Stop Chasing Healing and Start Abiding in Jesus - Daniel Bennett - Charis Daily - Season 16 Ep. 7

Key wellness / self-care / productivity strategies from the talk: “Abiding in Healing”

• Reframe healing as “abiding” rather than “chasing”

  • Healing isn’t mainly something you try to receive externally while disconnected.
  • Instead, healing is God’s life (Jesus) flowing through you as you remain connected (“abide”).

• Understand healing as fruit produced by connection

  • Healing is treated like Fruit of the Spirit—something that comes from abiding in Jesus.
  • The “branch” can’t grow true fruit by effort; it bears fruit when connected to the vine.

• Stop focusing on the symptom/desired “fruit” first

  • Don’t make your attention primarily about getting a specific outcome (“I need healing for my leg” / “I need peace”).
  • Focus on staying connected to Jesus, and the needed fruit is expected to follow naturally.

• Use a simple “abide” process (practical methods)

  • Let God’s word abide in you
    • Listening to Scripture
    • Reading Scripture
    • Meditating / thinking through Scripture
    • “Chewing on” the Word (sustained reflection)
  • Behave like worship/yielding (giving Jesus access)
    • Behold Jesus (reflect on His character/glory “like a mirror”)
    • Yield—invite Him into your heart rather than trying to control your inner life by self-management

• Avoid the trap of self-focused introspection

  • Don’t try to diagnose and fix yourself (“the heart surgeon” mindset).
  • Instead, ask God to search and lead you—position yourself as someone being healed, not the one performing surgery.
  • Strategy: “You search me… lead me…” rather than “I’ll search my heart and bring you the problems.”

• Let transformation come through beholding

  • As you behold Jesus, the Holy Spirit transforms you “from glory to glory.”
  • Emotional, spiritual, and even physical healing are framed as outcomes of this same process.

• Hold one unifying principle for mind, emotions, and body

  • The same Spirit who raised Jesus is described as able to bring life into mortal bodies.
  • So the speaker emphasizes: don’t limit “abiding” to only mental/heart issues—apply it to whole-person healing.

• Rely on connection rather than increasing spiritual effort/complexity

  • Don’t build “gymnastics” of different techniques for different promises.
  • Core action: reconnect to Jesus and let His life do the work.

Wellness-oriented takeaway

• Self-care = connection. The “healthy” path described is repeatedly returning attention to Jesus through Scripture, worship/yielding, and trust—rather than striving to produce results through anxiety, analysis, or symptom-chasing.

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Presenters / sources

• Presenter: Daniel Bennett (Senior Executive Director, Charis Bible College)

• Referenced authors/books:

  • Andrew Wommack — God Wants You Well (and the booklet The Truth About Healing)

• Scripture sources cited:

  • John 15:4–7
  • John 15:6
  • 1 John 4:17
  • Galatians 5:22–23
  • Romans 8:11
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18
  • Psalm 139:23–24
  • Matthew 11:29