Mark 8:22-26
This is the
story about the blind man of Bethesda
This is
wired stuff going on here.
We don’t go spitting into people’s eyes!!
Jesus takes
the blind out of the village, out of everyone’s view and does the most unusual
thing. In those days people did believe that salvia had some healing properties.
I have been researching this in the library on the healing properties found id
saliva. So Jesus uses salvia to help the person in their journey of healing.
Jesus asks him how he is after he prays. It
takes faith t ask that question. Jesus prays again. Jesus had to pray twice!! Sometimes healing does not come immediately.
We don’t understand.
John 2
Jesus turns
water into wine. The question raised
here is that about God’s timing ; when the water turned into wine. One
thing we do know is that we have a hope that is certain where there is no pain,
no suffering. When we will be made perfect – total healing will be ours
Today we are
on a journey into that healing. We don’t
know when that will happen like the water into wine. In heaven there will be
complete healing.
You may be
suffering you’ve been prayed for in the past. Maybe this morning is the time
you will be healed and your water will change to wine.
We often
ask why God doesn’t do things the way we want. Sometimes we pray and people
die. But death is not defeat because it has
lost its sting! Death takes us into eternity to be with Jesus forever!!!
We will
pray today for healing for people here and back home. Allow the Holy Spirit to
speak with us this week.
So how do
we pray for healing? It’s easy. There is
no fixed formula. In the simplicity of childlike faith God can heal in His
power. Ask people about their condition right now. Ask what is the level of
pain they are facing on a scale of 0-10 or if they are unable to do something.
Pray and then ask them how they are feeling again on a scale from 0-10 and/or
whether they are able to move a part of their body that they could before. The
person could be partially healed, fully healed or not at all. We continue to pray because we don’t know
when God will heal them. Encourage them to be in faith and keep expecting.
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