross. There is, I don't understand, as Amy said, all the glory of God. People got their heads chopped off. John the Baptist and others saw it in too. But they kept pursuing God, no matter what difficulty they went through. Their faith wasn't based on what's God gonna do for me, but what am I in this suffering going to do for God's glory? Right, and speaking of God's glory, this question from you goes like this. What do you think heaven will be like? Interesting, right? What do you do if you're afraid of dying? Good follow up, Pastor. Man, well, what will heaven be like? I was just rereading Revelations 21, which, oh my gosh, the description of heaven. I mean, you have to read it today, because we're probably pretty close to the rapture. I mean, according to world events, global events, I mean, the timing of Israel and things that are happening there, but heaven is eternal. It's beautiful. It's the presence of God. It's beyond description, I wrote down. It is, it's built for us individually. He said, I go to prepare a place for you. I mean, there's a place prepared for us. We are going to have crowns. We're gonna be laying them at the feet of Jesus. We're gonna be worshiping. Heaven's going to be perfect. In heaven, there will not be bills. There will not be rent, dude. There will not be utilities. There will not be grass to have cut. There will be a new body. A glorified body. I mean, heaven is, we have so much to look for. That's why you've got to be at peace with God for those that are afraid of that, you know, the eternal eternity, they're afraid. I mean, I have a good friend of mine. It's a place where I go shop. And finally, he said to me, he goes, I just want you to know, I know you're a pastor and I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I don't believe in it after life. And I went, I go, I can't imagine eternity without you. And I said this, I said, if you're right and I'm wrong, I've got nothing to lose. But if I'm right and you're wrong, you've got everything to lose. And I said, just pray about and just ask God if he's real, will he reveal, Jesus, will you reveal yourself to me if you're real? That's so good. That makes me want to cry. Yeah, I got tears in my eyes. Anybody else, heaven, what did we tell our friends afraid to die? Just on the afraid to die part. Like, I think it's normal though to be afraid of how you're gonna die. Like, I think, you know, that's a normal fear to have. So, you know, I don't want to like judge people that are like, I'm afraid, like I might die in a car accident or whatever. That's a normal fear to have. But if you're truly afraid of the afterlife and what's gonna happen after you're gonna die, you need to examine your relationship with God. And if you have one, and I love what you just said, I'm gonna use that girl. Yeah, yeah, when you're talking about fear, I have a husband, he's wonderful. But I pray over him Psalm 112. And in part of it, it says he will not be afraid of bad news because he trusts the savior. So what we're saying, I'm afraid of dying in a car accident, I'm afraid, trust the savior, that's what I got. What do you have? Well, read revelations that's replete with the descriptions of heaven. Streets of gold, you know, they say the pearly. There is gold, there is pearl, there is streams, there are animals. Thank you, everybody. Dogs, all dogs go to heaven. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ain't that sister. Good, good, good. So it can give you some insight. But remember about the fear of death when Jesus told Peter he's gonna die the way he's gonna die. It's not gonna be easy, Peter. And Peter said, what about John? He said, don't worry about John. Right, right. You know, John died a different, Jesus actually kind of forewarned him. Life, Peter is not gonna be easy. It's gonna be glory filled. Peter walked and people were healed in his shadow. Right, right, right. The Lord took him and Peter asked, I wanna be crucified upside down. I don't deserve to die like my savior did. So what brings Peter from denying Christ to being so in love with him? It was Christ himself. It was being filled with the Holy Spirit that allows us to go through things that we in our flesh cannot, cannot go through. So good. And speaking of the Holy Spirit, I have a question I'm gonna come to you when I have time for you to tell me. I hear people talk about being led by the Spirit, but I don't know what they mean. Yeah, I totally get that because, you know, as you often hear me say, spiritual things are spiritually discerned. And so when you talk about how to walk after the Spirit, I have to learn how to connect and have a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Interesting enough, you know, God in all of his wisdom, in Galatians three, I believe his verses 24 through 25, talks about something called, if I'm pronouncing it right, a pedagogue. And a pedagogue was the person who is responsible for teaching and training the king's children, their heirs, how to get prepared for the throne, to get prepared to reign, to know the king in all of his ways. And, you know, to the Jews, the law was the pedagogue, but when Christ came on the scene, our faith was that. So when Christ went off the scene, then what happens is he gives us what? The Holy Spirit who is known as what? Our teacher, our comforter. And, you know, Holy Spirit, for me to be led by the Spirit meant I needed to sweetly surrender to the Holy Spirit. And how did I do that? By enrolling in the school of the Holy Spirit. And when you enroll in the school of the Holy Spirit, that scripture tends to come to life about, you know, this flesh has to die daily. You know what I mean, Corey? Like, Flo has her way of doing things. Flo has her reasoning. She has her rationale. She has all of that. But when I submit to the will of God, become Christ-centered, then the Holy Spirit is able to guide me, to teach me. That's why it's so important as believers that we have a teachable and obedient spirit. Obedience is better than sacrifice. So unless I can submit and be taught and obey, because knowledge puffs us up, there are people who can quote scripture better than any of us sitting at this table who understand the scriptures, the ancientness of it all, and some of the mysticism of it, better than we do. You know what I mean? But we have to, I know we're out of time, but the truth of the matter is, we have to, the bottom line is, being able to be taught, being submitted, and allowing the Holy Spirit to disciple us. Right, the key was surrender. And I surrender right now. We're going to break. We'll be right back. ["The Holy Spirit"] Welcome back to Sister to Sister. The conversation continues. The Holy Spirit, led by the Holy Spirit, was so good. But this one, you wrote to us. Thanks a lot because it's about the, oh, it's not the Proverbs 31 woman. Oh wait, listen to this one. The Bible says, man, I'm