Healing the earth
Our actions either bless or defile
the lands and houses (and other
buildings) where we live. In turn,
whatever has been deposited either
blesses or defiles us. Consequently,
it will not suffice just to heal people
while leaving land and buildings
untouched by prayer. People can
become re-defiled – tempted by
the spiritual influence exerted by
these deposits – and so return to
their sinning. Or the reverse: if we
cleanse the land and buildings, but
the people remain unrepentant and
thus unchanged in their behaviors,
they will re-defile the environment.
It can form a downward spiral.
Both the people and the land
must
be
healed,
together.
In our book, Healing the Nations,
Paula and I applied this teaching
to both the histories of peoples
and the deposits these had left in
the land. The Church needs to
THE
EARTH
hear and respond to the Lord’s call HEALING
to heal nations as well as things. John
SANDFORD
&
Mark
SANDFORD
When will we begin to realize “Healing” Things – Pages 87 & 88
the enormity of our calling? How
long before we enlarge our vision
to include the restoration of
animals, objects, buildings, lands
and nations? Our task will not
end until the time when our Lord
returns, places His people in a new
earth, and fulfils the prophecies
of Isaiah 11:1-9, at which time,
“they will not hurt or destroy in all
My holy mountain, for the earth
will be full of the knowledge of
the Lord as the waters cover the This book is available through
sea” (verse 9, emphasis added). Elijah House Ministries Australia.
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