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What Kind of Healing Do YOU Need?

Today is the first day of my new series on God’s Healing Power Today. There are all kinds of healing that people need today. Emotional healing, Physical healing. Spiritual healing. The Bible says that sickness, of all kinds, poverty, and death were never part of His original intention for His children. He put Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden and said that everything He created was for their good.

But everything changed when Adam and Eve sinned. For the first time, and as a consequence of their sin, sickness, sin, and death entered the world. God never intended for man to experience these things and He wasn’t content to leave His children in that situation.

By the same token, He is a Holy and just God and sin couldn’t be left unpunished. There were consequences to Adam’s and Eve’s action. So God made a plan to restore man’s relationship with Him. His plan was to personally pay the penalty of our sins through the person of His son Jesus Christ, and make a way for our sins to be forgiven and our sicknesses and diseases of all kinds to be healed.

The prophet Isaiah wrote in the 53rd chapter,

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows-He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement or penalty of our peace was put on him; and with his stripes we are healed.
He came to this earth, died on a cross for our sins, bore stripes in His body for our healing and rose again victorious over the power of the enemy and the grave. And because He lives, we too will live.

1 John 3:8-9 tells us that the Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. Those works were sin, sickness and spiritual death.

Forgiveness and healing can be yours today because of what Jesus has done for you.

In Exodus 15:26, He revealed Himself as Jehovah Rapha, your Healer:

The Hebrew word Rapha means “to cure, heal, repair, mend, or restore health.” God loves you today, and He wants to heal you and bring wholeness to your spirit, soul, and body. But His supernatural power can also touch other aspects of your life as well—bringing health to your emotions, your finances, your marriage, your career, or your relationship with your children.

The apostle John wrote to believers in 3 John 1:2: “Beloved, I pray that in ALL respects you prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.”

What a beautiful statement of God’s desire for your life today. He wants you to prosper and be in good health in ALL aspects of your life.

He wants to heal not only your body, but also your mind and emotions, your finances and your family.

The truth is so many of us are broken in some respect. We’re carrying the baggage of the past, of hurts, disappointments, unforgiveness, abuse, scars of many kinds. The Lord wants to heal you and set you free from those pains and memories.

As we close today’s segment, take a moment to think about areas of your life where you need God’s healing touch.

Then I encourage you to begin the healing process by praying this simple prayer for healing found in Jeremiah 17:14: “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.”

I’m praying that God will release His healing power in every area of your life!

God bless you today!