Julie stood before the church, a quiet hum in the air. The congregation waited. She had shared her story many times, but this one was special. Today, she wasn’t just telling them about her journey to becoming a healing evangelist. She would show them.

“I remember a woman testifying one time,” Julie began, holding the microphone steady. Her voice was calm but filled with purpose. “She looked like she should have died two weeks earlier when she first came to our healing school. Skin and bones, no strength left. But she stayed. Week after week, month after month, and she began to blossom like a flower in the sunshine.”

Julie paused, allowing the words to sink in. “Her color came back. She gained weight. And then one day, she stood up and testified.”

The congregation leaned in, hanging on her every word. “Everyone there knew a miracle had happened. You’d have to be blind not to see it.”

Julie stepped aside and nodded to the AV team. The lights dimmed, and the screen lit up with the video of the woman. In the video, the woman’s voice trembled but was full of joy.

“I guess I just got so full of the Word that there was no more room for the cancer,” the woman said. The room echoed with murmurs of awe as the woman in the video described her healing process.

Julie turned back to the crowd. “It’s not about how much Word you hear, but how much you receive. You have to let it in, let it work in you. The Lord will help you, but you have to stay with it.”

The pastor joined her on stage, nodding as he took the microphone.

Chapter 2: The Power of the Word

Pastor Joseph smiled warmly at the congregation. “Julie’s right,” he said. “You see, the Word is life. Proverbs says it’s life to those who find it and health to their flesh. The Word brings healing, but you have to receive it.”

He glanced at Julie, who gave a small nod of agreement. “Just like this woman in the video,” he continued, “you have to keep hearing and hearing. It’s not that healing takes a long time, but sometimes we don’t receive because of how we think. But if you’ll stay with it, if you’ll change your thinking, the healing will come.”

Julie smiled, remembering the days when she, too, struggled with doubt. “I used to think,” she said, “that healing was instant, like flipping a switch. But sometimes, it’s like planting a seed. You water it. You give it light. And it grows.”

Pastor Joseph picked up where Julie left off. “That’s right. It grows. And it blossoms, just like Julie said earlier. That’s the power of God’s Word.”

Chapter 3: Spiritual Exercise

Julie took the microphone again. “But it’s not just hearing the Word,” she said, pacing slowly across the stage. “You have to exercise your spirit. How do you exercise your body? You move it. How do you exercise your spirit? You confess. You speak God’s promises. You believe in your heart and say it with your mouth.”

The crowd murmured in agreement, and she continued. “Speaking in tongues, praising God, walking in love—these are all ways to exercise your spirit. I used to think that if you just fed your spirit with the Word and exercised it, you’d be strong. But then the Lord showed me something else.”

Pastor Joseph stepped in, looking thoughtful. “Drains,” he said simply.

Julie nodded. “Exactly. Drains. You can feed your spirit and exercise it, but if you’ve got drains, you’ll still be weak.”

The crowd was silent, absorbing the lesson. Pastor Joseph explained further, “Just like a bathtub with a drain, if you don’t close it, the water will keep flowing out. You can fill yourself up with the Word, but things like fear, worry, and strife will drain you.”

Chapter 4: Watch the Drains

“Fear will drain you,” Julie said, her voice firm now. “Worry will drain you. Too many involvements, things the Lord never asked you to do—those will drain you, too. You can be built up in a service, feel strong in your faith, and then get into strife or worry, and it’s like pulling the plug.”

Pastor Joseph added, “Strife is a big one. I’ve seen people get into arguments after a powerful service, and suddenly they’re weak again. Strife drains your spirit faster than anything.”

Julie nodded. “That’s why we must stay in love. Love isn’t a suggestion; it’s a commandment. Strife takes two people. But you can refuse to participate. When you choose love, you stay strong.”

The church listened intently. Julie could feel the atmosphere changing as they grasped this truth.

Chapter 5: Speak Life

“We’re going to act on this now,” Julie said, stepping forward with renewed energy. “Joel 3:10 says, ‘Let the weak say, I am strong.’ We’re going to speak life.”

She encouraged everyone to stand. The room buzzed with anticipation.

“Some of you have been feeling weak, in body or spirit,” she said. “But today, we’re going to declare strength. We’re going to say, ‘I am strong.’ And we’re not just saying words—we’re speaking God’s Word, words full of life.”

Julie led the congregation in declaring their strength. “I am strong,” they repeated after her, voices rising with each declaration.

Pastor Joseph closed his eyes, lifting his hands. “As you speak these words,” he said, “you’re releasing faith. Healing is being manifested.”

Julie smiled as she watched the people declare their strength, knowing that some were being healed even now.

“I’ve seen it before,” she said quietly to the pastor. “People who were bedfast, too weak to speak, now standing, shouting, and testifying. God’s Word is life.”

The service ended with a quiet reverence, the congregation transformed. As they left, Julie knew that many lives had been touched, not just by her words, but by the power of God’s truth.

Her journey as a healing evangelist had only just begun.