Jesus Healed The Sick

Scripture:  Matthew 4:23-25 (Click the link for the scripture in Bible Gateway)

23 Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. 24 News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all. 25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River. (Matthew 4:23-25 NLT)

Jesus preached the Good News of the Kingdom. He spoke in the synagogues so the religious people could hear his message and he spoke in the countryside and towns and villages and marketplaces so non-religious people could hear. People came from all over Galilee, from Syria, from as far away as Jerusalem and Judea. People came to Jesus and people followed him because people are curious, people are hungry, people have needs, and people want life that really is worth living.

Jesus healed sick and crippled and blind people. Jesus set people free from the consequences of the devil’s damage to their minds, bodies, and souls. Jesus demonstrated that with God, there is power to heal and power to set people free.

Jesus still heals! I encourage you to pray for healing! Teach and encourage your kids, your family, your friends to pray for healing. Don’t worry about speaking the precisely correct words. Don’t get hung up on using a formula. Simply pray as trusting children to your loving and powerful Father! In fact, if you want good results, ask little children to pray for healing—little children who are young enough that their faith hasn’t gotten complicated with needing to understand everything!

If you decide to pray for healing, for yourself, your family, for others, just do it! If possible, do it in person and touch the person as you pray. And don’t stop taking your meds, don’t get weird about it. But pray first and see what happens!

Jesus’ message is not “The Gospel of All The Correct Doctrines and Rules for the Church.” Jesus’ message is the Good News of God’s Kingdom.

Prayer: 

Father, Thanks for the privilege of prayer. And thanks for the process and the miracle of healing. Thanks for the power released when simple, trusting prayers are prayed in faith. Help me do better with this. I don’t want to be more professional or polished about it, but simply more childlike and trusting. Amen!