SID: Hello. Sid Roth here with Billy Joe Daugherty. And that Grace was priceless. Anyone that thinks that she was faking it, we have a Hebrew word. The Hebrew word is “mashuga.” Crazy. You are crazy. That was so real that anyone could see that. Billy Joe, tell me about someone else that was healed in your church, that person that was just brought to your church, Josh.
BILLY JOE: Just brought in by a neighbor that had observed he had terrible problems walking. He had to walk with crutches, cane, and had disks that had disintegrated or collapsed, or something, in the back of his body, all up and down his spine. And he came in much the way Grace did. You know, when you think about Grace who was a criminal trial lawyer from New Jersey, first time there, well it was the same way with Josh. He was from our city, but it was his first time. He just walked in, but faith rose up inside of him to believe for a miracle.
SID: A picture is worth a thousand words. Let’s take a look at Josh.
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BILLY JOE: This is Josh. Tell us what’s happened.
JOSH: Every disk in my back is wrong from the top to bottom, all the way. And for ten years I’ve been on these sticks. I never take a step without them for years.
BILLY JOE: Can you walk up on stage.
JOSH: I believe I can. [cheers]
FEMALE: Brandon is his neighbor. And Brandon and his wife, and their little boy were here this morning. They’ve been visiting some here at Victory. And they heard that there was going to be a healing service tonight. So he went over next door to his neighbor here, Josh, and said, “Would you come with us to church.”
BILLY JOE: This is your next door neighbor?
BRANDON: This is my next door neighbor.
BILLY JOE: So you thought about bringing him. How did you get him to come?
BRANDON: I just called and we prayed. My wife and I prayed together and just called him, and he said, “I would love to go.” So there was no hesitation. I just couldn’t believe it. It was no problem. And his mom drove him home and he was ready to come here.
JOSH: This last week, well my legs completely gave out on me. I’ve fallen three different times. And this last week just because I couldn’t even ride a bike. And I knew that. And the pain is excruciating. The pain was excruciating. I’ve been in bed 90 percent of the time for the last, since I’m 25, so almost ten years.
BILLY JOE: Josh, do you receive Jesus in your heart tonight?
JOSH: Yes I do.
BILLY JOE: Do you accept him right now?
JOSH: I do.
BILLY JOE: Yeah. We just witnessed not only healing but salvation come into his life. Yea!
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CHILD: Yea!
BILLY JOE: Yeah! Yes! Praise.
SID: Billy Joe, I just have to echo the words that you said there. Yea!
BILLY JOE: That is it. And you know, Sid, the power of God is present right now to heal people right where they are. This is the time for it. I’d like to pray for each of you that are watching. The same power you witnessed in healing others is available to heal you. And I pray whatever has come against your life in the way of sickness, torment, bondage, or oppression; I pray that it will be removed now by the authority of Jesus’ name, by the love of God coming to you. Rise up out of your sickness. Be whole of your disease and be healed inside as well as outside your entire person. In Jesus’ name I pray for eyes to be healed and ears, for blood to be cleansed, tumors to be removed. And I pray for your limbs to be strengthened to move as they were intended to move. This is your day of miracles. Whatever you cannot do, begin to do. Maybe it’s like Grace, beginning to move those fingers. Maybe it’s like Josh, beginning to run. This is your moment, Sid, for people to say, “Lord I receive your healing power.”
SID: You know, the presence of God is so awesome. But we didn’t talk yet about that man from Mexico that was blind for 50, did you hear that, 52 years. Tell me just briefly about it.
BILLY JOE: Well he was in that field where we were preaching, in just an open area. And when he came forward, it was one of those amazing moments. I don’t know if anyone ever laid hands on him, because we didn’t see it until the whole thing had happened. And then when you have something like that, of course, you’re going to get family to verify and testify, just like with Natonel with his blind situation, because you want to know, you know, what was taking place.
SID: Yes.
BILLY JOE: Well there were people there who had led him, and of course, had lived with him all those years. And he was simply in the crowd and heard the Word. So there’s various ways of healing. You can lay hands on people. You can agree in prayer. But one of the most powerful is you simply believe what Jesus has spoken.
SID: And the greatest healing is the healing of your soul, is intimacy with God. Will you live for things? You’re being given the same choice that Billy Joe Daugherty was given. Do you want to live for things or live for God? The only thing you’re going to take to Heaven is living for God. The only thing that is going to count is souls. He who wins souls is wise. Let’s start with you. Who are you living for? Who is your God? Who is your Lord? You must have intimacy with God. There’s a part of you that is pulling out, pulling out saying, God I want you. All you have to do with your mouth is say, I make Jesus my Lord. Start it. Start now.