Silicon Valley Healing Rooms
Experiencing God’s Healing Power Through Prayer
Building Resilience One of God’s goals for us is to build resilience. We learn resilience at an accelerated rate during challenging times. Nothing that happens to us in our lives is a surprise to God. He already has a way through even as unplanned events in our lives unfold. God’s goals are designed for victory …
Believing What God Says About Us Words can hurt. Fact. Ouch. Especially when the words are said by a loved one or a respected one, they can cut through every defense and wound at our core. People can say whatever they want, but it doesn’t make it true. People are allowed to have opinions and …
Getting More Hope When we run out of an item in the kitchen, we put it down on a grocery list. Then we go get some more of the item at the appropriate store. But where do we go to get more hope when we run out? In Scripture, people ultimately turned to God. Usually, …
How to get Peace in our Lives Lots of people come to the Healing Rooms with stress and anxiety over very real issues. The goal is to reach peace. Peace comes with the confidence that God is with us in our situation, and with God, we can get through anything. Some people ask for the …
Fasting Chaos Some people do a Dry January, refraining from drinking any alcohol, for health reasons. Some people do a cleansing fast of some kind to reset the body. Some people do a twenty-one day fast for spiritual reasons. This might include abstaining from certain foods, or limiting cell phone usage, or even media. It’s …
Our Goals, God’s Goals According to Columbia University, half of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. 25% of people keep these resolutions for 3 days, and less than 10% accomplish their goals. Other studies say that 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail. What are God’s goals for us? God’s goals are for His children to succeed …
Light and Miracles Growing up, Jesus didn’t celebrate Christmas. He celebrated the Feast of Dedication (see John 10:22-23), now known as Hanukkah. Hanukkah is about a small band of Jewish rebels, lead by the Maccabee family, that recaptured the temple in Jerusalem from the much larger Greek army. Part of the story tells about how …
The Blessing Cycle Welcome to the Christmas Season. Christmas celebrates a birthday and birthdays are about reflecting on the past year and the year forward. In our hyper commercialized Christmas cycle, it might be time to ask how to intentionally create some blessing cycles that put Christ front and center. Pray first. Most of the …
The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” – Psalm 107:1 Thanksgiving holiday festivities have arrived. Grocery stores are selling turkeys, stuffing mixes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pies. Under the trees, fallen leaves gather in mounds of red, gold, and brown piles. Inside the …
NOVEMBER 5 IS ALSO VOTING DAY. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY AND VOTE.————————————————– Turn Toward God One of the privileges of being a Christian is walking in restored relationship with God. Being human, we live in a world where we make mistakes, do/say things we wish we could take back, and sometimes mess up big. …