Scriptural Ways to Minister Deliverancepreaching the Word anyway. Keep putting the Word
out. It's the holy, incorruptible seed of God's Word that
produces the results, and it endures forever (1 Peter
1:23-25).
And the Word always works because the Bible says
God watches over His Word to perform it, and His Word
doesn't return to Him without producing results (Jer.
1:12; Isa. 55:11).
Eventually, if you are faithful to teach people what
the Word says, it will produce a bumper crop in their
lives. The Bible says, "He sent HIS WORD, and healed
them, and delivered them from their destructions" (Ps.
107:20). It doesn't say, "He sent spiritual gifts and
healed them and delivered them from their
destructions," although God may choose to move that
way in some instances.
Dealing With the Insane
Now I want to relate to you several cases of dealing
with insanity and show you that the same principle
applies. I've noticed particularly in dealing with insane
people, if they are still mentally coherent and you can
get through to them by preaching the Word, they can
receive it and be delivered. But if their minds aren't
functioning, you'll need to have a manifestation of the
Holy Ghost or you won't be able to help them. And you
can't produce that manifestation yourself.
A Christian woman brought an insane woman to one
of my meetings. The insane woman was just waiting for
the authorities to come and institutionalize her. She sat
in the service and acted like a little child, constantly
shuffling and moving around and fidgeting. Right in the
middle of my Bible lesson, she'd stand up and say, "I