sorry, I think about the Proverbs. Okay. She says, she says writing her own questions. Yeah, well, wow, wow, okay. The Bible says, man finds favor when he finds a wife, and I'm thinking about this perfect wife, but no, it's Proverbs 1822. So go look it up. What does that mean? Cory, just tell me. I think it's pretty clear what this means. Come on. It answers the age-old question. It tells us women are better than men, okay? We just got the answer from the Bible, people. It does not say women find favor when she finds a good husband. It says, man finds favor when he finds a wife, okay? It doesn't even say a good wife. It just says a wife. Okay, so it means women are the good stuff, people. I think all the single ladies who just put this on their Tinder accounts, put this verse right on there, right up front, because these men need to stop dragging their feet and just find a wife, because that's the good stuff, okay? Because you just found the good stuff when you find a wife. There is a TikTok video that's trending with an older gentleman who's a minister, and he's giving his spiel while he's looking for a good wife, because he needs favor with the Lord. And it's really, it's so cute and funny. That's why it's trending. But when I think about the man who is crowned and created with dignity and honor, it's not like he's without the favor of God without a woman. I mean, he is favored and he's a man, he's a son of God. I mean, he's got, he's an heir. But the wife adds this beauty and this grace and this elegance and makes it softer and more applicable, and listen. I don't know about that. It's like double favor. It's like double grace. All right, I'm going to the next question, though. Well, this next question is really good. Yes, so is this one. The acceptance and the, because I think just a real quick piece that I just want to give, dovetailing off the pastor because it's true. When we think of favor, we have to think of what it means and it talks about acceptance, approval and pleasure. And I believe it pleasures the heart of God when a man finds a good thing. Cause all good gifts are given to us by whom? God. And so when a man finds that good thing, I believe God's heart is pleased. An excellent wife is a crown to her husband. That's what the scripture tells us, right? And so he is of a royal priesthood, you know? So the favor of God begins to come on that man in a way that, you know, here's the woman, here's the wife of your youth. And what does she do? She supports you. Her very presence speaks peace to you. You understand what I'm saying? And she meets your desires. So I believe it's pleasing to daddy. All right, I'm going to the next question because it really pertains to all of you, married or not married. This one is really good. Life is hitting me hard. And my emotions are all over the place. I know when it's happening, but I don't have the ability to stop it. And I have a meltdown. Come on, Roxy. What do we tell this person? Hey, we've all been there, right? Yeah, lots of people have meltdowns. You know, song 27 says wait on the Lord to renew your strength. That doesn't mean just sit back till he does something. Do what he tells you to do. If it's pray, if it's talk to somebody else. And I see what God does when he's bringing somebody back in with their emotions. Like Job, he asks them the questions. Where were you, Job, when I created everything? Where were you, Job, when the Leviathan was in the sea and the mountains were created? Job got a new perspective on who God was and is in light of eternity and in light of his creation. So we need to step back sometimes and remember who God is and accept his rebuke. Right, I think lots of people have these emotional days. Cory, what do you think? Okay, but I think you do need to have, it's the good cry sesh sometimes. Like, I think you just need to make sure it's in an appropriate time and appropriate place and appropriate people. Like, you know, it's not appropriate, like, you know, when you're at work or when you're driving down the highway. Like, it's... I messed up on dinner. I've seen people cry in their car and I wanna stop. Okay, but like if it's with safe people and trusted people, you know, with a counselor or with your spouse, you know, it's okay to have those emotional times. It's when it's becoming too frequent or you're not, you know, having the outlets that you need to have. If you're stuffing everything down. Oh yeah. Kathy. But I don't, I'm not gonna have a meltdown because I trust the wine. So what do you do? So the woman that writes this, she's having a meltdown, she's calling our station. What do they do? You need to talk to trusted people that give you good advice and wisdom so that you can work out where that's coming from. Cause it is coming from somewhere that you need to deal with. My mind goes right to a place when I read this and I can just picture this season of my life where everything was just coming at all sides. And I had to just figure out what works for me to either calm down or, I mean, it was a mixture of vitamins and exercise class with calming music and good stretching, good walking, historical fiction and talking to a good friend. So it's like God will give you a way out. Right, but I thank you for the question. I thank you because I know that there's many of you out there and you're suffering and you say what would the sisters think? What would God say? What should I do? So we hope we gave you some good suggestions today. Stay right there. We're gonna wrap this up. Wow, talk about emotions. You're gonna like this story, but I'm gonna first close with Proverbs 29, 11. A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. Well, controlling ourselves may begin with accepting the rebuke of others. Preceding these photos, you're gonna about to see of my daughter's graduation. I was in full vent. There's my mom. I always talk about her. God bless her. I was in full vent according to this scripture. Fussing, complaining, controlling. And then at this table, my daughter turns to me and sweetly says, mom, I feel like I'm in a circus and you're the ringmaster. Wow. Wow, it hit me. I gasped. I thought about it. I repented. I accepted it. And I realized life is not a circus. Life is not my show that I could vent all of my emotions. Life is a celebration of who God is. And we must in first invite him to the table, accept his direction and sometimes accept his rebuke when we jump into that circus ring. Well, you know what, it's funny because sometimes, many times, I feel like a ringmaster around the sisters. So Roxanne was a ringmaster, I'm a ringmaster and you witness it all. Here's the scripture that we love to end with and it goes like this. As iron sharpens iron, so does the countenance of a man or a woman or a sister sharpen the other. And I also say you see these girls make me a much better Kathy. See you next time. We are sister to sister.