Thursday 8/23/12 Healing 4

James 5:13 - Is any one of you in trouble?  He should pray.  Is anyone happy?  Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick?  He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.  15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up.  If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.  16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.  (NIV)

Isaiah 53:3 - He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.  Like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.  4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him and afflicted.  5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.  (NIV)

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  (NIV)

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive us of our sins, and know that we appreciate that you woke us up to see another day.  Help us to enjoy this day even more by spending it with You and doing service with You.  Hear our prayers for the sick and heal them according to Your will, and Lord, thanks for helping me with the messages of this week. You are indeed the great healer and I love You.  Thanks for healing the cancer that was in my body, and know that I appreciate that.  Please, dear Lord, be in our schools, in our school families, and in our families, protect our neighbors and bring peace in this world.  Lord, it seems each and every day someone is shot in our area, it seems more are killed on our streets than in the war areas.  Lord, please bring peace, and please, please, put Your healing hand on those who are aborting life, and change their hearts.  Lord, your children are being murdered before they get out of their mothers' wombs.  Help us, dear Lord, please help us.  In the name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Good Thursday morning, my dear brothers and sisters.  Thursday and the day we pray for schools, and for those who work there and those who study there, and also pray for families, and folks, our families need prayers.  Pray also for abortion to be stopped.  Brothers and sisters, abortion is murder, it needs to be stopped.  Day after day we pray and ask God to heal us and to protect our country, we say God Bless America and we do not even say please, God, Bless America, and while we are asking God to Bless America, we are killing off future citizens.  It just has to stop.  COME ON BACK, JESUS.  Let me get to the message for today.

Healing (Day Four).  Please notice that I am repeating some of the scriptures.  I am doing that because they are very basic to God's healing us.  Again, I am pointing out to You that Jesus Christ is still the same today as He was when He walked this earth, and still the same as when He made this earth.

I want to bring out again it is by our faith in Jesus we are saved and also we are healed.  I love this verse ...

Isaiah 53:5 - But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities and by HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED.  (NIV)

I want you to really think about what Jesus went through for us.  From Psalm 22:16 - Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.  (NIV)

And one more ...

John 19:34 - Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.  (NIV)

These are just a few verses on what Jesus went through to save us from our sins and to heal us.  He was pierced for our transgressions.  THANK YOU, JESUS ... I LOVE YOU, JESUS ... AMEN.

Matthew 4:23 - Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and HEALING every disease and sickness among the people.  24 News about him spread all over Syria and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and HE HEALED THEM.  (NIV)

And with that scripture, I must bring this one out one more time ... Ready ...

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. (NIV)

So Jesus is still in the healing business, we just need to trust in Him and have faith in Him.  Listen to this.

Matthew 8:14 - When Jesus came into Peter's house, He saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.  15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on Him.  (NIV)

And with that I must bring this one out one more time ... You know what it is, but after reading it, please look at my questions ...

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  (NIV)

Did you notice in Matthew 8:15 as soon as Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law, she got up and started to wait on Him?  Now, if you are praying to be healed, and Jesus heals you, ARE YOU GOING TO GET UP AND SERVE HIM?  Are you even going to thank Him?  I know we post many, many people for prayer, and once in awhile, ONCE IN AWHILE, I get a praise report back in that someone is well.  Brothers and sisters, I need to be posting more and more praise reports, for I know Jesus is healing people.  FOLKS, RISE AND BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND GIVE THANKS FOR IT ... Tomorrow, more on Healing ... And brothers and sisters, I will be preaching on this on Sunday morning and yes, you are welcome to come and get anointed with oil.  JESUS STILL HEALS ... I know this because I have faith, and the Bible tells me so.

Now go forth and serve our Lord and share your blessings you have received from Him.  Love ya, Pastor Dan.