healing, and the coldness of Man's hearts

There are times in every prophet’s walk with the Lord when He overwhelms him or her with a matter which is difficult to speak on. This happened today, to me. I was praying for a woman who had been infirmed for quite a while, and then another lady who had been ill for even longer. The Lord chose to share His heart with me, bringing emotions that were overwhelming. Mixed with His grief were also the griefs of women who had passed away in the last few years, and audible groans came out of my mouth. This grief held me in its power as I cried, His words softly coming into my mind. I knew He was asking me to write His message, but it’s a hard one.
This is a message about the coldness of men’s hearts. Jesus told us that the hearts of men would grow cold (Mt 24:12), but we didn’t think it would happen to us. We are warned not to let ourselves get lukewarm (Rev 3:15,16) and the Lord even goes so far as to say it were better if the lukewarm were cold or hot. Hot yes, for then they would be fervent. Cold . . . so that the Lord could bring them to repentance and restore them. And this is the point that I am coming to: the Lord is bringing up a poignant matter that some need to repent of.
This is a hard word because it passes across the hearts of us all, wounded, whole, and mending hearts that do not want to be uncovered or harmed. The issue is praying for the sick, and the failure of our faith because of coldness. Those hearts who have been wounded the most, having lost a loved one, may already think they are somehow to blame. Are these the women they lost, whom the Lord speaks of and grieved over in the beginning of the prophecy? Only the Holy Spirit can say these things. At the end of this word I could not stop crying for a long time, repenting and feeling the heaviness, yes the foolishness, of my own presumptuous beliefs about praying for the sick. With that, I would like to apologize to those who feel the pain of loss afresh after reading this word. It is not my intention to lay blame or wound.
One more thing. I fell asleep after writing this word of prophecy and, in a dream, the Lord let me see someone coming to steal the word away. God’s voice audibly spoke, saying “Now, Helen, you’re not going to let him take it, are you?” I answered “No Lord.” So I will post the word, as He asked. He has shared His heart for a purpose, and may we each be blessed to grow in Him. Amen.



Healing, and the coldness of heart
7-30-08
You ask me what will it take to overcome satan and obtain healing for those who languish in cancer and other diseases. “Wouldn’t it be easy” you ask, “for you to touch them and bring healing?” Yes, it would be easy, and I work this way, at times. Let me share my heart with you for a moment.
(My heart broke within me and the tears flowed as He proceeded.) I have watched the hearts of men grow cold, in My church. When their wives grow old, and even while still young, they grow more and more beautiful to Me. But sometimes the husbands grow weary, and their love does not go deeper. What used to make them smile now makes them offended, and little by little, their love becomes dry. More and more they depend on other fellowship to meet their needs, even intimate needs. Many of My ministers are in various stages of this disease called coldness of heart.
When a wife, or even a single woman, becomes ill for a long time, it is a severe test to the husband, and to the body of Christ. Even those whose love is hot are tested, and if they will scarcely endure the trial of their faith for healing, how will those whose hearts grow cold? Without the support of fellow believers who endure this trial, walking along side them and their sick one, resignation often sets in and they let go of their petition for healing.
You are beginning to see that there is a connection between having a hot heart and faith. These both come together in one thing; a fervent prayer. A man or woman cannot be half-hearted when praying for healing anymore than a soldier can march to battle half covered with armor.
You ask me how a man or woman should pray, and “what about those prayers that are fervent.” You know already what to ask in prayer; it is “what will it take, Lord, for this one to be healed?” If a husband can ask this of Me, and with an honest heart receive what I have to tell him, and then obey Me, he will hear from heaven. But it will take encouragement from the fellow believers. It is as if he were Moses and needed to have his arms supported by men and women of faith during the battle. You see, this is bigger than the man or woman petitioning Me for healing. It is a huge war, using the coldness of the church as its greatest weapon. It is a wearing down of those saints who pray, not receiving immediate answers. It is a lack of recognition that this war is not quickly won, and that the casualties will occur because of lack of faith. You see, men and women have forgotten what faith is. And they have built fences around their hearts to keep the burdens of caring for the hopelessly sick out. These fences are their defenses. They think the fences go unseen, and their defenses are unheard. But because I am listening for “What would it take?” I am also hearing all the defenses against carrying the sick, fervently. A man or woman cannot bring their prayers into the Court of Petition and have them heard if they are not sincere.
Does not the body of Christ realize that the illnesses of their loved ones and acquaintances would hone them into sharp spears used against their very enemy, if they would love hotly? The body of Christ would be as Christ, with faith like Jesus to do the works of Jesus and greater, if they did not grow weary of those people whose problems seem hopeless. You see, faith is not only knowing I can heal the hopeless . . . it’s agreeing with Me that I should. It is wanting that healing so much that you will ask Me “What does it take?” The ensuing obedience is evidence of an agreement borne of the authority from above, that neglected authority of the believer that he is appointed to, once he overcomes. He will sit down in My Son’s throne, for he has agreed to obey, and to endure in his obedience.

Man gives up too easily, looking for the good I will work in his life, and in his ministry, after the loved one dies. How it breaks My heart to see this coldness in My own. Also, the accuser of the brethren is wearing down men’s faith, accusing the sick one of bringing his or her judgment upon themselves. He makes it look as if no one deserves to be healed. Or he causes a despising of the suffering and whispers “heaven is better”. Satan knows how to make My faithful ones feel guilty or useless for praying. A man must have all his armor on to pray and endure. He must be single-minded and not waver. It is a battle, though, worth winning.
And what of those appointed to death? Trust Me to bring a sincere and untroubled peace upon you in the Court of Petition if that is My answer. A sincere heart will know My peace and that it is not the silence brought by deceit. My peace brings fruit, and there will be wisdom of how to proceed, a mending of relationships, and restoration of the inner man before the loved one dies. I marvelously prepare the bed-clothes for My saints who die in Me. There is no shame on the part of those who have petitioned Me for their healing, but a reward will be given to all who pray hotly, sincerely, ready to obey what answer is given. I always remember the hot ones. When the embers and coals are stirred beneath the altar, My answer goes forth to accomplish their prayers. Amen.