In Acts 14:9.Paul.perceived that this person had faith to be healed. Now just what is that? Well faith is acceptance. Acceptance of what? Accepting God's word as true. No, not just that:.James 2:19. There is more. 

Many want to academically.prove the Bible to be true. I discovered that one has to.accept it as true.(a definition of belief).

But, the Bible can be difficult to comprehend:.2Corinthians 4:3 "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost."

There is a key that can help in comprehending the scriptures.

For years I was studying to know the Bible, all the while missing this other key, which has a prerequisite, that of, one will have the desire to want to comprehend the Bible if he does this:.2Peter 1:7,8. To more fully have knowledge of this key, see 'Compassion'. John 7:17.

I, like so many others, had a head full of academic facts, seeking all the while to comprehend so that I could believe. I had it backwards. Belief applies not just to comprehension of the Bible, but to the whole way of a new living, such as one's salvation, eternity, eternal life here and now and other amazing things an individual will be able to do, including things regarding resurrecting others.

Believing means to 'be living', that is taking action on, mentally at first, before one fully comprehends, if we ever really do fully overstand anything at all, as information is always changing when new light comes to the fore. You may have a passion for say, nursing, so you believe that you'll go into nursing as a career. You don't comprehend all about nursing as yet, but you believe in it and so you take action and take the courses to become a qualified nurse. It's the same when it comes to spiritual life.

To comprehend anything, you believe it first, that it is for you. But what if I don't want to?.Mark 9:24. And, results of believing are good:.Mark 11:24.

Rejection is the severing knife that cuts off knowledge and relationships. Even to learn how to ride a bike you have to believe that you can and that means accepting it as true and for sure for you. See the movie Dare To Be Wild for a true story on this.

Belief opens the comprehension to a higher consciousness level:.Proverbs 28:5 "Evil men discern not judgment, but they that seek the Lord have comprehension."

Come to comprehend that belief and faith are synonyms, but there are some things to know about both of them.

And there is close and far knowing. Those things you know well are closest to you. The far understanding is how one feels when he or she is first attempting to grasp knowledge on something. The more one concentrates on learning here, the closer to you the knowledge becomes, until a working knowledge of it builds confidence. Then there has been enough absorption that one can at least begin doing something with what created enough interest to pursue knowledge on in the first place.

Once you understand about faith and about belief, then the words of the Creator will have effect in your life:.John 17:20 "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.".(Emmanuel was talking about the words His disciples would say that would cause people to believe and those people were those the Father was calling to His family, all of us now; the way was now open.{why now open and not then?}.to all humanity {Acts 17:30; 1Timothy 2:4} but you have a part in it)

The Great Designer of all has set it all up so that His comprehension, His thinking, is open to those who first believe, that is, to those open to belief. Belief is knowing that something is true. So, what is truth?

We have to change.(original Greek for word 'repent' is change).to acceptance on faith that the Bible and other great spiritual works.(learn about them too).are true in order to get understanding of the deeper meaning things about this Infinite Presence that is everywhere, is everything, something that is only understood in higher consciousness:.Mark 1:15. Meditate to rise up into levels of higher consciousness, where once gained, you never lose:.Hebrews 13:5 "...for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you."

All trials and sufferings occur to bring us into an ever greater relationship with God:.Ephesians 2:10; John 15:2; Revelation 21:7. Nothing else is ultimately important. That's why God uses the devil and had him created. I mean, what really would matter what you may do today 50,000 years from now?
   He gave us His word to study. Growth in understanding of it leads to healing:.Psalms 107:20. 

Remember, Emmanuel death took our sicknesses away too. Even Emmanuel life showed His attitude toward the sick: Matthew 8:16,17 ".....and healed all that were sick....."
   Isaiah the prophet said.."He took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses." Matthew 4:23 "And Emmanuel went about all Galilee teaching in the synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

Matthew 9:35 says basically the same with a few different words. 
Isaiah 40:29-31 "He gives power to the faint and to them that have no might he increases strength.....they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint."

Hey! If it is too big for you, give it to Him! 'Here God, you take this. I have had it with it. You're big enough to handle it. Take it now. I'm finished with it!
   Nothing's too big for God. Nothing is a problem for God:.Mark 10:27.

So what do we know? We know Emmanuel heals and we know that His inspired word says it's His will that you be well and we believe that He is alive right now and completely aware of you this very instant. We know that we are all in this universal consciousness. We know most because of the ego, have unknowingly cut themselves off from any effective influence of their soul that could lift them up into a better way of life. And we know that it was so important to Him that you be free of illness that He bore those sicknesses and infirmities, which means, by implication, that He also bore the things such as guilt, resentment, negativity, etc. that contribute to illness.

And we know that to have the faith to be healed means simply to accept all the above as true and like it says under 'Depression', don't allow any thoughts to the contrary of what you know you have now accepted as true. 

Healing involves the restoration of biological rhythms. Sound is important for healing. Listen to music of your choice, music that moves your emotions generating thoughts of higher consciousness.

Peace provides an important environment for healing to progress.

What you eat should be of the highest quality. What's that mean? It means to make sure what you are eating is grown in healthy soils. Is organic good enough? Maybe. But there is much we all need to learn to improve soil health. 

When you eat, be quiet, TV off, radio off, quiet music is good, so you can have your attention on the food being consumed. Attention is a thing of higher consciousness, of the soul level.

If upset avoid eating till you calm down for a few minutes. Eat to only 3/4 of your capacity where you should feel comfortable but not stuffed.

Avoid cold and icy drinks. Be quiet when chewing having no emotional conversation at the table.

Finished the previous bite, then lift your fork or spoon for another. When finished eating sit quietly for a few minutes. This helps digestion. Incomplete digestion blocks free flow of energy.

Have the main meal at lunchtime as digestion sharpest when sun is highest in the sky. Digestion is sluggish in the early morning so eat only if you need to, but better to wait for lunch. A few times a year rest your digestion for a day or a week by drinking only liquids.

There is no sickness in the One who rose from the dead., no sickness in the universal energy from which all things have been created. Sickness comes from being out of sync with the original designed pattern.

And you are in Him and He's in you. Think about this much more. He's in you; you are in Him. Because of Him, you are worthy of health. Do not let your mind alienate you from God's will for you being active within your life. Think from truth, not from error. Know the words of the Bible and ask God to reveal their personal meaning to you as you study. 

Ephesians 4:18 "Having the understanding.(original Greek is 'the channel of an act; to exercise deep thought').darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance.(original Greek is 'not knowing').that is in them, because of the blindness.(original Greek is 'callousness').of their heart.".(they have no compassion toward others)

Our hearts get callous by repetitive negative thoughts about our circumstances. Negative thoughts must be replaced with true thoughts about you in Christ. 

Hebrews 10:22,23 "Let us draw near with a true heart.(original Greek is 'freed from restraints').in full assurance of faith.....Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering.".Are you sure.you are righteous, holy and perfect in God's eyes? You are! But do you know it for sure?.

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