Anthony Wade Ministries

By Dr. Keith Kent

“People are unreasonable, illogical and self centered. Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind. Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them. Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.”

A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 17:22

Have you ever been around someone that has a merry heart? They are the kind of person that no matter what they are going through or the circumstances they may be facing; they seem to sail right through them with the greatest of ease.

This kind of person has learned something about life that many of us can also learn. That is: “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” To the person that is merry, nothing can get them down. They have learned to roll with the punches that life can sometimes bring; and they have chosen to be merry, regardless of their situation.

Proverbs 17:22 tells us that a merry heart does good just like medicine. Being merry is like taking medicine. When the doctor tells us to take a medicine, that medication is prescribed to make us feel better inside and out. Emotionally and physically we feel better because we took our medicine. That’s what being merry is like. It’s like doing what the doctor has told us to do ?? and taking our medicine. Being merry is a matter of choice; it’s your decision. Being merry is like getting a check up, from the neck up. Being merry is like, “Check yourself, before you wreck yourself.” It’s simply your preference.

Did you notice what the rest of that verse said. It says a broken spirit dries up the
bones. Dried up bones are the consequences of not being merry. Severe conditions are many times the result of not taking your medicine, of a merry heart.
(See also Proverbs 15:13). In summation, it’s a matter of attitude.

Our attitude toward things is likely to be more important than the things themselves. A.W. Tozer

Several years ago, in the early farming days there used to be a bell that hung out by the farmhouse. That bell’s purpose was to call for the farmers for meal time. It basically would be rung for one reason – it was dinner time.

During the years of the Healing Revival in mid to late forties there was an evangelist by the name of Raymond T. Richey. He had a marvelous miracle ministry. It is noted and photographed the numerous crunches, braces, and remedial aids etc., that were discarded because they were no longer needed. It is reported that Mr. Richey had a catchphrase. The phrase was that “Divine Healing” was “The Dinner Bell.” Mr. Richey rang that bell, and people came from numerous walks of life, young and old.

In my study of The Word of God it is Gods will to heal today. The gifts of The Spirit did not go out with the last Apostle, as some have so erroneously stated. Healing is for all, as the scriptures so eloquently affirm and announce. In fact one of the major ministries of Jesus was healing the sick. The only thing that stopped Him and caused Him to marvel was the unbelief of the people in Mark 6:5. He marveled at their unbelief, and could there do no mighty work It didn’t say He wouldn’t, it says that He couldn’t. He could only help those with minor ailments. If I am not mistaken the only thing that caused Him to marvel was their UNBELIEF. On the contrary He marveled because of the centurions’ faith (Matthew 8: 5-10).

Is it any different today? Can unbelief be one of those things that keep God’s healing power at bay for us today? We must ask ourselves this question. Is unbelief keeping me from one of God’s greater blessings? We must keep in mind that Jesus went to the Cross to redeem us from poverty, sickness, and spiritual death. Jesus also said:

Luke 4:18 (KJV)

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, -Peace

Most of us have heard the old saying “out of sight, out of mind.” Or at one time or another we have made the statement, “I’ll believe it, when I see it. When it comes to trusting God neither one of those assertions are pleasing to Him. Why? Because the Mind of Christ is given to us by His Word ( 1 Cor. 2:16). My friend, as believers’ we should have the point of view that if God said it, that settles it and I believe it.

We must remember that when it comes to the things of God we can’t base our life with Him by what we see, or by what we feel (2 Corinthians 5:7). Now I am not so obtuse to think that God does not at times meet us in the realm of sight or sometimes feelings, but sight and feelings cannot be the motivating factor for the believer. Jesus gave us an encouraging factor that we must consider when it comes to our approach to God.

John 14:16-18 KJV

{16} And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;

{17} Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. {18} I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

The first thing we must reflect on is the fact that Jesus said that He would pray to The Father to give us another Comforter. The Holy Ghost Comforter is not just given to us, but He will abide with us forever. Forever is a long time. This is what I mean: From the time you gave your life to The Lord Jesus Christ, God the Holy Ghost has been working in your life. He has not only been working — He will never leave you. He will abide with you from now until eternity rolls.

The Holy Ghost is our Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby. Jesus said He The Holy Ghost would be those attributes for us now and ever more.

During a time of meditative prayer Holy Spirit said something to me in relation to the mutual respect that we should have towards one another. You could call it another dimension of the Love of God — He said to me that:

“MUTUAL RESPECT WILL NEVER VIOLATE THE GOD THAT IS ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.”