By His Stripes Ministries is a non-profit ministry with a vision to see the Body of Christ restored to a relationship with the Father marked by righteousness, peace, and joy. Our goal is to help the church experience healing and wholeness in order to become more effective disciples of Jesus Christ.
In order for this to happen, we must learn to embrace and live in the Father's love as we embark on His journey to the renewing of our minds, healing of emotional wounds and restoration of physical health as described in Isaiah 53:4-5.
Surely He (Jesus) took up our infirmities (sicknesses and diseases)
and carried our sorrows (emotional wounds and regrets),
yet we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him, and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions (violation of God's laws),
He was crushed for our iniquities (evil thoughts, desires and tendencies);
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.
By His Stripes We Are Healed
There seems to be a good deal of debate and confusion surrounding the passage of Scripture that we take our ministry name from. Rather than argue with those who would disagree, we would like to simply state what we believe is obvious Biblical truth...
Why Forgive? After all, revenge is natural. Bitterness is normal. Hatred is expected when someone wounds us. But forgiveness is neither normal nor natural. Why forgive?
Have you ever wondered why the Apostle Paul commanded us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds? There are at least two reasons I can think of...
When I talk about why we do the things we do, I’m speaking of vision for the church. I’m addressing what motivates the church to do what God wants us to do and be who God wants us to be. I think that most Christians understand at some level that the buildings we attend on Sunday mornings aren’t actually the Church. . .
If we were to ask various Christians from
different churches and denominations what the most important doctrine of
Scripture is, what the target of the Christian walk is, we would get quite a
few differing responses...
