July 22 | John 9:3 “Jesus answered, “Neither he sinned nor his parents, rather so that the works of God might be revealed in him.” (John 9:3) I’m a problem solver. When people come to me for counseling or just mention their problems, I want to help them. I look…
July 21 | Matthew 8:8 “But the centurion answered saying, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.” (Matthew 8:8) We have all kinds of tactics we think will work to move God’s hand. We…
July 20 | Luke 8:49-50 “While He was still speaking, someone came from his synagogue ruler’s house saying, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the Teacher any longer.” But Jesus, hearing this, replied, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.”” (Luke 8:49–50) I’ve been in lines at…
July 19 | John 5:6 “Jesus saw this one lying there and knowing that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you wish to become healthy?”” (John 5:6) Have you ever waffled between two choices? You seek a friend’s advice, talking about each choice…
July 18 | Matthew 8:1-4 “And when He came down from the mountain, a large crowd followed Him. And behold, a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” And He stretched out His hand and touched him,…
Jesus healed deaf and mute people throughout His ministry in ways that show His incredible compassion and power. These healings reveal Jesus's heart for those who struggle to communicate and hear in our world. In my last post, I talked about the New Testament words for healing and how they…
We’ve been studying healing for a while, and I want to focus on New Testament healing words. They show the different ways Jesus and the disciples healed people. In my last post, I examined the places in the Gospels and Acts where Jesus healed people immediately and the one place…
Although I’ve talked about when Jesus progressively heals someone before, I wanted to talk about immediate healing and compare it with progressive healing in the Gospels. In my last post, I talked about why Jesus liked to heal on the Sabbath. In this post, I want to take another look…
There are seven fascinating moments in the Gospels where Jesus was like a revolutionary, healing on the Sabbath. This is my best attempt at understanding why He liked doing it. In my last post, I discussed how healing and casting out demons are used side-by-side by the New Testament authors.…
Many modern readers of the Bible do not understand how Jesus healed people with Demons. The word for healing does not seem to fit the same idea of casting demons out of people. I will to take a closer look at this phenomenon in the Gospels and Acts. In my…