The Authority of Healing - Rick McFarland - Charis Daily - Season 1, Ep. 19

Key wellness / self-care & productivity strategies (from the message)

• Receive healing as an inheritance, not something you “earn”

  • God is “waiting on you to receive” healing.
  • Healing is already provided; your job is to receive it by faith.

• Understand your spiritual “location” (inheritance is in the spirit realm)

  • When you’re born again, healing power is placed in your spirit, not something you can verify with the five senses.
  • Keep focusing on revelation from God’s Word rather than what your body currently shows.

• Anchor faith in the full message of 1 Peter 2:24

  • Jesus bore sins in His body so that you could live in righteousness.
  • Then the verse continues: “by whose stripes you were healed.”
  • Practical payoff: realizing all sins (past, present, future) are forgiven helps remove condemnation/guilt, which clears the way to believe for healing.

• Hold to “truth” over “facts” (train + caboose illustration)

  • Truth (Word of God) in the spirit realm “never changes.”
  • Facts (natural/visible circumstances) can change.
  • Strategy:
    • Keep your eyes on the locomotive/truth (“by His stripes you were healed”).
    • Don’t get stuck watching the caboose/manifestation (waiting on what you feel/see), which can delay belief and manifestation.

• Speak and position yourself using faith-filled confession

  • Example given: “devil you may not… sickness may not… I resist you.”
  • Proclamation/confession is framed as part of resisting deception and maintaining stance.

• Use authority (spiritual warfare posture)

  • You’ve been given authority in Christ to resist the enemy.
  • Core method (James 4:7, Hebrews 11:6):
    • Submit to God by faith (grounded in Jesus’ perfect righteousness, not your performance)
    • Resist the devil by faith → “he will flee” (not “might”).

• Don’t rely on “performance-based” submission

  • The message warns against trying to submit through your own efforts (law/performance mindset).
  • Instead: submission comes through faith in Jesus as your righteousness, which gives “solid ground” for resistance.

• Follow “specific positioning” for healing (obedience as receptivity)

  • Jesus sometimes gave particular actions to receive healing (not to earn it).
  • Examples:
    • John 9: mud/clay + go wash at the specific pool (Siloam).
    • Luke 17: go show yourself to the priests—healing followed as they went.
  • Principle: God may give a rhema/particular word for your situation—position yourself to receive.

• Confession / prayer-based self-care wrap-up

  • A closing confession/prayer is provided to frame identity, forgiveness, righteousness, and resistance:
    • Father, I submit by believing forgiveness
    • I submit to Christ’s righteousness
    • I resist Satan in Jesus’ name; sickness is rejected

Presenters / sources

• Presenter: Rick McFarland
• Program/Host/Brand mentioned: Charis Daily

Scripture sources referenced (Bible passages)

• Ephesians 1:3
• Galatians 3:13–14
• Romans 4:17–21
• Acts 26:18
• Acts 20:32
• 1 Peter 2:24
• Genesis 1:26 (authority concept)
• James 4:7
• Hebrews 11:6
• Romans 10:1–4
• 1 Peter 5:8–9
• John 9:11 (pool of Siloam account)
• Luke 17:14 (lepers / priests account)

Organizations / resources mentioned

• Andrew Wommack Ministries (prayer line referenced)
• Caris Daily (website referenced: carisdailygt.com)